WATER I woke up the next morning feeling drained and still tired. My muscles felt sore and I guessed it was due to the fact that after so long, I had managed to relax. Slowly, my eyes fluttered open and I stretched my arms over me. The night before, we had stayed up late talking with Hephaestus. Apparently, he had a lot of stories to share but he refused to share anything about what was happening in Olympus until we were all gathered together since he wanted all of us to have an equal opportunity to make our questions present. Aileen had been sleeping so deeply that we decided to let her sleep and I took her to the small guest room where the five of us were going to spend the night. I opened my eyes and rubbed them slightly before I turned to look at the spot where Aileen had been sl