Summary: A prince who needs a girl to marry goes to journey and learns about an extraordinary princess. But this Princess is not all about prim and manners. It's about who wins her heart by a winning against her. Could this Prince win her heart? Pertemis.

Win her Heart Win her Heart Win her Heart

Chapter 1: Single

What about being single?

Who cares? Well, my Father did. His name is Poseidon. He is the King of the Atlantis. My mother died giving birth to me. She should've been the queen now. But, because of me, she died. She is replaced by my step-mother and the queen, Amphitrite. She's a good mother figure. But from what I can tell and from Father's stories about my real mother when I was a kid. She's a better mother. She cooked delicious meals. She loves singing and making canvasses. She likes nature and children. I imagine her by my side, laughing at my idiotic expenses. I imagine her smiling at my saddest moments of my life. But…It was just a mere imagination. I can't touch her. I can't hug her. I can't tell her my feelings right now. How my Father is pushing me to find myself a bride. I felt alone.

Father is one of the kings that people respected. Kind yet strict. Cheerful yet serious. I think my Father got mental illness or something (Bipolar, I mean). Okay, don't tell him. It's…funny.

Everyone says I got my looks from him. Everyone says I got my talents from my mother. I don't think it was. I trained to become a brave warrior. I excelled my Father's skills in combat. I even beat my best friend, Grover, in sprinting.

It's been two days after I left my kingdom and set on journey to find a bride. To find a girl who I love. It's not that easy. Finding a girl in three weeks. How ridiculous! Kingdom to kingdom is far. You'll get to each kingdom by horse in what-three to five days? Too far isn't it? It's not fair. I just wished my horse, Blackjack, has wings. I would be in every kingdom by an hour. Ugh.

Grover and Nico came with me to my journey with two soldiers. Nico is the prince of the Shadows. Ruled by King Hades. He has an elderly sister, Bianca. Married off to the First son of the Skies. His name is Apollo. The Kingdom of the skies has four royalties. Two princesses and two princes. Ruled by King Zeus and his wife, Queen Hera. They said that the first princess has a challenge to every prince who dared to court her. The challenge is to beat her in combat. Every prince from other kingdoms tried to beat her. But they go back to their kingdoms as failures. Thinking that a princess is weak, is not a very good idea.

"Percy! Can we get a rest?" Grover asked wile massages his butt aching from sitting too much. I chuckled. "Percy," he glared. I stop and nods to him. We stop by a tree full of apples growing by it. Grover climbs the tree with his good bare hands and grabs an apple. He throws another shiny red apple to me and I catch it. "Thanks," I bite into it and taste the sweetness of the apple in my hands. "How far is the Kingdom of the Skies?"

"Not far. Maybe by fourth day in the morning we will be there." Nico answered. He knows the route since he goes there every month to visit her sister. Who's pregnant and ready to explode any minute?

"Kingdom of the Skies? Er, Percy? Trying to win the heart of that maiden," Grover ask eating his apple by the tree. I look at him and smiled. "I'll do the challenge."

"Oh yeah? Why not get a princess who's not as tough as the one we are going for?"

I pondered. A pretty large black dog cam and lay by my lap. Sleeps on it like I'm a kind of his pillow. "I don't know. I feel curious more of…about her." I strike a soft touch to the dog and pet it. Grover shakes his head. "Your choice to be a failure, brother."

"…hmm…"

"She has won 15 fights from every prince in every kingdom in the whole world and yet, you're here. Going to that kingdom. Wishing for your failure," He hissed and I glared at him. "Failure? Why say things when it's not done, huh? Tell me those things when the fight is done."

"But-, "I stop him by raising my hand and goes quiet. "Sorry."

"I don't mind, Grover. Just don't do it again," I said and he nods. "It won't"

By night, we go to an inn to get settled for the night. We, three, shared a big room and the two soldiers got to share another room just beside us. They were sound asleep except me. Looking by the window. I sighed and saw stars looking out from those dark skies. In the castle tower, I can see those stars. Is this what homesick feels like?

I frowned to look at them with their eyes closed. Snoring so loud that I think our neighboring room can't sleep because of this two. When I got back to the sky, I saw comet falling down. Everyone says when you saw a comet, you should wish something from your heart. Something you wanted the most. So, I close my eyes. Then wished from the bottom of my heart. Something I wanted the most. LOVE.

I opened my eyes to see the comet gone and I go back to the bed. Wishing that it may come true. I felt the wave of dreams lingering me. I let it consumed me till morning.

An auburn hair whips in the gust of wind. A blade striking with the blood dripping from it. A lovely pair of glaring silver eyes looking at me. I tried to connect everything but it didn't let me. But those silvery eyes intrigued me. Who is she? That's when I heard a scream, finally, I woke up.

"You're awake," Nico said and yawns. "You were screaming and I were alerted. You are lucky though. Grover is a heavy sleeper."

I can feel sweat in my forehead and wipes it away. "Sorry, Nico. It's just a bad dream."

"Sure it was. Sleep more. We have few hours before morning," He said sternly. I nod to him and smile before laying my head to the pillow. With the dreamless sleep coming with me. That dream wasn't anything normal at all. I can feel the death and war. I should avoid it.

And…..CUT!

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About the Comatose Dreams…I deleted it because I felt no inspiration. I felt like that I should restart it all. I'm very sorry. I just got hang on writer's block. But I will update this one weekly or by two weeks. Forgive me?

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