"Are Percy and Paul still behind us?" Will asked as the and Nico drove along.

"Yes, you do know they have the address to the church the party is at," Nico pointed out, straightening the goggles on his head.

The four adult demigods, three mortals and four children were heading to a Halloween Carnival being head at the Church that Amanda and Candi attended. Candi had asked Nico and Will to come along with her new friends other than Tom since there was no real way, except Shadow Travel which she had no idea about, for him to attend. So the sons of Hades and Apollo were being followed by Percy, Annabeth and their kids in their van with Percy's mother, stepfather and half sister along for the ride though in their own car. For the event the two lovers had dressed as Doctor Frankenstein and his monster.

"Turn right, we're here," Nico told his husband pointing to the crowded parking lot that spilled into the neighboring field, Percy and Paul following.

Once they parked, they met up with Percy and Annabeth who were pirates, Percy's mom was a princess and Paul was her prince while Stella had chosen to be the Pink Power ranger. Her nephew was captain America and her niece dressed as Moana, though her costume was a body suit to keep her warm. As they approached, they saw two figures by the door, one was clearly Amanda who had chosen to go on the thrifty side by cutting up an old shirt, using some make up and her natural lack of hair to make herself a zombie. The other was Candi; she was in a white dress they assumed was from a bride costume, a little silver sequin tiara headband, and her face was painted white except around her eyes which was black.

"Behold!" she declared with a huge grin as she posed, "I am the Ghost Princess!"

"You mentioned my unofficial title to Amanda, didn't you?" Nico asked his husband, though he did find Candi's outfit adorable.

Will nodded, "I couldn't help it. You were with Jack Skeleton, the Pumpkin king!"

"Cool costume!" cheered Silena.

Candi grinned, "Thanks! I like all of yours too! Mommy's a zombie, doesn't she look cool and spooky?"

"Very creative," agreed Sally with a smile.

The group headed in leaving their coats in the nursery, the hangers twist tied together with Amanda and Candi's last name on a label they headed for the party room which was also a gymnasium. Outside of said room was a man dressed as a friendly scarecrow greeted them, he was pretending to be lifeless, but it was clear he was alive.

"Nice costume, Mr. Dave!" Candi chirped.

The man; Dave, dropped his act and smiled, "Hi Candi, Amanda, wow, you brought a lot of people."

"These are new Papa and Daddy!" Candi told him taking the two male's hands, "And some of my new uncles and aunts and cousins!"

"Nico, the one she calls papa, and I are cousins," Percy told Dave shaking his hand, "I'm Percy, this is my wife; Annabeth, our kids; Luke and Selina."

"My name is Paul Blofis, this is my wife and daughter."

"Sally, nice to meet you."

"I'm Stella!"

"I'm Will Solace and this is my husband, Nico di Angelo-Solace…you're ok with that right?"

Dave nodded, "Very much so, one of my oldest friends is gay. He's around here somewhere with his own husband and son. They're dressed as superheroes too, just from DC. Candi has spoken a lot about you. This church is also a daycare on weekdays and she's one of our regulars. It's good to see such a big smile on her face."

Candi had led the other children in with most of the adults on their tails to keep them out of trouble.

"We love her already, but it makes us sad that for her to join our family that she must lose the mother she holds so dear," Nico explained, "I'm not looking forward to the day we have to tell her that her mother is gone."

"Love is a powerful thing. Just ask the girls who decided to dress as Sailor Senshi. You know from that Sailor Moon show?" Dave said with a small grin, "But seriously your love and support will be what she needs."

"Papa! I found a Boogeyman!" Candi called, "Come teach him a lesson!"

Her Boogeyman was just a teen dressed as Michael Myers which made Nico wonder what exactly she had been exposed to.

"How do you know he's the Boogeyman?"

"He said so."

Percy gave the kid a thumbs down, "Everyone knows that he doesn't talk."

"In the Rob Zombie Reboot he does before he's sent away," protested the teen.

Annabeth shook her head, "Don't fight with the volunteers, Seaweed Brain."

Candi looked at the Jackson kids confused, "Your dad's brain is made of seaweed?"

The others laughed before Annabeth explained that it was a nickname she gave him when they were kids.

"I started calling her Wise Girl in retaliation, now a days they're pet names," Percy said hugging his wife.

Each child had an adult assigned to them before they could explore and play as they liked. The church had recreated multiple types of games for the children to try to win prizes, mostly candy, at. There was a ring toss where you could win bottles of soda, a bean bag toss, pumpkin bowling which was really done with an orange ball. A kind of balloon pop game where the winning balloon had confetti inside, a toy car race track and other games.

"I won a bottle of Coke!" cheered Luke holding the soda with a huge grin.

"You know the rules, no real soda for you or your sister," Percy said removing it from his son's grasp making him groan.

"But Dad!"

"Yoink!" chirped Sally removing the bottle from her own son's grasp, "Practice what you preach, mister, you're just as bad as them when it comes to pop. Besides if we take it then you don't have to worry about them getting into it."

The other kids giggled, it wasn't every day they saw a grown man being parented. Now father and son had matching pouts causing the rest of the group to crack up and Annabeth to take a photo.

"Never seen a pirate pout before," she teased.

"Arg," Percy said doing his best pirate impression, "Me wife is picking on me too."

This made the kids laugh harder before Annabeth kissed his cheek. "You know I love you, Seaweed Brain."

