Beauty and the Beast

Once upon a time in a far away land a young prince lived in a shining castle. All though he had everything his heart desired. The prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind. But one winter's night an old lady came into the castle and offered him a single rose in return from shelter of the bitter cold. Repulsed by her ugly appearance the prince denied the gift and turned the old woman 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's ugliness melted away to reveal beautiful enchantress. The prince tried to apologize but it was too late for she has seen that there was no love in his heart. As his punishment she transformed him into hideous beast and put a powerful spell in the castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his appearance the beast concealed himself inside his castle and the magic mirror being his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose. Which will bloom until his 21st year. If he could learn to love another and earn his love in return by the time the last petal fell then the spell will be broken. If not he will be doomed to remain as 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?

Chapter 1

In a village in the middle of the mountains in a small house lived a beautiful boy named Law with his father Corazon. Their house was small yet comfortable with a nice white color and clay tiles in the roof. It had a small windmill and an orange tree beside it. Today Law will go out as always to the town to go and look for a book but he never thought that from that day things would change forever…

Laws POV

I got out from my house with a basket in my hands. I couldn't wait to go to the library and get a new book. Some birds were flying around me for some reason I thought that was peaceful at least for me. As I made my way to the town I started singing. I always do that. Isn't that weird?

Law
Little town, it's a quiet village
Every day like the one before
Little town full of little people
Waking up to say...

Townsfolk:
Bonjour
Bonjour
Bonjour
Bonjour
Bonjour

Law:
There goes the baker with his tray, like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town

I saw the Baker carrying bread and suddenly say hi to me

Baker:
Good morning, Law

Law:
Good morning monsieur
Baker:
Where are you off to?

Law:
The bookshop, I just finished the most wonderful story
About medicine, and hearts, and a-
Baker: That's nice. Robin the baguettes, hurry up

Well I guess he is not interested in medicine

Townsfolk:
Look, there he goes
The boy is strange, no question
Dazed and distracted, can't you tell?
Man: Never part of any crowd
Woman: Cause his head's up on some cloud
No denying he's a funny boy, that Law

Man 1: Bonjour
Woman 1: Good day!
Man 1: How is your family?
Woman 2: Bonjour
Man 2: Good day
Woman 2: How is your wife?
Woman 3: I need...six eggs
Man 3: That's too expensive!

Law: There must be more than this provincial life!
I got into the library full of beautiful books with different colorful covers. As I got in there the same old man that runs the library came to talk to me
Man: Ah, Law
Law: Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed
Man: *chuckles* Finished already?
Law: Oh I couldn't put it down. Have ya got anythin' new?
Man: (chuckle) Not since yesterday.
Law: That's all right. I'll borrowww, this one- as I slide myself with some stairs through the library
Man: That one? But you've read it twice!- Said the old man amazed

Law: Well it's my favourite: far off places,
medicine, hearts, lots of surgeries!
Man: If you like it all that much, it's yours

Law: But sir?!
Man: I insist!
Law: Well thank you, thank you very much!

I got out of the library reading the new book I got without seeing were I was going.

Townsfolk:
Look, there he goes, that boy is so peculiar
I wonder if he's feeling well
Girls: With a dreamy, far-off look
Men: And his nose stuck in a book
Townsfolk: What a puzzle to the rest of us is Law

Law:
Ohhhhhh...isn't this amazing?
It's my favorite part because...you'll see
Here's where the show some organs
But you won't see the heart
Till chapter three!

Woman:
Now it's no wonder that his name means "beauty"
His looks have got no parallel

Shopkeeper:
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid He's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us

Townsfolk:
He's nothing like the rest of us
Yes, different from the rest of us is Law

Trebol:Wow you didn't miss a shot Doflamingo!
You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!

Doflamingo:I know
Trebol: No beast alive stands a chance against you, haha...and
No girl or boy for that matter
Doflamingo: It's true Trebol, and I've got my sight set on that one
Trebol: The inventor's son!?
Doflamingo: He's the one, the lucky boy I'm going to marry
Trebol: But He's-
Doflamingo: The most beautiful boy in town
Trebol: I know but-
Doflamingo: That makes him the best! And don't I deserve the best?
Trebol: Well of course, I mean ya do, but I (mumbling)

Doflamingo (singing) : Right from the moment when I met him, saw him
I said he's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town it's only he
Who's as beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Law

Silly Girls:
Look there he goes! isn't he dreamy?
Monsieur Doflamingo! oh,he's so cute!
Bestill my heart! I'm hardly breathing!
He's such a tall, dark, strong, and handsome brute!

Man1: Bonjour
Doflamingo: Pardon!
Man2: Good day
Man3: Mais oui!
Matron: You call this bacon?
Woman1: What lovely grapes!
Man4: Some cheese...
Woman2: ...Ten yards!
Man4: ...One pound..
Doflamingo : `Scuse me!
Cheese merchant: I'll get the knife
Doflamingo: Please let me through!
Woman1: This bread...
Man5: Those fish...
Woman1: ...It's stale
Man5: ...They smell!
Baker: Madame's mistaken!

Law: There must be more than this provincial life!

Doflamingo: Just watch...I'm going to make Law my wife!

Townsfolk:
Look there he goes...a boy who's strange but special
A most peculiar monsieur
It's a pity and a sin
he doesn't quite fit in
Cause he really is a funny boy
A beauty but a funny boy
he really is a funny boy...that Law!

