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Title: Chasing Fireflies – The Next Generation of Heroes
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; post both series
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, they belong to the old Greeks. This fanfiction and its OCs on the other hand are entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.
Warnings: shounen-ai, fluff, h/c, mpreg, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, D/s, bondage, masturbation, toys, spanking, rimming, handjobs, magic, knotting, collars, past rape/abuse, (temporary) character death, depression, threesomes, shoujo-ai, hetero
Main Pairing: Sander/Donny, Trend/Derek/Sam and Nico/Percy
Side Pairings: Chris/Clarisse, Piper/Annabeth, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Jason/Reyna, Travis/Connor, Malcolm/Katie, Lou/Miranda, Jake/Will, Kayla/Nyssa, Alabaster/Liam, Tyson/Ella, Paul/Sally, Hades/Persephone, Tempest/Blackjack
Side Pairings OCs: Trend/Sam, Herc/Thea, Joe/Nico, Marshall/Sara, Loki/Blance, Dash/Kara, Vic/Stella/Jonas, Chuck/Melissa, Luke/Thess, Kitty/Percy, Fred/Carry, JP/Milly
Percy Jackson Characters: Perseus Jackson, Nico di Angelo, Clarisse la Rue, Chris Rodriguez, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Hazel Levesque, Leo Valdez, Frank Zhang, Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Jason Grace, Will Solace, Jake Mason, Katie Gardner, Malcolm Cage, Miranda Gardner, Lou Ellen, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Nyssa Black, Kayla Hein, Alabaster C. Torrington, Thalia Grace, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Octavian Simmons, Ella, Tyson, Grover Underwood, Sally Blofis, Paul Blofis, Chiron, Small Bob, Mrs. O'Leary, Blackjack, Tempest, Arion
Gods: Hades, Persephone, Demeter, Poseidon, Artemis
Own Animals: Shadowchaser (Donny's shadow-pegasus), Trickster (Sander's pegasus), Nightowl (Thea's pegasus), Fighter (Sam's pegasus), Rush (Trend's pegasus), Poker (Jack's pet-bunny)
Own Characters of the Next Generation:
Nicercy: Bianca Maria 'Bia' di Angelo, Hades Poseidon 'Donny' di Angelo, Sally Persephone 'Percy' di Angelo, Theseus Paul 'Thess' di Angelo, James Charles 'Jimmy' di Angelo, Laura Silena 'Silly' di Angelo, Jackson Tyson Jack' di Angelo
Chrisse: Calandra 'Cally' Rodriguez, Chrysander 'Sander' Rodriguez, Charisma 'Carry' Rodriguez
Pipabeth: Theadora Tiphane 'Thea' Chase, Lucas Thomas 'Luke' Chase, Tristan Frederick 'Fred' Chase, Matthew Robert 'Matt' Chase
Jayna: Hercules 'Herc' Grace, Thalia Hylla 'Thyl' Grace, Jupiter Perseus 'JP' Grace
Frazeleo: Esperanza Nicole 'Nico' Zhang, Sammy Marie Zhang, Emily Fey 'Milly' Zhang, Claryssa 'Claire' Zhang
Matie: Amarilla 'Amy' Cage, Anthismos 'Andy' Cage
Louranda: Kathryn 'Kitty' Ellen, Alabaster 'Basty' Ellen
Jakill: Elizabeth 'Lizzy' Mason (adopted; daughter of Apollo)
Stolls: Hunter 'Hunt' Hood, Hayden 'Heist' Hood (adopted; sons Hermes)
Own Demigods: Samuel Raser (Ares), Derek Rhys (Demeter), Trend Austin (Athena), Marshall Mikaelson (Enyo), Sara Mers (Mars), Joanna Foxx (Vulcan), Phylicia Rosenberg (Persephone), Bellatrix la Fey (Ares), Phineas DeVorut (Venus), Melissa Montgomery (Dionysus), Charles Smith (Apollo), Stella Ribeiro (Aphrodite), Jonas Meyer (Enyalios), Victor Kruger (Hephaestus), Erik Anderson (Enyo), Lila Lovegood (Hecate), Rainbow Jordan (Iris), Takara Thompson (Trivia), Sedanur Aykan (Apollo, augur), Loki Murdock (Mercury), Blance Lamour (Chione), Ulrika Schuster (Eris), Arielle Schneider (Triton), Liam O'Riley (Hecate)
Summary: Donny di Angelo never cared about fighting or becoming a hero. Quite the opposite of Sander Rodriguez, who was the greatest Greek hero of their generation. Together with his beloved cousin Nico Zhang and his best friend Thea Chase, Donny faces the hardest quest possible. The one for confidence and love. His biggest support though are his parents and siblings. Being a teenage demigod was hard, being the son of the greatest hero ever was even harder.
