A/N: Writers block and work. This story is a mix of a favorite story that my wife loves.
Beauty and the Beast! The both of us were watching it, and it got me thinking who would fit the whole story the best.
So i scooped up this story, it was going to be killed off a while back ago, i have been busy with work so i just now have has time to work on this. So i want to make this, but i want to go with a different style of coupling.
So i am trying to figure out who will be the other to this coupling. PM and review on votes on who
once i read the chapter i realized that i posted the wrong chapter first.
Here is the first chapter
"As any story it should start with a old one... a myth, and as any myth it starts with the age old saying..."
Once Upon a Time…
There was the kingdom of Mistrial. A glorious kingdom, ruled by a king who ruled his subjects fairly and just, with hair that matched his burning passion he protected his land. He did not fight in wars unless he had no choice and this led to him finding a wife, a woman with Streangth and sence justice written in her Amber eyes, that could be described as a burning sun which enchanted the king. Soon they were wed and the kingdom celebrated at the introduction of their new queen and soon, this king had a daughter, whom he named Cinder.
Her hair was as Black with a burning luster as the morning sun and eyes more enchanting than a glowing sun and while most would believe that, at a young age, she was cold, calculating, harsh and selfish.
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She was quite the opposite.
She was kind, caring and considerate.
When she was a child, she, along with her father, were exploring the village, concealed under cloaks of course and her father was telling her of the kingdom she would rule.
"Patience is an important rule Cindy, remember that. A foolish king races in without a plan in mind, a clever one waits and plans; no matter the costs at stake."
Cinder nodded, "Yes Papa."
He smiled before bending and kissing her forehead, "I am going to get some food for us, one moment."
Cinder smiled before waiting exactly where she was supposed to by the building.
However as luck would have it, a woman had knocked her over in a rush, yelping as the young princess fell to the ground.
"Oi, watch it!" the woman yelled.
"Hey!" someone else shouted out, a boy strode forward no older than herself, with bright yellow hair, "You knocked her over. I believe that you should be the one to apologize."
Cinder was slowly picking herself up.
"Why should I apologize when she-" the woman gasped.
The boy looked to see a girl; he wouldn't dare say she was pretty because girls had cooties, but she did look…cool. She had a black bob along with a dark gold circle around her head, when she turned her eyes reminded him of the grass way out in the countryside.
"Y-Y-Your majesty!"" the woman cried before kneeling on the ground, "P-Please forgive my impudence!"
The boy cocked his head, impudence what did that mean?
Cinder shook her head when she saw the woman who knocked her down…maybe she should do what mommy did.
"Why did you knock me over?" she asked calmly.
The woman trembled, "M-My children princess, they c-cannot be left alone for long."
Cinder smiled, "Then go. I can tell that children are waiting for their mommy to be home soon."
The woman looked up in disbelief before nodding and after saying her thanks she hurried off.
The boy looked on with surprise before turning to the girl, "That was cool!" he said.
Cinder smiled bashfully before bowing her head, the boy was cute, "Thanks."
"So what's your name?" he asked.
"Cinder, Cinder Fall."
The boy immediately knew of the princess but he didn't think on the manners so he just said, "Nice to meet you, I'm Sun."
Cinder smiled, then she saw her father hurrying toward her, "Sorry, I have to go now."
Sun nodded before leaving himself, Cinder pulled her hood back on as her father approached.
"Are you alright?" he asked, "Why did you reveal your face?"
Cinder just said, "I made a friend and a grown up decision."
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Cinder continued to be kind and gentle to all she met.
However, that all changed one day.
For she was attacked by cruel and evil men; the fearsome Cardinals while she was out in the gardens, her father searched for many days and nights without a trace and almost gave into despair until one day, a boy had snuck into his chambers and told him of the princess.
The king was still in his study, clasping his head in his hands with grief at his missing daughter. Then his fire surged before going out entirely and something rolled out, hopping to its feet it looked around excitedly.
"That was awesome! I see why Santa enjoys it so much."
The king looked at the boy, refusing to call upon his guards at the sight of the small child and said, "Who are you?"
The boy looked at him brightly, "I'm Sun, and I know where your daughter is."
In a flash the king was kneeling by the boy's side and grasping his shoulders, "How? Why did you not come here sooners?" he rattled the boy, "Speak!"
The boy looked at him blankly before lifting his shirt, a moment later a bright yellow tail swung out and swished before the king's eyes.
Now it all made sense, the kingdom had come out of a war with Faunus kind; and while they had some Faunus in town, the towns people didn't exactly respect Faunus that well.
