I dream of the Gods on Olympus. They're arguing about something. "Poseidon. This girl was born while we were under the oath not to have children. You have already broken the oath with Percy Jackson. But another child is too much." 'Zeus', I thought immediately. "Zeus. I can't do any more for you. I named her after your favorite princess. What more could you ask? Wait. We must put this on a hold. Ariadne is here with us right now. She arrived sooner than planned." "Dad? Is it really you?" I asked, my eyes filling with tears. "Yes. I am so sorry that I missed you growing up. It is a law that our children be raised by their mortal family. I had hoped that Jenny, your mother would be able to take care of you. Unfortunately, she died shortly after you were born. I have blessed you by hiding you in the most mortal city I could find. But, I'm afraid it is of no avail. Monsters found you anyway." "Poseidon. Enough of this. We have important business to attend to," said a woman I guessed was Athena. Quickly I remembered to bow before my godly family (but I suck at curtsying). "Father, Lord Zeus. Lady Athena." Athena smiled at me. "Such good manners, my daughter has taught you I see. Welcome to Olympus." Then a beautiful woman glanced up from her fashion magazine and beamed. "Oh my goodness! Ariadne, I have great news. I have to tell you in private though. May I?" "Oh alright. But hurry back."
Then we were in the most beautiful room I had ever seen. "Wow. So what did you want to tell me?" I asked, hoping it was really great news. Aphrodite just laughed for a second. "I have made you and Will Solace a couple for a reason." "And that reason is…?" "Well besides the obvious love between you two, I sense power if you two work together. Tell me. Are you ANY good at archery?" "Are you kidding me? I couldn't hit a target if it was two feet away from me," I said, and that was the truth. "Will is an amazing archer and healer. He is the only one who took care of you. But your wounds from the dracaena bite were too much for him. He was so devastated that he couldn't heal you, he prayed to Apollo, Poseidon, and even me. We granted his prayers for healing and just in time too. If we hadn't had mercy when we did, the first god you would meet would've been Hades. So we decided to make you where you could always be healed, and Will where he could always heal you, just out of our good will." "Percy has warned me about you gods and goddesses. What's the catch?" "Oh fine. You have to go on a quest. The oracle will give you your prophecy and I trust you will understand it. Now off you go" Suddenly I was back in the throne room. "Was I gone very long?" "Only a minute. Now onto business. I understand you are enjoying camp," my father said. "Yes father. I love everybody at camp. They are so nice," I said. "Well I have an offer, and everybody seems to approve. How would you like to spend a week in my palace? You may bring a guest." Immediately I accepted then just had to think about who my guest would be.
The next morning:
I wanted Will to be my guest, but he couldn't breathe underwater. I wonder if I could get dad to make him breathe underwater, just for the week. Then I remembered Aphrodite. I had a quest. "Where is Chiron? I need to talk to him," I asked Percy when he came in at lunch. "He is in the big house. What do you need to talk about?" "Its… private. Sorry," I said and I really was sorry. Then I went to the big house to talk to Chiron about the quest I had been issued.
"So Aphrodite issued a quest?" "Yes. She said I would get a prophecy but-" Then a girl with red hair walked in. She said hey to everybody and I asked her about my quest (ON Chiron's orders) and she spit out green smoke and said,
"Child of water, beware of the sky.
Your life will be saved by a child of the sun.
The son of Poseidon, to live or to die,
And the battle with monsters to be fought and won."
"What in Hades was that?" I asked. "That was your prophecy," said Chiron. Then Rachel got a stool and sat down. It must have strained her. Chiron told me I had two partners to pick. I chose Will, because it said child of the sun. When I got back to my cabin and started packing Percy asked what I was doing. I told him I was issued a quest and had to leave in the morning. He wanted to go, and had a lot of experience, so I let him come too. I also told him I needed to IM Dad. He told me what to do and I called him. I told him I might not be able to visit immediately but I would call when I got back from my quest. Percy asked about the trip to Dad's house and I said he could come. It was for a week and I was allowed one guest. So it was settled. Then Percy called lights out.