Percy Jackson's Adopted Sister

My first encounter

Hi, my name is Zephyra Athezues Jackson. I have no idea who my real parents are although both of them are Gods. I have this thing where if I close my eyes, I can see multiple interesting looking strings attached to my heart. Weird, I know but I can't remeber a time when I wasn't able to see the strings. Maybe I'll show you a little later what I can do with them.

My adoptive brother, Percy Jackson, just came back from defeating Cronus. Yes, I know about the Gods and Demi-gods. Actually, I knew about them a year before Percy did, even though I'm a year younger than him in age. I have been having all the problems that Percy had before he went to Camp Half-blood. Percy's mom sees me as the daughter she never had and wasn't ready to give me up when Percy went to Camp, but now she agrees that going to Camp is what's best for me.

Right now, I'm packing because today is the day that I go to Camp. Just as I finish putting my last pair of shoes that I want to take with me into my suitcase, Percy comes into my room. Percy stands at the door and asks, "Are you nervous?" I turn around while sitting on my bed and reply, "A little. I mean, what if I don't like it there. What if my parents don't claim me? Then, I'll feel like a prisoner the whole time I'm there." Percy sighs, sits down on the bed next to me and says, "There's no reason to be nervous. They have an archery field, a battlefield, and just about anything else you could want. Since you love archery and gymnastics, you should love it there. Now, come on, stop worrying. Get your stuff and lets go show you off to the Demigod world." He then helps me up and smiles at me. I smile back at him, grab my stuff, and go get in the car which is running with Percy's mom already in the driver's seat. Percy locks the door to the apartment, and then gets in the car, after which we drive off.

Percy's mom finally pulls up at a café. We go in and Percy and his mom immediately go to this man with crutches. They hug him, calling him "Grover" in the process. Grover looks at me and asks Percy's mom, "She's the one? No idea how she found out before him?" Percy's mom replies, "Yes to the first question and still no to the second one." Grover looks over at me and studies me for a few moments, as if he could figure out exactly who I was from staring at me. Psssh, good luck with that man, if I haven't been able to do it for my entire life there's no way you can do it in three minutes. Anyway, Percy's mom then says, "This is Percy's friend, her name is Zephyra. As you know, she's going with him this year. Make sure to train her well and watch over her." Grover nods while Percy's mom turns to me and says, "Grover will take you to the Camp. You and Percy look after each other. Have fun, Percy and Grover will answer any questions you have and explain anything you don't know on the way to the camp." She then waves goodbye and leaves the café.

Percy and Grover get up and I follow them as they go out the backdoor of the café, into an alley. Which is never a good idea, but hey, they've been to the camp before so who am I to tell them to find another way to camp. So, when we get to the alley, there's an old woman singing a song about a fortune large enough to swallow the world. Percy and Grover immediately freeze upon seeing the woman and their eyes take on a glassy look, as if they're daydreaming. I look at her for a few moments before realizing that the woman is a Siren using mist to appear harmless. I then quickly roundhouse kick the siren in her jaw and then her temple, knocking her out and effectively stopping her singing. As soon as the Siren stops singing, Percy and Grover come back to life.

Percy and Grover then explained that when a Siren gets even the slightest mental hold over a male that the male will have one of two possible reactions. One being the male gives in due to the Siren taking mental control and does whatever the Siren wants. The other being the male is completely paralyzed because he is fighting for control of his mind. Percy and Grover both had reaction number two.

Hearing a noise behind me, I turn around to find what happening? You guessed it, the Siren awake and furious. The Siren starts chanting in a language that I've heard before but I just can't figure out where, when, and who I heard say it. While I'm trying to figure this out, the Siren has stopped chanting and a big silver metal mechanical looking bull has appeared right beside the Siren. The Siren attacks me from the left at the same time that the bull attacks me from the right. I hear Percy trying to get to me, but Grover holds him back telling him "If she has powers, she'll use them now to defeat her opponents." Percy sighs but nods his head in agreement as the Siren finally gets semi close to me. I get into my fighting stance, close my eyes and check my internal strings. I pull on my fiery string and my helmet string. As I open my eyes, I hear the guys (Percy and Grover) gasp, I look down to find myself in full body armor that is covered in royal purple fire. I look at the Siren, who hasn't noticed any change; I look at the bull, which also hasn't noticed any change. The Siren is closer and as she gets to me I bear hug her against my fire covered body armor. The Siren becomes covered in the same purple fire as my armor and she turns into dust less than five seconds later. Just as the Siren turns into ashes, I am hit from behind which caused me to be thrown into the air; as I come back down I notice that it's the bull that sent me flying into the air. I then realize that if I land on my back or my side that the bull will trample me. So I do an aerial and pull on my stainless steel internal string at the same time, while I'm coming back down. As I do this, I feel the weight of the armor disappear while a stainless steel bow is in my hand and matching stainless steel arrows on my back in a case. As my feet touch the ground about a yard away from the bull, I shoot an arrow at the bull. I then run ahead of the arrow and hit the bull in his weak spot, his stomach, to get him to roar, therefore causing him to open his mouth. Just as he opens his mouth, the arrow enters his mouth and pierces his heart, killing the metal bull.