AN: So rather than a 30 day challenge this is going to be a 30 fic challenge, as some of the plots planned are going to be very long and I think a lot of them have the potential to be multi-chapter fics rather than one shots. Also because I'm lazy and last time I tried a 30 Day challenge with Hetalia I only managed to get to day 5.

The aim is to do 30 new fics in 3 months. This doesn't mean 30 complete fics, it's just either writing a one shot or the first chapter. Some are going to be very long and some very short it just depends entirely on the prompt. Some will also be named after their prompts while others will have more relevant titles.

I know I said I'd write the BalderxApollon one first but I really wanted to get this one written out before the ideas left me.

So here is the first one - It'll be a multi-chapter fic with each chapter from the POV of each of the boys/men. They'll just be random lengths but I'm hoping to keep each chapter around 500 or so words. The prompt is "Ball".

I hope you enjoy :)


Sat upon his throne, Zeus surveyed the room before him. As custom demanded, he would be seated for the entire affair, with guests waiting their turn to greet him, despite him being the host.

He'd always found balls to be rather boring, but with Hera insisting that they greet the new Queen of the East in style, he had no grounds to refuse. Especially when his sons were potential husbands for the queen, though he would rather they married a nice southern girl and be done with it. It would keep the bloodline strong to say the least, and though it would strengthen their connections with the Eastern lands, he would have preferred to be allies with the North (more due to the fact that the crown prince of the North would make a far better king than his own son when the time came.)

With more than a thousand guests attending, the normally spacious ballroom was packed. The men and women who were catering the affair had still managed to include a large banquet that ran from one end of the room to the other, and he could already see that Dionysus had started on the wine.

After a quick search he found Apollon, the crown prince who would be presented to the Queen after himself, chatting with a various number of nobles he considered his friends.

At least they were keeping themselves busy, though he made a mental note to ask one of the servants to keep an eye on Dionysus as the night wore on. He couldn't have his son embarrassing him yet again, especially when their guests included those from the North, East and West.

To his right sat his wife, who watched the going-ons with her gentle smile. He knew that she was probably dreading having to put up with every male diplomat who would insist on complimenting her beauty. On her right sat an empty chair for the arriving Queen, and when Zeus argued that he would not be able to make conversation with her, Hera had simply brushed him off with the excuse of 'girl talk', whatever that meant.

On his left sat his brother, as sullen as always. If there was anything Hades hated, it was lavish affairs such as these, especially when he was forced to sit next to his brother. The guests would ignore him, thinking him lesser than Zeus simply because of the order of their birth, but he would never complain. He had grown too used to it by now.

The trumpets sounded and silence spread throughout the room like a wave. All heads turned to the great doors on the far side of the room, and the guests drew in a collective breath as they began to open.

Zeus shifted in his seat, straightening his back and attempting to look grand as the Queen entered the ballroom. All he could do now was pray the night went as smoothly as planned.


AN: There is now a poll on my profile related to the 30 Fic Challenge. It would be great if you could check it out ^^