Beauty(s) and the beast

by 79snowbell

Rating: teen
Tags: Discord, Princess Celestia, Crossover, Twilight Sparkle, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Nightmare Moon, Romance, Fluttershy
Length: 2685

A cursed ruler falls for an unusual mare.

There was once a young prince who fell for a beautiful princess, and although he was a prankster and very possessive, the princess still loved him no matter what.
One fateful day, the two lovers were cursed and grew apart since then.
Now, Lord Discord finally meets Sparkling Butterfly, a Pegasus that loves reading and nature, but what happens when Nightmare moon breaks free from her banishment to torture Discord?

Authors note: Have you guys read stories based on Beauty and the beast that either feature Fluttercord or Discolight? Well I decided to do a little something that no one might have thought of before. This story will have multiple shippings.

Published 2015-11-03 04:30:01 UTC
Last updated 2016-07-31 06:13:57 UTC

Prologue

Author's Note

I know you guys are expecting chapter two of MOTO, but I started writing other stories so I wouldn't forget the plot, and don't worry, I did start on it but I wanted to get this one out as well.
Hey, I kept my promise for chapter one, but that doesn't mean I would keep a lot of promises. Hey I finished this chapter in one day!!!

Two shippings in this chapter! Who can guess?

Prologue

Once upon a time, there was a prince who was a charming young stallion, but he wasn't your average royal, for he would often make fun of some ponies and pull a lot of pranks on others. In other words, he was immature, childish, and chaotic.

On his nineteenth birthday, he held an annual gala and invited royals all over the land to witness his coming of age.

He was about to pull the first prank of the night until something caught his eye, two alicorns and a unicorn talking, but the one that interested him the most was the eldest alicorn with flowing pink hair and light violet eyes.

When the two met eye to eye, they fell in love, and everything changed for the prince.

The two spent a lot of time together, but when the princess had to leave, the prince would beg her to stay longer, and they eventually stay with the other until sunset or later.

The eldest was off duty more often, so her sister had to run their kingdom. Many of their subjects always felt that the eldest has abandoned them when it was the youngest that was there, leading to the ponies changing their cerfew to sunset and sleeping through the youngest's beautiful night.

Not only was the princess upset that her subjects slept through her night and ignoring her, but she was jealous of the love her sister had with the prince.

The youngest's jealousy for her sister transformed her into a living nightmare. She immediately went after the lovers as a plot formed in her head.

When she found the two, she rendered her sister into a powerless pony and blamed the prince for keeping her sister away from her duties as princess.

The prince reacted in sadness and anger, causing to banish the sister of his lover!

Before she was completely sealed in the moon, the young princess casted a curse on the prince, which turned him into a hideous creature of chaos!

The former princess, frightened of the changed prince before her, ran away from him in fear and heartbreak, and the prince felt abandoned as he watched her run away.

The princess searched for a way to turn her back into an alicorn and to break the curse on her lover.

Just when she was about to give up, she ran into the king of the Crystal Empire who took her to his castle so that she would take a break from her long search.

She told the king of how her sister appeared to her and the prince as a nightmare creature, then of how the prince banished her sister to the moon but ended up transformed into a beast. The king listened to every word she spoke and contemplated her tale with thoughts and finally decided to help the princess.

During two months of looking through spell books, the former princess started to forget about her feelings to the prince and found herself falling for the king, their silent reading turning to small smiles to conversations.

After another month of searching and bonding, the king found a spell that turn the princess back into her true form and would allow the princess to revert from an alicorn to an earth pony at will.

The princess had forgotten about the cursed prince during the time she spent with the king, and the king had enjoyed spending time with the princess. They had spent so much time together that going their separate ways didn't feel like an option, so they decided to wed.

Although their wedding was small and private, it was the most beautiful, and the only witnesses were the preacher and the king's niece.

But a year later, the princess' younger sister returned, searching for her and the prince, while on the same day, the king and his new queen had two daughters: a pegasus and a unicorn.

The young princess heard the news of the newly born princesses of the Crystal Empire and thought her eldest sister might be there as the queen of the empire.

Sure enough, the king heard news of his queen's sister coming to the empire, so he sent his wife along with their two daughters and his niece to escape the Empire while he held off the nightmare princess with dark magic.

The queen and princesses managed to escape safely, but the same could not be said for the king, for he did keep the nightmare distracted, but he was sadly defeated in the end and thrown into his own dungeon.

