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Title: The Prince of Pluto – A Journey to the Stars
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus
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: m/m, scifi AU, aliens, alpha/beta/omega dynamics, hurt/comfort, fluff, pining, explicit intercourse, oral, anal, knotting, f/f, m/f, polyamory (m/m/f)
Main Pairing: Nico/Percy
Side Pairings: Reyna/Annabeth, Nyssa/Piper, Octavian/Luke, Ethan/Alabaster, Jake/Will, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Jason/Calypso, Grover/Juniper, Charles/Silena, Chris/Clarisse, Malcolm/Katie, Bryce/Drew, Paul/Sally, Tristan/Beryl, Maria/Marie, Hades/Persephone, Poseidon/Amphitrite, Thanatos/Triton
Percy Jackson Characters: (by planet/asteroid of origin)
Sun: Will Solace, Octavian Simmons, Austin Lake, Kayla Knowles
Mercury: Luke Castellan, Chris Rodriguez, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Cecil Markowitz
Venus: Piper McLean, Silena Beauregard, Michael Kahale, Drew Tanaka, Mitchell, Lacy
Earth: Perseus Jackson, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Ella, Ethan Nakamura, Tyson, Sally Jackson, Paul Blofis, Tristan McLean, Beryl Grace, Maria di Angelo, Marie Levesque
Moon: Calypso Nightshade, Zoe Nightshade, Phoebe
Mars: Clarisse la Rue, Frank Zhang
Vesta: Charles Beckendorf, Leo Valdez, Jake Mason, Nyssa Barrera
Pallas: Annabeth Chase, Malcolm Pace
Bellona: Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano, Hylla Ramírez-Arellano
Ceres: Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardner, Juniper
Jupiter: Jason Grace, Thalia Grace
Saturn: Kronos (King)
Chiron: Chiron, Grover Underwood, Gleeson Hedge
Uranus: Gaia (Queen), the Giants
Neptune: Poseidon (King), Amphitrite (Queen), Triton, Proteus, Kymopoleia, Benthesikyme, Rhode
Orcus: Bryce Lawrence
Pluto: Nico di Angelo, Bianca di Angelo, Hazel Levesque, Mrs. O'Leary, Small Bob, Hades (King), Persephone (Queen), Thanatos, Olethros, Makaria, Melinoe
Eris: Alabaster C. Torrington, Lou Ellen Blackstone
Summary: The moon-landing had changed the course of history when human made first contact. It opened Earth up to space-travel, exploring the solar system and their now allied planets. Chiron Academy is the leading high school training future space explorers.
Percy Jackson grew up dreaming of one day traveling the stars. When he gets into the academy, he makes a lot of new friends, among them his new crush the half-Plutonian Nico.
Things change when Nico confides in his friends that he is actually the prince of Pluto – and that Pluto is in the middle of a horrible war. Together, the group of their close friends, they decide to ditch school, steal a space-ship and go out into space alone and unsupervised to help.
The Prince of Pluto
A Journey to the Stars
Chapter 23: Journey Back Home
The delay to their leave had actually been beneficial; the engineers from the palace could help update the Princess Andromeda some. What had been improvised cods to make room was turned into proper bunk beds. More of those were installed in the rooms to double-book more of the rooms. After all, Hades, Persephone, Zagraeus, Makaria, Melinoe, Thanatos, Olethros and Triton had to be fitted into the ship now. Room-assignments got shifted around to make it work.
Percy had offered his room to Hades and Persephone, what with them being king and queen, though they recognized he was the captain and assured him they would be fine in a normal room, as long as they perhaps could not be double-booked. That seemed fair enough, with them being both adults and also king and queen. Makaria, Melinoe, Bianca and Hazel were all in one room now. Each room that had fit two people before now fit four, thanks to the bunk-beds, though it was a tight fit.
"I like it here. I don't really wanna leave", admitted Tyson softly.
