Animeluver4evertime2: So, I know that I have other stories that I should be writing for (and I am!), it's just that I have recently gotten into the RC9GN fandom! And it just won't let me go! With that, I have decided to contribute to the fandom with my fanfiction! These kind of stories are rare in this fandom, so I thought I would write one! This a fairytale AU, so the characters may and probably will be a bit OOC. I will try to make them in-character as much as I can, but I don't know how that will pan out. We will just have to wait and see. And, before I forget, this WILL be shonen-ai, meaning boy's love! If you don't like, get out now. Without further adieu, please enjoy! BTW, this is based off of the Disney version! I also don't own Randy Cunningham 9th Grade Ninja, nor Beauty and the Beast.! Their respectful owners do!

Chapter One: Beginnings

Long ago, how long ago none can really say for sure, there existed a kingdom deep in the middle of a luscious forest riddled with plenty of lovely green pine trees and dotted with various flora and fauna. In the very middle of that forest, there lay a castle, which, some would say, glistened like a beautiful diamond because of the marble it was made of. The castle was decorated with beautiful stain-glassed windows and a cornucopia of statues adorned the tops of the castle's towers. However beautiful the outside of the building was, its' ruler was another matter entirely.

The master of the castle went by the name of Nomi Conikos the Third. He was known as an arrogant, stubborn, and rude individual who only cared about himself. He pushed around his servants, not even caring about their well-being, and spent his bountiful fortune tending to his own wishes and desires. Yet, he was the youngest ruler the kingdom had ever know; he was but fifteen when he inherited the throne after his parents had suffered a gruesome death at the hands of an assassin. That incident had caused an uproar in the kingdom, but only some were brave enough to tell the reason why. Nomi knew the reason why his people were on high alert; after all, he knew that the Ninja of his kingdom had killed his parents. He had witnessed the event take place right in front of him, after all. However, what really changed his life occurred but a few short months after he took over his parent's kingdom...

It was a dark and stormy night, the rain pattered hard against the glass-stained windows of Nomi's castle while lightning streaked across the cloud-cloaked sky. One could not see even a speck of the inky night sky while the wind blew cold and harshly at the trees outside. Nomi was bored out of his mind that night, for there was nothing for him to do and there were no problems in the kingdom for him to get involved in. The young king sighed as he noticed a maid walking up to him at a slow and respectful pace, not wanting to disturb her majesty's thoughts. She stopped a few feet away from Nomi, an apprehensive smile on her face while she bowed once and proceeded to speak.

"Your majesty." she greeted and bowed again, waiting for the king to giver her permission to speak. The youth gave a nod in acknowledgment, willing the maid to continue. The woman visibly relaxed and continued with her news.

"There is someone at the door that requests to see you. They say that it is an urgent matter and that they require to see you in person." The maid told the news to her lord, waiting to see his reaction at the news. Well, Nomi had been quite bored, and this mysterious person did piqué his curiosity, so he decided to go and at least see the person at the door. With that, Nomi dismissed the maid and made his way towards the front of his abode. He would come to regret the action later on, but though nothing of it at the time.

At the door, he came face to face with the most hideous human being he had ever had the displeasure to lay his eyes on. The person had requested to stay the night, seeing as how hard it was raining and how cold it was becoming, which Nomi had absolutely refused the request. He complained and shouted at the revolting man, commenting on his dreadfully off-putting state and to not bother him with unimportant personal matters. Nomi then asked how the man would ever begin to repay him for letting the stranger stay in his luxurious home. The man showed him a green amulet and stated that if the king were to let him stay, that he would give him the amulet. The other stared at the amulet for a few seconds; it glowed an otherworldly shade of green and was in the shape of the Ninja's symbol. Nomi scoffed at this and denied the request again, for why would he want an object that represented the being that took away his family?He even had the audacity to point at the door, signaling that the man should leave.

It was then that there was a mighty and bright burst of light, and the young king had to shield his eyes. When he opened them, in place of the man who he had bodily insulted , there stood a handsome sorcerer who was raging with anger. The sorcerer pointed at the youth and told him that all of the rumors he had heard of him were true and that he was even worse in person. The powerful man told Nomi that had he permitted to let him stay in the state he had arrived in, then he would have let him stay as he was. But, since he all but banished him from his home, that he needed to learn his lesson. Nomi begged and pleaded to the sorcerer to let him go and forget the events that transpired that night, but his pleas were for not.

With a powerful burst of green magic, the sorcerer fired at the young king. Nomi began to change, pain coursing through his entire being; it felt like fire was coursing through his veins instead of blood, and he could feel his body morphing into something he desperately did not want to become. He could feel his teeth sharping into razor-like fangs, his hands increasing in size, but the worst was when he felt something rip itself out of his back. Many screams and cries of pain and complete and utter agony resounded off the walls throughout his large home, but there was nothing nobody could do. It felt like an eternity had passed before the nerve-racking pain had ceased, and when Nomi desperately gazed into a nearby mirror, he let out an inhuman screech of sorrow and woe. He turned to the sorcerer and let loose a growl filled with raw anger and dominance, threatening the sorcerer to change him back. The sorcerer just gave a barking laugh of pity and began to tell him some parting words

"I gave you a form that matches your true nature, and it reflects your inner putridness. I will give you a chance to redeem yourself, young Nomi Conikos. You remember the green amulet that you so quickly rejected? Well, it will be with you for a while, for when it stops glowing, you will have run out of time. You have that amount of time to find someone that will see past your ugly visage and fall in love with the real you that lies deep inside your soul. If you do not, then you will keep that form forever. For now, I leave you, but the curse stands not just for you, but for your entire castle and the people inside it as well. Good-bye, young king."

With those parting words, the sorcerer's green magic became thousands of little swirls of green sand and traveled throughout Nomi's castle, changing the outside appearance of his castle into a grotesque, Gothic version of his beautiful abode, making it look like a shadow of its' former self while his servants became various appliances, literally becoming a part of the castle. With that, the sorcerer was gone, and it was as if Nomi's castle had frozen in time, along with its' residents. Nomi flew into a rage, destroying all of the paintings that bore his face and all of the mirrors in the castle, just so he couldn't see how truly disgusting he had become and so that he wouldn't feel the pain of having to look at his old face. After he had completed his task, he slumped to the ground in defeat and eyed the glowing amulet on the floor, along with a hand-mirror that he had not noticed before. The youth picked up the mirror, fully intent of shattering it into a thousand pieces, when he looked through it and noticed a boy about his age reflected back at him, clearly showing Nomi it was a magical mirror. The item was likely left behind by the sorcerer, perhaps in order to show him what was going on in the outside world. He stopped himself from breaking the delicate object, promptly picked up both the mirror and the amulet, and retired to his living quarters. Years passed by in the blink of an eye, but Nomi's castle stood in the middle of the now scary and creepy woods, never-changing.

It was a year before the young king's eighteenth birthday when our true story really begins...

Animeluver4evertime2: With that, the first chapter is finished! Tell me, how do you all like it? I know that Nomi isn't really like how I described him, but he will get better! You'll see! Did anybody see a little foreshadowing in there? Tell me what I did right! Tell me what I did wrong! Heck, you can even type the word chicken and I would be happy! And, don't worry! The story will get better with time! That's all I have to say! Other than the fact that I plan to be punctual with this fanfic as a way of getting back into the habit of writing. I plan to get out a chapter every weekend; Saturday or Sunday, it doesn't matter, just one of those days. That's it! See you all next time!