Percy: I Get a Sister

I couldn't believe my eyes. Cora had just been claimed; by my dad! This meant he broke the oath twice! Cora was in complete shock. The flag dropped out of her hands. I walked over to her, putting on a smile the best I could. She looked at me bewildered, she had the same expression I had probably worn when I got claimed; all those years ago.

The rest of the night past in a blur. It was mayhem, another big three child, no memory, pretty much won the game herself. Chiron calmed down the camp the best he could; sending us back to our cabins and saying that was enough for tonight. We all headed off back to go to bed, Cora following me silently.

Once back in my (I mean our) cabin, she walked over to a bunk at the back and collapsed. I knew she wasn't physically that tired. I flopped on to my bunk and lay there for a minute just trying to wrap my mind around the fact I had a sister! This was the most shocking thing in my life - which was saying a lot.

Eventually I got up to change for bed. I looked over and saw Cora was asleep. Her eyes looked wet; I wondered what had been going through her mind. I sighed and got ready for bed. When I fell asleep, I ended up having my first dream in months.

I was in Hades' throne room. Hades was looking angry. Nico was standing off to the side, out of the way of his father's pacing. Hades was telling Nico something. It was a moment before I could make it out; he was talking a little fast.

"- very important! You have to go to that camp!" Hades instructed.

"But father you said . . ." Nico was trying to say. I still can't believe how different Nico looks from when I first met him, back with his sister in Westover Hall. Nico is 16 now, but most of the time he still has the same happy, childish personality he did when he was 12. In fact, I still sometimes felt like strangling the kid like I wanted when I first met him. Nico's eyes were intensely dark, and he had wavy dark brown hair. He still spent most of his time with his father in the Underworld; although not as much since Gaea captured him.

"I know what I said! But now things have changed! You have to go there soon!" Hades roared. I wondered what he was talking about. Then my dream changed, I was underwater.

I was in one of the rooms in my dad's palace. I was looking at my step-mother Amphitrite, and my step-brother Triton. Well, that certainly was odd. They both had a look of calm fury on.

"It will happen soon," Triton said.

"It will not appease him, you know that my son," Amphitrite replied, a slightly evil look in her eyes.

"It must happen," Triton said more firmly.

"We must prevent it for as long as we can."

The dream then spun and faded. I woke up abruptly. I found daylight streaming in the cabin. Cora's face was above mine looking grimly concerned. I sat up clutching my head. I had forgotten how much some dreams hurt your head.

"You looked like you were having a seizure," Cora told me sitting hard on her bunk.

"Oh, well thanks for waking me up," I replied. She shrugged and curled up hugging her knees.

"What were you dreaming about?" she asked suddenly. I looked at her in surprise.

"How did you know I was dreaming?" She shrugged again.

"You were asleep and were acting strange. It wasn't too hard to figure out," she muttered. "You also talk."

I laughed nervously. " I know. How are you feeling?" Another shrug. I looked outside and noticed it was almost time for breakfast. I got an idea. "Hey, after breakfast I'm going to introduce you to someone." COra looked a bit surprised at that.

"Who?"

"You'll see. Come back here after breakfast," I said with a small smile. Hesitantly she returned the smile.

Breakfast passed quickly; thankfully because everyone was staring at Cora. She was really nervous the whole time. It made me wonder if she had had a dream as well. We didn't talk too much; we didn't have much to say.

When we got back to our cabin, I couldn't wait to send the Iris-message. Cora sat down absently tapping her feet. She wanted to know who I talking about, but she wouldn't admit it. I opened a window and when the mist from the re-installed fountain hit the air a rainbow shimmered into existence. Pulling out a golden Drachma I tossed it in and said, "O Iris, Goddess of the Rainbow – and Fleecy. Accept my offering." It disappeared in a golden shimmer. "Show me Tyson," I requested.

The mist faded into the image of Tyson forging a something. He must be having some spare time; since he could only go to the forges when he wasn't with the Cyclops army.

"Tyson!" I yelled at him. He paused and looked around. When he saw me his face broke into a huge grin.

"Percy!" he exclaimed.

"Tyson, hey big guy! How are things? Seen Ella?" I asked, smiling. Tyson just has that affect on people.

"Things are good! Even better since no more war! Though I haven't seen Ella . . ." he said.

"Too bad about Ella, but great otherwise! Tyson, you'll never guess what news I have!" I told him. He looked at me happy, but confused. Peanut butter was in his teeth again.

"Really? What?" He asked. I took a deep breath and glanced back at Cora.

"We have a sister!" I said. Tyson looked even more excited now; his single calf brown eye going huge.

"We do?" he said amazed, a little loud.

"Yeah, she's right here. Want to meet her?" I said almost laughing. He nodded excitedly. I turned around and motioned for Cora to come over here. Slowly she stood up and came over. She wasn't finding the I-M weird.

"Um, hi," she muttered.

"Tyson, this is Cora. Dad claimed her last night."

"Hello! It's nice to meet you! I'm Tyson!" he practically screamed, smiling like a little kid.

"It's nice to meet you too Tyson. Wait, where are you?" she had a faint smile as she said this.

"I'm in the forges! Near daddy's palace!" Tyson explained.

"You're underwater?" her eyes widened. He nodded proudly. Something about this fact seemed to make something click in Cora's head, but she didn't seem to know if it was good or bad.

"Okay," I said. "Sorry Tyson, but I just wanted to introduce you guys so you wouldn't be surprised so we should probably go. And you probably want to get back to making your . . ." I glanced behind him. "Shield. We'll talk later, 'K?"

"Okay! Bye Percy! Bye Cora!" he waved. I slashed my hand through the mist, cutting the connection. Cora gave a small sigh and sat back down. Only then did it occur to me she hadn't reacted to the fact Tyson was a Cyclops. I looked at her curiously.

"So let me get this straight," Cora said. "We have a half-brother who's a Cyclops, who spends his time forging weapons and armour underwater?"

"Pretty much, unless he's with the Cyclops army. He's a general in it," I explained, "Or if he's with Ella who's a harpy and a good friend." Cora looked at me, but didn't say anything; just lay back on her bunk. I suddenly got a strange feeling, that something wasn't right. "Maybe we should contact dad," I suggested quietly. It took her a moment to actually hear what I said.

"NO!" She shrieked bolting upright. The look on her face was fear. She hadn't even looked nervous when being attacked during Capture the Flag. Now she looked almost terrified.

"Why not?" I frowned.

"Just – just don't," she pleaded. "I have a feeling it would only make things worse."

"Alright," I promised her. She noticeably relaxed. "Come on, let's start our classes." She nodded and we headed out.

The rest of the day went normally. Aside from the fact I was completely un-used to having a sister. But it was fun, Cora was amazing at everything. Fighting with her was great, it was a challenge even. A real challenge and she had such a unique style. She fought like she was both Greek and Roman and she fought fast. To tell the truth, those were the moments she looked truly happy.

I took her to visit the stables. Blackjack liked Cora immediately. They both got along great. Which I found a little creepy, since he was my Pegasus. Well, not really, but still.

When the day was done, I was feeling great. Cora was happy and sad. But I let it pass as nothing just because it had been her first day and she was obviously still trying to remember her old life - whatever it had been. When I fell asleep that night, I felt like everything was going to change. At dinner I had seen Hestia in the flames again. I knew she wanted to tell me something.

I wish I had known that that would be one of the closest days to a normal one as I'd get. At least, for the time being.