Author's Note: Hello readers & welcome to chapter 54 of this here story! I hope you all enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoy writing these chapters for you readers... Sure, sometimes writing these chapters are a drag (like when I don't feel like typing the chapter, or I just don't have a good idea to make the chapter interesting), but in the end I always feel good & hope that it's making many other people's day a bit more interesting & just a bit more full of curiosity. I appologize for not posting on the day I was supposed to, but an eight-day long trip got in the way of that. Anyhow, enjoy the story!

Stuff I own: My OCs, Meldalvyna's house in the woods, & plot idea... Stuff I don't own: All Jak and Daxter & Spyro characters, the places these characters originally live in, & the music used in any & all chapters they appear in.

Jak's POV

"Meldalvyna, you won't believe what I found! It turns out, your father had a daughter, meaning you have a human half-sister!" Vin's voice stutters excitedly through Meldalvyna's communicator, almost echoing in the Hellcat Cruiser. Meldalvyna's jaw drops in disbelief, eyes widening in an unreadable emotion, her entire form tensing.

"A... A human half-sister? Are you completely sure Vin?" Meldalvyna asks softly after a second, her voice wavering with what sounds like fear, a frown slowly digging trenches into her facial features. Deafening silence encases the zoomer as we start a third round since we left the Power Station a few hours ago as Vin obviously spends some time to re-look over the results of Meldalvyna's blood test.

"Yes, I'm completely sure... I've separated the human DNA from the Dracon DNA in your genes, traced the human DNA to your apparent father, whose name was Jackson Metzgyr, & he- if these records are correct about him- had a daughter," Vin reports in answer to Meldalvyna's question, Meldalvyna's face slowly becoming more & more unreadable, an emotion in her expression that I've never seen & can't name smoking across her face.

"We'll be there in a few minutes to hear your full report, including all the other things you promised to find out through my blood," Meldalvyna says with a slight growl before hanging up on Vin, stuffing the comm. unit angrily into a pocket in her false jacket before tensely returning to her position she had before she got the call. After a second of me looking at her with worry, Meldalvyna's head snaps toward me, her pupils somewhere between rounded & slitted.

"What are you waiting for? We need to get to the Power Station ASAP," Meldalvyna sneers, though I can tell by her face her sudden anger isn't directed at me... and possibly might not be anger at all, but anxiety towards what will come. The few minutes it takes to get to the Power Station at a little more than legal speed goes in silence, Meldalvyna's eyes staring intensely forward the entire time, the only time I can't see the green orbs being when she pulls up her hood.

Getting out of the Hellcat Cruiser, I rush to Meldalvyna's side of the vehicle & open her door for her before she can open it herself, I helping her down a second later. Nearly as soon as her feet touch the ground, Meldalvyna strides up the ramp towards the door to the Power Station & I have to jog to keep up with her.

"Jak wait! Stop Meldalvyna, there's another zoomer at the door, & it's a three-seater," Light calls out in the back of my mind just as Meldalvyna goes to punch in the code that I had taught her before we left to go on our patrol, I noticing the vehicle as soon as Light utters the vehicle's presence. Rushing to Meldalvyna's side & pulling her hand away from the number pad, I point out the other, green & yellow zoomer sitting not too far away from the door. Meldalvyna's hood turns towards me with radiating anger before realizing what I am directing her attention to, even the material seeming to stiffen with fear.

"You need to calm down Mel. It will be okay, if it is your half-sister in there, I will be there for you, for better or worse," I say, setting a hand on her shoulder, looking at her through the visor of my helmet. Meldalvyna's tense muscles deflate a little as I watch as the cloth around her chest begin to slowly move in & out, her supposedly calming breaths audible from her hood, the scent of her mint toothpaste still powerfully intact on her breath.

"Thank you, Jak. I'm ready to go in now," Meldalvyna says after a second or two of calming herself down. Nodding, I take wrap my fingers around hers & let her type in the final number of the entrance code. Together, we walk through the door & into the warm interior of the Power Station. Walking across the short bridge over whatever lay below onto the main platform of the room, my eyes land on first Vin's holographic head floating near a part of the room, then on the woman & toddler sitting on another lift suspended from somewhere above us all.

"O-oh! There they are!" Vin says once he notices our presence, a smile on his face while simultaneously moving out of our line of sight of the woman & her daughter. I give the woman a quick scrutinous look-over, committing her image to memory just in case I ever see the woman again & need to tell her anything pertaining to her half-sister. The first things I notice about her are her dirty-blonde hair & how the woman is only a little shorter than Meldalvyna, she already standing & looking at us.

