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Title: The Most Sparkling Diamond – To Search and to Find
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians / Heroes of Olympus; kind of 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, hetero, threesomes, rental love, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, pegging, mentions of rape/abuse, past child abuse, AU, shoujo-ai
Main Pairing: Jason/Nico/Percy, Frank/Hazel/Leo
Side Pairings: Jason/Nico (established), Frank/Hazel (established), Luke/Leo, Octavian/Percy, Malcolm/Katie, Jake/Will, Kayla/Nyssa, Kinzie/Phoebe, Reyna/Piper/Annabeth, Charles/Silena, Thalia/Bianca, Ethan/Alabaster, Luke/Octavian, Chris/Clarisse, Lou/Miranda, Shane/Lacy, Michael/Calypso, Tyson/Ella, Grover/Juniper, Gleeson/Mellie, Chiron/Lupa, Hades/Persephone, Zeus/Hera, Ares/Aphrodite, Erebos/Nyx, Aether/Hemera
Percy Jackson Characters:
Purple Oyster: Perseus Jackson, Annabeth Chase, Piper McLean, Drew Tanaka, Lacy Hunnigan, Mitchell Logan, Silena Beauregard, Charles Beckendorf, Gabe Ugliano
Search for Percy: Nico di Angelo, Clarisse la Rue, Lou Ellen, Jason Grace, Chris Rodriguez, Reyna Anderson, Shadowchaser (Nico's pegasus stallion), Fighter (Clarisse's pegasus stallion), Wicca (Lou's unicorn mare), Trickster (Chris' pegasus stallion), Tempest, Scipio
On the run: Frank Zhang, Hazel Levesque, Arion
Search for Hazel: Leo Valdez, Luke Castellan, Bianca di Angelo, Thalia Grace, Alabaster C. Torrington, Ethan Nakamura, Balance (Ethan's pegasus mare), Mrs. O'Leary, Festus
Still in Olympolis: Chiron, Lupa, Howard Claymore, Gleeson Hedge, Mellie, Grover Underwood, Juniper, Tyson, Ella, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Octavian Simmons, Malcolm Cage, Katie Gardner, Miranda Gardner, Travis Stoll, Connor Stoll, Jake Mason, Will Solace, Austin Barton, Kayla Hein, Nyssa Black, Hylla Anderson, Kinzie Cohen, Zoe Nightshade, Phoebe Burge, Sherman Potter, Mark Meyer, Lee Fletcher, Michael Yew, Clovis Daver, Butch Knightley, Castor Liber, Pollux Liber, Dakota Elle, Shane McNabb, Christopher Clark, Harley Davis
Godly Characters: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Hermes, Dionysus, Hestia, Hades, Persephone, Hemera, Aether, Nyx, Erebos, Chaos
Summary: This is an AU-story, but it's not a total AU. It still takes place in a universe with the Roman and Greek gods, all the characters we know and love are still children of their representative godly parents. But the two Great Prophecies never happened, none of the two wars happened and instead of visiting separated summer camps, all half-bloods live in a sheltered safe haven called Olympolis, where they actually live pretty normal lives with going to school, shopping, everything you need to be a regular teenager. If a demigod decides to live in Olympolis, they get to stay in special apartment buildings, where demigods live in rooming arrangements with each other. The city is protected by the magic of the gods, just as camp borders are. And aside from the average quest now and then, they actually live in peace.
At least until now.
A threat – older and more powerful than the Giants or Titans – emerges as the children of the oldest deity fight. The gods wish to keep out of the fight between Hemera and Nyx, but the older deities want to pull the demigods into their fight, to use them in their war. At first, no one is worried, because the demigods are safe in Olympolis. But then Poseidon and Pluto admit each having another child out there. So the four children of the Big Three, who already are living in Olympolis, are send out with the most powerful demigods of the city to search for those two forgotten half-bloods. What dangers and adventures await them? And can love bloom in the middle of a war?
The Most Sparkling Diamond
To Search and to Find
4. The Wise Boy and the Centaur
Chiron hummed worried as he galloped up and down the streets. This whole mission was getting out of hand and hoof, as far as he was concerned. It had been ridiculous to begin with, sending teenagers out to look after other teenagers, supernatural powers aside.
