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Title: The Beast Within – Between Two Sides of the Moon
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; complete AU
PJatO Disclaimer: All rights reserved to Rick Riordan for he created the awesomeness that is Nico di Angelo. And everything else related to Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus. Aside from the Gods, of course. They are all copyright by the old Greeks. This fanfiction on the other hand is entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: shounen-ai, explicit intercourse, anal, mating, submissive!wolves, mpreg, pets/slavery, supernatural, AU, shoujo-ai, hetero, threesome
Main Pairing: Nico/Percy
Side Pairings: onesided!Nico/Drew, onesided!Octavian/Percy, Piper/Annabeth, Thalia/Bianca, Lou/Miranda, Grover/Juniper, Malcolm/Katie, Jason/Reyna, Chris/Clarisse, Charles/Silena, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Jake/Will, Ethan/Alabaster, Luke/Octavian, past!Luke/Ethan, past!Calypso/Luke
Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Tyson, Ella, Grover Underwood, Juniper Underwood, Nico di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Jason Grace, Frank Zhang, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Ethan Nakamura, Reyna Anderson, Bianca di Angelo, Thalia Grace, Phoebe Burge, Annabeth Chase, Malcolm Cage, Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardner, Zoe Nightshade, Calypso Nightshade, Luke Castellan, Charles Beckendorf, Silena Beauregard, Clarisse la Rue, Chris Rodriguez, Will Solace, Jake Mason, Lacy Hunnigan, Mitchell Logan, Leo Valdez, Nyssa Black, Austin Barton, Kayla Hein, Octavian Simmons, Drew Tanaka, Piper McLean, Alabaster C. Torrington, Lou Ellen, Rachel Elizabeth Dare
Own Characters: Bianca Maria di Angelo, Hades Poseidon di Angelo, Theseus Paul di Angelo, Sally Persephone di Angelo, Esperanza Nicole, Zhang, Sammy Marie Zhang, Emily Fey Zhang, Claryssa Zhang
Summary: Nico is the leader of a coven of vampires, but his sire and the other older vampires are not very pleased by his leadership because he lets a pack of werewolves live in his city. So to show the Old Ones that he's not soft, he takes some wolves captive. But werewolves don't like it when you take their own captive. So they decide to take revenge by turning the one human Nico desires into a werewolf. What is Percy, who would have never believed supernatural beings to exist, supposed to do, now that he's not only a submissive werewolf, but also has a horny vampire leader at his heels? And why is a group of so called hunters also after him...?
The Beast Within
Between Two Sides of the Moon
Chapter 3: The Settling of the Plans
It was late at night, the moon high in the sky, framed by white, puffy clouds. Rachel smiled up at Mother Moon, her face supported by her hands. She was sitting at a table in the diner, the 'closed'-sign hanging at the door for a while now. Lou and Piper were sitting opposite her, arguing about one thing or another – Rachel could sometimes hear something about 'gorgeous, blonde locks are better' and 'dark, forest green eyes beat dumb Barbies', so somehow she had a feeling it was a conversation about girls. Alabaster was gloomily sitting next to her, the biggest possible pout on his face. Though with all his freckles, it looked rather adorable.
"What crawled up your ass?", commented Drew with an amused sneer, nodding at Alabaster.
"The question at hand is what did not crawl up my ass in about three nights in a row now?", grunted Alabaster darkly and glared at Drew, wiggling his nose irritated. "Ethan is so fucking preoccupied with the fucking problems caused by Nico di fucking Angelo and his fucking obsession-"
"Please, before I start censoring you, Alabaster", sighed Rachel annoyed. "Yes, not getting sex every six hours gets you irritated, we know that. But that is no excuse for your language."
"What problems could Nikki possibly be causing?", asked Drew surprised.
"Well, how about him planning to turn Jackson into a vampire so they can be happily mated forever?", huffed Alabaster and rolled his eyes. "For that, they of course have to appease to the Old Ones, meaning Ethan has to do all the preparation shit... Sorry, stuff."
