This is the second chapter for the ROR fanfic. I hope you like this one as well. Let start it now.

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The Beast and the Beauty

In the dark, silent sick bay, Jennifer was lying next to the bed where little Brown was sleeping sick as he continued to breathe slowly. She breathed slowly too as tears escaped from her closed tight eyes. Footsteps walked in the hallway as it stopped in front of the sick bay. The shadow crept upon the door as it slowly cricked open for the guest. The figure walked towards the sleeping unexpected girl as it stopped in front of her. Rough, dirty, big hands slowly laid a storybook near the girl's head as it tried to not wake her up. It walked out of the door, closed the door, and vanished into the night.

The next morning, the sunlight crept through the window and onto the girl's lying body as Wendy opened the door gently and walked in slowly. She walked up towards Jennifer as she shook her a little. "Jennifer, Jennifer, wake up." she called to her softly. She stopped as Jennifer shook a little. She withdrew her hands as Jennifer opened her eyes and looked around the room. "Where am I?" she asked not remembered the night before. "You're in the sick bay." Wendy answered while smoothing out her blue dress.

"The sick bay, huh? Brown! Where's Brown!?" she questioned as she found no Brown on the bed or anywhere else. "I haven't seen him when I entered or anywhere else. Maybe he is playing out in the hall waiting for you." Wendy suggested as Jennifer tried to calm down. "Yeah, maybe you're right." she agreed as they both nodded. A weird music came on the speakers as the Headmaster's voice said, "Hello, children, this is cleaning time. Get your mops and brooms and meet me in the hall." The transmission was off as Wendy said, "I got to go and tend Mr. Bunny. See you at lunch, Jennifer." She walked out as Jennifer waved goodbye.

She was about to go when she heard a flap behind her. She turned to find a storybook lying on the bed unmoved. She walked towards it and looked at the cover. It had a beastly creature about the same height as the girl standing beside it. They were both holding hands as the girl was smiling and the beast you can't tell through its fur. She opened to the first page and found a picture of the girl looking sadly at the beast as it lay on the floor wounded. She opened to the next page and read it silently.

'Once upon a time, there was a smart little girl. This girl was tough, pretty, and smart. This girl was the talk of the town and everyone was in awe of her. She wanted a 'real' man, but not the ones in town, since they were immature. One day, a big blizzard came when the little girl was out picking flowers. It separated her from her town and into the dark woods. She was lost with no food, water, or shelter. Wolves came to attack her as she fled from the packs of ferocious dogs. Then, a fiendish fiend came out of nowhere and protected the girl from the wolves. When the wolves were gone, the beast turned to look at her. She first was scared, but felt calm as she looked at him longer. Ever since that day, the beast found a friend he never had since everyone hated him as the girl found a 'real' man she was searching for at last. The two lived in his abandoned mansion far away from the immature society. The End.'

Jennifer closed the book as she put it away. She ran outside as she found everyone there holding brooms and mops. Jennifer grabbed a duster and walked towards them. The other children departed from the group as the Headmaster stood still. "Ah, Miss Jennifer, I see you finally had a nerve to show up this time. Alright, go and clean up in the basement." he instructed her as he walked towards his office. She slumped down as she shook her head. "The basement again?" she questioned herself. She walked slowly towards the stairway until she heard a familiar small bark. "Brown." she called as another bark came out. She ran towards the stairs and heard it coming from the cold, dark basement.

"Is he there?" she questioned herself as she looked at the moldy wall of the basement. Another bark came as she looked down the stairway. She ran downstairs with the feather duster in her hand as she turned around the corner to find nothing. "He must be in one of these rooms." she said to herself as she looked at the two doors that were across from each other. The bark came from the left door as she opened it and walked inside carefully. It was totally dark with no light or window. "Hello? Brown, are you here?" she called as she looked down and walked slowly to try not to trip on anything.

"Ohhhhh." a male's voice moaned in pain. "What?" she said as freaked out a little. 'Cough' 'Cough' "Who's there?" she called out again. She didn't pay attention to the floor and tripped over something and fell face flat. She looked at what she tripped on and it was a battery-charged flashlight, Meg's new invention. She tried to find a button and found it. She pressed it as the beam of light shone on the moldy, gray wall. She searched the whole room and found nothing. She sighed in relief until an arm moved from a pile of boxes. "Ah." she exclaimed quietly as she shone the light on a body of a small boy.

The boy was lying on the floor dazed as his short, blonde hair was messed up and his…Ahh! She quickly turned around trying to erase that dirty memory out of her mind as she blushed extremely red. She didn't even turn around as she didn't want to see his nakedness again. 'I'm a lady, not a pervert! I got to stand up and tell this idiot off for running around with NO CLOTHES on!!' she thought to herself extremely embarrassed. "Hey..." he started to say as she heard him rise from the fallen boxes. "…" she didn't know what to say. "Could you please put on some clothes?" she asked him as he was confused. "What are you talking about?" he asked like she's crazy.

She turned around and exclaimed, "What am I talking about? You're running around in NO CLOTHES showing yourself like a maniac! People don't run around naked unless they're drunk." 'Like the Headmaster at his friend's bachelor party when he came home drunk and slept in the rubbish can.' she thought to herself. She saw herself looking at his naked body again and turned around swiftly. "Why are you turning away from me?" he asked in a nice voice. "You're NAKED. It's not polite for me to look at you nudity. Just please, please, put some clothes on." she begged him to do so. He looked around and found none. "I would, but I don't have any clothes." he told her. "Are you serious?" she questioned as she tensed. "Serious." he replied. "I'll go get some, stay here and hide from anyone who comes here. They'll freak if they saw you here in your state." she explained as she moved towards the door.

