Okay! fduafdyuafalufi Here it is! THE REVEAL! Or, well, most of it. :D;; I did my best to make this more of Percy realizing things than being told, but I suppose there is that point in every story where the bad guy gets to gloat over the good guy with his Evil Plan, right? I hope this turned out okay, it was actually really hard to write the second half of it. o.o; There was a lot of cutting and moving things around until I got them in an order that hopefully flowed properly.

Also, I apologize for any spelling errors. Word freaked out on me and claimed it just couldn't handle life and wasn't going to highlight any more spelling or grammar errors. ::dies:: This one isn't even as long as the last one (yet)! D: Stupid Word.


( Come lay beside me, this won't hurt I swear. )

Aaaand I bring you ACTION! KIND OF! AT THE END OF THE CHAPTER! :D;

Seriously, though~ I'm so relieved I have finally gotten to the beginning of the major part of the story. (I know, I know, please don't hate me; this is going to be so long. ;_;)

I actually had the last part of this chapter written for quite some time... only to get the brilliant idea as I was falling asleep last night to change it up quite a bit so that I ended up rewriting most of it just now. Ah, well. The best laid plans, right?

Also, I love the song I was finally able to use for this chapter. I actually have a PJO FST in the works that features it. It's just so perfect~


( I believe in whatever you do and I'll do anything to see it through. )

Woo, done before I have to run off for Venture Bros!

I swear I tried to get to the Big Crazy Stuff in this chapter, but then it was going to be uber-long so I promise it is coming next chapter. FOR REAL. Even if I end up having to make the next chapter even longer, I will get you some craziness in there. For now, we're at least really getting somewhere. I swear. It's the beginning of... well, the middle, I guess. XD; ::fail::

Also? Forget diamonds being a girl's best friend - it's totally Google Maps. XD Many thanks to you, Google~ For I have never been to Cleveland in the fall.


( I'm outside in this cold still looking for you. )

I ended up cutting this a bit shorter than I'd planned, but I realized it was already chapter-length and if I kept going it would probably take a thousand or two more words and at least another day or two to put out and I might still not be where I wanted to be. So I figured it was best to update with this and then move on with the next bit as a whole, which for real should have actual craziness in it. I know I keep promising, but things keep rewriting themselves and putting off the big reveal (which really will come in maybe two or three chapters, at this rate). I've already rewritten this part at least twice - like majorly rewritten, but I finally have things to a stable point. Or, at least, I sure hope so!

Also, it was really hard to come up with a song for this, so please don't hate me. :D;;

( It's easy to feel like you don't need help, but it's harder to walk on your own. )

I really need to stop writing fics based on songs. XD; Also? Muuuuuushyyyyyyy~ One of these days I'm going to write something horribly tragic. Actually, maybe for the other prompt I'm thinking about doing...

Anyhoo, this started out totally differently than it ended up, but that seems to be the usual fare around here. So maybe I'll save the other stuff I cut for later... I admit I'm not sure this really has much plot and the ending might be a bit abrupt, but here it is nonetheless. Written for the Halloween Challenge at pjo_fic_battle.

Title: Ghost Town
Prompt: Nico/Rachel, Edgar Allen Poe ain't got nothing on me
Rating: G
Genre: Drama
Wordcount: 3,584

( So tell me, can a ghost fall in love with an angel? 'Cause I see heaven in your eyes, your grays and blues bring me back to life. )

Crap, how did it get so late? D: I was supposed to be in bed twenty minutes ago! But I really, really wanted to finish this scene and get it out before I left for the weekend, since it's kind of the end of the big long talking bits and now we can get into the real ACTION! So yes, this section is mostly talking and maybe not as long as I'd like it to be and I apologize for that, but it seemed to be a natural break point before I started to reveal the actual underlying plot. So hopefully this will provide a little bit of closure to some previously open issues, and pave the way for the real action/climax (ish, since we still have a ways to go!) part of the story.

Anyway, I do feel bad for having SO MANY CHAPTERS; I was trying to start making them longer to avoid having a bajillion chapters, but again, this just ended here and it's a good point to stop. Hopefully that's okay with you guys. I do hope this illustrates a bit of what's been going on outside the Percy/Nico bubble though, at least. :D;

( In my daydreams, in my sleep, infatuation turning into disease. )

So I thought this chapter was done last night, but something made me wait to post it. Then I thought it was done a couple hours ago, but I figured I'd just see what happened next. And now I think I've finally found a decent stopping point. I'd meant to start making chapters longer anyway, especially since the next one probably won't be out until mid-next week because I can't write this weekend.

Actually, it was pretty interesting. Percy starting thinking in directions I hadn't expected. Well, then~ Good thing I gave him the chance? It actually makes the whole song work... Though, uh. The lyrics I chose really do make sense for this chapter, though I fear they might make more sense in retrospect, down the road. Ah well. :D; Same rating, etc.

