This is incredibly DEFINITELY original.

Jk, it's a league version of Beauty and the Beast. Not the Disney version, the ORIGINAL. Yeah, not the movie.

Please don't kill me lol...

Thanks C. Geng for editing and thinking of the title. BUT I AM NEVER EVER GIVING YOU ANOTHER DIGITAL DORITO. EVEEEEER.

Prologue

Once upon a time...

There was a wealthy, widowed merchant that lived in a mansion with his six children. He had three daughters and three sons. All his daughters were beautiful, but the youngest, Nidalee, was the most lovely, as she was well-read and kind. Her sisters, in contrast, were vain, selfish, and spoiled.

They secretly taunted Nidalee and treated her more as a servant than a sister.

One day, a horrible twist of fate caused the merchant to lose all his money and forced him to move to a small farmhouse where he and his children had to work every day to make a living.

After years and years of labor, the merchant heard that one of his trade ships that he had sent out had arrived back to port. He decided that he would go to the city to see if there were any valuables left.

Before he departed, he asked his daughters, "Is there anything you wish me to bring back?"

"I want the finest gown you can find," Ahri batted her lashes.

"I want the most beautiful pearl necklace," Elise admired herself in the mirror.

"All I wish for is a rose picked specially for me," Nidalee smiled. For roses did not grow in their part of the country.

Unfortunately, to the merchant's dismay, his cargo had been seized to repay his debts, leaving him with no money to purchase his gifts for his children.

During his return, the merchant becomes lost in the forest due to a snowy storm.

Pushing through the storm, the merchant saw a bright light. He made his way through the storm, and found himself in front of a dazzling palace.

Suddenly, a hidden figure opened the door and invited the merchant inside, which he hurriedly accepts. He is offered a warm meal at a magnificent table.

He gladly takes the figure on the offer and spends the night in the lush palace.

The next day, as the merchant prepares to leave, he spots a rose garden. He recalls that Nidalee had requested a rose, and plucks the finest rose he sees.

The moment he did so, a large figure looms over him.

"I offer you hospitality, and here you steal my most prized possession," the figure roars.

It is a beast.

He is large and white, with a glinting blue eye that contrasts his other dazzling yellow eye. Braided white fur is wildly placed around his head. Multiple mismatched pieces of armor protect the beast. He is the very image of fear that roamed the lands.

"Now you must die," the monster growls. At the sight of the beast's claws, the merchant begs to be let go.

"Please, please, let me go! I did not know! I only wished to pick a fine rose for my youngest daughter!"

The beast stops, pondering the words that had come from the man's mouth. He was an insolent creature, but perhaps there could be something to gain here.

And so, the monster made a choice.

"Very well. Take your rose with all the wealth you wish to bring to your children."

The merchant sighs in relief. "Oh, thank you!"

"However," the beast snarls, flexing a set of deadly blades that ran along his forearm, "You must bring one of your daughters back to me. Or else…..I will come for you all."

Though he knows it is unfair for him to decide such a fate, there is no other choice for the man. With a heavy heart, the merchant accepts the beast's terms.

"Humans are selfish, after all", Rengar muses.