The princess decided to find the prince and finish his punishment first, but by the time she reached his kingdom, she noticed that it was abandoned and falling apart.

Assuming that the prince was dead, she decided to return to her kingdom, but found it abandoned as well, but she did find a familiar earth pony wander around the area.

But when she was within range, the princess was shocked to see the pony transform into her sister and shot magic at her so that the princess' imprisonment would last longer.

Instead of going back to the Crystal Empire, the queen settled in a peaceful cottage close to a small town to protect her daughters and niece.

And she made sure that her children would be safe if their aunt were to return again and take one of them away... or both.

And as for the prince? Well, he wasn't dead at all. He actually left his kingdom, allowing those who were still loyal and trustworthy to stay by his side.

He discovered his former-lover's castle and decided to stay there since it was still in slightly good shape, but he knew he would have to make it look abandoned and haunted if a pony were to wander into the area.

Aside from his servants, the cursed prince kept himself in isolation, never leaving the castle, and the dangers of the forest kept outsiders away.

...Until now.

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

It was midday and Sparkling Butterfly was laying on her bed with tears flowing. Two of her closest animal friends were comforting her, an owl named Owlicious and a white bunny named Angel.

"… a-and then after she told me that my father was alive, my own mother tells m-me that Cadence and I aren't sisters, but c-cousins!" Butterfly sniffed. "A-a-and then…" the rest of her sentence became inaudiable as she began sobbing more.

Cadence entered the room, but instead of crying like Butterfly, her eyes were widened with shock. Butterfly lifted her head to face her supposed cousin, who in turn looked into Butterfly's bloodshot eyes. "Why? Why keep secrets from us?" Butterfly sniffled as Cadence pulled her into a hug. "Maybe she had reasons of her own?" Cadence suggested. Butterfly pulled away. "Maybe there's more to it than just that." Butterfly whimpered.

The door to their room opened and Sunny Day stepped in, Butterfly turned away as Cadence turned her head to pay attention to what her mom, er…aunt had to say.

"Girls… I know I should have told you both sooner or later, and to make up for that, I'll take you two to the Crystal empire right now!" Cadence sat up on the bed, but Butterfly kept her back to her mom.

"I think that would work for me." Cadence thought out loud. Sunny Day then turned her gaze to Sparkling Butterfly. "Butterfly?"

Butterfly was quiet before answering. "I think I'll stay here. Besides, you know how rowdy the animals get when I'm too far away from them." Sunny Day's calm expression faltered slightly before she nodded in understanding. "Okay then. Cadence? I'm hoping to catch the train today so we can get there before sunset, so I need you to quickly pack up. The train leaves in an hour and it takes half an hour to get to the station."

Cadence nodded and went to her side of the room and started packing. "Are you sure you'll be alright staying here?" Sunny Day asked Butterfly, hoping she would be assured. "I'll be fine." Butterfly complied as she turned her head while keeping her back on her mother. "Butterfly, I know how hard it is to accept the truth and I hope you would understand my reasons." Sunny Day spoke before leaving the room.

"Wait!" Sunny Day froze to her daughter's voice. "Why are you leaving, and why so soon?" Sunny Day came back to Sparkling Butterfly's bedside. "Yesterday I heard that the Crystal Express would come to town today and would return in four weeks, and when you brought those books back this morning, I realized that I should go find him. But I knew you would have asked me so many questions, so I had to tell you the truth." Butterfly was silent before asking. "How long? And is it true that I am an only child?" "…three months after you were born. And it is partially true, but also false." Sunny Day felt some relieve as she left to pack some of her own things.

"At first, I thought you would would join us. I mean, the Crystal Empire! The place where we were born in? The place where your father might be?" Cadence emphasized the last sentence. "I know, I know. But I was serious when I said that the animals wouldn't behave well, and sure, they're fine when I'm in Ponyville, but the Crystal Empire? It's too far north and that's a long ways away, and you know how the animals are."

Cadence closed her case and hovered towards Sparkling Butterfly and pulled the lavender pegasus into a hug. "We'll be away for a while, I guess. Take care." "Tell me all about it when I see you again." Butterfly smiled as she returned the hug.

Butterfly stood at the train station and waved goodbye to two ponies aboard the Crystal Express as it pulled away from the station, Cadence and Sunny Day waving back as the Train started heading north.

Sparkling Butterfly waited another moment before leaving the station and headed back home. They will be back soon, she knows it.

When she returned home, she quickly checked on the animals to see if they needed anything, and after she was finished, she headed to the cottage. Before Butterfly touched the doorknob, she heard somepony shouting out to her.