He stuck his tongue out at Rachel as she glared at him warningly. Lou and Piper were still discussing which vampire girl was hotter – Miranda or Annabeth – and not even listening to what their three friends were talking about. Drew on the other hand nearly forgot how to breath. It was by far no secret that she had secretly hoped to become the vampire leader's mate. It was actually pretty common for powerful vampires to mate with powerful witches, just like Ethan and Alabaster had done. Just like Piper and Lou were obviously planning. But Drew had been aiming higher. She didn't want some low-life vampire or the second best, he wanted the best. The leader. The glorious, strong European vampire who had lived longer than most others. It was completely impossible that Niccoló di Angelo could be interested in some nameless little piece of ass. See, most simply called him Nico di Angelo, but she knew the name on his ID. Heck, she knew all names on all of his IDs. Nicolas Levesque, the name he went by during his short time in New Orleans when he had sired Hazel and bonded with her. She even knew his birth name, which he had hidden so well behind all fake identities he had built over the past. Sure, his mother had been an Italian beauty, but his father had been a very wealthy German noble, leaving the young Nikolaus von Galgenberg mostly on his own during his childhood, seeing as the father had always favored Nico's sister. The count von Galgenberg had not been a very dotting father, probably the reason why his children had easily given in to their respective sire's persuasion. Drew knew of every single year of his life, she had studied him as if it was a religion. He was a fourth generation vampire – having been sired by one of the four Old Ones actually (his sire Luke having been sired by Calypso, who was one of the two original sisters, the Nightshade sisters who were believed to be the very first vampires in existence, the older one, Zoe, having turned her sister). The only way to mate higher than the ranks of Nico, Ethan, Thalia, Bianca and Phoebe would be by getting Luke, Calypso or Zoe themselves. And since Drew didn't swing that way, that would only leave Luke. But according to reliable sources, the blonde vampire was in one of his boy-phases, where he preferred to tie a guy down and show his most dominant side. So no chance for her as long as she didn't consider a gender switching spell and she was very fond of her female curves. Phoebe, Bianca and Ethan had no own covens, which meant they were pretty useless anyway, at least in Drew's eyes. And Thalia was both, female and already mated. Which left Nikolaus von Galgenberg as the One. Her perfect match.
"You're calling him Nikolaus again in your head, aren't you?", chuckled Rachel amused, ripping her out of her thoughts. "You know he hates that. The only time he lets that slide is when his sister forces him to dress in matching lederhosen for her dirndl and there is enough beer to make forgetting everything a valid solution."
Drew gave the redhead a glare that said it all. One day he will be mine and I can call him whatever I damn want. Rachel rolled her eyes, half fondly and half annoyed. Stretching some, the ginger cocked her head and stared curiously at Alabaster.
"You'll get Ethan back soon. I mean, Nico told me today that they captured Leo, which means they'll have an excuse about the wolves for the Old Ones. Everything else is so unimportant and small that they're most likely going to force Travis and Connor to do it as punishment for whatever crazy prank they pulled this time", grinned Rachel and patted his back.
"And all of that just to turn Percy and make him his mate", groaned Alabaster, fisting his hair in annoyance. "If he wouldn't have turned so freaking many vampires in the last century, all of this wouldn't even be an issue and he could just go all caveman on the kid!"
"Well, the way I see it, everything is going to work out now and then everything will go back to normal", hummed Rachel thoughtful. "Well, as normal as possible for this city."
Drew glared, staring out of the window. This was not working out, not for her. She needed to find a solution, hopefully one that involved Percy either in another state or out cold completely.
/break\
Travis and Connor frowned. No, pouting would be better to describe what they were doing. Just because they had dyed Katie, Miranda and Annabeth's hair pink by switching the shampoo bottle in their guest bathroom, they now had to do the most boring deed possible. Stalking the three strangers that had suddenly decided to do a vacation in Stafall Hollow. No one ever made a vacation here. It was more than suspicious, especially considering that the Old Ones would soon be arriving.
"If they would at least do something interesting", whined Connor annoyed.
"No kidding", grunted his brother, staring through the window into the hotel room. "They're just... just sitting there and reading. They're even worse than Annabeth and Malcolm."
"I'm bored", huffed Connor, hitting his head against Travis' shoulder. "Can we eat them?"
