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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 becoming a hero. Quite the opposite of Sander Rodriguez, who was the greatest Greek hero of their generation, next to his best friend Sam Raser. But fate has plans with Donny, so he finds himself in the middle of a quest, where he needs more help than just that of Sam and Sander. It's a good thing he has his well-trusted best friend Thea Chase. And an even better thing that his parents always have his back. Aside from struggling with becoming a hero, Donny also has to face his growing feelings for Sander.

Chasing Fireflies

The Next Generation of Heroes

100. The Beginning of Happily Ever After

Sander moaned softly, licking his dry lips, just to be hit by Donny. "Shush, mio eroe."

"It's not my fault", groaned Sander and leaned down some. "It's just too tight."

"Oh, stop whining. You'll fit", huffed the Dark Sea and rolled his eyes. "You're not that big."

"I am", pouted Sander, glaring over at his husband.

"Stop arguing and get in here, will you?!", demanded Donny sternly. "Or I'll go without you."

Sander's pout intensified as he stared down at his husband. Sighing in defeat, Sander dropped onto his knees, as Donny demanded. Grinning pleased by Sander's surrender, Donny turned around again to continue his way through the small, confined tunnels going through the entire Raser Mansion. Sander threw a last forlorn glance at the big secret chamber they had discovered and were now about to leave again. It had been the first time Sander had stood upright in the past two hours. Not to say that venturing through the Raser Mansion wasn't one of the most exciting things Sander had ever done, but those tunnels were small. Sander had already hit his head about a dozen times. The worst was that they hadn't packed enough water. Both their bottles were already empty and Sander was thirsty. He was thirsty, dirty and his head, neck and back hurt. His face brightened a little as he faced Donny's butt in front of him while his husband led the way.

"Are you sure this will lead us somewhere?", inquired Sander. "Because if not, we are so gonna crawl out the next hole and take a bath, please? I'm tired."

"You're whiny", huffed Donny amused, grabbing his self-drawn map. "Something has to be there."

Sander had to smile a little, despite himself. Yes, he was complaining, but damn, he was really enjoying himself too. They had spend all of their honeymoon so far exploring the mansion, searching for hidden passages, sneaking around through them, making a map of those hidden ways. They had found a hidden study already that was filled with true literate treasures. But they hadn't found it yet, whatever it was. The biggest treasure hidden in this castle-like building.

"I love you, Donny", whispered Sander as he looked forward at his husband.

"You're just saying that because you got a perfect view on my perfect ass right now", teased Donny.

Sander blushed furiously, because yes, okay, there was a perfect piece of ass right in front of him right now, but Sander hadn't meant that. Huffing a bit, Sander reached out to pinch said perfect ass, making Donny yelp and jump – and thus hit his head on the too low ceiling, making him cuss.

"Ouch", complained Donny, craning his neck to glare chidingly at Sander. "Really? Really?"

"What can I say?", sighed Sander dramatically. "That perfect ass was too tempting."

Donny snorted and shook his head fondly. "I love you too, my pervy hero."

/break\

They didn't find anything that day, but the following day, after another two rounds of sex, about three delicious meals and two showers later. And what they found was more than worth all the searching. Sander stared wide-eyed and dumbfounded, taking Donny's hand to squeeze it.

"Is... Is this really real?", whispered Sander, voice shaking a little.

"I... I don't know?", offered Donny surprised and took a slow step forward. "We could... try it?"

"You sure?", asked Sander doubtfully. "What if it does something?"

"What's it supposed to do, San? It's a sword. In a stone", countered Donny amused. "Come on, my great and mighty hero. Pull it out. Let's see if you're the next king of England."

Sander would have glared at Donny for the silly joke, but then he would have to tear his eyes off of what only could be the Excalibur. Not many other fancy swords that were held in a stone. Biting his lips in excitement, Sander wrapped a hand around the handle and tried to pull. He was only a little disappointed that it didn't work. After all, he was no king. Still, the fact remained...

/break\

"That you have Excalibur in your cellar? How did you fail to tell us that?!", exclaimed Donny.

Sam blinked nearly lazily as he looked up from the delicious meal he was cooking. "We have a couple original prototypes of da Vinci in the attic and a so-called lost Van Gogh in the library over the fireplace? Probably some other stuff all over the place too. Why?"

"A Van Gogh?", echoed Thea and perked up wide-eyed.

"How are you being so casual about these things?", asked Herc borderline frustrated.

"Because I grew up with it?", shrugged Sam and returned his attention to the food. "There's a mirror in the second floor hall that was, supposedly, the portal to Wonderland. But no idea how it works. It's some kind of... portal between the worlds? Doesn't work for Greek or Roman demigods. Only for Norse. Since the kind of dabble in other worlds and stuff. These kind of things become normal if you're raised with them, you know? After all, my uncle is a relic hunter. And he only became obsessed with the job after moving in here. Guess he found some of our rarer belongings."

