April 18th, 2019 at 06:06pm
Anais spent every day she was locked up in her grimy prison cell wishing she had never been stupid enough to go looking for this castle. She had never believed it to be more than a fairytale, just a story to tell young children, but her curiosity always got the best of her. Anais thought she wouldve just came across an abandoned, falling apart castle, and while the castle did need some love and care, it most certainly was not abandoned.
The memory of that night was still so fresh, it had only been about four nights ago, after all. The forest around her had changed so drastically, as if with just one step she went back in time. One moment she was surrounded by lush green everywhere she looked, tall and proud trees and birds singing over head... The next minute, it was like the beautiful day had switched to a stormy night. The blue sky instantly became dark and gloomy thunder clouds roll in, the green shrubs and tall trees started to look dead, like in the middle of winter and their branches reached out like claws to grab her, trying to stop her from reaching the castle, but she did anyway.
Anais shook her head, not wanting to relieve the moment again, though she could still see the beast's face, large teeth gnashing at her out of nowhere as he swept her up and brought her into the castle, bringing her to where she was now. She got up off the small pallet lying on the floor and reached out to the bars of her room. "Hello? Are you going to keep me in here forever?" She called out often but was never met with an answer.
A soft sound of clinking could be heard from the stairs and, peeking out as far as she could, Anais could see little flames on a candle stand, just sitting on the floor at the top of the stairs. "Weird." She let out in a breath and sat back on the cold floor.
Zacky sat perched outside on the castle walls, his eyes just sweeping over the dark and quiet forest that surrounded his home. Not a day passed that he didnt regret coming to Matt's party hundreds of years ago. Zacky was a noble prince of an outlying kingdom, come to visit his friend Matt on his birthday, the night that wicked witch appeared and cursed them all. Even though Zacky didnt belong there, he wasnt spared from the witch's black magic and was cursed to roam these castle walls as a beast, just like his friend.
Resentment and hatred had overcame him not long after that fateful night. He had his mind set that trying to break the curse was just a waste of time, fruitless. The witch had made it almost impossible for anyone to find their castle and had written them out of the history books. What fair maiden was just going to waltz up to their castle, through that storm, anyway?
At least, that was his mindset until one night, a young girl did just walk up on their doorstep. Matt had been vigilant and swept the girl up before he had even suspected a thing, but he didnt agree with him locking her up... How was that going to break the curse?
Still, now he sat out here every night, his eyes constantly sweeping through the forest, hoping perhaps that unfortunate girl had a friend who would come looking for her, or someone else who had learned of the castle would be curious enough to come exploring to find it... It seemed like a hopeless cause, but all this beast had was time.
