The Beast Also Rises

 He wasn’t always a beast.  He was once a wealthy prince who always paid for the best.  It was that rotten witch and her small rose.  Funny story really, the poor old chap.  So anyway, this guy locked himself inside his castle one day cause of some dark curse put on him by this witch.  The castle was big.  It had heavy stone walls that chilled your bones just at the sight of them.  I heard it was built by someone or other.  It was pretty impressive and rich.  This prince guy definitely had money.

There’s this other guy, he had a few daughters.  Most of them were alright looking.  As a mater of fact they were rather pretty with their mouths closed, or so I’ve heard.  But one of the girls, she was a real beauty.  Her name was Belle.  Her father, he was quite the embarrassment.  This guy was once a well off merchant.  Then one day he lost all his money and became nothing.  Left with nearly no money he was forced to move to a cottage in the country.  How pathetic.  Belle didn’t mind it much.  Belle was damned good-looking.

So, the dad decided to go into the forest for some reason or other and got lost.  God help that damned man.  The night was really cold and the stars and moon were his only source of light.  He walked for some time and came upon the castle.  The door was big with a big heavy door knocker.  It was getting really late so the dad knocked on the door.  So there it was, he went in and spent the night.  All would have been fine if the chap hadn’t tried to pick one of the roses in the garden.  It was a pretty rose, big, luscious, and red.  It was almost as beautiful as Belle.

The Beast, who was actually a wealthy cursed prince, was pretty tight about the dad taking the rose.  I would be too.  What type of man takes a small rose out of a man's private garden?  Can’t he just grow his own?  The Beast told the dad that he was going to kill him.  Serves him right.  Then the dad, talk about pathetic, he begged for his life like a homosexual.  Well, this Beast guy was pretty reasonable, unlike a certain Brett Ashley.  Go to hell Brett Ashley.  So the Beast told the dad that he wouldn’t kill him if the dad was to send a replacement.  Go figure the dad takes the deal, what a coward. 

Do the rotten father returns home to his daughters.  When he came through the front gate of his cottage, the sun was still rising.  There was clear dew on the blades of grass.  They were starting to dry from the sun’s heat.  Belle was at the door.  Her hair was pulled back under a boyish cap.  Her beauty still shined through.  She saw her dad was upset walking into the house.  He explained to her everything and told her he was going back to die.  Belle got pretty sad.  Then she came up with this crazy idea.  She would go back to the Beast rather than her father.  That rotten old man, he agreed to it.  I was rather disgusted at that.

Belle got to the big castle and met the wealthy Beast.  Seems he fell for her right away.  Anyway, he told her he wouldn’t kill her.  Still she was to never leave the castle and spend the rest of her life with him.  Belle was sad at first but then she grew to like the big castle and her wealthy life style.  Every night, Belle and the Beast ate big suppers to candle light.  Every now and then they would even dance together.  But in the mornings, Belle would go read in the gardens and the Beast stayed inside the dark corners of his castle. 

Some time went by and the Beast confesses his love for Belle.  Belle is flattered but mentions to the Beast that love is funny.

“It’s very funny.  And a lot of fun too, to be in love,” she tells him.

 “It’s funny what one does when he is in love.”

There was a long pause between the two.

Four words broke the silence. 

“You’re free to leave,” whispered the Beast. 

So Belle left after promising the Beast to one day return.  I knew she would leave. They never stick around.  One second they only want you, the next they want a young bullfighter.  They never sick around.  Go to hell Romero.  Go to hell Lady Ashley.  Belle, however, she surprised me.  Belle did decide to go back to see the Beast again.  That’s how you know this is a fake story.  In real life they never come back, at least not for good.  Belle did though.  I like Belle she’s honest.  

She walked into the castle and ran up to the Beast’s bedroom.  There he was face down on his bed.  She called his name and ran over to him but he didn’t move.  He was dying.  Belle started crying.  The room was completely dark.  The bed had a big canopy covered with spider webs.  The mirrors were dusty and the windows were broken.  Belle leaned into the Beast’s ear and whispered into it.  She told him she loved him and then kissed his lips.  So the rotten witch’s spell was broken and with a small burst of light, the Beast turned into a prince again.  With great shock, Belle hugged him and tears ran down her face. 

            “Now we can have such a damned good time together,” Belle tells him.

            “Yes, isn’t it pretty to think so?” he says with slight regret.