"Meldalvyna, this is your half-sister Carolyn Jayms. Carolyn, this is your half-sister Meldalvyna Elindrea," Vin says after a second of near silence in the room, the only thing breaking the quiet being the occasional beeps & whirrs of the computers as well as the play & babble from the toddler. Slowly, Carolyn approaches us as we begin to walk towards her as well, Meldalvyna extending her hand towards Carolyn once the two are close enough.

"Hello Meldalvyna... So, I hear from Vin here that you aren't exactly normal when it comes to appearance. That you're a- a hybrid," Carolyn greets shakily after letting go of Meldalvyna's hand, staring into the dark void that is the opening to Meldalvyna's hood with her grey eyes, the stony orbs flecked with hints of blue & green.

"Hello Carolyn... & yes, I am in fact a hybrid. So, do you remember much about- uhn, Jackson Metzgyr- like how he acted, what he did, things like that?" Meldalvyna asks awkwardly after returning Carolyn's greeting & answering her question.

"Yeah, I was six, almost seven when he died, so I remember that he was a great dad... Vin told me how, apparently he died from a massive & eventually fatal concussion after a mission for the Underground back when Baron Praxis first started going corrupt," Carolyn replies as she & Meldalvyna start to walk back towards the lift she had been sitting on just moments ago.

"He worked for the Underground? How long did Baron Praxis have control over this damned place before we took him down?" Dark asks with an astonished growl, voicing my silent suprise & disbelief.

"I knew what he died from, but I had no idea he worked for the Underground... apparently the night he died is the night I was conceived," Meldalvyna says with nervousness in her voice, she & I both watching Carolyn's expression closely for any signs of disgust or remorse.

"Really?" Carolyn asks quietly, surprise in her whispered question.

"Yes, my mother found him bleeding badly from the temple & flew him to the nearest place that had his scent lingering on it & set him down in front of the door after knocking hard on the entrance before hiding in the shadows. Once they came out & found him, she managed to slip in behind them & follow the others unnoticed into a room. She vowed to watch over him & make sure he made it out alright, but that ended up being a bad idea. He came to, apparently delusional, & took hold of my mother, holding her down &... and then the rest is history," Meldalvyna answers slowly, deciding awkwardly in the middle of her recount of Cynder's story of Meldalvyna's coming to existence to stop it at that point, hurt in her voice.

"Are you saying that my dad slept your mom the last day he was alive? How is that even possible?!" Carolyn growls out in question, refusing to yell probably for her child's sake.

"The hell if I know! MY mother told me he was severely delusional when he- OUR father- RAPED her, calling out some woman's name, probably YOUR mother, the entire time! Do you think I want to be some half-dragon half-human freak getting ridiculed for even existing?! Do you actually believe I WANTED to hear all the names all the Draco children called me, as well as all the things people are probably calling me now?! My own mother doesn't like the fact I'm half human, the only one who does is Jak, that man right over there! You want to know why, sis? It's because he's the only damned person in this entire city who can even come CLOSE to understanding what it's like!" Meldalvyna growls in return, ripping down her hood in anger, whispering her rage & trying not to yell it, pointing at me in her tirade of spiteful self-hatred. Carolyn eyes widen at the revelation of Meldalvyna's snarling face, I noticing her pupils slit in rage. Out of the corner of my eye, I notice the toddler has gone completely unaware & unafraid of the storming women behind her, playing quietly with her toys

"Mel, calm down," I say quietly, only for Meldalvyna to whip her attention at me, the snarl still on her face for a moment before slowly fading to an expressionless look, sadness radiating from her eyes.

"I'm... I'm so sorry Meldalvyna... I had no idea that he had done that," Carolyn says softly, her eyes focused on Meldalvyna, scared, yet filled with sympathy, before refocusing on Meldalvyna's hair; "you have dad's two-color hair... but his was black & blond."

"Jackson had bicolor hair?" Meldalvyna asks, her rage suddenly gone, her fists unclenching completely & a strange, blank look sweeping over her face. Carolyn nods softly, Meldalvyna slowly starts approaching Carolyn & sits next to her. Deciding to follow her, I sit on Meldalvyna's opposite side, the closest to Carolyn's little girl. The little girl looks up from her toys at me, a smile on her slightly freckled face, before looking over to her mother, & finally coming to a halting stop on Meldalvyna. The little blonde toddles over to Meldalvyna, her hands going straight to Meldalvyna's knees for support. The toddler's bright blue eyes stare into Meldalvyna's green surprised ones, a curious look on the little girl's face.

