Summary; It has been 1500 years since Camelot fell and now Arthur and his knights are back; only this time things aren't looking too good. Merlin on the other hand is living a secluded life in a small village only talking to a few people. can destiny be that cruel or will it finally see these two succeed?

Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin or Beauty and the beast. Those are owned only by their respected creators.

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This is my first time writing fanfiction so I am open to suggestions and comments.

Prologue

It all began long ago when your grandfather was just a wee lad. A man for which the world depended on was once again reincarnated. His name. Arthur Pendragon. Of course he didn't know who he had once been so had the mind of a rich ensnared boy. He was once again a prince and a prat. Because of his hatred the reincarnated knights and servants all feared him. One day there came a knock at the front doors and when he answered it there stood the most unnatural woman with messy unkempt hair, fingernails longer than they should be and old wrinkly skin as Grey as a rainy day.

"Can I help you?" he asked in not kind voice wondering what it was that was so important to disturb him.

"I'm sorry to disturb you but my car has broken down a ways back and was wondering if I could seek shelter for the night. I'm willing to pay you for the trouble." at this she held out a fist full of gold coins towards the young prince. In anger he hit the woman as hard as he could and shouted for all to hear.

"I don't want your money woman! And begone and bother somebody else." he would soon regret those words for the woman began to change before his very eyes and before he knew it he was no longer staring at an old hag but the most beautiful woman he had ever seen soon his whole demeanor changed and his face morphed into a smile.

"I'm sorry my lady if I had known how beautiful you were I would have allowed you in." that was his big mistake.

"You have proven that you are a monster Arthur Pendragon. You cannot accept people for who they are. For that I place a curse on you." and with that a table appeared out of nowhere and she placed the fistful of coins on it. "You are to become what you trully are and will remain so until you kiss the other side of your coin. Each year at the beginning a coin will fall off this table. If you havent kissed before the last coin falls you will fail your destiny and remain a beast." before Arthur could ask what destiny a searing pain washed over him and he fell to the floor hollering while inside the castle he heard the same happening to his knights and citizens. And then the pain was gone and so was the woman.

And so for the next 80 years Arthur waited impatiently for the day to come. The day he would no longer be a beast.