"You've heard of Ogygia, right?" Calypso asked after a moment of figuring out where to start her explanation.
"I suppose your name and the name of that… Place?" Elsa hesitated to make sure she was right. Calypso nodded at that, so she continued. "Do ring a bell. I'm not sure where I've heard of them from though."
"Have you ever read The Odyssey?" Calypso inquired. Elsa perked up.
"Yes, I have. Are you mentioned in it?" She searched in her mind for any mentions of Calypso, and to see if it said anything about her.
"Unfortunately, yes." Calypso's voice sounded flat. "I'm apparently not portrayed in the best of ways. It doesn't tell the full story." She looked troubled because of this. Elsa frowned.
"What did it say about you?" She asked gently. "I mean… You don't have to tell me if it makes you upset, you know that, right?" Calypso shook her head.
"No; it's fine, Elsa." She assured the blonde. "I just… The Odyssey says that I kept Odysseus prisoner on Ogygia for seven years to be my immortal husband. It says that I enchanted him with my singing… In accounts other than Homer's, it says that I bore Odysseus children, which I did not. Anyway, the stories do not portray me in the most flattering way."
"What really happened?" Elsa knew from Calypso's attitude towards the subject that this wasn't really what happened. Anyway, Calypso explaining what the Odyssey said brought back some of Elsa's memories of reading it. It was kind of a Deja vu thing though. Elsa didn't exactly remember very much, but she remembered a little.
"Well, it starts with my immortal parent." Calypso sighed. "My father is Atlas. Because he was my father, and because I didn't know any better, in the Titan war, I sided with him. With the Titans. So, the gods sentenced me to Ogygia. Where, every once in a great while, they would send a hero. One whom I couldn't help but fall in love with…" She sighed again, avoiding eye contact with Elsa. "But each hero… they could never stay. They'd have to go eventually, because they always had things to go back to. Each time that happened… I would be left alone. I would be left to heal yet another broken heart. I couldn't do anything about it, as I could never leave Ogygia.
"As any normal person would, I grew to resent this curse. I held onto a foolish belief that one would eventually stay. None did. Many millennia after this curse was first placed upon me, one hero came. I was fed up with everything, and I told myself that I would never fall in love again. I tried to make myself hate him… But to no avail; the curse did what it was supposed to. I fell in love with him. He wasn't conventionally attractive, and he was a different kind of hero than every other hero. I thought that this love was different, especially because when he left, he swore upon the River Styx save me." Calypso looked up to Elsa's face again.
"He kept his promise. He came back with his metal robotic dragon, and the two of us began to travel the world together." She smiled faintly. "It was everything I could have ever dreamed that it could be. We walked streets of cities together that surpassed my wildest dreams. We were young, in love, and reckless.
"We were approaching two years together; a few months from our anniversary. But then, I began to realize that smiling and laughing at his jokes was a chore for me. I didn't feel anything when I looked at him. He didn't make me smile, he didn't make me feel happy, kissing him was also a chore, and I no longer wanted to hold his hand. While he slept, I thought about how little we actually had in common, and how our relationship had been too rushed, and we were stuck on a plateau. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I never wanted to leave the plateau if leaving the plateau meant that we would become more serious. It was a spontaneous and fun fling at first, but then I grew tired of not having a real home anymore. So… I just… I… I broke up with him one night when he tried to kiss me under the stars. I told him that I didn't love him anymore, and that I wanted a permanent home where I could meet people and make friends. So yesterday, he took me here. He was really upset when I broke up with him, but honestly? I feel free now." Calypso smiled, and obtained eye contact with Elsa again. The platinum blonde was at a loss for words for a moment.
"Calypso…" She murmured. "That… That's a very sad backstory." Elsa reached for Calypso's hand; letting the other girl see what she was trying to do. She was mirroring what she preferred to have done for her if the person doing it wasn't Nico. She paused once she brushed her fingers against Calypso's. She glanced up at the caramel haired girl's eyes; silently asking for consent. Calypso gave a slight nod, smiling at the young queen, who then took her hand. "Why do you trust me enough to tell me?"