"Oh, this is my daughter Orianna, she's three & a half," Carolyn says, picking up the little blonde-haired girl & setting the girl on her lap, "so I guess that makes you her half-aunt…. It looks like she likes you."

"H-hey Orianna," Meldalvyna says awkwardly as Orianna stands from her mother's lap & walks towards her, grabbing Meldalvyna's horns with curiosity in her eyes. Orianna strokes her thumbs up & down each of Meldalvyna's horns & down Meldalvyna's cheek, feeling the texture of her scaled skin & smooth horns before moving to pet Meldalvyna's hair.

"Sorry, she's a bit touchy-feely," Carolyn apologizes for her daughter as said child returns to playing with Meldalvyna's horns, testing the sharpness of the tips with light taps of her fingers.

"It's alright, I understand. Hey, do you mind if I remove my wing covers? I bet she'll love those…. I also have wings, & I'll get out a cover sheath my tailblade. Jak, can you help me with my wing covers?" Meldalvyna asks me after getting an agreeing nod from Carolyn, standing up & out of Orianna's curious reach & turning her back to me, moving her hair out of the way. Obliging to Meldalvyna's request for help, I remove her wing covers as she gets into the pouch on her hip & takes out her sheath for her tail blade.

"Wow, your wings are huge," Carolyn whispers in amazement as Meldalvyna puts on the sheath of her tailblade. Meldalvyna simply grins as she comes back to her previous seat next to the dirty-blonde haired woman, I sitting on her other side just like last time. Orianna's eyes widen in wonder as her small hands begin to roam Meldalvyna's wings & play with her tail, squealing in annoyance when she can't undo the sheath's straps on Meldalvyna's tailblade before giving up & returning to playing with Meldalyvna's hair, horns, & wings.

Meldalvyna's POV

As Orianna returns to playing with my hair, wings, & horns, I look at her mother Carolyn & commit her image to memory, as well as attempting to memorize her daughter's appearance when I can see her, wanting to remember each of them well enough to describe them.

"Do you mind?" Carolyn asks suddenly, her hand floating just above one of my wings, a sheepish look on her face. It takes me a second to realize what she's asking, & I have to resist the urge to facepalm.

"Not at all, Jak plays with my tail every once in a while, as well as my friends from Avalar & Tall Plains," I answer with a smile & a single nod. Slowly, Carolyn's hand descends onto my wing's spine, her face brightening in wonder & pleased surprise, her other hand coming up to feel my wing's membrane.

"Interesting feeling isn't it? Smooth yet rough, cool yet warm," Jak comments softly with a grin on his face, watching Carolyn's face bounce between various expressions. Carolyn's gaze leaves my wings to look at Jak, a small smile coming to her face as she nods in silent agreement.

"So, are you two actually dating, if you don't mind me asking?" Carolyn asks after a second of stroking my wings, pausing in her surprisingly relaxing, curiosity-inspired investigation of my wings & horns, looking up towards Jak & I with a slightly nervous scent about her. I glance up at Jak with a bit of concern in my eyes before looking back at Carolyn, trying to decide whether or not to answer her question truthfully or not.

"Why does it matter to you?" Jak asks just as I open my mouth to speak, his voice curious, not rude like one would expect the question he asked to be said. Carolyn pauses for a second, looking between Jak & I, a sheepish glimmer taking her eyes by storm.

"Well, I'm just curious. I don't see anything wrong with it if you are in a relationship. Love is love, no matter how you look at it, at least that's what my mother tells me... I bet she'd love meeting you, she loves the old tales of dragons, & to meet one, I don't know what she'd do," Carolyn answers with a smile on her face, the mentioning of her mother throwing me off for a little bit.

"If that's how you feel about it, I guess I can tell the truth. Yes, Jak & I are 'dating'... Now, what was that little bit about your mother?" I ask, the small mention Carolyn made of her mother not leaving my mind alone.

"Oh, that's great! No need to worry about me saying anything to anyone else, I'm no blabber mouth, I promise. I think you two look good together anyway! Anyhow, my mother used to tell me- what then I thought were just fairytales- stories filled with dragons. My favorite one was how at one point the dragon world & all its inhabitants & the human world with all its were once one. That is until the youngest Precursors & the most powerful dragon forsaw a terrible future if our worlds were to stay together, & they combined their power to separate the humans & the dragons, as well as their respective allies onto different sides of the planet & pulled the two halves apart, leaving a scar on each planet as a reminder of the old alliance. My mother used to tell me the long version of that story every night for as long as I can remember up until I became a teen," Carolyn explains with a smile on her face, her hand subconciously drifting to playing with the part of my tail curled in her direction, her daughter playing with my wings.

