Disclaimer: The story Beauty and the Beast does not belong to me but this retelling does along with the characters in it.
A/N: If you happen to stumble upon this story thanks so much for stumbling jk haha and a huge thank you for those of you who wish to give my story a chance .
Also if you review...you get a virtual hug and a delicious doughnut ^-^ Anyways, please read and review thank you!
Sincerely, Little Miss
Chapter One:
"Aveline don't pick at your food," scolded Josephine, "...Eat it, it took Ellena a long time to prepare for this meal,"
Aveline looked down at her tomato stew and small slice of bread that lay before her. Black speckles hovered and floated above the stew like shipwrecked sailors in the middle of a red sea. Holding back her sigh she mixed in the black speckles and thin pieces of meat with her wooden spoon.
"Did I add too much pepper?" asked Ellena concerningly.
"It's alright," Aveline smiled looking up from her small bowl, "T-the amount of pepper is just fine,"
With a sigh Josephine stretched her arm out across the table,
"If you don't like it you don't have to eat it. I can just toss it back into the pot -"
"N-no really it's alright," Aveline smiled weakly, taking a small sip from her spoon.
"No I think it best I put it back in the pot. Besides, there will be more stew for father when he arrives from work and I'm sure he'll be much hungrier than you Aveline,"
Hearing this Aveline swallowed her anger as she slid the bowl to Josephine. She was hungry! Perhaps, even more hungry than anyone else here who lived in this house. For months all they ate was tomato stew, bread and watery meat stew. Morning, afternoon and night. And there was very little to go around. She knew her father worked very hard for his three daughters but was there nothing she could do to help her family's situation?She would beg her father on multiple occasions to go out and find work but he always refused. Repeatedly saying she didn't have enough experience for the workforce that perhaps some business man would take advantage of her, not to mention that the city would be far too dangerous for his youngest daughter to go wandering in search of work. Of course he'd let Ellena or Josephine go into the city since they were older but when the search seemed hopeless, he'd always change his mind and make them stop.
"Are we going to live this way for the rest of our lives?" Aveline asked quietly looking down at the table.
With a frown Josephine sat up taking Avelines bowl.
"Selfish!" She hissed as she stormed out of the dining room into the kitchen.
"I'm not selfish just hungry!" snapped Aveline under her breath, as she scratched at the table with one finger nail.
Ellena bit her lip looking at her youngest sister as she sat hunched across the table from her. A pathetic sight. Aveline wasn't the only one that wanted things to change. Ellena also wanted a better life-but there was nothing she could do! She and Josephine searched for work-high and low...but who would take in two women in with a terrible family reputation?
"Aveline, Why don't you go upstairs huh?" she said, "You don't have to sit here and wait for father with us-besides it'll be awhile before he gets here, you know how far the city is,"
Aveline nodded, looking at her sister. Ellena was so beautiful, and the thought of someone like her living a life such as this...Ellena didn't deserve this life-no..her family didn't deserve such a life! Everything her family had was less then what it should have been. The coals in the fire needed to be double it's size, the blankets to be made out of thick quilted silk, the food to be enough to feed one family-hell for two whole families! The house, to be large enough for an upper middle class family to live in! That's the life they deserved!
Standing up Aveline scooted out of her chair and slid it back into place.
"I'm heading off to bed," she said.
"So early?" Ellena asked.
Aveline nodded.
"I'll see you in the morning," She said with a weak smile, walking over to Ellena and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Alright, goodnight Aveline," Ellena said, kissing her sister on the cheek as well, "Joesphine! Aveline's going to bed-"
"Goodnight!" Joesphine called back, irration in her voice.
"Goodnight..."Aveline responded.
With her stomach burning with hunger Aveline walked up the rickety wooden stairs up to her room to sleep and to let her dreams help her forget about a growling stomach.
A/N: Alright that was my first chapter hope you guys enjoyed it.
Sincerely, Little Miss
P.S. psssst don't forget to review! ^_~ haha
