Once upon a time, there was a magnificent castle made of white stones with tall towers and grand windows in a vast forest. The ruler of this castle was a young prince with tanned skin, golden locks, and arctic blue eyes. His name was Deidara. He was spoiled, as most born into nobility are, and always got what he wanted, including the beautiful women at his balls.

One winter night he held a ball and a beautiful young lady caught his eye. 'I must have her,' he thought. After a few dances he led her into his chamber. She protested, asking him to stop, but her cries fell on deaf ears because Deidara always got what he wanted and at the moment she was what he wanted, and so he had her. Afterwards the beautiful young maiden turned into a hideous old woman.

"If you agree to marry me I'll pardon the sin you have just committed against me." said the woman, a nearly toothless grin upon her treacherous face.

"As if I'd marry and spend the rest of my years with a hideous witch as yourself," declared Deidara, angry at the nerve of the old woman to try and threaten him, "As for this so called sin I committed towards you, no one would believe your claims. No one would favor an old woman's claim over a prince's. Leave, now, from my sight and I'll let you live, hm."

A witch she was indeed and she became angered at his brazen confident statements and acting as if he did no wrong. As a result she placed a curse upon the prince. The curse painfully turned his outer appearance into that of a wolf-like beast. Only his blue eyes remained

"The only chance you'd have of breaking this curse I've placed upon you is for you to love someone enough for you to respect them and control your monstrous urges, as well as for them to love you in return and see past your monster-like appearance. For true beauty lies on the inside," Cackled the witch as she left Deidara writhing on the floor, "should such an event not occur after ten years have past, you shall remain in this form forever."

The beautiful white castle turned as black and dark as the night sky as a result of the curse as well. Deidara, humiliated and ashamed of his appearance never left his castle; his only view of the outside world was a small scope that fit over his eyes. However, Deidara was clever and thought to break the witch's curse by other means than what she had said. He would capture travelling witches and warlocks and demand they break his curse or be fed to his pet wolves that live outside the castle grounds in the forest. The mages were unsuccessful in any attempt they made, if they tried to help at all and did not simply laugh at the prince's predicament. Eventually no more witches or warlocks would travel anywhere near the castle.

During his years in the castle, he spent most of his time gazing at the enchanted rose the witch gave him that would die when the time limit given to break his curse ran out. This rose had white petals that blended to pink at the ends and was unlike any Deidara had ever seen before. This rose was a desert rose and glowed pink in the hourglass holder it was encased in.

After a few years the prince grew hopeless, nothing his servants did would cheer him up or give him hope, at least for long. He would often say, "Who could ever love a beast such as me, hm?" Often he would howl his misery at the moon with his wolves, an eerie but beautiful sound that echoed into a nearby village, frightening most and captivating very few others.

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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo, my first fanfiction on here. Deidara x Sasori (As in Deidara is "the man", the seme, or what ever you like to call it) has been a long term favourite pairing of mine and there aren't very many fanfics out there for this pairing, at least compared to Sasori x Deidara. I decided that as a fan I should contibute to the DeixSaso community so that other fans of this pairing may (hopefully) enjoy it further. I make no claim of being a "good writer" but hopefully it's to all of your likings.

This fanfic is Beauty and the Beast inspired if you haven't noticed.

I was listening to music from the Anastasia soundtrack while creating this chapter.