The Siren's Lies

Dread

"What did you call us for? And where's Percy?" Piper asked. The other members of the Seven nodded, as they sat around the round table in the Big House.

"Yeah, where is Perce?" Leo asked. "Don't you two go everywhere together?" Annabeth sighed.

"Yeah. But," Annabeth frowned. "I found something in his cabin." Annabeth muttered, as she brought forth the notebook. Jason gasped.

"It-it's a notebook!" Jason shrieked. Before rolling his eyes. "Yeah. What's so important about this? Literally everyone has a notebook." Jason said. Leo snickered. Annabeth sighed.

"It's not this. It's what's inside it." Annabeth said. She flipped to the page from earlier. "I'll just read it to you." She said.

(This poem belongs to NoTearsFalling on fanfiction.net.)

"Many people fear me, fear me for my eyes, but few people see the power hidden in my lies." Annabeth said. The others frowned.

"That's creepy." Hazel said.

"That definitely doesn't sound like Percy." Frank muttered. Annabeth frowned.

"I know. That's what scares me." Annabeth muttered. She cleared her throat, before continuing.

"Eyes to hold you captive tossing like the sea, Eyes to make you blind to the truth known as me."

"Jeez, this is giving me the creeps." Leo shivered. The others nodded.

"I tell you not my secrets (For then what would I gain?), For if you knew my secrets you would be my bane."

"Ok. So, whoever knows Percy's secret, is his bane? How does that work?" Leo asked. Annabeth scowled.

"Let me finish. Then you can ask." Annabeth growled. Leo nodded, as Annabeth continued.

"Paranoid, you say. But self-preservation, says I. For what good would it do me if I were to die? You talk about my smile. You say that it holds charm. And yet you seem to forget that I can cause great harm. You see what I want you to see. You forget the ruin I can cause. Because I have made you forget that not every monster has claws."

"Ok. That is seriously not good." Piper said. Every single one of the six half-bloods present were pale.

"Tartarus, you whisper, has he really forgotten? But no one could forget something quite that rotten,"

"At least that was right." Annabeth muttered, before continuing.

"Oh, but I've turned nasty, and oh, have I turned sour. And like you the monsters forget that until I make them cower."

Annabeth shivered, remembering the moment in Tartarus, with the goddess of Misery.

"But with honey-filled words and a grin upon my face, I can make you forget that I'm anything but grace."

"Why do I feel that it's only going to get worse from here?" Jason said weakly. No one answered.

"I can control poison, and I can control blood. I can make hurricanes and cause water to flood."

"I'm guessing that's why." Jason said.

"But never have I told you of this secret power of mine, But avoiding the Siren's songs should have been a sign."

"The siren's songs?" Leo asked, confused. Annabeth was frowning, deep in thought. But she paled, realization flashing across her eyes.

"Annabeth? What is it?" Frank asked. Annabeth was pale.

"The Sea of Monsters. When we were thirteen, we-we ran into them. The sirens." Annabeth said, shocked.

"And though I didn't notice when a piece of wax fell from my ear, I have to say that the consequences were anything but severe."

"I feel like it's only going to get worse." Piper muttered. The others nodded.

"And so I heard the siren's voices and resisted on my own (Oh, Annabeth, you were there. You really should have known."

"Percy wrote this... as if he knew that we were going to read it." Hazel said, glancing around the room.

"My sisters told me that I was just like them. I am but a curse. (And if you think that's bad, trust me, it gets worse.)"

"He has sisters?" Jason asked.

"The sirens are technically his sisters." Annabeth explained.

"Poseidon has many daughters, but they are cursed to stay on land. And now all they can do is mourn for the water that's blocked by sand."

"What the heck does that mean?" Frank asked. Everyone shrugged.

"And you may call me stupid. You may call me blind. But I saw what you didn't when you were blocked by your own mind."

"Again. Anyone know what that means?" Frank asked. He glanced at everyone, who shrugged.

"No? Ok then."

"And you think that you know me. You think you know all that I can do. But if only you knew all the secrets and powers I'm hiding from you."

"I agree with what Hazel said before. It sounds like he's talking to us, specifically." Leo said.

"You talk about my smile, and you whisper about my eyes. But those were just ploys to distract you from my lies."

The group shivered at that.

"Lies?" Piper said weakly.

"My real power is in my words and in my song. My real power is in my voice, and this magic is quite strong."

"So... like Charmspeak?" Leo asked, trying to make a joke. No one laughed.

"And so please give me your will (It's not like you have a choice.) And so please listen closely, and fall captive to my siren voice."

Everyone was silent as the digested the ending. And everyone failed to notice what seemed like three women disappear into the shadows, leaving no trace of them behind.