Hi, everybody! I can't tell you how excited I am to write and share this fanfic with you! Once it started coming together, I just couldn't wait to type it down and post it! Hard to believe this is my thirtieth fanfic since I joined the website! All credit for my writing goes to the Lord, whose given me the gift. Any flaws are my own doing. I really hope you enjoy this story. I have not forgotten my other fanfics. They are still in the works, including my others which are not in the BATB community. But this one I really wanted to get rolling.
My sister was imagining a similar scenario herself, then ideas started forming in my head. In here, Gaston has a younger sister. Her name is Elise, but everybody calls her Lissa because that's the name I liked. In French, her name Elise means 'God is my oath'. I wanted a name that its meaning would be fitting as you'll see. This story will be the Gaston we all know: charming, dashing, impressive, but selfish, shifty, deceitful, and one of the biggest narcissists I've ever seen! But his sister Lissa is kind and honest like Belle. She truly loves her older brother and strives to keep him on the straight and narrow.
It will be a series of one-shots of their life together and I'm not sure how much chronological order I'll have it in till we come to the timing of the movie. I don't own Beauty and the Beast (live-action or otherwise), I only own Lissa. I never, ever dreamed I'd be wanting to write a story about Gaston! Ever! Hey, I do not like that guy. I hate his guts! But I'm keeping him as the person I know he is, so that's what makes it easier for me. But don't worry, I'm not gonna be blackballing him in here at every turn...yet! This will be based off the 2017 new live-action film with Luke Evans as Gaston and Josh Gad as Lefou.
In here, Lissa's best friend-who is a girl-is Belle, and she becomes a dear acquaintance with Belle's father Maurice too. She's one of the very few who like them, and she doesn't like it when they are picked on. Lissa's other closest friend besides her brother-sadly, that is going to change (SPOILER ALERT)-is Gaston's sidekick Lefou. This story will only have a very little bit of Belle and the Beast (one of the best canon couples ever!), because it will be focused on Gaston and Lissa's relationship. I want this to be a story of love, friendship, companionship, betrayed trust, heartache, and forgiveness. I really, really hope you all like it! Please, please leave reviews! I would like to know what you think.
9-year-old Lissa was contentedly lost in the pictures from the storybook her friend Belle had lent her. Belle was the only girl her age who knew how to read, and she loved letting Lissa borrow her books so her friend could enjoy the pictures. Lissa walked toward home but didn't pay attention to where she was going. She was so absorbed in her book that she didn't realize she was being followed. Not till she heard a sarcastic whistle. Dread filling her mind, she rolled her eyes and kept walking. She knew who it was behind her, but hoped that if she ignored them, they'd just leave her alone. That idea dropped when a skinny, long-legged boy with dark hair stood right in front of her and blocked her from walking any farther. "Hey!" Lissa huffed. "Would you excuse me, please?" She asked, trying to be polite like her mother had taught her.
"Watcha up to, shrimp?" The 11-year-old boy sneered.
"I'm not a shrimp. I was going home. Now please get out of my way!" Lissa growled. She didn't like these three boys. They were troublemakers, worse than the one she lived with. And they liked to pick on other kids, especially those who were smaller than them, or different. Lissa tried to step forward but the three boys encircled her so that she couldn't.
"Who's keeping you?" The boy taunted. "What's your rush?"
"I just want to go home, Stanley." Lissa replied. Home, and away from you!
"What's this she's got behind her back?" The older of the three boys teased and before she could stop them, he'd grabbed her book.
"Tom, give that back to me!" Lissa begged.
"Hmm. A book, huh?" Tom squinted.
"A girl reading a book!" 10-year-old Dicky exclaimed dramatically. "It's a sin!"
"No it's not." Lissa argued. "Please give it back to me." She reached for it but Tom held it just out of her reach.
"What will the head master say?" Stanley shook his head.
"No!" Lissa begged. "Don't tell the head master! Please!" Neither she nor Belle liked that man. He was cold and very stern. And he was especially unfriendly to Belle-even though she was an innocent child-because she was different.
"What would he do? I think he'd say we should burn the book." Tom said.
"NO!" Lissa gasped. "You can't! It's not mine, it's..." Then she bit her tongue. She didn't want to mention Belle's name because that poor girl was bullied more than Lissa herself was. And Belle didn't have a sibling to keep her safe the way Lissa did either.
"It's whose?" Stanley asked suspiciously.
"None of your business, Stanley." Lissa whimpered. She was afraid of what they would do to tease Belle. "Just please give me the book back." Lissa moaned.
"What were you doing, reading a book?" Dicky asked, roughly shoving her shoulder.
"I...I wasn't reading it." Lissa said defensively. "I only borrowed it. I...I was just looking at the pictures."
"She was just looking at the pictures." Stanley jeered. "You know what they say: this is sorcery!" Tom and Dicky agreed.
"W-what's sorcery?" Lissa asked frightfully. None of them were aware of a tall figure lurking nearby in the shadows.
"You don't know?!" Dicky gasped.
"Sorcery is something really evil." Tom said close to her ear.
"You know what happens to people who practice sorcery?" Stanley asked in a creepy voice.
"N-no." Lissa whimpered. She was feeling scared.
"They get burned...alive...at the stake!" Stanley laughed in her face. Lissa's eyes widened in fright. "Well, we can't have a sorcerer in our village. What should we do with her, boys?"
