AN : You owe this chapter set to the idea given to me in review form by Death Furry, so thank you Death Furry, this one's for you. To give you forewarning, this set is going to focus on Melody and Thalia, so OC centric warning. (And if you're a sexist arse, female centric warning.) Trigger warnings for the usual, and I should probably mention use of, for lack of better terminology, non consensual hypnosis, (don't know if that's a trigger or anything, so I wanted to be safe rather than sorry)

This is most definitely a line break so shut up dam tablet

"Mel! Look out!" Annabeth yelled, spotting an arrow headed straight towards the seventeen years old daughter of Poseidon's head on the other side of the dining pavilion. Melody turned and caught the arrow, reading aloud a letter that had been attached to it.

"Look out. Hunters on way. -Thalia."

"Thanks for the warning Thals." Annabeth muttered sarcastically.

"You're welcome, Annie." Thalia's voice came from behind her.

"Ah! Don't sneak up on me like that, Thalia!"

Thalia shrugged and picked up an apple from a nearby bowl and took a bite out of it, wiping the juice that dribbled down her chin on the sleeve of her leather jacket.

"To what do we owe the visit, cuz?" Melody asked.

"Artemis is out on one of her lone wolf missions and we needed a place to crash for a few months."

"Well, welcome back to Camp Half-Blood, Hunters of Artemis," said Chiron warmly.

"Good to be back." Thalia replied, smiling. "Adriane! Take the girls and set up in cabin eight."

A blonde girl with green eyes and oversized round glasses came up to Thalia and saluted her, asking, "And which would that be, Lieutenant?"

"The silver one. There will be an eight above the door."

"Thank you, Lieutenant."

"You're welcome. Go on. I've got catching up to do."

"Yes, Lieutenant."

Thalia smiled at the young girl's retreating back.

"That's my second in command, Adriane. She's an adorable kid, but she's super formal. She's been with Artemis for about three hundred years."

Annabeth opened her mouth to reply, but the next sound the group heard was, "Pinecone Face! Long time no see!"

"Hi, Seaweed Brain two," Thalia joked as he walked over.

"Two? Why am I number two? I'm six minutes and forty-three seconds older than Melody!"

"Best six minutes and forty-three seconds of my life." Melody whispered to Thalia, earning a snicker from the lieutenant.

"Hey!" Percy huffed, "Rude!"

"Sorry second Seaweed Brain, but you're sister's just better."

"You've been alone with the hunters too long. They've corrupted your opinion of me by brainwashing you to hate boys."

"No. I always thought Mel was better."

"Don't worry Percy, I still think highly of you." Annabeth teased, pecking him on the cheek.

"Ugh. You guys are going to make me barf. Artemis can't have a sick lieutenant. Let's do something else. Something where I don't have to watch you be all lovey dovey."

"What if we went swimming?" Melody suggested. "You've probably had long hot travels. It'd be a good way to cool off."

"Sounds good, better brain of the sea."

"You're just doing this to spite him now, aren't you?"

Thalia nodded and grinned.

"Well, you won't have to deal with us being all lovey dovey, because I promised Chiron I'd teach a class this afternoon, and Annabeth is reviewing the plans Jason sent her for some new shrines for the rest of the day."

"How is Jason?" Thalia asked, a bittersweet smile on her face at his name. "I haven't seen my brother in ages."

"He's good." Annabeth replied, "He's a little overwhelmed, but that's to be expected with all he's undertaken. Actually, he and I are having a meeting next week to review both of our perspectives on the diagrams he sent me. Maybe you can see him then."

"Cool. Well, that water looks really nice right about now, so Mel, let's hop to it."

Melody smiled.

"We can meet up at my cabin."

"Perfect. Let me grab my bag from eight and change, and I'll meet you there."

"See ya."

After the girls split ways, Melody quickly made her way into cabin three, pulling her swimsuit from under her bed and changing.

"Where did I put that towel?" She mumbled when she was finished, bending over and rummaging through a bag at the foot of her bunk. She had moved on to sticking her head and upper body under her bed to search when she heard the door creak open and footsteps pad in.

"Just a second, Thals, I'm looking for a towel for you to use." She called, "Then we can go swimming."

"I don't think you're going swimming today, Miss Jackson."

Melody shot up, immediately hitting her head on the bunk above her. A pair a hands wrapped around her waist and pulled her out from under the bed. She smacked them off and rolled onto her back, finding Casey Wood, one of the Hypnos campers, standing above her.

"Casey!" She snapped, standing up and shoving him. "That wasn't funny!"

"It wasn't meant to be. Now, you're going to tell whoever 'Thals' is that you've changed your mind, and your going to take a nap. You and me are going to have some fun in here on our own." He said, stepping towards her and running a hand down her arm suggestively, coming to a stop by her wrist, not quite holding her hand.

Melody shivered at the implications of the statement and the action that followed it, biting back the memories of her childhood. She could not afford to have a panic attack with this creep around.

"Fat chance, jerkwad." She quipped, jerking her hand away and trying vainly to keep her cool. "I'm in a relationship."

"I don't care." He snapped his fingers. "You're going to stay quiet until 'Thals' gets here, and then you're going to say what I told you to."

Melody opened her mouth to retaliate but no sound would come out.

"Get it, Jackson?"

Melody scowled at him. There was a knock at the door, and Casey hid as Melody went to answer it.

"Hey Mel, you ready?"

"I changed my mind. I'm going to go ahead and take a nap." Melody schooled her expression into what she could only hope was a 'don't leave' look, then went inside and closed the door.

Thalia had, luckily, picked up on the hint. She stood outside and listened to their conversation. On the inside, Melody glared at Casey.

"Good job." He said. "Now we can talk about things again. But you will not scream or yell for help." He snapped his fingers again.

"You are evil." Melody growled. "What the hell is this?"

"This is me getting what I want."

"You're not getting it from me. I'm done with manipulation."

Her breath was getting shallower, and she knew that no matter how hard she tried here, the memories were not going to stop.

"Look, Wood, you don't want to do this. I'm on the verge of a panic attack, and what good am I then? Besides. I think my cousin is still standing outside the door."

"I told you to tell her to leave!"

Melody smirked, "No, you told me to say that I'd changed my mind, and I was going to take a nap."

Casey's scowl turned into a sneer.

"Well, if you're more trouble than you're worth to get what I want. I might as well punish you for it."

"W-what are you talking about?" Melody asked, having lost her bravado.

"You said you were on the edge of a panic attack. Why don't I just tip you the rest of the way?" He poked her forehead with his finger.

"No... Please… No..." Melody begged, any of her former confidence forgotten, "Don't make me relive that, please…"

"It's really too bad. If you didn't fight so much, we won't have this problem."

The door sprang open with a loud bang, and in stepped Thalia Grace, looking every bit as intimidating as usual, despite being clad in a grey swimsuit and flip flops.

"That's enough." She ordered. "Get away from my cousin."

"Thank you for the suggestion, but I think not. I'm not done."

He pulled a small grey pouch from his pocket and from it he pulled a pinch of light blue powder. He blew the powder first at Melody, then at Thalia, then exited cabin three, leaving the two unconscious on the ground, Thalia's arm outstretched towards her cousin.