When I woke up, Percy ad already gotten his things packed and was leaning over me. When I sat up, our heads banged together. "OW! Why were you leaning over me?" Percy put his hand on his head and said, "Hey. I was just about to wake you up. How did you sleep?" "Terrible. I dreamed of the quest. What would happen if you or Will died? I already lost my mother. I couldn't handle losing anybody else." I started crying and Percy put his arm around me and said, "Hey, don't cry. I won't die. I've survived this long. Now tell me, why are you so worried about Will? I thought you two were just friends." "Percy, remember when I got here? Will wasn't able to heal me. He prayed to every god and goddess he could just to heal me. They granted him a gift. Will would always be able to heal me, no matter what. I think there was more of a catch than the quest. I think he had to be willing to do something more than just heal. He had to be willing to- to give ANYTHING to save me. Even his life." I cried into his shoulder and he said, "Hey sis. Guess what?" "What?" "You are worth it. You are amazing. I would definitely give my life to save yours." Just then Will knocked on the door. "Percy. Ari. Hurry up!" so we got up and I got my things together, then we left. I said a silent prayer to my father as we left to the boat. 'Dad, wherever you are, protect Percy and Will. I couldn't bear to lose them." What I didn't know was that I was whispering the words to myself. Will looked up at me and asked if anything was wrong. "N-no. Why would there be anything wrong?" I was trying really hard not to cry just by looking at him. "You just started crying." Oops. "Oh. I am just tired. I didn't sleep much last night." I looked over at Percy and gave him a look that said, 'Do not tell him about the dream. He can't know. Not yet.' He gave a slight nod, but not enough for Will to notice. Finally we got in the boat. Percy took one look at me, and said, "Get some sleep. I will take first shift." As I nodded, I was already going to sleep. Then the dream started.
I was on Olympus again. This time, they didn't notice me. Poseidon and Hades were arguing over something. Hades was saying, "I can't help it if the girl dies again. It is the fates job to decide. I just make sure they stay or go, depending on if it is deserved." Poseidon was holding his trident, looking angry. "Hades. She died unfairly the first time. She knew she was a demigod. You wiped her memory clean because she was only dead for a day. Her memory is going to return, and not for the better. She will realize whose side she was on. If we cannot get Percy to convince her that Cronus' side was the bad side and that Zeus killed her because she would have made him win, she will side with Gaea. She is too powerful." Then both gods looked at me and said, "Come out child. What did you hear?" I was afraid to say anything, but I told them. They muttered something in Ancient Greek, and then I woke up in a cold sweat. "Percy, we have to talk in private ASAP." He seemed to understand it was urgent, or thought I was sick. It was probably a little bit of both. When we docked, I got some supplies and got Percy over to a dock, where I was about to say something when I got sick. He helped me sit down, and felt my forehead. "I'll go tell Will to get a thermometer at the nearest drug store. But I don't think it is safe to give you nectar until we know how high your fever is." I nodded, and Will returned with the thermometer. Percy said thanks and asked if he and I could be alone for a bit. When Percy took my temperature, it was 102 degrees. He said, "Yeah. This is probably just the flu. When it goes down I will give you some nectar." Then I told him about my dream. "Oh gods. This is terrible. Want me to iris-message Dad?" "Sure, but first, I need to tell you my suspicions. I think this girl is me. I wasn't at all surprised about gods, and I did feel like there was a fake memory of a few people. Kimmee, the dracaena, told Paislie, 'Thisssssssss issss the one.' And I was confused, but they weren't talking like evil. They were more talking like they found a lost family member, or friend. Oh gods. My head! Give me some ambrosia. My head feels like popping off." "Oh no. This is more than the flu. Hurry and drink this. This might be after effect of the dracaena bite. The nectar and ambrosia must have worn off." "Just give it to me. My head is splitting!" HE gave me the nectar and when it wasn't a lot better he gave me a square of ambrosia and got me to Will. Nothing helped, and I was afraid I would die. Then I collapsed. Before I passed out, I heard Will saying, "Ari! Oh gods!" Then I heard Percy say, "I-I don't know what happened! Apollo, help us! Dad? What are you doing here?" Then everything went black and silent. I woke up to see two faces over me. "How long was I out?" Percy said, "A few minutes. Ari I have to tell you something about-" "Where is Will?" "He is over by the ocean. Don't try to get up. You almost died." I ignored him, and Dad helped me over to Will so we could talk. "Hey Will. Are you okay?" He looked up at me, and I could tell something was wrong. "Apollo came. He said it wasn't my time to heal you. Percy said you had gotten this sudden headache, like your head was going to fall off. When the nectar and ambrosia didn't work, I didn't know what to do. I broke down when Apollo told me I wasn't supposed to heal you yet. But he did say that this would happen again. He said I would know what to do." "Hey it's okay. I'm fine now. Let's keep going. But we can't go by plane. We have to go by land or go by boat."