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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
35. Meet the Trickster Twins (Camp Life Part I)
"Che rabbia!", cursed Thess beneath his breath, ducking behind some bushes. "Percy! Sprigati!"
His twin's head shot around at the command, wild, dark curls flying everywhere at the harsh movement. Persephone too cursed beneath her breath, gathering her hair with her hands to keep it from bothering her as she sprinted over to where her twin was hiding.
"Grazie, mio gemello", whispered Percy, hastily tying her hair together. "Where's Luke?"
"I don't know", muttered Thess displeased. "I lost him somewhere along the way... Cazzo..."
He dug his fingers into the dirt and closed his eyes in concentration. The water beneath him felt like a pulsing surge of energy and he followed its lead until he could feel the water in the human bodies close by. He knew the pulsing of Luke's body and easily recognized it again. Leaning down, he started to chant against the surface of the earth, making the water beneath pulse in the rhythm of his words, sending a message toward his boyfriend.
"Venire qui, mio amato", whispered Thess softly. "Come here, my beloved..."
Thess was more comfortable speaking his father's native tongue, especially when summoning his powers. He was after all only fourteen and still had quite the hard time channeling the water and somehow, his father's native tongue eased his mind and made it easier to use his mother's powers.
"You think that works?", asked Percy, playing with a ruby she had summoned from the earth.
"Oh, rack off, mia gemella", spat Thess irritated. "You have no idea. It's enough to let him know that I am calling for him. And he can find me. He always finds me. So shut it, will you?"
The di Angelos were quite talented when it came to languages. Or at least when it came to those they had been raised with. Nico had insisted on teaching them his mother tongue, raising them with the words of his home place. But Italian and English weren't the only languages the di Angelos understood. Percy had developed quite the obsession with Germany, as it had been the place where Nico had first asked for his hand and the place where they had spend their honeymoon, living there for over a month to explore. It had been Percy's greatest wish after the wars, to see the world. And Nico had wished to give his new husband the fairy tale happy ending he deserved, which had led to them traveling through Germany and visiting all the fairy tale castles build by King Ludwig II. Percy, proving not to be the seaweed brain others accused him of being, had done his best to learn the language before their wedding and their honeymoon. Learning languages was probably the most valuable thing to learn so Percy and Nico had made sure right from the start that their children would be fluent in those languages. It came in handy, because most of their family vacations were spend in Germany, so the kids could actually get to use it.
While most children of Percy and Nico were only using Italian when trying to beg their dad for something and German to get that proud grin from their mom, if not in their regular conversations when they would somehow mingle all three languages together, the twins were going at it a little different. It was like their private secret languages, to have their own thing that no one could take away from them. Percy and Thess loved using their father's native tongue, especially when at camp, because then no one understood what they were planning and even more so because it made them feel closer to their parents even when they weren't with them. Their younger siblings Jimmy and Silly on the other hand had taken a stronger affliction to German, even though most their siblings could scarcely spurt a sentence or two, what with English being the dominant language around them and Italian being the one their dad always slipped into and really, learning three languages was incredibly hard, so their focus had been more on English and Italian. But to Jimmy and Silly, German was something special, something that was truly theirs and unlike their siblings, they were as fluent in German as their mother (Nico had never cared to be as fluent as Percy either).
"Thess? Thess!", hissed a low voice, moments later followed by an irritated Luke. "There you are!"
The blonde grandson of Aphrodite collapsed on the ground next to his boyfriend, wrapping his arms around Thess' waist and pulling the smaller teen into a kiss. A bright blush lit up Thess' pale cheeks. Luke grinned at his di Angelo, pushing a stray strand of soft, black hair behind Thess' ear, staring deeply into those eyes, so much darker than the deepest chasms under the sea.
"Don't do that again", growled Luke annoyed, poking Thess' nose. "You know I don't like that pull in my guts I always get when you pull on my water. It's bothersome and always feels as though something happened to you. You know that makes me worry, stupid sea-brat."
"Sorry", grinned Thess sheepishly, getting lost in those multi-colored eyes. "I just... worry when you're out of sight during Capture the Flag. I don't want you to get hurt."
Luke rolled his eyes affectionately, ruffling the shoulder-long hair of his lover. They both knew that Luke was good enough with his charmspeak and with his sword not to need the water-bender's protection, but Thess was a very possessive and worried lover.
"So, how is the game going, Chase?", asked Percy, perching herself on his shoulder.
