-Prologue-
It's Christmas Day at the castle, and the guests danced and the children played around whilst Princess Belle and Prince Adam watched merrily and laughed. Mrs. Potts just finished the story of what happened in the events of last Christmas, when everyone was still enchanted. The prince just gave princess Belle her present, and upon opening it was a beautiful rose. A symbol of their love and remembrance of how it all came to be. They moved away from the balcony and returned to the crowd before them.
'Can I get your attention please, everyone?'announced Prince Adam. Everyone gathered around in a great circle, servants and maidservants, Mrs. Potts, Chip, and even Lumière and Cogsworth stopped arguing to attend to the prince's matter. 'I am glad that everyone is having a wonderful Christmas tonight, but my dear Belle has told me she feels unwell, and I must tend to her.' Belle gave a tired smile and winced as she held her hand on her stomach. Even with illness, she upheld grace with every movement. 'But Your Highness, you can send one of uz up there to care for Belle while you stay here. It'z our service,' exclaimed Lumière. The crowd was a hum of murmured concerns for the new princess. 'I know,'said the prince, 'but I would only see to her upstairs, if nothing more.'The crowd was hushed into silence. 'Very well, your Highness. We will wait for you downstairs,'said one of the two maidservants facing Adam, both curtsying. With this the circle parted into a 'U' shape for Belle and the prince to make their way upstairs.
On the way up, Belle asked Adam quietly,
'Do you think he's still down there, the same way we left him?'Adam looked up to her and said solemnly, 'It's been over a year since anyone has ever been downstairs in that wing. We're not even sure if the castle has been reconstructed because of the spell breaking, but...'Adam trailed off, looking down. 'Look Belle, I don't think people who... moved on while enchanted even turn back into humans when the spell breaks. I'm not sure what's down there besides the fallen organ.'Belle looked away with grave concern on her face. 'I don't know Adam, I-' 'You don't need to worry about him Belle. Forte's gone. When-when I was-we-were down there, I felt his presence leave. It's as if he left the organ behind and... it's just a broken pipe organ.'They approached the top of the stairs and turned right. 'If you were wondering if... there was a body there, I don't think there is.'Belle looked back at Adam. 'Has no one went down there to investigate? It's been a whole year, Adam.' Adam stopped and lifted her chin to his face, facing her completely.
'I know, I know, but everyone has been too afraid of what they might see. Some even think that part of the castle is haunted now.'He chuckled, but his face hardened again quickly.'I'll tell you what. I'll send for someone outside of this kingdom to investigate it. I'll tell them we might need... repairs and we just need to know that everything in that wing is in order.'Belle smiled, but then winced as more nausea came. 'Aah-ah-ow!' whined Belle. 'Oh! Oh right, sorry,'said Adam nervously. They continued down the hall until they parted ways at their bedroom door. 'Take care, okay Belle? I'll send someone up.'Belle smiled and closed the door.
Later, a servant happened to pass by the door in that wing to go clean when they heard faint music coming from the door. The servant stopped and looked around. Where did the music come from? Nervously, he turned slowly to the door that led down into the basement. He crept carefully, though shivering, and placed his ear on the door. Silence. Whatever was that noise-music? -was, it stopped before he listened through the door. Maybe it was all in his head. Spooked, he quickly dashed away from the door to return to his duties.
(A/N: Let me know how the story is so far! As I've stated on DeviantART, I want to bring Forte some justice (and hopefully some more fans) by creating a great story! I'm new to FF, so this is the only way I see to add Author's Notes in, unless this is the ONLY way. lawl
EDIT: Only the prologue is formatted this way for differentiation. The rest of the story is not formatted this way. Some of my spaces were scrunched, sticking the period with the beginning of the next sentence. I'll add single quotations for better reading as well!
EDITDEUX: I'm going back over the entire story, to fix minor errors or improve some text. The story as it stands is complete, but the corrections will be ongoing little by little as I have a college class now.)