"That would be fun, yes", agreed Travis thoughtful. "But I think Nico will give us even more mundane and annoying tasks to do if we eat three tourists..."
"Damn", mumbled the younger Stoll. "Can we then at least, I don't know, set them on fire or something? Just to see what happens? Or maybe set their damn books on fire?"
"I actually like that second one", nodded Travis with a smirk.
/break\
Leo's head was buzzing. The last time it had hurt that much had been when Lacy, Mitchell, Nyssa and Percy had got him drunk for the first time on his sixteenth birthday a couple of weeks ago. Groaning in pain, he grabbed his head with both his hands, whimpering at the movement.
"He's awake", whispered Hazel in the far off distance.
"I wouldn't call that awake", chuckled Frank.
Okay, this was definitively worse than that hangover on his birthday. He was even hearing voices now. Great, he was going crazy now. Trying to pry his eyes open, he turned into the direction of the voices. Everything looked bleary and fuzzy, but those two shapes in front of him looked kind of like Frank and Hazel. He definitely was going crazy here.
"Here, drink this", whispered Hazel worried and handed him a glass of what he assumed water.
He nodded slowly and took the glass, only then noticing how dry his mouth was. Emptying the glass in one go, he sighed relieved. Better. So much better. Groaning again, he stretched some and got more comfortable on the big, soft and fluffy bed. Not his bed, supplied his mind helpful. But who cared about that if a bed was as heavenly as this one?
"Are you... Is he really purring, Haze?", laughed Frank amused.
Leo ignored him and cuddled closer to the cushions smelling like Frank and Hazel. Though then the situation started to sink in. The vampires kidnapping him just as he reached the pack territory. Vampires, from Frank and Hazel's coven. They had kidnapped him and now he was... in Frank and Hazel's bed? Stiffening slightly, he opened his eyes wide.
"W—What am I doing here?!", asked Leo as he sat up abruptly.
"That is actually... a longer story", started the dark-skinned beauty in a soft voice.
"And it somehow involves that I got kidnapped by vampires, breaking the freaking treaty?"
"Uh, yeah, kind of?", nodded Frank thoughtful and sat down next to Leo.
The werewolf went rigid as the male vampire suddenly started to fondle his neck. It nearly seemed like a passing gesture, like a dog owner patting his pet while thinking. Leo flushed a bright red as his traitorous body leaned into the touch and started to purr again.
"You see, Leo", smiled Hazel kindly and sat down on Leo's other side, resting her hand on his thigh. "We will soon be visited by the Old Ones. I don't know how much you know about our society, but the Old Ones are the first created vampires. They're kind of like... the presidents of all of us. Or the alphas, if you like. And... they're not really pleased with Nico and his way of ruling at the moment. He had collected more than your average count of vampires over the last century."
"What does that have to do with me?", interrupted Leo, wiggling his nose.
"Let her explain, impatient pup", chuckled Frank, poking Leo's nose and making him blush.
"Nico chose his mate", grinned Hazel. "But the problem is that this would mean he'd have to turn yet another human. And a vampire with a mate is stronger than an average vampire. So for Nico to turn someone and gain a mate may pose a threat to the Old Ones, or at least look like it. The fact that Nico allows a pack of wolves – a pretty large one at that – doesn't help the case. Because having a treaty with wolves certainly can be considered as a threat against the Old Ones. So we have to show them that we're not keeping you wolves around as possible allies in a power-struggle."
"O...kay?", nodded Leo slowly, his eyes crossed in confused concentration. "But... if we're not your allies, then what exactly are we? And... what does that have to do with me being here?"
"Our... extended family suggested that we make the Old Ones believe that we keep you wolves around for... entertainment purposes. To make that seem believable we had to capture one."
"What does... entertainment purpose mean...?", whispered the Latino uncertain.
Hazel gave him a slightly wicked grin, her hand creeping up his leg until it rested shortly above his crotch. Blushing brightly, he tried to jump away. Tried only because he bumped right into Frank. The Canadian vampire's strong arms wrapped around his waist, thick fingers starting to caress the space between Leo's crotch and his naval. The werewolf whimpered and bucked his hips.
