Prologue

"There once was a prince of a magical kingdom. This kingdom was filled with light and happiness, with loyal subjects, who thought not only of the prince as royalty but family. One day, a man had visited his castle asking for help, for his village had been destroyed by darkness. The prince, of course, took him in and nursed him back to health. This man was also very charming in every way possible and soon enough the prince had fallen for him but what the prince didn't know was that the man indeed did not love him but in fact hated him and everything that he stood for. So with evil in his heart, set out a plan to kill the prince..."

The night was still and there was not a cloud in sight, the prince couldn't help but sigh looking at the stars from his castle balcony. He couldn't believe he was getting married, especially to who he thought was the most beautiful man in the world. Yes, they had only known each other for only a month but the prince could no longer hide his affections. He couldn't wait to slip that ring on that mans finger and claim him as his own.

There may have been rumors that involved this man, that included infidelity but the prince didn't care. He just needed to love...

-Mean while-

The supposed man scrambled to find every poison item in the royal kitchen and threw it in the pot. After a few minutes, it was ready. The man's boots began to strut across the ivory halls getting ready to kill his future man was not always evil and trust when I say there was still good in his heart but finding it would be a labyrinth. The reason he hated the prince was that of the fact that the prince was very selfish with his wealth and didn't give enough to the poor class.

This included him and his mother, who passed away. And with her death he began to come up with this plan, he hated the prince and blamed him for the death of his mother. He hadn't poisoned him before because like I said before...there is still a heart just hard to find, I guess you could say he DID love the prince but it was hard to really understand.

*Knock*

"Come in" the prince called and his face brightened to see his future husband.

"Soup? I made it myself" the man offered, bowing in front of his prince.

"I have been feeling a little ill...You're so good to me..." he said taking the soup and kissing the other on the forehead, not aware that the other was anxiously awaiting for him to take a sip out of the cup.

"Thank you...James" he said raising the cup to his lips and taking a sip.

"My pleasure, Kendall", once James finished the sentence the prince gasped grabbing his throat and let out a choked scream of pain. Kendall ran to the curtains grabbing tightly and fell taking the curtains with him, once on the floor, the curtains covered his body.

*Lightning flashes*

-Meanwhile in another dimension-

"Ooh baby it feels like, it feels like

The music sounds better with you baby

It feels right, it feels right

Everything's better with you"

The music played loud over the car stereo, Logan loved this song. They had been driving all the way from California to Oregon and he really needed a distraction from what was going on. Just then the music volume was lowered, he turned to his mother.

"Logan sweety, you're really gonna like this new house. It's big and it has this amazing garden with roses in it." giggled at the thought of their new home. To her dismay, she knew that he wouldn't be as excited as she was, but she was really trying. Ms. Mitchell had recently become a widow sending her and Logan into a deep depression. She figured that moving away would help them get over it but for some reason, it wasn't working too well.

"I guess that's OK," Logan replied, knowing how hard she was trying. On the other hand, he also told himself that he would try not only for her but for himself because his family was falling apart at the seams and he didn't want to address it. Reaching town, he noticed that the town actually wasn't very big and the population was at least under 200, which he wasn't used to. It seemed that the town was covered in forest trees and fields. There was a liquor store on the corner and the rest looked like a family owned businesses.

They pulled up to a two story home with many windows, and from the back, he could see the garden from where he was standing in the drive way, it was big but for some reason, Logan couldn't shake the weird feeling he was getting from the house.

*creak*

The front door opened and the smell of his grandma came through, he knew what that smell meant. This house was old and dusty but still in great shape. He turned to his right to see a staircase to the second level and to his left a double door with windows into a library, he then walked forward into the hallway and into the open concept kitchen/ living room and dining area. As he walked closer he noticed that there were a big fiber glass french in-swing patio doors but there was a problem...

IT WAS OPEN

As Logan and his mother walked closer, they noticed the leaves from the garden but also paw prints to a rather large animal.

"You think they have bears around here?" his mother said voice cracking a little and breaking the silence.

"No?...Yes?...I don't know!"

"Maybe we should call someone, I'll call animal control ." she decided and finalized in her head.

Logan POV

As I shoved the last of my clothing in the drawers, I began to feel really fatigued and as I tapped my phone I realized it was almost midnight and that I should probably head to bed.

I stripped down to my briefs but I couldn't help but feel eyes on me, I quickly shook off the thought and put on a white robe that reached my ankles and wrapped myself insecurely a bit feeling eyes on me again. I knew this town was weird! Why did we have to move to this godforsaken place!

NARRATOR VIEW

Little did Logan know, there were eyes on him. Eyes that were intrigued, scared and nervous but those pair of eyes wanted to see Logan face to face. These eyes had never laid eye on such a beautiful creature and they wanted more, but how to approach. As Logan came down stairs the pair of eyes darkened and began to rustle the bushes, in an attempt to get his attention and it did. Logan turned towards the patio, scared, shocked and against his better judgment began to walk towards the glass. The garden was exceptionally beautiful at night, almost...enchanting. Logan couldn't help it and again, against his better judgment went outside.

Once outside the smell of roses caught his nose and enchanted his senses and maybe even turned him on a little but he couldn't explain the things he was feeling. The roses formed a circle in the middle of the garden and so Logan moved to the center and kneeled to inhale more of the intoxicating smell. He rose his head to the sky while inhaling deeply and raising his head to the full moon, it was big beautiful and the perfect way for Logan to relax.

The bushes rustled and Logan snapped out of his daydreaming to find a pair of eyes in the bush in front of him. Logan's body froze and could only stay still as a giant beast emerged from the rose bush. The beast was big and hairy and was staring straight into Logan's soul, then the beast began to move closer. Logan crawled backward, keeping eye contact with this beast. The beast stood on its hind legs standing as a man with a green cloth around his waist apparently covering its genitals. It had a snout and horns with under-biting canines, he looked familiar for some reason but he couldn't help but stare.

Logan wasn't scared at all, in fact, he was intrigued by the beast as much as the beast was with him. Logan was a Pisces and always read books about mystical creatures and escaping reality to travel to different worlds, he even wrote fan fiction online. Before Logan could react the beast had launched forward at him, with a swift motion making Logan flinch with his arm up to guard against being mauled. But to Logan's surprise, the beast was only smelling him.

"You're not gonna eat or kill me?" Logan said surprised and now he was scared this was all too new to him.

The beast shook its head, and said "No... ". The voice was deep and strong.

"Wait, you can understand me?" Logan gasped now feeling off a little.

"yes"

"Wow, um..." he was speechless, Logan didn't know what to ask or what to do. So he did the first thing that came to mind, he held out his hand and reached to touch the beast, the beast did the same, held his hand out and leaned in. They touched hands sending electricity through their bodies, sending them flinching back...

"Logan, you up?" screamed from inside walking towards the patio and sticking her head out the house.

"What are you doing out here sweetie, there might be animals out there!?"

"I was just..." Logan turned to see that the beast had vanished, causing Logan to sign

"...looking at flowers" he finished.

~Meanwhile~

The beast ran through the rose bushes leading into a magical forest and once the beast reached an open field it stopped to think about Logan. This beast had made a connection with someone, it had been years since he had met someone like Logan. But this time he needs to make sure the connection was real. The beast's fur began to shrink and turn into the skin. As the transformation ended, he rose stark naked.

KENDALL