"Te Enyo cabin is guarding their flag, Marshall is taking one after the other of us out and he has the help of your siblings. And his whole cabin, of course", muttered Luke irritated.
"Well... we could sit this one out?", offered Thess, his hand sneaking beneath Luke's shirt.
"No", objected Percy, elbowing both boys annoyed. "Chase, go and get us a clean path to the flag. Use your voice for something good for a change instead of seducing mio gemello. Thess and I will take care of our siblings and you will take out Marshall."
"Right", snorted Luke and rolled his eyes. "How am I supposed to take this three years older guy out who is twice my size and trice my muscles? Not even my charmspeak could convince him of being weaker than me... Good lords, don't look at me like that, Thess. No. Just no."
"Aw, but we believe in you, mio amato", grinned Thess and pecked Luke's lips.
/break\
"Ma—attie, I'm bo—ored", whined Jack with a pout.
"I know, Jackie", nodded a very adorable, blonde boy. "You mentioned it before."
Jack had his elbows resting on his knees, the biggest pout possible on his face, his sea-green eyes wide and attentive, his feet dangling over the tree branch the two boys were sitting on. Matt next to him huffed and rested his head on the younger boy's shoulder, wrapping one arm around the shoulders of his best friend. The youngest di Angelo had befriended two sons of Hermes, the ones that had gotten him involved in the whole prank that had ended with Jack and his parents visiting Chiron. Since Percy and Nico had forbidden him from getting into trouble, he had been avoiding the two tricksters since then. And ever since then, he was whiny. Much to Matt's annoyance.
"Then why don't you do something fun?", asked a curious voice.
"And what?", asked Jack, craning his neck to see who was standing below them.
"Well, we are in the middle of Capture the Flag...", drawled another voice. "Let's steal the flag."
Two identical brunettes stepped into the open, grinning cheekily up at them. The eight-years old twins whose mother had died two years ago had been raised by the Stoll brothers since then, because Hayden and Hunter Hood had reminded the Stolls of themselves as children. Every single friend of Travis and Connor could only agree with a grave and exhausted nod.
"H—How are we supposed to steal their flag...?", grunted Matt wide-eyed, glaring at the twins.
"I dunno!", replied Hunter with a shrug.
"Let's find out", grinned Hayden, wiggling his nose.
Jack turned to look at Matt with wide, hopeful eyes. "Please?"
The blonde Chase-boy heaved a sigh. How was he supposed to deny those large, sea-green eyes? Glaring at the Hood-brothers for good measure, Matt grabbed Jack's hand and jumped off the tree.
/break\
Silly and Jimmy were dancing with their older siblings. Because that was more what they were doing than fighting, really. The di Angelos loved one another too much to really try and hurt each other. Silena was taking Persephone on, every hit of their swords spilling gem shards and pearls off as their powers clashed – the riches of the underworld and the riches of the sea. Thess all the while tried to keep Jimmy from shadow-traveling by holding onto his younger brother's water. While Luke was trying to hold his ground against a grumpy son of Enyo.
That was when Matt, Jack, Hayden and Hunter came into the game. Mattie had made a plan, mostly so because he didn't like how Jack always looked at the Hood-twins in awe, he pressed one finger against his lips and motioned for the others to go to the flag. Nodding his head hastily, Jack obeyed his best friend and sneaked past his fighting siblings, with one Hood on either side. Matt all the while threw himself between the di Angelos, crying as though his puppy had just been killed, his multi-colored eyes big and hurt, his cheeks rosy from crying. Where Luke used his powers to convince and to influence with charming words, Matt used his charmspeak in the most cruel way. When he was crying, everyone gathered around him and started to coo and try to cheer him up. He had been using his power like this since he had been a baby, something Piper and Annabeth had noticed with a grimace, because as soon as Mattie cried, everyone close by would suddenly focus on him and obey his will to cheer him up. He had learned to control this power more and more and now that he was seven, he had perfected the art of crying on command.
While the four teens circled Mattie, Hayden and Hunter made sure to keep Marshall and Luke occupied so Jack could sneak past them to get to the flag, a broad and giddy grin on his lips. He tiptoed over to the flag and wrapped his fingers around the pole, pulling it out and yelping loudly.
"I got the flag! I got the flag!", screamed Jack highly excited and jumped around.
The teenagers still cooing over Matt and those being stuck in the trickster twins' trap turned around to stare at him wide-eyed. Different curses escaped their lips as they noticed that they had been outsmarted by four little children, two of whom were here for their first summer. Hayden and Hunter grinned broadly and hugged Jack from either side.
