I was in the garden tending to the crops when I heard a horse neighing. I looked up expecting to see my dad back from the fair but it was only his horse that was there. 'Why is only his horse here? Did something happen to him?! Is he hurt or in trouble.' I got up and ran over to him. "What happened? Where's papa? Take me to him!"

I got on the horse and he started taking me through the woods. We reached a snowing part of the forest and that's where I saw my dad's wagon which is now broken on the ground and the items that were in there are now sprawled onto the snowy ground. 'What happened to him?! Oh, I hope he's okay.' We kept going until he stopped at the base of an enormous castle. 'What is this place.' I thought while getting off of the horses back.

I went up to the door and surprisingly it opened. "Hello? Is there anybody here?" I asked but got no reply. "Papa are you in here?" Still no reply. I slowly walked around the place to see if I could find anything.

"Iida look a handsome young guy!"

"Yes, I can see that Kirishima."

"Bro, don't you get it? He could be the one! The one we have been waiting for! He has come to break the spell!"

"Who said that? Who's there?" I asked but got no answer. 'Weird I could have sworn I heard voices coming from this direction.' I thought while walking up to a table with a clock and a candelabra on top of it. I then heard someone coughing and I'm sure it is my dad. I grabbed the candelabra to light my way through the dark castle to try and find the source of the cough.

"Papa are you there? Papa!" I yelled while making my way up the spiral staircase. "*cough* Izuku is that you?" I reached the top of the staircase and saw him locked inside of a cell. "Dad I'm here don't worry." I said while grabbing hold of his ice-cold hands. "Izuku you have to get out of here. This castle is alive!" I was confused by what he meant but I just shook my head. "We have to get you home your freezing." "No! Izuku go now before he finds you!" "Who!?" There was then a loud growling sound.

"Who's there!?" I quickly got up and looked to see a tall shadowy figure standing on the balcony. "Who are you!?" "I'm the master of this castle! What are you doing here!" He growled at me. "I-I've come for my father!" "Well, your father is a thief." "Liar!" "How the hell could you call me a liar when I saw him steal a rose from my garden!" "I asked for the rose! Punish me instead!" "Izuku no *cough cough* he will keep you here forever!" "For taking a rose?" The mysterious person then roared and growled at us. "I have received eternal damnation because of one. I'm just locking him away. Do you still wish to take your father's place?" I looked over at my dad who shook his head then back at the stranger that I still don't know what he looks like.

"Come into the light..." I asked him but he just grumbled and didn't move. I grabbed the candelabra again and moved it near his face. "*GASP*" I stumbled back a bit by the sight of his appearance. He was a beast. He had piercing bright red eyes and his fur was an ash blonde color. He had massive horns and sharp pointed teeth and claws. He looked terrifying.

"Izuku I lost your mother I'm not going to lose you either! Go *cough cough*go home now!" I gave him a small smile before looking back up at the beast."If I stay you promise to let him go right?" "Izuku no!" "That is the deal." He growled. "*sigh* T-then I'll like to take his place!" "NO!" "DONE!" He opened up the cell and aggressively pulled my father out. "Hey be careful!" He ignored me and pushed me into the cell. He then locked the doors and began to drag my father away. I watched in fear as he dragged him outside and threw him into a carriage that immediately sprouted legs and carried him away. I slide onto the floor and brought my knees up to my chest. I'm trying so hard to hold in my tears. I heard footsteps and I looked up to see the beast glaring at me. "You're a fucking idiot for having taken his place." "*sniff* He's my father, of course, I would take his place. You are a monster though." "No shit, look at me!" "*sniff* No, t-that's not what I meant. *sniff* Y-you didn't even let me say g-goodbye to him." He just scoffed at me before walking away.

A few minutes passed by and my cell door suddenly flew open. I quickly got up and picked up a stool that was lying on the ground just in case. "Sorry for the interruption but I came to take you to your room!" A voice said. "My room? But I thought-" "What did you think we would leave such a handsome young lad in a dingy little cell?" I walked out of the cell to see who was talking and all I found was the candelabra hanging off of the switch. "Hello!" "Ahh!" I screamed and hit it with the stool. "Ha your pretty strong even though you don't look it." The candle said. "W-what on earth are you?" "My name is Eijiro Kirishima! But you can call me Kiri for short." "You are a talking candle!" "Yes he is and he's going to be in trouble if he doesn't put you back in your cell!" A clock said while coming up from the stairs. "Come on Iida." "No, rules are rules, if the master wants him locked up then he must stay locked up!" "Just ignore him bro and follow me to your room!" The candle called Kiri said while the clock known as Iida grumbled behind him.

As I was following them to my room they began to tell me about the castle. "If you ever need anything don't be scared to ask we are at your service. And feel free to go anywhere you like in the castle." Kiri said. "Except the west wing." Iida said. That piqued my interest. "Why? What's in the west wing?" I asked. "Nothing!" They both said. "It's just uhh boring storage space!"Kiri said. "Yup, nothing interesting at all."Iida added. 'Weird it can't just be a storage space, there must be something over there if they don't want me to go there.'

"Welcome to your new home!" Kiri said as he opened the doors revealing a gorgeous looking bedroom. "It's beautiful." I breathed out trying to take the scene in. "Of course it is master wanted you to have the finest room in the castle!"He said while jumping on the bed which caused dust to fly out everywhere. "Don't worry Monsieur I'll have this place spotless in no time!" a pink feather duster said while coming into the room. She then made her way to Kiri who immediately wrapped his "arms" around her. "Are you sure this plan will work?" She asked him. "It has to, I want to be able to look at your beautiful face again Mina." "I want to see your face too." "Ahem not in front of our guest." Iida said which made me smile a bit.