Chasing Fireflies
The Next Generation of Heroes
20. Entering: The Hunters of Artemis
"So... when did you fall in love with Trend?", hummed Donny softly.
He was laying on his back, his arms crossed behind his head, mirroring Sam next to him. Both were staring up into the blue sky, observing the fluffy, white clouds that passed their heads as their feet dangled in the shallow water of the small pond. Sam huffed irritated, poking Donny's cheek.
"I am not in love with Trend", grunted the son of Ares.
"Oh, come on!", whined Donny and turned around to stare at Sam with wide, begging eyes. "I keep talking about Sander for like hours all the time! I start feeling like you're my new therapist! You need to talk too! When did you fall in love with Trend? Just tell me. We both know it, after all."
"I don't know shit", huffed Sam with a glare. "Stop bugging me. For five days, you've been bugging me with that crap. I don't love Trend. He's my mate, okay? My buddy. Not my knight in shining armor or shit like that, you noisy brat. I'm not you."
"Oh, so he would be the knight in shining armor?", grinned Donny teasingly, folding his arms on Sam's chest to rest his chin on them and stare intensely and curiously at his friend. "I wouldn't have figured you to be the princess in this tale, Sam. Please, enlighten me more."
Sam blushed furiously and glared some more. "You are the devil. Not just his grandson."
"Don't call grandpa Hades the devil, he doesn't like that", laughed Donny and shook his head. "Okay, so if you don't want to tell me when you fell in love with Trend, can you at least tell me when or how you two met? I mean, I know you and Trend and Marshall are friends with Sander, that's how it has always been since I first came to camp. But how did you become friends?"
"Noisy bugger", mumbled Sam and heaved a sigh. "Okay, okay, okay... It was... the summer of 2024, my first summer at camp. My mom, she's a marine and it was the second time she was stationed overseas and I was nine and the last time she had left me alone with my grandpa, I had an incident involving some snake-legged ladies and an ice cream truck... Anyway, knowing she'd have to leave for a couple of months, she didn't want me to be unprotected. It was the year she told me about my dad being Ares and me being a demigod and all that stuff. At first I thought she was pulling my leg. But then she brought me to camp. I was very convinced I would hate it."
"But... you didn't...?", guessed Donny with a grin.
"At first I did", shrugged Sam. "I mean it sucked. I used to live with my grandpa, whenever my mom was on a mission, otherwise I was with her in the US. We moved from state to state. Every time we moved, we moved together. I always had her. And suddenly, I was alone."
"Mh... I get that", murmured Donny softly. "You love your mom very much, huh?"
"My mom is the most awesome woman on this planet", huffed Sam with a glare. "Anyway, so I was alone. But Sander, he had been the leader of the Ares cabin at that time, together with Cally. The two of them were nice, to all the new kids. To me too. San explained camp to me and all that stuff we could do there and I started liking the idea of camp. It sounded like much action and fun. Then we had the first Capture the Flag of the summer. I was so adamant on proving myself, you know? Being in the Ares cabin, I got to see how strong everybody was and how well-trained they all already were. I just needed to prove to them that I belonged there too. But, and that is how I first met Trent, the Ares cabin and the Athena cabin were teamed together."
"Together?", frowned Donny confused. "That's good, isn't it? Why 'but' then?"
"Because there was that blonde, scrawny kid", grunted Sam, glaring into the sky.
"Wait, Trend was scrawny? Really?", giggled Donny delighted.
"Hey, I wasn't born with these babies either", defended Sam and flexed his arms.
"Oh, do that again", blinked Donny wide-eyed. "Please?"
