Hey just want to let everybody know that I have not given up on Hardy Girls but at the moment the plot bunnies are distracting me with this story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Labyrinth, or the movie that the story takes after. I only own the characters that I have made in my own head. Thank you.
Once upon a time, in a far away land, a young prince lived in a shining castle.
Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and
unkind. But then, one winter's night an old beggar woman came to the castle and
offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her
haggard appearance the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away.
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty was found within.
And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal 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, transformed him into a
hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle with a
magic crystal as his only window to the outside world. The rose, she had offered, was
truly an enchanted rose; which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could
learn to love another and earn their love in return ,by the time the last petal fell, then
the spell would be broken. If not, then he would be doomed to remain a beast for all
time…
As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope. For who could ever, learn
to love, a beast?