So this is for solitarylone Strees Relief Contest and it is based off The beast by Miku Hatsune. I suggest you all to go listen this song because it's awesome (on my point of view). There is also a Len's version of this song which is great as well. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer : I don't own VOCALOID.
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A long time ago, I had cast a spell on myself. From an ugly person, I became a beautiful beast. I had decided to build a castle and locked myself in, all of this because of my pride. As the years passed by, my castle became more and more empty, until I can drown myself in this emptiness. I never opened the door, nor unlocked it. No one had ever entered here. The castle walls were all painted in a dark color. There was a dining room, two bedroom, a ball room, a bathroom (obviously), a gigantic hall and others rooms, some with no use. Only three windows gave a view from the outside world. When I looked outside, after several centuries, I saw a village, with his little houses, the school, the church and other small building.
I entertained myself with reading books and looking outside the windows. After a few centuries, I finished my books and became bored as ever. I only looked through the window afterward.
I looked the village evolution, while my castle stayed the same. I saw the villagers born, grow, love and die from my window. They all died while I lived, they all grow up while I stayed the same, they all loved while I envied them. I had the eternal youth, when they had love.
I had cursed them from my window, when they found their love.
Me, I was locked in my castle, refusing to leave, remaining still as arrogant as before. I wondered if one day, someone will notice the shadow in the lonely castle, which had never be inspect.
One day, a boy had tried to enter by the locked door. He failed. After that accident, I destructed the door and replaced it by a wall of rock. No exit left. I also remove two of the three windows.
The only contact left with the outside was the only window remaining. Every day I was looking through it, following with my eyes the villager's life.
As the years passed by, it all became more technologic. The religion had been set aside for science.
The villagers had lived longer then before and had been more curious about my castle. My legend was spread through books and tales. The parents where told my tale to their kids as a bedtime story. The teenagers, fascinated by my castle and the legend around it, had tried several times to enter my castle, but they never find a door. Normal, I had removed it years ago. They tried to saw a figure in the only window left, but I never let them saw me. Some of them tried to climb to the windows, but all of them failed. My little castle became a fortress.
After some times, the villagers abandoned to enter my fortress. Still, the legend continued to be spread. But the tale changed.
In the new version of my story, a witch had cast a spell over me, transforming me in an immortal horrible beast. I had supposedly locked myself in the castle because I don't want them to saw how ugly I had become. The villagers had twisted my story, but the truth was still in some books that the library contains.
And one single day, everything change.
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Len P.O.V.
I looked at the front of the class. The teacher, Kiyoteru, was talking about the medieval time. I turned my look to the window. From there, I saw the beautiful castle which was standing near of my little village. All the rocks, which were structuring it, were dark. Only one window pierced the wall of rock. This castle had been there for centuries and had been constructed at the medieval time. When I was young, my mom told me the story of that castle. A few days ago, I had learned that the bedtime story I had been told wasn't the true legend. It was the twist version of it, the one that the villagers changed.
Thinking about it, wasn't the teacher talking about the medieval time? I raised my hand.
''Yes, Len? '' Asked Kiyoteru.
''Do you know the true story of the castle near the village? '' I asked curiously. All the other students raised their heads, all listening to the teacher answer.
''Well yeah, but it isn't in the program of today…'' said awkwardly Kiyoteru.
''But it is relate to the topic, right? Aren't we talking about the medieval times? '' Wondered Gumo, a boy from my class who had green hair and emeralds eyes. He looked at the teacher with questioning eyes. Like for everyone here, he had listened to the story when he was young.
''Exactly, isn't the legend happened in the medieval time? '' Finished Gumo twin sister, Gumi.
'' Okay, then. I will tell you the entire true story behind this castle. '' Sighed the teacher.
''Once upon a time…'' He began.
''What once upon a time? '' Asked Rin, my twin sister. ''Isn't it a true story? ''
''It's you who is going to choose that. So, once upon a time, there was a young boy. He cast a spell on himself. From an ugly person, he turned in a beautiful beast. Belong to some person, he became immortal. The villagers after built this castle to imprisoned him, which they do. It's like his jail. Sometimes, some villagers saw a shadow in the only window left. No one never enter the castle, nor saw who this shadow was. There's no door to enter the castle. A lot of people believe that the beast is still up there, looking us through this lonely window. ''
''What does he looks like? '' I asked. My curiosity about the young man who changes into a beast had grown up.
'' The ancient texts of this time said that, after he had casted the spell, he had two beautiful horns on his head and teal hairs. He also had teal eyes. The only other thing it's said about him was that he was rather small and that he was arrogant. '' Answered Kiyoteru.
All the students began to talk about the tale. Kiyoteru motioned them to stop and continued his speech I had interrupted.
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I was standing outside, surrounded by my friends. Among them, there was my sister, Gumo and Gumi. We were all looking a picture that Neru had taken of the castle window. There was a shadowy figure.
''He is still there. He is immortal anyway, so he isn't dead yet. '' Said Neru.
''Obviously, he is immortal, he can't die… '' Answered Teiru, a white-haired boy with crimson red eyes.
''So… Do you think it's true or not? '' Asked Piko, the silver haired boy standing next to me. He looked at me with his right blue eyes and left green eyes. His eyes were really particular, by the fact they aren't the same color.
''Maybe… Isn't this picture proving it? '' I wondered. I looked in the direction of the castle. There, I saw a shadow in the window. I frowned and shook my head. It wasn't there anymore.
