Chapter 8

Okay so where was I…? Ah yes, I was just about to get to the spiders.

Okay so the first night they began to haunt me, everyone was sound asleep, including me. I jolted awake as something bit my arm. I thought it was a tag that I forgot to take of the owl I was cuddling with so I just shrugged it off and tried to fall back asleep. But then pain began to travel all up my body. Little bits of pain hit everywhere on my body. I threw off my blanket and screamed at what I saw. Thousands of tiny little spiders crawled on my body. My mattress had disappeared and was now covered with spiders and cobwebs. As I screamed, a papery texture filled my mouth. I stuck my finger in my mouth and felt something prick my finger. Spiders and their webs had invaded my mouth. I screamed for my dad at the top of my lungs and what I got instead was Ava. The moment she stepped inside my room the spiders and cobwebs disappeared; although I could still taste the spiders that had filled my mouth.

"Stop screaming you freak!" She hissed at me.

Buckets of tears poured down my face as I tried to explain the spiders to her. "…There were thousands of them…. Spiders…. Everywhere….. All over my room….. In my mouth….. Biting me…. Ava you have to believe me… please…. Can I sleep with you and daddy? Please… I'm scared their going to come back…."

She scowled, "Only if you shut up! But Annabeth just this once! It was a nightmare! And you're seven now! Grow up!"

I was too terrified to care about what she was saying. My body shook and tears still fell. I actually hugged Ava.

So I grabbed my stuffed owl and ran to my father and Ava's room. I curled up next to my dad and slowly fell asleep.

But after that night the spiders still came. Ava no longer allowed me to sleep with my father and her, and whenever I screamed she would hit me. So I just had to learn to deal with the spiders that crawled on me at night. Once the third week of spiders came, I had enough with my life with Ava and my father.

So I took my backpack and packed my stuffed owl and some of my favorite books. Then I took some canned food and water bottles. I also searched and searched for my dagger but it was nowhere to be found so I took one of my dad's hammers. Then I stole some money from Ava's purse before stuffing everything into my bag.

I quickly said bye to the twins and then I was gone. I snuck out of my window that night, just before the spiders came.

I didn't know where I would go but I was finally free from Ava's cruel grasp. I remember smiling to myself as I walked down the sidewalk, hugging my stuffed owl. I remember thinking to myself, that now I could find that camp place my mother was talking about. I just needed to find out how.

I also remember asking myself something about how long I would last by myself. How long would I manage on my own. I mean I was just a weak little seven year old with a hammer.

But I managed to last two weeks by myself. Two weeks until I found Thalia and Luke, my new family.

(A/N: Sorry for the length but I was really happy with everyone reviewing on the previous chapter so it inspired me to update again today! Anyways a huge thanks to all my lovely reviewers/followers/favorites. I love you all! I'm really glad you guys are enjoying the story! I'm going to try and update weekly from now on but no promises. I'm also about to post another hunger games fanfiction so if any of you guys are in the hunger games fandom you should check out some of my other fics. I got slapped with inspiration like an hour ago so I'm going to update all of my fics! Anyways I love you guys and I'll see you next chapter, (I promise I'll make it longer to make up for the short chapters I've been posting recently)

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