Chapter 1: origins

Perseus's POV

Hello, my name is Perseus, Percy for short and I am a monster. You've probably never heard of me and

to be honest, I'm not surprised. that's just the way my life's always been. My mother was Sally, the heir

and princess of Sparta, or at least she was till she had a set of twins with Poseidon; god of the sea. Once

me and my brother were born, my grandfather king Fufu disinherited her, yes, that is his real name. So

its no surprise that he chose to go by his nickname the Eviscerator. not the best nickname but still

better than King Fufu.

My uncle Soluc went on to become king and my Mother got to raise me and my brother Orion. My

mother was both kind and beautiful, to the point that even after me and my brother were born, suitors

still came from across the land to ask for her hand. We spent the next 16 years of our lives just training, I

never had much skill with a bow, but I was very good with a blade. Orion, in addition with being the

oldest was skilled with both a blade and a bow, that and his natural public speaking skills made him into

an icon for the city. I was just his brother. Kings from all across Greece knew his name, the one time I

met Minos, the king of Crete, he referred to me solely as Orion's little brother.

To be honest, I didn't really mind being past up for my older brother, it actually got me out of the

paperwork side of being a prince since everyone wanted Orion's stamp of approval. Besides, my mother

never played favorites, so I didn't care…too much. On my sixteenth birthday I went to my uncle and

asked if he would allow me to leave Sparta and travel across Greece to learn about the world, basically

study abroad. Those were my stated intentions anyway, I really just wanted to go somewhere where I

wasn't Orion's wittle brother, I was Percy.

Sadly, it seemed fate was not on my side because my uncle thought it was a great idea, so great in fact

he decided Orion should go with me, ya, I pretty much was ready to bang my head against the wall at

this point. The next day, Orion and I set out on our journey.

"Come on brother this was your idea." Orion said.

"Ya, but I wanted to do this on my own." I said to myself.

"What was that?"

"Just a little tired, that's all" I said, trying for a smile. We walked for the whole day and finally ended at

the beach about 30 miles east of Athens. We set up camp and took a few minutes to relax in the cool

sea water before going to bed.

Time Skip, 1 year

"That's enough Orion, we need to get back to the inn." I said.

"Come on, one more." Orion slurred.

"No! You've had enough wine already, we need to head out tomorrow morning, besides that wine isn't

cheap."

"No, I order you to let me go."

I sighed and gave him a swift blow to the back of the head. This has become a common occurrence, ever

since we left home, Orion acquired a taste for expensive wine. And sadly his morals have been slipping,

without going to in depth, we've been kicked out of six towns and I wouldn't be surprised if he had a few

children scattered about. I just hope none of this makes it back to my Mother or she might have a heart

attack.

The next day I had to drag a very hungover Orion out of town at dawn because we couldn't afford to pay

off his debt at the Tavern (ye, old bar). At the end of the day I ended up out by the ocean with a very

angry Orion.

"how dare you drag me out here, I am a prince of—"

"We're both princes, so get over yourself, besides you've spent most of the last year ruining the royal

families name."

"Why You!"

"My lords! My lords!"

"Who is that?!" Orion shouted.

"Over here my lords." I looked into the water to see a small shark floating there.

"Please My lords, my friend is in danger. Please help him."

"Get out of my sight you stupid beast!" Orion shouted, throwing a rock at him.

"My lords." he said sadly.

"Don't worry, Ill go with you." I told him. "Orion, well be having a nice little chat when I get back." And with that, I jumped into the water.

"So where is your friend?" I asked.

"It's a Iku-Turso." he said. "Me and my friends TK and Mik were playing outside the city limits when the

Iku-Turso attacked, part the cliff collapsed and buried Mik, TK went back to the city to get help and I

followed your sent as a son of Poseidon."

I was about to ask what a Iku-Turso was but that question was answered for me when we reached the

cliff. The Iku-Turso was huge, this thing had to be at least 40 feet long with a crocodile like head,

tentacles on the bottom of its jaw, claws on each arm, and a big tail in the back.

"Go get your friend Ill deal with the monster." I said. I used the water to propel me behind the beast

thinking it would be easier to sneak up on it since it was focused on trying to dig out its food. Big

mistake, I got hit by its tail and flung into the side of the cliff while my sword was wrenched from my

hand.

That's gonna hurt in the morning. The cliff shook as the Iku-Turso roared in pain and started clawing at

its tail or more specifically, my sword that was stuck in its tail.

I decided to use this distraction to help my new shark friend dig out his buddy, thankfully the Iku-Turso

had cleared away most of the big rocks so it only took a few minutes to dig out Mik. Mik as it turned out

was a merman, as soon as his tail was free we set out towards the city. I chanced a look behind us which

was a good thing because the Iku-Turso had given up trying to take out my sword and its clawed hand

was flying towards us.

Third Person POV

Percy shoved the two kids out of the way as best he could then place himself behind them using his

body as a shield. As the Iku-Tursos claw slashed his back, Percy opened his mouth as if screaming but no

sound came out. The Iku-Turso let out a rumble of satisfaction as it attempted to eat its prey. Percy

couldn't feel his legs but put it out of his mind as he willed the water to face him towards the beast.

Percy had no idea how he was going to defeat this thing, the Iku-Turso open its massive jaws to eat him

but a blue-ish green light erupted on its side. The Iku-Turso howled in pain and disintegrated, Percy was

a little unsure if he had imagined that or not but he promptly blacked out from the pain in his back.

Two mermen came and took the unconscious Percy back to a beautiful woman with black hair and crab

like claws for horns. "Your highness we found this boy floating unconscious near the Iku-Turso corpse."

The soldier said.

"What is he doing here?" Amphitrite said in disgust, she never really cared for her husband's mortal

children. To her, they were just a reminder of her husbands unfaithfulness. But unlike Hera, she never

could bring herself to harm them, in her opinion, the life of an innocent was always precious no matter

its origin.

"I brought him." a small shark said "When Mik got trapped, TK went to get you and I asked him and his

brother for help."

The shark explained his meeting with Percy and Orion, and Percys battle with the Iku-Turso. "One came

and one stayed" Amphitrite said to herself, but in her mind she made a mental note to watch him. He

threw himself in front of a bunch of kids to save them, knowing he would probably die, that kind of

selflessness was rare. She took a closer look at his injury and although it had healed thanks to the sea, it

was clear his spine had been severed. He would live but he would never walk again. Putting her hand on

his shoulder, Amphitrite fixed his back as thanks for protecting the children.