AUTHOR'S NOTE

Okay guys, don't be too happy. This isn't a new chapter for Wise Girl's Seaweed Brain. I just need to say something and here it is: When I finished Wise Girl's Seaweed Brain and started thinking about Darkness Arising, there's something that's been bugging me. It's something that constantly happens to me whenever I think about my stories. I can't exactly explain it so I won't try.

See, the thing is I feel like Lester (the new half-blood and main protagonist from Darkness Arising) is somewhat connected to Percy. At least in my stories. I can't say how I did. I just do.

I knew from the very beginning that I would end Wise Girl's Seaweed Brain that way, with Calypso's arrival, in another cliffhanger. For a while, I thought about writing another Percabeth story, now with Calypso as the third wheel but then I thought it would be redundant, so I went back into thinking about Lester's story. Just when I was about to start writing it, I felt this itch at the back of my mind. I couldn't shake it away until I thought about Lester, Annabeth, and Percy in one picture. Then something went snap. A chain was made. I guess it's been there from the very start, but it wasn't complete. Lester and Calypso were the final pieces, creating a whole new puzzle.

Before anything else, I want you to read this. The following words are really important:

"To the west, the seductress is being concealed,

For survival, one's warning the three must heed.

The death, the sacrifice, the vessel shall usurp the goddess,

To bathe the world in endless darkness.

The sea and the abyss bound by blood,

And one's soul shall be reclaimed by a parent's hand."

(Sorry, I suck at poetry.)

There. So now I'm going to ask you to do some things for me. It's for my early Christmas present for all of you.

Go to my profile.

Check my stories and you'll see what I mean.

Enjoy!