Summary: In the land of Gran Pulse, there lived a small peaceful village. There lived a young fourteen year old boy name Hope Estheim. There he worked like anyone. He farmed and helped out with his inventive father. But, when his father goes to enter his invention into the fair, he gets lost in the forest. Stumbling on a great dark castle. Lives there, a great beast, a beast so fearsome that it stroke fear in everyone's eyes. After his father is captured by this beast, Hope goes and offers to replace his father. The beast agreed. So Hope must stay with this fearsome beast along with its servants which are... animals? But what Hope didn't expect was, the beast wasn't that scary deep down. Only alone. Trapped in this castle. Will Hope be able to open up this beast? Or die trying? Rated K+ for.... just in case for umm.. *points at Fang and Vanille* and yes this is Hope x Lightning, Snow x Serah and Fang x Vanille xD Don't read if you don't like.
Kai: Hey guys! Now... Don't expect me to update so often! I must work on my other stories. But I thought I would at least put this on. Yes I know this is very commonly used in stories and yes I know it is unoriginal. But I LOOOOOVE this movie :D so shut it. And I haven't seen one for Final Fantasy 13 yet sooo I wanted to be the first one (if there is one that is like this well.... I can hope right? XD) Anyways I hope you guys enjoy! Try not to nag me too much about updating XD BTW guys! Umm yes, the FF13 characters are going to be animals. You guys can tell me your opinions on what they should be. I was thinking Lightning was going to be like a wolfish beast creature thing. Cause, well she is a lone wolf. Fang maybe a wolf or dog. Vanille a bird or cat. Sazh a bird. Snow a... I'm not sure..... maybe another cat.... or dog.
Prologue
Once upon a time, there lived two beautiful princesses in a castle. They were very close, and their parents had died when they were young. So the eldest took over the throne, running the kingdom. Though, the two princesses bond seemed unbreakable, it thinned when the youngest princesses fell in love with a servant. The eldest disapproved of this engagement and she hated this servant with passion. Not wanting her younger sister to go, but the youngest sister was stubborn and was determined to be with the man. The eldest was angered and her heart was cold and of ice, closing herself up. When the servant announced that he would take the young princess away, the eldest was outraged. Angered by this event, she was about to kill the man herself till a mystical fairy came.
The fairy set a curse on the eldest princess. Saying till she learned to love and love in return, she would be a cold beast like she was. So the fairy turned the eldest princess into a monster, and turned the rest of the castle residence into animals. The castle was soon forgotten, and the eldest princess remained locked inside the castle, keeping to herself and away from the cruel world. A world who would only look at her as a monster. Sure, the princess held no real regret about her being like this, but it was the others who suffered. This, she felt guilty of but she knew, she could never fall in love.
She could never understand the strange feelings. And so, she could not do anything to break the dreadful curse. She had no hope in breaking it either. Studying all the books in the castle library and finding nothing. So now she simply waits in the dark castle, as the red rose slowly wilts. The magical rose indicating her time left. When the last petal of the rose falls, she will die.
And so... our story begins.... with a regular boy named Hope. Who just happens to stumble into our tale.