Chapter 3: Strange Castle

By: PittsBurghFuzz

The giant creature whistled for a large, horseless carriage to carry himself, and the nameless beauty. He was in extreme pain, but he was used to it. When he arrived at the castle, he carried the young woman into his huge castle. It was an interesting Gothic design. It had huge gargoyles and dragons that seemed to fend off any living thing from the castle. He roared and the huge castle doors opened, and closed behind him. He took the girl to the woman's bedroom. It was the one of the only parts of the castle that was not dark and morbid. It had beautiful white wall, with a glass window with angels and the heavens. He rested her small body on the bed, and walked out of the room.

Belle woke up in a strange room. Where am I? She looked around, and was surrounded by beautiful architecture and paintings. Belle was laying on the largest bed she had ever seen. It had beautiful white sheets, and soft pillows. Then, she heard something.

"Good evening!" something said.

Belle jumped. "Who is that?"

"Hello, don't you see the wardrobe in the room?"

Belle turned around and saw a talking wardrobe. She jumped. Belle thought she was in a weird dream(and she though getting transported to 18th century France was weird). It was a wardrobe that stood taller than Belle. It was painted white, with real gold on the edges.

"You really are a-a..."

"Wardrobe? Yes. Sorry I startled ya." she replied.

Belle scratched her head. "Um, could you tell me where I am?" Belle asked.

"You are at the castle!"

"That's great, but which castle?"

"Oh. We are at the, the..."

"You mean you don't know what this castle is called?"

"Well, we never really gave it a name. Let's just say, welcome to the enchanted castle!" she ended up telling Belle.

"Well, okay."

"Are you okay?" the enchanted wardrobe asked Belle.

"Yeah, I guess. When I was last awake, a pack of wolves attacked me, and a large creature attacked them. That's all I remember."

"Well, why were you in the forest?" the wardrobe asked.

"My father is missing. Have you seen an older man here by any chance?" Belle asked.

The wardrobe shook her head. "Sorry, I'm here all day, I move around, but there really isn't any point. Did you eat?"

"No, I haven't."

"Well, go downstairs to the kitchen and I'm sure they will make you something. Do you want me to lead you there?"

"Yes, thank you!"

"My pleasure, now follow me!"

As Belle and the wardrobe walked through the long hallway, they encountered with several paintings which moved their eyes as the young girl and the wardrobe moved across their vision. Belle also bumped into some armor, and found herself apologizing to what was normally an inanimate object. When the wardrobe and Belle finally reached the staircase, Belle though the winding stairs would never end. It was very dark, but a candelabra lit itself up.

"Bonjure!" it said.

"Hey! Lumiere, this is Belle!" the wardrobe said to him.

"Oh, a pleasure to meet you mademoiselle." he started to kiss her hand. Belle raised her eyes brow.

"Uh, thanks, I guess. I'm going downstairs to the kitchen."

"Okay then, I will lead you there." Lumiere said to Belle.

Belle picked him up, and descended the staircase. Belle finally arrived to the downstairs area. What she saw was magnificent. It was nothing like her bedroom, which was bright and heavenly, while this and the rest of the castle was dark, and damned. However, the people, sorry, the household objects, seemed pretty nice. Belle really wanted to see if the master of the castle knew where her father was. She had to cross even more long hallways, which had more paintings and statues that starred at her. Along the way, she saw arms holding out candelabras through the wall(POTO PHANS, they had these in the 2004 movie, when Christine first went to the lair with the Phantom, or those familiar with the 1946 Beauty and the Beast will know what I am talking about). Belle then saw two huge doors. They automatically opened with her presence. What Belle saw was the most astonishing thing she was ever see. It was a bunch of dishes, cups, teapots, bottles, forks, knives, spoons, (yes, if you like, even sporks) dancing about the kitchen. They were singing a really weird song, but she found herself dancing along with them. Belle then was seated at the table, and she was given some steak. She had never eaten anything like it. It also came with a wide variety of vegetables, and she was even given dessert. After her meal, Belle thanked the silverware, and complimented the service. Belle exited the kitchen, and went exploring through the castle. She went upstairs again, and went to a dark area of the castle. It looked grim, and she wasn't sure if she should enter, but Belle decided to do so. It was really dark, and the stars in the sky were the only light in the room. It looked ravaged and ripped apart, which greatly contrasted the clean look to the rest of the castle. There were a few books on the ground, and the ground seemed to be a fog, as if Belle was outside. Then, Belle saw the strangest thing. She saw a beautiful rose, floating inside a glass container, glowing. Belle went over to the rose and reached out to it. Then, she heard a growl.