Percy Jackson and the Adventures of A Sister

22. Voyage to the Land of Snow

Andromeda reappeared in front of the Jackson's house. It was 1:40 in the afternoon in New York. Percy's blessing not only allowed her to control time, but also to tell what time it was in any given position in the world and the universal time, which happened to be the time in Adannu, the city home to the primordial of time. The city was on the planet Chaos, 5219 Light years away. Currently it is exactly midnight AUT (Adannu Universal Time).

She decided it was time to go find herself a nice little home. She had gotten all the stuff she needed. Hopefully she would be able to communicate with Percy in a week or so. She decided to travel on foot. The four or five times she vapor traveled was risky enough. She did not want Poseidon to find out the fact that she from the future. She was contemplating where she could stay. Then it hit her. Alaska. Percy's blessing made her stronger there. She could stay there without worry of being found. She could not travel in magical ways lest she attracted the attention of the gods. The three or four trips she had already had ended in far off places where the gods did not pay attention.

She decided to make herself a boat. She was the daughter of the sea god after all. She could not fly, nor could she go underground until she reached Alaska. The beach was about 20 miles from the location she was in. That was no problem. She could reach the border of Canada on foot if she needed to. She could go to Alaska on foot, but she wanted to travel in an inconspicuous way. A 12 year old girl running across the US would be anything but inconspicuous. No one would be able to board the boat, so no one would be able to realize that the one piloting it was 12. She reached a scheduled spot on the beach. She made a mist barrier to repel mortals. She made herself a small shelter and went to sleep. Soon Percy contacted her and she told him about her plans.

"There is one thing I can do. I had permission to create one animal as my sacred animal. The ancient laws allow me to make two of the species immortal. The animal I created was very powerful, so I was only allowed to create three excluding the immortal ones. The number must now grow naturally. My sacred animal is the Meaolaus. It is the same as a horse except it can outrun a cheetah, and it can travel through time once every ten years. The Meaolaui live for about two hundred years. I sent one of the three back in time. You are the only one she will trust. I cannot send any living being with her, but I did manage to send you a few handy things. 

You have a tent similar to the expandable warriors tents, a device to talk to me and another tent that is a workshop where you can build your boat. The tent has an area where you can get all the raw materials you need. You can get modern adhesives and paints, but not materials like fiberglass. You have plenty of time. Enjoy the past. Don't use my sacred animal for transportation unless you reach an area you can't access by boat. Boat building is fun." Said Percy.

"Okay, great, You are telling me to have fun. Now I think it is time for me to wake up, so bye." Said Andromeda. She then woke up. She found a horse with golden fur sitting in front of her shelter. There was a saddle and some stuff in a saddlebag. She petted the horse, who neighed in response. Andromeda could understand what the horse was saying. It was greeting her. Apparently her name was Autumn. Andromeda quickly unloaded the stuff from the horse. 

There was a backpack, and a metal safe with a keypad on top of it. A note was attached to the chest. Andromeda read the note. The safe had infinite space in it. Its weight would not increase with the articles in it. Andromeda could carry anything which would fit into the lid. The thing was protected by a 16 character password. She set the pass-code as a random bunch of characters. She memorized it and then proceeded to go ahead and get building. She took a brown cloth square labelled workshop and threw it on the ground. It expanded into a massive warehouse.

She stepped into the warehouse and started building. She first grabbed a bunch of red cedar veneers (Thin Planks). She began sticking them together using epoxy glue. She continued this process for about a month and a half. She painted the whole thing with waterproof epoxy paint. While she enjoyed boat building she knew that the boat would be damaged by rocks and monsters. She was not in the mood for an extra load of damages caused by the water when she could simply use a waterproof coating. Finally she managed to get the actual structure finished. Now she had to add an engine, a couple of solar panels, a battery, and some electronics to steer the boat. No sir. She was not one of those old fashioned idiots who used sails just because they wanted to take the easy way out. She was not going to build an ancient boat.

She built her own engine courtesy of lessons she had taken from her brother before the whole time travel fiasco. The engine connected to a gearbox which distributed the power between three propellers. The two side propellers gave the pilot a huge amount of control during turning. The side propellers were attached to a beam that went a foot away from the main body of the ship. The two provided high levels of acceleration, but made for a really uncomfortable vibration across the whole boat. The central propeller pushed the boat forward slowly but made for a smooth comfortable ride. She did the interiors and soon her boat was ready to sail. Andromeda decided to skip the testing phase. Autumn could run on water, and she was a daughter of Poseidon, so whatever. In the morning of October 19 Andromeda set sail for her new home.