Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN GARGOYLES OR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST! OR ANYTHING ELSE!!

Okay, well here is my very first story submitted to Fanfiction! I hope I didn't do too bad on my description and spelling. But I'm willing to think that if at first you don't get a lot of reviews, try ,TRY AGAIN! ^_^

I came up with this story when I was looking through some gargoyle images online. It's a little far-fetched and a LOT of questions may go unanswered...or answered in a way you may not agree with. But all in all, I really hope you get somewhat of an enjoyment in reading this little story I've made.

Comments are appreciated but harsh critics are not. (Bows) Please Enjoy.

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Thirteen years ago, on this very same winters night. A young girl was sitting in front of her grandmother near a warm fireplace. A stillness was in the air and the child flinched when she heard a loud crackle come out of the smoldering embers in the fire.

"What happened next, grandmother? Did he live?" the small brunette child finally asked after wrapping herself in her blue blanket that covered her pink nightgown she had on.

Slowly, her grandmother looked down at the young girl from her rocking chair and gave her a wrinkled smile, "The stories not finished yet, Stellaluna."

Stellaluna gave a small huff, she was very impatient, but she none the less listened closely to her grandmothers voice as it filled the room.

"Belle gasped in shock as the beast was suddenly engulfed in a bright light, that quickly transformed him into his original form! A young prince then stood before the puzzled girl, "Belle," the young man told her sweetly, "It's me."

The young woman looked at the prince quizzically and slowly reached a hand to touch his hair, but once she looked into the mans blue eyes Belle cried out, "It IS you!"

A long kiss was then shared between the two and fireworks thundered across the sky as the spell was washed away from the castle like a wave of water. All the servants had their bodies returned to them from being trapped in objects around the castle. The prince twirled Belle happily in the air as everything returned to once it had been, and soon after that day a wedding was held and Belle and the prince reigned whole heartedly around the land...together.

The End."

Stella returned the smile her grandmother was giving her, but a thought then crossed the young child's mind, "Grandmother?"

"Yes, Stellaluna?"

"Why did the prince have to turn into a human? I thought the story was called 'Beauty and the Beast!'"

Stella's grandmother blinked at the girl before revealing a very warm smile coming across her very old wrinkled face, "You," her grandmother continued softly, "would marry the beast?"

"Of course I would!" as the old woman stood up from her spot, "Didn't it say that beauty was to be found within? Belle loved the Beast for WHO he was! Not what! "

The little girl then felt a hand rest gently atop of her head and blinked, "What, Grandmother?"

"You're very wise for your age, my dear."

A small red tint came to the girl's cheeks, "Yeah...well," as she looked down at her feet, "I hope one day I can have an adventure like that someday."

The girl's eyes widened a little as her grandmother said to her, "I'm sure you will one day, my precious Stellaluna."

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Thirteen years later.

"Let's see," came a voice from an old storage closet, "Yep! That should do it!

"Stella!" she heard her mother yell through the door, "Have you labeled all the boxes in there?! The movers will be here soon!"

"Yeah, I'm done, mom!"

As Stella capped her black marker, she then began to lift one of the boxes, but as soon as she got her footing her mother shouted, "THERE HERE!!!"

The young girl sweat dropped at her mothers enthusiastic announcement, "Oh goodie." was all she had to say.

Carefully, she opened the closet door and walked out to the moving van where her mother was ordering them where to place the boxes, "What's in this one, honey?"

Stella looked stupidly at the label she had just written on the box, "Ornaments."

"That goes over in the back row!" her mother ordered the man that had taken the box from her.

Stella felt pity for those poor guys. -_-;

Once she had gone back into the closet. Stella kneeled down to take ahold of the next box.

"STELLA!!!!"

Suddenly, the girl yelped in alarm, as she hit her back against the wooden shelf that had then caused everything to fall on her. Including something very heavy that just HAD to land on top of her head.

Stella's mother then rushed into the room to complain about the stupidness of the moving men but paused at the mess, "What are you doing?" she asked her daughter.

"I was getting the boxes." she said painfully rubbing her head, "What's wrong?"

Her mother then crossed her arms and snorted, "Those idiotic men out there!" she hissed, "I can't believe they were the ONLY company I could find!"

Stella rolled her eyes, "I see." as she stood up to brush her blue jeans and black T-shirt, "But we're going to have to make due."

"Yes, I know." her mothers brown eyes flickered, "But I hate incompetent MEN!"

Stella stared at her mother hard, she hated her mothers attitude sometimes. It made her think that she was insulting her father...if he were still alive that is.

Her mothers hair seemed to turn almost black (not the usual brunette color it was), "GAH!" her mother said throwing her arms, "I better just get back there and help those MORONS finish the job CORRECTLY!"

After her mother had stormed out, Stella looked down at the mess and sighed, "Great, now I have to find a box for this crap too."

Stella scanned the area for a spare box when a gold glint caught her eye; kneeling down she uncovered the item under the nick knacks that had fallen over it, "What's this?"

Observing the object, Stella noticed the etched in emblem of a golden phoenix on a blue background in 'what looked like' a miniature shield, "This looks ancient."

"WATCH HOW YOU HANDLE THAT, YOU IDIOT!!!"

The Phoenix almost took a nose-dive as the girl stumbled it out of her hands but caught it, "Sometimes I wish I were deaf,"

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"Take a look at our house one last time, Stella!"

The teen sighed, as she glanced out the window of their old tan mini van, "Goodbye, wide open spaces." she whispered to herself.

