December 1st

Mirra's p.o.v.

I was woken up in the middle of the night to the sound of shuffling coming from the kitchen.

I didn't know why anyone would be up this early on a winter morning, not to mention it was a school night. I figured somone had just woken up to get a glass of water, but then I heard footsteps running through the hall, then they ran back the other way. My door was cracked open just the slightest, so I could see a faint golden-bronze glow shadowing on the wall.

Riptide.

Percy always had Riptide with him, but always in pen form. The only times he uncapps it is when there's danger. The shuffling in the kitchen continued, followed by muffled voices. I slowly breathed in as I connected the dots in my mind.

There was a monster in the kitchen.

Percy always told me that if something like this were to ever happen, I should stay in my room and he'd come get me when it was safe. But I still found myself slowly getting out of bed and creeping towards the door.

I peered into the kitchen, but didn't see any sigh of danger. Maybe Percy killed it already. But then a figure burst out of the kitchen. It was dark so I couldn't see the face. It had something slung over its shoulder, and they way it was rrushing to collect the items scattered around it told me it was in a hurry.

The sudden glow of Celestial bronze lit up the figures face. I sighed in relief when I saw it was just Percy and not a monster, though my sigh might have been to loud because Percy suddenly swung Riptide towards the door.

"Who's there?"

I peaked my head out again and Percy lowered his sword.

"Oh, it's only you." Percy said, a small smile gracing his cheeks. I stepped out of the doorway and flicked the light on, causing the living room to come to life with light. Once I got a better look at Percy, I saw he was dressed in bronze armour gloves and boots, along with his canteen of nectar hanging off his leather belt.

I blinked. "Percy, are you going somewhere?"

He slowly caps Riptide as he answers. "Yeah, I got a message from Grover. He said their was a young demigod close by, but he needed some help getting her to camp because the area was so heavily populated by monsters." He turned to me and smiled.

"Oh," I said. "So, your, like, going on a quest?"

"Oh, gods I hope not." He laughed nervously. "Its just a quick mission. I should be back by daybreak."

He collected the rest of his stuff and shoved it into his backpack. I watched as he reached for the door, giving me one final wave before he left.

"Wait!" I said, stopping him. "Do you- do you think I could help?"

Percy stopped and turned around, a look of shock on his face. "You...wanna help?" He smiled a bit as he leaned down to my level. "That's sweet of you to offer, but it's a bit to dangerous. I wouldn't want to take the risk."

"But-!"

"I'm in a hurry." He interrupted. "I'll see you later."

I closed the door and left me standing there in in the middle of the room alone.

I gapped at the door for a second, then clenched my fist, slightly growling with anger under my breath.

"To dangerous." I repeated. "Hmph, I'll show him."

Then I grabbed my Pikachu hoodie and ran out the door.

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When I got to the first floor or the building, I saw Percy standing right outside. I also saw that it was pouring down rain. I slowing snuck up to the door, hiding behind it quietly as I watched.

Percy groaned. "There's no way Blackjack can fly in this." He reached in his pocket and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper. "'52, Battery Park, Willowed drive.' Right. Well, guess I better run."

Percy took off running in the pouring rain. I stepped out if my hiding spot and saw he saw already to far away to see. He was way to fast to keep up with.

"52, Battery Park, Willowed drive" I repeated.

A huge smile grew on my cheeks. I knew where that was! Popping the hood of my hoodie, I ran out into the ran.

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By the time I got there, Percy and Grover were standing outside a small two story house, arguing about something.

The house look oddly familiar, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The walls her a light blue, but in the dark of the night, it looked like a forest-like green colour. The roof was white. I made out three Windows on the top floor and two at the bottom. One of the lights were on.

I walked over to Percy and Grover, close enough so I could hear there argument.

"Percy, you fight off the monsters, I'll go inside and get her!" Grover said.

"She's new to all this, seeing a half goat man might freak her out even more than she already is." Percy argued. "I'm telling you, we fight off the monsters first then go get her."

"We can't risk her coming outside! Now one of us has to go in and-oh my gods."

"What, what's wrong?" Percy asked.

"Turn around."

I mentally gasped and tried to find a place to hide, but no use. Percy had already seen me.

"MIRRA!" I screamed.

"Um, hi big brother!" I laughed nervously. "Nice...weather were having?"

"Γαμώτο στα Τάρταρα!"

I had no idea what he said but I figured it was a curse word. Grover was staring at my with both fear for my safety and amazement of how I made it all the way here.

