The first thing i did when i got to the library was research on the computer. I know it was stupid but i had no actual idea what a siren looked like. I mean from the stories i heard they were similar to mermaids. So how could i be part siren when i didn't have a tail? I went to giggle.com and looked at some images. Some of them were scary.

    "Whatcha doing!?" Asked Kerry purposefully scaring me. She got some sick joy out of it....Vampires. "Sheesh dude you scared me!" I said putting my hand to my heart and turning around. "I'm doing research for my final paper if you must know." "On sirens? Why?" She asked. "Because i don't know a thing about them." I said as if it was obvious. "Well giggle doesn't either. Those pictures are all wrong." She said examining her nails.

     "What?" I asked. "Yea those creatures are all scary. They have gills and fins for hands. That's all wrong. Sirens are beautiful. They keep to themselves but i ran across one once and i was mesmerized. They have flowing hair...well kind of like yours. And a smile that could knock you dead...kind of like yours...if you had a tail i'd think you were one." She said laughing. "Here let me see...." She scrolled through the pictures. "Here, this is what they look like." She said pointing.

     "Thank you, that's actually really helpful." I stared back at the screen this woman on the screen was beautiful but more than that she was sexy. I could see how she ensnared men. And how one of them ensnared my father. But he wasn't going out looking for a good time. She used her powers to subdue him. By singing a beautiful song. "No problem, good luck. I just came for a quiet place to study. If i stay home i'll kill Dalton." "Wow Kerry the old you would have stayed home just so she could yell at him. You're being nicer." "I know it's weird and sickening." She said rolling her eyes and going to find a table. Even thought i accidentally told her to be nicer, i'm not sorry.

     I kind of hated my life at the moment, i know that was uber harsh but can you blame me? I feel like i have no idea who i am. All my life i knew who i was. Sophia: Fairy extraordinaire. No talent other than maybe my looks. That's not me being vain i swear. Pretty people get attention and they know they are pretty. I never wanted it. But now that i know i'm part Siren it all makes sense. I sighed closing out the tab on the computer and standing up. I needed to get my research books. "Hiya, can i help you?" Asked a girl with long blonde hair. She was wearing a cut off shirt and harem pants. Of course a genie worked here. "Yea, i'm looking for books on half breads." I said. She put her hands together and nodded her head. We appeared in front of a book shelf. "We only have three, sorry if that's not much help." She pulled them from the shelf and handed them to me.

     "Well this is better than nothing i said. Thank you!" "No problem." She said smiling wide. "Have a good day." I said. "Oh i just know i will." She said turning around fast. Great i told her to have a good day...I didn't even mean that she should do it. It was just something polite you said to someone. I could just bang my head into the wall. Now i needed someplace quite to work. If i went back home Glynn would be muttering about her bad day. Ethan would be cute. And then Kerry would come home and she would start yelling at Dalton. No thanks.

     I had the perfect place. When i first started school i couldn't get any work done at the house we were all living at and it was Ethan's fault. I'm telling you he was so cute and i couldn't stop staring. I knew i'd never get any work done at the house so i brought my chaise lounge chair out into the middle of the woods. It's peaceful and quiet. Plus it has everything you need. It's got seat warmers and massage. The end lifts up for blanket storage in case it gets cold. The right side has a fridge. And the left a microwave. Then it has a built in screen where i can get cable and internet. It was my go to work station. 

     I opened the first book. "What is a half breed? It's when two different breeds mate and the child has one breed from each parent it is extremely rare but not unheard of. The first recorded case was back in 1852 Wanda Lunderblast and her husband Jaysom Lunderblast took there daughter Kersha into the office for a checkup. Scared Wanda tells the doctor that she is a fairy and her husband is a vampire. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Sure the baby was a little pale when she was born but nothing to be concerned about. She was a beautiful baby fairy. Her first teeth come in and the mother notices that they are fangs. Also nothing to worry about until the baby learns to fly. She transformed into a vampire bat with fairy wings. It was the strangest thing the parents had ever seen. Very afraid they called the doctor."

     I started laughing. It wasn't nice i know, but just imagining a bat with vampire wings has me going. "Upon arriving at the doctors office he tells her this is unusual but not impossible. He recently heard of a centaur and an elf having a baby. It was a half breed but the mother died." Of course she did, centaurs are huge and elf's are not. I wonder if the baby survived. This first book went on to talk about other half breeds in history. Then it closed with, "Why are half breeds interesting? When a half breed was discovered they usually had a really powerful talent. Back in the late 1900's people were trying to create half breeds in order to discover new and exciting talents."

     I want to be angry at my mom but i didn't even know her. Seemed kind of pointless to be mad at somebody you don't know. And i think if the mom i know would have had me if i would have had a more boring talent. I would be okay with that too. I sighed. My phone buzzed from in the pocket of my dress. Ethan. "Hey are you coming home soon?" He asked. "No, i'm working on my paper i may be awhile. I have to much to digest." I said. "Oh, but you're okay right?" He asked. I thought about y question carefully. He would know if i was lying. "I...don't know yet. I'm having an identity crisis i guess."

     "Well i hate to hear that, you are the sweet, caring and fun loving fairy I've always known." He said. "Yes, but now i'm half siren." "You've always been half siren." "But you didn't know that." I said. "Doesn't matter." He said. "I guess...I guess i'm worried that you only like me because my siren side draws you in." I said finally saying the words i'd been to afraid to say until now.

     "Do you know what my favorite thing about you is?" "No." "Your sense of humor. Some days i would get so mad at my dad for not being around and you would make me laugh. It has nothing to do with your amazing eyes, or your killer smile. Those are just extra. So if you're thinking i'm just one of your many suitors who got lucky, you're wrong." He said. I wiped a tear away. "Thank you i needed to hear that. I'm just hoping by doing this assignment i'll get some answers." "Me too, i had to see you unsure of yourself because you've never been unsure of yourself." "That's because i always knew who i was and most days accepted it at best." I said.

     "Have you talked to your parents since the last time?" He asked. "No i haven't been able to bring myself to do it. I guess i'm still hurt and angry and i'm worried of what i'll say if i do, but they also haven't contacted me to see if i was okay either." I said thoughtfully. "Maybe they are just giving you space to process everything." "Yea maybe you're right." I said. "Do you need dinner?" He asked. "No i have a strawberry pizza pod in my chair." "You what?" "Don't ask, i'll be fine and i'll see you soon." I said. "Okay, because as soon as the finals are over i owe my baby a fancy date." He said. "Deal. See you soon." I slipped my phone back into my pocket and picked up the second book.

     The second book listed some of the half breeds and what there talents were. This one could read minds. This one could control your thoughts. This one could kill people with a touch. One could heal with a touch. Maybe the killing with the touch is worse than my talent? I'm not sure. I could say "You die." and just like the goose bam dead. But if i tried to hug Ethan he'd be dead. Or maybe it was something they had to turn on to kill them. Maybe that's why i never knew about my talent before now. I'd never told anybody to do anything that i meant.

     I breathed a sigh of relief maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all. I guess i do tend to overreact. Book number three. It had lot's of pictures. Some of these half breads looked really weird. I guess picturing them and seeing them in the book were two different things. I closed the book on information overload. I needed to eat. So i cooked the strawberry pizza pod. Once i was done i started typing. I didn't finish typing until sometime late the next day. At which point i was to tired to go home. So i saved the paper and pulled my blanket out. I must've slept a while because once i woke up it was already really dark outside. My body was starting to hurt and i needed a hot shower. So i packed up and flew home.