User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-24065371-20141017214949/@comment-1820614-20141017222913

Best guess on what happens to Apollo....Artemis gets Zeus drunk, puts on puppy dog eyes, sits on his lap, and plays the role of "daddy's littler girl" while lying to him about what a wonderful father and great king he is and how no one appreciates him. She ask Zeus to be lenient for "her sake." Athena probably supports her. Throw Leto in for good measure. Apollo himself kowtows before Zeus begging for mercy. Zeus, now in a good mood, decides to be magnanimous and set a "positive example" before the Council of Gods by giving Apollo a lighter sentence of some kind. Zeus walks away full of himself thinking he has just proven what a benevolent king his is while the other gods walk away thinking what an idiot he is for causing the whole mess in the first place and being so easily manipulated.