"Jack!", screamed Thess, a broad grin on his face as he ran over to his youngest brother and kissed the younger boy's cheek. "Sono orglioso di te, mio tesorino!"
The youngest di Angelo was practically glowing at the praise. His big brother was proud of him. And Thess normally only kept to his twin and to Donny, he had never really been proud of Jack. That meant Jack had done good. Grinning the broadest grin possible, Jack clutched the flag to his chest as though it was the greatest treasure possible. Percy joined them and placed a kiss on Jack's other cheek, ruffling her younger brother's curls affectionately.
"Ben fatto, mio tesorino", smiled Percy, still patting his head.
That was true, he had done good. Or at least it seemed that way, because Thess even let him ride on the older boy's shoulders. Giggling to himself, he wrapped his arms around Thess' neck. He liked it when they called him tesorino. They only did if he had done something adorable, though mom and dad and Bianca called him that anyway, because he was the little darling of the family. And Jack liked being the little darling of the family. It was way better than seeing that disappointed look in his mommy's eyes when he had to come and talk to Mister Chiron! Oh, he needed to call his mommy tonight and tell him that he had gotten the flag, surely his mommy would be proud too.
"Next time the little bugger is on our team", declared Jimmy with a glare.
"Yeah. He's our brother too, after all", huffed Silly and stole Jack from Thess' shoulders, hugging him close to her chest. "Right, Jackie? Next time you'll help us steal the flag."
"Okay", agreed Jack happily, enjoying being the center of attention.
Being one of seven children was fun, most of the time, but it also meant he had to share not only his parents' attention all the time, but also his siblings'. But right now everybody was cheering for him and his friends and praising him them doing good. Of course, it would be much better if Bia and Donny would be there too, surely Donny would be very, very proud of him, but it was nice having Percy, Thess, Jimmy and Silly fighting over who got to have him on their team next.
/break\
Jack's belly was full. He hadn't eaten that much since Christmas at grandma Sally's. But his siblings had kept bringing him more food – especially sweet treats! Because their team had won, all thanks to him and Thess and Percy had kept praising him for it. And Jimmy and Silly kept bribing him to make him join their team for the next game. This was highly exciting. But now his belly hurt from all the food, so he had left campfire to return to the Poseidon cabin. All on his own was boring though, so he turned to the small fountain and summoned a rainbow.
"Mommy, please", asked the boy softly. "I want to see my mommy."
The rainbow cleared and showed a highly attentive Percy staring at him. "Jack? Are you alright? Are you hurt? You look like you're in pain! Did something happen? Wait, I'm on my way-"
"Mamma!", giggled Jack softly and shook his head. "No, I'm alright, I promise. But my belly hurts because I ate too many sweets... I guess you were right, too many sweets aren't good..."
"And still, you never stop", sighed the son of Poseidon, obviously relieved and shook his head. "Well? What's wrong then? Why did you call, bambino?"
"I won capture the flag!", exclaimed Jack, clapping his hands twice. "I got the flag!"
"You did?", grinned Percy proudly. "Good. My precious little boy. I'm very proud of you."
"That's what Thess said too!", nodded Jack wildly. "I did good!"
"Yes, you did", smiled Percy, his eyes shining with pride and joy. "So you like camp then?"
"It's great!", exclaimed Jack, waving his arms around wildly. "Everybody is really nice and now my siblings are helping me too and Mattie and I are exploring the whole camp and the nymphs are so, so pretty and really, really nice and kind and Hunter and Hayden are awesome and they're really nice when they're not pranking Mattie and I'm not afraid of Mister Chiron anymore, because he patted my head and praised me too when I gave him the flag! But I'm missing Donny! And you and daddy and Bia! Can we have family cuddles when camp is over, please?"
"Of course we can have family cuddles", agreed Percy and smiled slightly. "I love you, tesorino."
"I love you too, mamma!", replied Jack with the broadest grin. "Very, very, very much!"
/break\
"You know", mumbled Luke against the skin of Thess' neck. "Wouldn't have thought your little brother would be that handy during the game. I thought the little buggers would only be in the way. Next time I guess I'll have to give our brothers more credit."
"Can we stop talking about my baby brother while we're making out, yes please?"
Thess had an annoyed look on his face where he was laying beneath Luke on a bed in the Hades cabin. The blonde grinned sheepishly, pecking Thess' lips, one hand sneaking beneath Thess' shirt.
"Sorry, babe", murmured Luke apologetically, kissing along Thess' jawline.