"Chiron, dear, you worry too much", noted a soft voice as a furry head pushed against his legs.
Blinking a couple of times, he stared down at the tall white she-wolf circling him. Combing his fingers through her soft fur, he nodded absentmindedly. She was right, he did worry too much.
"How is it coming?", asked the centaur.
"Why don't you see so for yourself?", suggested Lupa with a tilt of her head.
Nodding in agreement, he made his way over to the park near which the city hall was located. It was very calm and silent these days seeing as most of the council members were on the quest. Something that had caused quite much concern at first, seeing as the four leaders – two Romans, two Greeks, each one female and one male – were gone too now. Without Luke, Thalia, Jason and Reyna to lead them, most citizens of Olympolis were fearful. For now, Lupa and Chiron were jumping in and reigning over the city, at least until the elected rulers returned. Friends of said elected rulers were helping, being the voices of the townspeople so to say and leading the mission from behind the control panels.
Who had proven to be utterly useful for this and also who had taken the places of the four leaders in some way by supporting Chiron and Lupa the most were the son of Athena Malcolm Cage and Katie Gardner, a daughter of Demeter, for the Greeks and Hylla Anderson, the daughter of Bellona, and the son of Bacchus Dakota Elle for the Romans.
Olympolis was divided into different partitions, seeing as some Greeks disliked Romans there was a district in the West called New Athens where only Greeks lived, it's counterpart being New Rome on the farthest East side of the city. The district in the North was where mostly families lived, while the district in the South was the middle between East and West, where children and teenagers without families, demigods of Greek and Roman origins alike, lived. The heart of the city was where all the important and big buildings were. The city hall, the schools, the training spots and even a very impressive lake.
"Chiron! Where are you going?", asked a panting satyr as he caught up to him.
"Grover", nodded Chiron in acknowledgment. "I want to see how our temporary leaders are doing."
"Oh, then you're going in the wrong direction", grinned the young nymph holding hands with Grover. "Seeing as all of Malcolm's roommates are out of the city, Katie is currently staying at his place. She told me yesterday when we met for a coffee. Hylla took her anger upon not being part of the quest by sparring with Zoe. And I guess Dakota is still hungover from his party with Castor, Pollux and the tricksters last night. So your best shot would be the Owl Building."
"Very convenient", nodded Chiron grateful. "Thank you, Juniper. They are living in the same apartment complex. That will safe me time."
"If... I may ask, why are you looking for them?", asked Grover casually.
Grover and Juniper accompanied Chiron as the centaur turned around to head to the Southern district of the city. "It's... a feeling I've had last night."
"A... feeling?", repeated the satyr confused. "What kind of feeling?"
"As though a storm is coming", muttered Chiron with a dark shadow on his face. "Things are happening, I assume. I hope there are news from our searching parties."
"That doesn't sound good", mumbled Juniper worried, squeezing Grover's hand. "I hope the others will complete their search soon and return."
"So do I", nodded the centaur. "So do I..."
/break\
Katie was not truly pleased. She could be though. She actually had the potential and the valid chance of being thoroughly pleased. After all, all of her boyfriend's roommates were out on a mission. Which meant that with Chris, Clarisse and Reyna gone, Malcolm had the whole apartment to himself. And that wasn't just the promise of lots and lots of sex, but also a chance at having some serene and peaceful moments to themselves. Which was a nice change for Katie, it was actually a hundred times better than sharing a room with her younger sister Miranda and sharing the apartment with the useless trickster brothers Connor and Travis. But it had been the arrangement they had been in ever since they had arrived in Olympolis as children and those rooming arrangements only got adjusted in extreme situations (if the Stolls continued like that, it would lead to a very extreme situation though because may the gods grand them mercy, Katie was going to kill them one of these days and Clarisse would help her with that). Of course she dreamed of one day moving into the Northern district together with Malcolm, but what with the nearing war, all family-planning needed to be delayed, at least until peace was ensured again.
"Katie?", asked Malcolm in a slightly shy voice, knocking on the bathroom door.
The daughter of Demeter on the other side of the door huffed. "No. You stay busy with your researches, I will be taking a nice, long and relaxing bubble bath. Without you."
