Hello there! A few things before you start reading: This story takes place in between Blood Of Olympus and Trials Of Apollo. It takes on a different version of the events of Trials Of Apollo. Also, I'm not that good at writing fanfiction so this might suck. Finally, I haven't actually read Trials Of Apollo (but I'm getting too it) so you might notice some errors and things in this story. Enjoy!
Percy
I sat at my table drinking my blue diet coke and eating a cheeseburger. I pondered over the events of today and thought about tomorrow. I had lost a bet with the Stoll Brothers, and now I had to do all of the chores of the Hermes' cabin for a day, on top of my usual chores, and since Tyson wasn't here I would be doing it all alone. Yay. I finished my food and went over to my cabin to clean it up, so that tomorrow when it was inspected I wouldn't have to waste time cleaning it. Then I went to bed, and almost immediately had a nightmare
I wasn't able to move in the dream. Just stand there. In front of me was a familiar place that held lots of memories. Olympus. All the gods were there, even the minor ones. The throne room was very full. They were bickering amongst themselves about something, and I caught a bit of the argument. Oh my god. They were banishing Apollo? But why? I remembered when I visited the island that Artemis and Apollo were on. Apollo had said something about the Oracle of Delphi, and at the battle against the giants Zeus mentioned that Apollo had released the Prophecy early. But was the thing that he did really bad enough to banish him and turn him into a mortal? I saw Apollo stumbling to the center of the Throne room with a sad look on his face. I tried to run forward, but it didn't work. Zeus waved his hand and a beam of light came down on Apollo. When it cleared, Apollo was gone, most likely somewhere on Earth as a mortal. Then everything went black and I woke up.
I tried not to think about the dream. Once I was done my chores, I would have to look into that. But first, chores. The first chore I had to do was cleaning the Hermes cabin. Really? Connor and Travis had to put cleaning their cabin on here? I was starting to regret making that bet. I went over to the cabin and saw Travis grinning widely at me.
"Hey Percy! Come here to clean our cabin? I know you did! Alright, well we're gonna go set a trap for the Hephaestus cabin at the forgery, you have fun here though! Bye!" The rest of the cabin ran out and started racing to the Forge, some carrying backpacks full of who knows what and others just plain running. I entered the cabin and got to cleaning the place. It was a mess! I kept on cleaning, but I sensed somebody watching me. I took Riptide out of my pocket and fingered with the pen. I slowly walked, staying alert as I could and getting ready to strike anybody who attacked. I noticed a pair of brown eyes hiding under one of the bunk beds and uncapped Riptide.
"Hello? Who are you? Come out slowly with your hands up. And don't try anything!" I said. The person did what I said and came out slowly.
"Nico?" I said.
"Hey Percy. Look, I know about your dream. I know about Apollo. And I know a way to end the mistakes of the gods once and for all. We need to talk