The Princess and the Mortal
Prologue
Once upon a time in a dark city far away filled with dangerous crime a baby boy was born into a rich and powerful family. But as he grew up he was spoiled and didn't care about others and only cared about beauty. When he was eight he and his parents went to the cinema that evening. Returning from the movie they walked into an alley as a shortcut to the car. The family froze in fear for before them was a mugger with a gun pointing at them. "Get the lady to give me the pearls and I'll let you go." The mugger said. She was about to give the necklace to him when the father fought against the mugger. He cheered his father on until the gun blew off. His father fell to the ground, blood streaming down his hands and jacket. His mother ran to him and was shot in both head and chest. What was going to become a small mugging became a double murder. The man took the pearls from her neck and ran off not looking back at the boy crying in grief for his parents. That night at his bedside the boy made a vow to avenge his parents. Over the years he grew in despair and darkness becoming less talkative each day. During a cold blizzard a beggar woman came to the mansion and was led inside by the boy's butler Alfred. The twelve year old boy came downstairs and was horrified by what was in front of him. In return for shelter from the bitter cold she would give him an enchanting rose. He dismissed her. But the woman did not go. In her croaking voice she told him don't be deceived by looks for beauty is found within. And with that her ugliness melted away and she turned into a beautiful enchantress. The boy begged for mercy and forgiveness saying that he could change, but the enchantress saw that there was no kindness in his heart for his heart was as black as the night. She cast a spell on him saying that he would turn into a beast if he didn't change his ways. The rose she had offered him was a magical rose for when the last petal falls on his seventeenth birthday and he has not learned to love someone and earn her love in return he would remain to be a beast forever. As he turned sixteen he lost all hope. For what kind of Beauty could love a Beast?