"But Katie", whined the blonde male with a pout. "Please? I'm finished, I swear."
"You're a child of Athena, you're never finished with your researches", muttered Katie and smiled slightly. "It's part of the reason why I love you, after all. You don't have to stop on my behalf. I know you're itching to learn everything there is about this Perseus."
There was a moment of silence, then a thump as though Malcolm had hit his head against the door. "Thanks, Kats. That is exactly why I love you. Still... I'm sorry for ruining our night like that..."
"Oh, I don't blame you. I blame di Angelo", replied the brunette girl nonchalantly.
She smirked slightly as she shed her green tunic and threw her braided hair over her shoulder before climbing into the filled bath tube. She could hear the slow steps of her boyfriend, who was most likely leaving to get back to his bedroom and continue his work.
/break\
"For the love of the gods, where exactly are you bringing me, Dare? I am tired, I am hungry and I have no one to shout at aside from you. So you better tell me that we're there yet, or else..."
"We're not there yet, Tavy. Now be a good boy and shut the Hades up, or else", the redheaded girl threw her companion a warning glare as she let her sentence hang in the air.
The blonde young man stared for a moment, but he remained silent otherwise. Huffing annoyed, he crossed his arms over his chest and turned to glare out of the window. The redhead giggled at the childish reaction of his friend. He really wasn't good when it came to being ordered around or not getting what he wanted. The spoiled, little Brit, as she liked to call him. Most others called him the Great Augur of New Rome, though. Then again, most others feared him. Mostly so because they didn't know Octavian Simmons as well as she did. He may be scary and powerful and temperamental, but if you dare to talk back and keep him in check, you had no problems with him. A good thing that she was, through and through, a Dare. She was his counterpart, the Oracle of Delphi, the seer of New Athens. And one of the very, very few people who did give the arrogant augur counter, which had led to quite the explosive fights at first and led to them being inseparable best friends (even though Octavian would rather die than admit that).
"Can you not at least tell me where we are going?", huffed Octavian, his fingers tapping against the window, eyebrows drawn down. I am missing out on Austin's double chocolate strawberry-raspberry cream cake and Kayla's peppered rump-steak with red cabbage and potatoes and you know I only get that on my birthday. Now explain to me why exactly I am spending my birthday in a car, in the burning heat of the desert, instead of with my Greek relatives."
Rachel bit her lips hard to keep from bursting into laughter. The arrogant, mightier-than-thou augur, who always loved to act like nothing mattered to him, actually enjoyed when Will, Austin and Kayla pampered him on his birthday, together with Rachel and Luke. The problem with Octavian was that he did care and that he wanted to belong and to be important to others, to have a family and friends, but due to his loveless family back in England, he had never learned how to work with his feelings and how to express them.
"It's a surprise, dumbo", huffed the oracle with one raised eyebrow. "Just sit still and wait."
/break\
"Where is Tavy?", huffed the blonde daughter of Apollo, running through the kitchen.
She was wearing an apron, her cheeks dusted with flour, glaring around at the other four people hurrying around her. There was her girlfriend and roommate Nyssa, washing the potatoes in the sink. Her big brother Will and his boyfriend Jake were running from the living room over to the kitchen and back, cleaning everything and setting the table. Her younger brother Austin was still busy with the double chocolate whatever cake he always made for their older Roman cousin-thing (they weren't sure on the exact terms, seeing as he was a legacy of their father). Panting slightly, Kayla collapsed on a chair, crossing her arms over her chest. It was normal for their apartment to be so busy, seeing as she was sharing it with her girlfriend and her brothers, but on such days, on birthdays of their family and friends, it was just a little more lively. These days it was actually even a little calmer than normally, because Will spend practically all of his time over at Jake's place, because Luke, Ethan and Leo were on a mission and Jake had the apartment to himself. Sometimes it was annoying that they had to share their apartments with three others, but most of the time Kayla enjoyed living with her girlfriend and two of her brothers.
"I've seen him and Rachel leaving their apartment complex a couple of hours ago, I suppose you guys can just pack it up again", interrupted another voice as the apartment door opened.
"Lee! Michael!", exclaimed Austin with a bright smile and jumped up to hug the two oldest sons of Apollo. "Wait, what do you mean they left? Where to? Why?"
