"Belle's Biggest Mistake" by Alaijah

     I have a lover and we have been together for what it feels like centuries. He’s as handsome as could be, but then one day he left me. I'm not sure where he went does he even miss me? Beauty made him want to be a model. So what if he was a bit selfish? He still loved me. I haven’t seen him since the day he left me. Now I can't seem to find anybody who is worthy of me. This one man fell for me but he was a snob. Gastan was his name, to me he looked like a tree. He always spoke nonsense of my father and I. “Belle your father is crazy!” he told me. My father wasn't crazy he just loved me. He loved me so much he went in the woods to search for a way to pay our debts. A few days passed and he too had left me. His body was found in the woods all chewed up. I just knew that I would  forever be lonely. The day after he died a letter came in the mail  it said,”Belle, my love, I can't live without you any longer. I am currently living in the woods, come and find me and I will explain everything. “

• Love yours truly, B

I decided it was about time to find my long lost lover. I left my house in search for my only family. In the woods I found this huge castle behind the trees. Maybe the owner has seen my one and only love. I knocked excitedly waiting for a response. No one answered as I waited anxiously. Call me crazy but I was so determined to find my soul mate that I walked straight into the castle. The castle was dark and a few lights were lit, a musty gust of wind lingered the air . The next thing I knew, a huge beast attacked me from behind and startled me.  Little did I know that I would soon fall in love with this beast. Days passed by and I was a prisoner in this place called his home. He reminded me of my long lost lover. I know, I know you're probably thinking he left you leave him be. I tried you see, that's why I fell in love with the Beast. But he, he could never love me- right? Looking at his long lashes when he blinked made me sad because I knew that he could never love me. His personality made me smile and made me feel confident about myself. I had fallen in love with the Beast, but I couldn't help but think about my previous lover and how he left me. I told myself repeatedly that the Beast understood me like no other, but I just couldn't tell anybody about this warming feeling in my heart.

     So one day I left the Beast and started my own family. Two years later I decided to visit the Beast. I called for the Beast but he didn't answer me. I searched everywhere in the castle, but couldn't find anything. Had the Beast left me? I searched the room that he forbidden me to see.

Maybe that's where he was playing hide and go seek. A letter was left next to a dead rose.

I picked it up and this is what it said,” Belle if  you are reading this I have died in misery.

I died because no one ever told me they loved me. I was your lover who left you because of my disease, I have Hypertrichosis which makes me grow unwanted hair all over my body. A witch cast a spell of me because of my selfishness. I hid from you because of the way I looked ----But obviously you thought you were too good for me. I will always love you but we can never be together because I am a  freak----right? Is that why you couldn't love me? Is that why you left me? You kept of talking about your long lost lover Belle, but all along you were looking at him. I bet you feel stupid, huh!? How do you think I feel? So I have one more thing to say before you finish reading. There's a twist to the witch's curse, your first born child will go through the same misery as me. On his or hers 16th birthday he or she will become the Beast. Sorry Belle, but this is how it has to be. If you would have said you loved me then we could have been a family. Anyways Belle I love you and never forget about me.

-yours forever, B