3 days later
The dark castle loomed over the two figures of a young lady, and an old man. Its torrents, winding and tall, patterns and carvings spiralled all around the castle. It was a dark grey, and only one light was lit, the light at the top of the tallest torrent. It was a harsh yellow light, that made Alayna feel unwelcome, and scared. The opening of the doors didn't help, the opened without anyone opening it, Alayna searched for a mechanism on the door, but couldn't find one, instead she found exactly what her father described. Invisible-like people. She tried to scream but the person clamped their hand over her mouth. She shushed up, and removed the hand, and ran back to her father. They followed the invisible like creature, into the castle, and lead them into a drawing room. They waited for something, something that Alayna didn't know of but her father did.
Suddenly the castle shook, with a huge "ROAR!" and great big steps boomed in everyone's ears. Alayna snuggled closer to her father, and hid her face under his coat as he wrapped it around her. Suddenly the steps got closer, until they were in the room. Alayna saw the ugliest thing she had ever seen.
It was the beast.
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FantasyAlayna is sick of her life. She lives in a small village of small-minded people. But small-minded means safe. Or so her father says. To her small minded means constant harassment from the village people, constant jealousy from the women, and consta...