"Burn her at stake!" Dicky and Tom shouted. Poor Lissa was terrified. These boys loved to taunt, and that's exactly what they planned to do, nothing more. But how could she have known? They actually grabbed her by the arms.
"Let go of me!" She screeched, believing that they were actually going to hurt her. "I'm going to tell my father!" Lissa yelled. "Help!"
"Hey!" She heard a deep voice nearby. Noticing the boys' worried faces, she turned and looked behind them. Her older 14-year-old brother Gaston stood there in the middle of the street with his feet spread apart, blocking them. Tall, handsome, burly, and solid-built, he glared at the boys and walked up to them. "What do you think you're doing?" He asked in an annoyed tone.
"N-nothing." Tom stammered, and let go of Lissa before he was told.
"Get your hands off her!" Gaston ordered the other two. They meekly obeyed and Lissa ran to stand next to her protector. "This is uncalled for." He huffed.
"Aw, take it easy, Gaston." Dicky said. "We ain't doin' anything. We weren't gonna hurt her."
"We were just having a little fun." Stanley said.
"By what?" Gaston asked, unimpressed. "By picking on my kid sister? By picking on someone smaller than you? You all are a bunch of sissies."
"Ooo!" The three boys mocked. "Now he's getting all preachy on us!" Gaston didn't like that and pursed his lips. He stomped over to them.
"Quit bothering my sister." He growled.
"Gaston, don't!" Lissa cried. She was afraid he'd get hurt or in trouble, but she needn't have worried, Gaston was taller and much stronger than the trio he was staring down. He clenched Stanley by his collar.
"If I ever catch you bothering her like that again, I'm gonna cut you up and use you for fish bait!" Gaston yelled in the other boys' face.
"Whoa, whoa. Just simmer down there, Gaston. We were just playing with her." Stanley said. Tom and Dicky agreed. Gaston released Stanley but didn't say a word. He pulled back his fist and hit all three of them at the same time! They moaned and groaned. Lissa gaped.
"Go away." Gaston said with his hands on his hips. "And don't let me catch you at it again!"
"All right, we're going! We're going!" Stanley gulped. "We didn't mean anything by it!" And the three pals ran off like scared rabbits. Gaston chuckled smugly at them.
"Bunch of yellow-bellies." He smirked.
"You shouldn't talk like that!" Lissa corrected him. "Mama would be upset with you."
"Eh," Gaston shook his head. "I've heard Papa say it lots of times." Then he turned toward her. "You all right? Did they hurt you?"
"They bothered me." Lissa groaned. "They said they were going to tell the head master about me!"
"Well, if he mistreats you, I'll whoop him one!" Gaston cheered himself, punching his fist at the air.
"And get your hand struck again?" Lissa reminded him of the last time he had gotten in trouble at school for mumbling during class, and telling the head master to his face what an old buzzard he was. "Don't you ever learn?"
"He's just an old bone-picking buzzard." Gaston said with disgust. "Be glad you don't have to go to school and listen to his boring old lessons."
"I'm just so glad you came along when you did!" Lissa tried to change the subject.
"Hey, what are big brothers for?" Gaston chuckled. Lissa giggled. "Here's your book."
"And how many big brothers around here can take a whole group down in one hit?" Lissa praised him. Gaston puffed out his chest. That was exactly what he wanted to hear. But then Lissa's face dropped. "Oh, you shouldn't have done that! What if you get in trouble?"
"For what?" Gaston creased his eyebrows.
"For fighting." Lissa replied.
"I wasn't fighting. I was just protecting my little sister from ruffians."
"Yes, but..." Lissa stumbled over her words.
"Papa will be proud of me, you'll see." Gaston interrupted her. "Come on. I'll walk with you the rest of the way home."
"Thanks." Lissa sighed. They both headed home quietly till Lissa spoke up again. "Gaston?"
"Yes?" He cocked his head.
"Thank you, for coming to my rescue and making those boys leave me alone." Lissa smiled.
"Well, it was nothing I couldn't handle." Gaston smirked. "But, you're welcome. And if those goons ever try to harass you again, just tell them, 'I'll call for Gaston'. That oughtta kill the idea!" Lissa giggled again. Her big brother could be a big tease, he could be really annoying, especially when he boasted and was being a show-off, he could be loud and bossy too! And she didn't like the way he bothered her best friend Belle, the inventor's daughter. But Lissa put up with him for all that because it was at moments like these that he was always there when she needed him!
"Yeah." Lissa smiled in agreement. As long as he did the right thing, she would always be proud of him!
I'm not sure if Tom, Dick, Stanley, and Gaston all grew up together or not. And originally, I didn't plan on putting that trio in this first chapter as Lissa's tormentors, but then I thought, "Oh, why not?" After the way they treated Maurice and Belle in the movie, I do not like those three goons. And I really don't like the head master. He's a jerk! Well, so is Gaston, the most loathsome jerk to me in the movie! So why am I even writing a story centered on him? Well, you'll have to keep reading to find out.
So, what did you think so far? Hey, if you read to the end of this fanfic, this particular scene is going to portray a gut-wrenching twist later on when they are all grownups. Letting you know now. This story is rated T for dark themes, name-calling, and violence.
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