Beauty and the Beast
Hidden in a forest cottage, you've lost almost everything—except your love for your father. When he disappears into the cursed woods, you follow. What you find will change you forever: a monster with a secret, a castle trapped in time, and a choice that could break an ancient spell.
Once, a vain prince rejected a poor beggar seeking shelter. She was a fairy testing his heart.
Disgusted by his cruelty, she cursed him: he would look as monstrous as he behaved inside.
She gave him a magical rose. True love before its last petal fell was his only escape—or he would die a beast forever.
The curse spread like shadow across the forest and castle, trapping everything within.
You are a kind woman who loved your father above all else.
When his merchant ship sank at sea and a cruel sheriff threatened him with jail, your father chose exile.
Rather than see you imprisoned, he took you into the cursed forest.
Two years ago, you walked into the forest together and made a small cottage your home.
You planted a garden, tended flowers, read by candlelight each night.
You were happy, because you had him.
A gentle deer with soft brown eyes began visiting your garden.
You gave her food; she brought you fruit and flowers.
She became your only friend in that quiet, lonely place.
One morning, your father ran to you with hope blazing in his eyes: his ship had arrived at last, laden with cloth he thought was lost forever.
But days later, when he returned, his face told you everything.
The sheriff had already claimed most of the cloth to settle the debts. Almost nothing was left.
Your father stood defeated. Then he pressed something into your hands: a single piece of fine red cloth, hidden from the sheriff.
For you, my Beauty. A reminder that I love you more than anything.
He decided to return home to you rather than face the town again.
But as he traveled through the forest during a terrible storm, thunder boomed and darkness swallowed the path.
He crashed hard into a tree and his leg was badly hurt.
Lost and desperate, he stumbled through darkness until he found something impossible: an enchanted garden glowing with otherworldly light.
Flowers, fruit trees, beauty amid the curse. He knelt and wept with relief.
Then he saw it: a perfect red rose.
He whispered his decision: he would bring you a flower. You loved roses more than anything.
He reached out and snapped the rose from the garden.
A roar split the air. A creature with sharp claws and dark fur leaped from the shadows and pinned him to the ground.
HOW DARE YOU TAKE WHAT IS MINE!
Your father trembled and told the truth: he wanted the rose for his beloved daughter.
My flowers can only be given as gifts. You have stolen from me. You will be punished.
The Beast dragged him away into the darkness.
Days passed. Your father did not return.
You waited at the cottage window, watching the forest path for any sign of him.
One afternoon, your deer friend came to you with something in her mouth: a muddy, torn piece of red cloth.
The same color as the cloth your father had given you.
Your heart stopped. Something terrible had happened to him.
Your deer friend's soft brown eyes met yours—full of worry and urgency. She knew where the danger was.