Trick or Treat

A/N: Hey guys! So, so, SO sorry it's taken me this long to update! I could probably think of an excuse, but I'm too lazy to… I just wanted let you know how much your comments and favorites and alerts and such mean to me. *wipes away tear.* In fact, all of you reviewing this story even though I haven't written in, like, 2 months just made me think "Oh my gosh! I've let my fans down!" so here I am updating again. If you've actually read this long, long, long, authors note, then thanks for that too! OK, I'm going to start writing the chapter now!

Annabeth's POV:

I honestly had no idea what I was going to do. I had never seen Percy act that way before, and Nico was not acting like himself… at all… Percy was usually the serious one. Or, at least, he wasn't completely crazy… Most of the time.

"Look Percy," I started. "What just happened right there? You can't just blast people to pieces, or scare them away whenever you feel like it!"

"Annie, Annie, Annie." He started to say, right before a slap in the face brought him back to himself. "Don't EVER call me Annie." I told him. "You need to get your act together. I don't care if it is Halloween. You shouldn't be eating this much candy." Suddenly I remembered that I had told Thalia to meet us at another house, down the street some more. I dragged a protesting Percy and a bouncing Nico around the block to the area where I had Iris Messaged Thalia. We stood there waiting for a few minutes, some of us more impatient then others, when Nico broke the silence by begging me to let them trick-or-treat at the surrounding houses. "Please, with extra extra extra candy on top? It won't hurt. It's just a few houses, and you can go with us!" He begged, until finally I gave in. We had just approached a creepy looking house when I felt a weird chill. The house was certainly not normal looking. Although, that might have been credited to the cobwebs hanging from the trees, and the skeletons hanging from the yard.

Before we even had the chance to ring the doorway, the door swung open and a lady sprung out of it, saying, "Perseus Jackson. Annabeth Chase. Nico Di Angelo. I've been waiting for you." Really, really creepy stuff. The lady would have been beautiful, and looked as though she might have been beautiful once. However, her face was distorted, and her eyes remained wide open as though she hadn't closed them for centuries. She had one snake resting across her shoulders and arms, and it hissed as she spoke to us. I knew from the moment she mentioned our names that she wasn't a mortal human. In fact, just by looking at her close enough it was easy to see that she must have been a monster. I dug into my mind, trying to remember any bits of mythology I could.

When she spoke, her voice was a sweet purr, almost like a hiss. "I'm so, so sorry. I've left all of my candy in the kitchen. I have all the best kinds of candy. Chocolate, caramel, nougat." She said, with a sweet drawl in her voice that made you want to listen. "Nougat?" Nico asked, as if in a trance. "Yes. The best kinds of nougat. Would you like to come inside and get some candy?" She asked. "Nico don't!" I yelled, but it was no use. He was obviously obsessed with candy at the moment, and the strange lady new exactly how to get him into the house. He ran into it as fast as he could, and Percy soon followed. I had no choice but to go in after them and try to think up a good plan. Gods, if only Thalia were here. I thought, because I knew she would no exactly what to do. Fight or flight, and Thalia was definitely a fighter. So am I. I entered the house, and went into the Kitchen to hear the lady charming Nico with her sweet voice, and watching him eat candy. "Yes," She said. "Halloween is my favorite day of the year also. All the yum—I mean, beautiful looking children. Always so, so sweet." Her snake hissed, and I barely caught her whispering to him "Yessss, they will taste delicious, won't they?" It was then when I realized exactly who our delightful hostess was. The Lamia. I quickly formulated a plan.

"Don't touch the candy." I whispered to Percy, but The Lamia had keener hearing then I expected and said, "What was that?"

"I said, that's really good candy." She didn't look very convinced, but I distracted her quickly with flattery. "This is a very lovely home you have, Mrs….." I trailed off, hoping to hear the name she would cook up. "Williamson." She lied. I decided to provoke her further, by asking, "Do you have any kids Mrs. Williamson?" The question made her snap out of elderly sweet lady mode, and into full fledged monster mode.

"My children," She began, spitting out the last word, "Were killed by Hera. She was enraged by jealousy because she could not deny the fact that Zeus, king of the gods loved me more." Obviously, like so many other monsters, Lamia suffered from pride. "I ate them, and I've been eating other children ever since." She had apparently become secure enough with her plan that she was able to reveal her real identity. That meant she was soon going to strike. Nico, obviously not getting it, replied to her morbid speech by saying, "That's pretty cool. Do you have any more of the caramel stuff? It was goooooood. If not that's OK, we can go. Thanks!" He hopped off the little island, right as she reached out her hand and grabbed him by the throat.

"Not so fast demigod. You aren't going anywhere."

A/N: Thanks guys! That's it for now. Remember, if you have any ideas then share them with me!

Sorry it's shorter than usual too, I had to stop writing. Oh, and sorry about the cliffhanger... but not really... :)

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