Prologue
Once upon a time in far away kingdom there lived a prince but he was spoiled selfish and unkind.
One day an old woman arrived and begged for shelter in exchange for a rose but he was disgusted by her appearance so he turned her away but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances for beauty is found within and when he dismissed her again the old woman transformed into a beautiful enchantress.
The prince tried to apologize but it was too late for she had seen that there was no love in his heart and as punishment she transformed him into a devil and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his demonic form the devil concealed himself inside his castle with a magic mirror as the only way to see the outside world and the rose she had given was really an enchanted rose that would bloom until his twenty first year.
If he could learn to love and earn her love in return them the spell would be broken if not he would doomed to remain a devil for all time.
As years passed he fell into despair and lost all hope for who could ever learn to love a devil.