A/N:This is an idea I had for a solangelo Romeo and Juliet AU. It's not been proofread or checked so there will be mistakes as I wrote it on my phone anyway, enjoy it!

Nico woke to the familiar sounds of conflict. The banging and crashing outside his window continued as he dragged himself out of bed. He averted his eyes from the window as he did everyday. Nico could not deal with the noise and strife at this time in the morning. He heard a loud string of various colourful words float up to his room and sighed. There was only so much more of this he could take.

Nico stomped downstairs where his parents were staring avidly out of the window, egging on the teenagers out on the street. They never engaged in combat; the fighting was for the younger generation. However, all of the citizens of the town - especially nico's family - had a side and they would all support the kids fighting for them. Nico nodded to acknowledge his parents then grabbed a pomegranate from the counter.

"I'm going out." He told the two adults.

His father looked away from the window for a second. "Go get em, son!"

Nico shook his head. "No." He said. "I'm just going out." Hades ignored him and Nico slammed the door shut aggressively.

He walked along the street trying to avoid the mobs of fighting teens. He spotted a few of his old friends among the masses: Piper McLean was delivering strong punches to Michael Kahale who had a hold of her arm. Leo Valdez had somehow managed to get a hold of a lighter and was setting fire to Frank Zhang's jacket, a grin on his face. Frank, in retaliation, was head butting Leo as hard as he could.

It was bloody murder. The same situation carried on as Nico went down the street. People Nico knew and were close with fighting their own. Nico knew Piper and Michael were half siblings or something and Leo and Frank used to be friends. This stupid feud was tearing everyone in the city apart and for what?

Nico finally reached his destination - a small semidetached house near the end of the street. He rung on the doorbell and it was answered straight away. Nico instinctively ducked when the door opened and he was right to do so. Jason's hand connected with his joyfully and Nico let out a rare grin. Jason was always so enthusiastic.

"So dude, how's it going?"

"Fine." Nico answered. "Mom and Dad are obsessed with everything but me, friends hurting friends, I'm completely lovesick: the usual."

Jason grimaced. "That sucks dude. If it wasn't for this stupid fighting, you could just go over to Percy and confess your undying love while I recorded it all."

"I couldn't do that!" Nico said in horror. "Percy would never like me, besides, he's with the others."

"He doesn't fight for them though." Jason pointed out.

"That's because his mom won't let him out of the house." Nico retorted.

"Whatever."

They reached Jason's kitchen and Nico immediately ran over to the cupboard and grabbed a piece of bread. "Mmmmh! So dooof!"

"What?" Jason asked. "Doof?"

"So good." Nico clarified, now his mouth was empty.

"You must have been hungry." The blonde boy noted.

Nico nodded. "Just had a few pomegranate seeds."

Jason frowned as he always did when he heard of Nico's eating habits.

"You need to eat more. Hades hardly feeds you anything."

"That's what you're there for." Nico replied. "Dad doesn't care about anything that's not the feud."

"Not even his own son?" Jason shouted angrily.

"Jason," Nico said. "We've been through this. I'm fine. I don't give a damn if Hades cares about me. I can look after myself."

"I know. I just worry." Jason told him. "Wanna get your ass kicked on the PlayStation?"

"You're on." Nico said, racing Jason to the lounge where a large sofa waited.


Outside, the feuding carried on its course until suddenly, the whole street went silent.

Dionysus, otherwise known as Mr D, was feared all through town. He was ruthless, unmerciful and even the toughest teenagers cowered at the sight of him angry. Him appearing on the Main Street could not be a good omen. Neither side of various duels stopped to wonder what he was doing there. They just ran.

The voice of the cop rang clearly out across the street. "Stop right there."

The teens froze.

Mr D glared around, making each kid feel personally targeted. "You will all stop and go. Home. Now. If I see this again, I will not hesitate to put each and every one of you in jail. Got it?"

A nervous murmur if consent traveled through the gathered kids.

"It was a rhetorical question!" Dionysus shouted furiously. "Go, now!"

They scarpered.


A few hours later, on the other side of town, a young girl stood before two adults.

One of the two - an influential man called Apollo - spoke.

"Drew. I know you want to marry my son, but you are both simply too young."

"We're legally old enough to marry!" The girl screeched.

"With a parent's permission." Apollo reminded her, "which you don't have."

"My mother gave permission." Drew said. "You do know who my mother is, don't you?"

Apollo sighed. "I have no reason to agree with Aphrodite, Drew. I have had my fair share of conflicts with her in the past and I will not work with her now."

Drew sneered. "Whatever old man. I wouldn't want you as a father in law anyway." She turned on her heel and stomped out, sending a shimmering mess of pink glitter as she went.

Apollo turned to his wife, Naomi.

"She is not marrying our son."

"No." She agreed. "Will doesn't deserve her. I heard he's going to a party tonight though. Maybe he'll find a pretty girl there."

"Or guy." Apollo said.

"Or guy." Naomi repeated. "Just as long as they make him happy."

"And has rich parents." Her husband added.

"Apollo! We've been over this. He's not marrying for your company."

"It was a joke, Naomi. Just a joke."

"It better have been."


"Hey," Jason said.

"What is it?" Nico asked.

"So I was hanging around some of the others,"

"They're called half-bloods and you know it. Just tell me what you heard."

"Well you know that pretty girl, Piper?"

"Who just happens to be on the side of your rivals, yes I know her." Nico said.

"Well," Jason said again. "She asked me to come to a party been thrown by the othe - the half bloods tonight."

"But you're a jupiterian." Nico pointed out. "You wouldn't even be allowed in. Wait, why were you even with them? How were you even with them?"

"Piper thinks I'm a half-blood though. You don't get it dude. She asked me out!"

"You like her then?" Nico asked.

Jason blushed. "Yeah."

"Oh gods." Nico sighed. "You've got it bad."

"You can't say anything, Mr Percy Jackson is so dreamy and I want to marry him."

"You promised you wouldn't tease!" Nico protested.

Jason shrugged. "Desperate times call for desperate measures. Anyway, Piper said I could bring along an extra!"

"And..."

"You are so stupid. You! Obviously, I'm going to bring along my best friend!"

"Oh." Nico said. He honestly hadn't seen that coming. "But... I can't go to a half blood party! I am literally the son of the leader of the jupiterians!"

"It's a masked party. Piper specified that you had to cover your face."

"How convenient." Nico said dryly.

"Maybe." Jason admitted. "You are coming right?"

"Doesn't look like I have a choice."