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Tale As Old As Time

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Reads 309
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Parts 4
Time 28m

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Once upon a time, is how the old lie goes. For truth is light as leaves in the current, and time it ever flows.                                                                                                               

A mythpunk take on the old fable. A little town, a quiet village, where an inventor's daughter dreams of tomorrow's promise, devouring the literature of the French Enlightenment. Where a damaged soldier learns the greatest struggle could be to refuse to fight. And a prince cursed ponders surrender.

This tale as old as time, this song as old as rhyme, has some darker notes to play.All Rights Reserved

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Beastly Beauty by Scarletred1990

Tale as old as time, a Beast hidden away from the world attracts the attention of a Beauty. The attention of one who cared more of others than them self, even if they held a little darkness in their heart. But not all Beasts are horrifying... Some are a even considered to be angelic.

Beauty and the Bird by booklover701

A Beauty and the Beast retelling: Once Upon a Time... there was a cursed forest where animals who could live forever existed. The animals lived in harmony with one another and away from the prying eyes of humans. However, this immortality had an unimaginable price: if the animals were ever to be killed and die, they would turn into the worst possible thing imaginable... a human. As far as they know, no animal has been killed, until now. "The beautiful red bird soared through the ocean blue sky and perched on the top tree branch. There it sang the most beautiful tune. As he starred at the bird, he noticed how the feathers shined in the sunlight. The bird had a bright red body but the top of it's head was dark black. As he put his gun down he heard a shot and quickly looked up. The bird fell from the tree. It had been killed."

Until The Last Petal Falls by CrazyKat021

What if your whole life, you were told a lie? That Beauty and The Beast was a happy ending, when it was not. What if the prince was really a princess and the beast was within her. Not a hairy, talking, two legged walking beast. She was a werewolf. A girl cursed at night with a wolf who hunts humans and refuses to stop until death. Human in the day, who cares and loves all of those around her. The only way to break such a curse is with true loves kiss. Or is it? What if the only way to break the curse, is to sacrifice yourself for another? Perhaps even for a stranger. A death for a life. "Under major editing"

Beauty and the Beast Sequel by photaze

Gaston defeats the Beast, leaving him injured for three months. The Beast is human now but the curse hasn't been lifted, Gaston has seized control of the palace and now Belle is held as a slave queen to him. A really twisted form of happily never after this is, but when the Beast and Belle don't end up together what happens next? How does the Beast get his Beauty back?

Beauty and the Beast by Jasdyer

This is a story as old as time. We think we know the story but do we really?

Torn Pages by moonwrecks

A collection of dark tales and of lost happily-ever-afters. Join us as we go back to Once upon a times. Page after page, we bring you truth behind old tales modern tongues have twisted.

The Time-Traveller's Choice by sennalily

One moment, Emma Scott is in her college room in 2015, and the next she's in 1921 falling in love with an ex-soldier with a charming smile and a secret... Emma's an old hand at time travel: the first time she was pulled backwards she was ten years old. She can sense the memories that stone, fabric and wood have soaked up: usually she just sees them, but sometimes she ends up living them. She knows the drill: (1) avoid getting pulled backwards in the first place; (2) avoid the object that's pulled you backwards; (3) prevent the memory that imprints on the object, or, if all that fails, (4) wait it out until you're back in the right time. The problem is that the object was an old ring that her Granny Alice bequeathed to her, and Emma last saw it on the finger of her great grandmother, fleeing into a crowded London street. Now Emma is trying to find the ring and go back to her own time, but her great grandmother has vanished, and meanwhile there's Charlie Lawrence who's making Emma wonder if she even wants to go back at all...

Days In The Sun by RocketGenie

Once upon a time in the hidden heart of France, a handsome young prince lived in a beautiful castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was selfish, spoiled, and unkind. He had an entire army of servants there to attend to his every need, most of which were there since his childhood. The prince nearly hated his staff, even when they'd done nothing wrong - and were only trying to meet his needs. One night, during one of the Prince's courting events - a special type of ball, where dozens of young woman would dress up and dance with the prince, in an attempt to win over his heart and become queen to the Kingdom - An uninvited guest arrived. It was a poor, shivering, elderly woman seeking shelter from the bitter winter storm. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince dismissed the woman. As a gift, the old woman offered the prince a single rose, but when he dismissed her again, the woman's outer appearance melted away. Only to reveal a beautiful enchantress. The prince begged for forgiveness, but it was too late - for she could see there was no love in his heart. The enchantress cursed the prince, transforming him into a hideous beast - and if he was unable to learn to love another, and earn their love in return by the time the last petal from the rose she offered had fallen, he would remain a beast forever. But the enchantress also placed the curse upon his innocent castle staff, who were transformed into antiques; suffering for the prince's mistake(s) in small, rusting, metallic bodies. Life was hard enough for the staff, but now - it was unbearable. ~ This story will go through the staff's struggles before, DURING, and after they were cursed. It will also fill plot holes and extend the ending of Beauty And The Beast. A majority of this story is a prequel, and will fall into a bit of a sequel as well, so I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Beauty and the Beast by katythefluteplayer

We all know the story of Beauty and the Beast. This story follows the outline of the traditional story pretty well with some changes to make it seems more real, more intense, and not such a fairytale. There's a Mansion secluded in the thick forest south of town that Isabelle happened to run into one very stormy night. Denied help from the Master, but aided by the servants, she finds her life intertwined with theirs and there's nothing she can do to stop it. The Master is horrible - beastly. He's powerful, and manages to put Isabelle under a spell of his own. A story of two people learning about themselves by falling in love with the other. Here's my version of Beauty and the Beast.

The Ticking Fate, 1600s by AF3rescent

Beneath the shadow of an ancient clock, Where time itself seems to whisper and mock, Lies a tale of sorrow, loss, and regret, Of lessons unlearned and a fate tightly set. -AF

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Beastly Beauty

Tale as old as time, a Beast hidden away from the world attracts the attention of a Beauty. The attention of one who cared more of others than them self, even if they held a little darkness in their heart. But not all Beasts are horrifying... Some are a even considered to be angelic.