"Really?", snorted Sam and rolled his eyes. "Anyway, we were just two nine years old kids and it was our first year. I wanted to prove to the others that I could do this, I also kind of wanted to prove to my mom that I didn't need her, that I could do stuff without her if she abandoned me like that. I was a brat, okay? Anyway, Trend was set on coming up with a plan himself, he too wanted to prove himself to his new siblings. But he kept talking about chess and I got annoyed because I didn't see what that had to do with Capture the Flag. Hey, I only knew that chess was a nerd game back then, okay? Anyway, we got into a fight. I gave him a shiner and he nicked my front tooth. Fair and square. We both got punished by Chiron, had to clean the kitchen and wash the dishes and shit for the rest of the summer. Which meant we had to spend much time together. The first two weeks or so we just ignored each other. But with the time, that got kind of boring, so we started talking. Like, he asked me why I had been such a jerk, I asked him why he was such a jerk. When he learned that my mom was in a dangerous part of the world, risking her life on a daily base, he grew silent. When I learned that he joined camp because his dad had died two months prior, I grew silent. Then it was awkward for a while. At some point however, we became friends. We started training when we had to do our time, you know just sparring with wooden spoons or shit like that. It's how we grew closer. There, that's the end of the story."
"And when did you fall in love?", grinned Donny once more, poking Sam's cheek. "Was it his golden blonde hair as though he's a prince, or were you mesmerized by his dark, intelligent eyes, or were it the abs? Because the abs, I could totally relate to."
"You're just as perverted as everyone else. But you hide it behind those innocent eyes and that charming smile, you little sicko", snorted Sam and ruffled Donny's hair.
"Hey!", protested Donny and blushed. "I'm a teenage boy too, okay?"
"What?", smirked Sam and sat up, starting to tickle Donny. "You wanking to Sander's abs?"
Donny beneath him squirmed and laughed, trying to fight the demigod off. "What about you? Wanking to Trend's abs, eh? Imagining him as the knight in shining armor to your princess?"
"You are a little bastard!", growled Sam and head-locked Donny to nudge him. "I'm not the chick! I've never been the chick in any one night stand I had and Trend would be a lousy knight!"
"Yeah, right", snickered Donny with a nearly evil grin on his lips as he freed himself and pushed Sam into the pond, straddling the other boy's hips to get his revenge. "Because you safe yourself for Trend! That is so romantic of you! You're like a virgin-slut! Fucking other guys just so you can safe your first time bottoming for the one you love, that is so cute."
"I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!", groaned the flustered son of Ares. "So, so, so much!"
/break\
"I am positive that I need new friends", grunted Marshall with one raised eyebrow. "I am so sick of this pity-party you two keep having. Really, makes me sick to my stomach."
The son of Enyo crossed his arms over his chest and glared at his two friends. Trend and Sander were sitting there, with equally pouty/angry expressions attached to their faces. Like little kids whose favorite toys got stolen. They were sons of war, damn it. They needed to get their shit together. The four of them had been unbeatable. But now Sam spend practically all his time with Hades Poseidon di Angelo, which was also the reason why Trend and Sander were so mopey.
"I mean, Sander I get", continued Marshall, ignoring how blatantly his friends were ignoring him. "He's been all lovey-dovey about the Disney Princess since I first met him. I get that he's all jealous that Sam is shagging the Disney Princess now, but what in the world is your deal, Trend?"
The blonde son of Athena huffed and turned away some, not answering. Shaking his head, Marshall stood. He didn't need them to ruin his mood. It was a beautiful day and with any luck, he got to at least IM his girlfriend at Camp Jupiter later on. Then he sat down again. He couldn't leave them like that, they were just too pathetic to be left on their own.
/break\
Jack was the happiest little boy about right now. His best friend, Mattie Chase, was talking to him again after he had apologized and Mister Chiron hadn't been too angry either. And he knew a secret. He actually knew plenty secrets. Which was really confusing, because he sometimes forgot what he wasn't supposed to tell who. Like, he knew that Sander was really sad that Donny was friends with Sam (which he really didn't understand). Sander had made him promise to not tell Donny, which didn't even make sense, because the two were friends and Donny certainly would want to know when his friend was sad, right? His brother Thess had made him promise to tell no one when he sneaked out of the cabin at night to meet with Luke, which didn't make sense to Jack either. Wouldn't it be safer if their big brother Donny would know that Thess wasn't alone out there? And when Jack had gone to the Hades cabin, which was like their second cabin (which was totally awesome, because they had like two cabins all to themselves), he had found Luke and Thess sleeping there, naked. Sure, it was hot this summer, but that hot? And he also didn't get why they made him promise not to tell mom and dad. With all those promises, Jack's head hurt. But now he was really looking forward to another secret. Something auntie Rachel had told him yesterday when he had been sad because Donny spend so much time with Sam and Percy was always with Kitty and Thess was always with Luke and Jimmy and Silly were scheming pranks with their friends, but Jack had promised mommy and daddy not to be involved in any pranks anymore. So he was feeling a little lonely. But then auntie Rachel had told him something wonderful!