"Yeah, but why do you have this stuff?", asked Joe and threw her hands in the air.

"Samuel the First, knight of the round table, took the sword into... uh... custody after King Arthur's untimely passing. For safe keeping. Safe keeping became... a thing, for the Raser family. Demigods from other old families started to seek us to protect their treasures", explained Sam casually before taking a spoon full of sauce to turn and hold it up in front of Derek's mouth. "Taste."

Derek more than eagerly obeyed, laying one arm around Sam's waist to pull his lover closer. Stumbling, Sam nearly fell. If not for Trend, who caught Sam and pulled him onto his waist.

"Delicious", purred Derek, eyes wandering over Sam's body.

"I think I'll have to take a closer look at your library", declared Trend, kissing Sam's neck.

"I second that idea", agreed Thea wide-eyed. "There must be treasures in it!"

"Not tonight!", interrupted Donny with a frown, waving his arms around. "It's New Year's Eve and I forbid you to have your noses in any books! No, no, no! Food, games and fun!"

Sara and Phyl giggled and nodded in agreement while preparing the salad. After all, they really hadn't come all the way to England with a hellhound to read. Nico and Joe also made agreeing noises while setting the table. Marshall watched them with amused eyes.

"What are we going to play?", asked Derek to distract them before they murdered the Athena kids.

"No matter what, I'm gonna kick your asses", declared Sam confidently and grinned.

"Mythomagic?", offered Donny with a teasing smile.

"Seconded!", exclaimed Sander excitedly.

"Haven't played a good strategic game in a while", shrugged Trend thoughtful.

"But can we, like, maybe eat first?", asked Joe with a glare. "Haven't eaten all day because I was promised a really, really delicious feast here, ya know?"

Nico smiled the tiniest smile as she ran her fingers through Joe's freshly dyed fire-red hair to pacify her. The glare melted from Joe's face as she tilted her head enough to plant a kiss on Nico's lips.

/break\

Donny was sitting between Sander's legs, a plate on his on lap as he fed himself and Sander occasionally. They were on the ground on the large furry rug in front of the fire place, in a circle with all others. Derek was on one of their sides, next to Sammy who was stuck between Derek and Trend, the son of Ares being red from both sides and looking utterly pleased by that. On Donny's and Sander's other side were Herc and Thea, followed by Joe and Nico, then Marshall and Sara. Between Sara and Trend sat Phyl, taking animatedly with Derek over both his boyfriends.

"So, you and Erik looked really... cozy on the Sonny wedding", teased Derek for the tenth time.

Once again, Phyl blushed brightly at the accusation before averting her eyes and focusing on her salad instead. Donny giggled a little, turning more toward Derek. Sander didn't mind too much, he was busy talking to Herc anyway, he just kept one leisure arm wrapped around Donny's waist.

"I did see them dancing on my wedding, but... did anything more happen?", asked Donny eagerly.

"Well, there is about an hour where both of them are... unaccounted for", drawled Derek out with a mischievous smirk. "I know because bella Stella was looking for Erik to occupy Jonas' mind for a little while so she could have a bit of one on one time with Victor. Threesome relationships, so complicated to get some one on one time." At this, Derek paused to heave an over-dramatic sigh and glare pointedly at Trend. "Anyway, no Erik to be found anywhere. Very suspicious."

Trend rolled his eyes fondly, knowing that Derek was just teasing. To tease back, the blonde started kissing and nibbling Sam's neck. Donny snorted amused by those three. Honestly, he wouldn't know how to deal with three people in a relationship. He was having a hard enough time dealing with one boyfriend – husband – as it was. How did one split their attention onto two lovers...?

"Well, Philly, where were you?", asked Sam teasingly.

"Yeah. Who's that fella that got your attention?", agreed Joe loudly, waving her fork. "Gotta meet him. Did I meet him? Purgatory, help me outta here. I don't remember their names."

Nico looked thoughtful for a moment before shrugging a little lost. "Sorry. No idea. There were too many Greeks on that wedding and I was distracted by you in a dress..."

"Erik is your brother, right, Shally?", asked Sara with a grin, turning toward her boyfriend.

Marshall grunted in confirmation, nodding slowly. "Erik is a good kid. Strong fighter."

"Oh. So little Philly got herself her own war boy, eh?", teased Joe, throwing a crouton at her.

Phyl dodged it, her cheeks aflame. "N—Nothing happened! I as feeling rather lightheaded from the champagne and Erik was an utter gentleman by taking a little walk with me so I got a bit fresh air."

"Somehow that is even better than the dirty things in my mind", stated Thea surprised, blinking.

