MidNight's Twisted Tales: The Beast
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NO! This isn't about "Beauty & The Beast"! It's about BEFORE Beauty & The Beast! Enjoy, my friends.
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Once upon a time, the handsome Prince Richard was trying to get himself a girl. Unfortunately, all the women he went out with were only interested in his charming good looks. More than a little turned off by all those shallow, superficial bimbos, he turned to Internet blind-dating, but those candidates were no better. They all just turned out to be shameless gold-diggers. (Perhaps the problem lay in his choice of a screen name? PrinceRich.)
At his wits' end, Prince Richard tuned to the gypsy (with the gold-capped tooth) at her pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine.
The gypsy witch looked at his palm, and she made a magic sign, she said, what you need is Love Potion No. 9. She bent down and turned around and gave him a wink, she said, I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink.
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink, he held his nose, he closed his eyes, he took a drink.
Without a thought, PrinceRich(it's catchy!) gulped down the little bottle of Love Potion No. 9, & immediately, a strange sensation came over him.
A horrific change swept through his body. His nose lengthened till it became a snout. His perfectly manicured hands twisted into sharp claws, & his hair. That went out of control, growing & growing until he was entirely covered in a coat of magnificent brown FUR.
"Witch!" PrinceRich hollered, in despair. "What the fuck have you done to me?!"
The Gypsy Witch merely crackled nastily. "You got your desire, Prince. Now, you can be assured that any maiden who loves you will truly love you for who you are inside & NOT your good looks, nor your riches. For you'll remain this way until a TRUE love's kiss breaks this curse." & still laughing nastily, she disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
So, PrinceRich slunk back to his dark & gloomy castle, tail between his legs, & he hid there for a long longtime, unable to bring himself to face the world.
Will PrinceRich ever get his handsome looks back? Well, that's a story for another day. Maybe.
The End (for now)
2nd Oct '08, 11.34am