The Beast?

Twice Cursed

"Over and over again all these books say the same thing that the legend will repeat but where the hell are our Belles. I mean shit how did we even get cursed we've been like this since we were little." I complained to my brother. "I don't know Ravi I've read almost every book in this library and I still haven't found anything I want to leave this Palace as much as you do but if the legend is true we have to be careful or we'll never leave here." I nodded but still didn't understand we were abandoned here years ago with some palace guards and servants, and haven't left since. The guards watch us with an eagle eye never letting us set foot outside we've never even be in the garden. Every time we ask to leave they tell us that no that it's to dangerous, or they say only when Belle returns. Once we tried to escape, that ended with us back in the tower locked in for weeks barely fed. When we turned 15 we were given glowing roses, my rose was blue my brother's purple. The minute we touched the roses we transform growing sharper teeth longer hair and demon horns. At night we were covered in animal fur and our hands grew into paws and faces became those of a beast. We are monsters no one will ever love us not even Belle herself. I mean who loves a demon we aren't even beast we're demons. I placed the book I was holding down, sick of the false hope. Leaning over I resting my head on my brother's lap. Sleep has become my favorite activity with all the time we spend doing Nothing.

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I stood in front of my twin brother shielding him from out fathers sight. We had just woken up and did not have time to make breakfast for our father before his trip so instead of leaving and eating in the village tavern on the way to his convention Our father decided to punish us for being "ungrateful, and inconsiderate." He threw cups, lamps, books, shoes, whatever he could find in arms reach, but I refused to let anything hit my brother or to show him how much it hurt when I was hit. I just looked my brother in the eyes my hands covering his ears and a smile on my face. I mouthed I love you over and over again. hoping to distract him from the hell around us. "One day you'll appreciate my love. all the things I do for you. I don't have to feed you." I bit back every word i wanted to say to him and continued to mouth i love you to my brother and cover his ears. I was going to get us out of this hell whole if it was the last thing I did...

It had been two hours since this morning assualt. Our father had just left after packing his broken contraption in to a cart. My brother was currently bandaging my back ranting and raving about how I should stop protecting him, or that our father didn't feed us I did and other stuff like that. I basically ignored him though thinking of a way to get us out of here. We couldn't just dissapear our father would just chase after us when he found out. We need to vanish off the face of the earth make it seem like we had died. "We need a bounty." "Where in the seven hells did you get that idea.?" I thought about it that is a dum idea. "We need to stage our deaths and leave that way he will never find us he won't even look," my brother nodded now understanding my idea. "How do we get away alive if we give ourselve a bouty that says we should be dead?" he asked still not completely serious. "Simple find someone that will burn the house down leave the money behind the house once the deed is done." My brother looked miffed his wavy light brown hair bouncing every where as he shook his head. "Safira I don't think you understand just how dangerous a plan this is."My bother yells already knowing what I'm going to say. "Raz, I know better than anyone how dangerous this is and we both know I have the better chance of surviving we can steal some of Jabir's money give it to the librarian tell him to make an anonymous bounty to burn the house down we take whatevers left and split but at least one of us has to be in the house when they come to burn the house. This is a small town they will know to check the room to make  sure we are there everyoone knows we leave at night but they don't know our sleeping habits and its not hard to assume we sleep in the same bed. you will hide in the wood right behind the house and once the fire is lit i will join you" Raz loooked on there verge of tears a rare sight he rarely cries, or smiles. "Just promise me this you come out that fire and you will survive to meet our beast." I nod and begin to pack. Tonight we die tommorrow we Live.