Chapter 10: Apate.
(Y/N) POV:
How did I get here?
I was standing among the ruble of a crumbling temple, a full moon hanging right above my head in a sky of ink. A thick fog caressed the ground around me, but never quiet brave enough to touch me. Looking around me I couldn't see much in the darkness, even with the light of the moon to aid me. I could just faintly see the edge of trees all around me, trapping me. My heart never quickened however, instead my mind did. I tried to think of where I was, I looked for any landmarks that might tell me. And sure enough, under my feet, was carved a strange figure. A 6 headed dog with the torso of a woman protruding out of its back. "How do you like my decorations?" I snapped my head up and quickly looked around me for the source of the voice, "Oh, poor child. You will never see me without my permission." The voice was clearly female. I thought back to the figure on the ground, "This carving, is it you?" I could hear her laugh, "Me? HER?! No no no, child. This setting is merely a warning to you and your friends. That 'woman' is Scylla, if you continue down the path you have set down on you will surely meet her, and she will kill you just like as she has so many before you." A young woman shimmered into existence mere feet from me. She had Short straight blonde hair and pure white eyes. " Now hero, do not think I have called you here to harm you, the events that have been put into motion must never happen. Scylla has killed many of your kind child, and now you must kill her. If not, creatures the light shall not have ever seen will crawl among the corpses of men." I stared into the goddess milky eyes, "If this Scylla is so dangerous why do the gods not do something about her?" I could see the goddess eye twitch, "If we were allowed to interfere we would have. This Scylla is also not that easy to find, only those with divine and mortal blood can find her. A demi-god must kill her." She started to walk around me, " You must locate her child, you must kill her! You will find her near the sea, at the edge of shear rock. Head in the direction of the sun, for she hides in the shadow it casts." And then, she disappeared, only her voice lingered. " Do this for us child and you will be rewarded with more than you could ever wish for!" The scenery started dissolving around me, ground and debris swallowed up by the endless blackness. I felt the ground beneath me fall away and I was left to plummet endlessly.

I awoke to percy sitting on the edge of my bed, a look of slight concern on his face. "You okay (Y/N)? You look like you didn't get a wink of sleep." I sat up and leaned my head on his shoulder. " I had a dream... About a goddess..." Percy's expression became very serious, "Did you recognize her? What did she say to you?" I sighed, "I don't know who she was but I have a few ideas. She had short blond hair and pure white eyes, and ideas percy?" His brow creased, "And what did she say?"
I recapped my dream in detail to percy, by the end his face had considerably less colour and life to it. "I think you probably met Apate, goddess of deceit. As far as what she told you, I'm not sure how reliable it is..." He sighed, "At least it's a start, we have somewhere to go now. We can check out this Scylla and see what she's up to." Percy leaned in and placed a small kiss on my forehead, " You should get up, we need to leave soon." I nodded and percy left to let me get ready.