"Hello, Jack. How is my favorite little baby brother?", asked a charming, soft voice.
Turning around, he stared wide-eyed at the girl entering the Poseidon cabin. She was so, so pretty. Her black curls were put up in two pig-tails, her black eyes sparkling with love. She was wearing a white dress with a blue sash with a silver moon on it. Jumping up from his bed, he ran over to the girl, wrapping his arms around her waist and burying his head in her stomach.
"Bibi! I missed you so, so, so much", sobbed Jack happily.
"Where are our siblings, Jacky?", smiled Bianca as she got into her knees to look at him.
/break\
"What kind of embarrassment is this supposed to be?", snorted the pretty black-haired girl as she entered the arena. "Busy sulking much, girls?"
"Cally, finally a child of war that is not moping around!", exclaimed Marshall relieved.
The oldest Rodriguez child chuckled amused, tightening her red bandana before walking over to Marshall and giving him a bro-fist. The other two boys stared up at her surprised. It took Sander a moment to realize that his twin was actually really here. He stared a little longer before getting up.
"What are you doing, Cally?", asked Sander stunned, hugging her tightly.
"Our hunt led us into the general direction of camp, so we asked Lady Artemis for a little detour", grinned Cally wickedly, ruffling her twin's hair."How are things around here, little bro?"
"You're like seven minutes older than me, shut up", growled Sander annoyed, swatting her hand away. "Things are great. Awesome. Really wonderful."
"Then why are you sitting there, looking like a whiny girl?", snickered Cally teasingly.
/break\
"So... not to disturb our little peace here, but... you really never bottomed?", asked Donny softly.
"You are a sick little perv", mumbled Sam and shook his head. "Do I look like I bottom? Have you seen my abs? How should someone looking as smoking as me bottom?"
"Well... I do know you like your guys more muscular than little, adorable me", grinned Donny, batting his eyelashes innocently at his friend. "You wouldn't want a strong, muscular guy just to have him lay beneath you. Come on. You secretly want to bottom, admit it."
"I hate you more and more with every minute you talk", muttered Sam exhausted.
"You know you're getting in trouble with me if you hate on my baby brother."
The two boys jumped slightly as the voice interrupted them. Donny felt his heart racing in surprised shock. No one knew of this pond, aside from his parents, him, his big sister, Sander and now Sam. Turning toward the voice, he saw his big sister. A brilliant smile spread over his lips and lit his eyes as he ran up to her and hugged her tightly. She buried her nose in his neck and wrapped her arms around his shoulders to pull him close. She too smiled serenely as she held her younger brother.
"Oh great, another one", muttered Sam, holding his head. "As though the six I had to endure this summer so far weren't bad enough. Damn those di Angelos, they're just everywhere."
"He's a real prick, you know?", noted Bia with one raised eyebrow. "You could have done better."
"Done better?", frowned Donny confused, pushing his big sister off some.
"Yes! Mom told me about your date!", grinned Bianca broadly. "I'm so proud of you! You finally socialize. And you got yourself a boyfriend. Mom told me he's looking pretty good."
"I don't... We're not dating", huffed Donny and flushed. "You should get yourself updated more often. We only went on one date. We're friends. Not boyfriends. Please don't embarrass me."
"What's the fun of being your big sister if I don't get to embarrass you?", teased Bianca and sat down next to Sam, motioning for Donny to sit down too. "Okay, so we've been busy in Canada and I may not have talked to mom in a while. Got to call him today, otherwise he'll worry... Anyway, now tell me more. If you're not dating, then how is your love-life doing?"
"Yes, yes", nodded Sam amused. "Let's talk about your love-life again. So much better."
/break\
"Are you only going to stay here, or will you be dropping by in New Athens too?", asked the ginger curiously as she sipped her tea. "I'm sure the others would be happy to see you too."
"We're on the hunt. We don't have time for tea parties", protested Artemis annoyed.
Thalia grinned amused as she stared down at the Black Forest cherry cake and the tea on the table between them. No time for tea parties, but when Bianca and Calandra had begged Artemis to take a little stop at camp, the goddess had agreed. Taking a bite of her cake, Thalia turned to Rachel.
"Not very likely. We'll only be staying for a night here to rest too", smiled Thalia. "It would be nice to see Annabeth. I think I haven't seen her since Matthew's fifth birthday a couple months ago."