He looked kind of miserable, sitting by a lake with his feet in the crystal-blue water. His best friends, Frank, Leo, Hazel and Ella, were sitting with him. Sure, everyone was fawning over Percy, who was an actual prince here, but Tyson was Neptunian too. And while Percy was the center of attention, Tyson had roamed Atlantis too, had gone outside the city borders to explore.
"You could always just stay", offered Hazel gently. "No one would hold it against you. But we would miss you. A lot. But this is your planet too."
"But it's not home", argued Tyson, looking a little miserable. "Earth is home. I want... here to be Earth? If that makes sense? I just... I want to stay here but I also want to be home on Earth."
"That makes perfect sense", assured Leo with a half-smile. "Being on Vesta, I feel the same. But unlike Neptune, Vesta is... close enough to visit it at least occasionally."
"I'm happy you'll come home with us again", declared Ella and leaned in to kiss his cheek.
Tyson blushed furiously at that, causing the other three to laugh and giggle a little. They were all a little upset to go, because Neptune had been beautiful. A breath of fresh air, something neither of them had ever experienced before. Hazel heaved a sigh before she got up.
"We gotta get packing", declared Hazel. "We need to be ready by tonight."
/break\
"I love you", declared Poseidon, hugging Percy very tightly. "I know I have not known you very long, but before you leave, I need you to know that I do love you. Even if I don't know you very well, you are my son and I love you, okay?"
Percy nodded awkwardly, though he did return the hug. "I... I hope I get to see you again?"
"Definitely. Neptune is in an alliance with Terra. I will surely find many opportunities to come visit on some diplomatic mission or another", assured Poseidon. "I want to be a part of your life."
That meant so much to Percy, it made his heart race. So he hugged the king even tighter.
"I promise I'll call... dad", Percy's voice wavered just a little at the end.
Poseidon swallowed down tears at that. This was the first time Percy had called him that. When the king finally stepped away from Percy, each of Percy's siblings came to hug him and shower him in affection and make him promise to call regularly.
"Okay, this is it", declared Percy, clearing his throat. "Crew, time to board the ship. Annabeth is in charge of roll-call, so no one's left behind. Check with her when boarding, she will also direct you toward your newly assigned rooms. Things are going to be a bit tighter this time around, but I'm sure we'll make it work. Thanks to... my family... our inventory is stocked with the best materials and we have enough non-perishable food to last us until hopefully Vesta at least."
Though he put up a brave front, the front of a leader, he was still kind of heartbroken to leave.
/break\
"I'm going to miss them", whispered Percy, trying hard to hold back tears. "This is stupid. I barely even know them. I've only known them for about three weeks. I shouldn't-"
"It's because you barely know them", replied Nico, gently running his fingers through Percy's hair. "You didn't have enough chance to get to know them properly yet. It's okay."
Something meowed in agreement and Percy had to laugh despite himself. The royal family brought pets with them. A strange creature that looked like a skeleton cat and whose Plutonian name translated to Small Bob. It roamed the entire ship, curious and demanding entrance everywhere.
"I love you", Percy sighed contently as he leaned against Nico. "I love you so much."
"I love you too", replied Nico with a small smile. "You should rest some. You got your first shift in the morning and we need our captain in top shape, okay?"
All Percy did in return was hum and snuggle up closer to his alpha, slowly kissing along Nico's neck. "I am way too wired to sleep. Care to... help me burn off some energy...?"
Nico tilted his head, chuckling a little. "I assume you don't mean sparring...?"
Grinning, Percy climbed onto Nico's lap, carefully tugging on the shirt. Nico willingly raised his arms and allowed Percy to free him from said shirt. Slowly, Percy pushed Nico down onto the mattress, kissing along down his chest until he reached the pants. He then freed his alpha from said pants and was pleased to see him slowly growing hard. Percy peppered feather-light kisses onto the growing erection, before he wrapped his lips around the head. Nico melted into the mattress as Percy ascended on his dick, swallowing him. Nico's fingers found their way into Percy's hair, tugging ever so slightly, making Percy moan around the mouthful of cock he had. Just as Nico was about to come, Percy pulled off, leaving the alpha to moan frustrated.
