Chapter 10: Evil Plots/Something There

Gaston's POV

Lefou and I had just arrived at the Maison Des Lunes to discuss our brilliant plan with Monsieur D'Arque, the keeper of this place. I was going to marry Belle if it was the last thing I do and by any means necessary. And I wasn't going to let her two little friends get in the way of that either, they've caused enough trouble for me already and they needed to know their place.

Once we got inside, Lefou and I sat down, across from Monsieur D'Arque and got out our loot as he said,

"I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night. But he said you'd make it worth my while."

I then tossed him the money, and he said with interest as he held one of the gold coins and rubbed it against the side of his face,

"Ah, I'm listening."

I explained to him,

"It's like this, I got my heart set on marrying Belle, and making her two little friends my faithful 'servants'. What they need is a little...persuasion."

Lefou chuckled as he said, "Turned him down flat."

Angered by his comment, I elbowed him in the head, causing him to spill his beer.

I went on to say, "Everyone knows Belle's father is a lunatic. He was in here tonight raving about a beast in a castle!"

While Lefou struggled to get the beer mug off of his face.

Monsieur D'Arque sighed, "Maurice is harmless."

I continued to explain to him as I slammed my fist down onto the table,

"The point is, Belle and her friends would do anything to keep him from being locked up."

Lefou chuckled as he finally got the beer mug off of his face, "Yeah, even marry him and become his servants!"

I was about to smack him until he hid under his beer mug, but refrained from doing so.

Monsieur D'Arque looked at us and asked,

"So you want me to throw her father into the asylum unless she agrees to marry you and her friends agree to became your faithful 'servants'?"

I crossed my arms and gave a sinister grin while Lefou nodded eagerly in response.

He sighed in disappointment, "Oh, that is despicable."

He then cackled and shouted evilly, "I LOVE IT!"

With our plan set into motion, we got into the carriage of Monsieur D'Arque and we rode all the way to Belle and Maurice's house. Once we arrived, I banged on the door and got inside as I shouted,

"Belle! Natalie! Trysha! Maurice!"

Only to see that no one was there.

Lefou said as he turned to leave, "Oh well, heh-heh! I guess it's not going to work after all."

But I grabbed him by his collar and said as I walked down the steps,

"They have to come back sometime, and when they do, we'll be ready for them!"

I then threw Lefou into the snow and said,

"Lefou! Don't move from that spot until Belle, her father and her friends come home!"

As I got back onto the carriage and left the house.

I looked back to see Lefou argue, "But! But I-"

And finally shout, "Ah, nuts!"

As he was buried by a bunch of snow that fell from the mill, causing me to laugh to myself at his misfortune.

Trysha's POV

I watched from the balcony with Natalie, the Beast, Lumiere, and Cogsworth as Belle walked alone with Philippe in the snow. She continued to walk in silence as Philippe gently nudged her, causing her to smile and gently hug him. She then saw Sultan run by them in the snow barking, jumping into a snowy pile, and then ran towards her and jumped into her arms, causing her to laugh with joy as she held him.

We all smiled as the Beast continued to observe them.He said in thought as he lightly rested a paw onto his injured arm,

"I've never felt this way about anyone. I want to do something for her."

He then asked while trying to think of some ideas, "But what?"

Cogsworth listed a few ideas, "Well, there's the usual things: flowers, chocolates, promises you don't intend to keep."

I shook my head and said, "Oh Cogsworth, that's not going to work! It's gotta be better than that."

Lumiere chimed in, "She's right, It has to be something very special. Something that sparks her interest."

As we all put our heads together, I said with thought, "Well, she loves books."

Natalie suddenly said to the Beast, "Hey! Why not show her the library! She'll love that."

He then smiled and said to her with a nod, "That's perfect!"

With our plan set in motion, the Beast, Natalie, and I led Belle down one of the hallways and stopped at two large doors.

The Beast said, "Belle, there's something I want to show you."

