***NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS STORY BELONG TO ME. THEY ARE PROPERTY OF RICK RIORDAN AND JONATHAN M. SHIFF
"The moon pool," Cleo said. "It's our spot. I think it will be perfect for this." Then Percy, Annabeth, Emma, Cleo, and Rikki all jumped into the water.
Percy came back up to the surface and told Jason and Piper to jump in. So they did and Percy created air bubbles around their heads. All seven of them raced towards Mako Island, Piper and Jason trailing behind. Once they got to the moon pool, Percy climbed out and made sure Piper and Jason were dry before sitting on a rock. Rikki, Emma, and Cleo looked at Annabeth.
"I knew Lewis shouldn't have let you go to Mako during a full moon," Cleo said.
"We're really sorry about this. It will change your life. You will never have a normal life again," Emma apologized. Annabeth scoffed.
"Trust me, my life is nowhere near normal."
"Oh yeah. That was why we're here. Explain," Rikki demanded.
"I don't think we should explain every little thing, but we can tell you who we are. Jason, do the thing," Percy said.
"Um, you guys need to get out of the pool. Percy, do the thing," Jason said, trying to hold in his laughter. Percy smirked and walked up to Annabeth. He held out his hand. She took it and immediately her tail started to shimmer and turned back into legs. Percy helped her out of the pool. Annabeth pecked him on the cheek before he turned to Cleo and took her hand. Her eyes were wide.
"What is happening?" she asked.
"It will be explained once you get out of the pool." After all the girls were out of the pool, Jason closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Lightning came down and struck the moon pool, sparks flying everywhere.
"How did you…?" Emma trailed off.
"Hey, Emma? Go jump in the moon pool," Piper urged, using all her charmspeak. Emma got up and started walking towards the moon pool but Piper could sense she was trying to stop, and that was just what she wanted.
"Emma! Stop! What are you doing?!" Cleo shouted.
"Emma! Come back!" Piper said. Emma stopped in her tracks and turned around. There was a relieved look on her face. Cleo and Rikki looked at Piper like she was crazy.
Now it was Percy's turn. He walked up to the moon pool and turned to face the girls. Percy raised his arms and the water behind him started to rise. The water formed into two large arms that copied his movements. Then to much the girls' surprise, he started making hand puppets. Piper and Jason started laughing.
"Wow, Seaweed Brain. Way to show off your powers," Annabeth laughed. Soon the rest of them joined in. When everyone was done, Percy sat back down.
"So, what are you guys?" Percy, Annabeth, Jason, and Piper glanced nervously at each other.
"How much do you know about Greek and Roman mythology?" Percy asked.
"You mean like Zeus and stuff?" Rikki asked. Jason smiled.
All four demigods glanced at Jason.
"Well, I'm just going to come out and say it. They're real," Percy said. The girls burst out laughing until they realized Percy was serious.
"How is that even possible?" Emma asked.
"They exist as long as western civilization exists. So, right now they are in the United States. Olympus is above the Empire State Building,"
"What? This doesn't make any sense!" Rikki shouted!
"Yeah that's what I first thought but I had to learn to accept it," Percy explained.
"Why exactly did you have to accept this?" Emma asked.
"Well, we are demigods."
"You mean like Hercules?" Cleo asked. Percy nodded.
"I'm a son of Poseidon."
"I'm a son of Jupiter," Jason chimed in.
"I'm a daughter of Athena."
"And I'm a daughter of Aphrodite."
The demigods answered all of their questions. They didn't tell them their exact experiences though, they weren't ready to share those with anyone else yet. They did tell the girls about Camp Half-Blood, Camp Jupiter, and pretty much everything they learned when they first were told they were demigods. Eventually, the topic of Annabeth's new tail came up.
"So, what is your power?" Cleo asked.
"My what?" Annabeth asked.
"We all have a power over water. You mean you didn't figure that out yet?" Rikki asked.
"I can control it," Cleo said and made a ball of water come out of the moon pool.
"I can freeze it," Emma said and turned the ball into ice.
"And I can heat it," Rikki said and the ice started to steam and melted. Cleo released it back into the pool.
"Just focus on the water and see what you can do," Emma said.
"But if you can't do anything, don't get discouraged, I couldn't use my power until a few weeks after," Rikki explained.
"Oh yeah. About that. You guys are just tourists, right? When are you going back to America?" Cleo asked as Annabeth tried to use her powers.
"We aren't tourists anymore. Our camp director, Chiron, told us we need to stay here for a few months. Monsters have been showing up in this area more frequently and he needs us to make sure nothing is going on," Piper explained.
"He even enrolled us in school," Jason said.
Annabeth groaned in exasperation. "I don't think I can do anything, guys." The other three mermaids looked at her in pity, especially Rikki.
"It's okay. It might take a few days," Rikki comforted.
"Come on, guys. Let's go find our new house," Percy said and jumped into the water.