A Broken Cage

Chapter 01: A Story

"Tell me a story"

"Aren't you needy tonight little one? I guess since I can't say no to you. Once upon a time there was a young servant girl who worked in a castle with a group of monsters, three brothers and their sister. This girl knew exactly what these monsters were but she fell in love with one of them anyway, this man made her feel like she was loved, that she was more than the freak that everyone thought she was. You see this servant girl was no ordinary mortal for she was cursed with the gift of clairvoyance.

These monsters grew suspicious of the servant girl who seemed to know things that had not happened yet, so the brothers made it their challenge to find out what made this human stand out from the others. She knew what was happening when the Lords of the castle started to try and gain the attention of a servant girl. In the end, her gift allowed her to foresee what the outcome would be and it was one that she was going to run from, for what she saw was something that brought hope to her for the future, for her future.

It was this vision that kept the monsters from killing her, as one of them taking her as their betrothed. For what she saw, was the future head of the family, the most volatile and beast like of them all and for some reason this vision wasn't the immediate future, it was deeper into his immortal life. This vision showed the beast falling in love with someone, someone who saw him not as a monster but as a man. Someone he would risk everything for and be given everything he ever wanted in return, someone who would become the beast's Queen and tame his heart.

When she told the beast of what she saw, he had accused her of lying to him before she was able to make him see the truth in her words, made it so that he saw what she saw. When he did, he allowed for the servant girl to remain unharmed and placed under his families' protection, so that he could keep her around until he found his queen, and she kept his brother out of trouble. But he knew that there was one issue, he and his family were immortal, he would not meet her for several centuries. So, he made the servant girl an immortal like him, made it so she would be just like them. However, there was a side effect that none of them predicted, by making her immortal she lost her clairvoyance. So, all he had to remind himself of his intended Queen for centuries was the memories he got from the servant girl before her transformation, those memories would guide him for the time when his curse was broken and he was able to meet her in person."

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"I like your stories Aunt Cassie." A young brunette child said as she curled deeper into the blonde's side, her fingers curled into the older woman's shirt. "I hope the beast found his queen."

"He will. One day, the queen will turn the beast's world upside down and show him that love is something that he is capable of and capable for receiving. Now sleep tight Calista, the future holds great things for you."