But as he was about to open the doors, he paused for a moment and he looked back towards Belle, Natalie, and I saying,

"But first, you have to close your eyes."

Belle raised her eyebrow at him in response as he reassured her, "It's a surprise."

Natalie encouraged her, "Trust us, you'll love it."

I nodded in agreement and Belle finally closed her eyes with a small smile.

The Beast waved his paw in front of her to make sure she wasn't looking, and once he saw the Belle's eyes were closed, he smiled excitedly as Natalie and I sheepishly grinned and opened the doors. He then took Belle's hands and leads her into the dark room as we both followed behind them.

As we continued to walk, Belle asked the Beast, "Can I open them?"

He answered, "No, No, not yet. Wait here."

And he rushed off to open the curtains. I said to her as the Beast opened up two big green curtains, letting the light shine through the room,

"Belle, you are really going to love this."

Natalie said with a nod, "For sure."

As Belle looked around excitedly, she asked, "Now, can I open them?"

The Beast answered looking back towards us, "Alright. Now." And with that, Belle opened her eyes to see such a huge surprise.

She looked around in awe as she saw that we were in a library with millions of books and shelves.

Natalie asked with a grin, "Breathtaking, isn't it?"

I said with a nod, "For sure!"

Belle said with an amazed smile, "I can't believe it! I've never seen so many books in my life!"

The Beast asked her with a hopeful smile, "You...you like it?"

She answered as she walked around, "It's wonderful!"

He then said with happiness, "Then it's yours."

Belle said to him with pure joy as she took his paws into her hands, "Oh, thank you so much."

Natalie and I smiled at them with joy as we continued to watch them bonding with each other. Natalie then patted me on the shoulder and whispered,

"Come on Trysha, lets leave them alone." I nodded in understanding and Natalie and I both quietly walked out of the library.

We then noticed Mrs. Potts, Chip, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Fifi watching them by the door as Mrs. Potts said with a smile,

"Would you look at that?"

Lumiere said with a laugh, "I knew it would work!"

Chip asked with curiosity as he didn't understand what was going on, "What? What worked?"

Lumiere said as he hopped away, "Great job girls!"

Cogsworth said with a chuckle following after them, "Yes, splendid idea!"

We both said, "Thank you."

Fifi asked with a smile, "Isn't this exciting?"

Chip whined to us, "I didn't see anything!"

Mrs. Potts said as she hopped away and we both followed, "Come along Chip, there's chores to be done in the kitchen."

Chip asked as he followed behind us, "But what are they talking about? What's going on? Come on, mom!"

Natalie said to him, "Don't worry Chip, you'll understand soon enough."

And with that, we walked away to prepare for the day.

Natalie's POV

I was so happy that our idea worked, even with the fact that Belle and The Beast were starting to get along and become good friends. The next morning, we all joined each other for breakfast as Belle wore a pink satin dress while Trysha wore a green satin dress and I wore a red satin dress. Even the Beast dressed up a little fancy, in which that impressed us.

The servants poured in milk and a few spoonfuls of sugar into our bowls, and we each took a sip. And it was actually pretty good, it's better than I thought it would be. We then looked towards the Beast, and Belle gasped and both of our eyes widened in shock to see the Beast eating out of his bowl like an animal. He looked back at us with his mouth full of food, causing me to try to hold back a few giggles of my own because of how he reminded me of the way my older brother would eat.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Potts and Chip looked at him and back at the three of us as Belle looked away with embarrassment while Trysha and I bit our lips to try to avoid laughing. The Beast then wiped his mouth with his sleeve and Chip pushed a spoon towards him. He nervously grabbed the spoon with his giant paw and Belle watched with us as he tried really hard to use it. Unfortunately, he ended up pouring his food into his mouth while slurping on it. Chip giggled until Mrs. Potts gave him a warning glare, causing him to gulp nervously.