Her mother then gave the engine some gas as they headed to their new home, and perhaps the greatest adventure Stella had ever been in.

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They were almost to the city when Stella's mother pulled into a 'Motel 21'.

"We will give those...movers a chance to unpack our belongings," her mother forced a smile, "Besides no use seeing a new apartment building in the dark."

The teen just shook her head in response, "Whatever."

Stella got out of the car and almost fell to the ground, "Ah!"

"Sitting in a car for to long will make your legs stiff, Stella!"

The teen sighed, as she straightened herself and tried to walk properly, "Thanks for the late warning."

After they unloaded what they wanted for the night. Stella caught sight of the tall skyscrapers and city lights on the horizon, "The city looks peaceful from way out here. To bad it's not."

The two girls then settled into their room for the night. Stella had taken her backpack up with her to make sure no one would steal the treasure she had discovered.

"We'll get up at 8:30 and hopefully be there by 11 or noon." her mother told her as she set the alarm clock, "So get plenty of sleep."

With that, her mother switched off the lights in the room.

Stella glanced at the alarm clock she had next to her (They have two beds in the room) 2:00AM

She moaned silently and faced her back to the clock.

"I doubt I'm going to sleep much," she thought to herself, "I'm too awake."

A thought then crept in the girls mind as she peeked over to her mother that was sound asleep and snoring loudly. Reaching down the girl unzipped her backpack and pulled out the 'Phoenix shield'*, and shining a blue light that was emitted from her cell phone, she observed the slightly heavy object. It had nothing written on the back, so she couldn't figured where it was from.

"Hmmm."

Stella then caught sight of the clock again. 3:30AM

She now let out a quiet moan, "I better TRY and get some sleep."

Quickly, she shut her phone and slid the shield under her pillow and closed her eyes. Soon a silent snore was coming from the slumbering teenager.

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(Authors note: This next part is in DREAM SEQUENCE! The BOLD words are from the angry mob guy. Lol. AND the italic is Stella's.)

The young Brunette soon found herself surrounded in darkness.

"Where? Where am I?"

*Young Lass! Have you seen them?!*

"Seen? Seen who?"

*THE STONE DEMONS!*

"Demons? No, I have not seen any!"

*Make sure you tell us when you do! They need to be destroyed before sunset!*

"Sunset?"

*COME ON MEN! KEEP SEARCHING!!!*

"Who the hell?"

Stella staggered along in her weird dream she was figuring came from the old frozen pizza she had eaten before bed. Her Pj's were replaced with an old dress she compared as Esmeralda's from 'Noter Dame', and she could feel that her hair was up in a pony tail of some sort. With a few strands left around her face that showed off her silver hooped earrings. That were also there.

"OW!" Stella yelped as she stubbed her toe in some brown shoes that somehow been acquired on her feet, "Whoever said you can't feel pain in a dream was a liar!"

Suddenly, the darkness seemed to lighten up a bit to show a cave of some sorts. Without a second thought the girl slowly made her way inside.

"Oh thank goodness!" she cried as she spotted a stack of hay in the corner of the cave wall.

After she finally reached the stack Stella plopped down in joy against the golden hay, but just as soon as she had sat down, "EEEK!!!" The girl jumped out of the hay and stared in awe at what she'd found, "Eggs?!"

Stella continued to stare at the rather large eggs; a smile crept on her lips, "I wonder where their mother is?"

The young girl didn't know why but before she knew it. She had cuddled down beside them, "I wonder what kind of bird laid these? I doubt ostriches would live...on second thought...this IS a dream."

A loud crack caught the girls attention as she noticed one of the eggs starting to stir, "It's hatching?!" she quickly sat up in awe.

But what came out of the egg made her gasp in shock. Two brown eyes stared up at her softly along with a gentle coo as it broke free from its shell.

"You look like a baby... brown dragon?" she pointed, "With snow white hair?"

Stella then jumped again when she heard the footsteps of those men that had questioned her before, "I got to go little one! You be good and stay here and be silent till your mother comes!"

The brown gargoyle stared at her for a moment before taking ahold of her skirt and tugging it gently, "Don't....go."

"Huh?"

*DID YOU DESTROY ALL THE STONE STATUES YOU COULD FIND MEN?!!"

Stella quickly removed the small clawed hand that had taken hold of her dress, "Stay hidden!" she told him, as she began to cover him in the hay, "Don't make a sound." she placed her finger against his beaked lips to indicate.

*There's a cave over there, sir!"

The young girl felt her heart quicken in her chest, she wasn't sure if these men would harm the baby or not, but she didn't want to take the chance.

*Don't worry, I killed all of them already*

"Just what are these stone statues there hunting for anyway?" Stella pondered to herself, as she looked back around the cave and froze, "Those...those rocks...! They aren't...they couldn't be..."

A loud scream escaped the girls throat as she stared at the horrible scene.

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The scream had jolted the girl awake from her nightmare as she found herself back in their hotel room. She sat up and wiped the sweat from her forehead and gasped for air, "Just what kind of nightmare was that?!"

Stella walked into her bathroom and aired her grey tang top and stripped pants, and splashed her face in ice water. "It's 6:00 in the morning." she moaned, "Damn..."

After sipping some ice water in a plastic cup. She slipped back under the covers to rest until it was time for them to hit the road again.

A flash of those brown eyes plagued her thoughts...along with those strange bat-like wings and bronze skin color...and gentle claws hand.

"Why did I have that horrible dream? And what exactly was that baby?"

Stella pondered till she jumped when the alarm went off.

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