Beauty and the Beast
Chapter 3: The Castle
She Apparated to the spot that the tracking chip in her dad's car had last shown a signal.
Sure enough, there was her dad's car. She looked around. This was in the middle of nowhere. She decided to walk up the road. About half an hour later she saw a gate looming in front of her.
The gate was slightly cracked open. She pushed on it and it creaked open just like the gate in her dream last night.
She looked forward and saw a castle that had to be three times the size of Hogwarts. She began walking toward the castle. She crossed the long bridge across a moat.
The front door of the castle squeaked.
It was dark inside the castle. "Hello?" she asked. She walked up the staircase calling "Dad? Father?" She walked up several floors. It sounded like the castle was deserted. She walked down a narrow corridor. "Dad?"
A door behind her squealed, "Daddy?" She walked through the doorway. It too was deserted. But then she saw it. A light was moving up the wall. She squinted and saw that it was a stairwell. "Dad?" she ran after the light.
"Is anyone up here?" Her voice shook. It was so cold up here at the top of this tower.
"Mione?" A croaky voice said. She looked over in the direction it came from.
"Daddy!" she ran over to the wooden door that separated her from her father. "I'm here now. I'll get you out, I promise." She frantically looked around for something to help her break him out.
"No, Hermione, listen to me. You have to leave. Tell your mum that I love her."
"No, dad, I can't leave you! I won't!"
A hand grabbed her shoulder and pulled her up. "What are you doing here?" The hand's owner's voice roared.
"Who are you?" Hermione whimpered. The man tossed her away from him. Her head hit a wall. The man didn't answer he only growled. "Please, let my father go. I'll do anything! You can have me instead!"
"No, Hermione! You can't do this!"
She ignored her dad. "Please, if you take me let him go."
"Alright, I'll let him go. But you must stay here forever." His voice was deep she noticed.
Suddenly, a light shone through a window overhead. "Wait, step into the light."
She heard him sigh, but he complied.
"Oh, my, goodness." She gasped.
AN: Pretty please review and tell me if Blaise or Draco should be the Beast or else I won't be able to continue with this. Also tell me if the Beast should be in actual animal or just be really really rude!
