IMPORTANT- I had updated Chapter 5 within a few hours of updating Chapter 4, but for some reason, it did not show up at the top of the list of updated stories. If you have not read it, then do that first before reading this. Author's Notes at the end along with an important question. Thank you! :-):-):-):-)

Date- 25 FEBRUARY 2018

CHAPTER 6

Elizabeth took out the book that she always kept in her bag. She had taken it on the way with some medicines, ointments, and cloths, in case something had happened to her father. She had just opened the book when she heard Mrs. Potts' voice outside the cell. She looked up and saw her along with Chip, Cogsworth and Lumière, and smiled.

"Hello again!" she said, hoping that she would get a chance to talk to them.

"Hello dearie!" said Mrs. Potts. "We have come to take you."

Elizabeth was confused. Why was the Beast calling her? She was also a bit scared at that thought.

As if reading her mind, Mrs. Potts gently said, "The Master has not called you. He sent us here to take you to your new room."

"New room?" asked Elizabeth.

"Yes. The Master told us to take you out from here into a proper room." was the reply. Lumière being the tallest from them outside jumped and managed to open the door.

"Thank you." said Elizabeth.

"Well come on then." said Mrs. Potts. Elizabeth stepped out and closed the door behind her. They started ascending the stairs.

"What is your name Miss?" asked Chip.

"My name is Elizabeth Bennet. But please call me Lizzy. Nearly everybody does." She replied with a smile.

"Lizzy, will you tell us a bit about yourself?"

"Alright. So I am the second of five sisters. My older and younger sisters got married last year. I live with my two youngest sisters and our father." she answered.

"What about your mother?" asked Chip.

"It has been five years since she passed away." she said with a sad smile.

"I am so sorry Lizzy. I did not know." said Chip, head hanging down.

She picked him up in her hand and patted his head. "It is alright. You could not have known." She put him back down. "I live in Meryton, in Hertfordshire. My house is called Longbourn. Which place is this?"

"We are at Pemberley in Derbyshire." said Mrs. Potts. "Well Lizzy, that is your room." she said, pointing to the door that they now stood in front of. Lizzy opened it.

"It is beautiful." she said sincerely.

Just then, they heard footsteps coming from outside. Then they saw the Beast enter. He looked at Elizabeth properly for the first time and smiled a bit at her.

Elizabeth saw him properly for the first time and saw that he had blue eyes that looked almost like a human's. Then she remembered what Mrs. Potts had told her, and thought about whether he was a human like the others had been or not.

He bowed before her and said, "Good evening Miss, uh-"

"Bennet. Elizabeth Bennet." she replied with a curtsy.

"Good evening Miss Bennet. I was wondering if," he looked towards Mrs. Potts for help, but she merely smiled at him. Elizabeth curiously waited for him to continue.

"I was wondering if you would like to have dinner. With me." he said nervously.

This took Elizabeth so much by surprise, that, without knowing what she did, she accepted him.

"I will be downstairs in the Blue room." he announced as he left.

Everyone left in the room, except Elizabeth, smiled.

"What did I just do?" she asked no one in particular.

"Come on Lizzy. Let us get you ready. Garderobe?" called out Mrs. Potts.

Elizabeth gasped as the wardrobe beside her seemed to come to life.

"Lizzy, meet Madam Garderobe. Garderobe, meet Miss Elizabeth Bennet of Longbourn, Hertfordshire." said Mrs. Potts. Lizzy unconsciously curtsied.

"Oh how lovely!" exclaimed Garderobe. "What should I call you dear?" she asked Elizabeth.

"Lizzy is fine." She said, still recovering from the shock of seeing the wardrobe come to life.

"Well then Lizzy. How can I help you?" asked Garderobe.

"Help her get ready. She has been called to dine with the Master." explained Mrs. Potts. "We will wait outside while you get ready." she said to Elizabeth before they went out.

"Come on Lizzy. Let us get you ready like the princess you are." said Garderobe as the doors of the wardrobe opened.

"But I am not a princess." replied Lizzy.

"Of course you are. Now let me see." She was quiet for a moment before different clothes and dress materials seemed to shoot out of drawers that opened up. These clothes all fell on Elizabeth and she nearly fell down from their weight. The door knobs on Garderobe stretched out like hands and these clothes were tightly wrapped around Elizabeth. One was tied around her waist tightly and she gasped. Two more were put around her sleeves that made her arms stiff and she could not bend them around the elbows. Finally, she felt a powdered wig two feet high fall on her head.

"Oh you look lovely!" said Garderobe. Elizabeth looked at herself in the mirror in horror. Not one cloth that was on her was the same. Garderobe called Mrs. Potts and the others inside.

"I am sure that you look great my dear." Elizabeth heard Mrs. Potts' voice from outside. She saw the door open and saw them all come in smiling excitedly.

"I do look great." said Elizabeth sarcastically. She saw them expressions change from delight to horror to amusement at her expense. She could see that they were trying to control their laughter.

"Just laugh it out." she told them before they burst into laughter. Elizabeth walked to the closest chair, but could not sit because of the way the dress was arranged around her. This made them laugh more, and she flopped down on the bed.

Mrs. Potts was the first to recover. "Garderobe I told you do dress her up. Not make her look like the laundry."

It was then that Garderobe realised what she had done. She looked over at Elizabeth lying on the bed and giggled a bit. "Oops." she said. Elizabeth tried to put her hand over her face, but could not bend it. She managed to turn herself around with her face down into the mattress.