Belle looked down at her spoon and the Beast, feeling bad for him. She then looked to me and Trysha and we both nodded to her with warm smiles. With that encouragement, Belle placed her spoon down and the three of us lifted up our bowls with small smiles on our faces. Following our examples, the Beast lifted up his bowl and we all sipped our breakfast down.

Third Person's POV

After they had finished their breakfast, the Beast, Belle, and the girls went outside in the snow. Belle was wearing a red cloak with a white fur trim while Natalie wore a pink cloak with the same trim and Trysha wore a dark green cloak with the same trim. The girls were feeding the birds with bird feed, and the Beast came up to them and held his paws out, wanting to feed the birds. Belle gave some of the bird feed to him and the three girls watched as he knelt down to the birds. They smiled as he pushed his paws towards the birds, only to see them fly away. He tried again by walking towards to the birds, but to no avail.

Belle: There's something sweet
And almost kind
But he was mean and he was coarse and unrefined
And now he's dear, and so unsure
I wonder why I didn't see it there before

Belle shook her head and the girls came over to him and she placed a hand onto his shoulder. Natalie said to him reassuringly "Don't worry, it's easy." Trysha nodded as Belle placed more bird feed into his paws and gently moved them to the ground as a blue bird remained. She then took some of the bird feed and made a trail for the blue bird as it started eating some of it and flew into the Beast's paws. The Beast smiled to the girls with amazement and delight as more birds flew towards them and one landed on the girls fingers.

Beast: She glanced this way
I thought I saw
And when we touched she didn't shutter at my paw
No it can't be, I'll just ignore
But then she's never looked at me that way before

Belle then went behind a tree with Natalie and Trysha following right behind her. She looked unsure of herself as she thought that she was starting to have feelings for the Beast. But Natalie placed a hand on her shoulder reassuringly as she and her friends looked back towards the Beast,

Belle: New and a bit alarming
who'd have ever thought that this could be
True that he's no Prince Charming?
But there's something in him that I simply didn't see

The three girls smiled as they saw more birds landing on the Beast. Belle then whispered to Natalie and Trysha with a smirk "Girls, watch this." She made a snowball and aimed it towards the Beast. The Beast looked back at them happily as all of the birds flew away until Belle chucked a snowball at him. He looked back at them as Belle held back a giggle while Natalie and Trysha were laughing loudly. The Beast then gave them a devilish grin and scooped up a huge pile of snow to throw at them while the three girls backed away, smiling nervously as Natalie said,

"No! No! No! Wait! Wait!"

While Trysha shouted, "We're sorry!"

The Beast then aimed to throw the giant snowball at them until Belle and the girls quickly chucked three more snowballs at him, causing the giant snowball to fall on his head. The four of them carried on with the snowball fight, in which Belle and the girls won. Meanwhile, Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Mrs. Potts watched them from inside the window as they sang;

Lumiere: Well, who'd have thought?

Mrs. Potts: Well, bless my soul

Cogsworth: Well, who'd have known?

Mrs. Potts: Well, who indeed?

Lumiere: And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

Mrs. Potts: It's so peculiar.

Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Cogsworth: We'll wait and see, a few days more
There maybe something there that wasn't there before.

Once they came back inside, The Beast took off Belle's cloak as he hung it up near the fireplace to dry next to Natalie and Trysha's cloaks and sat beside the fire as they started to read a book. Natalie, Trysha, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Chip watched them by the doors as Cogsworth sang to them;

You know, perhaps there's something there
That wasn't there before

Chip asked his mom and the girls with curiosity, "What?"

Mrs. Potts, Natalie, and Trysha gently sang to him;

There maybe something there that wasn't there before.

Chip asked, still not understanding what his mom and the girls meant,

"What's there, mama?"

His mother told him with a gentle smile, "Shh! I'll tell you when you're older."

And kissed him on the forehead as Trysha gestured them to follow her, "Come on, guys."

Natalie said finishing her sentence, "Lets leave them alone for a bit."

As Lumiere and Fifi shut the doors and the group walked away, leaving Belle and the Beast alone for some private time.