A/N: Another chapter is here! I want to thank DisneyFan2002, Mustard Lady, roxas gx, for reviewing, and MANNMARIE5 and Danielle334 for favoriting! Also Happy March everyone!
Disclaimer: I only own my OC's, not Beauty and the Beast :(
Belle slowly opened her eyes, just waking up from sleep. Belle sat up while rubbing her eyes. She got out of bed after a few minutes and drew back the curtains. The morning sun created her. "Huh?" Belle questioned. Was I asleep for that long? Belle checked the time. The clock read 7 o'clock. Belle yawned before heading over to her wardrobe.
Belle got dressed and looked out the window again. Then Belle realized something: The ground was a lovely shade of green and there seemed to be no hint of snow anywhere. The trees had beautiful green leaves on them and the sky was a brilliant blue. The sun shined brightly. A smile spread across Belle's expression. Quickly Belle left her room.
Belle ran through the empty halls, looking for somebody, anybody. After running down a few more halls Belle ran into quite large crowd of servants. But they were all different. They were no longer pieces of furniture! They were all looking at each other, a few were poking others. Belle went to the nearest servant and tapped them lightly on the shoulder. "Excuse me?" The servant turned around.
It was Lumiere. "Mademoiselle! It's so good to see you!" Lumiere said. "Lumiere!" Belle wrapped her arms around Lumiere in a hug. He returned the hug. When they broke the hug Belle saw Cogsworth in the crowd. Belle quickly made her way over to him, with Lumiere following, and wrapped Cogsworth in a big hug. He was taken back at first but when he realized that it was Belle he slowly returned the hug. "B-Belle! I didn't see you!" Cogsworth said. "Well, this is a large crowd." Belle responded.
"Mon Ami! We're back to ourselves…again!" Lumiere said before hugging Cogsworth. Cogsworth patted Lumiere on the back. "It's nice to see you all happy as humans." Belle said. "By the way, is everyone back to being a human?" She asked. "As far as I know, yes, mademoiselle." Lumiere said.
"Lumiere, you have to stop calling her that, she's married now." Cogsworth scolded his friend. "I don't mind it Cogsworth. I actually enjoy that, it brings back memories." Belle said.
"Sorry, Belle." Cogsworth said before quickly focusing his mind on something else. "Now that we're back to being humans, we need to start doing our chores more efficiently." Cogsworth said before starting to take off somewhere, Lumiere following, questioning his friend. Belle smiled at the two before looking around. The other servants were still mingling with each other.
Slowly turning around, Belle then left the crowded area and searched for her daughter. Is she back to normal? Belle asked herself.
Arriving at her daughter's room Belle knocked. "Come in." The response was slightly ruffled but it was clear enough for Belle to hear.
Belle stepping into the blue-themed room and looked around for her daughter. Belle's eyes laid on the bed. The sheets were bunched up at the top of the bed. Belle came over and pulled back the sheets to reveal a normal Emilie with very messy bedhead. Emilie squinted her eyes at her mother before opening them a bit wider.
Emilie grinned a sleepy slime before grabbing the sheets and pulling them back over her head. "Em, time to get out of bed. Time to start the day!" Belle said, starting to pull the sheets back only to feel some resistance. Emilie was pulling the sheets upward while Belle was pulling them downwards. "No." Emilie said as she continued to pull the sheets upwards.
Belle pulled the sheets down once again. Emilie closed her eyes shut before pulling one of the many pillows on to her head. Belle pulled the pillow off in one swift motion and started to tickle Emilie before she could react. Emilie giggled and it was the most beautiful giggle Belle has ever heard.
"S-Stop mama! Pl-ease! Stop!" Emilie pleaded. Belle continued to tickle her daughter before placing a kiss on her forehead. Belle sat down on the bed beside her daughter and hugged her. Emilie returned the hug. "I love you Emilie." Belle said, kissing her daughter's cheek. "I love you too, mama." Emilie kissed her mother's cheek. "Come on now, you need to get dressed. And I'll brush your hair as soon as you're done getting dressed." Belle said as she got up. Emilie grumbled a response but got out of bed.
