"What does the Beast look like?" Prince Geoffrey asked. "Can you tell me anything?"
The girl sobbed into her hands. "I don't know, it all happened so fast, and now everyone is gone!"
Joffrey stood up and turned away from the girl. He peered out of the open doorway with one hand on his sword. What could have done this? What monster could inflict such pain on people?
"Don't worry, I will take you somewhere safe, away from all this."
"Safe?" The girl behind him said.
Suddenly, the doors slammed shut in geoffrey's face with a thud. The wood creeked and groaned as thick black vines barred his only exit from the room. The prince spun around and then stumbled onto one knee.
The girl was stood up now, her face twisted in a maniacal laugh. I blonde hair darkened to jet black, her pale white skin turned purple, and her eyes began to glow a bright white. Along purple tail that was shaped like a diamond at the end shot out from behind her and crashed into the wood barely inches from joffrey's face.
"What are you?" Geoffrey said. His eyes widened, and his face turned a pale white.
The creature moved with such speed that he barely had time to blink before she was standing right in front of him with a smile spread across her face, showing rows of neat pointed teeth.
"Don't you know? I'm your end!" She let out a long, high-pitched laugh.
Geoffrey gripped his sword.
"Go ahead, perhaps your last longer than these peasants!"
Geoffrey pulled his sword as hard as he could from his side, swinging it upwards at the monsters face, but she was quick. Her body shifted backwards before he'd even pulled the steel from its sheath.
"Oh, the prince wants to play, does he?" The monster giggled, then rushed forward in a blur. He was barely able to get his sword up in time for it to clatter against her razor-sharp nails. She swiped again, this time with her other hand cracking him on the side of the face. He stumbled over and fell onto the floor with the crunch.
"I will have your head demon!" Geoffrey growled.
Before he could react, his body was lifted off the ground by his feet. The monster had wrapped her tail around his ankles and held him in midair with his face so close to hers that he could feel her breath on his cheeks.
"Let me down and fight," he said, swinging his arms only to hit nothing but air.
"I'll let you down," she grinned. "But first, sleep!"
Geoffrey's eyes instantly shut, and his body went limp.
"This is going to be a delightful feast," were the last words he heard before everything faded into darkness.
~~~~~
When the prince opened his eyes, he instantly realized something wasn't right. His arms were outstretched and shackled to bed posts. His clothes had been removed, and his head was pounding like someone had run over it with a truck.
"What is this?" he grunted and tugged at his bonds.
The monster sat at the foot of the bed with her legs crossed. She was wearing nothing but a black strapless leather bra and underwear so thin it was barely covering anything. Long black hair cascaded down over her shoulders and across her chest.
"Let me go and face me in a fair fight, demon!" he said.
"Allow me to introduce myself," she purred. "My name is Lucille!"
"I should have cut your head off when I had the chance!" Geoffrey shouted and tugged at the chains around his wrists once more.
The woman let out a little giggle. "There's no use resisting, I assure you those chains are quite sturdy."
"Take them off and face me."
"We've already done that dance, my prince, and you did not come out on top. Do you really think a second round would turn out any different?" she smiled. "Now, in about five minutes, your soul is going to be all mine, just like the men in the rest of this town."
"damn it and damn you!"
"Oh, come now, I don't want to take a fearful soul. I find the taste to be quite bland." She said, curling a section of her black hair around one of her fingers. "In fact, the most delicious feasts are the ones who just can't get enough of me!"
The monster stood up, and her body suddenly morphed from purple to pale white. Her hair brightened to blonde, and her eyes darkened to a deep ocean blue. "I will give you this gift, the form of anyone you desire."