Sofi~

My visit with the girl yesterday went as planned. I altered my eye color in the illusion, so that I looked like my mother at age 17, so the girl would trust me more. She did not seem to know anything about her real past yet, so that was good. I assumed her father had made up a lie about her mother and, well, himself. Now I just had to go back in enough time to tell her the truth, so she can find out her real story and see her real fate.

"Sophronia Marina Jackson!" my mother calls my full name up the stairs, so I know she must be mad. I hate my full name. It means wisdom sea maiden but I still find it embarrassing. Although my mother did give it to me for a reason. "Get down here this instant!" She calls a second later.

"Alright mom, I'm coming!" I yell back. I set down my book and make my way down the stairs. I honestly have no idea what I did to upset my strict mother. When I reach the kitchen, I see my mother and father sitting at our small wood table looking disappointed. My father's deep sea green eyes bore into mine, and I worry, because my father is always the cheerful man with crazy black hair, that buys me ice cream without my mother knowing, and never the serious man I see in front of me.

"Sophronia," She says in a disapproving tone, again saying my full name. Usually she calls me Sophi or Soph. "I heard that you went back to the girl, after you were supposed to. Is this correct?"

"I… well…"

"Just tell me the truth Sophi, and we won't be mad," my father says, then adds with a smile on his face, "Well, maybe your mother would but-" He gets cut off by a glare from my mother, "sorry Wisegirl."

"Yes, I went back after I was supposed to. But she needed help with her homework and I just couldn't resist-"

"That's enough Sophi. Just please don't do it again. We don't want to risk giving her information on who she really is. We just want you to gain her trust so that we can bring her to camp. And… the school. She's the only one of her kind as far as we can tell."

"The only one of her kind? I thought you said that she was a demigod? And what other school?" I say, confused as to what they are referring to.

"Ah well, you see, she is half Greek god-Zeus is her father to be exact-but she's half of something else as well, also not exactly human. They're called wizards. They have very powerful magic, and that can be dangerous, so they are hidden away, not known to mortals, like us. However, a wizard came to me asking for help because their world has joined with ours.

"A bad wizard was once in their world Sophi, his name was Voldemort. A very famous wizard named Harry Potter killed him. But Voldemort had followers, and though he was killed, his followers survived, and they want to wipe out the wizards again."

"But I don't see how any of this has to do with us."

"Ah Sophi, that is where it gets dangerous. It has everything to do with us. You see, these wizards decided to team up with many of the Greek nasties to create the ultimate killing machine."

"So now they're after these wizards and the demigods? And we have to work together, two different types of people, and try to defeat… whoever is after us?"

"Exactly," my mother confirms. "And I believe that the girl, Riley Rosanna McKenzie, is the only thing that can save us, because she is a part of both worlds. I'm still looking through the births from 1994-1998, because that is when the demigod/wizards would have been born. Riley was born in 1997 on February 7th and there have been no others so far. I still have almost two whole years left to search though, so there could be more possible candidates."

"Candidates for… what exactly?"

My father has been quiet this whole time, but now he speaks up and says, "The quest of course! And it can't involve any direct children of the gods, which would be too dangerous traveling with such a powerful girl, so a descendant of the gods perhaps? I was thinking you Soph," he points at me, winking.

"Now let's not get too excited Percy," my mother says. "I know some friends who have children that might go too." My father looks surprised and sends my mother a questioning look. She replies with a nod and a raise of the eyebrows, and a slight smile.

In turn, my father looks excited and says "Are we going to see them?"

"In a week. We're all going to New York, except for Calypso. She…"

"Yeah," my father replies. The whole Calypso thing is still a bit touchy for my mother. My father looks sad, but only for a second, when he looks excited again. "Soph, after we won the war, all of the seven got a chance to live a normal life. Me and Annabeth-"

"Annabeth and I," my mother says, correcting him, but he finishes without stopping.

"-were allowed to move here, to England, get married, and have children. The rest of the seven moved, got married, and had children. Reyna and Jason moved to Denver and had a daughter. Frank and Hazel moved to California, and had a son. Leo freed Calypso, moved to Texas, and had two children, a son and a daughter. We haven't seen each other in thirteen years; right after Hazel's son was born. I've missed them so much…"

"Alright, that's enough. Off to bed for you."

My head was spinning out of control when I walked back upstairs. I had learned so much tonight, and I had to do a bigger job than I thought before. I had to get together all of my parents' friends' children and a special girl, and go on a quest to save the world. I had many questions for my parents but for now, I lie down in my bed and let sleep take me.