Chapter 7: Meeting The Servants and The Beast's Tantrum

Belle's POV

I continued to cry as the storm outside continued to grow stronger. I had just lost my father, my freedom, everything. I would never see him again. However, I wasn't completely alone as Natalie and Trysha were with me, so that was the only good thing in this situation.

Natalie said as she and Trysha continued to hold me, "Don't cry, Belle."

Trysha added, "Yeah, we'll find a way to get out of here soon."

Natalie then said patting me on the shoulder, "We just got to keep our chins up, that's all. No matter how hard it is."

I knew it had to be hard for her too, because she could never see her family or true love again and Trysha wanted to find love, and now, we had no chance. We lost everything.

Then all of a sudden, we heard a knock at the door.

I asked in a croaky voice, "Who is it?"

Someone shouted with a British accent from behind the door "Mrs. Potts, dear!"

As we got up and walked over to the door. I then opened it to see a talking tea pot, cups, and cup of sugar hopping toward us as she said,

"I thought you three would like a spot of tea."

I was baffled by that. A tea pot moving and talking to us? It didn't seem real. Natalie and Trysha seemed excited about it though. I then said in shock as I took a few steps back,

"But you're, you're a-"

Before I could finish what I was saying, I then bumped into something and I turned around to see a talking Wardrobe dresser as she said to me,

"Oh! Careful!" Natalie and Trysha gasped in shock.

I then said as I sat down on the bed, "This is impossible!"

Natalie said as she and Trysha sat down beside me, "Tell me about it."

Trysha said, "Yeah."

The Wardrobe then said leaning against the side of the bed, making our side and the three of us go up,

"I know it is, but here we are."

We then saw the little teacup say to Mrs. Potts, "Told you they were pretty Mama, didn't I?"

Natalie, Trysha and I blushed in response as she said as she filled the little cups with tea and sugar,

"Alright Chip, now that'll do."

She then said cautiously as the three little teacups hopped over to us, "Slowly now, don't spill!"

We then got off the bed and sat on the floor and I said as I picked up the little teacup with a little chip,

"Thank you."

Natalie and Trysha said, "Yes, thank you."

As they picked up the two extra cups and took a sip. I was about to take a sip until Chip asked,

"You all wanna see me do a trick?"

Natalie, Trysha, and I then looked down at him as he took a deep breathe and made a giant bubble come out of him.

Mrs. Potts then scolded, "Chip!"

He then said laughing nervously as the bubbles popped, "Oops, sorry." Natalie and Trysha giggled in response.

Mrs. Potts then said to us, "That was a very brave thing you did my dears."

The Wardrobe added with a sad look on her face, "We all think so."

I said turning away from them in sadness, "But I've lost my father, my dreams, everything."

Natalie then spoke up in a saddened tone,

"We all had a sacrifice to make. I lost my family, my true love, and we both planned on having children soon, but now it won't happen."

Trysha added, "And I've also lost my family and I'll never be able to accomplish my dreams and find love."

Mrs. Potts said comfortingly as the three of us looked back down at her,

"Cheer up children, It'll turn out all right in the end, you'll see." We smiled back at her in response.

She then went on to say as she and the sugar cups hopped towards the door,

"Oh! Listen to me, jabbering on while there's a supper to get on the table! Chip! Children!"

He then hopped off of my hand as the other little teacups that Natalie and Trysha had did the same and said as they hopped out of the room,

"Bye!"

We then turned our attention towards the Wardrobe as she asked us,

"Well now, what shall we dress you all in for dinner?"

She then said with enthusiasm, "Oh! Let's see what I've got in my drawers!"

She opened up her drawers for us to see three dresses and a few moths flying out. She then closed her drawers and said in embarrassment with a laugh,

"Oh! How embarrassing!"

She then opened up one of her drawers and said as she pulled out a pink, green, and red dress for us,

"Ah! Here we are, you all will look ravishing in these."

Natalie and Trysha looked on in awe of these dresses as I put the dresses back in the drawers and said politely,

"That's very kind of you, but we're not going to dinner."

The girls and the Wardrobe gasped in response as she said, "But you must!"