"So... you gonna see him again?", asked Herc and wiggled his eyebrows teasingly.

Phyl groaned and hit her face in her hands, while whispering about how awful it was to have friends. Donny, being the only one to have mercy on her, started to set everything for their game seeing as all that was left of their grand dinner was finger-food and semi-cold left overs that were being eaten throughout the night. Sam took that as his sign, so he got up and grabbed Trend and Marshall to follow him toward the alcohol cabinet and the wine cellar to arm themselves.

"Erik is a good guy", stated Sam casually as the three returned with the alcohol.

"More details", ordered Nico, making a hither motion with one hand.

"Son of Enyo, his father is from... Denmark, if I remember that correctly, sixteen years old, good with a sword, I was dating him, uh, three years ago, then Derek was dating him right afterward. Honestly, didn't know he also went for girls. Then again, ninety percent of demigods are like pansexual, because straight or gay are a bit too limited for the kids of those who used to fuck as animals and stuff", replied Sam with a snort as he sat down and opened a bottle of red wine. "He definitely does have a type though. Gorgeous brunettes, eh, guys?"

The shit-eating grin on his face made everyone in the room laugh and helped Phyl relax a little. "Maybe... Maybe I did enjoy the night. But with the holidays and all, there wasn't even time to think about this, or such a thing. Honestly, I've never thought about... dating."

"But now you're thinking about dating? And about Erik?", asked Thea softly, not teasingly.

"I don't know?", shrugged Phyl helplessly, pushing her hair behind her ear and ducking her head. "Perhaps? Maybe? It'd be nice to at least go on like... one date?"

Sam laughed as he saw her embarrassed face before he reached out and ruffled her hair. "Man, you're adorable. If I was straight, I'd totally be dating you myself, girl."

"...That is an awful horror scenario", muttered Derek mortified, shuddering.

"There's probably a parallel universe where Sam's straight", offered Donny to poke the dragon some more, a wicked look on his face. "Totally straight and not interested in guys at all. Dating some pretty, sweet girl like Phyl – maybe even Phyl – while you're an old cat lady."

"I hate you, di Angelo", hissed Derek and tackled Donny.

The two boys laughed and rolled around on the ground for a little while, wrestling playfully until Derek had Donny pinned on the ground, glaring down at him viciously. Until Trend leaned down from above, sighed and picked Derek up like he was a kitten, carrying him back to Sam.

"Do not manhandle me, Austin", exclaimed Derek agitated, wiggling around.

Donny watched the scene with fond and amused eyes before he crawled back toward Sander and curled together on his husband's lap. Derek stopped bitching as soon as he was dumped in Sam's lap. Sighing softly, Donny rested his cheek on Sander's chest.

"2032 was great", whispered Donny below his breath.

"Mh? You think so?", asked Thea and looked up at him with soft eyes.

The laughter and conversation around them died down a little as everyone settled to pick up their cards and prepare everything for the game at hand, their attention somewhat on Donny. For a second, Donny tried to find the right words, while Sander caressed his curls tenderly.

"It was... an intense year. A good year. I gained all those friends and... and I gained you, San", continued Donny with loving eyes, leaning up to kiss Sander. "I'm a married man now."

Sander hummed into their kiss before adjusting some. "Okay now, let's start this game.

/diary|entry\

Long time no write. It's New Year's Eve, the last few hours of 2032 and my friends are busy debating the rules of Mythomagic. Who would have thought Trend is such a sour loser and a nitpicker on top of that, huh? So I figured while they're researching Mythomagic rules – Nico is IMing her dad and Trend is legitimately consulting my dad, which will not end well for him because my dad does not appreciate when someone interrupts his time with mom – I thought I'd use the time for one last journal entry in the year 2032. To, I dunno, reminiscent on the year or something?

So, yeah. 2032 was a hell of a ride, I guess?

When Bia joined the hunt last year, it broke something inside of me. I mean, I've been fighting with depression since I was six, but Bia was always my pillar, the one person I trusted most. When she left, I felt like she had left me, personally. Over the following year, I crumbled more and more, bit by bit. I was in a really bad place by the time 2032 rolled around. Like, really bad.

I remember last New Year's Eve. The day itself was a good one, I had a good day. Those happen. That's the thing about depression. Even when you're really down, there can be a good day in between. And that day was one of them, because I was included in a big New Year's party. I wasn't invited as a friend, more as an... add on. But Sander had asked me to come and being with Sander was one of the few things that made me happy, because after our sisters joined the hunt together, the two of us started to grow closer. But aside from Sander, I really only had Thea at that day.

Now, one year later, and I am spending the night with eleven of my best friends. I have friends. I have a lot of friends by now. Not just those I'm spending tonight with. I have even more friends. I'm part of a team. Well, two teams, I guess. The gardening club and the cheerleading team.