"Rachel said something about having a special surprise for Octavian", replied Lee, combing his fingers through his short, blonde hair. "She also remarked that it may help his mood-swings."
"How in the world does she plan on managing that?", snorted the black-haired son of Apollo next to him wryly, raising one eyebrow. "As long as she hasn't tracked Luke down, that won't work."
"Hush, don't be mean", chided Kayla, waving her spoon threateningly into her brothers' faces. "I don't want to picture Nyssa packing her stuff and leaving for a dangerous quest for months. And I completely believe Will would be totally moody too if Jake would do it too."
"That's all nice and dandy", huffed Nyssa with a frown, gesturing wildly around the kitchen. "But what are we going to do with all of that now?!"
"I suppose... we have to put it into the freezer...?", suggested her brother with a shrug.
"I'm going to kick both their asses for leaving us hanging like that!", muttered Kayla annoyed.
/break\
Malcolm groaned, his fingers clawed into his golden locks. Next to him did the empty coffee cups pile up, surrounded by sheets of paper filled with notes and occasionally stained with coffee. He had done everything in his powers to research this Sparkling Diamond and after about five hours of fighting his way through jewelry, he had finally found a lead on the Purple Oyster and it's employees. What he had found out was frustrating and kind of depressing. The knocking on the door was a gods' send blessing for him, because it gave him the opportunity to leave his researches for a moment at least. Though as he opened the door, he was not as grateful anymore.
"Chiron? What... can I do for you?", frowned the son of Athena confused.
"Hello, Malcolm", greeted the centaur amused. "I came to ask how you're doing. What with the search and everything. I am well aware that Hylla can be... complicated to work with and that Dakota is too easily distracted by festivities. And I doubt you have much to say against Kathryn."
The blonde blushed and played with the hair on the base of his neck. "Well, she's my girlfriend and the law has it that the girlfriend is always right, eh?" He chuckled lightly and got out of the way for Chiron to enter. "But yeah, it's... not a dream job for me. I really hope Bianca and Thalia will return soon to take over again... I'm freaking exhausted..."
"Being the Wise Boy around here", nodded Chiron slowly. "Be honest with me, how are you holding it together? You shoulder more responsibility than most."
"It's... straining", mumbled the blonde, rubbing his face. "Nico called last night, saying he thinks they have a lead on the child of Poseidon... I've been doing researches ever since that..."
"A lead?", asked the centaur with curious eyes. "What did you find?"
"Not very much, that's the problem", admitted Malcolm, playing with his hands. "The one he is suspecting is a boy called Perseus Ugliano, living with his stepfather ever since his mother died after a car-crash a couple of years ago. His father is the owner of a... very exquisite establishment called the Purple Oyster, mostly dancing and singing, but... for guests with the right amount of money, there is more in than a simple dance. So yeah, basically, his stepfather sells him out for money ever since he reached adulthood, at least officially. But since the mother died a few years prior to that, I think it started earlier..."
"That is very sad for the boy", nodded Chiron slowly, calculating his words. "But did you find something that indicated that he indeed is a demi-god, much more a child of Poseidon?"
The centaur got as comfortable as possible on the couch, staring curiously at the scattered notes all over the place and the disheveled son of Athena. The poor boy truly looked as though he hadn't slept in the last twenty-four hours. This wasn't what he wished for the demi-gods in this city, he had been so relieved that peace had lasted for so long.
"That car accident where his mother died, their car drove over a bridge. His mother drowned, but he lived. Even though the rescue-team only came hours later", stated Malcolm with a frown. "No one can explain how the boy had lived that long, they just put it off as a miracle or assumed that there had been an air bubble caught in the car. But what with Nico's assumption, it would be easily explained by his ability to breath underwater."
"What was it that made Nico assume that the boy is a child of Poseidon to begin with?"
"A very strong form of charmspeak, at first they had thought he was a child of Venus or Aphrodite, but he said that the kid managed to pull the whole room in and made them forget everything around them. It reminded him of the sirens and mermaids. I... had wanted to call you this morning, but somehow the day flew by while doing researches... Sorry..."
"No need to apologize", chuckled the centaur. "What else did you find out?"