"Entertainment purposes", repeated Frank in a suggestive voice, his breath ghosting over Leo's neck. "We were more than willing to agree to those plans. Damn, we wanted you for like forever."
"The only thing", breathed Hazel against the other side of Leo's neck. "That kept us from ravishing you behind the bleachers was the treaty. Nico made sure we always kept true to it and stayed away from you. But now that it's evoked..." Leo shuddered as Hazel's hands sneaked beneath his shirt to play with his nipples. "Now we can finally do all the things we always wanted to do to you."
"Because we know that you want it too", smirked Frank knowingly, his hands finding their way to Leo's thighs. "We have enhanced senses too. We can smell your sweet arousal. And you know that it made resisting you nearly impossible. You smell so delicious."
Leo's eyes were wide in astonishment and he lost all capability to talk while he got undressed.
/break\
"He's gone. Gone too long. What if something happened to him? What if he's hurt? There are three strangers in town these days. What if they did something to him? Oh gods, what if-"
"Silena, love, please calm down. You know the cub, he's probably gotten himself so caught up with one thing or the other that he forgot the time", chuckled the Alpha male amused.
He strode over to his frantic mate, wrapping his strong, dark-skinned arms around the slender waist of the petite blonde woman. The Alpha female whined and leaned against him, trying to calm her mind. The pair had no own cubs, but they were plenty busy raising their adopted cubs. One of those being the adorable Latino imp. Blinking a few times as her mind had calmed some, Silena looked over to her three other cubs, all of them sitting next to each other on the couch, playing some kind of game with carts and that funny little man with the mustache. The blonde girl with two pig-tails sat in the middle, giggling delighted as she elbowed her brother Mitchell.
"Lacy! Stop it!", complained the boy with a pout. "Mom! Lacy is cheating again!"
"Am not!", objected Lacy. "Right, Nyssa? That wasn't cheating."
Nyssa on Mitchell's other side chuckled, but refrained from saying anything seeing as she was practically winning at this point. Charles made a rumbling, content noise deep within his chest as he watched their cubs together with his mate. He loved his family, even though he kept worrying about Leo too. The cub was frail and often scatterbrained and Charles did not approve of the cub's obsession with two of the stronger vampires of the city. Wolves should stick with their own, or at the very last take a human mate, but certainly not a vampire. The doorbell's ringing interrupted his thoughts though. Silena wiggled out of her mate's grasp and hurried to open the door. For the moment, Charles remained with the cubs. At least until he sensed his mate's irritation.
"Who is it, Silena?", asked the Alpha male and walked up to stand behind her.
He frowned deeply as he saw the charmingly smiling Asian witch standing in front of their door. He actually disliked her more than some of the vampires around here, because they stood at least true to their nature, but she hit every intention and thought behind a mask of beauty and false kindness.
"How may we help you, Miss Witch?", asked Alpha Beckendorf cautiously.
Her bright smile brightened even more, making Charles feel slightly uncomfortable. The witch coven normally steered clean of the wolves' territory, seeing as they allied with the vampires and the vampires were by definition of the treaty not allowed to entered the wolves' territory.
"I just thought to have a little chat with you, Alpha Beckendorf", smiled Drew kindly. "I figured you would like to be informed on the whereabouts of your little cub."
"Our...? What do you know about Leo?", growled Silena darkly.
Her eyes flashed amber as her canines lengthened with her rising fury. She was the Alpha female, after all and if someone as much as suggested that her cubs could be in danger, she could get feral.
"Ah, it so happens that he has been captured by the vampires", replied Drew casually.
"What is that supposed to mean?", asked Silena in the calmest voice she could manage.
"See, it seems Nico wishes to impress his superiors and get them on his good side so he gets their okay to turn Percy Underwood into a vampire. To do so, he captured one of your kind to show the Old Ones that he has your pack under control", explained the witch.
"You mean to say the bastard vampire kidnapped Leo?", growled Charles dangerously.
"So he can justify turning Percy Underwood, yes", nodded Drew. "All because of Percy."
"I'm going to rip that bastard apart!", grunted the Alpha male, pushing past his mate. "That's violating the treaty! I'm going to violate him, he'll see!"
