This is the moment you’d been waiting for. Finally, a quest of your own where you could prove yourself. As a child of Apollo, you and your cabin were usually overlooked, especially since there were two children of the Big Three at camp.

This was the year you became a camp counselor and had finally proved to Chiron and Mr. D that you shouldn’t be overlooked. So when Thalia’s tree was poisoned, you were selected to journey the quest to find the Golden Fleece. Your protector Grover would accompany you, but you needed a third, and you wanted Simon Riley, son of Hades.

While you had the ability to blind people with sunlight, useful, shoot arrows with deadly accuracy, also useful, and cry tears of molten gold, not so useful, Simon was able to summon armies of the dead with just a single command. You have the smarts and he has the brawn.

Only problem? Simon has never been on a quest nor has he ever wanted to. It was like pulling teeth to even get him to come sit with everyone during meals. His older brother Nico had moved away a long time ago, wanting to attend college with your older brother Will. It seemed awfully lonesome, being stuck in that cabin all by himself, but every attempt at friendship you made was met with indifference and annoyance.

Fine. Screw being friends. But this isn’t about friendship. This is about the safety of Camp Half Blood. That’s how you find yourself, slowly walking up the steps of his cabin after the camp meeting, the meeting he decided not to attend. You were going to demand he join you in this quest, no exceptions. As dusk falls behind you, you steel your nerves, sending a quick prayer to your father for any help he can provide.