Here's a story guestsurpise wrote inspired by Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas! Enjoy!
As the Beast and Belle looked over the castle, they could only remember what had happened earlier that week. Forte, the Beast's friend and confidant, was gone. He was willing to destroy them all and let the entire castle cave in on them just because he didn't want to be human again.
"I know you miss him," Belle said sadly.
"No Belle. I miss my friend…not the evil organ who tried to destroy us all," the Beast replied, now walking slowly away. Belle could only watch. She knew that his heart was broken; they were best friends and now he felt like he lost the only best friend he ever had.
Belle watched him walk away, but couldn't help but smile. She was definitely falling more in love with him every day.
But inside the castle…
Forte was exhausted. He knew his time was up and he knew that he could no longer cause any damage.
"T-This is not over…" he said in a deadly whisper, now blowing one final pure note loud into the sky, making Belle and the Beast swirl around in terror. For some reason, that note sounded very familiar to the Beast! The Beast and Belle ran back inside and into the music room where Forte laid.
"Belle, run for safety!" The Beast said, now running and standing in front of her.
"Not without you," she said, now hugging the back of his cape to her. But for the next few moments, there was deadly silence.
It wasn't until the Beast said something that the eerie silence broke.
"Forte…"
No response.
"Forte…" he said more forcefully.
No response.
"Beast," Belle said in worry. She was afraid that this evil organ may have still been alive somehow. And if he was then they needed to run for it! But the Beast was not afraid. He walked closer and closer to Forte and then laid a furry paw on the top of where his head would have been. Belle gasped as they heard a groan.
"Forte…are you…" Beast started.
"No master…" came the low and deadly response. "I will not live much longer now that I have pulled myself from the wall."
"Why? Why did you do all of this?!" The Beast said in frustration.
There was silence for a moment and then Forte let out his final sigh.
"You will not understand Master. Not until you've heard the last note." Forte said, now breathing out one last time. The Beast tried to push his face up and stand him up again, but the organ pieces began breaking all around them. There was nothing he could do. Forte, his former friend and musician, was gone.
A month later…
The place where Forte had been was cleaned up and all that was left were two holes in the wall where he used to be chained. Even though it was officially the musician's room, no one rarely went in there anymore…not even to practice their music. As Belle and the others passed by one day, they couldn't help but look inside.
"I still feel like he's around somehow." Fife said, now peeking in the room.
"Don't be silly Fife; there's no one in there." Lumiere said, now glancing inside as well.
"I know that. But it just feels like something is still a mystery here." Fife said.
"Well, if you ask me…" Lumiere started.
"No one asked you," Cogsworth said, now tottering up beside him. But before they could argue, they heard a knock at the door. Everyone froze. This was still the enchanted castle, so they NEVER had any company.
"Who could that be?" Mrs. Potts asked, hopping near them.
"I'm not sure. But this is not normal," Cogsworth said. "We never have guests."
But the knocking on the door continued.
"Who will answer it?" Lumiere asked.
"Surely someone has to," Cogsworth answered. "But it can't be us; we're enchanted objects for heaven's sake!"
"I will answer it," Belle said, now walking towards the door and opening it. As she did, she could only stare in surprise. For the only person in front of her was a young man. He appeared early twenties with dark green eyes, fair skin, and medium build. But what was even odder was the fact that he had long white hair.
"Good evening…" he purred.
"G-Good evening." Belle responded. "Can I help you?"
"Yes. I am searching for work. Do you all by any chance need any help in the castle?"
"You mean you want to work…here?" Belle asked in surprise.
"Of course. Your castle fascinates me. May I please come in?" he asked, now coming closer. Belle was already charmed by him.
"W-Why of course. Do come in," she grinned, now ushering him inside. The objects ran and hid from sight as the new human came inside.
Chip saw the new human come in and he quickly hid in terror; something about this new human terrified him to the bone!
guestsurprise: Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter! :)