"Charmspeak, even though today widely known as an ability of children of Venus or Aphrodite, had originally been a specialty of children of the sea, just like Aphrodite herself", started Malcolm to answer. "Yet they differ. Those who inherited the power from their mother, who had only inherited them herself, can influence people, like a mild form of mind control, giving them the ability to project their objectives into the minds of those they control. While children of the sea control in a mind-numbing way, making the people who hear the voice blind for everything else, stirring a kind of obsession. That's how they describe Perseus, the Siren of the club, the Sparkling Diamond."
/break\
"What is a Sparkling Diamond and what am I supposed to do with it?"
The blonde augur glared irritated as he laid sprawled on a giant bed with purple sheets made of silk. Rachel chuckled amused as she stood in the doorway, giving him one of those utterly annoyed knows-it-all grins. How much he hated those. First she kidnapped him on his birthday, then she drove them to gods know where and how she wouldn't even tell him what it was about.
"You were in severe need of a change in scenery", hummed the redhead. "And in need of a distraction. You work yourself into exhaustion because of the pending doom, one augury after the other. Olympolis is running out of stuffed toys because of that. You get onto everybody's nerve, even more so than normally. So please, do all of us a favor and enjoy this evening."
He just wanted to open his mouth to voice his protests once again, but the Oracle was already out of the room again, instead someone else entered. He must have looked very stupid, what with his mouth hanging open and certainly a little drool collecting in the corner of his mouth. The boy who entered must have been around eighteen, raven hair framing a soft yet sharp face with full, rosy lips and the most mesmerizing sea-green eyes possible. The only clothes covering his curvy frame was a light, nearly see-through tunic the color of sea-foam.
"I am the Sparkling Diamond", smiled the boy charmingly, his cheeks flushing lightly. "And your friend paid good money for you to get... thoroughly satisfied."
Octavian stared as the boy closed the door behind him and walked up to the bed, climbing it in slow-motion. The gorgeous teen came closer, straddling the augur's hips. That at least explained what Rachel had been talking about. It was true, he did get quite annoying when he didn't get laid for too long and Luke had been gone for too many weeks to count now. It was no secret that the two of them shared an open relationship, what with Luke constantly hitting on the adorable Latino he was sharing an apartment with (and if Jake wouldn't be Leo's roommate and protect his baby brother's virginity so vigorously, Luke would have screwed the kid in every position possible). But the young son of Hephaestus wasn't really Octavian's type, too jumpy and insecure. Actually, there wasn't really anyone in Olympolis he truly desired. But this gorgeous being on top of him, with the mischievous green eyes and the confident smirk. Rachel had paid for the boy, but the boy looked like he was just on the way to gaining his own price too.
"You're a diamond?", questioned Octavian with one raised eyebrow, slowly resting his hands on the firm behind of the boy. "You don't look like a diamond to me. Not very sparkling."
The boy laughed, a raw, luscious sound from the back of his throat. He rested his head on Octavian's shoulder, his breath tickling the blonde's neck, making him shudder. A pleasant smell, as fresh as the sea, so salty and rich, filled the augur's nostrils.
"Not sparkling maybe, but as unique, beautiful and expensive as a diamond", smirked the boy.
"You're... a fascinating being", muttered Octavian, licking his suddenly very dry lips. "I'm sure you can make this night very memorable and relaxing for me."
"I guarantee that you will forget your own name by the end of the night", growled the Sparkling Diamond, his teeth tugging on Octavian's earlobe, curious fingers working on his clothes. "They say I have that effect on people. I'm a very... captivating person. Will you let me capture you?"
"Uhu", nodded the blonde, lost for words. "I mean, I would like to see you try."
"Mh... I like your voice", murmured the boy, tilting his head curiously. "You're British, right? I love accents. You could say... I have a weakness for them."
"Well then, god bless the queen", chuckled Octavian and turned them around to rest between the Diamond's legs, licking his lips greedily. "This certainly is better than tea time, my dear."
Author's note: I added some stuff to the prologue. And I also added some characters to the list, because I have greater plans for this story than originally intended. And next chapter will be Percy, all Percy and nothing but Percy (well, maybe I will include the Octavercy-scene that would follow this chapter, I dunno yet).