For some reason I got the feeling that somebody was looking at me so I turned around but then I saw it was just the town people. I looked at the town for a while. It was beautiful I can't deny it. The houses looked small yet comfortable. It had nice orange trees surrounding it. Giving it a peaceful and adoring look. Yet somehow I felt like I didn't belong here. I was going to leave when suddenly the biggest asshole in town was coming my way. His name is Doflamingo. I seriously hate him. Everybody thinks he is handsome. I mean he is not that ugly. He has short blonde hair and has a pair of beautiful blue eyes. But for some reason he likes to hide them behind some horrible looking purple glasses. He wears a huge pink feather scarf. I hate pink! Most of his clothes have pink. And his friend is way worse then him. That Trebol guy was really a disgusting thing to see. He has black hair and wears glasses as well. He also had some kind of mucus on his nose. Every time I see it I just want to throw up. I was so immersed in my thoughts that I didn't see when Doflamingo took my book out of my hands. He was really pissing me off!

Doflamingo: Hello Law

I stared at him angry

Law: Hello Doflamingo. Can I have my book please?

He stared at my book like it was something out of this world.

Doflamingo: How do you read this? Its so gross all of those organs just makes me want to throw up!

Law: Well some people can handle that type of stuff.

Doflamingo: Well its now time for you to get your head out of those books and start paying attention to more important things like me.

Doflamingo threw my book and it fell on a puddle. He was really making me mad if I just had a knife I would have cut his head off! I saw some girls sigh. Urgh, I hate them too! I went and grabbed my book back and start cleaning it with my black and yellow shirt. I didn't mind getting my shirt dirty as long as my book was all right.

Doflamingo: The whole town is talking about it! It isn't right for a cute guy like you to read. So you start getting ideas and thinking…

Law: How sweet but I'm not going to stop reading, Doflamingo. - I said with a very sarcastic tone.

Doflamingo: Hahaha, Thank you Law. Why don't you come with me and go into the tavern to take a look at my trophies? - He said as he put an arm over my shoulder.

Law: Maybe some other time. I'm not in the mood. -I said

I could hear some girls talking behind my back.

Rebecca: What's wrong with him?!

Violet: He is crazy

Nami: He is gorgeous

I suddenly got free of Doflamingo's grip and said

Look Doflamingo, I cant. I need to help my father

Then Trebol appeared out of nowhere and said

-Hahahah,That crazy old man? He needs all the help he can get!

Doflamingo laughed about his comment. I really hate when they laugh about my dad. I mean Corazon is not that normal but that doesn't mean they have the right to laugh about him.

Law: Hey! Don't talk about my father that way! - I said angrily

Doflamingo: Yeah…Don't talk about his father that way!

I didn't know why but he after saying that he hit Trebol on the head.

Then I answered back

-My father is not crazy! He is a genius!

But suddenly I heard an explosion and look behind me. I saw smoke coming out from my house. I left running to see what was happening. But as I left I could hear Doflamingo and Trebol laughing behind my back. But I was so worried that I didn't bother. I went into my house and opened the small dour that carried to a place we got underground. As I opened the door I started to cough. The room was filled up with smoke. But after a few minutes the smoke started to clear and I could see Corazon on the floor. I walked to where he was and said

-Dad! Are you alright?!

I looked as Corazon fixed his heart shirt and pants. Corazon is a blond tall man with blue eyes. He is really clumsy and usually makes a mess when he works but he is an amazing man.

Corazon: I'm about to give up! - He said as he kicked the machine

Law: Come on, don't say that!

Corazon: I mean it! I will never get this piece of shit to work.

I hugged him from behind and said

-Yes, you will and you will win first place at the fair tomorrow. And become a world famous inventor.

He grabbed my hands and said

-You really believe that?

I sigh and said

-I always had.

Then I released him from our embrace and he turned to see me and said

-Well what I'm I waiting for?! I wil fix this in no time.

He got under the machine and started to fix some stuff.

Corazon- Hey Law please give me that.

I passed him one of the tools that were inside the toolbox. And then he asked

-Did you have a good time in town today?

I answered him

-Well I got a new book about medicine.

I thought for a while if asking him what I was thinking but then I decided to say it anyway

-Corazon, Do you think I'm odd?

Corazon stared at me dumbfound and answered

- My son odd! Where did you get an idea like that? Haven't you seen yourself in a mirror?

Well I'm not ugly. I have caramel skin and silver eyes. Some people like to tell me that my eyes remind them of the moon. Yet I don't pay attention to that. I have dark circles over my eyes since I have a lot of trouble sleeping. I have a slender and muscular body and I have lots of tattoos over my body. My hair is black and I have a hat that I wear all the time. I usually wear a shirt with yellow and black and blue pants with dots at the bottom of it and shoes with small heel. I answered Corazon back

- Well is just that I believe I don't fit here. There is no one I could really talk too.

Corazon went again to fix the machine and said

- What about that Doflamingo? He is a handsome man.

Law: Yeah, He is handsome, rude and a total asshole. Corazon, he is not for me.

Corazon gave a small laugh and said

- Well don't worry since this invention is going to be a new start for us.

He stood up and said

- Its finished! Lets give it a try

He pulls one of the levers of the machines and suddenly it started to make smoke and making all the gears to work. Then the machine started to cut the wood with the axe. It was amazing. I said

- It works!

-It does!

-You did it! You really did it!

Corazon started to carry the machine outside and put the machine in a small kart and said

-Well I'm off to the fair!

Law: Goodbye Corazon take care!

-I will

It will be continued….