A castle looms in the forest -- it hasn't been visited for hundreds of years and it and its master has been lost to legend and time. In a small village in the countryside, (Name) is a very unique member of society. She reads books without pictures and has thoughts and opinions of her own, which is completely unheard of for their society. Not only that, but her dear father, Penwood, an inventor of many different odds and ends, is seen as (kind of) the village loony. When (Name)'s father winds up in the wrong place, will she risk everything to save him? And, can a blood-thirsty monster finally learn to love? Beauty and the Beast!AU