Tke: WEEEEEEEE!!!! Don't have too much to say!!!
Sora: this should go quick
Tke: mehhhh, sorry if this seems kinda short, it's just the prologue anyways.
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Title: Tale As Old As Time
Authoress: Tysonkaiexperiment
Coupling: Soiku main, AkuRoku side, Zemyx side
Warnings: yaoi, erm… Disney rip-off?
Summary: Beauty and the Beast, Soiku style with AkuRoku and Zemyx side pairings. All the songs will be in here, yes.
Disclaimer: You just missed it, I owned B and B and Kingdom Hearts about… ten seconds ago…
Notes: All the chapter titles are actually the names of the songs that appear. If one chapter is called something that isn't a B and B song, then there's no singing it.
Notes 2: When I first started to write the chapter, Nightwish's version of Beauty and the Beast started to play, ironic? Maybe. Fate? Yes. Hope for finishing? Most definitely.
Notes 3: All things in this is true, the gifts the prince got were more elaborated in the Beauty and the Beast Christmas movie.
Notes 4: All the lines (Naminé's I'm not completely sure of) are taken out of the movie, I swear to you. All these lines were used in Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas, which I love the music to.
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CHAPTER 1:
ACT ONE: PROLOGUE
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Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
A young Prince lived in a shining castle.
Although he had everything his heart desired,
The Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
Prince Riku sat on his throne angrily, his face scrunched in anger and every servant seemed to notice his distaste in everything.
"BRING ME MY PRESENTS!!"
Axel, the close friend and butler to Prince Riku, came almost skipping up with fear, "P-please, accept this, from all maids and butlers, as a small token of our—."
Prince Riku had already been unwrapping the gift by the time Axel was half way through his speech, "A story book?" He snarled in disgust, the book dropping backwards from his hand to land at the side of his throne and everyone watched it fall with a loud 'thunk'. "I hope you have something better from me Ansem."
"Y-yes, of course master…" Ansem bowed and began to play his organ.
Their royal musician, Ansem, had just started to give Prince Riku his 18th birthday present—a musical piece that sounded oddly enough like the death march.
"What… is THAT?!" Prince Riku screamed angrily into the air, his hands balling in fists and his eyes blazing with displeasure.
"It's a piece…" Ansem bit his lip, bowing slightly as he sat on the bench in front of the organ, "… In your honor, sir."
"Ugh, I hate it." Riku shuddered before looking at Ansem in a weird way, "Ansem, that stuff is gloomy."
Suddenly a knock ran through the castle, shocking everyone.
Riku stood, fists tight and eyes narrowed, "Who disturbs my CHRISTMAS!?"
He stomped angrily to the door, not tripping or bumping into anything, and ripped the doors apart harshly.
But then, one winter's night,
An old beggar woman came to the castle
And offered him a single Rose
In return for shelter from the bitter cold.
Repulsed by her haggard appearance,
The Prince sneered at the gift,
And turned the old woman away.
The lady stood there, obviously in her sixties or seventies with slightly baggy wrinkles, harsh voice, rough hands, and white hair.
"Please take this rose in exchange from the bitter cold." Out of her dark brown cloak came a beautiful ruby red rose, seemingly perfect in its creation.
He sneered, mocking her, "Tsk, I don't need a rose!" With that he shut his doors tightly, "Go away you old hag."
But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances
For Beauty is found within.
She stared, watching him with a seeing gaze as he scorned her—scorned her for being ugly and elderly.
Her dark black eyes flashed with a light shot of blue as she watched him.
And when he dismissed her again,
the old woman's ugliness melted away
to reveal a beautiful Enchantress.
As soon as the door clicked shut and he walked back to his throne, the door burst open. Light poured into the room, blinding everyone.
When it disappeared the people stared at the beauty in front of them.
Milky white skin, light blue eyes now slightly dark from glaring and soft blonde hair twirled around resting lightly on her shoulder. She seemed to be floating high in the air, her soft blue dress shinning and shimmering in the beautiful, yet harsh, blue light that surrounded her.
The Prince 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 a hideous beast,
and placed a powerful spell on the castle,
and all who lived there.
"You have been deceived by your own cold heart. A curse upon you and all in this castle until someone loves you for who you are… you shall remain forever—a beast…"
The servants could feel themselves change, looking at themselves in horror. They looked up to see their prince.
The prince had begun to go through the longest transformation of any of them. His pale skin turning into fur, blending into a soft tannish color as his hair turned to fur also and became the same color. His clothes shredding as he became larger than he originally was. Horns began to grow out of his forehead and his teeth became longer and sharper—like fangs.
The servants watched in horror as their master fell to the ground with a loud thud, they turned towards the enchantress only to find her gone and the main entrance of the castle open as snow and wind blew through.
Ashamed of his monstrous form,
the beast concealed himself inside his castle,
with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world.
The prince snarled, ripping the picture of himself (he had hanging on his bedroom wall) to shreds before raising his now large, hairy arms over his head and whimpering in sorrow.
The mirror on the stand behind him started to glow a light green, showing the outside of the castle that seemed dreary, dark, and cold before flickering to the town closet to the castle and showing it's beauty, elegance, and life.
The beast seemed to growl more, turning the mirror over and staring at the picture of himself he had just destroyed with his new claws.
The Rose she had offered,
Was truly an enchanted rose,
Which would bloom for many years.
If he could learn to love another,
and earn her love in return
by the time the last petal fell,
then the spell would be broken.
If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast
for all time.
The rose stayed perfectly suspended in it's crystal encasing. It's beautiful pink glowing in the darkness of the castle as if just showing the beast his suffering.
The beast stared at it, aqua eyes gazing with a dark look of hatred and self-loathing.
Every time he glanced at the rose, he remembered.
He remembered what a fool he'd been.
He remembered not using his heart.
He remembered treating people coldly.
His sorrow returned, tenfold, knowing he was just wasting his 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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Tke: my favorite coupling with my favorite Disney movie… why didn't I think of this before??
Sora: because you haven't watched B and B in FOREVER and Kiraracutie's bday was the first time you watched it in over a year?
Tke: maybe…
Riku: you were staring at how cute Sora is?
Tke: YEAH!!! THAT WORKS!!
Sora: blush
Riku: rolls eyes and pulls a squeaking Sora closer he's mine.
Tke: I know… still can dream though.
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