Prologue
Once upon a time there was a cold-hearted man. The reason behind his cold-heartedness was not because he was one of the richest men in the world, he had gotten it when the person he loved had shattered his heart. He turned cold to everything after that to prevent his heart to broken again. Once his mother dies, giving him nearly half of her wealth of 3 trillion dollars, he took it and left town and moved somewhere more isolated, a 4 story mansion in the middle of the woods. One cold winter's night there was a knock at the door and Akihiko opened the door
"What is it you want?" He barked out rudely as he saw a really ugly woman as she looked up at him with pleading eyes
"Please may I stay the night? I will not be able to withstand the upcoming storm. I'll offer a rose in return" she said shaking slightly holding a rose up and he glared deeply
"No one would want someone as ugly as you to stay in the dog house, let alone their place. Leave the premises at once!" Akihiko said and the old lady glared slightly
"Looks don't matter if you're kind on the inside you know" she said and Akihiko looked to her like she's crazy
"What are you talking about old hag?" He asked and she glared a little more and there was a bright light and once it faded away there stands a beautiful woman in the ugly person's place.
"You're quite handsome but your heart is not. Why be handsome when your heart is ugly?" She said and ignored the pleas of the man, including the ones that it wasn't his fault. She had placed a curse on him and everyone who lives there. Akihiko had turned into an ugly beast; he looked at his arms and noticed that they were furry
"Wh-what did you do?" he asked nervously.
"What I did was change your looks to match your personality of course" She explained and heard a growl from the beast
"Well change me back!" He almost yelled
"The curse I cast, I cannot undo" she said shocking the beast and made him angry
"WHAT!"
"Now don't fret, here take the rose" she said handing a glowing red rose to the beast
"How can a rose help me?" he said harshly as he was about to throw it on the ground
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" she intervened
"The only way to break the curse is to have someone fall in love with you. You have until the last petal falls" she said and the beast looked to the rose in his hands and turned to her
"…What happens if no one falls for me?" He asked softly as he held the rose gently in his furry hands
"Then you and everyone that lives here will remain this way forever" she said handing the beast a magic mirror, "This mirror will let you see anything on the outside world" she finished disappearing.
"…" The beast sighed and walked back into his mansion with the rose and magic mirror that was his only key to the outside world. Years passed and the beast hand not emerged from the walls of his mansion and had lost all hope for who could learn to love a beast?
