Perseus

Chapter 1: A Prophecy and an Origin

A long while ago there was a king of Argos named Zod Aricisius El. He didn't have any sons but one daughter her name is Danae Laura El. He went to the Oracle of Delphi to deal with this. You see in those days it was all about boys so that they could carry on the family name and become king exedra, exedra. He did have a brother but he didn't want him to be king and get kicked out of his line of power. So he went and gave her an offering.

"Oracle how am I to have a son to become king one day?" Zod asked.

"Your daughter will have a son and he will kill you," Oracle told him. "Have a nice day!"

Now he became extremely alarmed, I mean who wouldn't, so when he got home he locked his daughter in a VERY small bronze cell, it was about the size of a broom closet. Now why didn't he just kill her you might ask? Well, it was because if you did, Fates will cut your life line, Hades will give you a special punishment in the Underworld, and the Furies will come after you, who will spare you no mercy. So you pretty much don't want to do that.

Anyway, Danae was stuck in that cell for months upon months in boredom. But one day Zeus noticed her and thought, Wow, she's is beautiful. So he decided to visit her. He turned into a shower of gold,?, and they began to talk and have some fun and they fell in love. So nine months later one of the guards heard a baby crying. Zod soon found out and he was madly confused and upset What? How did she have a son? Why, how, what?! He was in the cell and he saw his daughter with her child.

"Hello, father," Danae said. "This is my son, who I had with Zeus; his name is Perseus Clark El." He left the cell and locked it behind him.

Now Zod wasn't alarmed, no, he was TERRIFIED and scared out of his mind. He didn't know what to do now. The name Perseus meant avenger or destroyer and that SCREAMED danger for him, you know the whole doomed to die prophecy thing. He didn't want to die but he could kill the child for two reasons. Reason number 1, he would get that whole Fates, Furies, and Hades punishment thing and reason number 2, if the kid was the child of Zeus he would be in serious trouble as in you're dead.

So he decided to lock the boy and his daughter in a box and threw them into the sea. Now, Zod also stole his niece, Kara Danae, so that his brother would not be able to have an heir to have the throne. So Kara, Danae, and Perseus where thrown in a box in the sea while the waves were coming in roughly. Then he went home and did stuff, and probably celebrating deep down.

Danae prayed to Zeus and asked for some help. So Zeus sent some cool rain for them to drink and got Poseidon to settle the seas down. Poseidon also got sardines to land into the box. Now they washed on the shore of Seriphos and where found by Dictys Luthor, a fisherman. He got them out of the box. Kara walked out of the box and looked at the man.

"Who are you?" Kara asked Dictys.

"My name is Dictys Luthor," Dictys said. "Who are you and that kid?"

"I'm Kara Danae," Kara told him. She picked up the baby boy. "And this is my cousin, Perseus Clark El." She then sniffled to hold back sobs.

"Who's in the box?" Dictys asked.

"She's my aunt, Danae Laura El," Kara said still sniffling.

"Is she alive?" Dictys asked.

"No," Kara said as she stuttered and began to cry. "We were tossing about the sea and we had a nasty wave and she hit her head really hard and…" Dictys then gave her a hug as Kara cried.

"Hey, don't worry, it'll get better," Dictys said. He held the girl for a little while longer. "Hey, how about I take you to the king so that he may give you asylum from who ever did this to you?"

"Ok," Kara said while still sobbing a little. They gave up the hug and they began to walk toward the palace.

"So what's the King's name?" Kara asked him.

"His name is Lex Polydectes," Dictys told her.

"That reminds me," Kara began. "Should I clean up and…"

"No," Dictys told her. Kara was confused. "I mean you shouldn't with him you probably should be more unattractive." He picked up some sand that was on the side road and got it all over her hair and a little on her face. Kara was confused so she decided to change subjects.

"How well do you know the king?" Kara asked.

"Alright, I guess," Dictys said. "As well as any brother could know at least."

"You're the king's brother?" Kara asked.

"Yeah," Dictys sighed.

"Then why are you a fisherman?" Kara asked. "No offense at all, fishermen tend to be nice people and I like them."