( For you I'd burn the length and breadth of sky. )

Okay, so despite the fact that this is a long-ish chapter, I apologize because I'm not sure much actually happens. There's a whole lot of talking. :x But I swear craziness will start next chapter. Craziness, I promise! We're getting to the end of the setup and into the honest-to-God real PLOT and I'm really excited to finally get to write it~ (Or, in some cases, to use the stuff that I've had written for a while!) Alas, the nice big scene with Annabeth this chapter has gotten cut, though I hope to chop it up and use it later. Because Percy and Annabeth can't stay on non-talking-terms forever. I promise.

Same old rating, etc.~


( I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight. )

Okay so, uh. This is my first time writing Thalia, and I fear that I may have failed spectacularly. D: I suppose she doesn't really say all that much, but still, I hope it's not crazily weird or anything. Though let me note, the Hunters weren't supposed to be in this at all until, oh, the middle of last chapter when they sprang that one on me. Ahahaha. Thanks, guys. XD;

PG-13, as usual.

( But you kept inside and I just denied some things that we should have both said. )

Okay. Let me preface this by saying I have rewritten this chapter, like, three times at least. Things kept changing and morphing and I think they're finally done changing (I hope). I really, really, really think I have the order of everything worked out. (Again, I hope.) Anyway, if I post this I can't change it, right? XD; So yeah. Have permutation number... n+1, where n>2. XD Or something like that~

I hope the end of the first bit isn't too abrupt... but I had to save the confrontation-y parts for next chapter, they worked better there. Also, hopefully this gives more of a sense of Nico's weird moods? Ugh, they're hard. I swear, the OOC is intentional, but I can never tell if I'm being too subtle or not subtle enough. ::fail::

Also, I am so randomly excited because I found the perfect song lyrics to use for the very end of the story. WHY AM I NOT THERE YET? D:

Rated PG-13.

( Under Pressure. )

You know, this was supposed to be... well, shorter than it is. XD; Ah well. That's what seems to happen: give me Nico and Percy, and I'll write forever. (Thankfully in this case, it was not really forever.) Anyway, this is probably the last fic I'll be writing for this battle, because I've written way too many already. ::fails so hardcore::

I feel this may be squishier than I really intended, since it's supposed to be a gen/friendship fic, but teaching someone to swim is totally a contact sport and I can't help that. XD; Besides, Nico is just adorable no matter what I try to do.

Written for The Battle of Mount Olympus at pjo_fic_battle.

Title: Sink or Swim (so original, I know -_-;)
Prompt: Percy & Nico, swimming lessons
Rating: PG (language only, though I don't think it's that bad)
Genre: Humor
Wordcount: 2,703
Spoilers: A few generic things from The Last Olympian

( Nico, you really suck at this. )

Woo, I finally finished the end of this scene, which I hadn't really been sure about. Hopefully it'll work with what I have planned later. XD; Otherwise I'll... uh, make it work. Yeah.

Notes for this chapter: UGH. This chapter suffers horribly from telling instead of showing. I have tried to integrate what I want to show into later chapters, but I really wasn't sure how to do it with this one so it would mesh with later events. :x (I really wish I had someone I could bounce chapters off of, but I don't think any of the people who usually beta for me are interested in PJO.) Anyway, I did the best I could without making things drag on, and I hope the point I wanted to make still gets across. I have some things planned for next chapter and later on that should help a little... I hope...

Anyway, PG-13, as usual.

( I know you better than I used to. )

I... have no idea what happened here. XD; No, really I don't. It started out hilarious and then it turned all serious and I think it may just be made of fail, but it's a piece of writing and I'm going to submit it anyway. So, uh. There. >>;

Though I do have to note that any similarities to situations in greenconverses's "Death's Dare" fic are solely accidental because that universe is kind of unintentional headcanon for me because I love it so much. :D;;; I swear!

Anyway, fic #2 for The Battle of Mount Olympus at pjo_fic_battle.

Title: Graveyards Are So Not Romantic
Prompt: Nico/Rachel, "This is the stupidest adventure ever."
Rating: PG
Genre: Humor/Drama? Humorous drama? XD;
Wordcount: 2,597
Spoilers: for The Last Olympian if you squint.

