"Whoa," I stared at the small light shining from each hand like two miniature flashlights. The look on his face showed that he was impressed but not quite proud. I willed the light to get brighter, stronger, until the small, faint light, turned into a blinding beam that could optically damage any mortal.

"Now you must hide yourself in the light. Make yourself a reflection of your surroundings," and on the 3rd try, I was invisible. It was, of course, temporary, so it only lasted approximately a minute but I was determined to improve!

"Well done!" Apollo congratulated me. "Now try and think about the one proverb that keeps you going, all of my children have one engraved into their mind. That is a Greek proverb, you must now translate it back."

"But Apollo," I argued. "I'm not dyslexic, I don't know Greek."

"Ah, but you are half God, remember," which was an amusing thought. I had no idea what he was talking about but as if almost instantaneous, the proverb popped into my head. First in English, then in Greek as I pondered on it consciously.

Πράξη γρήγορα, σκεφτείτε αργά Act quickly, think slowly.

My biological father looked impressed. "Please, practice your invisibility a tad more," he urged. "I must ride the sun across the sky." He then gave me a pat on the back and started towards the magnificent chariot. Before I knew it, he was off in the blinding chariot, to set the sun.

I didn't just stand there dazed, though. I practiced another 3 times until I perfected my abilities and scattered out of Olympus. I made it the entire journey, all the way to Long Island before dark, with no attacks thanks to my new-found ability.

When I entered the camp gates I quickly made myself viewable and fainted on the spot.

I don't know who found me, but I ended up in the camp's hospital, just the same as described in the novels, but it wasn't the same day. I had been unconscious for 5 days! I guess I shouldn't have overexerted myself. This was still a small surprise for me but I took it in, comparing it to the other crazy things that happened this week.

Before anything else, though, I had to make sure I wasn't dreaming. A small pinch to my arm was all I needed and I woke up for real this time. I was in my bed, at home. It was all a dream.