''Well… We should check. '' Said my sister, confidently. My eyes meet her same dark blue eyes. We starred at each other.
''And how would you enter? Nobody enter in there, and it had been centuries that people try!'' Riposted Piko, unnerved, breaking our eyes contact. Rin smiled at him and softly kissed him. They were together about three month.
''Piko is right. Everybody failed to enter. '' Gumo continued, holding Neru by her waist. It was another couple here. Sometimes, I felt really alone, surrounded by them.
''Maybe if we search, we will find something that the other hadn't found yet. '' Suggested Teiru.
We follow his suggestion and we went to the castle. We began to surrounding to find whatever we could find there. We were searching a door when Piko called the rest of us.
'' What is it Piko? '' Asked Neru, looking at him worriedly.
''Check this out. It's the demarcation where the door is supposed to be. '' Answered Piko. There was a little line of space which was like the shape of the door.
''This was probably the emplacement of the door. He had probably sealed it, for nobody to enter. '' Continued the silver haired boy.
Teiru, Gumo, Piko and me tried several times to remove the rocks, but they were too heavy to move.
''We still found something '' said Gumi, to cheer us up.
We all sighed and continue our round around the castle.
''It's more looks like a fortress then a castle, when you look at it from near… '' Remarked Teiru. And suddenly, I understood.
''I understand now! He didn't really build a castle. He built a fortress to hide and protect himself from the others! He didn't want the others to see him, what he had become. He locked himself in reclusion… He hadn't been imprisoned by the villagers.'' I tried to explain to others. He locked himself intentionally. The villagers hadn't imprisoned him. He simply locked himself from the others. Why he really had done that? I don't know. The most probable thing is that he wants to hide what he had become.
''He locked himself intentionally? He does make sense that the door had been sealed then… '' Said Rin.
''It also explained why we saw a shadow in the window, and why it disappears. He isn't chained or anything! He is completely free in there! '' Added Gumi. We all nodded.
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The beast P.O.V.
I smiled as I heard them talking. Finally, someone had understood why I was stuck here. Because of my own choice. They even had found the sealed door. Funny. I checked through the window once more.
There was a white haired boy with crimson red eyes. He looked rather tall, but not that much. Either, a silver haired boy with mismatched eyes; one blue and one green. A girl had dark blond hair tied up in one ponytail on the left side of her head. She was currently holding the hand of a green haired boy with emeralds eyes. He was wearing red goggles on the top of his head. An also green haired girl with emeralds eyes looks like his twin. The mismatched eyes boy held the hand to a blond hair girl. Who was surely her twin was standing next to her. He had messy golden blond hair and was rather tall, the most tall in all the teenagers who were standings near my fortress. His eyes were the shade of the midnight blue sky.
I shook my head and go away from the window as he was looking in it. He was always looking at it. I sighed. I wondered if he will try to enter by the windows. Whatever. Why will I care of this mortal boy?
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Len P.O.V.
Gumo, Gumi and Neru had come back to their house, leaving me, Teiru, Piko and Rin. We still walked around the fortress searching. We had found a tree, which I could climb to enter by the window. We had decided to do a final turn before I try. We returned to the tree, Piko and Rin holding hands.
''Try to climb now…'' whispered quietly Teiru. It was darkening outside, sign that it would be night soon. I began to climb, all the branches scratched my arms and legs. I finally arrived to the window and try to open it. It's locked. I frowned and tried to open it with my two hands, with the only results to almost fall. I swore and came back to the ground.
They were all looking at me, who was still frowning. I really wanted to go in there.
''The window is locked. '' I calmly announced.
''Locked? How a window of the medieval times can be locked? '' Asked Piko. I sighed. How could I know this?
We all decided to went back to our house. But I had other plans. As soon as I arrived to my house, I ran to my room and took a flashlight and other useful things. I quietly went out of my room by my window and ran discretely toward the beast fortress. I avoided the bushes and the trees to finally arrived to the castle. I climbed once again the tree and tried to open the window with one hand. The window slide open, unlocked. I smiled a satisfied smile while sliding in the dark room. The walls were painted black. There was a chair near of the window. About that, the room was empty. I continued to search. What was I searching? I was unknowing it. Maybe the beast itself. I wandered across the rooms, all painted in dark color. I found a gigantic bookshelf. I took a book and began to read. It was hand-written and obviously old. Really old. I replaced it and continued my quest. Finding all the rooms empty, I came back to the window room. In a shadowy corner of the room was standing a figure. With horns. The beast.
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The beast P.O.V.
The blond mortal had entered when I had left the window unlocked. I had opened it to have some fresh air and close it, but forget to lock it when I went to search a book. The blue-eyed guy had entered and was behind me now. He wasn't supposed to be here. I wondered what he will do when he will saw me…
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Len P.O.V.
I was paralyzed in shock. It was still alive. It was surely millennia that this thing lives! How was it possible? And after all this year wasn't it bored? Okay. I'm going away of the topic. Still that it had surely finished all of the books… Was it this thing I saw through the window? Obviously. I'm stupid. Nobody lived here about the beast.
I looked at it, but I couldn't saw anything; it was too dark. Finally the beast turned around and took a step forward.
I immediately noticed the long teal hair tied up in two ponytails which reached her hips and the matching teal eyes. The horns on the beast head were of a pure black, like her old looking dress. Wait. What? The beast was a girl?