And all of this started with this very book, I guess. The journal where mom and dad wanted me to write my feelings into, that made me reflect on my feelings for Sander. Or, well, made me realize I had feelings for Sander to begin with. Which then motivated me to train and become stronger, to impress Sander. Which then led to me being nominated quest leader. Which then brought me closer to those I now consider friends and in the end, got me and Sander together as a couple. And now I'm married to Sander. I am married to my oldest friend.

I made friends. I found love. I got married. I saved the seasons and thus the world. I went to Tartarus and back to save a friend. But most of all, and probably the reason any of those things happened, I gained a boost of self-confidence. I started to believe in myself, I started seeing a... worth to myself, something I had lost so, so many years ago that I forgot about it.

So much has happened this year and I'm just... so grateful.

/entry|end\

"Donny. Don-Don? Try not sleeping and missing out on the new year, princess."

Donny looked up doe-eyed to find Sam leaning over his shoulder, grinning amused. Tough there was some hidden sadness in his eyes, indicating that Sam had read through the entry. Blushing embarrassed, Donny closed his journal and got up to follow Sam outside. Nico and Joe were setting up the fireworks while Thea was preparing champagne for everyone to toast to the new year.

"How long was I writing?", asked Donny a bit disturbed.

"Well, after Trend was getting a bit too smug about being right and being backed up by your dad, we wanted to continue with the game, but you seemed a bit distracted, so we figured we'd just start setting everything up for the nearing midnight. It's ten minutes to the end of year, so I was send to poke you out of your writing trance. Give or take twenty minutes, if I had to guess a time."

Donny nodded in understanding and shivered a little at the cold, chilly air. It wasn't cold for long, because Sander stepped up to them and laid his hooded jacket over Donny's shoulders, grinning down at his husband and kissing his cheek. Donny sighed contently, inhaling the intoxicating scent of his husband while leaning back against Sander's comfortable chest.

"Come, come!", ordered Herc with a broad grin, waving at them.

Everyone was slowly settling on the deck chairs in the garden, where Sara was currently putting fluffy blankets out so they wouldn't freeze to death while watching the fireworks. Sam left Sander and Donny behind in favor of cuddling up between Trend and Derek on one of the deck chairs.

"C'mon, let's join them", whispered Sander and guided Donny over.

Together, they settled down in the chair next to Trend, Derek and Sam, stretching out and getting comfortable. Soon after, they were handed champagne flutes by a brightly grinning Thea.

"Okay, countdown time, guys", announced Sara loudly and very excited.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six...", started all of them to chant at once, slowly getting up to stand in a circle and hold their flutes up into the air. "Five, four, three, two, one... Happy new year!"

Glass hit glass and they all cheered while fireworks erupted in the sky. Nico and Joe sneaked away for only a moment to fire their own colorful pictures into the sky before returning for all the hugging and kissing. The first kiss Donny received was from Sander, with strong arms around his waist, lips soft and tender and conveying all the love possible. His second and third kiss were on the cheeks and from Thea. The fourth one was a full frontal attack from Sam, causing Trend and Derek to uproar in disagreement and Sander to stutter and blush.

"Well, the year kicked off amusing enough", snorted Herc amused.

"What? Want one too, Grace?", asked Sam teasingly and challengingly at once.

Herc was reduced to an embarrassed, stuttering mess and everyone laughed at him. Once everyone had hugged, kissed and wished each other a happy new year, they settled back down on the deck chairs to enjoy the show in the sky. Of course, Nico's and Joe's was the most impressive, but the village close by was painting the sky in beautiful colors too. Donny sighed contently as he rested his ear against Sander's heart, listening to the excited beat, sea-green eyes observing the awe on Sander's face. This was his now. His husband, his friends, his life. And he couldn't be happier.

~*~ The End ~*~

Author's note: That's it. The end. "Chasing Fireflies" is now officially over. Wow. I kinda can't believe it. Especially not considering that it started out as a short, maybe like 5 chapter story that I mainly wrote for myself. That so many others enjoyed it with me and fell in love with the characters I created; that means the world. And I'd like to thank you all for your support throughout the years. Now, just because this story ends doesn't mean this universe ends. In my Headcanon Timeline, you can still see a lot of stories marked down that aren't linked yet because they aren't written - and knowing me, there will be more to come. I can tell you that the next one to fill the timeline will be the story of how Luke and Thess got together - but I can't tell you when it'll be done, so keep your eyes peeled for "Charmed by a Siren".

My next update is going to be "Percy Jackson, Ambassador of Hades" on Wednesday.

I do hope to see you guys around in either one of my other open stories or my coming stories. Thanks for the love. ;)