Fairy Tales Within Fairy Tales The Beast
Fairy Tales Within Fairy Tales The Beast
You never know what some stories can do to you...until they do it. I realize that I am going to tell this story in my author's notes (when this story ends, now about chapter twelve, I predict), but I have to get this out now. It's kind of nifty, so bear with me.
As I said before, this story came out of lack of sleep, "B&B" the Disney version, and Northern air. However, I didn't mention that it managed to deprive me of MORE sleep. You see, as I was lying in the guest room in my G-Ma's house up North, this story idea began to form. I would bet I wrote a good portion of the Prologue, just thinking about it there. However, there was one MAJOR problem: I had nothing to write it on, which kept me from sleeping, because of the POWER of the whole thing. It's rather creepy when an idea does that to me, though most of my stories come out of such things.
But ANYWAYS...this is, as said before, a retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" with a Sailor Moon twist. I am also trying to go a little bit deeper into the characters (I confess I haven't quite done this before), as well as go a little darker, try to make things real. Mars' power, for instance, or Jupiter's treatment on the Moon. The Gens also have problems, such as Kunzite's inability to attach himself to anything, and Nephrite's "little secret." But we'll see more of that in time. To the story, now!
UPDATE :All right, you asked for it, and I've got it--another piece of the Beast. Is this all I've written of Ch. 7? Not by a long shot; this story is over a hundred pages as the computer counts, and I think this piece takes us just over the one hundred mark. As I told chelle recently, I have five to ten scenes left to work on here; however, I also have some graduation gifts to write as well, and lots of work to do, so look for it to come out...sometime in the nearer future.*g* I don't trust my date giving anymore.
Aino Minako becomes "Akarino Aiko", or "Love of Light". The -ko is a suffix used on women's names frequently.
Hino Rei becomes "Kageno Hiko". Actually, "hiko" does have another meaning, but in this case, I'm using "hi" (fire) + -ko. It means "Fire of Shadow" (Shadow Fire).
Mizuno Ami becomes "Aisuno Kiri," which turns out to be "Fog of Ice"(Ice Fog.) Use, -no means "of," and is helpful as all get out.
Kino Makoto turns into "Ikarino Arashi," or "Storm of Fury" (Fury Storm may work). This was probably my hardest name to come up with, and happened by fluke when my sis asked, "What does Ikari mean?" And the rest is history.
Jadeite=Jade. He's just too carefree for a name change. *g*
Nephrite=Kishi. As he already explained, it means "knight."
Zoisite (original mineral--I checked)=Naosu. Not explained, and it means "cure or heal" (creo).
Kunzite=Ryu. Here's a hint to the story, for it means "dragon."
Because this seems to be my cute little sidenote corner, I must also confess drawing connections between my characters and how they interact and other characters and how they interact. Mostly this focuses on events I have outlined (I made it to chapter eleven now! We're talking progress!)(oh, and I also have a huge chunk of IMPORTANT scenes written out for later. No ending yet, though...) but I bet one could see these relationships coming. Dare I say now? Nah--but they'll definetly be in my AN's for this story. Adios!