"The guards wouldn't let me through," Sun explained, "So I spent the next several days trying to find my way in; it took a lot of effort before I reached here and I'm glad I could finally talk to you."
"Just tell me where my daughter is," the man pleaded.
With Sun's help the king saved his daughter and sentenced the Cardinals to death, however he refused to forgive himself and kept her locked up in the castle in hopes to protect his young daughter.
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However, while he had a daughter, the king also longed for a son. So for the longest time he had tried to make a child with his wife, and he succeeded.
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However there were complications during the birth, and the son was lost…as well as the wife.
The king in his grief has shut himself
remained there for four years until when she reached her age as a teenager she had enough; the curiosity inside her burned hotter than any flame and she took matters into her own hands. Sneaking out of the castle in the dead of night with some clothes and a cloak, she wandered into her village and was shocked at what she saw. A blonde monkey Faunus was laughing as he ran from some angry villagers; however it sounded like a song as well.
"Riff-raff!" one
"Street Rat!" A guard shouted
"Scoundrel!"
"Take that!"
People threw a mix of food, pots and even shoes at the Faunus, who skillfully dodged before perching himself carefully onto a post.
"Just a little snack guys," he said.
A flurry of sharp objects flew at him which he barely managed to block with a whirl of what appeared to be a red staff.
"Rip him open, take it back guys!"
"I can take a hint, gotta face the facts," with a shrug he turned before holding up his staff, "You're my only friend Bang Bang!"
He finished as he kissed it tenderly before leaping to another post, using his tail to swing around before he rolled as he hit the ground before sprinting away. Cinder recognized the person as Sun, the young boy from years ago and quickly tailed him, taking in the sights, she used a wagon to climb onto a ledge before leaping onto the roof; while she was a princess she started to get stronger after being kidnapped and managed to climb onto the roof with ease. Sprinting across the roof, shingles slid off as she rushed after the monkey Faunus until he climbed into an empty building. Slowing her pace she noticed that a window was equal to where she was on the roof, rolling her shoulders and scraping up her courage she sprinted forward before diving off the roof and into the building. With a loud 'THUD' she crashed and slid on the floor, groaning at the pain in her arms and shoulder, she got to her feet before looking around to see an empty building.
He was probably on the lower floors.
Getting to her feet, she slowly went down the steps of the old raggedy building; ducking under a cloth covering a doorframe she sees a makeshift bedroom. Pillows in the corner make up the 'bed' while rugs were strewn across the room like a carpet, banana peels were all thrown in a pile in a corner and the Faunus in question was currently pulling a knife out of his staff. Having a sudden intuition Cinder slowly moved to the right, only to let out a scream when the knife Sun was polishing came flying at her and embedding itself into the doorframe.
"Man are you guards getting girlier or-"
He cut off as the first thing he saw was a woman with beautiful black hair and eyes a brilliant amber, then he noticed the cut along her cheek. Dropping his staff he quickly took a piece of cloth from his pocket as he rushed to the woman.
"I am so sorry!" he exclaimed as he pressed the cloth onto the cheek, "I thought you were a guard."
"How did you know I was here?" she asked.
Sun shrugged, "Faunus talent, we have sharper senses than most humans."
After cleaning the blood off of the wound Sun set down the cloth before taking a step back sheepishly while scratching his head, "I'm…well I'm-"
"Sun."
Said boy blinked before looking at her, "How-"
Then it hit him, the princess.
He quickly fell into a kneel at her feet, "I-I plead for your forgiveness your majesty at my-"
Cinder sighed before kneeling down next to him, "You saved my life, I should be thanking you."
Sun nodded before slowly getting to his feet and helped Cinder to hers.
They spent the next few hours talking to each other and catching up on the past years, as it turned out Sun was actually planning to join the army as a knight as he trained hard with his staff; the only reason he stole was to survive another day. He only took enough for three small meals, the water he managed to filter from the rivers outside of the city. As time went by Cinder had to return to the castle, so she said goodbye and returned back to castle.
When the princess returned, she found her father in her room and he was furious to learn she left the castle, however Cinder soothed his anger and stated that by keeping her in the tower he was making it worse for her. After pleading with her father to allow her to roam freely, he allowed, on the condition of being trained by the greatest witch in the land.
Yes, witch.
However she was a good witch…literally, her title was actually Glynda the Good Witch.
She was known, along with her colleague Ozpin the Wise, were both renowned fighters and Ozpin agreed to allow Goodwitch freedom to train Cinder as he continued to wander around the land.
