(Narrator)
Then one night, an unexpected intruder arrived to the castle, seeking shelter from the bitter storm. As a gift, she offered the prince a single rose
Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince turned the woman away... But she warned him not to be deceived by appearances... For beauty is found within. When he dismissed her again, the old woman's outer appearance melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress
The prince begged for forgiveness, but it was too late. For she had seen that there was no love in his heart
As punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast and placed a powerful spell on the castle and all who lived there
As day bled into years, the prince and his servants were forgotten by the world, for the enchantress had erased all memory of them from the minds of the people they loved
But the rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose. If he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell, the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time
As the years passed, he felt into despair and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?
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