After the long wait... the fourth chapter of Twisted Beauty and the Beast is finally up! Sorry for the wait, I wanted to finish our school play first before writing anymore. And recently, I've never had a lot of time to write any of the chapters I planned to do. So without futher ado, here's the fourth chapter of Twisted Beauty and the Beast! Enjoy!
(Reminder: I am using a script that was given to me for my school play for a reference for lines and songs.)
Be our Guest, Ma Cherie!
-With the Enchanted Servants-
They all pace nervously inside the dining room. Everything was decorated wonderfully. And not only that, but dinner was soon to be served. Everything looked as if it would go swimmingly. That is, until Nonoko and Anna told some servants (the ones pacing the room, obviously) that Hotaru wouldn't be attending. They were all worried, (yes including Natsume), what the Master might do if he heard. And right on cue, the said Master stomped angrily and impatiently into the dining room.
"It's time for dinner. Where is she?" He asked, a hint of worry in his voice.
"Master, I'll go check. I will be back very soon!" Yuu squeaked as he ran off. All the servants looked nervously at each other.
"Master Ruka, try to be patient with the poor child. She lost almost everything in one day…" Anna muttered in a soft voice. Ruka glanced at her.
"Ruka, have you ever thought that this is the girl to break the spell?" Natsume asked, completely bored.
"Well, of course I have!" Ruka semi-yelled, as if unsure. "Natsume, of all people, you should know that I am not a fool."
"Well, good then! So fall in love with her, she falls in love with you…. And poof! The spell will be broken! We'll be human again in no time!" Nonoko happily cheered. The small feather duster, Mikan, jumped in glee.
"Nonoko, these things takes time. Love isn't that easy." Anna pointed out.
"But we don't have any time to waste either. The rose is already wilting." Natsume sighed.
"It's no use," Ruka sighed as well, sitting down in a nearby, comfy chair. He slouched over and placed his paws on his forehead. He massaged his temples. "She's beautiful. And I'm just a horrible, monstrous beast."
"Master Ruka, you must help her see past all of that!" Mikan squeaked out.
"I would love to do that Mikan, you know I would. But… I just don't know how!" He looked up to his loyal servants.
"Why don't you make yourself more…presentable?" Anna offered. Ruka looked at every aspect of his body, then noticed what she was talking about. Not only did he look like a horrible beast, which he was, but he smelt like one too.
"Impress her with your rapier wit." Natsume, completely bored, also offered. Nonoko sighed.
"But be gentle as well sir." Nonoko pointed out.
"Shower her with compliments!" The Mikan did a little twirl.
"Be sincere as well." Anna and Nonoko both chimed in.
"But above all…" Natsume and Anna said at the same time. Their Master looked at them quite… oddly.
"What?" He asked, afraid to hear the answer.
"You MUST control your temper!" They all screamed at him at once. Ruka thought for a while, then he had a pleasant smirk on his face.
"I got it!" He smiled, having much more confidence. They all looked at one another, thankfully. Yuu walked in the room, stumbling. "So Yuu, where is she?"
"She? Who?" Yuu squeaked. The other servants looked nervously at each other.
"You know darn right on who 'she' is! So where is she?" He roared, obviously annoyed.
"She's not coming." Yuu squeaked. Confidence went back down to zero, while anger rose to one hundred.
"What did you say?" He roared a little lower.
"She's not coming…" Yuu muttered even lower. Fed up, the Master started to stomp out of the room.
"We'll see about that!" He chuckled angrily, trying to maintain his anger. Natsume, Anna, and Koko all followed suit. Nonoko and Mikan ran off in the other direction.
"Your Lordship!" Yuu turned. "Your grace! Your Eminence!" He yelled, running after them. "Let's not be hasty!"
-Hotaru's Room-
A figure suddenly barged right into my room. Frightened, I jumped a little bit from the spot I was in. I stared into his cold, animal-like eyes.
"I thought I told you to come down for dinner." He growled, trying to hold his anger. I snapped my head around.
