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Once upon a time, there was a little princess who lived in a pretty castle. Once upon a time, there was a monster who lived. Did he actually live? No, he didn’t, because he didn’t even exist. Had it always been like that? No, absolutely not. The monster had not always been like that but a prince too. A prince that also lived in that pretty castle, with the princess he had promised to protect with his everything.
Once upon a time, there were a prince and a princess that lived in a pretty castle.
What happened to that little prince? Had a witch also turned him into a beast like in that other fairytale?
It had just disappeared into the void, for no reason at all. And then that remaining doll had turned into a monster, for many different reasons.
But it had been a choice, it had.
He chose to be a monster.
Why? He couldn’t remember, only suspect. He had been weak, so he wanted to be strong.
All of that was so long ago he didn’t care anymore. Just another story that lost all its meaning. The monster and the princess destinies were no longer drawn together as one. Despite all the time and effort invested, the princess was nothing more than a stranger he knew well. Someone who chose again a normal life away from him.
She seemed happy, though. All dressed up, wearing a makeup he had never seen on her, she went to work, she went out with friends, she went out with boys. It was easy to forget all her recent past looking at her like that. Was she a real knight or just an incredibly good actress? Others would choose the former but not him, he knew she was closer to the latter.
What a little hypocrite that princess had become.