"Mirra, do you realize how much danger your in right now?" Percy asked.

"Yeah, I know." I said, "but I wanted to help."

"But you could get hurt! Or worse!"

"I won't be fighting any monsters." I thought for a moment. "How 'bout this. You two fight off the monsters while I go in and get the Demigod. While you two distract the monsters, I'll take them to a little secluded area in the park where we'll be safe till you and Grover come and get us!"

Percy and Grover starred at me. Grover leaned over and whispered on Percys ear, "that's actually not a bad idea." Percy said something to him, but it was in Greek so I couldn't understand. They then got into an argument, switched from greek to english so fast I couldn't keep up. I only managed to decode one word. Necklace.

They turned to me again.

"Alright," Percy said. "We'll go with your plan." He managed a smile and ruffled up my hair. "Good luck sis."

I nodded and ran for the house. Luckily the door was unlocked to I was able to get in with no trouble. There was a girl sitting on the couch. When she turned around, it was a shock to both of us.

She had curly brown hair that was down to her waist, though it hacked a disheaved bedhead look. Her eyes were blue, with tiny flecks of green. She was currently in her pyjamas, grey and pink plaid bottoms with a white t-shirt. On the t-shirt was a picture of a screwdriver behind a shimmering gold background.

It was Emma.

"M-mirra," she squeaked, being her usual shy self. "What are you doing here, what's going on?"

I blinked a few times, then got over my shock and met her on the couch. She turned to towards me, hugging a stuffed flame close to her chest. I realized then that since Percy and Grover were out fighting that I'd have to be the one to explain it all.

"Its okay Emma," I said, trying to comfort her. "What did the other two tell you before I came in."

"They told my that they're the good guys, and to stay inside."

I mentally slapped those to for not explaining more. So, slowly, I gave Emma the same explanation Percy gave me that one day, hoping she'd believe me because I didn't have any proof. Emma seemed to understand it though, and started asking questions that I tried to answer based on the stuff Percys told me.

"So, Emma, do you know who your godly parent is?" I asked.

"The one with the green eyes mentioned something about Hephaestus. He the god of forges, right? And fire?"

"I think so." I answered. "I don't know, I'm not a demigod."

Emma giggled. "Well, the way you snuck out was pretty impressive."

We laughed for a few seconds, but we're interrupted by an explosion outside. I flinched, then remembered my mission. I grabbed Emma by the arm and told her what we were doing. She made no protest as we ran out of the house.

While running, a hellhound jumped in front of us, but Percy stabbed it before it could hurt us. He nodded at us and we continued running. Emma knew a little hideaway where we would be safe, so that's where we went. I was in the middle of a bunch of vegetation, so we were hidden. The rain had stopped, but it being winter and wearing soaking wet pyjamas were not a good combination, so Emma started a fire. She easily was able to get it started within a few seconds.

"Whoa," I said. "Your good at that! When'd you learn to do that?"

"I dunno, I just did." She said. We sat by the fire for a few seconds and just talked, mainly about random stuff. I told her about my Pokemon card collection and she told me about her obsession with Dragon ball Z. We shared story's about our family's. I found out she had a younger half-sibling on the way. She also told me why she was so shy. All the while she kept the fire going perfectly.

"Mommy loves putting food coloring in cookies, and we don't...Whoa!" I exclaimed.

Over Emma's head was a tiny flame, along with a hammer. Emma look up, and her expression matched mine.

"Holly-"

"Ah, I was right! It is Hephaestus."

We turned around to see Percy and Grover standing behind us. They both looked a bit scratched up, but nothing serious. Emma gripped onto my sleeve, but I told her that these were my brother and his friend. Percy introduced himself.

"Hey, don't be scared. I know it can be a bit scary, but we'll explain everything, don't worry."

"Your Percy, right?" Emma said. "Mirra's big brother. Son of Poseidon, right! Mirra already explained it all."

"Oh, she did." Percy said. "That's good. So, are you ready to go to camp? Or would you rather wait till tomorrow?"

"I-i wanna go now!" Emma blurted out.

"Hey perce" Grover said. "I'll take her. You should take Mirra home."

"Good idea." Percy said, picking me up. Grover picked Emma up in the same style. Yawning at the same time, I rested my head on Percy's chest as I felt him carry me home.

"You did good Mirra" Percy said. "I might have to bring you along on another mission sometime."

I smiled as I slowly drifted into slumber.

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