Eyo! My name is BobDerStreuner11 or BDS11 for those who don't know me. Go check out my other stories. Anyways, I love to do circus and so I thought I'd write a Circus AU. Also, shout out to my beta, CleoKat, go check her out anime fans. On to the chappie!

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"Are you sure you don't want to go Nico?" Nico stared up at his sister with wide eyes

"Bia, you know only one of us can go and you've been so excited, I'll be fine,"

"Fine, but next time, you get to go," She grabbed the ticket and pushed aside the soft yellow and red striped curtains and entered the magical world of the circus. Nico sighed as he watched his sister walk through the doors, but picked up a few stones and started aimlessly tossing them around, before converting to actual juggling.

He had taught himself a few tricks back in Italy, including how to juggle. Having to spend your entire day inside was quite boring in the twentieth century, especially during the war. Nico and Bianca made do with what they had though. But now, they were in America! They didn't have to worry anymore. Lost in thought, he flipped one of the stones up and under his leg before switching to a complex pattern. However, he was so caught up in his juggling that he didn't notice anyone come up behind him. After he was tapped on the shoulder, he let out a shriek before dropping the stones. Turning around he found bright, sea green eyes staring at him.

Nico POV

"Hey there! My name's Percy. What's your name? I was just wondering what you were doing here. Normally people go inside the circus," I chose my words carefully before speaking in shaky English.

"My sister Is inside. N-no money. Just one. I am Nico," He must have caught the gist of it because he smiled warmly before replying.

"Oh, I see. That was some pretty complicated juggling. Do you want to come inside?" He swung an arm around my shoulder leading me around the tent towards the back entrance.

"Hey guys! I found Nico outside. He only had enough money for his sister so I thought we should give him a show," Everyone smiled at the young juggler. Percy continued,

"This is Jason, he catches trapeze, and his girlfriend Piper, an aerialist," He pointed to a blonde haired, blue eyed man with his arm around a choppy haired brunette. "Jason's sister Thalia, is a handstand archer and contortionist," She was a black-haired girl with the same electric blue eyes as Jason. "Then we have my girlfriend Annabeth and Beckendorf who make the set together," I waved at the Blonde and African American who were having a conversation (argument) on which color they should have used. "Leo and Calypso, fire breather and clown, and aerialist and costumes. Then we have Silena, Beckendorf's girlfriend, who works on costumes, Frank, who does a clowning act with Leo and choreographs everything along with Reyna, Hazel, who is an aerialist, and finally, Clarisse and Chris. Clarisse is our lead tumbler, and Chris does all the stage work. Lights, music and such,"

"You guys have around ten minutes," Chris said, looking at the clock. I was growing more and more excited. After unearthing some of his dad's old circus DVD s in Venice, I had taught himself juggling, and a little bit of tumbling. I had secretly always wanted to see a circus, or maybe learn how to do a few things. Then I thought of my sister. She always had a fascination with Thalia and grew obsessed over the years. Bianca wanted to do everything she could do, and taught herself handstands, and stretched every night, hoping to one day be capable of Thalia's amazing contortionism. Percy walked on stage greeting everyone with a loud,

"Hello! Bonjour! Wilkommen!" just going on and on saying hello and/or welcome in every language you could think of. I even think I heard some Greek and Latin. After a quick 'chat with the audience' as he described it, Piper, Calypso, Hazel, and Jason appeared on the trapeze rig behind Percy that was suddenly lit up with purple-blueish lights. They grinned brightly and waved at the audience, but what captivated me most was the fact that they had no fear whatsoever. They simply stood 24 feet in the air on a tiny 1 by 5 ish platform, held on to a bar and jumped. No safety lines, just a net, and Jason. Piper started off with a simple trick, a backend split. She flipped herself under the bar easily landing in Jason's arms. I could quickly tell why she did a split. The return was the big part. Sure enough, a minute later she did a pirouette in the air before snatching the bar Calypso had dropped. Chatting amongst themselves, Hazel did a quick series of flips, turning around and swinging around the bar, not even going for a catch. Probably because she was small and could compact herself into a tiny position to flip faster. Calypso did a double double catch with a simple return, nothing fancy. After ten more minutes of trapeze, they all did sexy backs into the net, landing with a flourish. After everyone ran out to break the rig down, Frank and Leo went out on stage. They soon had the audience howling with laughter, with Frank's natural clumsiness and Leo's mischievous sense of humor. Even those backstage suppressed giggles, having seen it countless times. Thalia went out and shot a few arrows, and I spotted Bianca looking with awe and cheering loudly. I turned my head upside down as she twisted herself up into unimaginable positions. She was quickly surrounded by the tumblers and Clarisse who flipped up way higher than most of the audience could jump. Everyone was captivated by everything happening, and my mind was working unbelievably fast, identifying every trick, and which shows I had seen it in. After a few more acts, it was over and everyone went on stage for a final bow. I clapped as loud as I could along with the rest of the audience.

"Hey Neeks. Did you have fun?" Percy asked me as everyone walked back in. I nodded my head vigorously.

"I always want to see circus," I said slowly. "Always dream of me and Bianca,"

"That's your sister, right?" He asked. I nodded again. "Can you show us the juggling thing again? Some of us can juggle, but we aren't very good. We might have a spot for you," He handed me a few balls and I started juggling slowly before picking up the pace and doing complex patterns and flips with the balls. But then I tried throwing under my leg. A simple trick, but I fell over. I stood up, dusted myself off and ignored the searing pain in my ankle. Everyone rushed over, but I pushed them off.

"Nico! That was amazing! But, um, your ankle is bright red." Jason commented. Screw having to wear shorts in the summer. I cursed under my breath.

"We'd better go see Will." Hazel worriedly spoke. I was confused. Who was Will? Limping slightly, I followed Hazel towards one of the trailers. She knocked softly, then opened the door to reveal a handsome blonde reading a book on one of the couches.

"Will?" she called softly, "Nico twisted his ankle. Could you help?" She quickly explained the situation before Will nodded and turned towards me. Then in the most amazing southern accent, he said,

"Hi Nico. My name is Will."

Aaaand cut! I'm not gonna lie, I'm really excited for this. I actually do trapeze as a past time and lemme tell you, if you ever have the chance to try flying trapeze, do it. You have to. Anyways, for those of you who are confused, this is set in the 1920's-30's during WWII. Except we're gonna pretend that gay people are a normal thing because solangelo.

QotC: Favorite circus art?

I (obviously) love trapeze more than anything in the world, but if I had to choose something else, I would choose silks, probably. Or trampoline. Or juggling. Yeah, I like it all.

Toodle Pip!

-BDS11