Disclaimer: I unfortunately do not own Adventure Time.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young king lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the king was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. He despised the magic and magical creatures that invaded his kingdom and all that possessed the strange gift. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single ice rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the king sneered at 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 a beautiful enchantress. The king tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into what he despised most, and placed a powerful snow spell on his castle and all who lived there. Ashamed of his new form, the king concealed himself within his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. Time passed and people began to forget about the kingdom. The king remained inside staring at the gift the enchantress had given him. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his thousandth year. If he could learn to love another, and earn their love in return by the time the last ice petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, 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?
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