Meg McCaffrey

Margaret "Meg" McCaffrey is a twelve-year-old demigod daughter of Demeter, living on her own in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. After Apollo had been forced to live as a mortal, Meg saves him from being mugged. When she learns that he needs to be a servant to somebody, in order to return to Olympus, she claims him.

Early Life
Meg was born to the goddess Demeter and Mr. McCaffrey, a mortal man. Her father cared for her greatly.

When she was five years old, the god-emperor Nero separated her from her mortal father and proceeded to take in and raise Meg as his own daughter. Before leaving, her father gave her a rose which was supposed to be from her mother Demeter.

When she was six, Nero killed her father for her being disobedient and crushed the rose, and indirectly blamed the daughter of Demeter for her father's death.

Through his sophisticated manipulation over the years, Nero was able to manipulate Meg into believing that he and the fearsome malevolent Beast were two separate people.

The Burning Maze
For the past two days she, Apollo and Grover have wondered the labyrinth. They find a wave of fire and go to were it came from. They hear a sound and run. They find a room and she and Grover seal the entrance. After Apollo is paralyzed she demands he tells them what they are. He tells them they are Strix, and if they kill them they will be cursed.

Appearance
When Apollo first met Meg in The Hidden Oracle, he described her as "small and pudgy", with dark hair chopped in a "messy pageboy" style. She wore black cat-eye glasses with rhinestones in the corners, and her outfit made Apollo think she was dressed like a traffic light: red sneakers, yellow tights, and a green tank dress. He also described her voice as "bossy and nasal".

After Sally Jackson cleaned up Meg and dressed her in more appropriate clothes, Apollo realised that she was a shockingly pretty young girl: her dark pageboy hair shone glossy from being brushed, her round face was scrubbed clean of grime, her cat-eye glasses were polished, and she wore new black leggings and a knee-length frock of shifting green hues, along with two gold rings that could transform into two Imperial Gold siccae blades. She also had an elfish springtime aura that reminded Apollo of dryads, and he noted that there was actually a resemblance between her and his first true love, Daphne.

Personality
Meg is brash but playful and often somewhat rude. She can also be tough and easily defends herself, such as when she fended off Cade and Mikey. Apollo describes some of the things she does as “Because Meg”. However, she also hides the more fearful side of herself. In fact, she is terrified of Nero to the point where she obeys him sourly out of fear of herself getting hurt or even worse. She closes up when people ask her personal questions.

Later on, Meg becomes more willing to open herself to emotions, as shown when she saves Apollo from the water snakes in The Oracle of Trophonius through sharing her memories in a heartbreaking song, and pushes past what she is comfortable with to rescue him. Here, Meg is almost selfless as she sacrifices herself even though she isn't prepared for the Oracle and didn't drink from the Lethe and Mnemosyne.

Abilities
By the admission of Commodus and Apollo, Meg was remarkably powerful, enough to warrant constant supervision. She was, according to Apollo, far more capable then normally seen for a child of Demeter. However, perhaps more then that, Nero himself trusted Meg for dangerous missions not just due to her fear of him, but also due to her skill, intelligence and power.

General Abilities

 * Dyslexia: Meg’s brain is “hard-wired” for Ancient Greek as opposed to modern English.
 * ADHD:Meg has inborn battle reflexes.
 * Blade Proficiency: Meg is skilled in wielding her Siccae Blades.

Demigod Abilities

 * Chlorokinesis: As a daughter of Demeter, Meg has absolute control over plants, manipulating them to a multitude of effects.
 * Plant Telekinesis: She is able to telekinetically manipulate fruits and vegetables, thus saving Apollo from two thugs.
 * Plant Sensitivity: She can sense the location of various plants with superhuman precision. This is seen when she was able to quickly detect the odor of a golden apple in the Labyrinth. She later claims to have the ability to "hear" trees growing.
 * Plant Teleportation: She can teleport using plants.
 * Culinary Arts: As a daughter of Demeter, Meg is a natural cook.
 * Karpoi Summoning: As a daughter of Demeter, Meg is able to summon Karpoi, like when she summoned Peaches.

Mr. McCaffrey
Meg was close to her father and had a loving relationship with him. She was devastated when he was killed and blamed herself. In reality, Nero was the one responsible for her father's death. However, Nero blamed the death of Mr. McCaffrey on the Beast and convinced Meg that the Beast was a side of Nero he could not control.

Demeter
While they have never met, the goddess of the harvest has acknowledged Meg for her fighting abilities.

Nero
Meg is terrified of the God-Emperor and obeys him solely out of fear. However, she eventually escapes from him and joins up with Apollo.

Apollo
When she first met the fallen god, he was under her step-father's orders to become his master for his duration as a mortal. She eventually grew to care for him as a friend.

Leo Valdez
Meg first met Leo in ''The Dark Prophecy. ''Throughout the book, Meg travels alongside Leo, Calypso, and Apollo to fullfill the prophecy of the Grove of Dodona.

Trivia

 * Much like Luke Castellan, Meg is revealed to be a double agent of the series' main antagonist (Kronos and Nero respectively) near the end of the first book in one of the Camp Half-Blood series (The Lightning Thief and The Hidden Oracle respectively). However, it should be noted that unlike Luke, Meg was shown to be quite apologetic and hesitant when it came to her true allegiance.
 * Meg is the second demigod known to wear glasses, the first being Jason Grace.
 * She had a brief crush on Percy Jackson, but lost interest when he said he had a girlfriend.
 * Meg is the first Prominent demigod child of Demeter to be a main character in a series while the others had only supporting roles
 * She is shown to have a similar appearance to Dora The Explorer