If there's anything I don't like...it's low story stats. That's why I put this chapter up.

Belle, Adam and Sagittarius had spent the day together before Sagittarius helps Adam with his royal duties. Considering how nice Sagittarius was to Belle, she thought that she got herself worried about nothing. When dinner came along, the servants told Maurice that he could have dinner in his room because of the special visit from Sagittarius...but they forgot to tell Tintement, Belle's cousin.

So when the three of them sat down to eat, they heard the door open and Belle saw Tintement. This was embarrassing for Belle because as soon as her cousin walked in, Sagittarius looked over at the door.

"Who might you be?" Sagittarius asked as he got from his seat.

"Who am I?" Tintement said, Belle got out of her seat and went to her cousin before anything bad happened...well, she tried to be quick because of the tight silver dress she was wearing, "Who the heck are you?" Tintement added, "What are you doing here?"

"Tintement, don't be rude!" Belle said getting in front of her, "Now, this is Sagittarius, he's Adam's cousin."

"Oh," Tintement said, in a more 'nicer' tone, "pleased to meet you." Belle felt relief that she told Tintement who Sagittarius was before she tried to fight him, she was also a little surprised that Tintement, at least her voice, became a whole lot nicer afterwards.

"Adam," Sagittarius said, "Mind telling me who this is?"

"Forgive me, cousin," Adam said getting out of his seat. "This is Tintement, she's Belle's cousin." Sagittarius looked at Tintement, then at Belle.

"I see." Sagittarius said, he then whispered to Adam, "She reminds me of your mother." Adam rolled his eyes at that comment because Tintement almost acted like his mother when she was very protective.

"Well, it is nice to meet you, Mademoiselle." Sagittarius added as he looked back at her.

"I'm sorry for my behavior towards you, sir." Tintement said, "I just don't like surprises...and I don't like surprise visitors. I might as well let the three of you eat in peace."

"You're welcome to join us, Tintement." Adam said before she left.

"Is it okay with your cousin?" she asked, Adam looked at Sagittarius and he was nodded his head 'yes'. "Very well then." Tintement added as she turned to the table. Everyone returned to their seats and went back to eating dinner.

"I must say, cousin," Sagittarius said finishing his plate, "you defiantly have good food."

"I appreciate the complement." Adam said.

"I think if Sapphire were here, I think she would agree."

"Sapphire? Who's Sapphire?" Belle asked.

"She's my fiancee." Sagittarius answered.

"You should've brought her." Tintement said covering her mouth with a napkin. "She would've enjoyed me and my cousin."

"She's too shy." he said, "She doesn't like to be with a lot of people if she can avoid it."

"Hmm, she sounds like the opposite of Belle." Adam said.

"I wouldn't say that, Adam." Belle said, "I just don't want to be like anyone else."

"You can say that again." Tintement said, "That village Uncle Maurice moved you to was nothing but bad luck." Adam nodded his head, agreeing with Tintement. Even though he only had one experience, Adam never want him, Belle, Maurice or Tintement to go back to that village. Considering that the four of them had to sneak out of the cottage because of Gaston's brother, Anton.

Adam soon left his thoughts as his eyes wandered over to Belle, he saw that she had her hand over her stomach. "Belle, are you okay?" Adam asked.

"Yes, I'm fine." Belle said, "I think a part of my food wasn't cooked all the way, but I think I'll be fine."

"Yeah, stomachs don't like uncooked food." Tintement added as she finished off her plate.

"You're sure you're okay, Belle?" Adam asked, just to be on the safe side.

"Yes, I'm sure by morning it will be gone." Belle said, she knew that Adam liked to be sure when it came to her health.

"All right, I won't push it." Adam said, Sagittarius just smiled and shook his head. Adam was sounding a whole lot like he was when Adam was still living with him.

"So...is there dessert?" Sagittarius said, it's like on cue that when Sagittarius said that, the servants came out with strawberry shortcake. Sagittarius wondered if Adam told the servants to make this dessert because both of them knew how much Sagittarius loved strawberries. When they were done, Tintement was giggling at her cousin.

