October 10th

Mirra P.O.V

The last bell of the day rang, signalling the end of the school day. Our teacher motioned for us to go wait outside for our parents to come pick us up. Ellie and I sat on a bench together while she told me about this new pokèmon card she got the other day. I happily listened while putting the new colored pencils I got to good use.

While I listened, I heard someone sit down beside me, and suddenly I was pulled into a playful hug, which Ellie laughed at. I knew instantly it was big brother.

"Hey, Mirra, ready to go?" He asked. "Paul's waiting to take us home."

I collected all my stuff and put it in my bag, then took Percy's hand. I waved a quick goodbye to Ellie, then ran off to catch Percy.

"Hey big brother?" I asked while we were wanting though a small nature path that connected the highschool with the elementary. "Why do you call daddy 'Paul'?"

Percy shrugged. "I dunno. I guess it would just confuse me."

I nodded, remembering that my daddy is really Percy's step-father. I drifted into a daydream of what his father might look like. I remember what king Triton looked like from 'The Little Mermaid'. Maybe he looked like that. Then I thought of that clash of the titans movie we watched last night. The way Poseidon was discredited in both movies was somewhat similar, but I also remembered a comment Percy made about 'how he's surprised the gods haven't murdered the creators of the movie'. I've always imagined him like he's shown on the cover of those 'Godess Girls' book, but I've heard from mommy that he and Percy look exactly alike, so that theory was out.

I was so lost in daydreaming that I didn't notice that we had came into the parking lot. I found myself bumping into the door of daddy's car.

Percy hoped into the passengers seat of the car. Before I could get in the back seat, Percy grabbed me and aloud me to sit on his lap upfront. Daddy smiled at us as he started the car.

"Do you two want to go to the park." He asked. "Its a nice day."

Percy and I exchanged a look, both thinking the same thing.

"Yeah!"

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Daddy happily pushed me on the swings at the park. We were at the same park Percy took me to that first day, only this time there were more people here. In the mid autumn season, the leaves on the trees had mostly fallen off. Some kids were collecting leaves

in a pile to jump into. Percy was swinging himself in the swing next to mine.

A fresh wind blew from the north. The northern part of the park is where most if the pine trees grew, so the breeze smelled like fresh pine and pinecones. It was cool, but in a comfortable way. It felt nice hitting my skin.

"Hey Paul?" Percy asked, slowing his swing to a stop. "Can we go to the reservoir?"

Daddy stopped swinging me. "I don't see why not."

"Huh?" I asked. "What's the reservoir?"

"Oh, that's right." Percy said, chuckling a bit. "You've never seen the reservoir, have you?"

I shook my head no as I got up to follow daddy and Percy.

"The reservoir, Mirra." Daddy started, "is like a big lake used to store water. We have one in central park."

"Yep!" Percy chimed in. "Its just last the Doors of Orpheus." He pointed towards a big rock.

"That what?"

Percy laughed, giving me that 'i'll explain later' look.

When we got to the reservoir, my jaw dropped.

It was probably one of the biggest lakes I've ever seen. The sun shines down on the lake making it seem like crystals. The grass around it was as green as Percy's eyes.

"Oh, wow." I said. "Its beautiful."

Daddy sat down next to a small tree to read the book he brought with him. Percy walked to the edge of the lake. I followed him, curious as to what he was doing. I noticed he was about to put his foot in the water when I stopped him.

"Percy!" I warned. "Its way to cold to go swimming!".

He smirked at me. "Who said anything about swimming?".

Suddenly, he grabbed my waist and put me on him shoulders. He was about to step in the water when I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting to be soaked in freezing water.

When it next came, I cracked my eyes opens to see that we were standing on water!

"Holly...Holly...Holly...Holly I don't know a word to describe this!"

Percy chuckled. "One of the perks of being able to control water." He raised his hand. "Wanna see a few tricks?"

"Really!" I cheered. Percy took that as a yes. Suddenly, water all around us started to rise. A bit of it seperated into floating balls. Those then took the shape of a dozen different animal shapes. Those animals then started to interact with each other, like I was watching the real thing. Water braided around us. I watched three orbs of water freeze, then break into nine smaller ice balls. It was absolutely incredible.

Percy let all the water drop back into the lake. Then he grabbed my wrist and lifted me up from his shoulders. My eyes widened as he lowered me closer to the water.

"Relax," he whispered. "I got you."

When my feet hit the water, the surface felt strangely solid. Percy let go of my wrist. I nearly screamed, when I realized I was standing on the water.

"Wha!" I gasped. I looked up at Percy. He was pointing a finger at me and smileing. "Did you do this?"

Percy nodded. "Yep. I'm making the water underneath you hold you up. Try walking around."

I did. It was surprisingly easy. Everywhere I went, I left the circular rings that appear when you touch water. It was fun to say the least.

I bent down to play with the water when I saw two glowing pink eyes starring at me. I screamed. Daddy shot up from his book and Percy ran over to my side.

"What happened?" He asked. I pointed to where I saw the pink eyes. Percy looked where I was pointed, then laughed.

"What? What's so funny?" I asked

"Try looking a little harder." Percy said.

I looked back to the glowing eyes, still starring at me. I squinted. Slowly, I was able to make out several long strains of red hair I leaned in closer. I saw it wasn't just eyes, but a whole face. That face connected to a slim body then...a tail?

"Is that..." I looked once more, just to be sure. "A mermaid!"

Percy nodded. "Yep, pretty much." He turned to where that mermaid was floating and made a hand gesture. Her head then popped out of the water.

"Hi!" She greeted, waving one of her flawless pale hands. I probably said something really intelligent like "uhhh...". She giggled.

"Sorry for scaring you. I'm Mariko." She put her hand out.

"M-mirra..." I said shyly as I took her soft hand.

Percy laughed at my reaction to her. I glared at him while blushing dark red. Mariko whipped her tail and splashed Percy.

"Hey!" He whined. "What was that for?"

"Sorry my lord." She said. "But you were embarrassing her.".

I blinked. "My lord?"

Mariko nodded."but of course! As the son of our king, he is known as a lord to us."

"Even though I tell them over and over to not call me that!" He directed that last part at Mariko, who just blushed and disappeared underwater.

Percy and I decided to get out( or, should I say off) of the water. Daddy had been watching the whole mermaid incident. He chose than time to head home.

"Hey Percy?" I asked on the way to the car. "why couldn't I see the mermaid at my first look?"

"Because of the mist" he said. "That's the magical veil that hides the godly world from the mortals." He smiled. "You know, most mortals wouldn't be able to see it at all, however, once you learn the truth, the mist isn't as powerful as it was."

"Really?"

"Yep!"

I grinned really big. "So does that meen I get to see mermaids and nymths and naiads and Pegasus!"

Percy nodded. "Yeah...and other things."

"Hm?" I wondered. "What other things?"

"Monsters."

"Monsters?"

"Monsters."

I though about it for a few seconds.

If I could see monsters, I could be hurt." I said. "But it was a small price to pay to get to see all this other amazing stuff."

Percy starred at me with a shocked face before smiling.

"That's the spirit Mirra."

Sorry it's a bit late. I had a stomach ach and couldn't concentrate. Can anyone guess the name of the anime I got the mermaids name off of.