He didn't always look like this. The prince of the Underworld Kingdom was once a beautiful man. Black hair. Olive skin. Eyes that could be compared to the night sky. But everything changed when (the firenation attacked. Sorry not sorry) the great witch visited him. Now don't get me wrong- prince Nico was an amazing person but when she asked for shelter and a warm meal Nico had just gone through something no one should have to go through. He watched the Sky King, Zeus, kill his whole family right in front of his own two eyes. (Hades, Bianca, and Maria. Hazel is non-existent in this story. Sorry 'bout that.)
"Please! Just a meal! And a place to stay the night! Please," she begged and pleaded.
"I'm sorry, " was his only reply.
Her face hardened. "Then feel my curse. You will become a horrible beast and if you don't find love by the time you have been seventeen (his age, Will is nineteen) for eighty years (give or take a few- however long he was in the hotel plus let's say three years) you will be a beast forever."
Turns out she was the greatest witch of all- Hecate.
So Nico was turned into a beast. Black fur. Blacker eyes. Large black horns curved along the sides of his head framing his face. He grew a wolflike snout. His teeth always stood out because even as a beast he cared about his teeth. They were pointer than they once were.
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Nico loved animals. They never loved him. Even before he was a beast they hadn't liked him. It got worse when he grew horns and a snout. Now even wolves hated him. They would steer clear of his palace these days. He was alone. Just him and his library. But he loved to read. Just imagine his surprise when a young lady showed up at his door during the third year of his beastlyness.
She called herself Bellona. She grew a close bond with the young prince. She was seventeen when she ran away from a broken home and she was twenty when she found Nico. She decided to work for him. Twenty-five years later she got married. She was fourty-five years of age. When she was fourty-six her first child was born. A little girl named Hylla. Three years later a little girl named Reyna was born. Nico loved both little girls like sister's but he had formed a deeper band with Reyna. He loved her and would do anything for her. Sadly when she was thirteen years old her parents got in an awful accident. Hylla had to go off and get a job outside of the palace. She would only come home every once in a while before stopping all together. It was just Reyna, Nico and a library. But Reyna was eighteen and left to explore the world she only came home twice a year but she wrote everyday. Nico would write back. He always wished to Leave the palace to visit her but the curse wouldn't let him. Twenty-nine years went on like this before a new visitor showed up. The grandchild of the Sky King (just pretend), Apollo.
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Clank! The gate was just opened. Was Reyna visiting early this year? He couldn't wait for her next visit. She had gotten married to a young woman named, Thalia. He ran to the door but instead of a female voice it sounded like a male.
"What a nice palace! This will make a great summer home. The statues of me will go there and there! Oh yes that is the perfect place for a at age of me in all my godlike glory!"
Nico walked to the door just as it opened and saw a golden flash on the man's head. A king. He walked up behind the man.
"What do you want, king of somewhere? This is my palace and I don't wish it to be destroyed for a- ehem- summer home."
The king turned around quickly and mock bowed. "I am the Sky King and I rule this area, kind sir. Now may I ask that you step into the torch light so I might see the man I speak with."