"Oh no", interrupted Drew in a calm and slow voice, wiggling her finger. "They're vampires. And they outnumber your pack by two point five times, not counting your cubs. It would be an unwise suicide mission to attack Nico and his lot at this point in time."
"You sound like you have a plan", accused Silena, her claws digging into her mate's upper arm. "Tell me why you are here, right now, or I will rip your throat out with my teeth."
"Well, the more democratic approach to this situation would be an exchange."
"And what in the world should we exchange for Leo?", snorted Charles, raising one eyebrow. "And why do you want to help us? You are an associate of di Angelo, after all."
"Like I said, Nico is doing all of this so Percy gets approved by the Old Ones", answered Drew smoothly. "Take Percy and turn him into a wolf, to teach Nico a lesson about mistreating your pack. And then you can exchange him for your precious, little cub. This will be the perfect solution for both of us, Alpha Beckendorf. You get your cub back and get to teach Nico a lesson without anyone having to get hurt and I get a clear path to Nico's heart, with that human nuisance removed without me having to worry about getting rid of the body or anything."
She gave a fake laugh, though the reaction she got was not quite what she had anticipated, because the door got thrown into her face. While the witch stayed outside, frowning in annoyance, Charles pulled his mate back to the living room to discuss what had been said.
/break\
"I'm still not entirely sure if I like this plan...", muttered the blonde male with a frown.
"Oh, why on Earth did they give me you as support, Will?", groaned Clarisse annoyed. "I would be perfectly able to capture the brat on my own."
"I'm here to play the role of your conscious", grunted Will with a frown. "We're talking about an innocent teenager here. He has nothing to do with any of our supernatural crap."
"But he will", sighed Clarisse and rubbed her face. "See, di Angelo will be turning the brat, which wouldn't just mean that there's one more vampire in town to threat us, it would also mean the main leech would gain a mate and more power with that. We're preventing a greater evil by turning him into one of us. Now shut the fuck up, I can see him from here."
The blonde wolf closed his mouth with a glare, his blue eyes trained on the teenager leaving the house. He had a dark blue leather jacket thrown over his shoulder, his black hair messed up, his black jeans riding low, the black muscle shirt showing off his perfect abs and between jeans and shirt, there was a little trail of his tattoo visible. If the kid would be a little older and if Will wouldn't already be mated to Jake, he would be hitting that ass.
"Yes, Juni, I have the jacket! No, I won't be long. I'll get the milk and be back right away, before it's dark. Don't worry so much", called Percy over his shoulder before closing the door and mumbling silently to himself. "Not that it's not like thirty degree out here and a jacket is like the last piece of clothes I'll be needing. And why ever do I need to return before it's dark? I'm sixteen. In some places, I would be allowed to drive, to drink or to get married. Like, seriously!"
"Poor, unfortunate teenager", chuckled Clarisse and rolled her eyes as they came closer.
Percy paused for a moment, blinking surprised as Missus Rodriguez and Doctor Solace walked up to him. It was not uncommon to see the two of them together, but to see them alone together was new. Missus Rodriguez mostly stuck with Leo's ma.
"Hello, Missus Rodriguez, Doctor Solace", greeted Percy with a nod. "How are you?"
"This is going to be harder than I anticipated", muttered the doctor annoyed and hid his face behind his hands. "Why do you have to be so likeable, kiddo?"
"It'll make everything better on the long run, Will", snorted Clarisse, patting his back. "Means he won't go on a rampage and rip our throats out in vengeance once he wakes up."
Before Percy could ask what they were talking about, the adults seemed to suddenly change in appearance and then everything went dark.
Author's note: Last update from my side before my finals for the semester start. And yes I know this had very little Percy (but he was delicious, wasn't he?), but I had to built up the plot around it. Next chapter will be purely and thoroughly Percy-centric, I promise. And it will have angst and paranoia and adorableness and Perchel-bffs and some insight into Percy's past and awesome Nicercy. Sounds good? ;)
Oh! And yes I made Nico German. Sue me, I love imagining him in lederhosen. ;P (And I know his last name is an icredibly lame pun, but it was perfect)