-When You Try to do Something Nice-

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I hear yelling and shouts. I look around, but I can't see much, just dirt. "Why are you being so difficult?"someone yells.
"I don't know, life doesn't come with instructions." I hear a crack and grunt. I keep walking and I get a better view of where I'm at. It looks like a massive ruin, there's crumbling rock everywhere, cooled molten rock, and I see Apollo chained to two wooden beams.
"Just tell me how you did what you did to that girl!"
"What girl?"
"You know which girl wise guy."
"Actually, that's more of Athena. She's pretty wise. You've met her, haven't you?" a blonde guy says. He looks extremely handsome, with tanned skin, very muscular, blue eyes shine like the sun, with blonde hair sticking to his face. Apollo. I look closer and see gold dripping from cuts that he has. Ichor.
"Maya Hart!" A voice booms. He hits him and I see the Apollo bite back a cry of pain.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." I finally get a view of the one beating Apollo. He has white eyes with black hair and is about 30 ft tall. Enceladus. He walks up to Apollo and grabs the hem of his toga. He pulls Apollo so close, that when he talks, Apollo's face gets wet.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about. And if you want to be freed, you will do the same for me as you have done for the girl. You Olympians have destroyed my brothers and sent them to Tartarus. If you don't give me what I want, I will send you there with them to suffer with them." He throws Apollo with so much force, he slams into the wall behind him before the chains center him. Enceladus looks directly at me, "Don't think you'll be able to free him puny demigod. You won't have the help of your 'beloved father'. You don't even know what you are capable of, more or less how to control it." He picks up his spear and throws it right at me...

I shoot out of bed, and find I'm sweating. I'm really starting to hate sleeping now. I check the time and see it 7 in the morning. I decide to get out of bed and go see Chiron. I get dressed and head over to the dining pavilion.
I spot him and run over to him. "Good morning Miss Hart."
"Good morning. Chiron, I need to talk to you." I tell him what happened in my dream and when I finish, I can't read his expression. "This is worse than I feared. Apollo is being held at the ruins of Mount Saint Helens. When Typhon broke himself free of the prison, the mountain was torn apart. I believe that Enceladus is holding him there. I advise you to stay cautious, if you aren't, you may cause it to erupt again. I suggest you start packing for your quest. You will leave soon."
     "What's the transportation?"
     "Lucas volunteered to provide it. Go find him." I thank Chiron and start rushing around. I can't stop thinking about all this new information, that I can't focus. I run into someone. "Sorry" I mumble.
     "Maya?" I look up and see it's Nathan.
     "Sorry Nathan, I just have a lot on my mind right now. Do you think you could help me pack? I don't know what to bring."
     "Sure." I lead him to the cabin and he helps me pack what I'll need into a backpack. I have two sets of clothes, a flashlight, extra arrows, and some money. Nathan gave me golden drachmas, saying we may need it along the way. I also pack a wad of cash I'd earned from playing my guitar in the subway. "Alright, you're all set. Speaking of which, I better go pack my things." I thank him and he leaves. I decide that I better go find Lucas, so I head to the beach. Sure enough, there he is.
     I see that he's sitting in the sand, so I decide to surprise him. I sneak up behind him and cover his eyes with my hands, "Guess who?" He laughs and decides to play along, "Is it Chad?"
     "Nope."
     "Ya, you smell a lot nicer than he does. What about Drew?"
     "How'd you know Lukey!" I laugh and remove my hands. I decide to take a seat next to him and I rest my head on his shoulder. "You ready for the quest?" I ask.
     "Ready as I'll ever be."
     "Good, because speaking of which, what's the mode of transportation? Chiron said you've got it covered."
     "Yeah, why don't you go find Riley and Farkle, and I'll meet you at the top of the hill."
I nod, "In a few minutes. I wanna enjoy my last few minutes of camp." We watch the sun rise, but I notice it isn't as bright as it was yesterday. I can tell Lucas notices the same thing. "We'd better get moving."

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