"It's nice of you to be here", said Rachel and stared at Artemis. "Donny and Sander really could use their big sister's input at the moment. The other di Angelos miss Bianca too."
"Because they're such a tight-knitted bunch", muttered Artemis and shook her head. "It's horrible. Bianca calls her parents at least once a week, just to calm Nico and Percy down from freaking out."
"You can't blame them", argued Rachel softly. "Nico lost his big sister to the hunt. Percy watched her and another friend die during a quest. They have a right to fear for their oldest child."
Artemis gritted her teeth and stared into her tea.
/break\
It happened about three hours later that a very angry Bianca stalked into the Artemis cabin. As soon as she spotted her best friend, she lifted a threatening finger. But Cally, who was sitting on one of the beds, just stood and mirrored her angry expression and stance.
"Your brother is a dick!", exclaimed both girls at the same time, just to freeze.
"Wait, what?", frowned Bianca upset. "Donny is like the sweetest teenager in the world."
"Right", snorted Calandra, crossing her arms over her chest. "Sander told me how Donny is now dating Sam. Like, everybody knows that Sander has the hots for Donny! Come on, San has been in love with that brat for like ten years now! And instead of finally giving my baby brother the time of day, your dick of a brother just starts dating Sander's second in command? What shit is that?"
"First of all", grunted Bianca with a dark glare. "Donny and Sam are not dating. They're just friends! And besides, your brother is the dick, because he called Donny a responsibility, like a baby brother! Not like 'I love you for all eternity and want you to carry my children and grow old with you'. Like 'hey, you're that brat I have to watch after'. Which is a dick thing to say, okay? So Donny got frustrated and heartbroken, because he is very much in love with Sander. That's why he agreed to that date with Sam, to make Sander jealous. But that dick still hasn't told Donny."
"So wait... you're saying that Donny loves Sander too...?", frowned Cally stunned.
Calandra frowned confused and sat down on one of the beds, soon followed by an equally confused Bianca Both girls stared at the wall thoughtful, not saying a thing for a little while.
"Our brothers are both idiots", sighed both of them at the same time.
"Are we... going to tell them?", asked Bianca after another couple of moments.
"Naw, where's the fun in that?", shrugged Cally bored. "I mean, if they're stupid enough to not even figure that out by themselves, they really don't deserve to be together."
/break\
"So... your sister going to kick Sander's ass?", grinned Sam as he walked Donny to the bonfire.
"Sh", huffed Donny with a dark glare. "She wouldn't. And don't talk about it now!"
"Donny! Sam! Come here!", called Bianca out and waved to them.
Bianca and Cally were sitting with Rainbow and Thea, the four girls talking animatedly with each other. In the row right in front of them sat Marshall, Sander, Trend and Derek. Donny grinned as he saw jealousy in Sam's eyes at the way Derek was rubbing himself against Trend. The son of Demeter was still trying to get back together with his ex-boyfriend again. Grabbing Sam's hand, Donny pulled the son of Ares with him over to the others and effectively squeezed his way between Sander and Trend so he was sitting next to Sander and Sam was sitting next to Trend. Very close next to them, because there was barely any space left to push the others to so the two boys could sit there. It was nice sitting so close to Sander, because of the limited space Sander had one arm around Donny. He leaned against Sander casually, trying to be as subtle as possible, making it seem as though he just tried to be comfortable in the tight space. Now that he was leaning against Sander, he was facing a glaring and blushing Sam. Grinning apologetically, he grabbed Sam's hand in silent support. And he took the time to take a closer look at Trend and Sam, together. He had never before noticed that Trend was actually a little taller than Sam, if only by an inch or two. Donny had spend much time observing the heroes of camp ever since he noticed that he was gay and he had to admit, Trend had a nice body. But he had never really shown up on Donny's radar before as a hero, because the son of Athena preferred to do strategy than going on quests, staying in the background. And blondes weren't Donny's. Now, really paying attention to Trend, he noticed that the blonde looked like he pictured Oliver Queen (not that he needed the others to know that he was a nerd when it came to old comic books too), tall, muscular, with clever eyes and a really strong body. If he had to compare, he'd even say Trend looked stronger than Sam. Sam may have said that Trend went for the cute ones, but Sam was cute when he was blushing and stuttering around embarrassed. Grinning pleased, Donny leaned some more against Sander's chest. He was so going to help Sam realize his own feelings and get what he wanted. He just needed a plan.