Hero
Chp. 4
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Belle felt her shoulder be poked and her body went rocked back and forth.
"Poke her harder." a quiet voice said.
"No. She might bruise."
"And wake so do it." the voice whispered harshly.
Again something poked her on her shoulder but a little harder. Groaning Belles eyes peeled open to a bright light that silhouetted an animal.
"Hi."
Quickly Belle got up and backed away almost knocking foreheads with the person above her.
"Please don't scream." the animal put up her hands or hands that looked like paws.
"Please. Dont. Faint." another behind the kangaroo said their hands up as well.
Belle slowly sat back down her legs draping over the edge of the bed her mouth firmly shut.
"You're not going to scream?"
"Or faint?"
Belle shook her head no and placed her hands in her lap looking at them in a stunned silence.
"Oh good." the kangaroo breathed a sigh of relief her hands slowly coming down.
"I'm Mrs. Potts." she introduced pointing to herself.
"And that's my daughter Chip." she pointed to a smaller kangaroo who looked at Belle with curiosity.
"You faint a lot." the baby came hopped up to her then jumped onto bed right next to Belle.
"Chip! You are being rude get down." Mrs. Potts chided Chip who looked down in shame.
"Sorry mama." the little one hopped down and went back behind her mother.
"It's okay baby. How about you go help get Cogsworth and Lumiere get lunch started?"
"Can i set the plates?"
"As long as you don't drop another cup."
"I won't. I promise!" the child said excitedly before hopping away.
Mrs. Potts watched her leave before Mrs. Potts looked back at Belle.
"Is it lunch already?" Belle asked a little dazed.
"Yes it is actually. You've been asleep for half the day so far." Mrs. Potts said before she went over to a wardrobe beginning to take out a green dress.
"So would you like to get dressed now and go eat or eat now and get dressed later?" the kangaroo put it on the bed.
"I'll. I'll get dressed now." Belle got off the bed and went to get the dress.
The woman stood there as Belle picked up the dress and examined it.
"It's beautiful." Belle smiled and traced the outlining that was at the waist.
"Isnt it? The master has impeccable taste. You know one time-"
"Um. If you don't mind I uh. I woud like to get dressed now." Belle interupted a little sheepishly holding the dress close to her body.
"Oh yes of course." she pushed the glasses up more on her nose that Belle had not noticed.
"Would you like some help?" Mrs. Potts asked.
"Um no I'm fine." Belles cheeks turned red at the thought of someone helping her get dressed.
"Okay. Ill be outisde when your done." Mrs. Potts left the room leaving Belle to herself.
Belle took a deep breath and looked around the vast space that was her room. Two big windows were on either side of the bed that she had slept in. She sat on the bed that faced the wardrobe she came out of her daze and realized that all that was happening to her was real.
"Oh papa." she sobbed putting her face in her hands.
A little while later she stopped hyperventilating and the tears dried.
"Hey. Belle are you okay?" Mrs. Potts knocked on the door snapping Belle out of it.
"Yes. Im fine." she called back before she looked back down at the dress on the bed.
"I'm fine." she whispered to herself before she began to get dressed.
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"Oh i hope you like what that make. Monsieur fourniers cooking skills are absolutely phenomenal."
Belle followed the excited Joey to the dining room that she was in before. Belle admired the vast collection of art and armor that lined the halls.
"Beautiful isnt it?" Mrs. Potts smiled as she noticed that Belle had stopped in front of a specific portrait of a family.
"It is." Belle smiled as she admired the portrait.
"That is the royal family. Well before what happened." Mrs. Potts whispered the part.
"What happened?" Belle looked at her.
"Oh n-nothing family squabble the usual you must famished how about we go sit you down." Mrs. Potts everted the question and began to walk away.
Belle once again looked at the painting trying to figure out who was the teenage boy with the blue eyes that stood in the back. But as Mrs. Potts got further away Belle gave up and decided to go eat instead of looking at picture.