"Well, I'm not hungry." I retorted back.
"I am the Master of this castle! And when I tell you to come down for dinner, I mean come down to dinner! That's an order!" The Beast roared. I covered my ears to shield myself from possible deafness.
"Ruka," A small candelabra poked his head out of the room. "that is not a way to win the girl's affections…" He mumbled, rolling his eyes. Oh, so THAT'S what they wanted?
"Sir, please… attempt to be a gentleman!" A tiny clock cried out, begging the creature in front of me. I rolled my eyes.
"Deep breaths Master!" Anna, the small teapot, ordered. The creature turned away from me and faced them.
"I'll give her one last chance." He mumbled to them, then turning swiftly around. "Would you be so kindly as to join me for dinner?" He smiled, with much difficulty. I did not answer him.
"P…P…" The clock muttered under his breath.
"Please." He gritted his teeth.
"No. Thank. You." I annunciated every word with great anger. The creature snapped, and swiftly turned again.
"Fine! Then starve!" He yelled as he walked out of my room.
"Ruka, wait!" The candelabra yelled out, stopping his master.
"If she doesn't eat with me," He started, pushing the candelabra away. "then she doesn't eat at all!" He stormed out. The tiny objects look at one another.
"We'll never be human again." The candelabra sighed.
"But I'm not giving up. I like her spunk." Anna puffed her…'cheeks'.
"She's just stubborn!" The clock yelled. My eye twitched just a bit. "He did say please."
"That's the first time I ever heard him say that word…" Anna trailed off, smiling. I coughed as I poked my head out of the room. I looked at the suspiciously. "Oh hello again, dearie! I hope Master didn't frighten you too much. He can be a little…hot headed." She weakly laughed. I rolled my eyes.
"Yeah, a little…" I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Hello there madam. I am Yuu, head of household and master domo of this household. This here is Natsume…" The clock spoke, introducing me and his candle friend.
"Hn." Was all he replied. I felt insulted. The clock rolled his eyes.
"We want to make you happy at your stay. If there is anything to make you more comfortable…Anything, anything at all!" I cut the 'head of household off' with my stomach growling. I blushed a little, keeping a stoic look on my face.
"I… I am a little hungry." I mumbled, Anna laughed.
"Except that." Yuu clicked his tongue.
"Yuu…" Natsume growled.
"I am not going against the Master again!" Yuu yelled back.
"I'm not going to let the poor girl starve!" Anna scolded him.
"As the head of household, I demand that none of you shall not feed her! That is an order from not only me, but the Master of this castle!" Yuu yelled, stomping off. He reminded me so much of his Master. "Natsume! You stand guard!"
"I'm so sorry dearie…" Anna hopped off. Leaving Natsume and I. Taking the hint, I walked back in my room.
-Outside Belle's room-
Natsume, the candelabra, was sleeping up against the wall. He certainly was tired, although he never really did anything. A tiny feather duster noticed and walked right up to him.
"Natsume?" She mumbled, poking his 'face'. Natsume recognized the sweet voice, and knew it was Mikan. He opened one eye slowly.
"Oh look, it's Polka." He teased. Mikan screeched at the nickname.
"Natsume! You pervert!" She cried out, running over to him, but tripped. The candelabra caught her, making sure not to burn her to crisps. He was always cautious of her because of their forms. One mistake, and the pyromaniac would burn his loved one. "Natsume, let me go!"
"No." He growled.
- With Hotaru-
I peeked once more to escape my room. I heard arguing coming from a curtain, but I decided to ignore it. I wanted to explore the castle a little bit. Sneaking out from my room, I ran out of the hallway. I didn't know that I was followed by the candelabra. Hearing an 'Oof!' sound, I swiftly turned around, only to see nothing. I ignored it and continued walking throughout the castle. I smelt a sweetish aroma, and decided to follow it. I peeked my head through a door to see kitchenware all talking. I suspected that they were all servants, just like the others.
