Hey there. It's been almost a year since I've uploaded a chapter, and I'm amazed that people still even come back to read it... haha.

There's a reason for the great lack of chapters, and it... probably isn't the one you wish to hear.

So, take a seat. Grab a drink. And let me share the final words that I have in peace.

When I first started writing AtD in the middle of 6th grade (haha that's why the grammar was bad), it was a harebrained idea born from the depths of my fanatical obsession with the Percy Jackson series. I loved reading and rereading the books over and over and over.

This is the reason why I was able to produce over 50 chapters in that first year, despite shortness and strange jokes.

But as time went on through the years after, I slowly... lost my love for PJO.

I became more and more entranced by manga, art, and online webnovels.

And so, as the years passed, I found myself constantly wanting to finish this story... but also feeling as if it was a chore, something that I had to do.

So I neglected it.

I let AtD drag on for so long because I didn't want to give it up. Because it was always my dream to keep on writing it forever.

Now, I both regret and appreciate that I didn't stop at Chapter 50.

It was always my secret plan to upload Chapter 101 as the final chapter, on the same day that I first published it.

If you go back through the chapters, you'll probably find a lot of unkept promises and links that no longer work. From my Instagram (deleted), to the story updates, to the comic strips that I promised to draw, to the deleted discord server.

Truthfully, they were all attempts for me to keep myself invested in this story.

Reading back through my old chapters, I cringe not at the childish writing, but moreso at the tone and demanding quality of many of the stories.

It almost hurts. I regret it a lot. I neglected many facets of the characters that I now wish I could go back and change.

And I might. Maybe in a few years, my love for PJO can be rekindled. But I doubt it.

So for now, this story will end. I'll leave it here as a relic of the past, so that if you might wish to read it, you can.

There are many whom I have to thank. From anonymous guests, to ThineWorstEnemy, to The God of Animals, to 64Felicity and Bunearybunny.

There are so many more that I could list. Though your nicknames may have been changed, I still remember the bursts of exhilaration I felt whenever I read a review left by you all.

Thank you.

Thank you.

For your support. For your kind words. For your criticism. For the confidence you instilled in the little nobody that was myself. For the courage that you offered me from your dedicated views and reviews. For everything you've given that allows me to... be the "me" that I am today.

Thank you. And farewell, for now.

I hope that at the very least, this story was able to bring you a smile when you first read it. Then perhaps, the time we shared was not in vain.

A final selfish request: my friend, Hwakurori, helped me to type out the final thoughts for this chapter. He's been with me through a lot. If you could check out his art on his instagram (at hwakurori), I would very much appreciate it.

I bid thee adieu here. May we meet again a day in the future.

-Kittydj