Chapter 4
"Belle, Adam and I are going out. He loves me. He told me that I am the most beautiful girl that he has ever seen!" Cinderella's large grinning face said. She stuck a bouquet gigantic yellow roses in Belle's face, the sickly sweet fragrance filled Belle's nose.
"Blechh!" Belle sputtered, pushing the roses out of her face. She felt odd, like something was off.
"Watch it! These are from Adam! I can't believe that he just knew that yellow roses are my most favorite flowers in the world," Cinderella spun around with a dreamy expression on her face. Belle looked away. She had no intentions of celebrating Cinderella's new-found love.
"I have to get to class," Belle said quickly and turned to leave the empty classroom. Just as she was about to scurry out, she felt a hand tightly grip her wrist, nails digging sharply into her skin.
"Hey! OUCH!" Belle shrieked in pain, turning to see that Cinderella was the culprit. Cinderella gave her a vicious smile and yanked Belle back into the room. The lights flickered and dimmed slightly. Belle used her eyes to search for help, but not one soul was around. Cinderella dug her nails even deeper into her wrist.
"Stop! Please! You're hurting me!" Belle struggled to get out of Cinderella's grip.
"Honey, if I let go, you'll just leave me. That's not very polite. I wanna talk about Adam!" Cinderella said in a whiny, child-like voice.
"Okay, I promise I won't leave! Please, just let go of me," Belle begged. Cinderella released her wrist. Belle wanted to run, but something kept her cemented to the ground. Her legs wouldn't move. Cinderella let out a high-pitched giggle.
"Now, where was I? Oh yeah, Adam! He knows that you like him. Everyone does. In fact, he, and everyone else, thinks that you're pathetic. Did you actually think that you had a chance with him? He chose ME. He loves ME. He even gave me this," Cinderella held her hand out for Belle to see. Belle gasped. There, on Cinderella's left hand ring finger sat a gaudy, sparkly diamond. It was huge and shined so brightly that it hurt Belle's eyes. She couldn't believe that she hadn't noticed it until now. Cinderella smirked at Belle.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" She held her left hand to her heart and stared at Belle petulantly. Belle's face streamed with tears. She could not believe what was happening.
"But... How? How can this even be happening?" Belle asked, dumbstruck. Cinderella cackled.
"Darling, it just gets better from here!" Cinderella said gleefully, once again grabbing Belle's wrist, yanking her into the hallway. Belle stumbled along and tried to keep up with Cinderella, who was walking so fast that she almost appeared to be floating. Belle gave up trying to get away from Cinderella's iron grip and allowed herself to be dragged down the never-ending hallway.
"Where are we going?" Belle asked. Everything was moving so fast that it all looked like a blur. Cinderella ignored her and finally stopped at a set of double doors that led outside. She pushed the doors open with both hands and dragged Belle outside. The sunlight was unusually bright and Belle had to shield her eyes from its scorching glow. Belle slowly opened her eyes and realized that Cinderella had disappeared from her side. Belle looked ahead and gasped.
Two sections of beautiful white chairs with shiny white ribbons tied to the backs were separated in the middle with a pearl pink aisle. The chairs were filled with many unrecognisable faces dressed in a colorful array of pastels, huge feathered hats, and some of the women were fanning themselves with pretty little fans. Doves flew over everyone's heads, with little roses clamped between their feet. Fairies also hovered overhead, sprinkling the guests with pale pink pixie dust. Belle looked further down the aisle and saw that Adam was standing at the end of it. It's a wedding! Belle felt like she was about to faint.
"Achem!" Somebody cleared her throat behind her. Belle turned around. There stood Cinderella, dressed in a gorgeous white ballroom style wedding dress. She had an elegant veil draped over her face and she was clutching the yellow roses. "Be a dear and walk me down the aisle," Cinderella held out her white glove covered arm. Belle, as if in a trace, obeyed Cinderella and began walking down the aisle with her. Belle stared ahead at Adam's wicked smiling face as it got closer and closer and closer. Adam seemed to be looking right through her, as if he didn't even realize that she was there.
"You look beautiful," Adam crooned, taking Cinderella's hand. Belle stepped off to the side and onto somebody's foot.
"Ow! Watch it, would ya?" barked Ariel. Belle's eyes widened. All of her friends, her best friends, were Cinderella's bridesmaids. The all had on puffy pink dresses with ridiculous blue bows. All of them, except for Ariel, who was rubbing her foot, stared blankly ahead. Belle stared at them in shock. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
Belle sank to the ground. She had a piercing headache. She covered her doe eyes with her hands and wished that she could just go home. Nothing was making sense.
"You may now kiss the bride!" Bellowed the priest, who was wearing an unusual hat that looked strangely like mouse ears. Belle uncovered her eyes just in time to see Adam kiss Cinderella passionately. Everyone erupted into a loud cheer. Confetti, fairy dust, flower petals, and rice came down from the sky and blinded Belle. Trumpets and horns played a loud, merry fanfare. Everyone was dancing and spinning around in delight. Everything starting spinning faster and faster, blurs of colors and sparkles rushed past Belle. Adam was still kissing Cinderella.
"NOOOO!" Screamed Belle. She suddenly jolted up. The noise, colors, and people were gone. Everything was dark. Belle quickly realized that she was still in Jasmine's room. Her friends were fast asleep around her, all breathing quietly. Aurora was snoring softly. Belle felt a rush of relief. She wiped her sweaty forehead with her hand and flopped back into her sleeping bag. It was just a nightmare. She pulled her blanket up to her chin and stared at the ceiling. Just a nightmare.