EROS' POV :
When I was born I emitted a substance that attracted people to me. It was as if I was too cute to avoid.
I was like a toxic love bomb that went off
when my mother gave birth.
They weren't Pheromones but something more innocent I guess. Let's just say that my cuteness could kill. Women were beating down the doors to have a look at me and my scent drove them insane and turned them into zombies that wanted nothing more than to have me in their arms. They were creepy yes but it wasn't a sexual attraction. It was innocent yet overan by something more sinister.
The guards tried to protect us and I was locked away to prevent anyone from seeing me and loosing their minds to my cuteness.
My mother made me wear a white mask that had the words 'devoid of beauty' written on it. It's magic protected others from being put in a trance by my face. Yes I was that cute.
After a few years passed a crowd of women managed to break into the castle and got pass the guards and my mom panicked, locked herself in the fancy vintage closet with me and I couldn't stop myself from freaking out.
After a while one woman manage to break into my room and break into the closet as well.
I could never forget the look on her face as she was ripping the mask right from my face and tears formed in her eyes as soon as she saw me.
" So this is what pure love looks like." She had said and she just started loosing it , pulling her hair out , slowly changing form and then jumping out the window of my room which was on the 100th floor of the castle.
The news that day reported the woman's suicide and the AntiCupid was formed as they accused me and my mother of excessive use of power. On that day the Incubus were born as they were created by chaos and negative emotions.
The elders spoke of a Prophecy in which the son of the Cupid king would have to find a love match in order to stop our planet from being completely destroyed.
Unfortunately for us I developed no romantic feelings and my Pheromones killed of all the girls who I was around in my youth.
I hated the prophecy and I hated my Pheromones and no matter how handsome I was and no matter how hot I became I just wished I saw someone else when I looked in the mirror .
"Eros I know you hate the prophecy and you just want to be free but coming to Earth doesn't stop the prophecy from existing and it doesn't change the fact that you are the strongest Cupid in the universe. The Anti Cupid will find you and you will have to play their stupid game eventually."
" You don't understand because it's not you and it will never be you. When humans fall in love they don't have to worry about getting targeted by several different planets. The last time there was a rumor that I liked some girl and ten planets wanted me dead. The prophecy told them that my love was so strong it could move the sun. The sun orbited by many different planets. If I fall in love I will be targeted but if I don't I will also be targeted. For me the prophecy isn't just a prophecy It's a burden. "
" I get why nightmare and the vampire fairies would hate you if you move the sun. They'd burn up if the sun was anywhere near their planet but I don't get why anyone else wants you dead."
" The Siren planet could freeze if they had less sun. Their whole planet is made out of water and apparently every planet has a prophecy that says my love will either cause the end of the world or that my love could save the world. No one knows which one is actually true but every planet believes their prophecy." I told her as I layed back on my bed and she sat on the floor.
" Don't they know that you'd never fall in love ? " Venus asked
" They believe their prophecy and there's nothing I can do to change their minds."
"Wait what if you joined Drop Dead or Love , prove to them that you can't love then defeat the Anti Cupid before they can kill you. I mean it is a multi planet game."
" It could work but I'm not sure that I could defeat them by myself plus all the planets that need me to fall in love would immediately target me so it wouldn't be worth it."
" Yea it's a lose lose situation." Venus said and there was a look of disappointment in her face.
"Master Eros , who is the human that you were with earlier ?" Orion asked as he walked through my bedroom door like a ghost.
" How does that concern you ?" I replied coldly and Orion walked into the room , Bowing gracefully.
" Sorry for being intrusive, Master but I thought you were supposed to be helping us train instead of him. I can also tell that he has the ability to use your power. You were flying through the air with him as if he was one of your own kind." Orion said and I fumed with anger as I got up off of my bed.
" Who I chose to train has nothing to do with you and he's not just any human now. He's my weapon! " I said and Orion backed away.
"I -It's just that I've been waiting for so long for you to train with me but you never did. You're always too busy." Orion stuttered as he spoke. He always looked up to me but I never really understand what it meant to think of someone as better than yourself in the way he thought of me.
I thought I was the strongest because I was and there was never a reason for me to admire anyone else's power.
" I'll train with you tomorrow." I said and Orion beamed with joy.
" Really ??"
"Yea. Now go mind your own damn business." I said as he turned around and I threw myself back into my bed.
I shut my eyes and tried to forget the prophecy and everything else but then Venus started asking dumb questions.
" You can share your power ?" Venus asked and when I opened my eyes to look at her she had this hopeful look on her face.
Her eyes were wide and filled with light.
" Stop asking dumb questi - " I said already annoyed but Venus interrupted me.
"The prophecy says that the son of the Cupid King would be able to share his powers with a few persons that he met in a past life and then he'd find the girl from the prophecy who he falls in love with and then they both save the world after he realizes what it means to have a heart."
" So you believe in the stupid prophecy? " I asked her raising an eyebrow and she nodded.
" I believe that there's still hope."
" A girl In this galaxy just for me ? The possibility that I can fall in love. Me realizing what it means to have a heart. It all seems so out of reach. "
" Young Master what if she's prettier that the goddess of beauty? What if she's smarter than everyone in the world."
" Power is the only thing that matters to me in this universe."
" So if she's powerful then do you think you could fall for her ?"
" Maybe in another world." I said and Venus just stared at me.
It was getting late and it was time for her to return to her room inside the spaceship that was parked outside my apartment.
She got up off the ground.
" Goodnight, Master." She said sadly and she walked off.
" Venus , I know you want me to fall in love but what if it's really impossible for me ?" I asked her and she turned around and looked at me as if I had pulled her back by the arm.
" You're Pheromones turn women into zombies and you still have the word impossible in your vocabulary?" She said disappointedly and she walked out my room without another word.
I sighed.
I can't stand the prophecy. I don't want to be the Savior. I dont want to be in love. I just want to be Eros' and I thought coming to Earth would allow me to just be me but the prophecy follows me everywhere I go.
What if I screw up ? What if I can't fulfil any of these prophecies ? What if these prophecies are all wrong and it's someone else who is really supposed to save our planets from destruction. What then ? Am I really cut out for all of this ?
Right now I'm sure there's no love in my heart. I'm not even sure I have one but I'm not capable of feeling love and I really despise the idea of loving another person.
Loving someone else is a dangerous act.