Cronus and the Threads of Dread by Joan Holub

Author:Joan Holub
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aladdin

CHAPTER SEVEN

Turning to Stone

Calm down,” said Poseidon. “We already know there are spiders out there.”

Hera shook her head. “These aren’t up in the trees. They’re crawling and close. And one of them is going to be here any second!”

Part of Zeus wondered if Hera might be making up stuff about her feather to make it seem more important.

But better safe than sorry, right? he thought.

“Okay, everybody. Let’s go deeper inside the cave,” Zeus said. “If there is a spider after us and it doesn’t see us, maybe it will go away.”

Poseidon rolled his eyes. Still, he didn’t argue, and they quickly moved farther into the dark cave. Finally stopping, they pressed their backs against the cold stone wall of the cave.

“Be very quiet,” Zeus whispered. “Hera, keep that feather still.”

Hera nodded but didn’t reply. They all waited, barely daring to breathe.

For a moment everything was perfectly quiet. And then they heard a skritch, skritch, skritch sound. Right outside!

That does sound a lot like a spider, Zeus thought.

“Told you!” Hera whispered.

The skittering sound came closer. Zeus couldn’t see anything in the darkness of the cave. Then he heard Poseidon yell out.

“Flippin’ fangface! A spider just touched my leg!”

Poseidon was so freaked out that he knocked the spider out and raced out of the cave as fast as he could.

“Poseidon!” Zeus cried. “Stop! There could be spiders out there!” He and the others followed, trying to save him from being ensnared. Once outside, the Olympians gasped at what they saw. Dozens of big spiders were lined up at the edge of the woods. Suddenly they came charging at them! Like the spiders they had seen before, each one had a body as big as a melon, and long legs. Dozens of pairs of beady red eyes were fixed on the Olympians.

“Told you!” said Hera.

“That’s not very helpful right now,” Poseidon pointed out.

Zeus knew they had no choice. They had to fight.

“Bolt, large!” he yelled.

Bolt grew large, and Zeus held it out. “Poseidon, touch your trident!” The Olympians had learned that when they joined their objects, all of the objects became more powerful.

Now Poseidon’s trident touched Bolt, and sparks sizzled from the magical weapons.

“I’ll add my feather!” Hera said, holding it out. “Athena, your aegis!”

“Um, what?” Athena asked. Her expression was blank, and she made no move to help. Apparently, she didn’t understand.

Hera’s feather touched Bolt and the trident. A huge blast shot out from the three objects. It struck a heavy tree across the clearing. The tree fell over, landing on a group of spiders as they came out of the woods.

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