Apollo looked between Artemis and Jinx and raised an eyebrow. "Sister," he said not sounding too happy. Artemis grinned at him then winked at Jinx. "Told you, tickled pink," she said. Jinx laughed and stood up to shake Apollo's hand. "Nice to meet the god behind the sun that refuses to give me a tan," she said. A smile tugged at his lips as he nodded at her. Artemis stood up and put her arm around Jinx's shoulders. "Look at her Apollo. She could be your daughter," she said. Apollo scoffed at her. "If I were an animal," he mumbled. Jinx frowned and fought against the growl in her throat. Artemis tsked him. "Watch it brother or I'll tell her what she's really capable of and where she's from," she warned. Jinx spun around to look at her. But Apollo spoke before she could. "You can't you heard what Zeus said. You've already said way too much," he said as if Jinx wasn't there. He then turned to look at her. "You should get some sleep it's been an eventful day for you. Besides you'll want to be nice and fresh to meet your body guards and the beginning of your army tomorrow," he told her. Jinx tilted her head slightly confused. Artemis pat her shoulder. "Don't worry it'll make more sense tomorrow," she assured her then kissed her cheek. "We'll catch up soon. In the meantime take some of mine and my brother's arrows for protection," she insisted hanging another quiver with sparkling silver and gold arrow heads on the wall. Before Jinx could protest both gods popped out. Jinx just stood there a minute trying to wrap her head around what was going on. Finally she gave up and flashed to her bedroom where she switched into puma cub form and leaped up onto her bed curled up on her pillow and fell asleep.
The next morning Jinx woke up and stretched the same way she had every morning, butt up in the air and hands out in front of her with a big yawn. The only difference this morning was when she opened her eyes instead of seeing hands it was paws. She jumped and upon landing back on the bed her claws pierced the sheets. It took her a minute to remember what had happened yesterday. "It is weird the first time you wake up but I really wouldn't know how different since I was never an animal," a young man's voice said from the corner. For the second time Jinx jumped repiercing her sheets. She hissed when she spun around and saw it was Ricardo. "Oh stop hissing and let's get moving I have to do some training with you or all you'll know is your animal side," he said making a face at her. She flashed herself into human form and made a face right back at him. "Well you'll have to wait until after I shower," she told him. He snapped his fingers and her hair was wet and smelled fresh and she was in fresh clothes. She looked over at him. "You know just because you can doesn't mean I don't like the idea of a shower," she complained standing up. Ricardo waved a hand at her. "Yea yea you can shower another time," he said flashing them into the basement. Jinx looked around with a yawn. "Any reason we're in my basement?" She asked. Ricardo nodded and everything moved out of their way and a mat was placed on the floor. "Yea, because there's more room down here to fight and move around," he replied then lunged at her.
Jinx kept popping around the room seconds before Ricardo would hit her. Ricardo actually growled after the tenth time. She stopped and raised her eyebrows at him. "You know Ric I think your hanging around your brother too much," she teased. He swung his foot out to catch her behind the knees but instead of landing on her back she just back flipped and landed in a crouch. "Now that wasn't very nice," she said in a chiding tone then sped towards him knocking him over. She moved with incredible speed faster then any human alive could ever move. "Fine you want to tease me let's see how good you do in the dark," Ricardo snarled and everything went pitch black. Jinx sighed as she watched him stalk around her. She heard every step her took and could smell him. "Ric I'm part feline part vampire you really think the darkness is going to affect me," she told him sounding bored. "You know I've trained a lot of vampires and she has to be the most annoying one," he said in an aggravated tone she could hear. "Hey now! I was just teasing it's not my fault I'm like this," she snapped back. Immediately the lights snapped back on and Ricardo stood up and stared at her a little surprised. "What did you say?" He asked her. "I said I was only teasing," she repeated unsure what he didn't understand. Ricardo took a tentative step towards her. "You can hear my thoughts? You're not supposed to be able to do that," he said. It was then that Jinx realized he hadn't spoken to her allowed but it was as if he had been speaking to himself. She could hear traces of his thoughts even now and sense his confusion. Her jaw dropped at her own realization. "This isn't normal isn't it? Don't answer that I already know it's not. Should I call the gods?" She asked. Ricardo shook his head. "Ares," he called. She looked at him dumbfounded. "The god of war?" She whispered not really wanting to draw attention to the god. Ricardo nodded. "Vampires are always at war trying to keep humans from finding out and besides bloodshed, hello I do need nourishment," he whispered back. She shrugged, he had a point there. When the god didn't show Ricardo frowned. Jinx remembered what Artemis said yesterday. "I'm going to try something here. Athena?" She called.
Instantly a tall dirty blond, grey-eyed woman stood before them in a tank top and jeans. Jinx raised her eyebrows. She was finding that she was caught by surprise with the ways the Gods were dressing. "We do try to fit in and make you a little bit comfortable," Athena told her as if she read her thoughts, which she no doubt had. Jinx nodded. "Athena she can read my thoughts she shouldn't be able to," Ricardo said. Athena turned to look at him and nodded. "Of course she can. She no doubt should be able to. Given how long she's survived on her own internal instincts had to grow and over compensate for her inability to change and know what she truly was," Athena replied. Ricardo frowned. "But I'm a demigod. Can she read your mind?" He asked pointedly. Athena looked over at Jinx then shook her head. "No she can not. And don't think yourself too highly Ricardo. She's quite powerful, as you've seen. I'm proud of the warrior in her," Athena replied with a smile to Jinx. Jinx smiled back and bowed her head. "You're training with her is done for today Ricardo you may go," she said and he vanished. Jinx looked at her with surprise. "Can you teach me how to make him vanish?" She asked eagerly. Athena laughed. "You don't have that ability over him I'm afraid. But if you beat him enough times in training I'm sure he will vanish on his own accord from shame," she replied with a kind smile. "Thank you for coming so quickly to my call," Jinx said. Athena bowed her head. "You are a top priority. Whomever you may have called would have come just as quickly. But it was wise of you to call on me in this problem. I feel Ares may have been little help," Athena offered. Athena held up a hand and a gold cuff appeared. "I'd offer a shield but no one seems to carry them around anymore. But should you wish this will turn into one of my shields," Athena said handing the cuff to Jinx. Jinx took it and the moment it touched her hands it turned silver. Athena smiled at her surprise. "Silver appears to be more your color. I shall keep that in mind," she said. Jinx snapped it on her forearm as a question came to mind. "Try it out and find out," Athena answered the thought in her mind. In an instant Jinx flashed into puma form. Athena chuckled at the cub in front of her with a silver cuff the size of one front leg. "You'll grow into it cub but I must return to Olympus," Athena said and with a pat on the head vanished.
Jinx flashed back into human form and acted a little bit normal and walked up the steps. She went to the kitchen and poured herself a bowl of cereal. As she raised the spoon to her mouth she heard a noise that was growing familiar to her. She growled low in her throat without turning around. "It wont satisfy your hunger. I was going to bring you out for a hunt," Edric said. She put the spoon back down and turned to face him. "What exactly do you mean hunt? I don't like raw meat, let alone most meat," she replied. Edric pushed himself off the counter. "Trust me you will," he said then headed out the back door. With a sigh she pushed herself away from the table and followed after him. Edric was already in panther form. Between steps she flashed herself into her cub form. "Well would you look at that, you're already starting to grow. By next week you'll be your full size," Edric's voice said in her head. Jinx stretched and sat down. "So where's breakfast?" She asked. She heard Edric chuckle. "Try and keep up," he replied and bound off.