Celeste saw darkness all around her.  Suddenly a light appeared in the distance. Celeste frowned going to it. What she saw made her choke . Makoto sat with his hands cuffed in front of him. He hung his head. His ankles were also cuffed together. His patches of fur were matted and dirty. He looked up at her. He looked so very wary. He seemed to have not slept for days. "Makoto.." she leaned down to him. When she reached for him he growled and snapped at her. She quickly took her hand back. "Makoto,  it's Celeste.  What did they do to you?" She asked gently. She growled at her, bearing his teeth. A women walked up to them both. Celeste looked at her, eyes wide. It was another Celeste . The other Celeste smiled at her, setting her hand on Makoto's head. "Do you like him better like this?" "What?". Celeste furrowed her brow. "This is what he really is. You're just too blind to see it" the real Celeste glared at her counterpart. "You're wrong!" Her counterpart chuckled "funny". She looked to Makoto "attack"" she cooed. Makoto lunged at the real Celeste,  knocking her over. Celeste cried out in pain as he bit into her shoulder. The other Celeste sat at the real ones head. She held it so Celeste had to watch the beast that was now Makoto. He had no humanity in his eyes. He was nothing but a beast now. Blood mixed with Celeste's tears. She reached for Makoto. Her arms shook as  she held his head. He looked to her, blood splattered all over his face. Celeste held his head to her chest. "S-stop this.." she ordered. Suddenly, all pain faded and she saw pure white. She looked around. "Makoto? Anyone?" She called out.

The room changed suddenly. It was a white room. There seemed to no doors or windows. In the center sat a small boy. He sat with his wrists and ankles cuffed together. Celeste heard muffled voices from somewhere. "What's  in here?" One asked, sounding young. "It's nothing. It's just a little beast of mine" the other responded, much more mature and feminine. The boy in the room with her cringed at the word. He had small wolf ears perked on his head and a tail that laid limp on the floor. Celeste went to the boy

"Excuse me". She spoke softly, sitting in front of him. He didn't react.  He just simply stared at the floor. She reached to him. He winced, as if she was about to hit him. Celeste felt a tinge of pain as she saw this. She set her hand on his head. He looked up at her with big innocent eyes. He looked shocked at her presence, as if she just suddenly apperated there. "H-how did you get in here?" His voice was soft, yet incredibly familiar.  "I'm not sure. Why are you locked up here?"the boy looked away. "I-i did something bad...really bad" she heard him mumble an "I'm sorry". Celeste hugged him, resting her chin in his hair. "You don't have to tell me. It's okay dear". The boy looked at her in utter shock. But snuggled up to her chest. This was the first act of affection he had gotten in a very long time. "Thank you" "you're  welcome. What's  your name?" She looked to him. He smiled lightly "Makoto".

It made sense. Makoto did say he did some crime. And this boy even looked like him. Celeste couldn't comprehend it though. She thought it was better than this, at least by a little bit. "Miss?" He looked at her in a combination of worry and fear. Celeste blinked , coming back to earth. "Sorry. How long have you been here?" Makoto frowned, he wasn't even sure himself. After a while all the days just became one. "I don't know... a few months, a year? She's  kept me here for a while..." "is the woman keeping you here the queen?". Makoto nodded "I knew it". "You didn't hear about what I did?" He looked at her curiously. Celeste shoe her head. "Not yet. Do you want to elaborate? ". Once again the scenery changed.

This was different from the other times though. Celeste wasn't actually in the area. It was more like she was the camera in a movie. Just the eyes, but not a person. She looked at the area, it was late at night. She saw a few buildings nearby.  But she was mostly surrounded by woods. She heard people in the distance. Celeste headed towards the voices. The steadily grew louder as she drew nearer. It was a group of teens talking loudly over eachother. "Everybody!" One called out, silencing the others. "Thank you. Now let's go, he's  not gonna be in there forever ". The others nodded, adding their comments. Celeste relized the one leading the others was none other than Kaname. He looked similar to how he did before , but not all tall and lean.  The group headed into the wilderness,  Celeste following silently. The group hushed as they reached some large animal. It peacefully at a small cat. Kaname stepped towards it. The animal looked up to him, then backed away slowly. Before the animal could run, it got trapped in a net. It thrashed and clawed, trying to escape. The group cheered happily at their catch. Kaname smirked, looking to the animal . "What should we do with him?" Several of them shouted out responses. One rang louder than the others "what if we made him attack someone?". Kaname pointed to the boy that suggested "perfect! And that gives me a great idea too". Kaname looked to the animal and snapped. The animal collapsed, unconscious.

Celeste  followed the group angrily.  If she knew anything about Kaname, she knew this would end horribly.  The group brought the animal, which by now Celeste had found that it was a wolf, into town. People gathered around, curious. Small children came to have a closer look. "me and my associates have found what's been killing much of the animals that live in the wilderness. We found our culprit in fact in the act. Now, I've subdued it for now. But the real question is" Kaname continued talking to the townspeople  while the group took care of the wolf. The teens snickered as one cut the net open sneakily, before setting down on the ground. The creature woke up when the townspeople started to all blurt out their ideas. It looked around, then growled at Kaname.  Kaname turned and smirked when he saw the wolf.

As the wolf lunged at him, he dodged it. Blinded by the animals aggression, it attacked the girl that stood just a foot in front of Kaname. She shrieked as the wolf attacked her ripped at her. Celeste heard several screams and threatens at the wolf. The wolf quickly relized what it had done and backed off . Somehow it seemed so human. It looked Truley scared and horrified.  It shrunk down, cringing at all the aqusations of the people. The people suddenly went silent. Celeste tried to see through the crowd that blocked her view of the wolf. By the time she had seen what happened,  the crowd was shouting again. Celeste stared in shock. Instead of a wolf, in the spot a small boy. Celeste felt numb as she pieced it all together. Makoto... the prison sentence... the hatred towards Kaname.. it all made sense now.

Celeste returned to her true body, but not to the room she was originally in. Now she stood in the first room. In front of her stood the real Makoto . He looked at her sadly. "Do you understand now? Do you finally see me as a beast ?" He asked her. Before Makoto could react, Celeste hugged him tightly. "What..?" "You're not a beast Makoto! No matter what you did, it wasn't your fault!". Makoto let out a dry chuckle "I thought that at a time.  It was all my fault" he said bitterly. Celeste glared "what do I have to do to make you believe?  You're not a beast. It wasn't you're fault that you attacked her.". Makoto sighed "I think they're right, you did fall in love with a beast." Celeste gritted her teeth. "I didn't fall in love with a beast." She kissed his head.  "I fell in love with Makoto. And I'd like to see him again. I don't like what see now.". Makoto looked at her angrily "no matter how much you deny it, this is who I am. Nothing but a beast" "Makoto belived in fate and everyone.
He was kind and caring. The least he could be was kind himself" she muttered. She grabbed his cheeks, glaring at him directly in the eye. "Your family's forgiven what you've done. Now it's  time you did". Celeste could see something snap in his head. His expression changed. He hugged onto her, crying lightly. "I'm so sorry Celeste. ." "You don't need to be.." she said soothingly

For the last time the room changed. She now stood alone, back in the throne room.