"All this hot food going to waste! I cannot believe it! I stand here slaving over a hot stove, and for what? Nothing!" A stove roared. I could see Anna sitting on a countertop.
"Please be patient, I'm sure anytime now the girl might escape and look for food. It's not like the Master would starve her forever." Anna remarked. All the utensils sighed in unison. Peeking my head a little bit more, I cause a little commotion. I accidentally caused something to hit the ground. "Oh! Hello dearie!" Anna smiled.
"H-Hello." I stuttered, my hunger taking over me.
"Natsume!" I heard a yell come behind me.
"Mademoiselle, what are you doing here?" The candelabra, Natsume, came up to me. He kept a well played stoic look on his face.
"I'm hungry." I bluntly replied. The clock, Yuu, came out of nowhere.
"AH! What is she doing here! Oh, what are we going to do if the Master finds out she's here…?" Yuu paced back and forth.
"Yuu, I think we should feed her." Koko pouted.
"No!" He yelled back. Koko started to tear up a little bit.
"Oh, pish tosh! I'm not going to let the poor girl starve now, Yuu!" Anna retorted.
"Fine. Glass of water…crust of bread…" Yuu started, only cut off by Natsume.
"Cogsworth, she is not our prisoner. She's our guest. And you wanted to make her stay more comfortable while here." Natsume growled.
"Fine! She could have dinner. But you must keep it down! If the Master finds out…It'll be our necks." Yuu worried more. I raised a brow. Was he really all that scary?
"Alright, but what's a dinner without… music?" Natsume sighed, trying to act bored.
"Music?" Yuu repeated.
"Ma chere mademoiselle, it is with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that we welcome you tonight. And now we invite you to relax. Let us pull up a chair," Natsume started, as someone sat me down in a comfortable chair. "as the Dining Room proudly presents… your dinner."
Be… Our… Guest.
Be our guest,
Put our service to the test!
Tie a napkin 'round your neck cherie,
And on that note, someone did wrap a soft napkin an around my neck.
And we'll provide the rest
Soupe du jour,
Hot hor d'ouvres,
Why, we only live to serve!
Try the grey stuff,
"It's delicious!" Koko smiled at me.
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!
They can sing- (Ah~)
They can dance
After all, this is France!
And the dinner here is never second best!
Dancing plates and kitchen utensils danced throughout the place. Even other servants that took the form as other objects entered the room.
Go on unfold your menu,
The cute little feather duster, whom I not known her name, handed me a menu. She looked familiar, and even gave me a familiar smile.
Take a glance,
Then!
You'll be our guest,
Oui! Our guest
Be our Guest!
Beef ragout
Cheese Soufflé
Pie and Pudding "enflambe"
All the servants sang and danced around Natsume, who still had his stoic look on his face. An array of colorful, delicious foods were dancing all over the dinner table.
We'll prepare and serve with flair a culinary cabaret!
You're alone (Hoo~)
And you're scared
But the banquet's all prepared!
No one's gloomy or complaining;
While the flatware's entertaining
We tell jokes!
I do tricks!
With my fellow candlesticks,
Napkins suddenly burst into the scene and danced in front of Natsume. After they were done, they twirled right off.
And it's all in perfect taste that you can bet!
Come on and lift your glass,
You've won your own free pass
To be our Guest-
All servants started to bow, only cut off by Natsume.
If you're stressed, it's fine dining we suggest!
Be our Guest,
Be our Guest,
Be our Guest!
Everyone all bowed to me. I felt honored, but did not show it. I got up and walked back into the kitchen. I saw Anna and Koko hopping all over the place. Anna began to sing.
It's a guest!
It's a guest!
Sakes alive!
We'll I'll be blessed.
Wine's been poured,
And thank the Lord
I've had the napkins freshly pressed!
With dessert, she'll want tea! (Hoo~)
And my dear, that's fine with me!
While the cups do their soft showing,
I'll be bubbling, I'll be brewing!