"That's just mean", Nico pouted a little, dick achingly hard.
"I want to lose some energy. While giving you a blowjob is fun, it's not much exercise."
Percy smirked mischievously as he sat up and stripped in a sensually slow manner. Nico's hands balled into firsts around the pillow. He was so hard and Percy like this, flexing his muscles. Unable to hold back, Nico dove right in to press his lips to those abs. Less kissing, more biting. Scratching his teeth along the hard, taunt muscles, leaving red marks on the skin.
"Gorgeous omega", growled Nico, nose flooded with the scent.
The scent of sweet omega arousal. So delicious it made his mouth water. While Nico was busy worshiping his torso like that, Percy opened his pants and carefully got out of them. Once he was naked, he pushed Nico back down onto the bed, resting his hands on Nico's shoulders and climbing onto him. He pressed his ass against Nico's dick, slowly rubbing up and down. He was already wet, eager for his alpha. Reaching back, Percy grabbed Nico's cock and eased it into himself.
"Love you", whispered Percy, before he kissed Nico deeply.
Nico's answer was a drawn-out groan as Percy started moving up and down. He was so tight and hot and felt so perfect, like he was made to surround Nico like that. The alpha's fingers dug into Percy's thighs, holding him, nearly bruising him. Though Percy just moaned at it. Percy bent down and buried his face in Nico's neck, kissing and biting to leave a hickey.
"My alpha", murmured Percy pleased. "So good."
He moved more harshly, making the bed beneath them squeak and the Nico beneath himself moan. Then, finally, he could feel Nico's knot form inside of him. Percy pushed, pushed down to force it into himself. He made an unholy sound at the way it spread him – he loved being knotted by his alpha. So full, stretched to the limit. It tied them together as though they were one. When the knot fully formed, Percy came with a howl, spurting his cum all over Nico's chest before collapsing on top of his alpha, panting hard. Nico ran his fingers through Percy's hair and down his spine in such a soothing manner that Percy was out like a candle within moments, breathing evening.
/break\
Persephone was sitting at the large window, looking down on Ceres as they passed the dwarf planet. Her former home. A yearning overcame her – she missed her mother, her old friends, the gardens of her childhood. She smiled faintly as she watched the planet below.
"I... It's an honor to meet you, your highness."
The girl approaching her had green skin and caramel hair. She had some Cerelian heritage. With a kind look did Persephone motion for her to join the queen. The girl did so eagerly.
"I'm Juniper. I'm... I've always been impressed by what you did. Just, leaving your home behind for love but never forgetting your people", the girl was rambling.
"Would you... mind telling me about my children?", requested Persephone. "Nico, Bianca and Hazel, you know them, you're... friends with them?"
Juniper relaxed a little as she obliged. What a sweet girl. She must have seen Persephone stare out at Ceres and she felt the need to distract the queen. Give her something else to focus on. It seemed her children truly had made very good friends. At one point, they were joined by Juniper's boyfriend, a sweet brunette boy named Grover. The two were adorable together and they didn't stay alone for long either; Prince Percy came, wanting to talk to his best friend but then being distracted by the conversation and very eagerly joining because it gave him the opportunity to gush about his own boyfriend. This boy really heard someone talk about Nico and immediately sat down to also talk about how wonderful his boyfriend was. What a precious prince.
Persephone had not had an opinion when Nico had first announced he had a boyfriend. Mostly, she was just shocked that her little boy was old enough to have a partner. Learning that this boyfriend was the son of Poseidon had been all the more shocking. The more she learned about the boy though, the fonder she grew of Percy. Though she hadn't gotten to talk to him alone just yet. At least not until today. After a while, Juniper and Grover excused themselves, leaving Percy with Persephone. And still, the boy kept talking about how wonderful Nico was.
"You seem to love my son a lot", interrupted Persephone amused.
"I, uh, yes I do", Percy's cheeks and ears were red-hot.
