Hello there! This story was inspired by Disney’s Beauty and the Beast with a little hint of the original Beauty and the Beast. Some of the characters have been borrowed from the show while others are original characters that I made. It IS somewhat like a fairytale. The original plan was to complete it and then start posting it but I changed my mind 😆I have had this story for almost a week now. I hope you like it!
Prologue
Once upon a time, in a faraway palace,there lived a princess with a heart of gold. She had a horse named Blue. The princess also had a fiancé, her childhood love whom she was very excited to marry. Alas the princess’ dreams shattered one night! A big bad monster set the palace on fire, killing everyone. So he thought. The princess survived and her mother too. Nothing was ever the same again for this princess. Long gone was the kind gentle soul, and instead the entire kingdom saw a woman with a heart of stone! Locked up all day she was in a tall tower, built just for her after the accident. She promised never to be seen in public again.
“Why should I hold on to love for life or myself when it has lost all meaning?” she asked herself, staring at the mirror in her room. Her long luscious hair had lost its luster and her skin looked pale. Long gone was the kingdom’s princess and in front of her was standing a shell of her. “You have obligations to your kingdom” she told herself. “What kind of a ruler will I be when I can’t even take care of myself? How will I take care of others?” she asked herself, her bloodshot eyes tearing up just a little bit. “The kingdom will be better off without me. Mother is the acting ruler now. After that I don’t know” she said and took a deep breath.
Fate decided to be even crueler to her oneday.
An old man arrived at her palace and said that a curse befalls her family. On the 20th birthday, the women from her family become a beast. It all started when one of her ancestors betrayed the one who truly loved her. His beloved had pretended to love him andon the night before the princess’ marriage to a different man, the lover came to talk to her, only to be thrown away from the palace. The princess then said,“my beauty and money can buy this land and beyond, why would I love a low life rat like you?” Her ex lover looked at her shocked and found her ordering the guards to take him away and kill him. “Why?” he asked, his eyes watering up.“That’s because people like you should learn that people like me see you as unworthy. Nothing else” she said.
The heartbroken father said that his son’s mistake was to fall in love. He then cursed the vain princess saying that the princess and every single woman from her bloodline will turn into a beast on their 20th birthday and they’ll remain as such for the rest of theirl ives. “You’ll turn into what nightmares are made of” the father scream. “Red irises that glow in the dark, a cruel snarl will adorn your face!” He exclaimed, tears running down his eyes.
The princess had a red rose garden that she had loved – the princess felt it reflected her beauty. Now the man’s father said, “your beloved roses will all slowly turn black before they start to die,one by one as your death approaches.” “You’ll be what you truly are, a monster”he softly said.
Nobody believed the man, thinking that he was only grieving. That was until the princess’ 20th birthday rolled in and she became a beast. She screamed when she saw her face, and she tried pulling it off. “Get it off!” she screamed. Sadly, it wasn’t a mask, and the vain princess never found true love. She died a slow death, witnessing her beloved roses die one by one. After that every generation feared the birth of a daughter. They didn’t want daughters anymore and no daughter was born for centuries.
“That all changed when you were born” the old man said to the sad princess. The princess’ father and the princess’ fiancéhad both known about the curse, but the fiancé agreed to marry the princess,saying “now the curse won’t take effect because we love each other.” The princess scoffed saying that now her face would match what fate had done to her soul. “I don’t care” she had said to he man, as she saw him sitting in their living room. “Child, you’re making a mistake! This curse cannot be broken!” he exclaimed. Her mother begged the man, stating that her child had just lost herfiancé and wasn’t in the mindset to marry. “Her ancestor was selfish! This is why the women are cursed!” he exclaimed. The mother begged again, saying, “this is my daughter we’re talking about!” The old man’s heart softened at the mother’s plea and so he stated, “I could lessen the curse but I can’t break it but I will try my best.” Then he closed his eyes almost as if he is a trance. A little while later he opened his eyes. He then took out a paper from the air and gave it to the mother. “My dear the only way to break this curse is to find true love before her 20th birthday” he said. “I had found love you ignorant man!” she roared. “I had found love and that broke me!” she added. “I lost him, even before I could marry him, I gave him my heart and you’re telling me I never found love?” she seethed. “No child. The love I speak of is unselfish and unconditional. It also has to be mutual. While you loved him,true love is something only few is blessed with. However, if your love is true,as you speak of then you won’t turn into a beast” he said. The princess grew silent before saying “ok then, old man. We shall see.”
After 2 years, the princess’ birthday rolled in. Nothing had happened yet and the princess knew in her heart that the old man’s predictions will prove to be wrong. “I have faith in our love” she said, staring at the clock. It was half past until midnight. Then she’ll be officially 20 and free from the so-called curse.
Then it started.
The clock finally hit 12.
The princess felt pain piercing through her veins, and her face was on fire. She screamed in pain, her tears running and soaking her gown wet. This couldn’t be happening! The curse shouldn’t affect her! Was her love not real then? What was the point of existing now?
The queen rushed to her daughter’s side and gasped in horror. Her daughter was unrecognizable. The princess turned around,and the reflective window showed her the truth. Brown fur covered her face, andher soft lips were now staring at her in a snarl. Het button nose had turned into a snout. Her soft hands were covered in fur, and her fingers had turned into claws. The only thing that didn’t change were her big brown eyes. Her lips quivered and she let out a bloodcurdling scream. Curse the ancestor who broke the man’s heart! Curse the day she thought she had found true love.
**Let me know if I should continue 🤔
It’s currently 10:51 pm here but I can’t sleep without mentioning this, fairytales sometimes portray the princess as a damsel in distress. Maya is not one and she won’t be one here either. The story takes a while to pick up so please be patient with me 😭
This one will be a slow burn 👀
Prologue and 1: page 1
Chap 2 to 4: page 2
Chap 5: page 3
Chap 6 and 7: page 4
Chap 8 and 9: page 5
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