Emilie got out of bed, stretched, and then headed over to her wardrobe. She opened the doors and, after looking at other dresses, Emilie decide to put on her lilac colored skirt and white shirt. Emilie stepped outside of the room only to feel a hand on her arm. Emilie started to struggle. "Emilie you need your hair brushed. Badly." Belle's voice said. Emilie continued to struggle but it did no good. Belle dragged Emilie into her room and made her sit down at the vanity.
Belle grabbed the hairbrush and started to work the brush through Emilie's messy hair. "Ow!" Emilie wined. "I'm sorry sweetie, but you need to brush your hair." Bele said apologetically as she continued to make the brush go through Emilie's hair.
After a couple of more whines and complaints from Emilie, and some struggling from Belle, Emilie's hair was finally neatly brushed.
"There we go. See? It feels much better when it's neat and taken care of." Belle said, running her hand through Emilie's hair. Emilie shrugged. "I guess it does." Emilie smiled at her mom. "Thank you." She said. "You're welcome, Em."
Emilie got up from her seat. She looked at her mom. "Can we read in the library?" She asked Belle. "Of course!" Belle smiled at her daughter before she took her hand.
The two of them made their way to the library. Belle got some books for them to read and Emilie chose a spot for them to read. The spot Emilie chose was right next to a very large window that had a great view of one of the castle's gardens. The castle's gardens were now full of live, with a large diversity of flowers in a whole different range of colors. The grass was once again a shade of green and all of the snow was gone, not a trace left behind.
Belle opened the first book and started to read it. Emilie read a few lines, barely mispronouncing any words. Emilie was getting even better at reading, which made Belle, Adam, and herself happy. Belle and Emilie happily read the story all the way to the end and started the next story.
Emilie and Belle finished the rest of the stories. Emilie was happy that she was able to read with her mom. "I love you mama." Emilie said happily. "I love you, too, sweetie." Belle smiled at her daughter with a motherly love. Emilie smiled brightly. Then Emilie's faded. "I'm bored now." Emilie complained. "Why don't you go outside while I go look for your father, Emilie?" Belle suggested.
Emilie leaped from her seat. "Okay!" Emilie then sprinted all the way outside. Emilie decided to walk through one of the gardens since they were all now alive instead of covered with snow. Slowly Emilie observed all of the flowers she thought were very pretty. Kneeling down, Emilie smells the scent of one flower. "That smells nice!" Emilie said aloud.
Emile touched one of its petals before wondering over to the next flower. Emilie enjoyed all of the flowers, with the way they looked and the way they smelled. Emilie kneeled down again to smell another flower but something on the floor caught her eye. It was pink and was moving. Emilie realized that it was a worm. "Hello, there Mister Worm-ie!" Emilie said as she picked up the worm. She wrapped the worm around her finger, letting the worm sit there and wiggle a bit for a few seconds, before putting the worm back on the ground.
Emilie then continued to wonder down the path in the garden. Feeling the warmth of the sun on her Emilie looked up at the sky. The sky was a nice light blue color. Smiling, Emilie then took off running. She ran through the garden until Emilie was out of the garden. Slowly Emilie stopped running and walked. After a few minutes Emilie stopped walking and sat down on the grass. Emilie enjoyed the feeling of the grass between her fingers and the sun shining bright, warm rays on her.
Emilie felt her eyelids grow heavy. She yawned and tried to keep her eyes open, but was failing. Emilie tried to stay awake by shaking her head, but that wasn't helping. Emile was losing to the power of sleep. Soon enough, Emilie was sleeping peacefully on the ground.
Maurice continued tinkering on his music box. He made it for his wife, but sadly he never finished it. The music box was the two of them on a swing set surrounded by roses, Celine's favorite flower. Maurice smiled sadly. He put down the tool he was using and stood up. Slowly, Maurice walked away to step outside. Maurice looked at the sky and took in the details of the changing colors.
The sun was setting, one of Maurice's favorite times of day. To Maurice, sunsets were beautiful, just like his wife was to him.
Maurice sat down and enjoyed the sunset. The colors in the sky continued to change until finally the sky became a bold, dark violet. Maurice didn't realize it was dark until he shook his head, getting out of his thoughts. Sighing, Maurice went back inside his home.
He didn't feel like eating, so Maurice went straight to his room and got ready for bed. In bed Maurice tried to fall asleep. It seemed like he would never fall asleep, but Maurice was soon snoozing.