Hey guys it's been a while now since I did any writing done. I've just been busy with my Feasibility studies, O.J.T and other stuff. But I'm back and I've got a new story that I hope you will enjoy.
This is my own twist of the classic fairytale story Beauty and The Beast, but a little of the original origins of it and a little of Disney's version.
The Beauty and the Dragon. .
In a castle in a far away land, there lived a prince with salmon colored hair and devilishly handsome. But his rude, unruly destructive, mischievous, violent and at some point he would set thing on fire and his monstrous appetite can only be satisfied with a feast. The people would call him "The Dragon Prince."
He had everything, money, women and power. Anything his heart desire, he would get it. But then, on one snowy Christmas evening, the young prince is in his banquet hall enjoying and having the time of his life, as his servants are at his side attending to his every need. Then one of the royal guards came barging into the banquet hall.
"I'm so sorry for the interruption my lord. But a peasant woman is at the gates asking for shelter from the storm. She asks if you could grant her this simple request." Said the guard.
"Huh?! Who is this peasant woman? And how dare she interrupt me marry making! BRING HER TO ME AT ONCE!" Demanded the young prince.
"Right away your majesty! " Said the guard diligently, as he ran out of the hall to retrieve the peasant woman.
Minuets pass, and soon the guard entered the banquet hall as two more guards' that help escorted the peasant woman wearing a long hooded gown.
"Your majesty! Here is the peasant woman." Said the guard, as the other two brought forward the woman.
"So. . You're the woman that interrupted my celebration huh?" Said the young prince in a pissed off tone.
"Yes your majesty I'm. And I'm so deeply sorry for the intrusion, but please- I beg of you your majesty. Please allow me to spent just one night in your castle, the weather outside is too strong. Please my lord." Plead the peasant woman.
"Hmph! And why should I? You could be a thief that's impersonating as a poor peasant woman to gain access into my castle." Said the young prince.
"Oh No! My lord I would never do that. Honest." She said
"Very well. If you're not a thief then, and suppose that I do let you stay in my palace. What would you give me in return?" Asked the prince.
"I don't have much my lord, but I can give you this beautiful steamed rose as exchange for your hospitality." Said the woman as she showed him a beautiful red rose.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You must be kidding me! I have a garden filled with roses. What makes you think I would want that rose huh?!" Said the prince.
"It's because this particular rose is magic. It can grant the holder any wish their hearts desire, as long as it's holders heart is pure and kind." Said the woman.
"Do you expect me to believe this bullshit!? HA!? DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME!? GUARDS! ARREST HER AND THROW HER OUT OF HERE! NOW! " Ordered the prince with rage, and as two of the guards grabbed the peasant women's arms. Her eyes started to glow as she spoke in a menacing voice.
"You shall pay for your insolence!" Both of the guards stepped back as her body started to fly off the ground, and white blinding light emanates from her body.
"WHAT ON EARTH!?" Said the prince. And before his very eyes, not a peasant women but a beautiful and elegant enchantress appeared.
"Young prince, you have treated me unkindly. I see now that you are nothing but a selfish, self-centered, spoiled, arrogant, prince that treats anybody with disrespect and disgust. For that you most pay. And the penalty is death!" Said the enchantress in great anger.
"Oh! Please forgive me enchantress. I'll change my ways. Please spare me." Pleased the prince in his knees.
"Very well young prince. I shall give a chance to redeem yourself." Said the enchantress, she then presented him the same rose which the young prince disrespectful declined.
"You shall be given a time period of 7 years to complete this tasked before the rose will lose all its petal on your 24th birthday- Your task is to make a young maiden fall in love with you, and to ask her hand in marriage. If you do not complete this task you shall die. Do you understand?" Said the enchantress.
"Ye-yes. . I. . I understand." Said the prince nervously.
"But there is one more thing." She said, as she then waved her hand and cast a spell on the young prince.
"The young maiden must not fall for your looks, charms or riches. She must fall in love with you for what's in your heart. And since they call you the "dragon prince". I cast this spell onto you, to turn you into what you are on the inside. A DRAGON!" The prince can feel his body changing. His body and appearance started to take form, horns started to grow out of his head, his eat became sharp as a dragon's, his hands slowly changed into claws before his eyes, his body grow red scales of a dragon, and finally a tail with spikes that rest on its back. The castle workers are all scared and horrified of his transformation that they all fled from the castle.
"What? What is this?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?!" yelled the prince.
"I turned you into what you really are on the inside. The curse with only be broken once you find a young maiden that will look beyond you're appearance and your wealth, and truly see the kindness within your own heart. Remember you only have 7 years to complete this task. Don't waste your time." With that the enchantress left in a puff of bright light, and then the newly turned dragon prince let out a mighty sorrow roar, filled with sadness and hate. Alone in the shadows of his castle.
~END OF CHAPTER ONE~
That's the end of Chapter one. I hoped you liked it. Tell me what you think. . X3
I'll be back soon with a new chapter as soon as I can. .