Natalie then said with concern, "Belle, are you sure that this is a good idea?"

Trysha added, "Yeah, what if the Beast gets mad?"

I was about to answer them until a little clock came into the room and said trying to show us to the door,

"Ahem! Dinner is served."

The Beast's POV

I kept pacing back and forth in the kitchen in frustration. I couldn't wait anymore, what was taking them so long? I asked Lumiere and Mrs. Potts as I kept pacing back and forth,

"What's taking so long? I told them to come down."

I then snapped looking up at them, "Why aren't they here yet?!"

They flinched back in response as Mrs. Potts said,

"Oh, try to be patient sir. The girls have lost their families and their freedom all in one day."

Lumiere then asked, "Master, have you thought that perhaps one of these girls could be the one to break the spell?"

I then snapped facing them again, "Of course I have! I'm not a fool."

He then said eagerly,

"Good! So, you fall in love with one of them, one of them falls in love with you, and poof! The spell is broken. We'll be human again by midnight!"

Mrs. Potts said doubtfully, "Oh, it's not that easy Lumiere, these things take time and one of them is already taken."

Lumiere argued, "But the rose has already begun to wilt."

I knew I had no chance with any of those girls, especially the one that freed her father. She was so beautiful, and she could never love a monster like me.

I then said with a growl, "It's no use, she's so beautiful. And I'm, well look at me!"

Lumiere asked, "Well which girl?"

I said looking away from them, "Belle, the one that lost her father."

Mrs. Potts said, "Oh, you must help her to see past all that."

I then said reluctantly, "I don't know how."

She then said in a more demanding way,

"Well, you can start by making yourself more presentable. Straighten up! Try to act like a gentlemen!"

I then straightened up my posture and made a serious face.

Lumiere chimed in as he joined us, "Ah yes, when they come in, give them a dashing, debonair smile. Come, come, show me the smile."

I then gave him a toothy smile.

Mrs. Potts cautioned, "But don't frighten the poor girls."

Lumiere added, "Impress them with your rapier wit."

I nodded to him in response as Mrs. Potts added, "But be gentle."

Lumiere added, "Shower them with compliments."

Mrs. Potts added, "But be sincere."

I then covered my ears in annoyance as Lumiere said, "But above all..."

They then said in a demanding way, "You must control your temper!"

Lumiere finally said as we heard the door opening, "Here they are!"

I then looked towards the door to see Cogsworth peaking his head into the room as he said nervously,

"Good, evening."

I then glared at him as I said in an annoyed tone, "Well, where is she?"

He then continued to ramble on nervously,

"Who? Oh, the girls! Yes, the girls. Well, actually, they're in the process of, uh-. Circumstances, being what they are, eh-."

He finally said in a painful tone looking sad, "They're not coming."

I then roared in anger and shock, "WHAT?!"

I then immediately raced out of the dining room as Cogsworth shouted as he and the others ran after me,

"Your grace! Your eminence!"

I roared as I raced up the stairs, jumped over the railing onto the floor and ran all the way towards the room, making my way towards the door. I then angrily pounded on the doors as I heard one of the girls scream.

I then shouted to them through the door, "I thought I told you all to come down to dinner!"

Belle snapped back, "We're not hungry!"

I snapped back, "You'll come out, or I'll-I'll, I'll BREAK DOWN THE DOOR!"

Lumiere then said nervously, "Master, I could be wrong. But, they may not be the best way to win the girls affections."

Cogsworth begged, "Please, attempt to be gentleman."

I then said in a frustrated tone, "But, they're being so difficult!"

One of the girls said, "We're not, but she is!"

Belle said in an annoyed tone, "Natalie!"

She then said, "It's true!"

I was about to snap in annoyance until Mrs. Potts said in a whisper, "Gently, gently."

I then paused in annoyance and asked in the very same tone but softer,

"Will you come down to dinner?"

Belle snapped back, "No!"

I then grunted at the servants as I pointed to the door in annoyance.

Cogsworth then said in a soft voice, "Eh! Eh! Eh! Suave, gentle."

I then said to the girls in an annoyed tone with a mock bow, "It would give me great pleasure, if you all would join me for dinner."

