Beauty and the Beast AU

Summary:

A witch curses the Princess Marinette into an ugly bug monster in order to take over her family's throne. She takes refuge in Kwami castle. The home of tiny little gods named the kwami who help take care of other cursed beings and try to help everyone break their curse. Years pass as the now Queen Lila erases the memory of the Dupain-Cheng family.

Adrien Agreste is a boy who the same age as Marinette when Lila took over and does not remember the Dupain-Chengs. He himself ran away after wanting more out of life and somehow ended up at Kwami castle , as if he was led there by magic.

Additional Information

... I will put myself in the corner for writing a Beauty and the Beast AU...

I guess I just really wanted to break the "Adrien is the Beast" trope

I will see myself out now


Once Upon a Time not too long ago. A royal family ruled in a shinning castle that was full of love and baked goods.

The Kingdom itself was not very big but it didn't matter to them.

The Castle of the DuPain Cheng family was small compared to other castles but it was designed that way. A homey little place (for a castle)

The head of the family was a large man Thomas Dupain Cheng, a common baker before he married the than Princess Sabine. Their romance only went through since she was the youngest of many heirs and therefore no real right to the main lands. Sabine had never been happier to be so undervalued in her family. She didn't mind ruling her own little kingdom within the main Cheng territory,

They happily welcomed a sweet little girl to their lives a few years after their marriage. She filled their lives with love and sunshine. She was a pretty little thing who adored pastries, clothes and planting beautiful flowers in the royal gardens.

They lived happily for many years and all was well... until it wasn't.

A day came when all that came crashing down. When a vindictive woman decdied that she was a beter ruler due to her dark magical abilities. She had a special hatred for the princess, her reason to hate was not only for her beauty but her life. Lila Rossi was a woman who wanted love and power and got neither and the fact that Marinette Dupain Cheng DID and didn't seem to use inferorited her.

So she decided that since Marinette wouldn't use it she would. She cursed the princess into an ugly insect looking monster.

"There! " she giggles "now you can be one with your precious little garden little bug monster! You will never ever change back! Cause to break the curse, someone has to love you as an ugly bug! Good luck with breaking the curse when you can't even tell anyone how to break the curse!"

Lila took over as the new Queen by enchanting the King and Queen into jewelry she wore. Letting the King and Queen see what was going on but powerless to stop anything

She sent a mob after the poor girl turned insect , saying it murdered the royal family. She tried to tell the mob it was her, Princess Marinette. However she could not and whenever she tried to say her name or title only clicking sounds were made. The mob almost did kill her if she wasn't aided by the magical spirits of the forest, the kwami.

Marinette let the Kwami take her into a hidden castle that the kwami knew of and let her settle there with other cursed beings.

Turns out, Lila was a very busy witch.

All the inhabits were cursed by Lila or her master , a shadowy man named Hawkmoth.

Years went by and Marinette learned to deal with her new ugly form. She did her best to make herself and others around her feel beautiful but it was hard.

She missed her life and her parents but she made do and prayed someday, things could return to normal. She could only hope that someday, someone would free her and her kingdom. She could only someone could see past the monster and see the girl underneath.

Unfortunately, she was not so hopeful. She was a rather hideous bug monster.


He didn't expect to find a castle here.

Than again , he didn't have much of a plan after he ran away from home. He just grabbed all the food, money and clothes he could and bolted.

He finally understood why his mother fled years ago. Gabriel Agreste was a hard man who hoarded what he called beautiful things. Living people were included. He was done with being treated like a beautiful china doll. Beautiful, delicate and not alive. Something to be primped and displayed.

He hated how every woman in town only saw him as a rich and pretty face. A goal, a prize to be won. He hated people like Chloe who touched him without his permission and tried to force their ideals onto him. He was done and he was going to escape, He had tried a few times before but was always caught.

Until Now

The forest was a maze but it was oddly freeing. He rather die here than die there. So he explored until he got to the castle. He felt like he was led there by some force he didn't understand. That didn't matter though he only hoped he could somehow even gain temporary refuge in there.


Adrien had a very ordinary life for someone as so famous back home.

If one had told him he would end up living with a group of cursed beings and tiny little gods he would tell you there was no way his father would allow it.

Despite all things and weird happenings he was no where he'd rather be.

He made friends with everyone in the castle and he wanted nothing more than to help them break their curses. Still he had three special friends that he was closest too.

He loved the little fox Alya who was once a human from a nearby village. He considered her fierce friend who acted like a protective sister. He loved when she sat on his head, he liked her weight on his head. It somehow reminded him he wasn't alone anymore.

He wanted nothing more to help out his other new friend, Nino. A boy turned into a bubble blowing turtle. He wanted to hear the boy play the music he solely missed. Nino was a bard who personally insulted the new Queen by, according to her, playing horrible music. Nino was the closest to a best friend if he had ever had.

Finally there was Ladybug. The most mysterious of the residents of Kwamii Castle. She tended to keep her real name a secret from everyone. Despite her non conventional appearance she was charming and witty. It was odd but after awhile she did start to stutter around him a bit. Still she was quite adorable and he loved spending time with her.

It frustrated him that he couldn't help his friends. Alya and Nino didn't know what they had to do to break their curses and Ladybug knew but she couldn't say. Still if they ever found out what they needed to do, he'd be the first to help them, no matter what he needed to do.


Adrien had been in the castle for a season when he heard a blood curdling scream.

He bolted toward the noise and he wasn't the only one. Alya was right behind him her tiny fox legs being pushed to their limit.

They had found Ladybug in a room she neer really set foot in, the mirrior room. It was odd, she hated that room but there she was in the middle of the room on the floor, Tikki trying to calm the shrieking bug and Plagg just looking annoyed.

" Here I thought something interesting happened " Plagg said in an annoyed tone.

"Plagg! Be courteous! This is a rather big shock!"

"She should be happy than not screaming like a banshee during Cheese Time"

"Every time is cheese time" Tikki deadpanned

"Of course it is! Cheese is sacred"

Adrien rolls his eyes and booth him and Alya walk over to the currently panickig Ladybug.

"Girl what's..." Alya starts and happens to get a glimpse of the mirror in front of Ladybug and stops dead. The figure starring back is not what is in front of them but of a girl with black hair that was a bit above her elbow. There was a blue shine in it that complimented her pretty blue eyes that did not have that insect like quality they were used to.

"The spell is weaking" Tikki said and flied to close Adrien's now hanging mouth.

"Dang girl, that's your human form ? You're a cutie !" Alya yipped happily. She settled into Ladybug's lap as per usual as Marinette seemed to calm down.

"It's ...weaking? After all this time!?"

Tikki nods. "It is probably either Lila is weaking or you are meeting at least one of your conditions to break the spell." she said in a happy tone.

Adrien smiles wide and pats Ladybug's shoulder, " That's great news my lady!"

Ladybug squeaks "y-yes! y-yes it is!"

Alya snuggles into Ladybug's lap " I hope it is both, I miss being a human... even if being a fox isn't too horrendous.

Ladybug laughs, " you are luckier than I. No one screams when they see you the first time"

Adrien blushes "h-hey! I thought we weren't bring THAT up again"

Ladybug smirks, " it was a general statement, you brought up your oh so dignified scream up all on your own." she teased

Alya and Plagg laughs like a hyenas at his expensive.

"Only the most manly of screams for you kid" Plagg laughs as Adrien moans in despair.