"Because you're the first person to really care, Elsa. And I'm willing to tell the truth anyone who wants to know it." Was her response, drawing a smile from Elsa's lips.
"As for me… Well… My story is long, and I do not wish to tell the fully detailed version to you yet. But I will give you the bare bones of it." Elsa felt bad for not being able to tell her story the way that Calypso was willing to, but Elsa was still recovering; a year and eight months later. The events that had occurred were traumatic for her, and she still had flashbacks and nightmares. One day, she would tell Calypso the full story. Just not right then.
"That's fine." Calypso smiled, assuring Elsa. "Whatever you're comfortable with." Elsa smiled back at her gratefully.
"Well… I was born and raised in Arendelle, Norway. It was an old fashioned town; very religious. I was the product of an affair between my father and Khione; the goddess of ice and snow. I had a half-sister named Anna, who was three years younger than I. She and I were extremely close. She loved my powers. But one day when I was eight and she was five, she got hurt by them when we were playing together. So I was locked away. That was supposed to last until I could control my powers. My parents gave me gloves; saying that they would help. I wanted to believe that they would help me. So they did. In reality, fear was what would make me lose control. Love got them under control. I spent four years isolated from almost everybody except for my nurse and parents.
"And then Nico popped up one day when I was twelve. I was so lonely that I decided to give him a chance. He promised to visit at least once a week, and he did. We became friends. We got closer and closer. My thirteenth birthday passed. A little later, Nico had a run-in with my mother; Khione. She got offended by him, and vowed to get revenge on both of us. He returned to warn me; just in time. My mother then attacked us. I fought her back, but I wasn't strong enough to keep at it for very long. Nico got us out of there. He very likely saved my life.
"The Titan had not been fought yet, unfortunately. Nico had to leave me. Now, you'll have to believe me when I say this; there were mountain trolls near where I lived. They are magical creatures who knew of my mother, my powers; everything. They took care of me while Nico was gone. They were so, so kind… Anyway, my mother indirectly attacked me. She injured me by using my powers, which I was experimenting with at the time of the incident, and she controlled them, so that they would hurt me. I immediately lost consciousness. The week before that, I had been suffering from nightmares given to me by my mother. Once I lost consciousness, I was trapped in a coma, where more nightmares visited me. I couldn't wake up though.
"Nico saved me. I was ready to give up, as I knew exactly what happened. But once my hold on life began slipping away, he saved my life. The trolls had told me that true love would thaw a frozen heart. Nico and I loved—and still do—each other like brother and sister. Platonic love can be true, so when he kissed my forehead; thinking I was dead, I awoke.
"We decided to come here, because Nico had told me of this place, and that it was a safe place for demigods. On my first day, I got harassed by one camper, so I accidentally froze the camp in my haste to run away. Nico and two others had to go after me, and calm me down. They did get me back here, but I was then kidnapped by my mother, and held as her captive and slave. I was abused by her… In more ways than one.
"I was held there for ten months. Towards the end, I found jewelry that I'd hidden away, and put it on for comfort. The next morning, I felt strong. I later found out that it was my fourteenth birthday. I fought my mother once again, and won. I killed her and her two brothers, who were also immortal.
"Long story short, I was taken to Olympus, where I found out that I was born to be a goddess, and replace her. I was told that I will become a goddess on my eighteenth birthday. I'm fifteen now, and my sixteenth birthday is in July." Elsa bit her lip, seeing how Calypso seemed to feel about her story.
The caramel haired girl was silent, for she was at a loss for words. Eventually, she seemed to find them.
"I'm so sorry, Elsa." She whispered. "I never thought that someone's story could be so horrible." Elsa smiled sadly.
"I still have Nico… He's been my rock." Elsa replied softly. Calypso opened her arms a little, hesitating. Elsa hugged her, seeing what she wanted. The two girls just hugged. Elsa felt safe and happy in the other girl's arms. Something she never felt in hugs with anyone else, except Nico.
"I want to be your friend, Elsa." Calypso informed the blonde. "Will you be my friend?"
"Yes." Elsa accepted. "Yes Calypso; I will be your friend."
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