Percy was walking to his room when he heard Zia cry out from her room.
"Zia, can I come in?" Percy asked, knocking on the door.
"Come in." Zia said.
Percy nodded and opened the door to find Zia sitting on her bed, with her hand covered in fire.
"Zia, why did you cry out, I've seen you use magic to summon fire hundreds of times before." Percy asked
"Percy, I didn't use magic, I wasn't even trying. All I know was that I was reaching my hand out for my drink and the next thing I know, my hand is on fire." Zia said
"I got this." Percy said, summoning water and extinguishing Zia's hand.
"Thanks, man, why do I feel so tired all of a sudden?" Zia asked, right before she fainted into Percy's arms.
When she woke up, she found Carter and Percy standing over her, talking.
"Dude, are you sure?" Carter asked Percy.
"I'm positive, it's the only way she couldn't have been able to control that fire." Percy said
"What are you guys talking about?" Zia asked her head still fuzzy.
"Whoa there, save your strength. Here eat this, it'll help." Percy said, handing her what looked like a lemon square.
"Thanks." Zia said, not sure how it would help, but when she ate it, it didn't taste anything like a lemon square. Instead it tasted like nachos, reminding her of her first date with Carter. She felt her strength return to her somewhat.
"What is that?" she asked
"It's called ambrosia, it's the food of the gods of Olympus, and I always keep a little in the Duat now that I've mastered storing stuff in it. Anyway, in small amounts, it can cure demigods and maybe magicians of any ailment. However, an over dosage can burn us up and if a mortal ever ate it, they'd burn up. Anyway, what did it taste like?" Percy asked
Zia was embarrassed to say it with Carter in the room.
"Carter, can I talk her in private?" Percy asked
"Yeah. Yeah sure." Carter said, right before he left.
"Okay, now what did it taste like?" Percy asked
"Nachos, like the ones Carter and I had on our first date." Zia said
"Ambrosia tends to taste like whatever reminds the eater of home. To me, it tastes like my mom's chocolate chip cookies." Percy said
"But wait a minute, why did you risk giving me ambrosia if you weren't sure it would work on a magician?" Zia asked, even though she feared she already knew the answer.
"Because you aren't just a magician, you're a demigod. A daughter of Hephaestus." Percy said.
Zia's head filled with so many questions, the next she knew the world was spinning and she lost consciousness again.