The Siren's Call

Chapter 6

Over the next week, Jason, Nico, and Percy trained and trained and trained for any situation that the siren could throw at them. Most of them were for battle. The Big Three trained them the most. They were the most afraid. These were their children, and all they could think about was what that she would do if they failed. They would die.

Hades saw personally how many demigods she had killed. Even the people who died, didn't know how they passed on. It was finally the day they were supposed to meet her. Somehow word had leaked about this, no one knew who stated it, but almost everyone in both camps knew. But everyone made sure that they didn't tell the gods, or the three chosen that people knew.

Another rumor had leaked out as well, apparently the mystery singer was gonna reveal themselves, or at least not run this time. The clock was ticking down by the hour. As each hour passed Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades got even more nervous. Percy, Nico, and Jason had locked themselves in their cabin, preparing themselves. The night came, and there was one hour till they were supposed to go to the beach. By the time dinner ended there was 30 minutes. Then 20, 15 ,10. At the ten minute mark music was here. The Mystery Singer.

"Here comes a wave

Meant to wash me away

A tide that is taking me under

Swallowing sand

Left with nothing to say

My voice drowned out in the thunder

But I won't cry

And I won't start to crumble

Whenever they try

To shut me or cut me down

I won't be silenced

You can't keep me quiet

Won't tremble when you try it

All I know is I won't go speechless

'Cause I'll breathe

When they try to suffocate me

Don't you underestimate me

'Cause I know that I won't go speechless

Written in stone

Every rule, every word

Centuries old and unbending

Stay in your place

Better seen and not heard

But now that story is ending

'Cause I

I cannot start to crumble

So come on and try

Try to shut me and cut me down

I won't be silenced

You can't keep me quiet

Won't tremble when you try it

All I know is I won't go speechless

Speechless

Let the storm in

I cannot be broken

No, I won't live unspoken

'Cause I know that I won't go speechless

Try to lock me in this cage

I won't just lay me down and die

I will take these broken wings

And watch me burn across the sky

Hear the echoes saying I

Won't be silenced

Though you want to see me tremble when you try it

All I know is I won't go speechless

Speechless

'Cause I'll breathe

When they try to suffocate me

Don't you underestimate me

'Cause I know that I won't go speechless

All I know is I won't go speechless

Speechless"

As the girl sang, people were making bets before opening the doors to the music room, many people guessed an Apollo child, they were close, but not close enough, they mainly guessed one of the medics or archers who they hadn't heard sing.

As the song came to the end the gods flashed everyone in silently. No one recognized the girl, even Chiron barely recognized the girl. She finally turned around. Her dark golden hair was hanging loosely around her face, making her forest green eyes pop. Her skin was a beautiful tan.

"Who are you?" a random camper asked. The girl smirked. "No one recognizes me?" Everyone nodded, even the gods. "You seem a little old for camp." Chiron pointed out. The girl nodded. "I am, I'm 22 years old, do any of you wanna guess how long I've been here?"

People make random guesses. 2,3,5 years. "You're all wrong,I've been here 16 years. And the fact that my own cabin mates don't even recognize me, hurts," She stood up walking slowly towards everyone.

"I'm not one of the unclaimed, I have a cabin, I'm an Apollo child.'' Everyone was flabbergasted. Will Solace spoke up "I've been here for a couple of years and I've never seen you before." The girl sighed.

"I know, I'm in the back of the cabin, in the shadows. I'm never training because I trained on my own. I spent my time here because I was ignored. You know what's funny Percy Jackson, you have seen me before, but you don't know me. I know most of you, yet you don't know me. Even Apollo didn't know I existed."

No one got to respond as the girl walked away disappearing from view. A sea breeze blew quickly towards the beach.

It was time.