Hello and welcome to Rowan's humorous parody of "Beauty and the Beast" starring the YGO cast. I was originally going to have Yami Bakura be the Beast, but he objected, and since Ryou's Beauty anyway, I thought it would be too much.

This opening was originally in script form, but because doesn't like that, I took it out. However, since Yami Bakura will not (currently) be in this story (he was quite obnoxious about being cast as the Beast), he did appear in beginning and end notes and still does on my fanfiction LJ. So for fun, if you have a lot of time to waste, you can go there and read this story with the original script openings and closings. Just go to my profile and click on my website. My LJ username is pretty straight forward: rowanandsakura, surprise surprise! And if not, that's cool too. Now, without further ado…

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. I just cast them in this storyline that I don't own either. And I'm dirt poor. So don't sue me. You'll only be wasting your time.

Is This Your Mansion?

Chapter One

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Once upon a time there lived a philandering, gambling old man named Pegasus. He lived in a cottage by the edge of town with his three children and his dead wife (well, she technically lived in the backyard, but this man painted many portraits of her, it was like she was there.) The eldest of Pegasus's children was a beautiful blonde who had a hankering for purple. She was very extravagant and enjoyed the many finer things in life. Unfortunately, because of her high-maintenance tastes, she had to cater for herself, and ended up working at the local fast food chain wearing dinky little outfits that were always out of style.

The second child was a brunette who felt that everyone and everything should get along with each other. She was often found at church on Sundays attempting to preach to the congregation about the importance of friendship. She even tried to get the family cat and dog to be pals. She failed miserably when the dog took a chunk off the cat's tail. The cat went mad and had to be put down after that. Many tears were shed.

The third child was a real beauty, blessed with soft white hair, delicate pale skin, and brown eyes so deep and soulful that one look into them and you were in love. Despite the peculiarities of his two sisters, their young brother loved them very much. He loved animals and nature itself, and birds were his especial friends. He was soft and gentle, and if he weren't a boy, every man in town would be lined up at his door.

But because the youngest and most beautiful child was a guy, and the two females, though beautiful as well, too strange to account for, there was a serious lack of suitors at Pegasus's house. Which meant that the old man had to support the lavish tastes of the blonde, whose name was Mai, a derivative from her first word; the misdemeanors of Anzu, the brunette, who was named what she was only because that's her real name in the show; and the bird feed for Ryou, also called Beauty for all intents and purposes of this story.

At the beginning of this story, Pegasus was setting off on an expedition to Egypt (where, eventually, he would discover the Shadow games, his Millennium Eye, create the game Duel Monsters, become very wealthy, and eventually go mad). Before he left, he turned to his children and asked what it was they would like their father to bring back.

"Beautiful dresses! And jewelry too!" Mai demanded.

Jotting these requests down on a piece of paper, Pegasus turned to his second daughter. "And what do you want Anzu?"

Anzu hesitated before saying, "I want…uh….oh, just get me what Mai asked for."

Pegasus nodded, then turned and smiled at his only son. "And you Beauty? What is it that I can get for you?"

Ryou looked around as he thought. "The first twig that hits your hat on the way home." Ryou glanced down at the Brothers Grimm book in his hand and gasped. "Oh sorry! That's Cinderella! Ah, here's my line! Father, I'd like a single white rose to plant at Mother's grave please."

Pegasus smiled. "Is that all Beauty-boy?"

'That's just disturbing…' Ryou grimaced and nodded. "Yes, that's all."

Pegasus tipped his hat and pecked each child on the cheek, and went off on his merry way.

He first took a carriage to the coast, then a boat to Egypt, which met with an unfortunate accident in which he was the sole survivor. His travels took him far and wide, and he learned many things. On his journey, he grew in wealth and was able to, over time, acquire the beautiful dresses and spectacular gems his daughters had requested. But there was a problem. He was lost and could not find his way back home. No matter the riches in the world if he couldn't share it with the ones he loved. And since he was unaware of when he would be able to return home, he could not buy Beauty his rose.

But finally, after many long years of waiting (okay, more like months…) Pegasus remembered where he lived! Packing his things, the dresses and jewels and furnishings; everything and the kitchen sink, Pegasus set off for home once more.

He sailed across the ocean and the boat once again met with an unfortunate accident in which Pegasus and his acquisitions were the only survivors. Left soaking on the beach with his many bags and a conveniently placed horse-drawn cart, Pegasus stumbled down a dark path through a thick wood. It was late dusk when he came upon a clearing in the middle of the forest, where a magnificent castle (well, it was more of a mansion…) stood. Weary, wet and once again lost, Pegasus practically threw himself through the gates. The door to the mansion swung open invitingly. The man, too delirious to question the door moving on its own, walked inside. He naturally forgot about the horse.

"Hello?" Pegasus called as he wandered the castle's corridors. "Is anyone here?" A light on the left near the end of the hall glowed warmly and it was into this room that Pegasus walked into.

It was a dining room, with a single table that stretched so far down it made Pegasus dizzy. There was food on the table, still warm from the kitchens and a chair at the head of the table was pulled out, as if inviting him to take a seat and partake in the many delicacies provided him. Pegasus was more than happy to oblige.

Once he had eaten his fill, Pegasus was led to a well-furnished bedroom. Kicking off his shoes, Pegasus fell asleep in his cheesy pink suit.

The next morning when Pegasus woke up, he found a clean, stylish pair of clothes to wear and when he returned to the dining room in his new attire there was breakfast on the endless table.

After breakfast, Pegasus was curious as to who his gracious but invisible host was and went looking all over the grounds. Walking outside, he found his horse watered and fed, and patted down with a brush until his fur shone. Pegasus patted the horse absently on the neck, then proceeded in his search.