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"Finally you're here. Cogsworth was going to eat the soufflé before she got here."
"Was not." A portly looking fox defended his face almost in a pout.
Well what looked like one, since his nose was kind of in the way of any emotion that he could show.
"Oh please you were." Raj laughed picking up a napkin with his trunk and placing it on his arm.
"Yeah you kind of have crumbs on your face." A man fell down on the ground from up high.
Belle jumped back surprised at the sudden show that was before her. Mrs. Potts ushered her to a chair and helped her sit down and placed a napkin on her lap before she went over to the men and began to rattle off the dishes that the cook had made.
"The cheese soufflé is amazing." The fox cane up to her showing her the puffed pastry.
"Oh no you have to try the gray stuff it's delicious." the gorilla let Belle dip her finger in it and taste it. It was in fact delicious.
Soon Belle's plate was full and the servants waited patiently for her to finish. Feeling a bit rushed Belle began to eat a little faster than she normallu would.
"Slow down dear youre going to give yourself a stomach ache." Mrs. Potts warned Belle.
Belle smiled before she got up and picked up her plate but everyone yelled at her to stop. Belle froze with her plate in hand trying to figure out what she had done.
"We'll take it." Raj got the plate from her and went to the kitchen.
"No. No. I got it. I need to check on Chip anyway." Mrs. Potts took the plate from Raj.
"I think she's with Babette and Jaq." Lumiere helped going to get the plates up.
"Oh good. Okay. Belle why not go take a tour? Im sure Raj, Bruno, and Cogsworth wont mind." Mrs. Potts said.
"Naaaw. I'm gonna stay here and help out i think you guys will need the extra hands." Bruno opted and helped with the dishes as well.
Belle stood there as the servants decided what they were going to do. Cogsworth and Raj began to walk towards Belle aho stood there confused. They stopped in front of her shifting their weight from foot to foot.
"Sooo. Would you like a tour?" Raj asked taking off his apron as did Cogsworth who threw it at Bruno who caught it without looking up.
"Um. Yeah sure." Belle agreed without fully knowing what she was agreeing to.
"Like we're were going to take no for an answer." Raj laughed.
Cogsworth shook his head and mumbled bad joke under his breath.
"Whatever."
Raj and Cogsworth looped their arms through her making her feel a height difference between the two but didnt exactly have a choice in adjusting herself since they began to drag her out the dining room.
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"And you see these taperistres? Magnificent arent there? I believe that they are from the baroque period and as I've always said. If somethings not broke dont fix it." Cogsworth laughed wiping away an imaginary tear.
"Now who has the bad jokes?" Raj muttered as he continued to walk with Belle as Cogsworth had his moment.
"What? You dont find it funny?" Cogsworth asked as he caught up to them.
"Im afraid not." Belle said apologetically looking up at him.
The trio contined to walk down the halls taking different turns here and there until they ended up at a grand stair case.
"What's up there?" Belle asked as she stopped to look at the grand structure.
"Up where?" the two stopped and looked back at their lost companion.
"Oh there? Nothing absolutely nothing up there of interest."
"Yes just dust, broken glass and-"
"So why not go up there?" Belle asked about to go up but the two quickly stepped in her path.
"Nothing of importance or even interest." Raj tried to get her to go back down the steps but she didn't budge.
"Come now mademoiselle there must be something else that may spark your interest." Raj begged turning her so that she faced down the steps.
"Oh yes. There must be something. Like um the gardens or. Or. THE LIBRARY!" Cogsworth said triumphantly.
"Library?" Belle asked her interest mildly sparked.
"Yes so many books. So many books." Raj smiled his trunk roaring excitedly.
"Yes books. Lots of books. More books than you could read in a lifetime." Cogsworth smiled as he linked arms with Raj and began to skip down the hall.
Belle was about to follow but her curiosity became too great and she went up the steps into the west wing.
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Suspense? I think so :) Omgosh guys thanks for the follows thank you so much 3