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~ {Percy's P.O.V} ~
Trish scoffed. "What did we ever do to you? I don't even know who you are!"
Arachne didn't seem too happy about Trish's comment. She growled at her. "Stupid little demigod. I already told you! I'm Arachne!"
The woman (spider?) walked around us. She was starting to seriously scare me. The way she examined us…it was like she was wondering whether to turn us into spiders or eat us.
I didn't bother thinking about a plan for us to get out, because I knew I'd get nothing. Annabeth was the brain of our group, not me. Instead, I tried to remember the myth about Arachne. With a little bit of luck, she could turn out to be a nice, old spider that...Yeah, never going to happen.
"Annabeth, who's this Arachne everyone's talking about?" – I heard Dez whisper. He was had his legs to his chest and his chin was resting on them.
Annabeth sighed. "Arachne, the woman you see in front of you, used to be a great mortal weaver. But then, she got all show-off-y with her talent and claimed to be better than Athena. And we all know that's impossible. - Annabeth took a deep breath before continuing. - Athena got mad that the weaver didn't acknowledge that her skill came, partly at least, from the goddess. So, she decided to punish Arachne, turning her into a spider. In fact, 'Arachne' means 'spider' in Greek."
Dez didn't seem to understand what Annabeth was saying, but he nodded his head anyway. Just then, the spider-woman came back.
"So, you little demigod…you asked me why I imprisoned you. Well, why wouldn't I? This is a perfect way to get even with Athena. Kill two of her precious little children seems like a pretty good revenge to me." – Arachne said.
"Wait a second…what do you mean by 'two of her precious children'? We only have one child of Athena with us." – Grover argued.
Arachne once again, growled. "Don't try to get all smart with me, satyr. I know when I see a daughter of Athena. And in this room…there are two."
Weird. Arachne kept saying that there are two and that wasn't true. Unless…
"Ann…I think she means one of the newbie's." – I whispered in Annabeth's ear.
She looked at me, her eyes wide. I understood. I mean…she already had plenty of brothers and sisters. Besides, we had three new demigods. How could we know which one it is?
"And that story you told, child of Athena…why don't you tell the real one? – Arachne spoke again. – All of the stupid demigods, children of Athena, say the same thing. Either they tell your story, the one with me being too stuck up or the one when we have a weaving contest and I lose. Well, neither of those is true. The real one, the one that actually happened, is the one when I win the weaving contest. I remember, your mom was so mad and embarrassed that she turned me into this; the stupid spider I am now. But the good news is, with me being turned into a spider, all of the stupid Athena kids are afraid of me and the other spiders. It's hilarious."
"No! This is not true! Athena is the goddess of wisdom! She would never get angry about something like this and lose her wise thinking about something so stupid! – Annabeth's face was red with anger. – Oh, and don't EVER mention the spiders!"
Annabeth shuddered next to me. Now I finally knew why spiders terrified her so much. I remember, one time on April Fools, the Stole brothers put a fake spider on her pillow. At night, when she went to bed, she screamed so loud, that Chiron came galloping, straight from bed to see what was going on. At the time, I didn't understand why she and her brothers were so scared. Now, I knew.
"Ok…so, are we done with all of this ancient drama? Because if we are, I'd like to know why this…um, lady claims that there are two children of Athena with us and why on earth did she put that weird forest hologram to fool us outside." – Austin asked. He hadn't talked ever since we came in the forest, and I had gotten oblivious to his presence.
Now, it was Arachne's turn to be confused. "What hologram. The forest you saw outside was one of my biggest, most successful tapestries I have ever made."
"Whoa! Really? A tapestry? It was amazing! You're so talented!" – Ally practically yelled. Her eyes gleamed like when somebody gave Annabeth the permission to talk about her architecture. Then again, the two did seem very alike…
Oh, my gosh! Of course! I was so oblivious!
"It's Ally! - I yelled. – Ally's the other daughter of Athena.
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