Disclaimer: Unfortunately for me, Miyazaki and Diana Wynne Jones own Howl's Moving Castle. All I have now, is this One-Shot.

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There are many out there in this world that find me vain and perhaps this is true, but they don't know what its like to become monster. They have never heard the shrieks and screams of scared, beautiful women and they have never had their hearts broken by it. It was years ago I fell in love with a very beautiful witch once. When she no longer had her beauty, I rejected her and because of this, she cursed me into becoming this huge, hideous beast. If I haven't had been so selfish and shallow, I probably would have been in this mess I am now.

I have now met another beautiful woman named Sophie. Although the same witch too has cursed her, I am able to see past all of it and see the true beauty that she is. If she thinks being an old woman is bad, than she has no idea how lucky she is. Perhaps I do overreact whenever I get a blemish or my hair changes color, but she doesn't know how much my remaining beauty matters to me. She too would probably run away if she saw my true hideousness. Please don't leave me Sophie. You're all I have left.

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I know it's not all that good. I probably should have made it longer or so. Anyways, Please R&R.