A very long time ago when the Olympians were still in Europe, the renaissance era was taking place. The countries were ruled by kings and queens and the women were expected to wear dresses. In one of the smaller countries, a king wanted a son, so he went out to find a queen and what he found was love. The two were married immediately and they soon bore a child, the son that the king had asked for. But what the king didn't know was that the boy was not his. Perseus, the baby prince, was named for his mother's favorite Greek mythological hero. The prince was a beautiful little boy with sea green-blue eyes and already a mop of jet black hair that was extremely soft.
A party was held in honor of the child's birth and all the mystical creatures were invited, including what the people then called the fairies but was actually the nine muses. The first blessed the child with the gift of sensitivity and handsomeness. The second granted him the promise of true love. The next five granted an assortment of lovely gifts and presents, but when the ninth and last fairy laid eyes on the young prince, she fell madly in love with him and wished to steal him, so she asked the king for him. When the king declined the fairy's request, she decided to cast a spell over the prince instead of granting a blessing. She said that he would live forever until she decided to lift the curse or he found true love, having forgotten about the second muse's gift. Then she stormed out of the castle in a rage.
-After-
For the next few years, Young Percy was never left alone in a section of the castle and therefore, protected. When he turned ten, he was taught sword play to help protect himself, should he ever be separated from his watching family. The next year, he was visiting a neighboring village with one of his riding masters and he passed a cart of fruit. The merchant was so busy that they didn't see it when the prince slide off of his horse and started talking with his daughter. Her name was Calypso and the prince decided that the funny feeling he felt in the pit of his stomach was love and told his father when he returned to the castle. The king was overjoyed to hear this and told his queen that the curse was broken and that their son would live a normal life. When the two were about thirteen, the king had their marriage arranged.
The day of their wedding, the Fairy disguised herself as a peasant woman attending the reception and grew angrier with every step that Calypso took closer to what the fairy thought was her prince. Before Calypso could reach the altar though, she stood up and threw off her disguise. The crowd gasped. "How dare you try to steal my prince!" the fairy said. And she vaporized Calypso on the spot. Then she turned her attention to the prince. "And you! How could you not love me!? I'm supposed to be you're true love! You shall pay for breaking my heart!" and she zapped him, trying to vaporize him too, but because of her curse, he fell to the ground, unscratched and unconscious.