It was a rather quiet town; Yamato lived on the outskirts with his uncle. He wanted to rent another good book from the town's library. He basically lived there since he went there pretty much every day. Everyone in town thought that he was different, nothing like them. The odd one that stood out in town. He wasn't into hunting animals for sport, which was usually a common hobby. He read books and lived out his imagination.

He never took notice of the gossip which was mostly about him and his uncle. He just acted friendly and greeted everyone like he did every day. He eventually reached the library, where he was greeted by book keeper, Satoshi. He was a elderly man about half the size of Yamato. He wore glasses at the top of his nose and had beard. He took get care of his books and enjoyed Yamato's company. Well, he came in everyday. It gave him business too.

"Yamato, you're already finished." Satoshi asked as he fixed his glasses.

"Yeah, couldn't put this one down." Yamato address. "Got anything new?" Yamato asked. He went on to one of the ladders as he looked at the upper shelves.

"Since yesterday?" Satoshi laughs. "No . . ."

"Then I will just read this one." Yamato takes a book off the shelf and hands it over to Satoshi.

"This book?" Satoshi remarks. "But you already read it three times."

"Well, it's my favorite. The adventure and surprises . . . like on this chapter has a princess in disguise." Yamato remarks. When it came to reading books he was in his own world. He wanted to have those type of adventures. Like meaning a girl that turned out to be a princess. It was far more exciting than living in town.

"Tell you what, since you love this book so much. It's all yours."

"But Satoshi . . ."

"No buts. . . I insist . . ." Satoshi tells Yamato as he pushed the book to him.

"Thank you." Yamato bows his head in gratitude as he is outside. As he turns around to starts reading the book.

Minako was the most popular girl in the entire town, after all her father was incredibly rich. She always made sure to get her way. Despite the fact she could easily win any men's heart with her charms. The problem she saw is that none of them matched her ideal looks. This is why she had developed a particular interest in Yamato though it wasn't for his personality. Nami, who claimed to be her friend though she was far from it? She was described to be more of an assistant or servant. She followed her around like a lost puppy.

"Let her through. Move over." Nami yelled at everyone as Minako walked by all of them. "You're so beautiful and graceful." She tells Minako who just smirks. After all Minako was incredibly narcissist. If it wasn't her in anyway. She didn't want to hear about it.

"I know." Minako happily remarks as she waves her feathered fan.

"If you could pick any guy to marry? Who would you choose, Minako?" Nami questioned.

"Him?" Minako points to Yamato in the distance.

"Yamato? The nephew of the guy that dresses up as animals? In a way to study them." Nami baffled at her choice.

"Isn't he handsome?"

"Yeah . . . I guess."

"Listen here, if I say he handsome than he is . . . I deserve to marry the most perfect man. Do you agree?" Minako coldly tells Nami, who she had by the collar of dress. Nami feared her temper, so she nodded her head quickly. Not wanting to upset her anymore. She let go much to Nami's relief as she let out a sigh.

"Does he know you want to marry him?" Nami questioned.

"No, but he should be honored I choice him as my intended husband." Minako proudly tells her.

"I am sure he will be thrilled."

"Look, he is coming this way." Minako comments as she pushes Nami out of her way. "Hi Yamato."

"Yeah . . . Hey Minako." Yamato continued reading his book as he walked by them. This angered Minako as she didn't like to be ignored.

"Boy, he just walked by you like he didn't even care." Nami comments as Minako elbows her. "Nevermind." Nami weakly weeps as she holds her stomach from the pain. Minako quickly walks ahead of Yamato who was distracted from his book and takes it from him. As she looks at it herself.

"You read this? They're no pictures." Minako questioned, she looked at it in confusion before her through it, and Yamato quickly caught it.

"It's called using your imagination." As he wipes the dirt off the cover, "I am sure if you look deep down

"He got you good there."

"Shut up!" Minako yelled at Nami in annoyance.

"I have to head home. Good day to you."

"Yes, go home to your goof-ball, crazy Uncle." Nami says, as both Minako and Nami laugh, Yamato stops as angrily looks at them.

