Chapter 3

A/N: Thank you all for staying tuned. 'Thriller Nights'. Yeah, I know I should've called it something different, but it fits with the rest of the story. Oh, you want me to shut up and let you continue reading the story right?

Annabeth: Please. I need to know more, you know what happens when you keep information from me and I want to know!

Percy: Uh oh, she stormed into my cabin and is typing a very detailed letter.

Me: Well tell her to calm down, and I will continue.

Disclaimer: All I own is Thriller Nights, not the characters, events, people, or random demigod shenanigans. Wow, that's a real word.

Third POV:

Everyone gathered in the Big House for their meeting. Percy, Annabeth (who was still a little freaked out because of the spider invasion) Travis and Conner, Thalia, Phoebe (who served as a representative of Artemis since Thalia was Zeus spawn), Katie, Lou Ellen, Clarisse, Drew, Jake Mason, Will Solace, and Pollux attended the meeting. They all sat around the Ping-Pong table, most of them in full battle armor. Chiron was pacing around the room, his hand buried in his beard like he was looking for something.

After a few moments of silence, Clarisse groaned. "Can we get this meeting started already?!" she announced.

Travis looked surprised. "So we weren't playing the Quiet Game?" he asked.

Clarisse face palmed herself. "No Travis, we were just using telepathy," she said sarcastically.

Travis turned to his brother. "Dude, that's awesome!"

Travis and Conner high fived each other, which lead to Clarisse face palming herself again. Chiron sighed, and turned to the campers. "Unless someone here angered Arachne, there is no way those spiders could've attacked us," he said.

Annabeth froze in fear. "Although, I highly doubt that it is Arachne is behind this. She would've killed someone instead of striking fear in our hearts," Chiron said.

Clarisse rolled her eyes. "Or, this attack was only a diversion. She could've sent one of her eldest children to distract us while she plants nests all over camp," she said.

Now Annabeth went pale. Lou thought about it for a moment, and then gasped. "Um guys, I think I know what caused the spiders to attack," she said.

Everyone looked at her. "Annabeth, remember when we were working on our new spell earlier? I think something happened that caused the spiders to flip, especially around the Athena cabin."

She reached into her robes, and pulled out a leather book. "Annabeth found this book, and we needed it to test a Halloween spell for next week's party. Chris, our brother, accidentally put dragon's blood in the potion instead of drakon blood. The spell must've backfired, and the whole camp must be cursed," she said.

Realization dawned on Annabeth's face. "That's why the potion turned black when I put in my blood. The two don't mix. Hecate always said that dragon blood and human blood don't mix well, especially when she makes up new spells," she said.

Lou Ellen nodded. "What was the spell you used this morning?" asked Chiron.

Lou opened the book, and turned to the last page of the book. "It's a Bravery Spell. With Halloween coming around, everyone fears something, so we decided to make a spell that made everyone stand up to their fear for the whole night. Apparently, with dragon's blood, it created a brand new spell," she said.

Percy raised an eyebrow. "What curse are we dealing with?" he asked.

Lou sighed. "I don't know. I can talk to my sisters, and hopefully we can find something. Until then, the entire camp is cursed," she said.

Clarisse stood up. "It's probably nothing compared to the rhyming curse that the Apollo cabin placed on us a few months ago," she said, "Whatever this curse is, it's probably just a Spider Summoning curse or something like that."

Lou shook her head. "We know the ingredients for that curse. We never used it anyway, but we'll keep searching," she said.

Clarisse threw her hands up in frustration. Meanwhile, Drew was there, checking her nails when she realized that someone spoke earlier. "What were we talking about?" she asked.

Travis smiled. "We were talking about how getting rid of all that makeup will benefit everyone," he said.

Her eyes widened. She grabbed her purse, but she froze. She opened her purse, and all of her makeup, grooming kit, and all her beauty supplies were gone. She dropped her purse, and screamed a terrifying scream. Unfortunately, she screamed right into Percy's ear. "TRAVIS AND CONNER STOLL! I'LL SEND YOU BOTH INTO TARTARUS FOR STEALING MY MAKEUP!" she screamed in anger.

For the first time ever, they both looked stunned. "Bro, did you steal her makeup?" Conner asked.

Travis shook his head. "Me neither."

Drew got up and climbed over the table to strangle the Stoll brothers. Luckily, Percy grabbed her by her fist, and sat her back down on her chair. Brave, ain't he?

Chiron grumbled. "I have a theory that this spell is a Pure Fear spell of A.D. 66. Hecate and I were busy working on an advanced immortality spell when she accidentally brewed it. It took us three hundred years to contain it, but the counter spell is lost in time," he said, "I can't order a quest to Hecate though. If this is the Pure Fear spell, everyone in camp will be in danger by their worst fears. We need all the campers we can get."