"I am sorry." said Garderobe sincerely, though she was still giggling.

"It is alright." was the muffled reply from Elizabeth. She stood up from the bed with some difficulty and walked back towards Garderobe.

"Please free me from this." she requested. Soon, she stood in the clothes she had come in.

"Let me find you a proper dress." said Garderobe. Elizabeth nodded her assent, albeit hesitantly.

Mrs. Potts ushered the others out of the room and told them to go to the Master, but she herself stayed back.

"No mistakes." she told the wardrobe.

"Do not worry." was the reply as she started trying to find the right dress again.

In a few minutes, Elizabeth was dressed in a lovely white dress that had red and blue floral patterns on it. Mrs. Potts smiled approvingly. Elizabeth thanked Garderobe, who told her to enjoy herself, and left with Mrs. Potts.

Elizabeth walked downstairs behind Mrs. Potts. They entered the room the Master was in and saw that he had been staring out of the window with his back to the door.

"Sir?" said Mrs. Potts. He was a bit startled when he heard her voice, and turned around so fast that he nearly fell. Elizabeth smiled a bit at that. He bowed while Elizabeth curtsied.

"Good evening Miss Bennet." he said as he offered her his arm. Hesitantly, she took it. Meanwhile, Mrs. Potts had gone to the dining room to check on everything.

They walked towards the dining room quietly. She wondered whether she should ask him or not. She decided that she would ask him while they ate.

They entered the dining room. He seated her to his left and sat at the head of table. Food magically appeared in front of them and they started eating. The food was delicious. He asked her about her life before she had come there, and she answered the question. But whenever she tried to ask him a question about himself, he successfully diverted it. They were quiet for a bit, then she decided that she would ask him the question that had been on her mind for a bit.

"Sir-" here she was interrupted.

"Mr. Darcy. That is my name." he said.

"Mr. Darcy, why did you keep my father here earlier?" she asked. He stiffened a bit before answering.

"I could not take a chance. He could have been a threat."

"Threat? To whom?" she asked, confused.

"I am sorry Miss Bennet. I cannot tell you." he said.

"I must have been a threat too then." she said. "Then why did you let me be free?"

"I cannot tell you Miss Bennet." he said.

"I have answered everything that you asked, so why do you not answer my question."

"Because I cannot." he said angrily.

"Well then, I thank you for your time Sir." she said as she stood up and walked out.

"That was not very good, was it?" asked Mrs. Potts from his side. He put his face in his hands and shook his head in the negative.

"Why can I never do something right, especially where Georgiana is concerned." he asked no one in particular.

"You have done so much. What happened was not your mistake." said Mrs. Potts.

"He was not a good man." said Cogsworth.

"You take too much upon yourself." said Lumière.

"I am going to talk to Georgiana." he said before getting up and leaving the room.

Chip moved towards his mother. "What are we going to do?" he said.

"I do not know." was her reply.

Elizabeth walked out of the dining room and tried to find her way back. But lost in her thoughts, she entered the West Wing, and her room was in the East Wing. But since the basic layout was the same, she did not realise that she had entered the wrong wing.

She climbed up the staircase and entered what she thought was the room assigned to her. But when she walked in, she realised that she was in the wrong room. The room looked like it had not been used for years, though everything was in place. She was about to turn around when something near the window of the room caught her eye. Something red kept on a table. In the grey room, that was the only red thing. She walked towards it and realised that it was a rose kept in a beautiful glass case. It was the most beautiful one she had ever seen, though there were a few petals that had fallen down on the surface of the table. She reached out as if to touch it, but did not.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" a voice boomed behind her, and she turned to face the Beast.

He walked out of the dining room and entered the West Wing. He had to talk to Georgiana. He could never do anything right for his sister. How had he messed things up again? And with a person he was actually starting to like. She was intelligent and loving and cared for her family. Maybe she could have broken the spell. But he had been rude, he now realised. He had kept her as a prisoner, so she could not go and tell anyone anything in any way. He could have told her. It was with these thoughts that he ascended the staircase.

He walked towards his sister's room. Lost in his thoughts he did not realise that the door was open. He walked in and saw Elizabeth standing near the table. He froze in terror. What was she doing in her?

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" he shouted, and ran towards her.

"I did not touch it I promise." she said, scared. He regretted shouting at her after seeing her expression, but he was so angry and worried that he did it again.

"Stay away from Georgiana!" he said.

"Georgiana?" she asked.

Author's Notes- Heyo! Welcome back!

Sorry for the cliff hanger. :-):-):-):-) I told you that you we would meet Georgiana and we did, though not really. Some people have guessed right about how we will meet Georgiana. So for them, it is finally here yaaaay! For those who have not yet understood, come back for the next chapter!

This is the longest chapter I have ever written. It has EXACTLY 2000 words ( happy :):):):) )! I have written down this chapter in less thank two hours and I am happy!

So the question- Do you think that I should bring any other characters like Lady C. or Caroline B. in this? Maybe a Mr. Collins? Let me know what you think down in the reviews.

If you want anything to be added in this story, let me know. I might just add it as I have not written down the whole story, though I have it all plotted out. All suggestions are welcome. If you want any specific theme, let me know. I will try to add them if it is possible.

This is going to be one of my last updates before my final exams. So instead of wishing me good luck for my exams, review :-):-):-):-)

Thank you all once again! Have a good day and I will see you all with the next chapter! Peace out!

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