A/N I saw three videos on YouTube, all by RosesnWater, who's here on FanFiction under the same name. The videos are, "Breath- Thrax/Ariel/Gaston (feat. Belle)" "Perfect Enemy- Hades/Ariel/Thrax/Belle (feat: Vanessa)" and "Everytime I Fall- Thrax/Belle/Gaston" I got her permission to write them into a fanfic.
There are three parts of this story, representing each video: Breath, Perfect Enemy, and Everytime I Fall. I think I'm gonna have fun with this :)
The plots are owned by RosesnWater; the characters, except Almira, belong to Disney and/or Warner Bros. Almira's my own character. I couldn't resist adding her :3
Devilgirl123: 8D XD Thanks :)
RosesnWater: Thank you :) Sometimes I think the bond between someone and his/her pet might be even stronger than between that person and his/her friends. Especially if they don't have any/many friends.
Thanks :D That part in the video (where it showed Ariel kinda fuzzy-ish) inspired me to write it that way.
Breath
Chapter 4
Almira stalked stealthily through the bushes, eyes on the man in front of her. Gaston had given Thrax the job of killing this particular man; a police officer who was suspicious of them. "After all, we don't want suspicious officers, do we?" He had said when he sent the half-Daemon and his pet to do the job.
Almira grinned wickedly, licking her lips as she continued to sneak on. She felt a snowflake fall onto her nose. Looking up, she saw it had started snowing again. Huffing, she rolled her eyes, but continued on.
Thrax watched her from behind a tree, then glanced at the unaware officer. Once he decided she was close enough, he snapped his fingers. The officer froze, but it was too late. Almira pounced onto him, pinning him to the ground. When he tried to scream, she shoved his face into the snow with her paw.
"Good work, Baby Girl." Thrax grinned. He pulled some rope out of his coat pocket, wrapped it once around the officer's neck, and jerked up as hard as he could; at the same time, Almira climbed off of him. The officer gasped and wheezed as he was choked.
"Next time, guess you should mind yer own business." Thrax chuckled darkly. "'Course, there may not be a next time."
Almira laughed at this, but her grin slowly melted away when she saw Thrax's blank look. She cocked her head and barked softly, but he didn't respond.
Once he had started choking the man, Thrax's mind went blank before Ariel's shocked face popped up. Soon, what little conscience he had overpowered his murderous side, and before he and Almira knew it, he was unwrapping the rope from around the officer's neck.
Almira was so shocked she didn't see Thrax had disappeared until the officer's groan shook her from her trance. Shaking her head, she followed Thrax's footprints, running as fast as her legs could carry her, until she bumped into him. She picked herself up and barked once.
Thrax turned to see an angry-yet-confused Almira. "What?" He asked.
She raised her eyebrows as if saying, "What do you mean 'what'? What was that back there?"
He sighed heavily, brushing his dreadlocks back. "I was fine fer a minute, then my mind went blank. Next thing I know, I see Ariel."
Almira rolled her eyes, groaning. She had a feeling the conversation would turn to her.
"Knock it off! Anyway, I knew she'd be shocked if I went through with it. Then…I guess my conscience reared its ugly head, an' next thing I know, I'm unwrappin' the rope…you ain't mad, are you?"
Almira's scowl slowly melted until she sighed and shrugged. She honestly didn't know what to think. She might have never known how it felt to be in love, but she did have a conscience, regardless of what other people thought. Sometimes it tried to prevent her from doing certain things; killing being one of them. She seldom obeyed it, but that didn't mean she never did.
Thrax rubbed her head and said, "You may not be mad, but I know someone who will."
Almira nodded.
"You did what?"
Thrax flinched at Gaston's tone; he was really angry. "Listened to my conscience, that's what."
"Who are you, Pinocchio? That officer could have us found out! Don't you know that?"
"If ya wanted him killed, ya shoulda done it yerself instead of tellin' me!"
"I trusted you to do that job! You could have kept us and our secret in the dark, but you picked then to grow a bloody conscience?"
"As if you ain't got a conscience!" Thrax snapped back.
"I outgrew mine! You should outgrow yours!"
"Maybe I don't want to!" That was a stupid thing to say! Where'd that come from? "I'm gonna go fer a walk." Without another word, Thrax stormed outside, slamming the door behind him. As he walked away, with Almira at his heels, the snow began falling harder, and a slight wind picked up. He held his coat close around his throat with one hand and shielded his eyes from the snow with the other. "Damn snow." He grumbled.
Soon the duo came into town. The wind also lessened, but the snow still fell. Looking up, Thrax saw a familiar head of red hair. "Ariel?"
Ariel hugged herself, shivering, as she rubbed her hands together. "No one said it would get this cold above land." She whispered. Then, she felt a heavy coat drop over her shoulders. Looking back, she saw Thrax. "Hi, baby." He smiled.
"Thrax!" She smiled. "Isn't…isn't this your coat?"
"Yeah, but you need it more. 'Sides, I'm part Daemon, so my body temperature's higher than a human's."
"I was wondering why your skin felt warmer than mine or Gaston's."
Coughing, Thrax continued, "'Course, from what I know, Daemons' body temperature is even higher than mine. I'm part human as well, so the human temperature somewhat cancels out the Daemon's temperature…I'm makin' no sense, am I?"
Giggling, Ariel shook her head. "Not really. Gaston said you were part Daemon, but never told me about how you live here. Don't Daemons live in the mountains?"
"Yes. See, my mom was attacked by a male Daemon, and she ended up givin' birth to me. My dad refused to raise me; Daemons only raise pure Daemons, never…half-breeds." He swallowed, remembering the cruel nicknames he was called as a child. "The kids here never liked me."
"Why?"
"Why? Whatta mean why? I ain't fully human. Accordin' to them…I'm…I'm a half-beast; a monster. The only friend I had growin' up was Almira."
"What about your mother? Didn't she care about you?"
Thrax only scoffed, "She was probably glad to get me outta the house. I also think she might've agreed with what those rotten kids called me. She never wanted to raise me; she was forced into it."
Ariel was silent for a few minutes before saying, "I'm sorry you had an unhappy childhood, Thrax. If I had grown up here, I wouldn't have treated you like that."
"Maybe, but yer parents probably would've told you to stay away from me an' encouraged you to treat me like crap."
"I wouldn't have listened." Ariel answered stubbornly. "You aren't a monster. You're more human than those kids." She stood up on tiptoe and kissed Thrax's cheek. She wasn't sure if his cheek was warmer because he was part Daemon, because of the cold, or if it was because he was blushing.
A/N This part was also in the video; Thrax was choking some guy (Osmosis Jones XD) and he stopped, knowing Ariel would be shocked (I LOVE how RosesnWater made the clip go in reverse so it looked like he was unwrapping the chain from around his neck :D) I decided to make it a cop because if anyone gets suspicious of a gang, that gang would want to get rid of them; especially if they're with the police. And yep, Gaston was pissed when Thrax didn't do it.
Thrax and Ariel talking was something I added in; just a bit of a filler. Thrax putting his coat around Ariel's shoulders was the first thing I thought of; it just sounded really sweet of him :3
I know NOTHING about Daemons (I didn't even know what they were until I heard of them on FanFiction and DeviantART) so since Thrax is sometimes portrayed as one, I decided they'd have a higher body temperature. Since Thrax is only part that, with his other half being human, his body temperature is higher, but only by a little bit, so hes not boiling hot. He still gets cold, so he's not totally immune to winter.
Also, Ariel's not cheating on Gaston by kissing Thrax on the cheek; she's just being nice ;)
