Icarus' POV

I can still hear her song. I think I love her. I don't know how, I don't know why but I do. I look down at the pattern of feathers burned into my flesh, it does look cool. Siren got and octopus that curled around her arm. I silently count the seconds until lunch.

Siren's POV

I wash off my back in the shower. I hear the thundering footsteps of guards, two stop in to get me. They gag me and drag me towards the curator's office, they have Icarus too. He says,"Siren, you have no clothes..."

Shit! They grabbed me in the middle of a shower, I turn bright red and Icarus laughs and says,"Wonder what he needs?"

I shake my head when they throw us in the office. I hear a voice say,"The Siren and the bird."

It was a female voice. She motions the guards away and tosses me some clothes and says,"I told them no restraints, I'm sorry."

She walks over to Icarus and unlocks the chains around his wings. They fall to the ground and I hear a ripping sound and see Icarus' golden wings, the feathers shaking. She walks over to me and says,"No singing to escape alright?"

I nod and she takes the gag off. She says,"My father died last night, I was asking around and he treats you worse than animals, I'm remodeling. You can have space to swim and fly, beds, real food. Until then I'm sending you to a camp for demigods. Monsters aren't welcome but Percy Jackson said that you guys are welcome. Siren would you mind staying for a little bit. I need to talk to you."

Icarus leaves and she says,"I'm getting you to a doctor, and the records say that you haven't left since, 500 BCE! You might be a little overwhelmed. Please behave."

"I will."

We walk out into a city of glowing lights and loud voices. Tall buildings and people walking everywhere. She says,"We'll get that burn inked over, it'll look cool!"

She pulls me into a room full of people. She takes me into a room where a man in a white coat says,"What's wrong?"

"My father hurt her and she needs help, she's from the special zoo across the street."

"Ohhh, here's a lotion to put on, apply it twice daily."

"Thanks."

We leave and walk across the street. She says,"What's your name?"

"Cleo, call me Siren."

"Do you want to get that burn tattooed?"

"Yes."

She pulls me into a small room where she gives a guy money and he asks,"What do you want done?"

"Could you fill in these burnt spots with the colors of the ocean."

He says,"Sure."

It hurts, but it's fine. We leave when he's done and she says,"You need to keep the kids under control on the bus ride, you can sing if necessary. They'll freak out."

"Sure."

"Thank you."

We walk back and everyone is gathered in the cafeteria, no restraints. I sit next to Icarus, a song in my mind. He says,"You ready to leave?"

"Of course."

A boy in an orange shirt with black hair and eyes the color of my hair goes "onstage" or tables we put together to look like a stage he says,"Hello, tomorrow you're all going to Camp Halfblood. You are going into cabins with the gods who made you, or who are like you. So when I call that god please come up with the head of your cabin, we are passing around sheets with your god, and spider people Annabeth needs to talk to you."

I look at my sheet Poisedon, duh. Icarus has a sheet that says Zeus, again duh! He calls out,"Poisedon!"

I step up and he says,"Is that it?"

No one else volunteers. I say,"I'm Siren."

"Is that your name or a nickname?"

"Nickname."

"Cool, I'm Percy."

"I thought Poisedon didn't have kids."

"I thought Sirens didn't either."

"My mother was the first Siren, I'm kinda old."

"My girlfriend and I had an encounter with Sirens."

"I'm different."

"I can see that, you look more human than monster."

"My father was a human."

He sees a girl and waves her over,"Annabeth! Over here Wise Girl!"

"Seaweed brain!" She says as she runs over she asks,"Who's this?"

"I'm Siren."

"I'm Annabeth."

"Cool, daughter of Athena?"

"Yes."

"Time to go guys! Siren you can keep them calm right?" Percy says.

"Yes."

We file into a bus, a satyr drives and conversations start. I sit alone when Icarus walks over and says,"When we stop he said I can fly the rest of the way."

"Percy said that there's a lake by our cabin so I can swim there and sleep there and sing there."

"Cool! Freedom, it's amazing that finally I can fly!"

"I can swim!"

Soon the bus stops and we all get fifteen dollars, I look at the green paper and say,"This is the first time I've ever held any money, other than a drachma."

We stop at a place called Starbucks, Percy and Annabeth walk up to Icarus and I, who must look confused as hell and say,"When was the last time you guys were in a coffee shop?"

I say,"I've heard of a coffee shop, but I don't know what they are."

Icarus nods and Percy says,"When were you captured?"

"I don't know, 500 BCE, whatever that is, oh who won the war?"

"World War one or two?" Percy asks.

"The peloponnisian war, seaweed brain." Annabeth replies,"Sparta."

"Damn." Icarus interjects.

Percy says,"Have you ever had coffee before?"

"No!" I say.

He says,"I'll order for you then, what do you guys eat?"

"We don't care. Bull was good but we never could get that, seaweed and salmon I guess." I say.

"Anything I could catch." Icarus answers.

Percy says some stuff that I can't understand and comes back with two brown things, brownies I think, and two cookies, two steaming cups and two cold ones. He passes me a steaming cup and brownie, Icarus gets a cold cup and cookie, Annabeth gets a cold cup and brownie, and Percy takes a steaming cup and a cookie. He says,"Enjoy the wonders of Starbucks!"

I scarf down the brownie, so good! And I sip the "latte" and say,"Icarus, how did we ever live without this for more than 2,500 years!"

He said,"I dunno."

Percy and Annabeth exchange looks and laugh. Soon we go to get back on the bus when Icarus spreads his wings and says,"You want a ride?"

"The sky isn't really my scene, but sure."

He picks me up and flies off into the distance. When we arrive at camp it's dark, my hair is a mess when the monsters line up by a tree. Percy says,"Siren, you go first. Touch the tree and if you're kind and don't want to murder us all, you can enter."

I slowly step up to the tree, I lay my shaky hand onto the tree. The golden shield, which was buzzing at me, melts away to form a doorway. Percy walks in with me. He shows me to our cabin and says,"Here's your bed."

"Can I sleep in the lake?"

"What?"

"Are you dumb, I asked if I could sleep in the lake!"

"Sure, I'll wake you up for breakfast, I'll get an early swim."

"Haha very funny."

"The kids of Athena want you to talk to them about monsters tomorrow, right after breakfast."

"Woohoo." I say unenthusiastically.

I jump into the lake, I find a soft bed of algae and take off my pants, I only sleep in a shirt and underwear sue me! I sing a song I've heard a few times.

I can do it

I can do it

I can do it

But I'm only human

And I bleed when I fall down

I'm only human

And I crash and I break down

Your words in my head

Knives in my heart

You build me up and then I fall apart

Cause I'm only human

I can turn it on

Be a good machine

I can hold the weight of worlds if that's what you need

Be your everything

I can do it

I can do it

I'll get through it

But I'm only human

And I bleed when I fall down

I'm only human

And I crash and I break down

Your words in my head

knives in my heart

You build me up and then I fall apart

Cause I'm only human

I'm only human

I'm only human

Just a little human

I can take so much

Till I've had enough

Cause I'm only human

human by Christina Perry, a really good song, its so inspiring

I'm interrupted by a tapping on my shoulder. "Percy!"

"Siren that was beautiful."

"Go back Percy, this is dangerous!"

"Ok, night."