Finally, chapter two is up! I hope you all enjoy it, sorry it took so long. Again, read and review, but no flames please. With that said, enjoy!
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Unfortunately for her, two dark eyes that held glints of gold irises were watching her from the shadows with a moon smile that oozed evil genius and perverseness, hinting at what awaited her, as an idiot lackey shot an overhead goose down from the sky.
"Hey Boss! I got dinner!" The peanut-brained imbecile called to Malchior triumphantly, holding up his prize with an imbecilic grin on his face. Malchior rubbed his temples from the pain of how idiotic his minion was at times, even if it was a prize goose. Unfortunately for all, Malchior was rather twisted, in that he saw Rachel the same way he saw the dead goose being held by the neck in Adonis' hand: sweet, succulent, tasty, a prize to be had, and things done to it that would make things very awkward to those that knew about it.
"I think I shall make Rachel my bride Adonis." The conniving man said to the taller one suddenly, causing him to blink in surprise.
"You mean the daughter of that crazy inventor?" He asked with a confused look on his face.
"No, I mean the baker's son, yes the inventor's daughter you nitwit!" Malchior rubbed his temples to calm himself down thanks to his underling's display of stupidity.
"Oh, right Boss, sorry." The dimwitted thug apologized and waited to hear why his boss suddenly wanted to marry Rachel. "So why her?"
"Well why not her? Not only would she be eye candy on my arm, the inventor, while appearing insane, is truly innovative, and has some sway over the policies of this village, therefore, if I marry Rachel, I gain power over the village." Malchior explained with the beginnings of an evil grin that made Adonis cringe.
"S-So uh, what do we do Boss?" The over muscled minion asked with slight fear in his voice.
"Leave that to me Adonis, leave that to me." Malchior said with a sly chuckle, which made Adonis feel very creeped out, but he complied with his leader's request.
Meanwhile Rachel had been going through the village, getting the things she needed and was walking just outside the village gate when the two people she detested and was hoping not to run into, bumped into her, which made her take a few steps back.
"Hello sweet Rachel, how nice it is to see you today, there's only one flaw I can find for you, would you like to know what it is?" Malchior said slyly, taking a step closer to the young woman.
"Is it that I'm not swooning over you like the rest of your fangirls, or something?" She said, daggers in her eyes that were pointed straight at him, which he waved off.
"No, no, it's this," He said as he grabbed her book from her hands and held it away from her. "You don't need books dear Rachel, they're bad for someone like you." He smirked as he threw the book into the mud.
"How dare you." Rachel said venomously as she went over and picked the book up and proceeded to clean the mud off it. "Books are wonderful things, they inspire, give knowledge, and are a means to escape a dreary life." She remarked as she finally got the book cleaned off and decided that it would be safer if she put it in her bag, which she did. Malchior knew what she said was true, but he preferred his arm candy to be bimbos, and he did not intend to make Rachel an exception. "Now if you're finished, I must return home." She said before she started to walk away, only to be stopped by Malchior and Adonis again.
"Not quite my sweet Rachel, for you see, you have the honor of spending the evening with me, isn't that wonderful?" He said with a crocodile grin, expecting her to go along with it, he was sadly mistaken.
"Don't care, don't want it, buzz off." She said with hints of anger in her voice, and while she would have been detained yet again by the two men, an explosion was suddenly heard coming from the direction of Rachel's house, making her look in its direction with concern. "Mother." Was all she said as she ran towards the smoke cloud that had started to come from the house, leaving Malchior standing in the road, looking like an idiot, which he did not take very well and stormed away to the pub, Adonis following with a look of fear behind him.
Meanwhile Rachel had reached her house and descended into the basement, trying to search through the clearing smoke for her mother. "Mother? Mother are you here? Are you alright?" She asked frantically, not sure if her mother was alright or if she had died because of one of her experiments.
"I'm alright dear one, just angry at this infernal machine." Arella said as the smoke cleared showing the older woman kicking the machine she had built. "But I am about ready to throw this thing away, it won't cooperate and work for me!"
"That's what you always say Mother." Rachel said with a soft smile, knowing that when her mother said that, she would still try anyway and make it work somehow. "And tomorrow it will work and you'll win first prize at the fair, and your talents will be world-renown."
"You really believe that?" Arella asked her daughter, the inventing gleam in her eyes. When Rachel nodded, Arella smiled and got back to work. "Hand me the bifurcating dilator over there would you?" She asked, having slid under the machine, when no tool was handed to her, she slide out and pointed to the correct one. "Otherwise known as the dog-legged clencher Dear." She said as she slid back under the machine, and was promptly handed said tool. "So, how was your day, did you have a nice time in town?"
"Well, I got a new book, Ms. Barbra was kind enough to give it to me as a gift." Rachel said with a small smile, but then frowned slightly. "Mother, do you think I'm…weird?"
"My daughter, weird? What gave you that idea dear one?" Arella asked as she slid back out from under the machine with a bizarre goggle contraption on her head that helped magnify what she was looking at.
"I don't know, just, I see some of the villagers looking at me funny and I keep getting this feeling that I don't fit in around here. Besides a few good people in the village, there's no one I can really talk to." Rachel replied.
"Well what about that-" Arella began before Rachel cut her off.
"Not Malchior, he's a pervert and believes women should be quiet, stupid, and obey his every whim while looking pretty on his arm." Rachel said in an huff.
"Well dear one, this machine is going to be a start of a new life for us, I promise." Arella said kindly as she came out from under it. "Now, let's give it a try." And with that, she pulled a lever on it, causing the machine to whir and it began to work, chopping firewood as it should.
"It works Mother! It works!" Rachel said happily, hugging Arella, who returned it lovingly.