He had not walked far on the grounds before he encountered the most beautiful white rose bushes he had ever beheld with his eyes- er, one eye now. Not that his Millennium Eye had seen any rose as gorgeous or as perfect as the most wilted one on those well-tended bushes. "It must be a sign," Pegasus whispered softly. "I will be returning home shortly and have not gotten Beauty his rose yet. Surely my host- wherever he is- will not mind if I take just one rose back for my child?"

But just as Pegasus plucked the most perfectly shaped rose of the finest hue of ivory-white that he could find, a long shadow, nearly as long as the table at which he had eaten, loomed menacingly over him and a cold voice spoke.

"You dare take one of my roses? You, whom I have fed and clothed and sheltered and shown mercy when you deserved none, you dare pluck one of my roses off my bush?"

Pegasus shuddered at the voice and tentatively turned around to face his elusive host. He gasped when he looked into the man's eyes- they were cold, devoid of any emotion. Though his skin was fair and youthful, there was only cruelty and uncaring indifference in his deep blue eyes. This was no man that stood above him, but a beast. Pegasus pressed himself close to the ground and whimpered.

"P-please, I m-merely took the rose for my son, B-Beauty. Before I left home many months ago, that was what he wanted me to bring back; a singularly perfect white rose." Pegasus's voice came out weak and frightened and as he finished his speech he held the rose up to the beast, his long silver hair shielding him from the creature's coldness.

"Keep the rose and give it to your son. However, as punishment for your ungratefulness, you must swear to bring to me within a fortnight the first living thing to greet you when you come home." Pegasus gasped and pulled the rose back to his chest. The creature's offer was fair; most likely it would be the family dog to greet him when he returned home and he could risk the dog for his son's happiness.

"I-I p-promise," he stuttered. "Thank you." Suddenly, Pegasus could feel the sun again and, looking up, the beast had disappeared. He sighed in relief, then went quickly to fetch the horse.

It took another day and night of traveling through the wood, but Pegasus finally saw his lovely cottage again. Standing on the hill, he breathed in the delicious smell of springtime surrounding his home, until his heart stopped.

Ryou, his Beauty, who had been standing beneath the tree that shaded Pegasus's wife in her resting place, had seen his father standing on the hilltop and was running up the slope with a vibrant smile and arms wide open. Pegasus froze in sorrow and shock as those beloved arms of his youngest child wrapped around him.

"Father! You're back!" Beauty cried in delight. Pegasus smiled shakily, then desperately enfolded his son in a crushing hug, as though he would never see Ryou again.

Ryou leaped out of Pegasus's embrace and turned towards the cottage. "Mai! Anzu!" he called. "Sisters, come! Father has returned!"

Mai and Anzu stepped out of the cottage with puzzled expressions, but when they saw Pegasus at the top of the hill, they two ran up the slope and hugged the forlorn man. "Father!" they cried in delight.

It was dusk by the time Pegasus had unpacked his things and handed out his gifts to his three elated children, who were happier to see their father than to see the fine dresses, sparkling jewelry and the wonderful fineries. When Beauty received his singular white rose, he had been so enchanted by its beauty that he immediately hurried outside and planted it at his mother's grave. Though the sun was setting by that time, the flower took root nearly instantly and already a pretty little rose bush was growing under the tree.

It was at dinner, when Pegasus was implored to relate his story that he finally spoke of his world-weary travels. His children listened with broken hearts and tears in their eyes. When he arrived at the part about the mysterious mansion, Pegasus found himself unable to speak. Ryou, who sat on his father's left, reached out and gently squeezed the man's hand.

"Father, what is it? What troubles you?" he asked softly.

Pegasus was chocked with sorrow. "Oh my Beauty, I have made a deal with the devil for that rose you so sweetly desired."

Beauty and his sisters gasped, but they did not forsake him. "What was this deal, Father?"

"My gracious but absent host whose rose bushes I admired the morning after the storm made me promise that, in return for a rose, I must give him the first living thing that greets me when I return home." Pegasus turned his drawn, craven face to his youngest. "That's you, Beauty! And I thought it would be the dog."

Anzu stood up at this. "Father, you cannot give this…beast our Beauty!"

"Anzu's right!" Mai stood up in concord with her sister. "We cannot let Ryou go."

Pegasus looked up at his daughters with love. "But surely the beast will punish me if I don't give him what I promised."

"I'll go!" Anzu declared just as Mai said, "Take me to the Beast!"

Ryou stood as well and embraced both girls. "Sisters, I cannot let you go. Father made a promise and that promise he must keep. I shall go to the Beast. He does not seem very bad, for he let Father have the rose. This is just payment for the Beast's hospitality. Let me go."

The girls opened their mouths to protest, but Pegasus beat them to it. "Beauty! You have not seen him! He is not human and he will tear you apart. I cannot let you go; I refuse to hand over any of my beloved children to that monster!"

But Ryou would not let any of them convince him to stay and at last they had to give in. The next morning, Pegasus saddled up his horse again and, with a heavy heart, took his youngest child into the wood with him. Not surprisingly, the journey that had taken the desolate man more than a day to escape from the mansion was no more than a few short hours now to reach it. The trees surrounding the mansion cast a shadow over the place, creating a menacing picture as Pegasus helped Beauty off the horse. Engulfing his son in one final embrace, Pegasus finally tore himself away from Ryou and, with a heavy heart, climbed onto his horse and turned away without one backwards glance.

And now Ryou was at the mercy of the host of the ominous mansion, the so called "Beast."

TBC…

Though I described a little what the Beast looks like, who can guess for certain who he is? Remember, this doesn't necessarily have to be a human character…but then again, it very well could be! Stay tuned for next time, when Beauty enters the mansion for the first time and meets the inhabitants…should be loads of fun! Review please!