"That story isn't false, you know... on the dracon side of the UniPortal, there is a place known as Dante's Freezer, & there are humans there, who yes are dead, but they still move & can attack. My stepfather had to fight a few of them when he was young to get to one of his mentors," I say with a smile on my face, Jak & Carolyn's expressions both going to pure shock.

"What's a UniPor-"

"There are humans on the draco side of the UniPortal?!" Jak asks in loud surprise, interrupting Carolyn's question with his own, disbelief in their eyes. Frowning at Jak for interrupting Carolyn, I shake my head at him & decide to answer Carolyn's question first.

"The UniPortal, Carolyn, the only link that the Dracon Father left between our worlds, & is powered by the magic of the dracons, but can still be used by the humans & others here, as long as they use the correct sequence of crystal energies. And yes, there are some undead remains of humans on the draco side of the UniPortal, as well as ghosts, & what I believe to be ancestors of your yakows. The only place that I've heard the bodily ones reside are in Dante's Freezer, where their bodies were preserved by the cold. However, there are a lot of ghosts of humans in the oceans where the ape pirates used to roam- near the seas at the edges of Shattered Vale & Malefor, at the untouched forrest at the mouth of the poisonous Silver River- but usually only on the pirates' ships," I answer the two, Carolyn's question having the shortest answer & not leaving my tongue & lungs exhausted.

"I thought Malefor was the name of the Dark Master, the dragon that controlled your mother," Jak says, confused at my mention of the evil, first purple dragon's name.

"It is, but it is also a name of the region surrounding the Mountain of Malefor, also known as the Well of Souls. Malefor WAS once a noble dracon of high regard when he was younger, after all. It is a dark land, & I've had nightmares of that place, though I've never actually seen them myself... the Chronicler is always generous with his warnings of places to not go until the time one is powerful enough to survive," I explain grimly, images from these supplied visions & following nightmares resurfacing in my mind & making me frown. Shaking my head, I put the wicked pictures & thoughts out of my mind & put on a smile. Thankfully, Jak takes in & understands what I meant, slapping himself on the forhead a second later for not realizing 'of Malefor' entitled both the dracon-made mountain AND the region, a barely audible 'duh' whispering from his lips.

"I have really only a few questions left to ask you, do you mind if I ask them?" Carolyn says after a second, finally finishing absorbing all the information she could about my home side of the UniPortal.

"Not at all, what is it you'd like to ask me?" I answer with a question of my own, an encouraging smile on my face. Carolyn smiles softly with a little excitement in her eyes, pulling her daughter away from my wings- not without a small, quick struggle- & sitting the little girl on her lap so she can put a hat over Orianna's bright golden hair.

"One: do you think you could tell me more about dragon history. Two: would you two like to come over to my house to meet my husband & mother, if you can get it through with your boss of course? And three: do you think I- & my mother because I know she'll love you no matter what, she loved the old stories- could meet your family?" Carolyn asks in one quick breath, a nervous yet hopeful grin on her face, holding a fidgeting Orianna in place. I can't help but smile at my half-sister's curiosity in my family & heritage, as well as offering me an experiance with her own family.

"Yes, I will tell you as much as you'd like to know about dracon history. Yes, you & your entire family are free to come over to my home, just be warned that I am only the height I am because I am half human, my mother & step father are far taller than I, & are actually much too tall to fit through the door to this building. Jak, would you like to go to Carolyn's home for a greeting of her family?" I answer Carolyn before turning to ask Jak one of the questions Carolyn asked me, a smile, shrug, & nod from my love being my answer. Carolyn smiles & laughs in happiness, pulling Jak & I up with her after she sets Orianna down in order to stand herself.

"Oh-okay, th-that was eventful... & Meldalvyna, you are about 50.9 percent drag- I mean dracon- & 49.1 percent human, meaning you are m-more dragon than human, but o-only by a little bit," Vin says, making everyone- save Orianna who was back to playing with my tail- jump a little in surprise, having forgotten about him in our lively conversation.

"Sorry Vin... kinda forgot you were here, even though this is your place," Jak says with an apologetic laugh, rubbing the back of his neck subconsciously after running his fingers through his hair sheepishly.

