The Solace-di Angelo Chronicles

Halloween-Mrs. Brown

October 31, 2025

Mrs. Brown'S POV:

A month into school the kids are all comfortable and settled in.  By now I know all of their strengths and weaknesses.  Turns out that at this point in her life Onyx' learning disabilities don't affect her too much.  She needs a little more time than the rest of the class but nothing to be worried about.  She is truly an angel, just like her last name suggests.  She is over all a happy kid, though shy around new people.  I have to admit I'm a bit curious about her.  She never talks much about her home life, though everyone who sees her with Nico agrees that it must be great.

Its just before the bell.  I have a lot of fun things planned for today as it is Halloween. Two minutes later the kids are all swarming through the door in their costumes.  A lot of kids chose characters from their favourite T.V. shows.  When I spotted Penny, Claire,  Jenna and Onyx I couldn't hold back a laugh.  They were all dressed as flowers, Claire a rose, Jenna a daisy, Penny a violet, and Onyx a sunflower.  Why this was so funny to me is it just shows the difference between Onyx' dressing style and her father's.  See her father dresses in all black or on rare occasions dark red or grey.  Meanwhile Onyx dresses like a rainbow.  Seriously, sometimes she'd come in with a rainbow painted on her face (Hmm...I wonder why).  But that's one thing, this is another, so never in my life would I have expected her to come in clad in yellow with a big poof around her head.  "Morning class! Find your seats", I said.  "Now you are going to draw one of your family members in a costume of your choice, and when you are done you will present it to the class".

About half an hour later people were going up and presenting.  Most people drew their parents as food or animals.  Claire drew her brother Josh as a princess (Which the class found very funny).  Onyx went up and started.  "This is my brother Cayden, he's four I drew him as the sun. (Foreshadowing at it's finest.)  He's going as a bat.  Papa says he likes Cayden's costume better.  He doesn't like plants that much."  When all of the class had gone we moved on to music (Which the whole class likes) and sing till lunch.

Time Skip to After lunch

I called everyone into a circle and asked them what they were doing for Halloween.  We all went around the circle till only Onyx was left.  "Is your Papa taking you trick-or-treating?"  I asked.  "No he's in charge of the haunted house, he's been preparing since September!" she replied, "It's supposed to be really scary, so scary that you have to be at least twelve to get in!" "Wow" the whole class said in awe.  "Yeah and he's got all kinds of skeletons human,deer even elephant!" she continued.  "He has loads of ghosts too. Fake blood and these really spooky paintings." I could tell she was getting really excited.  "But" one girl started, "ghosts are evil and they'll kill you!" "Nuh-uh" Onyx countered "Papa is the king of ghosts, all the ghosts listen to him."  I was fighting to keep back a smile and how ridiculous this argument was, ghosts aren't even real. (If only you knew)  However this seemed to unsettle the class so I decided to bring out the treats I brought them.

Time Skip

Nico was waiting a little way from the rest of the parents.  His whole face was covered in Halloween makeup.  His raven hair was gelled up in spikes all over his head.  He was on the phone (Monster proof phones Leo made) the conversation went something like this:

"It'll be ready for tonight"..."yeah"..."yeah".

"What do you mean your costume is better than mine?!"

"It's not"...Oh yeah? Wanna bet?"

"If I win you have to give me a package of blue cookies" (Que exaggerated noise of shock from the other person)

(Que grimace from Nico) "Deal, I'll win anyhow cause you've got a stupid fish butt."

"She wanted to be a sunflower so I let her be a sunflower"..."Of course I like Cayden's costume better."..."Anyhow the kids are out, see you in ten, bye."

Onyx ran up to him. "Who was that Papa?" she asked.  "Percy, who else would dress in a fish tale?" She nodded, "And what did I hear about blue cookies?" she inquired.  "Percy and I are having a bet on who has the better costume.  If I win he has to give us a package of blue cookies." "How many blue cookies are in a package?" she asked.  "Twenty, so split equally there will be five for each of us, and they will be split equally because you are not getting any of my blue cookies" he said, "And what happens if you lose" she pressed.  "Then I have to make Percy and his family fancy Italian dinners for the whole week" he replied.  "You better win Papa" Onyx giggled, "You bet I will" he said.  They smiled at each other, Onyx' significantly bigger.  "Oh, and there's been a change of plan" Nico started, "Annabeth isn't taking you anymore, Will is."  Onyx' smile got bigger than I thought possible.  "He's off?" she asked, Nico nodded. "Come on Papa!" She squealed, pulling him along "What are you waiting for! Bye everyone" she said. "Next time you see me I'll have a blue cookie!"

Sure enough, the next day at lunch Onyx pulled out a big blue cookie.

I can relate to Onyx when I was younger I would sometimes go days without seeing my dad.  I can remember the I was really excited when I found out he was home on Halloween the one time.