"What's so funny?" Belle asked.

"You've go whipped cream on your nose!" Tintement said still laughing, Belle grabbed her napkin and quickly wiped it off. Adam was trying his hardest not to laugh, he didn't want to embarrass the love of his life. Seeing how his cousin was acting around Belle, Sagittarius was starting to miss...his lovely Sapphire. He quickly shook his head and reminded himself that this trip was for him and Adam, Sapphire didn't need to get involved with this...didn't she?

After dessert, everyone decided to retire to bed...except for Belle. She did go to her room and went to bed...but her stomach wasn't happy with her at all. She tried different ways to get herself comfortable, but her stomach wouldn't let up until she finally laid on her stomach. That's when her stomach finally let up, Belle finally closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When morning came around and Belle woke up, she was feeling better from her stomachache the night before. Belle was thinking that it was food poisoning or the food wasn't cooked all the way when she was eating. As she was getting out of bed, there was a knock on the door. Belle got up and went to answer it, when she opened the door, there was Claudette and Babette.

"Mistress, how are you this morning?" Babette asked as Claudette walked in.

"Just fine," Belle answered as Babette entered her room as well, "why are the two of you here?"

"Here to dress you up, what else!" Claudette said excitedly. She and Babette quickly got Belle out of her nightgown before Belle had the chance to speak. When the nightgown was off, Claudette pulled out another dress. This dress was a sun-kissed yellow and, much to Belle's disappointment, it was just as tight, if not tighter, than the silver dress she wore yesterday. Poor Belle, she wanted desperately to tell Claudette and Babette that the dress and the corset for the dress were too small and tight for her to wear, but she couldn't get a word in because Claudette and Babette were too excited about how the dress would look on Belle. When they were done, they finished their last few sentences and left Belle.

Belle was starting to think that this dress was tighter than the silver dress because Belle was now having a harder time moving her arms and looking behind her back. She was even having a hard time getting big breaths because the corset wasn't giving her diaphragm enough room to breathe. Belle was just hoping that she can get through the day, but...she knows that others are going to notice how tight and small the dress is.

'Well, might as well try and get downstairs...if I can.' Belle thought to herself as she turned to the door.

Adam was starting to wonder where Belle might be as he, Sagittarius and Tintement were having their breakfast. Adam didn't feel like eating when Belle wasn't at the table yet.

"Cousin," Sagittarius said, "you need to eat something."

"I don't find it right to eat when Belle isn't here yet."

"I understand that you want to be polite to my cousin," Tintement said, "but I don't think she'll want you to be on an empty stomach, do you?" Adam did understand what Tintement told him, but he still didn't think it was right. Adam only ate a little bit of food while Sagittarius and Tintement filled themselves up.

As for Belle, she was slowly coming down the stairs. The dress was just too tight for her to move quickly, she was hoping that Adam wasn't worried about her. Belle was stubborn on trying to get through the day, but even she should've realized that she couldn't do anything in the dress. When Belle realized that she was now having a harder time breathing, she finally decided that she couldn't move anywhere anymore. Belle was thinking of heading to the library because it wasn't that far so that she could catch her breath, but as she was turning to that direction, the dress twisted around her stomach and put pressure on it. Belle felt her diaphragm stopping short and took in a small amount of air.

Belle almost felt light-headed and was going to collapse, but...she felt someone grabbing her from behind and slowly helped her down to the ground.

"Are you okay?"

Belle looked to see who was there, there was a person next to her, but...the person was wearing a black and white cloak and hood that covered his or her whole body. It was white on the outside, but black inside the hood. Belle couldn't see any part of the person that helped her...except it's very light blue eyes.

"Thank you...for helping me." Belle said.

"You're welcome." the person answered, that's when Belle noticed that it was a woman in front of her because of her voice. "What are you doing wearing a dress that's too small for you?"

