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"A Brother's Revenge"
By TwilightSparkle3562
Chapter 1
"A Pact of Two Brothers"
Through the mist
Through the woods
Through the darkness and the shadows
It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride
Say a prayer
Then we're there
At the drawbridge of a castle
And there's something truly terrible inside
It's a beast
He's got fangs
Razor sharp ones
Massive paws
Killer claws for the feast
Hear him roar
See him foam
But we're not coming home
'Til he's dead
Good and dead
Kill the Beast!
I can remember it like it was only yesterday when I found out that my brother, Gaston, had never returned from his quest to kill the beast in this castle. When I found out what had happened to him, I made it my personal business to find the beast responsible and kill him. Unfortunately, I had failed and now here I am, sitting in the tower awaiting my date with death at the hands of the executioner.
Nothing can save me now from this dark moment of my life, not even the mob that followed my brother here could save me. Many of them were probably scared to death to ever think of coming back here. Some would even end up in the same position as me if they even dared to come back here.
But, Belle's father did come back here and look at him now, standing at the gates welcoming the guests for his daughter's wedding into the castle. She should have been mine to begin with. My brother and I always made a pact that if anything were to happen to him, I was to be the one to make Belle a member of our family. I actually can remember that night in the tavern in our village when we had made the pact. It was a few nights before Gaston led the mob to the castle and it was only him and me inside, sitting at a far table at the edge of the tavern.
"Avenant," Gaston told me as we sat in the tavern that night and drank beer. "I want you to understand something concerning that girl that I want to marry."
"What is it, Gaston?" I asked, taking a slug of beer. "What is it that you want me to understand about the most beautiful girl in our village?"
"It's not about the girl," replied Gaston. "It's about the fact that I could end up doing something that would result in me losing my life. I know that I have already gotten the insane asylum to throw that crazy old Maurice in a room away from his daughter until she agrees to marry me. But with us both knowing how much of a crazy hunter I can be, there may be a time where I could end up dying in an unfortunate accident."
I took another slug of beer, listening in very carefully. Belle was the most attractive girl in our village and anyone could get their hands on her, even more so than those three other girls who follow Gaston and his friend, LeFou around like sirens. However, I could see the sadness deep in Gaston's eyes as he spoke to me.
"So, what would you want me to do, brother?" I remarked. "You taught me everything I needed to understand to become a strong strapping man, like yourself."
"I want you to be the one to marry Belle if I happen to die," continued Gaston. "Once Belle is married into our family, I don't want her leaving for someone else. If she is ever going to make children, then it will be children on our side of the family and no one else. We will be the ones to produce six or seven strapping boys and continue the legacy that I have made in this village."
Of course, Gaston still never gave me the instruction on what to do if there was someone else that was infatuated with Belle. But, that was all about to change with what he said next.
"But, what if there was someone who would indeed be making Belle their own?" I asked, as we got to our feet and started to walk out of the tavern. "Knowing how attractive she is."
Gaston responded by placing his arm around my neck and as we stepped into the dark streets of our village, I could tell of the evil that was growing in his eyes. Then again, Gaston was always the one who would be willing to take any risk to get what he wanted.
"Brother," he replied, grinning evilly. "This is the part where you attempt to live up to my hunter's reputation. If there ever is someone who desires Belle to make her his own, you take the lessons I have taught you and you eliminate the suitor from the picture. It's like I have said, brother, Belle will be brought into our family and she will never escape from it. No matter what she tries to do, I will rescue her from that monster in that castle and she will be ours forever."
My mind was beginning to fill with determination at that point for that Belle was going to be ours, no matter what happens and for the next few days after that, Gaston rallied the village and I watched him follow the insane asylum to Belle's cottage where his plan would be put into action. However, a few days later after Belle had returned from the castle, I heard a loud chorus of singing led by my brother out in the distance, almost like a loud freight train, chugging through the night.
Light your torch
Mount your horse
Screw your courage to the sticking place
We're counting on Gaston to lead the way
Through a mist
Through a wood
Where within a haunted castle
Something's lurking that you don't see ev'ry day
It's a beast
One as tall as a mountain
We won't rest
'Til he's good and deceased
Sally forth
Tally ho
Grab your sword
Grab your bow
Praise the Lord and here we go!
"We'll lay siege to the castle and bring back his head!" shouted Gaston, as I saw his black horse rear up on his legs. Something must have happened to make my brother be this way, but I knew that he was indeed carrying out his plan to murder the beast that in our minds had previously held Belle hostage and against her will.
Unfortunately, this stunt that my brother was pulling before my eyes, would eventually cost him his life.