( What the hell! I'm a person, not a transporter! )

Okay, so I've kind of done some thinking, and I'm revamping a bit of the plot (in that I'm changing the order of things, not necessarily changing up my Master Plan) because I had too much telling and not enough showing and things really need to be the other way around. This means a lot of the stuff I had written needs to come later and I need to write the fill-ins, but I figure as long as this part was done and could stay in the order in which I put it, I might as well get it out. (Of course, now I want to WRITE and I have practically no time this week. Again, this chapter has been written since... I went to Rio, pretty much. XD;)

So~ Here is chapter 3! Rated PG-13, same as usual. It's really just one big long scene, so hopefully it won't be too boring. :D;

( Are you dreaming of me? )

Written for The Battle of Mount Olympus at pjo_fic_battle; I have a feeling this may be the first of many. XD; This is actually not the first incarnation of this "fic" (well, it doesn't really have a plot so I guess it's more like a "piece"), but I think I like this better than the other one I had. I also think I might like to write more surrounding this idea/universe/etc., but that may have to come later when I'm done writing all the other million prompts I want to do. XD; (I actually wrote a significant chunk of this at work, while MOPEX was chugging away. Ehehe. :D;)

Title: Collide In Me
Prompt: Percy/Nico/Annabeth, can't stop won't stop
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama, stream-of-thought
Wordcount: 874
Spoilers: for The Last Olympian

Title is from the Song "Must Be Dreaming" by Frou Frou, which actually happens to work really well for this fic. Coincindence!

( They pass him between themselves like the world's last bottle of the finest liquor, like two drowning people sharing one tank of precious air. )

Oh man, this is so horribly sappy. XD; Ah well.

Written for the FST Challenge at ben10_x_kevin11, based on track 13 of tonks17's FST.

( 'Cause you love, and you bleed, and you stole my soul to set me free. )

So I was going to come out with a chapter a week, right? Faaaaail~ XD; In my defense, I had part of this written for quite a while? (Actually, if what I'm thinking of is going to be the next chapter, then I have the whole of that written already, pretty much. Geez.)

Also, I realize I keep re-using title names among all three stories. Oops? XD;

PG-13 again, though there are things insinuated; also, this is where I get into really starting to rewrite the last book, which is actually kind of fun. It's still a bit hard to decide what to incorporate, etc., but honestly now that I know the end of the story there are elements from it that are inevitably going to work their way in so I suppose I shouldn't fight them. This will still end so glaringly differently that I suppose it won't matter, anyway. :D;

( Now that I know that the right time has come... )

So! I hope this isn't premature, but I think I may actually be ready to start posting this. Well - maybe not really ready, but as I've got a lot of the beginning written and pretty much the whole thing planned out, I'm going to start anyway because I've had this bit written for at least a month and it's killing me just sitting there. XD; I'm going to aim for a chapter a week (I know I was faster for the most part last time, but I'm not sure how this will go so I make no promises lest people get angry and take up sticks against me or something). This will definitely be crossposted on Fanfiction.net, and possibly on one or two of the PJO Livejournal comms; I feel kind of weird posting a third fic in such an epicly long series, but there do seem to be more people interested in fanfic lately so maybe I should give it a go...

Anyhoo~ This is the third installment in my crazy Percy/Nico universe of really long fics. Story 1 is Too Strong A God and Story 2 is The Age of Heroes. I think pretty much everyone here knows that, but just in case. :D; You don't really have to have read the first two fics to figure things out, as this first chapter is actually 90% recap (in the spirit of the books), but it might help, as for the most part Percy's just making references rather than explaining everything. :D;

This one is back to Percy's POV, which should seem more normal. XD; (Also it's rather useful for obfuscation, muahahaha~) We'll start it out at PG-13, and see what happens. Spoilers for pretty much the whole series, since by now I'm rewriting the last book and incorporating a couple aspects of it in the process.

Also, I'm going for this crazy musical theme or something. XD; We'll see if I can stick with it. Finding songs to fit later chapters is easy as anything, but it's hard for the setup!

Okay. With no further ado! Chapter 1~ :D

( Everything can change when you least expect it. )

Oh my God, guys. This was supposed to be stupid and short and now it's almost 7,000 words long. And rated R.

perfectassassin, bucket_shot, this is all your fault. And it's probably noctaval's fault too, for giving me that final push into the fandom. I blame you, too. XD;

So here you go, possibly the most embarrassing fic ever, and I think there's going to be a sequel. Guuuuuys. ::fail::

Also, I fail at songs so Bee actually talks in this one; I apologize if he seems weird or OOC (at least dialogue-wise), but I admit I'm not entirely sure how to make him sound, because he really doesn't talk much. I am going to write a fic someday where he mostly uses the radio, really. It'll just take a lot of Googling lyrics. XD

And for the record, freaked out!crazy!Sam is really fun to write. XD;


( I’ve never seen a human in this condition before. Now that I know what it is, it’s really quite fascinating. )

Written for stargazer_abeo's fic exchange over at ben10_x_kevin11.

Title: Best Served Cold
Rating: PG
Summary: Ben and Kevin go camping. In the middle of winter. :D; 1143 words.
Written for: hidan_seme.

( It builds character! Or something... )