I'll get warm! (Ba da-bop ba!)
Piping hot (Ba da-bop ba!)
Heaven's Sake, is that a spot? (Ba da-bop ba bop bop ba!)
Anna notices the huge dirty spot on herself. I softly smiled. A napkin ran over and cleaned her up.
Clean it up! We want the company impressed!
We've got a lot to do!
Is it one lump, or two?
For you our Guest!
She's our Guest!
She's our Guest!
She's our Guest!
Be our Guest,
Be our Guest,
Be our Guest!
I walked back into my seat, only to be welcomed by a whole party of dancing objects and even more colorful food I haven't seen. It was truly amazing.
Be our Guest!
Be our Guest!
Our command is your request.
It's been years since we've had anybody here;
And we're obsessed!
With your meal,
With your ease
Yes indeed, we aim to please
While the candlelight's still going,
Let us help you.
We'll keep going!
All servants lined up in front of me. They all wrapped their 'arms' around each other, immediately starting a kick line.
Course…By…Course!
One by one!
'Till you shout,
'Enough I'm done!'
Then we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest! (Ha ha ha ha ha Ha!)
Tonight you'll prop your feet up,
But for now, let's eat up!
Be our Guest,
Be our Guest!
Be our Guest!
Please-
Be-
Our-
Guest!
And like that, everyone stood out to me, posing. I clapped softly. I was already done with my meal, and felt quite full.
"Good show everyone!" Yuu clapped.
"Thank you Natsume, Anna, and Yuu for dinner. It was delicious." I faintly smiled, keeping a stoic look on my face.
"O-Oh! Look at the time! Everyone, off to bed!" Yuu yelled out.
"I couldn't possibly sleep now. Would you mind giving me a tour of this Enchanted Castle?" I asked.
"Hn." Natsume replied, Anna already hopped off.
"That may not be a very good idea." Yuu answered.
"Would you like to take me? I'm sure you know almost everything about this castle." I flattered.
"W-Well I do!" Yuu took my flattery. "Right this way madam!"
"What's over there?" I asked, pointing up towards the stairs.
"Oh, nothing!" Natsume and Yuu said in unison.
"Nothing at all in the West Wing, that's for sure!" Yuu remarked.
"That's the West Wing?" I asked.
"Nice going." Natsume sighed.
"What's he hiding in there?" I asked.
"Um, maybe you would like to see what we have over here! We have an example of the late neo-classic baroque period! And, as I always say, if it's not baroque, don't fix it!" Yuu yelled, followed by nervous laughter. I rolled my eyes. Yuu and Natsume ran out, hoping that I would follow them. But, I didn't. I walked up the stairs and into a room at the end of the West Wing.
And there, in the middle of the room, I saw a beautiful rose. It was contained in a crystal covering. I walked over to it to touch it. I heard stomping come up behind me. The rose was taken away from my eyes.
"Don't touch that!" The beast roared, looking frightful. For once, I was actually scared of him.
"I-I'm sorry!" I apologized. I was shocked to hear the words come out of my mouth.
"What are you doing here?" The beast asked, more like yelling.
"I-" I started, he cut me off though. My annoyance of that ceased for at the moment.
"I told you never to come here!" He sounded like a parent.
"I know but-" I started once more.
"Do you realize what you could have done?" He yelled, grabbing my arm. "Get out!" He said, accidentally ripping my dress sleeve. I looked at him with horror. I slapped away his paw.
"Don't touch me!" I yelled.
"Wait!" He yelled after me as I ran away.
"Promise or no promise… I won't stay here!" I yelled, dashing off as quick as I can. I never felt such fear in my life.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you!" I heard Ruka called off after me. I also heard a few muttering before leaving. I grabbed my blue coat, draped it over my shoulders, and ran out into the cold forest.
According to my computer, this was 11 pages. Wow. I think I went a little bit Out of Character for everyone here. But I wanted a quick upload, so I just wrote. Alright! Leave a review telling what you think of the story so far!
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