#5 Beast in human form

Weeks later…

There will be a full moon that night, and she had a lot on her thoughts, but the one that topped it all was how she had begun to develop new feelings for Matt.

Lilly thought to herself that if Matt loved me, he would accept me for who I truly am when he sees me turn into a hairy beast.

Lilly went to matt’s castle uninvited; she told the guards that she wants to seek the face of the king, The guards shouted; “the king is not expecting any guests, leave immediately.”

Matt was about to sneak out of the castle, then noticed Lilly was at the gates of the castle. He swiftly dragged Lilly out of the presence of the guards, into a garden filled with different flowers from all over the region.

Out of shock, Lilly said to Matt “why are you still sneaking out of the castle?” Matteo replied; “I just like to leave the castle for some time and go into the capital as a normal person.”

Lilly replied; “Let’s leave that aside. I want to be completely honest with you, I know you might have feelings for me but I don’t want you to feel bad if you see me for who I truly am.”

Matteo feeling confused replied; “What do you mean?” The moon was at its peak that night. When the light shone brightly on Lilly, making her slowly turned into a hideous hairy beast, covered in gross hair.

Ten years ago...

On a casual day in Giovanni, the witch doctor that acts as an advisor to king Bernard fell fast asleep midday and then had a revelation that the region of Razzano would go into famine for years and years to come.

He suddenly rose from bed to inform king Bernard about his revelation, about the famine that would occur in Razzano, King Bernard immediately dispatched Lorenzo the witch doctor to travel to Razzano, a journey that would take him two days and two nights.

When he arrived at the outskirt of Razzano, he was plundered by exiled Razzano residents, largely criminals, leaving him with little money to return to Giovanni. When he finally arrived in Razzano, he went to King Brock's castle, seeking the king's face to warn him and the humans about the impending famine in Rozzano.

In aloofness, the king ordered the guards to toss him out of his sight, for the king didn’t believe in such things and wanted nothing to do with a werewolf. In annoyance, the witch doctor cursed king Brock saying;

“Your only child will be cursed when she becomes fifteen, she will turn into a hairy beast by every full moon until she gets a true love kiss, then she will become her true self. Only until she has gotten a true love kiss on a full moon, then her curse will be reverted.”

Present day...

Lilly replied; “This is what I meant by who I truly am, every full moon I was cursed to turn into a hairy beast until I have a true love kiss, I know I look filthy and ugly to you."

Matteo replied; "Oh, beast; my dear, dear beast! Why would I be so cruel and unkind to reject you now?" And tears fell down her eyes as he spoke. “To me, you are still the same person I love, we won’t know if we are true lovers until we have kissed.

Overcome with pity, Matt pulled Lilly towards him "I missed you darling that was my main reason for sneaking out", he whispered into her ear. Slowly, and tenderly kissed the ugly beast on the lips.

She stared at his teeth, feeling a stab go through her heart, of course, Matteo had perfect teeth, they were perfectly straight and white. She didn’t expect any less since he is the king and he gets the best treatment.

In a moment there was a sudden noise and Matteo was startled to find that the ugly beast had vanished. The beast was a beast no longer. Lilly gradually became a normal human after the curse was lifted.

"What just happened, even on a full moon, I'm back to myself, I can't believe my eyes, I'm back to my original self." Matt bent on his knee towards Lilly, and said, “Will you marry me?” and she laughed.

She thought it was a joke since it was so sudden “this is a joke right” she didn’t know how to feel at the moment and she said, “Yeah, ok,” and laughed. He was deadly serious.

He said, ‘You do realize that one day you will be queen?’ And a voice said to me inside, “You won’t be queen, but you will have a tough role…” “Yes, yes, yes, yes, murmured an inner voice,” “I love you so much, I love you so much,” she shouted with joy evident on her face.

A year later…

Lilly was nervous today because her ceremony was later in the day; she had been dreading this day and had tried everything she could to avoid it. But it had arrived, and she had no control over it.

Her hair was naturally curly, so it didn't take much effort, although it can be resistant and frizzy at times. When she's finished, the maid offers to apply makeup, but I decline and merely apply makeup, I only apply lip balm.

But it was a law in the kingdom that during a royal wedding, the newlywed bride has to put on markup, she decided to break the law, Lilly said to herself “I don’t have to be a different person because the law says it.”

"How do I look?" I asked as I rose and put on my white velvety wedding attire with sleeves, higher necklines, covered back, and a floor-length dress that was flay from the waist, below.

I was never one to be concerned with appearances, but I felt compelled to look my best this time, even though I did it my way. Her ceremony was approaching, and she had no idea what she was doing.

Lilly thought to herself; "What if I turned out to be a bad queen? What if no one cared for me? What if I had... Why start now if you've never given a damn about any of these things before? Why should you consider it? What about the "what ifs" Of course, they'd have a conversation!"