"Alright, now that we know it works, time to hitch up Rol and head out to the fair." Arella said with a confident smile. Together Arella and Rachel got Rol the red hair, semi-fat farm horse and the machine ready to go and Rachel hugged her mother lovingly.
"Be careful and good luck Mother." Rachel said with a smile.
"I will be dear one, and you as well." Arella replied before getting Rol to move and away they were, travelling through the woods. For a few hours all was fine, until it started getting dark, the forest became more menacing the deeper they got. Rol was quickly becoming more and more uneasy when they finally reached a signpost, but unfortunately the words were illegible due to time and weather erosion. "Hmm, maybe we missed a turn somewhere, should have been there by now." She said as she looked at the aged signpost. Rol looked at the two different paths, the one on the left looked inviting and safe, while the one on the right looked dark, overgrown and dangerous. So Rol decided to do the smart thing and started down the nicer path.
"Let's go down this path Rol, it'll be much quicker." Arella said as she steered Rol down the darker path. And while Rol didn't like it, the over-fed horse had no choice and went down the dark path, feeling more and more nervous as they went. After a little while Arella decided it would be a good idea to turn back and return to the signpost and go down the other path when suddenly a large group of bats flew past, spooking Rol out of his wits. "Whoa Rol, whoa boy!" Arella cried before Rol started running through the forest, narrowly avoiding everything in his way before he stopped in front of a cliff. Arella was lucky enough to get him to reverse far back enough that they weren't in danger, unfortunately she was bucked off of him and watched him run away, taking the machine with him. As she stood up, she saw the wolves that were starting to line up in front of her. Arella quickly ran away from them, trying to lose her chasers, and tumbled down a hill, landing in front of a gate to a castle. She quickly opened it and closed it once she was inside, locking it so that the wolves couldn't get to her. Arella looked up at the magnificent castle as it started to rain and headed inside for the shelter.
"Hello? Is there anybody here? I just came in for shelter from the storm, I'm lost and my horse ran away." Arella said, not noticing the candelabra and interesting looking clock whispering in the shadows.
"Didn't ya hear the woman? She's lost and needs shelter." The candelabra whispered to the clock.
"No, be quiet Victor, if the Master finds out- shush!" The clock began before cutting off in order to appear like a normal clock, the candelabra following suit as Arella passed them by.
"Is there anyone here? Please, I just want to stay the night, I promise that once I get my bearings in the morning, I'll leave." Arella said as she turned back briefly to pick up the candelabra.
"Of course you can stay here Mademoiselle, welcome to our home." Victor said, causing Arella to look around, not realizing that the candelabra in her hand had said it. So Victor gently tapped her shoulder, which made Arella turn her head, causing her to come face to face with him. "Allo." Was all he managed to get out before she dropped him in surprise. "Owww."
"Sorry, it's just, you surprised m- wait, you can talk!" Arella realized in shock.
"Oh great, now look what you did Victor, now how are weeeeeeeeee-" Richard said before he was picked up by Arella and studied.
"How is this accomplished? This is incredible!" Arella said as she fiddled with Richard, and tickled his feet, causing the poor clock to squirm. Arella finally stopped, leaving a panting and embarrassed Richard blushing (if clocks could blush) on the floor next to Victor.
"I feel so violated." He moaned to himself when the older woman suddenly sneezed.
"Bless you, oh dear, you are soaked to the bone Mademoiselle. Come, let's get you warmed up by the fire." Victor said as he lead her into a room that had a bright fire going.
"Are you crazy?! The Master will kill us when he finds out!" Richard said as he chased after them, unaware that the master of the castle was watching them at that moment.
"Oh hush Richard, the poor woman needs food and shelter and we are going to give it to her." A kindly, much older womanly voice said as a cart zoomed in, running him over and stopping in front of the chair that Arella was just beginning to sit down in. "Would you like one lump or two dear? And would you like some pie?" A teapot asked her, having already filled a cup with fresh, hot tea.
"Um, thank you, maybe a spoonful of sugar?" Arella replied, making every talking piece of furniture look at her funny before resuming what they were doing, the requested sugar was added to the tea and Arella picked it up and sipped from it, causing the teacup to giggle.
"That tickles!" The teacup managed through its giggles, making Arella take another look at it, but soon smiled kindly. Suddenly the door to the den slammed open and a strong gust of wind blew into the room, which extinguished Victor's flames and the fire in the fireplace. A beast like being appeared in the doorway, walking on all fours and looking very menacing, even if its fur was green.
"There is an intruder in the castle." The Beast growled, causing the teacup to hide behind its mother and the other talking objects to cower in fear.
"Master, allow me to explain, the woman was lost in the woods and needed help." Victor tried to explain before a growl from the Beast silenced him. Richard also tried to explain, but was quickly silenced by the Beast as well. Arella looked to one side of the chair she was sitting in before turning to look to the other and came face to face with the Beast.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?!" The Beast growled with a scowl at Arella.
"Please, I was lost in the woods and just needed a place to stay the night in order to get my bearings, I swear!" She replied as she backed away from him in fear.
"You're not welcome here!" It was then the Beast noticed that she was staring at him. "Stop staring!" Beast growled angrily at Arella.
"Please, I meant no harm, I just needed a place to stay." She began but was cut off.
"Oh I'll give you a place to stay." The Beast said as he picked her up and carried her out of the den, slamming the door behind him, leaving Victor, Richard, Mother Mae Eye, and the teacup in total darkness.
To be continued.
Well that was a little long but I hope everyone enjoyed it. I'll get on chapter three within the next few days and I hope you're all looking forward to it. So, see you guys in the next chapter!