Hello everyone! I am starting a new fanfic again. This one is based on my favorite Fairy Tale, The beauty and the beast. So yeah, I made some modifications, but it will mostly be the same story. Btw, I chose the Disney version, because I thought it was the best one. I don't own the image I'm using as a cover and the characters which are Mashima's. As always, I'm hoping you'll enjoy and won't think too much about school which is starting pretty soon.

Once upon a time, was a beautiful prince living in a magnificent white castle. He didn't have a good reputation though. People were characterizing him as a cold hearted beast because he didn't have sympathy for poor citizens living in misery. He couldn't care less about his kingdom which he was the king of even though he was still young. He couldn't help it; his father had died when he was just a toddler leaving him in the great cares of his lovely mother who had passed away two years ago. Since then, he was in charge of the Fiore kingdom which he thought was a total pain in the butt.

Our story starts that cold day of December when a poor old hag dared ask him to stay for the night in exchange of a rose. As the selfish prince was looking at her from head to toes, he finally noticed how ugly and poor she was. Not even listening to what she had to say, he walked away letting one of his loyal subjects taking care of closing the door behind him. He didn't have time for those kinds of things. It was boring and worthless.

What would he do with a simple rose? He couldn't think of giving this simple present to a girl since none of them dared looking at him thinking he might murder them or something. Though, it didn't bother him since he wanted to look this way. He wasn't interested a bit in romance. Though he wouldn't admit it, the prince was pretty dense and didn't not a single thing about gallantry, but it wasn't like he was interested in that a single bit. After all, all he cared about was his self. He didn't have time to think about the other's needs. His only person was taking the majority of his time.

His kingdom was slowly going down. People dying more and more of disease due to the bad conditions they were living in. Since the prince ate a whole lot, his servitors needed to take the only money citizens had left to pay for the food of His Majesty. Because of that, the people were living in dirty houses with pigs and rats making them sick to death. They didn't ate much either since all the food was brought to the castle for the one and only prince. He wasn't only stealing their money, he needed also their food.

And so, he let the old woman in the cold outside. Not even feeling a bit guilty about it. After all, he was a cruel person. He actually liked the title his citizens were giving him. The beast. It suited him well since he enjoyed slithering the throats of the murderers during the execution. At the end, when the blood was covering the floor, everybody could see this smirk on his face. That's why they didn't dare fight him for their freedom. They were afraid of him. Sometimes, he looked more animal than human. It was hard making the difference between the two sometimes.

As he entered the hall in the center of the castle, he was quite surprised and shocked to see that old hag from earlier standing in the middle of it a weird smile dancing on her lips.

"Who let her enter?" screamed the prince suddenly starting to feel scared even though he looked quite furious about the whole situation.

"Nobody open the door after you left Your Majesty" a servitor answered trying to calm him down before he exploded.

"Alright then, how come that scum bag his in my castle?" He shouted his face becoming red in frustration

"Shall I explain to you, Your Majesty?" the old hag inquired smiling

"There's nothing to explain just get out of here before I kill you" He yelled out of control

Seeing she wasn't moving a single bit, he started walking in her direction bringing his sword out of its scabbard. That's when something incredible and unexpected happen. The old woman caught on fire. Tough, the flames were a bright tint of blue. After a bit of time they started vanishing revealing a beautiful blue haired girl. She was quite short compare to his long blue hair that was casually reaching the floor.

"Before you said you're going to kill someone, just know who your true enemy his. I'm not a normal human. Actually, I'm an enchantress which means I can use magic against my enemies. You wouldn't want to have a taste of it would you?"

"I don't have time for stupid magic tricks just go home already. I don't want to kill a useless child. It would make me feel bad since you look weak."

"Really, then I guess I won't have to hold back against you!" She exclaimed before sending a fire ball right in his gorgeous face.

"What the hell are you doing? That hurts! Stop playing with fireworks stupid kid!" He screamed angry

"You still don't understand? I ain't a kid you dumbass! I'm an enchantress!" She yelled

And so she continued throwing fireballs after fireballs until the young prince begged for her kindness. On his knees, he was praying she wouldn't kill him. It was the first time in his entire life he had ever felt so close to death and he understood he didn't wanted to quit this world so early. His body was burn at multiple places, though; they wouldn't let any scars when they would heal. They were only first degree burns.

"Listen stupid bastard, I ain't gonna kill you, the reason I am here in the first place is to make you learn a lesson."

