The Day My Life Began

The Monster in Us All

The dream started off as all others, as soon as Luna arrived. It was just white at first, complete and totally whiteness. Then, like a canvas, it began exploding in color.

The prologue began, and I let Luna watch.

"Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle."

A raspberry pink stallion stood at the entrance to the palace. His mane as brushed back, as was his tail. He wore an elegant blue (oddly enough, it was pinstriped) suit. He gave the kingdom a proud smile.

"Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. But then, one winter's night, an old beggar mare came to the castle and offered him a single rose In return for shelter from the bitter cold."

A mare came up to the palace door. She was dressed in an old gray cloak, with a pink butterfly on the clasp. Her coat was a sickly gray, and her mane was a rat's nest. No, seriously, it was. Her dark turquoise eyes landed on the door. She lifted up a weak hoof, and knocked.

The door opened. The mare held out a single red rose as payment.

The Prince took one look at the mare and slammed the door shut.

"Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the Prince sneered at the gift, and turned the old mare away. But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for Beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old mare's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful Enchantress."

The cloak vanished in a bright pink flash. The Prince opened the door, his eyes going wide at seeing the now beautiful mare.

"The Prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart. And as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there. Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world."

He became... a dragon.

"The Rose she had offered, was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time.

The Prince sat up in his tower, slamming every door in the palace. He tore apart any paintings of his old self, and many of his old suits. Yet, for the Rose, he placed it inside a glass case.

"As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love...a Beast?"

==DMLB==

The ballroom was decorated with golden light. I was dressed in a pinstriped blue suit, while Luna was dressed in Belle's yellow one. My head fins were left shaggy, cause I felt like it. Her's was all done up nice.

The two of us met on the stairwell. She looked almost a bit unimpressed.

Lune gave me a teasing smile. "Truly, Raspberry? A dream of Princesses?"

"Hey." I gave a teasing smile back. "It would be sad if I was the Princess. I chose to be the awesome Prince/Beast."

Lune rolled her eyes. We walked down towards the dance floor, and I heard the song playing.

It cut off, like a record player.

"Sorry. The song was kinda boring." I excused. "Mind if we skip the romance?"

Lune shook her head. "It is of no trouble to Us."

I laughed, looking over towards the door. Lumiere Dash, Twilight Cogsworth, Mrs. Rarity Potts, and Spike Chip were simply watching us. Luna laughed, slightly.