Nico chuckled as a sleepy Candi yawned, hugging her new toy that he had won her in a raffle. It was a Skelanimals Jack the Rabbit; a black toy bunny with skeletal features and a red heart. Her other hand was in Will's as they walked to her and Amanda's car. They had cleaned her make up off once she started to nod off knowing she wouldn't want to get her new toy all dirty.

"Did you have fun tonight my little princess?" he asked with a smile.

"Uh huh… thank you for Jack, Papa," she said as Will picked her up, "I can walk."

"You sure? You sound very sleepy like you're about to-" he then lowered his head and started to fake snore making her giggle as Amanda opened Candi's door.

"Hard to believe in a couple weeks the adoption is going to be made official," Amanda said as a now "awake" Will loaded the little girl up, "Well, hopefully."

"Love you Papa. Love you Daddy," the sleepy child said snuggling her new toy as she started to doze.

Both kissed her head and gave Amanda a hug before heading for their own car.

…

Tonight they had planned another meet and greet, this time for Candi and Amanda to meet Naomi, Hazel and Frank who were going to stay until after Thanksgiving. Nico had been nice enough to use his ability to pick his mother-in-law, she was currently helping Nico and Hazel with dinner while Will picked up Candi and Amanda while Frank was nice enough to set the table. Naomi was separating chicken breasts from the bone while Nico put dinner rolls into a bread basket and Hazel took a nice salad to the table. Just as everything was plated the door opened and the trio entered.

"We're here," Will called with a smile.

"Hi Papa!" chirped Candi.

"Thank you for having us," added Amanda.

Apparently, the child had forgotten what was happening because the moment she saw the three people she didn't know she dove behind her mother. Naomi blinked, tucking a lock of her graying dirty blonde hair out of her eyes. Like her son she had tanned skin and freckles, but her eyes were grey.

"Hello," she said with a smile, "You're Candi, right? It's nice to finally meet you. I'm Will's mother."

The child peaked out, "Is you the reason why Daddy plays bad music in the car?"

Nico smothered a laugh at that as the rest of their guests looked confused.

"What did he do?" Hazel whispered to her brother.

"He made her listen to Alt. Country music in the car once or twice, apparently, he thought that he could get her to like his mom's music. It didn't work, she demanded he play her Disney princess CD next time they were in the car with us," he whispered back causing her to giggle.

"William, what did you do?" Naomi asked her son putting her hands on his hips.

"Daddy made me listen to country music and I don't really like it," Candi told her.

Naomi sighed, "Trying to give us something to talk about?"

"I didn't really have much in common with my grandmother, but I love and miss her," Frank pointed out, "She would always call me Fai. That's my Chinese name."

"I think it's pretty," Candi said with a smile.

"I do too, but he's stubborn about it," Hazel pointed out with a smile making him turn pink.

"Hazel!"

Amanda smiled as they sat at the table.

"Oh, chicken! Smells great," she said with a smile.

Naomi smiled back, "Thank you."

The meal was fun and lively, the mom's talked about their experiences raising Demigod children, and much to Will's embarrassment his mother told stories about her son as a small child.

"He looked so cute running around with his little doctor's kit, bandaging up his toys and pretending to be a doctor. I guess he was a born healer, once I cut my finger and he tried to wrap my whole hand up in gauze."

"Really, Daddy?" Candi asked looking up at him.

Will was bright pink, "I honestly don't remember that."

Candi grinned, "Keep embarrassing him, Grandma! Then we can roast marshmallows over his head for dessert!"

The other adults laughed.

"Nico, what did you tell her?" Naomi asked once she was done laughing.

"She thought she was able to roast marshmallows over my dad's head. I told her no, but if Will was embarrassed enough, we could do it over his because he would not stop laughing."

"So what is for dessert?"

Frank grinned, "We picked up a cheese cake while we were shopping for dinner. It's a mix platter so everyone can have what they like."

"Yum!" said Amanda with a smile.

"Cake!" agreed Candi with a smile of her own.

Once the cake was served, everyone dug in.

"Now I know it might be a little early, but I brought you a couple gifts, though a couple of said gifts you'll have to grow into," Naomi heading to get said gifts from her things.

"We were supposed to bring gifts?" asked Hazel, looking at Frank who shrugged.

Naomi returned with three wrapped boxes, "No, I just wanted to spoil her a little."

"Thank you, Grandma!" Candi chirped without prompting.

"How about we open those in the living room after cleaning up?" suggested Nico, starting to gather plates.

Naomi nodded picking up the gifts and carrying them off to the living room as everyone pitched in for the clean-up, even Candi pitched in, gathering forks since no one would let her handle a knife. Once that was done it was time for presents. The first one was a hat box which contained a child-sized cowgirl hat decorated with some turquoise and sliver charms.

"So pretty!" the recipient squealed trying it on, it was a little big for her, but she only giggled when it slid over her eye and pushed it back up.

Amanda smiled, "You look adorable."

The other two gifts were a pair of pink boots that were also a bit too big for her, and the last one was a stick horse toy with mostly tan fur but one white triangle by its forehead. Its main was a darker tan with a fake halter (The item that goes over the head of the horse) and reigns. The stick was covered by padding and fake fur for comfort.

"A horsey! Thank you!" Candi said giving Naomi a hug, "I love it!"

Naomi hugged back, "You're very welcome sweetheart."

"Every princess needs a steed," pointed out Nico.

"Don't look at me," said Frank holding up his hands and making the older demigods laugh while the child and two mortals blinked.

Hazel took pity on them and explained her boyfriend's abilities.

TBC