FFXIII-AU/a little OOC- The Boy and the Cie'th
I credit the original idea of a Beauty and the Beast type FFXIII fanfic to Kai Yukimura of Fanfiction. For some reason, my mind came up with this on a sleepless night and I ended up loving it. So yeah. Although, I assure you that mine is different from the original and Kai's. I hope you enjoy! x3
Once upon a time in a land far away, two princesses lived in a shining castle. The older was
strong, valiant, and just; a brave swords woman. The younger was soft, sweet, and kind; an
innocent and frail young girl. After a time of peace, the king and queen both died in a tragic
incident and the older princess was charged with the crown. She despised having her future
taken away from her, growing spiteful and cold hearted. The princess ruled the kingdom with
an iron fist, upsetting the peace that had been widespread during her parents' reign and the
royal family grew to be hated by the people. The princess secluded herself from the world, only
opening up to her caring younger sister. On the eve of the elder princess' birthday, the younger
princess announced that she was to marry a prince from another country and move away. This
enraged the elder princess, and she plotted to murder the man that was to be wed to her
sister. She carefully prepared her favorite blade and was creeping to the servant's quarters in
the middle of a stormy night when a knock came from the door. She opened it and a sickly
woman was at the doorstep, begging for the someone to send a message to her home for her
as she was dying. The princess hissed at the woman and shooed her away. The woman fell to
the ground in the cold and used her last breath to beg for salvation from the magical guardians
of the world, the fal'Cie. A fal'Cie named Anima heard the woman's plea and came to her aid.
The princess was sneaking to the prince's room when the door rapped again. She answered it
and this time Anima was there waiting for her. The princess raised her blade to fight back but
Anima beat her with its pure intentions. The princess begged for forgiveness but Anima could
see through her to her cold heart and saw that she was preparing to take another life. Angered
by the princess' lack of love, Anima put a curse on the princess and her entire castle. Anima
turned all of the castle's inhabitants into Cie'th, monstrous crystal creatures that roam places
few would ever dare go. Anima transformed the princess into the most hideous Cie'th, part of a
rare breed called the Undying for its hatred of all things. It imprinted a rose shaped mark onto
the princess' heart and told her that if the she could learn to love again and be loved in return
before all of the rose's petals disappeared, then the spell would be broken. If not, the princess
would be an Undying Cie'th for all eternity, even if Hell itself froze over. As Anima left, it cried
two holy tears for the poor woman who had died because of the princess's cruelty. One made a
garden of ever blooming roses grow, whose petals would never fall and were the most beautiful
in the world. The other crystallized into a beautiful jewel, they say that this jewel allows its
owner to view all of the beauties of the world. As it was leaving, Anima took a single rose and
fashioned an amulet from it. It went to the woman's home and saw that she had a family,
leaving the mysterious amulet behind for the grieving people. Years passed, and the princess
hid herself in the castle's towers with the jewel, wallowing in regret and despairing endlessly in
the dark and long forgotten castle. She lost all hope, for who could ever love a beast?