"What? Why are you so mad at me?" Annabeth screeched at Thalia. "Honestly, you are just so self-centered that, I honestly don't have any idea what Apollo sees in you!"

"Okay, firstly, I have no idea what the heck Apollo sees in me, and secondly, you are just acting like a complete brat who gets everything she wants, which you do. So, if you think I'm going to be friends with someone like that, then I'm sorry. You're wrong." Thalia calmly told her, before walking to the woods.

"Ugh!" Annabeth screamed after Thalia, while stomping her foot.

"What's wrong?" Percy asked, as he came towards Annabeth. He knew that something was wrong, because her eyes had a fiery look in them. And whenever they had a fiery look in them, then you better stay the heck away. But…since they were dating now, it was hopefully safe to assume that she would attempt to injure him.

Annabeth was seething with betrayal and hurt, but the second she turned around to hug Percy, her face was clear of all those emotions. "Nothing, nothing's wrong."

"Are you sure?" Percy pulled Annabeth away from him, looking at her critically.

"Fine," Annabeth relented. "Thalia and I, well, we aren't friends anymore. She was acting so completely self-centered, and she was just being annoying."

"Hmm…do you think that you should try to maybe apologize, or talk to her?" Percy suggested kindly.

"No, no way! I am not going to be the first person to apologize." Annabeth replied adamantly.

"Well, then I don't think that you guys will repair that relationship. Because both of you aren't willing to take the first step." Percy said under his breath.

~0o0o0o0~

"Sooo…" Katie asked jumping onto Rachel's bed.

"Yes?" Rachel replied wearily.

"What are YOU wearing for the Christmas thingy that Chiron and Mr. D are planning? Hmm…?" Katie asked excitedly.

"What are you wearing?" Rachel shot back.

"Well, I found out that Travis's favorite color is…drum roll please, BLUE!" Katie practically screamed. "And I talked with my dad, and he said that my stepmother has found this b-e-a-utiful blue satin, which she made a dress out of. And I'm wearing that tonight. So, now that I've explained what I'm wearing. What are you wearing?"

"Me…I'm not sure if I'm going to go. I mean, every time I see Annabeth and Percy, I just get so jealous. And that isn't like me like it really isn't like me at all! It's just so confusing." Rachel sighed throwing her hands up in the air.

"Well, first things first, I just happen to know that you are in fact going. Because if you don't, I'm…well let's say it won't be pretty." Katie winked at Rachel, knowing full well, that she would end up coming.

Rachel bolted up from her bed, and lunged at her wardrobe, pulling clothes out of every nook and cranny. Clothes were flying everywhere, and when she finally came out with a dress in her hands, Katie was nowhere to be seen.

"Katie? Umm…Katie where are you?" She glanced around her room, wondering if her friend meant to scare her, when she heard a sound coming from a pile of clothes. She instinctively jumped back, when the pile began to shake, and a hand shot up out of it.

"Katie?" Rachel screamed happily. She then ran over to her, and began to pull her out of the clothes.

"Okay, I have a dress that I think will be suitable for the Christmas thingy tonight. Does it look okay?" Rachel held up her dress, watching Katie nervously, awaiting her response.

"Well, IT'S PERFECT! Come on, we have work to do!" Katie dragged Rachel over to her bed, and sitting her down, began to do Rachel's makeup.

~0o0o0o0~

"Hey Thalia," Percy called out, trying to run after her.

Thalia glanced behind, and kept going. She was walking through the mud right now, but she didn't care that she was getting her brand new white sneakers muddy. In fact, she wanted to.

"Oh, come on, Thalia. Give it up! Please, wait up." Percy called out again, but suddenly he screamed.

Thalia spun around and began running towards where she heard Percy cry out. "Percy, Percy! Where are you?" When he didn't answer, she began to worry even more, and began her self-loathing cycle.

"Thalia, you stupid girl! Why didn't you wait up for him? If you had, this wouldn't have happened, would it?" She thought to herself as she ran towards the Big House.

"Chiron!" Thalia shouted, as she slammed the screen door behind her. "Chiron! Where in the heck is that horse?"

"Young lady, I would greatly appreciate if you didn't call me a horse." Chiron said regally.

Thalia was immediately regretful, and Chiron seeing this chuckled.

"Now, now my dear, it's perfectly fine. I have been called far worse, in my day. Now what's wrong?"

"It's Percy. He was trying to catch up to me, to talk to me about something, but he just suddenly screamed. And when I went back to find him, he wasn't there. There were some signs of struggle, but that's all. I couldn't find anything that would help. I'm so sorry, it's my fault. And now Annabeth is going to hate me even MORE!" Thalia began on a rant.

"That is greatly disturbing. Percy is the son of Poseidon, so if he is overcome, that must be something of immense power. Thalia, I would greatly appreciate it if you didn't mention this to anyone. Do you understand me, anyone!" Chiron demanded sternly.

"I understand, but Chiron, if this thing is incredibly powerful, then shouldn't we warn everyone? Oh my goodness!" Thalia covered her mouth to avoid gasping. She then slowly looked up at Chiron, "The Christmas dance is tonight. There will be so many demigods there…it would be the perfect place to kidnap more! We have to warn them. We have to cancel the dance!"

"No," Chiron said, shaking his head sadly, "I'm afraid that cancelling the dance would make them worry, and perhaps worry about a traitor. And believe me, there is nothing worse than a camp of demigods worried about a traitor. The dance must go on."

"Fine." Thalia mumbled.