"What the hell are you talking about? I don't need someone to tell me what to do. I mean I'm the king here, so you should learn a lesson. Don't go on throwing fireballs at my face"

"Shut up and listen to me once" she screamed throwing another fireball at him

"Alright, alright I'm sorry. You are the best, I am the worst. What did you wanted to tell me?" He said his body aching as hell

"Since I must spare your life, there is something else I need to do in exchange. Since I am an enchantress, I thought that cursing you with a malediction would give the same result as killing you."

"Wait, you are a good person right kid? You wouldn't harm me right? I mean not again."

"You are such a pitiful piece of shit! Think about all the things you did to your citizens and then tell me you don't deserve a punishment."

"I don't know what you are talking about" the prince lied.

"Don't take me for a fool. I wanted to make sure you were like what they described you as by asking you to stay for the night in exchange of a mere flower. When you rejected me because of my appearance and poverty, I understood that those people were right about you and when I think about it, the name they gave you could be the perfect curse."

"What do you mean, you wouldn't dare change me in…"

The prince didn't get the chance to finish his sentence. It was already too late. The blue haired girl had already started her incantation.

"Natsu Dragneel, tonight, I, Levy McGarden will change you in the thing your personality is reflecting about you, a cold-hearted beast. You'll come back to your normal self only if a girl falls in love with you before the petals of the rose has all fallen. If the spell isn't broken until then, you'll stay in this form for the rest of your life. You must understand what kindness and generosity are. Meanwhile, all the citizens of Fiore will be sent free and you'll have to depend on what you have left to survive." She finished with this sentence: Remember my name and hope you'll never seem me again boy!

As she shut her mouth shut, the transformation began. Two enormous horns started to appears at each sides of Natsu's forehead while his teeth were changing into sharp long fangs. As he touched his horns, horrified, Natsu wouldn't have imagined what would come next. As he looked closer to his hands, he noticed his skin was getting darker and darker and a scale pattern was appearing as his skin was becoming rougher, but that wasn't the end of it. His beautiful onyx eyes had changed to red ones. A tail had also appeared in the back of his body. As He looked down on his feet, he remarked long claws had appeared at each end of his ten toes the same with his fingers.

Satisfied, Levy gave him a mirror so that he could look closely at his self. He looked like a monster.

"How am I supposed to make a girl fall on love with me if I look like this?" He asked groaning in anger.

"Figure it out"

"You have one year to make a girl fall in love with you. Oh and before I forgot, you must love her too."

As he looked at his servitor, he didn't recognize him in the first place. There was something different about him. He actually looked like an oven. Since he used to cook for the prince, it made sense he was transformed into this.

"Happy, what happen to you?" He asked, but didn't get any answer.

"What did you do to the Prince?" He said freaking out

"Don't you recognize me? I am the prince!" He shouted finishing his sentence with a loud groan.

"Your Majesty, is that really you?" Happy said looking a bit closer trying to find something that might help him tell that this monster was really the Prince. After all, it could happen since he was a talking oven.

"Remember, one year" Levy said before vanishing into thin hair

"Don't discourage yourself, I promise we'll find someone that would be willing to love you in exchange of a certain amount of money"

"It's a curse idiot, it doesn't work that way. I must find somebody I will love and that'll feel the same as me. Though, I don't have any chance, I mean look at myself, who would fall in love with an ugly cold-hearted beast like me?"

"Don't be pessimist your Majesty, we could always do some kind of ball and invite all the princesses from all countries. I'm sure you'll fall in love with one and she'll feel the same about you."

"I guess we can give it a try!" He said a small smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"Alright, I'll start writing the invitations for the ball. Should we make a buffet?"

"How much money do we have left? We can't count on our citizens anymore since they all left because that witch freed them all."

"We have exactly five hundred dollars which is enough for only a hundred people. Though, we must split the budget in two so we can find an outfit that will cover your skin as much as possible. What about a masquerade ball? At least if you wear a mask, the ladies won't see through it and all you'll have to do his charm them. "

"Did you think about after? I mean we still need to eat after the ball! Don't go thinking I can survive without food!"

"We still have the citizen's kitchen gardens and their farm. Since they aren't there anymore, I'm sure they wouldn't matter if we use them."

"Alright then, what are you still doing there, we must hurry, remember our time is counted. Now go and make those stupid invitations so we can get rid of this stupid curse." Natsu groaned in impatience

"With pleasure Your Majesty" He shouted already starting to run away to accomplish his task.

If you liked this chapter, leave a review I always enjoy reading them! Since school his starting in less than a week for me, I'll probably update less frequently, but don't worry, I'll finish the fanfictions I've started for sure. Love you guys and see you soon!