"Don't talk about my Uncle like that!" Yamato angrily tells them.

"Yeah, don't talk about his Uncle like that." Minako yells at Nami as she slaps the back of her head. Nami rubs it looking annoyed.

"My Uncle is brilliant."

"Yeah a brilliant ditz."

Suddenly screams could be heard from a distance. Yamato turns around and heads back to his house. Minako and Nami continue to laugh.

Mario, Yamato's uncle loved to study animals, more particularly dress up them. This made people in the town thought he was abnormal and a ditz. That never seemed to bother him. His uncle barely seemed to notice his bizarre behavior.

"UNCLE!" Yamato screams as he goes down into the basement. His uncle was on the floor, he had fainted. He rushed over to help him up. "UNCLE!" He called out to him as he gently slapped the side of his cheek.

"Oh Yamato . . . I lost conscious for a moment." Mario held his head. He was in a shark type costume.

"What happened?" Yamato asked, his voice full of concern.

"Oh nothing really. I just saw some of my own blood and fainted.

"That's all. You had me worried there when I heard you scream from outside of town. Don't do that!"

"Yes . . . I'm sorry."

Yamato got the first aide kit, he cleaned off Mario's cute and started to roll a bandage over his wrist. "Uncle, do you think I am odd?" Yamato questioned.

"My nephew . . . odd? Why would I think that?"

"Well . . . the whole town thinks we are? I try to ignore it but . . . there is no one here that really understand me. No one I can really talk to . . . besides you. It would be nice you know to find a someone...like a girl that understands me. "'

"What about that Minako girl? She's very beautiful."

"Yeah . . . but rude . . . and the most selfish person I ever met. All she cares about is herself. She's very wrong for me." Yamato assures him. He was disgusted at the thought of even being in a relationship with her. He knew she had a romantic interest in him but it was for her own purposes.

"Listen, Yamato. You're a kind-hearted and remarkable young man. You will find a girl that loves you one day. This girl will see how special you are."

"You really think so."

"I know so." Mario assured him as he gently touched his shoulder.

"Thanks. It makes me feel a bit better."

"Anyway, I have to go out of town to pick up some animals. I will leave you to look after the house while I'm gone." Mario put back on his jacket as he says this.

"Sure Uncle." Yamato nods his head in understanding.

That evening, Mario hopped onto his horse carriage, he had a rolled up map in his hand.

"Good luck, uncle. Be safe." Yamato tells him.

"No worries, Yamato. I will."

He ended up in the woods; he wandered for hours that night fell. He didn't want to feel like it was hopeless. Mario was determined to get to where he had to go; no matter how many days it took him. He knew Yamato was capable of handling things on his own.

"This should be it no . . . "Mario questioned in confusion as he looked at the map again. "Perhaps there was a wrong turn somewhere? Or is the map upside down."

Without him knowing wolves gathered nearby, they wanted to prey on him as their next meal. "Steady girl."

The horse didn't listen as it started to gallop quickly as Mario held on to his hat. Eventually it became too much and he was thrown off at the turn. The horse kept going as he called out to it. "WAIT!" Mario screamed as he reached his arm out after it.

The wolves saw him as he ran; he got in front of a large gate. He wasn't aware what was on the other side but all he knew it was his escape from the wolves. He quickly climbed as they leaped to try to gain on him. He flipped over as the wolves ran off. He sighed in relief.

It was getting cold; he could see his own breath. He had to find shelter and soon. It wasn't until then he noticed a castle from a distance. It startled him at first but he knew this was the only place around that could give him warmth. He had to get into the castle. No matter how scary it looked, after all. How bad could it be?

Author's Note: Yes, I ended it here to leave everyone is suspense. As you can tell you probably already dislike Minako, after all she is the Gaston of the story. Like him she is very full of herself. She only wants to marry Yamato because of his looks. Not for who he is. A interesting note is that Minako supposedly means "beautiful child" in Japanese, which I thought was very fitting. If you watched the movie you know what is going to happen next. I know you all can't wait but I will put it up as soon as possible. Le me know how you like this chapter?