"Wait miss! Please! I need help!" A brown stallion galloped down the path toward Butterfly, huffing and puffing. "I'm looking for a pegasus with a silver coat, gold mane and eyes, and bubbles for a cutie mark.…" the stallion paused to catch his breath before continuing. "Someone said that she came to you about something… do you know where my friend was?"

"Oh! You mean Derpy? Of course I've seen her." The stallion's blue eyes brightened. "Really?! When!" Butterfly was deep in thought before replying. "Early this morning! After she gave me my book back, she went somewhere… over… there…" Butterfly's face suddenly changed into a look of fear as she looked to the area she had last seen Derpy. "Oh no."

"What?" The stallion's expression faltered. "I-I think she might have gone into the Everfree forest." The stallion didn't get Butterfly's frightened look. "Okay then, I guess I'll go find her-"

"No! You don't understand! The Everfree is a place that doesn't use pony magic. At. All. It's a scary place to be at! And it's dangerous to go alone!" He was silent before asking. "Do you know anyone that would go in there with me and find Derpy?"

'If he asked someone in Ponyville, they might scream in his face, but if I go, it would be like a favour to Derpy.' Butterfly thought. "I'll help you find her! Just give me one second!" Butterfly opened the door to the cottage and found Angel and Owlicious looking at her expectantly. "Listen up you two, I'm going to help a friend, and I-if I don't come back, then Owlicious is in charge." Butterfly said before shutting the door behind her and unaware of the white bunny glaring at the owl.

"Okay, let's go!" Butterfly spoke before breaking into a gallop towards the Everfree, the stallion following close behind. "Thank you so much miss… uh…" "Sparkling Butterfly! And you are?!" Butterfly called back. "Time Turner!"

Butterfly and Time Turner have looked everywhere around the Everfree in search of the grey pegasus.

The two have been searching for what felt like hours, especially since the canopy of trees made it look like it was night, and Time Turner was close to giving up on finding his friend. The found an open space far up ahead.

A low rumble was heard nearby, making the two ponies jump. "Um…What was that?" Butterfly started to quiver in fear, but her question was already answered by a low growl as Butterfly found themselves facing timber wolves.

"What do we do now?" Butterfly looked over to Time Turner, hoping he would provide a solution. "Only one thing we can do…run!"

The two ponies bolted in the opposite direction in means to find a place to hide, the Timberwolves giving chase so as to not lose their prey.

Butterfly heard a howl as she saw more Timberwolves ahead of them, blocking their path. It was then that she seen a light from the corner of her eye.

"This way!" Butterfly shouted as she turned towards the light which led to a ravine with an old rope bridge.

The two neared the bridge until they noticed the Timber wolves gaining on them. Within a blink of an eye, a Timberwolf caught Butterfly by her long pink streaked tail and made her fall to the ground. Time Turner heard Butterfly's complaints as she tried to kick the wooden beast.

"Hold on, miss Butterfly!" "NO!" Sparkling Butterfly called back. "Go find Derpy, I'll be fine!" I hope. Butterfly called out as she watched Time Turner cross the bridge safely before bolting off.

Quickly searching, Butterfly found two rocks and threw one of them (which was smooth to touch) directly at the Timberwolf currently chewing on her tail. When the rock made impact square in the timberwolf's face, she used the other rock (which was very sharp) and without thinking, cutted off the end of her tail that the Timberwolf was chewing on and quickly started crossing the bridge.

Butterfly was only halfway across when she suddenly heard a snap and felt the bridge give out and start falling. As if on instinct, her wings quickly spreaded wide as she started to fly up to the other side.

As soon as she landed, she glanced to the Timberwolves sliding to a halt as they seen the ravine that separated them from their prey. Knowing it wasn't worth it, the timberwolves snarled and left.

A sigh of relief escaped from Sparkling Butterfly's lips. It was then that she felt something on her left hoof, so she spared a quick glance at her hoof and saw crimson. 'Maybe one of the wolves scratched me while we were running' she thought.

She faced the direction Time Turner had gone earlier and saw a large structure a little ways away.

"I hope Derpy and Time turner are alright."

Author's Note

I know! I know! Its late, but I traveled south to see some family for Christmas and had no internet access until I used my mom's phone, and when I got home, the iPad I use was acting stupid with the internet, so I had to use my laptop which helps alot:yay:
Anyways, enjoy:twilightsmile:

Chapter 3

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