"No need to be embarrassed", assured Persephone, reaching out to pat the younger omega's knee. "Love is something that should be shown and shared. I'm glad that my son is loved like this."
She smiled at the boy. And she also noticed the jewelry he was wearing. Courting jewelry.
"That's a beautiful bracelet", noted Persephone innocently.
"Nico gave it to me, a few days before we left Neptune", replied Percy, blushing again, a bit self-conscious. "I just... I don't... Not entirely sure what to say to you about that. I love Nico. He loves me. A month ago, I would have told you that he's out of my league and I'm not... of the right stand for him. But now I'm actually a prince of Neptune. So there's that."
A pleased smile found its way onto Persephone's lips as she nodded. "Good for you, knowing what you have. Though neither Hades nor I were planning on interfering. Ours is a marriage of love – one that nearly led to war because my mother disapproved. I swore to never be like that. As long as my children are genuinely happy and loved, I will support them. And... judging by the past hour of you singing my son's praises, I think it's safe to say that you love him a lot."
Percy ducked his head. He knew that courting was a big deal, even if they could end it at any given time. There was still a promise in there. A hope for a future. And Percy was well-aware that they were both quite young – too young for such a decision, maybe. But then, from what he had heard about Poseidon and Amphitrite, about Hades and Persephone, he wasn't that young. Royals seemed to find their matches early. Political alliances and all of that. Would Percy—Well, yes. He would be a political alliance. Even as just the bastard son of the king.
"Thank you. For everything you've done for my children. Not just Nico. I've heard how you talked some sense into Bianca. Stopped her from doing something even more dangerous than coming here. You are a good boy. And I think I would be proud to have you as my son-in-law. One day."
The smile on her lips was playful, turned more playful as Percy blushed once more. Son-in-law. That was too much. Sure, courting could lead to that, but Percy preferred to live in the now, at least for now. He was too young to think about marriage. He just wanted to think about Nico and him. Together and happy and facing whatever was waiting for them on Earth.
/break\
"Who's a good girl? Who's the best girl? You are, yes you are, the bestest girl!"
Nico melted a little bit. Every time he saw Percy play with Mrs. O'Leary, Nico fell just a little more in love with him. Mrs. O'Leary had been a tiny little pup when Nico and his sisters had left Pluto, but now she was easily the size of a horse. A grown dog. Well, not an actual dog since she wasn't from Earth, she was from Pluto. She just looked a lot like a dog. It was why Nico loved dogs a lot, they reminded him of home. Just that Earth's dogs were tiny. Even the 'bigger' ones, though the chihuahua ones and such, they really baffled him because they were definitely too small.
"Your omega has splendid taste", declared Hades in a teasing voice. "She is the 'bestest' girl."
Nico hummed in agreement, smiling as Percy was laying sprawled out on Mrs. O'Leary's stomach, ruffling her fur. Not that he was alone. Tyson and Leo very eagerly helped him pet the dog.
"I... What's going to happen when we reach Earth?", asked Nico tensely.
"Your mother and I are going to put a good word in for you children. We've heard you all whisper among yourselves. You're all afraid of getting expelled, banned from the program. Considering the way you handled this quest, I think the program would lose many very qualified students there. We're going to do our best to help you with that. And then... Your mother and I are going to leave for Selene to plead our case. I... We don't know how long that will take us, but we are going to leave your siblings with... Rosemarie and Mariabella, that's their Earth-names, yes?"
"Marie and Maria, yes", confirmed Nico with a small smile.
"You children will be safe. We will not be far away and we're going to come back to Earth."
Hades wrapped an arm around his son's shoulders, pulling him closer.
/break\
"You children are not going out there alone", argued Hades firmly.
They were too low on rations. Too many mouths to feed and only a limited space for rations to store them. They were nearing Vesta and, just like on their way here, Percy had planned a stop. He frowned as he stared at the king who had just protested his plans.
"With all due respect, King Hades, I will not take commentary from the passengers."
"I like him", whispered Makaria with a slight cackle.
