IMPORTANT- Please read the Author's Notes at the end of the chapter.
Date- 14 MAY 2018
CHAPTER 7
"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.
He froze.
She looked at him, then at the rose, and then back at him. Was he referring to the rose?
He sighed, running his hand over his face. "I am sorry. I cannot tell you Miss Bennet. You need to go." he said.
"First you keep me prisoner here. Then you refuse to tell me why. Now you are asking me to leave? Why do you keep ordering me around?" she asked angrily.
"I told you. I cannot tell you." he replied.
"Fine then I will leave." she said angrily before going out of the room. She saw Chip bounding up the staircase followed by the others.
"Where are you going Lizzy?" asked Chip, worried.
"Somewhere. Anywhere but here." she said as she ran down the staircase and out of the main door towards the stables.
They hurried on to their Master.
"Master! Lizzy is going away you have to stop her." said Chip, panic in his voice.
"Going away?" he asked.
"Yes she went towards the stables." Chip answered. "She looked angry and upset."
"What happened Master?" asked Mrs. Potts.
He proceeded to tell them everything in brief.
"But I never told her to leave this place." he said angrily.
"Master the poor girl lost her father and home in a day and was forced to live here. You kept her prisoner. Then you did not answer her questions. It was obvious that she did not like it here." said Mrs. Potts.
He realised his mistake. "It is too late Mrs. Potts." he said.
"It is never too late for anything. Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." she said with a smile. "Now, why don't you put on a smile and get off to finding her."
He smiled and left the room.
"Insufferable man." said Elizabeth as she climbed on top of Philip.
They rode out of the main palace gates into the woods. But less than a minute later, they saw wolves in their path. Elizabeth pulled the reins to stop Philip and turn him in another direction. They started there, but there were wolves there too. They stopped at the little clearing in the woods. She turned him around, only to find themselves trapped. One of the wolves came near Philip and tried to attack him. Philip reared and Elizabeth screamed as she was thrown off onto the snow. She got up and saw a log beside them that she picked up. But there were too many wolves. She tried fighting them off, but they were coming nearer. She saw one wolf pounce at her and she crouched down, but before anything could happen, she saw a large figure come in front of her.
He ran out of the main door and out the main gates. She would not have gone far. He ran into the woods, following the footprints made by Philip. He saw them turn in another direction, and become farther apart, which meant that their pace had increased. What if something had happened? As if in response to his question, a scream came from towards his left. He ran towards the sound, and came to a clearing in the wood, where Elizabeth stood with his back to him, fighting of the wolves. He came in front of her as one wolf pounced on her.
Elizabeth realised who it was. He stopped the wolf and threw it away on one side. He fought of the wolves, but one came from behind and bit his right arm before Elizabeth could warn him. He growled in pain, but continued fighting the wolves, who then went away. Then he collapsed on the floor, bleeding from his arm.
Elizabeth got up and ran to Philip and was starting to climb him, but stopped. She looked at the Beast and felt guilty for trying to go away when he was in pain. She pulled Philip by his reins to where the Beast was and managed to wake him up enough so that he stood up. She helped him climb up on Philip. He groaned in pain, and she whispered soothing words to him and started walking back to the castle.
Mrs. Potts was excitedly waiting with Cogsworth and Lumière when she heard Chip call them towards the window. The panic in his voice worried them, and they went there to see what the matter was. When they looked down, they saw their Master slumped on Philip and saw Elizabeth walking ahead with Philip's reins in hand. They immediately went downstairs.
"Plumette?" called out Mrs. Potts as they walked down the stairs. Immediately a feather duster came flying towards them. She saw Lumière and smiled shyly, but when he only gave a small smile, she was worried. Something was not right.
"Yes Mrs. Potts?" she asked.
Mrs. Potts told her to get some clean rags, water, and ointments to the Blue room immediately, telling her what they had seen in brief. Plumette flew down to the kitchens to gather everything on James, who had been turned into a moving tray table. She told his everything as she collected all that Mrs. Potts had asked her to. Chapeau, the Master's aide who had been turned into a coat rack, saw them on their way and saw their worried expressions. He asked them if everything was alright and they told him what had happened. He told them that he would join them, and together, they set off towards the Blue room.
Meanwhile the others had reached down and opened the doors. They saw Elizabeth come up, talking gently to their Master, who was limp on Philip and obviously in a lot of pain. They saw his clothes covered in blood and realised that he must have lost a lot of it on the way here.
"Bring your horse in. We can take him back later." Mrs. Potts told Elizabeth, who nodded and followed her to the Blue room. With some difficulty, Elizabeth managed to lay the nearly unconscious Beast down on the fainting couch. She started to clean the wound with everyone helping her as much as they could, handing her clean cloths, ointments, whatever she needed. Elizabeth told them what had happened in brief.
"It is all my fault." she repeatedly muttered to herself.
"How is it your fault that the wolves decided to attack you?" asked Mrs. Potts, who wanted Elizabeth to stop blaming herself.
"I should not have gone away." she replied. "None of this would have happened."
"Listen to me." said Mrs. Potts firmly. Elizabeth looked at her, surprised. "It is not your fault. You are not responsible for what happened, do you understand?"
Elizabeth nodded mutely.
"Good." she said with a smile.
They continued their work. They sat by him trying to make everything comfortable for him. Once they were done, they just sat beside him and waited. But it was getting late, and one by one, they fell asleep.
Author's Notes- Hello everyone and welcome back! :-):-):-):-)
First of all, I apologise for the long wait. My exams got over, but then there was this brief period where our Maths exam was supposed to take place again because the paper had supposedly leaked in some parts of the country. But we did not have to take the exam again. And then we went for a short vacation before school started. And now I have school six days a week and so there was absolutely no time to upload a new chapter. But now my summer vacations have started, and so I could upload this chapter. I am still very sorry about the wait.
Thank you to everyone who wished me good luck for my final exams! :-):-):-):-)
About the story. I forgot to mention it before, but there was a Sherlock reference in the previous chapter.. Did anyone spot it?!. :):):):) Also, there is another Harry Potter reference in this one that I just had to add. Hope you find it! :-):-):-):-)
Please do review. They make my day! I have proofread this chapter, but in a hurry, and so I may have made some mistakes. Please do let me know if there are any in this or the previous chapters so that I can correct them. :):):):)
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Thank you all once again! See you in the next chapter! Peace out!
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