His fingers found the pink, perky nipples even in the dark by now, Luke had quite the training when it came to that. He twirled them and twisted them, knowing them to be the most sensitive part of Thess' body and he just loved the way his pretty Sea Prince would arch into his touches. But as always, as soon as his free hand tried to open the jeans button, it got caught by Thess' grip. Lifting his gaze from where he was biting and sucking on Thess' collar, Luke stared into the angry, dark eyes. Some would call those eyes mud-brown, but Luke would glare at them until they retreated because those eyes were like the darkest and deepest part of the sea, within their darkness was just the smallest speck of green at the outer rim, making them look more mysterious.
"Lucas", hissed Thess. "You know that you're supposed to keep your hands above the waistline. I'm not that easy. And I don't drink mom's tea and I'm not having sex without proper protection."
"Then why don't you just start to drink that stupid tea?", whined Luke, collapsing on the bed.
"Fuck you", muttered Thess, hitting Luke's chest hard. "That all you want from me?"
"What? No!", exclaimed the blonde and sat up some. "It's just... We've been dating for months now and we haven't even jerked each other off. I haven't even seen you naked yet! But you're gorgeous and amazing and I love you. You can't hold it against me that I want more..."
Thess frowned, staring at Luke for a moment. "I just... don't trust this. If we are naked together, I don't trust you and me to stop at jerking each other off. And I don't want to risk any heat-of-the-moment stuff without protection. You... understand that, right?"
"Yeah", nodded Luke slowly, wrapping his arms around Thess' waist. "Of course I do. I mean, I can see how fertile your ma is. I don't want to become a teen-dad at age fifteen either. But I still don't want to live like a priest while having the most beautiful and enchanting being as my boyfriend."
"You're a charmer", mumbled Thess, rubbing his nose against Luke's collarbone. "Okay. How about... once summer is over and we return home, we will talk to my parents about... the tea?"
"I think living like a priest sounds like an awesome plan", muttered Luke with a crestfallen look.
"You didn't think you'd be able to avoid that conversation, did you?", snorted Thess and hit his boyfriend again. "I am not facing papà alone with this. If you want any of this-" And here, he motioned down his body, pushing his hips out some. "-you'll talk to my father, mio amato."
"Why are the beautiful ones always cruel?", whined Luke, hiding between his lover's long hair.
Thess started laughing, wrapping his arms around his boyfriend's shoulders and pulling him close. "Don't be such a whiny brat. Papà isn't that bad. He's not going to kill you."
"Oh, you have no idea what kind of things the average human can live through without dieing", muttered Luke darkly. "But I'm sure your father knows them all. And he's not afraid to use them."
/break\
As the night came and camp darkened, every camper laid in their own beds. Silly and Percy were contently sleeping contently, Silly on the upper bunk and Percy on the lower, their respective twins laying in the bunk beds next to theirs. The only di Angelo still awake was Jack, the small child staring wistfully at his siblings. He loved them all, but sometimes they made him feel lonely. Because Silly and Jimmy were twins and Percy and Thess were twins and both sets of twins were practically inseparable and Bia and Donny had been practically glued together too, but Jack was alone and so much younger than the others. Now that Bia had joined the hunt, Jack had hoped he would have Donny all to himself. But Donny was on a quest. So Jack was still the odd one out.
"Jackie? Jackie? You asleep yet?", whispered a voice from the doorway.
"If so, get out of your bed and come with us! There's something great we have to show you!"
Sitting up some, he stared over at the identical, mischievous faces of the Hood-twins, Hayden beckoning him over as Hunter made shushing motions. A broad, happy grin spread over his lips as he jumped out of his bed and stumbled over to them. It was ironic, what with four of his older siblings being twins themselves and him feeling left out because of that, but maybe it was because his siblings were much older than him. At any rate, the trickster twins made him feel like he was part of them, like he belonged. Two pairs of dark, green eyes stared at him as Hunter grabbed his left hand and Hayden grabbed his right hand, both twins pulling him along, away from the cabin.
"Heist, Hunt! But we're not pranking anyone! I promised mommy!", whispered Jack worried.
Author's note: There you go, camp life! Sooo... you think you'll want more of that? Btw, next parental life chapter will feature the Stolls with the Hood-twins!
Next chapter will have bro-moments for Sam and Donny, it will have jealous!Donny and jealous!Trend and Sam being a tease and training, much, much training! Oh, and you'll get to know where their next destination is!
By the way, I've updated the timeline! "A Very Half-Blood Thanksgiving" is up!