"I-it's alright. M-Meldalvyna, there's more I found out about you, but I'm sure the rest you'll want to hear in private," Vin says quietly. I nod before following the floating head to the other side of the room, Jak following just behind me. I glance at Jak for a second after we stop, trying to tell him to go away for a second without actually saying anything, but he remains anyhow.

"W-well, it turns out you c-can have kids, which is an amazing ability considerring y-you are a hybrid, a-and most hybrids are s-sterile. Actually, y-you are extremely fertile, more so than the average human woman... Wh-which I'm guessing has to d-do with you being part dragon," Vin says quietly, an excited tone to his voice. Out of the corner of my eye I notice Jak raise his eyebrow for a second before his eyes widen & he turns away from me, the scent of anxiety on him, his tense stance telling me something had embarassed him, I guessing it to be Dark talking to him in the back of his mind.

"Thank you Vin. Do you think you could find out if my father- Jackson Metzgyr wasn't it- had any siblings & tell me sometime later?" I ask, thankful for the little bit of news Vin had for me- though I admit I don't think Jak should have heard it, he still having his back towards us- though still curious if I have any more human family.

"G-gladly Meldalvyna. Any friend of Jak's is a friend of mine!" Vin says with a smile before his holographic image of his head floats away from us & back towards Carolyn. With a smile after the floating head, I walk behind Jak & set a hand on his shoulder, smiling at him when he jumps a little at my touch, looking at me with a smile of his own, though forced.

"So, I'm going to call Torn & ask if we can go meet up with Carolyn's family, you just go keep those three company... Also, has Vin always been a computer?" I say as we begin to walk towards the three congregated near the door, asking the last part in a whisper so Vin doesn't hear the question.

"No, Vin once was a person. Just minutes before I discovered Kor was the Metalhead Leader, there was a transmission that... well, I heard some of his last few moments as human. He had been attacked in the Power Station, & somehow managed to- dump as he would say- his brain into the computers before his body could cut out on him," Jak answers grimly, looking at the holographic head of the once-man as we approach the three waiting at the door.

"So what you're saying is that his brain is somewhere in here, hooked up to a bunch of wires, & that's why it only shows his head?" I ask, not completely sure what I am trying to ask at all, too many thoughts running through my mind to pick one out properly.

"No, video calls used to do the same thing when you wanted an entire room to see your face, but his brain being somewhere in here, I honestly have no idea... Once, we had to hook Daxter up to the computer so he could kill off viruses attacking the systems, ones that Vin couldn't handle himself, & Daxter just sort of disappeared from infront of me, no wires at all coming out from anywhere," Jak answers, a strange expression on his face as the memory surfaces in his mind, his lips set in a firm, yet not angry, grimace.

"Hey, we ready to go?" Carolyn asks once we reach the group waiting at the door.

"No, I still have to ask our boss if we can. He might make us wait until after our hours are up for today," I answer before Jak can say anything, a smile on my face as I pull my communicator out of my hip pouch. Calling Torn quickly, I get a confirmation on being able to go with Carolyn to meet her family after Jak's & I's hours are up. As soon as our patrol is up, Jak & I return to the Power Station to meet up with & follow Carolyn & her daughter Orianna back to her home.

"Honey, mom, we're home!" Carolyn calls out as we walk into her home, waiting just inside the door.

"We're in the kitchen!" a male voice calls out from another part of the large apartment. Following Carolyn who leads us to the kitchen, Jak & I exchange a quick glance- though Jak can't see my face underneath my hood- before looking at the two new faces situated in the kitchen.

"Jak, Meldalvyna, this is Aindreas Jayms- my husband- & Sollana Metzgyr, my mother. Mom, honey, this is Jak & Meldalvyna. Meldalvyna is why I was called to the Power Station, she's my half-sister," Carolyn introduces cheerfully, a smile on her face as she motions respectfully to the man & older woman in the room, both sitting at a wooden table in the center of the kitchen until we enter.

Author's Note: I appologize for this chapter being so late, but in my defense, I was away on an eight-day trip, all of which I couldn't get to a computer to work. Anywho, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I hope to get out the next chapter on its actual scheduled date of release, which is the tenth of next month. Again, if any of you have any suggestions or helpful advice, I'd love to hear it, just don't flame me! Well, again, sorry for being so late in posting of this chapter (even though I had a long trip to a different state where I couldn't get to a computer), & I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'd also like to hear from you readers, & if you look up two specific places listed in this chapter, you'll all be glad to find out that they ARE mentioned in one of the games that I have based this story off of, & the first to respond about the correct two places mentioned in this chapter, you will get a special mentioning in the next one! Anywho, tigerdj98 signing off!