Summay: AU. Doesn't the title say it all? Okay, Nami, our Belle, is sent to a castle deep in the woods, where vicious wolves roam. She makes a deal with the "Beast" to take Genzo's, her father's, place as prisoner. If memory serves you correctly, the plot with come. However, unlike Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast or any other version, this is my version with One Piece characters!
Disclamier: I don't own any version of Beauty and the Beast or One Piece. I do own this story.
AN: If you wondering… I thought of this when I was taking the annual standardized testing at my school. It won't leave me alone until I wrote it down on paper, now I typed it and posted it.
Don't worry, Lady Mihawk fans, I haven't forgotten about that. It's just a writer's block. Read and Enjoy!
An old woman knocked on the thick wooden door of the Castle One Piece. Outside its warm interior, the freezing winds tugged at the old one's cloak. The gates opened to reveal a small reindeer standing on his hind legs. It wore a pink hat with a bandaged 'X' in the front center, maroon pants, and a maroon tail coat.
"Umm.. How may I help you?" He asked stuttering.
"I seek sanctuary from the winter storm. Please, kind Sir, let me in."
The small reindeer obliged, "I shall bring you food and hot tea." He led the woman to the grand hall room and asked her to wait for his return. But as he turned to the kitchen, he skidded to a stop. His master, the steward of Castle One Piece, stood at the top of the stairs, glaring down at the poor animal.
"What is the meaning of this?" He, the master, stepped down the steps and stopped towering over the reindeer. His arm rested on his three katanas.
"This old woman seeks refuge from the cold," replied the reindeer.
"Woman," The master turned away from his servant, "How do you intend to repay my hospitably?"
"Sir, I have no gold, but I have this." From under her cloak, she drew a red rose, still in first stage of blooming. "It is the mist of winter and I offer this rose."
"Blah!" The master cried out in disgust. "If that is all you have, then begone from my sight. Leave my castle and die in the wretched cold, hag."
"You should not offend me, Steward." A gust of wind blew and slammed the doors open. The steward shielded his eyes from the sharp winds, and when it died down with the closing of the doors, in the place of the old woman stood a beautiful enchantress. Her raven hair flowed down to her shoulders, her face was long with her features elegantly chiseled, her clothes, instead of the damp, dark cloak, was a long flowing gown. "I am Robin of the Blossom. I have come to seek the Steward of Castle One Piece. I have tested your hospitably and found it rancorous and miffed. For this, I shall curse you and your servants, your castle, and your life." She held up the rose, "You will have until the last petal falls to find someone who cares and loves you."
He mocked, "What? You're not going to turn me into a beast?"
"You already are one." Robin of the Blossom disappeared in a mass of cherry blossoms. The cherry blossoms scattered and flew around the hall, traveling into corridors and hallways.
"Wow," The small reindeer said in awe, "Cherry blossoms."
"It's not that great." The master looked at his servant to see, a reindeer. "Ha! She was bluffing. What curse did she place on us? You and I are the same."
Suddenly a scream was heard from the upstairs bedroom and then nothing. A small aardvark came running down the stairs and rammed into the Steward causing him to fall over.
"Usopp?" the reindeer asked as the aardvark flicked his nose at him. The animal nodded and squeaked. "Lord Zoro… who else do you think has become animals?"
"I, I don't know, Chopper…" Zoro picked up the glowing rose and glared viciously at it, "Damn that hag. This is not possible..."
Perhaps years passed, maybe months. It is uncertain. (I have no clue, seriously.) But if one thinks and watches the seasons; the answer is clear: months passed. It went from winter to spring and to fall. The autumn sky was bright and sunny as a young woman came out of her estate. Although, she was wealthy, it never factored. She used her wealth to help her small town of Cocoyashi. Today she went into town to return her borrowed book to the book keeper.
Along the way, she could not avoid the eyes of the cruel bachelor Arlong. Arlong laughed to his companions. "When I marry that girl, I'll be the luckiest, not to mention, wealthiest man in town. I'll make her my wife… and then, an accident might unfortunately happen." His companions laughed.
"Let's visit my fiancée." They strutted into town after her.
AN: So? What do you guys think? I thought about 'Gaston' and I needed someone from One Piece to be that character. Arlong came up. I know, I know. He's a merman, but this is AU (alternate universe).
Read and Review. Review with flames if you want about Arlong or anything else… but be gentle…
