The Beast & the Element of Kindness

The Beast & the Element of Kindness

Prologue

Once upon a time in the days of Equestria before the defeat of Nightmare Moon, there lived an Alicorn Prince and his beloved Princess. They’ve reign over the land of Everfree, and were well loved by their subjects and allies alike. Then as time has passed the Princess had become bear with a new foal, which pleased her and her husband both. Upon the day of the baby’s arrival however, a mysterious visitor came upon the castle. The Prince answers the door to be greeted by what appeared to be a deformed Earth Pony hag, with a crystal glassed heart trinket she said.

“Please do give me shelter for the night,” said the hag.  “You do you can have my trinket if you do.”

Now the prince was startled by the mare’s appearance, and so simply tried to turn her away. However the hag went on to give the prince a warning.

“People are rarely who they good prince,” said the hag. “For appearance cannot count for true beauty…because true beauty comes from within.”

The prince once again turned her away, and then shut the palace door to attend with his wife in labor. However upon arriving to his wife, the hag suddenly reappeared much to the Prince’s dismay.

“Did I not tell you to leave our castle?!” said the frustrated prince. “If you do not leave I’ll make you…”

Before the prince could shun the haggish mare once more, the mare’s ugliness melted away to reveal herself to be in fact Princess Celestia disguise. Shocked by what he had done, the prince and his princess begged for forgiveness but it was too late. Princess Celestia could see that there seemed to be blindness to true beauty in the Alicorn Stallion’s heart.

“You have forgotten to true meaning of beauty my little ponies,” said Celestia in authority. “For that the cruelty you have laid must be place upon the unborn, to remind you not to judge one before trying to know them!”

So with might of her magic, Princess Celestia placed an irreversible enchantment just as the couple’s baby just as he was born. Instead of a cute little foal, the princess had given birth to a horrifying beast as punishment for the Prince’s misdeed before she departed. Shocked at their son’s monstrous appearance, the prince and princess kept the Beast a secret from the public but at the same time they’ve nurtured and loved their son dearly in spite of his looks. But both the Prince and his wife knew well that they will not be around to protect their son forever, and that one day all of Equestria will know of the Beast’s existence. When that day came on the Beast’s 18th year, his parents had vanished leaving him heir to the Alicorn Prince’s throne. However instead of accepting his position, the Beast sent all that lived in the castle and sealed him away from the outside world believing his appearance was the reason for the vanishing of his parents…the ones he thought were the only ones who could love him for the way he is. There to this day the Beast remained in seclusion, even as the Everfree forest sprouted from behind the castle. Now the crystal heart Princess Celestia had left became the one thing the Beast kept close to his heart as a way to remember his parents by.

“Oh mother and father,” thought the beast in cloak. “Oh if only there was someone who could love me, no matter how I look to them…but a last it is not to be.”

Yes it is quite a predicament the Beast is in, after all who could ever learn to truly love a Beast?

To be continued…