Thalia stiffened. Percy gave her a sympathetic look. Thalia's biggest fear was heights, and Percy was the only one to know her secret. Surprisingly, not even the gods know her secret, or Ares would enjoy making her weak. "Everyone get to your cabins. I'm letting everyone have the rest of the month off, so get some rest. This next week will be Hades on our nerves," he said.

Everyone nodded, and left the Big House.

Thalia POV:

I was lying down on my bed in the Zeus cabin. The statue of my father stood proud in the middle of the room. Ever since Lou Ellen first heard said it was a Pure Fear spell, I've been getting flashes of what might happen. A flash of me standing on the Empire State Building made me jump. A vision of me riding a gargoyle and falling made me heart start racing. The sight of me sitting on the edge of Olympus scared me the most.

One vision made me jump. There I was on a plane. I felt like I was back in time because everyone's hair styles were crazy. This one lady had her hair look like it was a dog standing on its hind legs and begging. She was wearing a pink leather dress and black boots. I looked around, and a man and a woman were sitting down next to me. The man had black hair and blue eyes. The woman also had black hair, but she had sea blue eyes. She looked familiar, very familiar.

The man looked at me, and chuckled. "Nice threads. Where'd you get them?" he asked.

I looked down. My clothes looked fine. I decided to have my 'I heart Green Day' shirt on with black pants. The crown on my head was gone. Strange. "What's wrong with my 'threads'?"

The woman chuckled. "It's just strange. I've never heard of Green Day," she said.

My eyes widened. "Um, sir. What day is it?" she asked.

He handed me a newspaper, and my eyes widened. February 16th, 1982? Wait a minute; didn't Percy say something about his mom's parent's dying in a plane crash? "Mr. Jackson?"

"Yes?" he asked.

My eyes widened. "You don't have a daughter named Sally, do you?"

He looked at me with his eyebrows raised. "How do you know my daughter?"

Before I could say anything, the plane lurched forward. I thought about it for a moment. What happened exactly? I remember Sally showing me the newspaper of the day her parent's died. It went nose first into the runway, and didn't pull up. I heard the engines roaring as they fell. Mrs. Jackson was holding on to her husband, who was muttering a prayer to God. I suddenly realized what happens next.

"…protect my daughter, send her a guardian to protect her, Amen," he finished.

And then, Hades happened. The sound of metal crunching on the ground, and the smell of fire burned in my nostrils. A bright glow enveloped me, and I found myself on my bed with Percy shaking me awake. That look of concern was plastered on his face. "Thalia? Thalia, wake up!" he shouted.

I suddenly shot up. My heart was still racing from what happened. The memory enveloped me, and I began to cry. I know, Thalia Grace never cries, but to be there when my cousin's mom's parents died, well, it wasn't easy.

"Thalia, what happened?" he asked.

I fell to the floor. "Annabeth! Annabeth, come quick!" he shouted.

I didn't want anyone else seeing me like this, but I couldn't hold it in. Behind my blurry vision, I saw Annabeth run in my cabin, and kneel next to me. "Thalia, what happened? Are you ok?" she asked.

I didn't want to, but I told them the vision I saw. The look on Percy's face was hurt. He looked like he knew what happened before I could say what happened. When I got to the part about his grandparents muttering a prayer to Sally, I saw tears develop in his eyes.

"My dad said he heard the same thing. He said that the next thing he knew, he was quietly helping my mom through her life. I'm sorry you had to experience that," he said.

Annabeth shook her head. "That spell as already gotten to you. Anyone else could have that nightmare right now," she said, "Do you need us to be here for you if something like this happens again?"

"No," I answered immediately. It's bad enough that I start crying, but for someone to be there, guarding me? Forget it, I guess. Percy patted me on the back, and they left my cabin. I looked up at the Zeus statue and I sighed.

"You didn't see that, did you?" I asked it.

A low rumble came from outside. "It's alright to act human sometimes, you know?"

A crash of thunder rattled my windows. "You know I'm right," I said.

I couldn't help it, I started laughing. I was talking to a statue of a statue. *Thunder* Fine! I'm talking to my dad through a statue. I actually felt a little happy, and that's when someone ruined it. In the distance, I heard a scream. I walked to my window, and looked outside. The scream came from the Artemis cabin. Say it with me. Uh oh.

A/N: Thank you reviewers and PM'ers for, well, reviewing and PM'ing me. (: Anyway, I thought that Thalia seeing the death of Sally's parents needed to be there because she can see what really happened. RIP Mr. and Mrs. Jackson ): Well, please review to see who's nightmare comes true next.

Oh, and this message is for Annabeth. I'm pretty sure I am not a ****** ************ for keeping information. Look, I updated another chapter that sort of explains it. Use your Athena brain to figure it out! Thank you.

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