The Fear She Faced

Ch-1

Annabeth had always been afraid of spiders; it just came to her naturally being a child of Athena, she couldn't really do anything about it. She and her siblings were always pranked due the fear of spiders they had, it was a prank which always worked, Athena kids couldn't do anything about it except well…scream; until Annabeth faced her fear…faced Arachne. Once again the Stolls along with Leo plan to prank the Athena cabin but will it be the same as always or will it turn out to be something different.

A/N: This is my first story here, so please ignore the spelling and grammar mistakes I've made though I've tried my best to avoid them but still….anyways thank you so much for reading my story I hope you enjoy it.

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Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HOO, Uncle Rick does.

Annabeth was running as fast as her feet could carry her, she was back in the caves under Rome being chased by Arachne, those horrifying four eyes fixed on her, Annabeth barely managed to miss her barbed spidey legs as she ran into the the darkness which seemed never ending. "Running is not gonna help sweetie", she hissed. Annabeth knew that in the back of her head, but she neither could stop herself nor she wanted to, she closed her eyes and kept running, dodging another attack, but this time she lost balance and fell. Arachne loomed over her, "finally…" she hissed. Annabeth reached for her sword, she knew she stood no chance at combat against Arachne but she wasn't going to give up, not without trying. The monster attacked and Annabeth slashed blindly, her sword hit Arachne just at the right point, and as Arachne turned into dust she wailed. Annabeth's eyes fluttered open, she was in her bunk, drenched in sweat and shivering badly, it was all just a dream she told herself and even in her dream Arachne was gone, she tried to calm herself and steady her breathing, she looked around, all her cabin mates were sleeping peacefully. It was around midnight, so she decided to sleep again Arachne was gone…defeated both in her dreams and reality she reminded herself as she closed her eyes and peacefully drifted into Hypnos' realm, the rest of her night was dreamless.

Annabeth woke to the sunlight filling her cabin through the windows, feeling relaxed and much fresher than last night, though the thought of her dream still made her shiver but it was comparatively much better than it had been. She quickly freshened up to join the others at the dinning pavilion. The Romans had joined them last night, she saw all her friends already seated at the Poseidon table, she went and joined them, and the camp rules were always bended this way when the Romans were around. As soon as she joined them, she was lost in their conversations completely forgetting about her dream, she spent the rest of the day with her friends playing, performing camp activities, eating, doing anything and everything. It was all so good and Annabeth felt secure, she felt like she could do anything fight even the most powerful monsters as long as her friends especially percy was by her side.

A/N: The prank will take place in the next chapter, I am really sorry to keep you waiting I will put it up as soon as possible, maybe later today itself or by tomorrow. Thank you once again for reading it; tell me what you think of it in the review, constructive criticism is greatly welcomed.

S di Angelo

Out. :)