 Nero taught her the arts of a demigod and gave her a pair of crescent rings which can transform into sickles made of imperial gold, before giving her a task to lure Apollo into the Grove of Dodona.Meg appears to Apollo at an alley of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan to defeat the thugs, also sent by Nero, to stage "robbery".Meg demands Apollo's servitude and with his travels to Camp Half-Blood with Percy's assistance.