"Well," Dictys began. "Let's just say we don't exactly get along very well." Kara didn't ask anymore questions.

They reached the castle, which was on a hill. The castle looked very dull. It was colored in a mucky greenish brown and had a very simple structure. It had a mysterious and tight up feel to it. It gave you the feeling that once you enter you won't be leaving alive. Other than that it looked like just a regular castle.

Dictys knocked on the huge bronze door and it instantly opened. They both made their way to the throne room. Kara noticed that it looked very open but empty. She saw some of the tapestry and it wasn't very appealing and inviting. They were mostly blood red with frightening monsters on them such as the Camera. Once they reached the throne room they saw the king on his golden throne.

The king was handsome with his bright blue eyes and shinning white teeth and didn't have facial hair, such as a beard or mustache. He had purple robs and clothes on and a jeweled crown on his bald head. The king turned to look at his brother and the woman he had brought with him, and her buddle of rags, and his eyes became filled with greed and lust. The king was a smart man and a womanizer and he thought that this girl was one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen.

"Brother," King Lex Polydectes began. "Who is this you have brought into our presences?" Dictys became nervous he knew that tone it was the tone of interest and greed.

"This is Kara Danae," Dictys told his brother calmly. "She washed up a shore earlier today. And she would like to request asylum."

"Alright then," Lex said. He then turned to Kara, who was holding a bunch of rags. "Who are you requesting asylum from my dear?"

"My uncle," Kara told him. "Zod Aricisius El."

"THE Zod Aricisius?" Lex asked. "The one whose king of Argos?"

"The same," Kara told him. "He threw me into a box with his daughter because he didn't want MY father to have an heir to the throne through me after they died."

"Alright," Lex said. "I will grant you asylum. I swear to the gods that you will be safe with me." Then a scream came from the buddle of rags. "What is this?! Are your rags enchanted?!"

"No," Kara said as she looked at the rags and removed a little bit of it to reveal a face. "This is my cousin, Perseus Clark El, the son of Zeus and my now decreased aunt, Danae Laura." She then looked up at the king. "You will give him asylum too, won't you?"

"Uh, sure," Lex said with a little regret.

"O, thank you!" Kara exclaimed. Lex sighed. He did not want to deal with her baby cousin but he couldn't go back on his word.

"He will be raised in the temple of Athena on the other side of the island," Lex said. Kara was confused. "You know, to be trained and taught and all of that other stuff. After all, all boys need training in the art of war." Truthfully, Lex really wanted to get rid of Perseus, why, well, he wanted to marry Kara because she was a princess and marry her and you get the kingdom. But if her cousin grew up and lived he would be the heir and king of Argos.

So he had him sent away but that didn't make anything easier for him. He would flirt and would do every trick in the book, How to Get a Wife, but nothing worked. It became even harder when ever Perseus came to visit because he would scream his heart out until finally he decided to leave the room.

Kara was given clothes, jewelry and a bunch of other stuff but she couldn't leave the palace to do anything not even to bury her dear aunt. So for the next few weeks Kara was in mourning and wouldn't see anyone. But Lex didn't seem to respect that and would pester her beyond imaginable. After the time of mourning had somewhat pasted, he still would pester her and wouldn't leave her alone. This continued for the next seventeen years and the only time she was truly ride of him was when her cousin came to visit and that's one reason she loved his visits.

Now Perseus was raised in the temple of Athena by Martha Kaia Kent. She, with the help of Athena, trained him in wisdom and several war arts and helped teach him how to fight monsters and people alike. He had extreme strength and could wrestle with full grown men at a young age, he was a demigod might I remind you. He would visit his cousin often which made things WAY easier for her and way HARDER for Lex. He won't scream when he was around Lex BUT he would make sure that he would keep away from her.

Once Perseus was seventeen Lex was in a rush to try to find a way to get rid of Perseus. He wanted to marry Kara and have his kids be rulers of Argos and Seriphos but as long Perseus was alive he would be king. Also Kara was getting older and would soon not be able to have children anymore. So that settled one thing Perseus HAD to go. So he came up with an idea, a terrible idea, Lex came up with a terrible, horrible idea.