Glynda was very strict with the young girl, but Cinder never relented and soon grew strong in combat; and soon she met Sun again, who learned how to fight from her, and although the guards did not like how he used a staff rather than the sword and shield of a warrior, they found he was quite formidable with it. As time went on, the Monkey Faunus was soon falling hopelessly in love with Cinder and the same for the girl as well.
They continued to bond over time and before they grew into adulthood, Sun becoming a great knight of the Mistrial army. As the kings rein neared its end, Cinder was to become queen; and on the day of her coronation, she planned on making it possible for Sun to 'court' her while in reality they were to be wed, however fate was not on their side and at the night celebration before the coronation, mischief struck.
Mercury Black was a warlock and he, along with his master Roman Torchwick, Warlock of Sin, loathed Mistrial with a passion; Roman, along with Mercury, decided to curse the new queen.
With a simple trap.
Love.
And the only requirement, a kiss.
Cinder was going to be soon coronate, and she longed for Sun to be at her side; however he was missing ever since the start of that day. As she grew lonely and impatient, she met a charming man with hair of the finest silver and clothes of a prince. Not knowing his name they talked most of the celebratory ball, and Cinder began to feel a connection to this man and Sun was slowly slipping from her mind.
The Monkey Knight was currently trying to hurry to the castle, after buying the greatest thing he could to celebrate this day; a wedding ring for his soon-to-be.
He entered the castle and moved swiftly through the ball, taking a glass of wine from one of the servants to cool his nerves, as he searched for his beloved and went out onto the balcony, his heart stopped at what he saw.
Cinder was currently kissing another man.
His heart shattering, he dropped the glass which shattered on impact as he sprinted out of the castle, tears burning from his eyes.
Cinder was in heaven, this strange man was treating her almost better than Sun, so to give him a token of affection she decided to give him a small, chaste kiss. However as the sound of broken glass sounded she turned to see a yellow tail disappearing into the crowd.
With horror, she heard an evil cackling from behind her, turning she sees the man rising into the air as fire left the candles before whirling around in a circle and forming a man with bright-red hair and eyes glowing red.
"Ah," he said, "You have done well Mercury."
Mercury chuckled before saying, "She was so desperate that it was practically too easy."
Then Cinder felt a tingling in her lips before she demanded, "What did you do to me?!"
The tingling began to slowly grow across her mouth and spreading across her body.
A crowd began to form; numerous princes and prospectors of the woman's hand began to worry about what would happen next.
"Why, a curse of course."
The crowd gasped and Cinder paled at the word.
"You see," the Sin warlock began before walking on the air, "Your queen was so clueless, so…desperate for love that she failed to remain to the bit right in front of her; as such I have decided to curse her, along with all who remain in this castle."
Cinder whirled around to see the whole crowd of people leaving in a panic; she felt tears in her eyes as some of the servants that had been there since she was a child leave without a backwards glance.
"Don't worry Ma'am."
A boy with pitch black hair, dark eyes and wearing a fine suit, suggesting that he was a party attender, strode forward with confidence.
"Jeez, is that all? A purse? I hope it's not burgundy."
A blonde servant in a maid outfit walked forward with a cocky smirk.
A small handful of the older staff stood there, slightly afraid but firm.
Cinder cocked an eyebrow, "Very well."
Then he and Mercury zoomed forward and whirled their hands and chanted in a bizarre language. Then a wave of black and fiery energy expanded before filling up the whole castle, the retreating party-goers saw that castle seemed to darken significantly as the land around it turned dark and grey, the tree's turned brown and harsh looking as the magic finally ended just before the start of the village outside the castle.
Inside the castle, all that remained felt the magic affect their bodies and soon were crying out in pain.
The maid felt her body shrink before her arms seemed to shrink and narrow as heat grew in her hair and palms. Shaking her body she tried to move only to realize her feet had stuck together, hopping around she saw in the reflection of a fallen silver platter that she was indeed a candelabrum.
The boy felt his body constricting as his arms grew smaller, and his vision seemed to change slightly, after it ended he found he could still move however his view looked slightly pinkish, as if looking through stained glass. On his face, he felt something moving slightly joining a candelabrum on the ground he saw that he was a small clock, looking through pink glass.
The once beautiful princess started change and morph, her hands extended to claws as her feet seemed to grow and slightly narrow as her body grew larger and heavier. Finally as the process finished she flopped down to see that she needed to walk on four legs instead of two; slowly looking into a mirror she was horrified at what she saw.
Her 'hands' were actually paws with sharp but narrow claws, the mane that went from her head down to her upper back was still a ashy black but it was dulled with a deep gray, her feet were a mix of paws and talons as feathers stretched from her upper to lower back; cool black scales were connected along her belly as Cinder finally realized what she was.
