Percy POV

I was walking down the hallway with Nico after 'visiting' the lunch buffet when we overheard a conversation coming from Annabeth's room.

"So…. How did it feel like?"

"It was a nightmare…. Literally"

"What did she do?"

"Melinoe showed me what I regret the most, used my fatal flaw against me. She repeated the worst parts of our argument in my head and the more I felt guilty, the more I felt empty inside…"

Nico and I exchanged looks and we both rushed into the room yelling

"ANNABETH?!"

I tossed the door wide open. A girl with messy yet curly blonde hair smiled at me and the ghostly image of Luke Castellan bowed respectfully and poofed away.

For a second I forgot my own name. I swallowed back tears as my girlfriend smirked

"Good afternoon, Seaweed Brain."

I ran and hugged Annabeth. Nico took a step back and put a firm hand on the door.

"I… uh… I'm going to IM Aoede; meet me at the meeting room at uh…. Seven O'clock"

He stuttered, Annabeth and I both laughed; watching our 15 year old friend walk out the door rather immaturely; closing the door behind him.

I let go of my girlfriend a little while later and stared at her.

I must've gave her a weird look because Annabeth got all flustered

"What?"

"You look like a witch."

I laughed as Annabeth bolted to the washroom; trying to find a comb. A few minutes later, she yelled

"SEAWEED BRAIN, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE T-SHIRT AND JEANS ON THE NIGHT STAND BESIDE YOU??"

I stared at the nightstand and the clothes she wanted me to bring. I blushed and picked them up, walking towards the washroom.

"Wouldn't hurt if you said please…"

I muttered. Walking slowly towards the said place

"PPPPLLLLEEEASSSSEEEEE"

Annabeth moaned from the washroom, I laughed and knocked on the washroom door. Annabeth opened the door and took the clothing out of my hands and planted a kiss on my cheek.

I turned into a tomato as she muttered thanks and closed the door.

A few minutes after she got out of the washroom, I bought Annabeth to the lunch buffet since her stomach was rumbling oh so loud.

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After Annabeth finished eating (she was still blushing when we went out of the room) and a few minutes of me; eavesdropping on Nico and Aika (I don't even have the slightest idea why he calls her 'Aoede')'s conversation. We all gathered into the meeting room.

"Melinoe's strategy is to use your greatest fear, regret, thought, memory against you. And the more vulnerable you become, the greater the chance you'll lose."

Annabeth started to explain her experience in the land of dreams and her theory of the world Melinoe showed her would be different for the next person.

"So are we going to stay and waste away here until all of us face Melinoe in our dreams or what? What is our lead…? Nico?"

Annabeth and I eyed Nico; the boy crossed his arms and looked down in deep thought. When he looked up again, he was paler than before.

"We are going to the Underworld, today. We need to get to California now."

He answered, grimly.

"Now?"

Annabeth swallowed back a gasp and even I was little scared

"But we need to train ourselves so we're ready to face Melinoe in our dreams."

Nico looked at me; and man did he really look like a ghost.

"That's just it, Percy. Don't you get it? Melinoe is going to get to us when we're least expecting her, like what happened to Annabeth. And the only thing we can do is sort out our minds."

I swallowed, Nico was right.

"I had a dream…"

Nico continued again. And it kind of scared me because usually the more dangerous the situation was, the more frequent a demi-god's dreams are.

"I saw, you, Annabeth and I in the underworld. I think it was when we battle Melinoe because we were all blood red. I heard Melinoe shriek… but the one who stabbed her…."

The last part came out as a whisper and I was really scared to think about whom stabbed Melinoe in the end but unfortunately Nico paused & didn't continue. After a really scary silence, Nico announced

"My point is we need to get to the Underworld! That is where our last battle with Melinoe is."

Annabeth and I nodded in agreement. We all stood up and walked out of the room to pack our stuff.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX(A/N Sorry for all the time skips, I just want to speed things up to the mid-plot point)

It has been about 3 days and we are now currently staying at Hades' palace. And the scary thing is… Hades seemed to be happier to actually see us in his realm and in his palace.

Nico was resting in his room while Annabeth, the ghosts and I were talking about strategy in the guest room.

"Silena, do you know anything about the prophecy?"

Annabeth asked; changing the topic.

"Yes, a lot."

She answered in a ghostly whisper

"But we can only tell you half of it."

Beckondorf added. Man for almost dead-dead people, they do sound happy.

"Son of Poseidon and daughter of Athena will meet you when Night meets Day,"

I mused.

"That just can't apply once."

Annabeth added.

"Your right. After you defeat Melinoe, you would be given a job to stall the goddesses Nyx and Hemera with the god Apollo for a full day."

"And why do we have to do that?"

Luke whispered something into Annabeth's ear then to mine. Our eyes grew wide with disbelief

"So Nico will become…."

We said in unison and trailed on. The ghosts nodded.

"Is Aika going to….?"

Annabeth asked, scared

"She'll be ok… after a year that is."

Beckondorf answered. I swallowed nervously

"What do you mean?"

"That's all we can tell you, Percy. We're sorry."

Silena said sadly. Luke frowned and stared at the ground as if he walked to walk on it again. And Beckondorf? Well… Beckondorf just blended in with the scenery

Annabeth sat on the bed beside her in disbelief and laid down.

"This is too much.. too much…"

She moaned. I held my head in my hands and thought about what Luke told me and Annabeth.

"Does Nico know about this?"

Luke shook his head

"We're forbidden to tell him."

"Who do you think is playing us more? Aphrodite or Melpomene?"

I asked, looking up. Trying to change the topic… change the thought

"I think they're working together on this…"

Annabeth said, still lying on the bed. I tried my best to not think about the bad thoughts while seeing her in that possession…

"This is crazy…"

Nico's going to become god of ghosts….