Cogsworth mumbled, "Would you say please?"

I then said in a more calm tone, "Please?"

Belle then shouted, "No thank you!"

I then got aggravated and shouted back, "You can't stay in there forever!"

Belle shouted, "Yes we can!"

One of the other girls shouted to her, "Belle!"

Having had enough of her stubbornness, I snapped, "Fine! then go ahead and STARVE!"

I then snapped at the servants, "If they don't eat with me! Then they don't eat at all!"

I then growled as I ran away from them and into the west wing and slammed the door.

I was so angry. She was being so stubborn, I just couldn't take it anymore. I wasn't going to get anywhere with her or her friends. I raced into my old torn up room as I opened the doors and snapped as I knocked over a chair,

"Why ask nicely when she refuses?!"

I shouted again as I walked towards the enchanted rose, "W-What does she want me to do, beg?!"

I then grabbed the enchanted mirror and said looking into it, "Show me the girls."

The mirror then worked it's magic and showed me Belle and her friends in the room sitting on the bed with the Wardrobe. The Wardrobe said trying to persuade them,

"Well the master's really not so bad once you get to know him. Uh, why don't you give him a chance."

Belle then said turning away from them, "I don't want to get to know him. I don't want to have anything to do with him!"

I then groaned and turned the mirror away as I said, "I'm just fooling myself. She'll never see me as anything, but a monster."

I then set the mirror down as another pedal from the enchanted rose fell. I said as I placed a paw on my forehead, hovering over the rose,

"It's hopeless."

Then all of a sudden, I heard one of the girls say,

"Now you've gone and done it Belle, you've aggravated him even further to where we can't even set foot outside of this room!"

I picked the mirror back up to see the girls arguing as Belle said to the short haired girl,

"Well what else was I supposed to do Trysha? I'm not going sit here and let him bully us and boss us around like this!"

The girl in the pink dress then said breaking up the fight, Natalie I presumed,

"Alright, come on guys, knock it off! Look, I know you guys are miserable right now, so am I. But right now, we have to stick together and try to make the best of it."

Belle asked, "But how can we do that Nat? I mean, you saw how he treated my father, how he treated us."

She then said with her voice cracking a little,

"Yes Belle, I did see that. But we can't just sit in here and be miserable about it. We all got to pull through and try to make the best of this situation."

I then saw her shed a few tears and turn away from them.

There was something that I saw in this girl. She seemed more compassionate and more hopeful. With her help, there might be hope just yet. I then heard the doors opened and I turned to see Cogsworth walking in as he said,

"Master, I'm terribly sorry that this dinner didn't really go as planned. However, I was wondering if there was something that I could do for you?"

I then thought that this could be a chance to get her to talk to me and help me, it had to work.

I then said turning away from him, "Yes, there is something that you could do for me."

He asked, "What's that?"

I answered looking into the mirror that showed the girls, "Bring me the girl that goes by the name of, Natalie."

Third Person's POV

As Belle, Natalie, and Trysha continued sitting in the room feeling miserable, the door suddenly opened and Cogsworth came into the room.

He said as he walked towards them, "Um, I beg your pardon madams, but which one of you is named Natalie?"

Natalie then spoke up with concern, "I'm Natalie, what's going on?"

Cogsworth replied, "Oh, nothing serious, except for, um, the master wants to see you."

Belle and Trysha gasped in response as Natalie asked, "What? Why?"

The small clock explained, "He didn't give me a reason on why, but he wants to see you now."

Belle then said, "Well you can tell him that she's not going anywhere."

Trysha said placing an arm around Natalie, "Yeah she's not going."

After about a second, Natalie said, "Can you take me to where he is?"

Cogsworth answered, "Yes, of course."

And he started hopping towards the door to wait for her. Natalie then got up from the bed and Trysha said worriedly grabbing her arm,

"Nat, please don't do this, you could get hurt."

Belle added, "You don't have to go."

Natalie said in disagreement, "Yes I do, if I don't I'll regret it."

Before they could say anything else, she told them,

"Look, if I'm not back in ten minutes, come find me."

They nodded in response and with that, Natalie followed Cogsworth out the door, awaiting that talk from the Beast.