"And... with all due respect, Captain Jackson, you are still all children, even if you did very well and made it on your own. Take, at the very least, one of our guards with you", pleaded Hades.
He motioned over at Olethros and Thanatos, who stood in the corner, watching with guarded eyes. For a long moment, Percy made direct eye-contact with Thanatos, glaring sternly.
"Very well. Thanatos is going to come with me and Grover. I still do not appreciate the tone. We did very good despite being 'children'. And you wouldn't be able to make this journey without us either because we have the education and training to man this ship and it were our abilities that got us safely past Saturn and Jupiter. So despite my age, I am the captain."
"I really like him", whispered Zagraeus this time, elbowing Nico teasingly.
/break\
"Where is he? Is he alright? Is he-"
"Get that frantic prince out of my face", ordered Will pointedly.
Charles stood up, grabbing Nico by the waist to hold him back. So the mission to Vesta hadn't gone as perfectly as planned, despite the additional muscle. Or rather, because of the additional muscle. Thanatos was big, tall, had the wings. He was a general and moved like one. He rose suspicion.
"I'm fine—ouch", called Percy out. "Barely a scratch. Just a little bruised."
Nico growled, but Charles growled back, not letting go until Nico had calmed down at least a little bit. Once his breathing was more evened out, Charles let go – and Nico quickly made his way to Percy's bed in the infirmary, grabbing his hand and lifting it up to kiss his knuckles.
"Are you alright? What happened?", asked Nico concerned.
"We got attacked", Percy sighed. "I'm fine. Perfectly fine. Just some bruising."
"You have two broken ribs and you have been bleeding all over my infirmary", stated Will.
"...Thanks, Will. Super helpful things to say to my already frantic alpha", Percy glared pointedly.
After a moment, Will heaved a sigh. "Okay. You are right. I should not have said that while he's still in the room, he looks like he had a stroke. Charles? Can you get him out of here so I can actually stitch Percy up again? Please? Maybe get his siblings to babysit him?"
Nico made protesting noises as he was being carried out of the infirmary.
/break\
It was hours later that Percy woke up again. His sides ached horribly, a throbbing pain. And somehow breathing was hard. Though when he tilted his head down, he saw that the latter problem was due to the alpha half laying on top of him on his uninjured side, head on Percy's chest.
"He refused to leave", noted a soft voice from Percy's other side.
When Percy craned his neck, he saw Triton sitting in a chair next to the bed, arms crossed and glare in place. Smiling, Percy started to run his fingers through Nico's curls, making the alpha nuzzle even closer into him. Closing his eyes, Percy relaxed a little more into his bed.
"Yeah, he worries a lot", Percy chuckled softly to himself.
"He was waiting outside the door when they kicked him out to take care of you and as soon as your medic opened the doors again, he was immediately glued to your side."
"Yeah. That's my Nico", declared Percy pleased, kissing the top of Nico's head. "I'm fine."
"You better be. I'll have to call father and tell him about this and if you don't want him directly chasing after us, you'll have to look your best when I call him", warned Triton.
With a sigh did the older prince get up and reach out. He ruffled Percy's hair affectionately.
"I'm glad you're okay. Rest up, your crew is worried about you", instructed Triton.
"Aye, aye, big brother", chuckled Percy with a lopsided grin. "Heh. Big brother."
"Yeah, pipsqueak", Triton grunted, ruffling Percy's hair a little harder.
Percy squirmed at that, pouting a little. Though he should be getting used to this by now, right? Enough weeks of having siblings. It still felt strange, saying it, thinking it. Sighing, he tried to adjust himself a little as Triton left the room. Nico grumbled in his sleep, snuggling up to him.
"I am the injured party. I need to be comfortable here", Percy huffed amused.
"Well, I worried for hours, sitting on the ground and then these uncomfortable chairs."
Percy laughed and pecked Nico's cheek before they both settled in comfortably.
Author's note: And next chapter, we have their return to Earth and the reunion between Percy and Sally!