"Is everything here alive?" I asked while picking up a hairbrush to see if it too is alive." "Not everything." Iida said. Then the wardrobe doors burst open. "Bonjour!" it said. "Uhh h-hi" "Monsieur this is your stylist Monsieur Yuga Aoyama!" Kiri told me. "I finally have someone to work with this is magnifique!" He then pulled me closer to him and started touching my face. "Such pretty big green eyes and an adorable freckled face! You're a perfect canvas! I'll find you something worthy of a prince!" "Oh but I'm not a prince." "Not yet! Now let's find you something nice to wear!" He said and opened up his drawers which allowed moths to fly out of them. "How embarrassing...Hiro come help me out!" He yelled and a barking footrest came running through the doors. Aoyama then spun me around while wrapping all sorts of fabrics and cloths around me. "Done! isn't it lovely?" "It's uh charming. Anyway, we will be downstairs helping prepare dinner!" Kiri said while he Iida and Mina left the room.

'Ugh, I need to get out of here.' I got out of the suit Aoyama made me and went over to the window and looked out of it. 'That's a long way down. Maybe I could make a latter or something.' I looked back over towards the wardrobe to see all the fabrics on the floor. 'Hmm, those could work.'

I was tieing the fabrics together when I heard a knock at my door. "Who is it?" I asked. "It's Momo & Denki." 'Momo? Denki?' I got up and opened the door to see a teapot and a teacup, with a chip that looks like a lightning bolt, sitting there. "Aren't you quite handsome. I'm glad to meet you."The teapot said. I backed away so they can enter. 'I wonder why there are so many talking objects.' "I thought you could use a cup of tea after what you had to go through today." She said while pouring tea into the cup which made it laugh. "Yeah a warm cup of tea always makes people feel better and if it doesn't I know a cool trick that will make you smile!" the teacup said right before making bubbles with the tea. "Denki knock it off!" "Fine." he said and moved closer to me so I could pick him up. "Ha, Thank you." I said and took a sip out of the cup.

"You know that was a very brave thing you did for your father." Momo told me. "Oui. We all think so." Aoyama said. "*sigh* I'm worried about him though." "Cheer up sweetie it will turn out all right in the end. Just wait and see! Oh but I must get going I need to help with dinner! Come on Denki!" "I'm coming! Bye, see you at dinner!" Denki told me while leaving with Momo. I went back over to the fabrics and continued to tie them together. 'They are expecting a prisoner to come down and eat dinner with them, how does that even work?'

I walked into the dining room and sat down in my chair. When I looked up I saw silverware in front of the chair across from me. 'They better not be doing what I fucking think they are doing!' I thought while sliding my silverware off of the table out of anger. "SHITTY HAIR!" I yelled and stormed into the kitchen. "You are making him dinner!?" "Yeah, we just thought that you might enjoy some company." He said."Master might I just say I had no part in this plan. I was completely against making him dinner, designing a suit for him, and giving him a suite in the east wing!" Iida said. "You gave him a bedroom!?" "No, no, no Kiri gave him a bedroom." "That's true but I was just thinking that you could use dinner to charm him" "Charm the prisoner do you know how fucking ridiculous that sounds!" "But bro don't you think this guy could be the one to break the spell?" "Of course I thought of that! I'm not an idiot! It's just he's so handsome and I'm... Well, look at me!" "You just got to make him see past all that." I heard the teapot say. I just roll my eyes. "I also don't know if he's into guys..." "Gender shouldn't matter." Dunce face said. "Well, his father is also a fucking thief what do you think that makes him?" "Now don't go judging someone based on their parents." the teapot said. "*Growl* Fine! I'll invite him to fucking dinner!" "That's the spirit bro!" "Shut up or I'll put another crack in your teacup!"

We went upstairs and I banged on his door. "You'll join me for dinner. That's not a request." "Be gentle. The boy lost his father and freedom in one day." the teapot told me. "Yeah, the guy is probably scared." shitty hair chimed in. "Ugh!" I went back up to the door and knocked softly this time. "Hold on a second." I heard him say behind the door. "You see? There he is. Now, remember, be gentle." "Kind." "Charming" "Sweet" "Most importantly control your temper!" they all yelled at me. "And when he opens the door give him a dashing debonair smile. Come, come show me the smile!" shitty hair told me. I tried to smile but they quickly told me to stop. "*sigh* Will you join me for dinner?" I asked again. "You've taken me as a prisoner and now you want to have dinner with me? Are you an idiot?" He said. 'What the hell! I tried being nice and what did that get me!? Me being called a fucking idiot! Screw being gentle!" I banged on his door again. "Join me for fucking dinner!" "I said no!" "FINE! Then go ahead and STARVE!" I screamed at the door. I turned around to face my servants. "If he doesn't eat with me, then he doesn't eat at all! Idiots!" I then stormed off towards the west wing.

"I ask nicely and he still refused me! What the hell am I supposed to do beg!? Urgh!" I walked over to the table and picked up the magic mirror. "Show me the guy." The mirror glowed green right before showing me the guy sitting in a corner hugging his knees. "The master really isn't that bad. You just have to give him a chance." the wardrobe told him. "I don't care I just want to go back home." I put the mirror back down and stare at the rose on the table that had just lost another petal making the castle shake. "*sigh* I'm just kidding myself. He'll never see me as anything...

but a monster."

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