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Beauty and the Beast

Ch. 2: Bertha's Forest

He groaned. He still had about five years left until he was properly eighteen. He didn't think he could do it. Everyone who loved him, Lykouleon included, he hated. Why? They were just using him. They didn't understand. He was just an experiment to them.

Well, he would show them. He knew he would never find someone with Dragon Eyes, so why bother looking? He had it all planned out. When he turned eighteen, he would commit suicide.

He wouldn't be another experiment, and he didn't want to lose control again. Not now, not ever. So right now, it really didn't matter if he was lost in some cursed forest right now. Yeah. It really didn't matter.

'Good going, Master.'

Rath's dragon, Fire, held up a sign. Fire was a little red lizard- like creature with scales all over him. Fire then held up another sign.

'So, Master, do you know where we are?'

"Yeah, I think we're in some Bertha's Forest or something..."

He trailed off.

'Master?'

Rath was staring. And staring. And staring. A little animal, all white, with long ears, a long fluffy tail, and short stubby paws, was standing on the ground.

'Uh, Master? Isn't it rude to stare?'

Fire was right. The fluff-ball took one look at Rath, saw him staring, and whacked him with its tail. It seemed the little animal didn't like being stared at.

Unfortunately, the hit wasn't enough to hurt Rath, but it was enough to snap him out of his reverie (Now remember, Rath and Fire have slept in the forest, so they have a lighted fire.). Rath picked up the animal.

"Hmmm. Now, what should I do with you?"

The little creature looked indifferently at Rath.

"Hey, Fire."

'Yes, Master?'

Rath was grinning evilly.

"Is this edible?"

The fluffy thing fell over as best it could while being held.

'Uh, it's a Sacred. A holy animal, you know.'

"I could still skin it, right?"

The sacred started squawking.

'Uh, no.'

Rath started laughing. The poor animal was sweating and wondering why God created people like this.

Finally, Rath stopped laughing. He winked at the sacred.

"I won't throw you in the fire if you do a dance for me."

Thinking about all the slow and painful deaths it would like to give to Rath, the Sacred hopped once, spun around twice, then hopped once, finishing its dance.

Rath couldn't help it. He started laughing. He was laughing so hard, he nearly choked. Looking down through his tears of laughter, he gawked at the fluff-ball. The sacred huffed indignantly.

"Humph. Here I am, dancing for a fool. Boy, if I was in my true form would I show this idiot a thing or two..."

Rath gaped.

"You can talk!?"

"Of course I can talk. What kind of bewitched animal can't?"

Fire held up a sign.

'You're bewitched?'

The sacred nodded. Rath regained his composure.

"So... What's your name?"

"It's Cesia."

Heh, sorry about ending it right there and not updating for so long. My mom banned me from the computer. Waaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!