He nodded as he hid in the pile of boxes. She walked out and went towards the dormitory to find some boys' clothes. She went through the boys' clothes in the trunks and found a long, white black-striped shirt, long black pants, black shoes, socks, and underwear. She ran back to the basement with the clothes bundled as she went downstairs. She slowly closed the door as she walked towards the pile of boxes. "You can come out now. Here are some clothes you can wear." she said as she laid down the clothes in front of him.

She turned around as he picked up the clothes and dressed up. She turned around and blushed at him as he looked at himself. He looked cool as she walked towards him. "I haven't seen you around the orphanage. Who are you?" she asked him. His face was scrunched up as he tried to remember. "I don't know. I remember that I live here at the orphanage." he told her as she nodded at his story. "So, you live here? Funny, did you live here all the time?" she asked more questions. "No, I don't remember that. I live in an old room. An old, good room." he replied as he tried to think more.

"What's your name?" she asked him as he stopped in thought. "My name?" he questioned as she nodded. He put a finger to his head and thought. "You don't remember your name?" 'How can I forget my own name?' he thought in his head. "How about if we give you a new name?" she suggested as he looked at her in surprise. "Really? What kind of name should it be?" he asked her as he smiled. "Well, it got to be something that you like. I know what your favorite candy is?" she asked as he laughed at her. "Chocolate." he replied. "Chocolate, huh…I know! How about Russell?" she asked his opinion. "Russell?" he said to himself. He gave a big smile and exclaimed, "Yeah, that's good."

She smiled as he smiled back. A music piece played as the Headmaster's voice reported, "Cleaning time is over. Put the laundry in the filth room and the trash in the rubbish can and come get lunch in the kitchen." It shut off as Russell looked at her weird. "Who was that?" he asked more confused. "The Headmaster, the owner and manager of the orphanage." she answered his question. His stomach growled loudly as he looked down at his stomach and blushed embarrassedly. She giggled at that and said, "It sounds you're hungry, too. Come with me."

He nodded with a smile and said, "Alright." He went along with her as they ran towards the kitchen talking about their interests. In the kitchen, the kids were gobbling up the sandwiches and the girls were drinking tea at the table. As Jennifer and Russell came walking in, the whole room went silent as the boys were staring at Russell mad and the girls were staring at him love struck. Diana came walking up and curtsied to him and her. "Hello, we haven't met before. I'm Diana, the top rank member of the Aristocrat Club. This is Meg, the third rank member and Eleanor, the third rank member." she introduced them as they curtsied as well. He looked at Jennifer weird as Diana glared at her. "I'm Russell." he introduced himself. "Nice to meet you." Meg said as Eleanor nodded.

"Come. You must be hungry." Diana said as she pulled his hand and towards the table where they were serving tea. "No thanks. I don't want to bother your party, so I'll go." he said as he walked over to Jennifer and started piling sandwiches on their plates. Diana angrily sat near Eleanor as she glared at Jennifer more. "You know he make a fine prince for the Rose Princess." Eleanor whispered silently. "A prince?" Diana questioned again. "Yes, the Rose Princess wants a prince by her side to rule the club. If the Rose Princess doesn't get a prince, then the club will never live up to the name." Meg replied as they both nodded.

"Didn't Wendy already want to have Jennifer in her club and now, she wants to have a prince?" Diana asked as she looked at them serious. "She didn't really ask for a prince, but what good would it do to have a lonesome princess with no prince." Meg explained carefully. "What do you have in mind for a prince?" she asked both of them. "We should get that Joshua boy that Wendy keeps telling us about to be the Bear Prince." Meg said as she laid her notebook beside her. They looked at her weird. "Bear Prince?" they both questioned her as she blush a little. "It's something I made up in a short time." she replied quietly.

"The idea of making Joshua a prince is a big no-no." Eleanor said as she shook her head. "Why not?" Meg asked her. "One: we don't know where he lives. Two: he lives with a father who puts him in shackles. Three: His father is the murderer of the child homicide cases. Four: we don't know if we can trust him. Five: his house is heavily guarded perhaps." Eleanor explained as Meg hung her head down. "Then, who shall be our prince?" she asked them. "I know just the one." Diana said as she looked at Russell with a mischievous plot in her head.

Jennifer and Russell were making up to her room as they were talking about the Headmaster's talk. "I can't believe I could move in with you." Russell said as they walked up the steps. "Yeah." Jennifer said sadly as they walked on the first floor. He stopped as she walked ahead. "What's wrong?" he asked concerned as she stopped as well. "Well, my little puppy got sick yesterday and I took him to the sick bay. When I woke up this morning, he was gone. I was too busy helping you, I forgot about him. Poor Brown." she said sadly as she looked down.

Russell thought for a moment until he walked up and put his hands on her shoulders. "Don't be sad. Come, let's go find him together. If we look together, then we'll definitely find him." he said to cheer her up. She looked up and smiled at him. "Thanks, Russell." she thanked him. He took his hands off of her as she walked toward the hallway. "Let's go find Brown together." she said as she smiled at him. He smiled back as she entered the hallway. He thought for a moment as he put his finger on his head. "Brown, how come that's so familiar to me?" he asked himself as he put his finger down and walked inside the hallway.

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