"It's a long story." Belle said, "Right now, I'm just heading to the library...can you help me?"

"Sure, just tell me where it is." the woman said, helping Belle back on her feet, whose her hands covered by the sleeves of the cloak.

"You're not one of the servants here, are you?"

"Nope, I was looking for Prince Sagittarius Rainier. I saw his carriage outside and came in."

"Well, I'm glad you did," Belle said, "otherwise, I'd be lying here on the floor unconscious."

"Don't worry about it." the woman said, "I'm happy to help. Now, where is this library?"

"That's it! I can't stand it anymore!" Adam said in worry, "I'm going to look for her!"

"Wait for us!" Tintement said, but before anything could happen, Adam was already out of the dining hall. He was just too worried about what might be the matter with Belle. Adam was thinking that her stomach was in a bigger mess than it really was. He ran up the stairs and turned around a corner and then...

"Oomph!" Adam ran into someone and fell backwards. He quickly sat up and saw a person in a white cloak. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run into you." Adam was going to help this person up, but it got up quicker than he could reach his hand down. That's when Adam noticed that he couldn't see any part of this person's body...except their very light blue eyes.

"It's okay." the person said in a female voice, "What's the rush?"

"I'm trying to find Belle." Adam said.

"Library," the woman said, "I just helped take her there."

"Thank you." Adam said as he turned to go there, but...he then remembered that he never saw that woman before. "Wait, who are...?" he asked turning around, but when he did...she was gone! Adam decided to leave that question for later and head towards the library.

When Adam reached the library, he tried to slow down his breathing so that he wouldn't look like he was in a panic, he knocked on the door.

"Who's there?" a voice said from behind the door.

"Belle, is that you?" Adam said.

"Yes, Adam?"

"Yes, it's me. Will you open the door?" he asked, the lock clicked and the door opened a little. Adam opened the door carefully, in case Belle was right behind the door.

When he actually got in, he closed the door behind him and looked around.

"Belle, where are you?"

"Behind you, but I warn you, I'm not..." Adam quickly turned around, "...decent." He was surprised to find Belle in a dress that was torn in certain spots and she was holding that shoulders part of the dress up. Adam was starting to turn pink, or at least his face was.

"Belle...what happened?" Adam asked, trying to keep the embarrassment out of his voice. Belle could sense that Adam was trying not to sound embarrassed, but his pink face was giving it away.

"Well, first, will you help me get back to my room?" Belle asked, "I'll tell you everything on the way and afterwards." Adam just nodded his head, he was too nervous to speak considering that he was looking at Belle with a torn dress trying to fall off. He took off his jacket and threw it over Belle. The jacket almost swallowed her, but it gave her enough to cover herself. Adam looked around outside the door, making sure the coast was clear. When it was, Adam gently put his arms on Belle's shoulders, hoping that she didn't mind.

Belle didn't mind, in fact she was happy that he put his hands on her shoulders because her arms were falling asleep from holding her dress up so it wouldn't fall down. They walked towards Belle's room, happy that the servants weren't around because they were spending their time with other matters and with the servants Sagittarius brought with him.

"Believe me, Adam." Belle said, "I'm just as embarrassed as you are."

"Hard not to be," Adam added, "care to tell me what happened?"

"Well," Belle sighed, "I was going to get myself dressed...until Claudette and Babette came into my room and put me in this dress. Remember the silver dress I wore yesterday?"

"It was hard not to notice that the dress was much too small on you." Adam said, "Why were you wearing it?"

"Claudette and Babette forced it on me. I was trying to tell them that the dress was too small and tight for me to wear, but they were distracting each other and Babette was trying the corset so tight that I was having a hard time breathing. Same thing happened this morning, except this dress was more tighter than the silver one yesterday. I was trying to tell them not to put it on me, but...they didn't hear me or they weren't listening. As soon I was able to say something, the corset was too tight and kept on giving me a hard time breathing. Once they got me into this dress, they left me. I was trying to come downstairs because I couldn't reach the ribbon in the back. The ribbon and corset were too tight for me to move-"

"And it was suffocating you, wasn't it?" Adam said, looking around a corner.