She was a monster, a Beast.
Cackling evilly Cinder relished in the queens plight, believing that it was enough she and Mercury left the castle, leaving Cinder roaring in despair as she ran throughout the castle and headed to her room, destroying everything in her path in her rush.
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Cinder laid there on the ground, her paws folded under her uncomfortably, however that was the only way she knew how as a human.
Strange…human. She never thought it would sound so alien.
"I am so sorry."
Cinder raised her head up to see Ozpin the Wise striding up to her, his grey hair tousled as usual as he used a wooden cane to walk towards her, his robes were a mix of black and a faded green and a satchel hung from his shoulders.
Cinder whimpered lightly as he approached.
"Wait," Ozpin said before reaching into the satchel, a moment later he pulled out a powdery substance before sprinkling it over Cinder, "There."
'What did that do?' Cinder wondered.
"Allow me to understand your thoughts," Ozpin stated, he smiled at her confused look before he continued, "You see, while you have the body of a Beast, you still have the mind of a human, so you can speak; however you can only do it to those you trust, so it's safe to point out that all the people in the castle are your friends and can communicate telepathically, or with your mind."
Cinder bobbed her head, 'Ok. So is it possible to fix this?
Ozpin sighed, "I am afraid not. Spells and jinxes can be fixed by the proper counter-jinx or phrase, curses are another matter entirely."
Ozpin sat down next to the princess, "Curses are almost impossible to break, almost. Older curses need to be broken in ways you'd rather not know, so is a good thing that it is a newer curse; however the problem is…it requires true love."
Cinder jerked up her head, 'So if I find Sun and-'
"No, it is not Sun."
Cinder blinked in surprise, 'What?'
Ozpin carefully reached out and stroked Cinder's mane, "True love…is very difficult to find, I will not deny that you and Sun would have had a beautiful love…however that was not the true love we need in this case; he is one of the lucky few who will meet his true love, a cat Faunus by the name of Blake, on his way from Mistrial."
Cinder looked down sadly, a whine emanating from her throat.
A hand comfortingly rubbed her wolf head as she whined, "It's alright your majesty, as I said there are a few who will meet their love. You will be one of them."
Cinder looked at the wanderer in confusion, rising to his feet he took his cane and used it to slam onto the ground thrice before a whirlwind surrounded her.
"ACK!"
"WOOHOO!"
A clock and a candelabrum crashed into each other as the rest of the people who stayed joined them; they were all an assortment of supplies like brooms, plates, silverware, etc. and they stared at their princess in shock.
With a brush of wind and the sound of heels on stone, Glynda Goodwitch walked forward, her purple cape flowing in the wind and a riding crop in her hand. Standing next to her colleague, she whirled the crop around her head and purple streaks flew around the air, Ozpin pounded a steady beat into the ground with his cane, soon the sound of clocks filled the air with a steady ticking sound.
Flipping his cane he caught it with his left hand by the end before pointing the handle at the crowd of utensils, objects, appliances and the Beast.
Glynda whirled her crop one more time and with her right hand she pointed the crop at the crowd as well.
Their shoulders touching together, they then said in a loud powerful voice, "We enact the power of the Ancient Ones, by the power vested in us, heed our cry. This Curse is strong and powerful, we enact the power of Saint Raphael; this child is alone and searches for he, the child is lost and is in need of she."
Wind rippled around Cinder and the others, "We give the gift of immortality to these people, in hopes that they will receive their happy ending. We grant the immortality of the beings above and beyond."
The colors circled the group again before a purple and green wall rose up, imbedded with a tiara and cogs.
Soon after, Glynda collapsed to the ground as she panted heavily. Ozpin wearily leaned on his cane, "There."
'What has happened, what have you done?!' Cinder demanded.
"Simply put we made you immortal…until you find your true love of course," Ozpin stated.
"Wait…what?" the clock asked.
Ozpin sighed, "In order to break the Curse that was enacted onto your princess, she must find her true love and he must reciprocate her feelings."
"So we just have to wait for princess here to get a kiss from a lover boy?" the candelabra asked, "How long will that take?" she asked.
Ozpin shook his head, "I sadly do not know, I do not know how long your wait will be; but I wish you the best of luck."
With that and the swirl of the wind the pair were gone.
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Legends told of a monster, said to live in the old castle of Mistrial; one who murdered the soon to be queen and took over the castle. To this day it is said that it wanders the halls of the old castle, willing to ensnare its next victim to wander into that old stone building.
A/N: And that's that for the first chapter, whatcha think?
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