"It was, my breathing was being affected everytime I moved because of the corset, I decided to head to the library since it was close by, hoping that you would find me there."

"I'm glad you went there, but...that doesn't explain why your dress is tore up." Adam said as they approached Belle's bedroom door.

"I'll tell you when I get get into a dress that I can move in." Belle said, opening the door.

'And can breathe in.' Adam thought to himself as Belle closed the door. He waited outside the door for Belle, thinking to himself about why Claudette and Babette put Belle in such tight dresses. Even though it was a lady thing, but he thought that corsets shouldn't be tied so tight to a woman's body. He knew from yesterday that the silver dress was much too small for Belle, why did Claudette and Babette do this?

Adam soon snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked over and saw Tintement, she wasn't looking too happy.

"Next time, don't fly out of there in a worried panic." She said.

"Sorry." Adam simply said.

"So," Tintement said as she leaned against the wall next to Adam, "did you find her?"

"Yes, she's changing right now." Adam said, but as soon as he said that, the door opened. When Belle walked out, she was wearing the green dress she was wearing when Adam gave her the library when he was still cursed.

"This is much better." Belle said closing the door and holding Adam's jacket, "I hope you weren't waiting too long."

"Nope, your cousin decided to keep me company." Adam said as he took his jacket back, Tintement then walked over to Belle.

"What happened to you?" Tintement asked, "Why didn't you come down to breakfast?" Belle rolled her eyes and told Tintement the same thing she told Adam.

"Adam found me and helped back up here so I can get dressed into a better dress." Belle said.

"But you still haven't explained why the dress was torn." Adam added.

"Well...when I decided to go to the library, the corset got tighter and squeezed my chest when I turned to go there. I was...falling to the floor because...I didn't get enough air...but before I actually hit the floor, somebody grabbed me from behind."

"Who?" Tintement asked.

"I don't know," Belle said, "she was wearing a black and white cloak and I couldn't see anything but her very light blue eyes." Adam's eyes widen because he ran into someone who fitted that description. "She helped me get the library and she managed to cut the ribbon and corset for me to move and breathe. I stayed there for a while until...well, until I could catch my breath. She left after helping me."

"Explains how she knew where you were." Adam said.

"You saw her?" Belle asked.

"I did, I ran into her when I turned around a corner. I apologized for running into her and told her I was looking for you. She told me where to find you, I turned to go that way until I realized that I've never seen her before. I turned around to ask who she was, but...she vanished."

"Glad to know I haven't gone nuts." Tintement said, both, Belle and Adam, looked at her.

"You saw her too?" Adam asked.

"I did," Tintement answered, "Last night, when I was getting ready for bed, I looked out my window and saw a person in white on the bridge, on a white horse, coming towards the castle."

"Well, if we've seen her," Belle said, "we're probably not the only ones."

"What makes you think that?" Tintement asked.

"Because she told me that she was looking for Adam's cousin." Belle said, "So there might be a good chance that Sagittarius knows her."

"I guess I'm going to have to ask him." Adam said, "If he'll let me with all the teaching he's going to do to me."

"Well, I know he's probably looking for you," Tintement said, "he told me that when you've found Belle and that your worries are done and over with, he wants you to meet him outside."

"I know where this is leading," Adam said turning around to go outside, "I'll see you later, Belle."

"See you later, Adam." Belle said watching Adam leave.

"Want me to spend some time with you, cousin?" Tintement asked.

"We haven't done that in a long time, have we?" Belle said, "That would be very nice...just try not to be too bossy."

"I need to work on that, don't I?" Tintement said.

"Only a little." Belle said, but Tintement heard the tiny giggle in her voice, but decided to leave it alone. The two of them left the East Wing and went off to spend time together.