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"Gaston!" She screamed again.

He saved her.

That fool! It should have been her!

She sat up hissing and clutching her side in pain from were he had hit her to get her to the safety of the lake bank. She stuck her hands into the snow hoping to find a branch, anything to help him.

All breath had left him as the ice cold water hit him. Instead of panicking he relaxed and got a hold of his surroundings underwater. She hadn't been too far from shore. He swim underwater in her direction and as soon as his feet began touched ground he used all his strength to break though the ice. It took him three tries but the ice finally gave in. Gasping for breath he pulled himself out all while coughing out water. He shook himself off from the excess water and she ran to him hugging him tightly around his neck not care she was getting her cloth wet.

"Gaston! You're okay!" She cried in relief before pulling back and glaring at him "You idiot! You shouldn't have done that!"

You're welcome He rolled his eyes and huffed. She saw him shiver and she grew worried again.

"Thank you...for saving me" she leaned forward and kiss his cheek softly. His eyes widen and his heart soared "We need to get you dried and warmed up"

He nodded and followed after her but stop immediately when he saw a trail of blood in the snow. He glanced towards her and whined.

"I'm fine it's just a scratch" she said stubbornly "Right now we have to focus on you" she said as she continued to walk glancing back every now and again to make sure he was following.

He was not ok with her decision. He could see her clutching her side but she had been right about him. Every once in a while he would stop to shake himself off again trying it get rid of the water that was slowly sinking into his fur and making it harder for him to stay warm. He wasn't sure how long he would last before hypothermia began to take hold of him.

She could see the tip of the castle in the distance and she bit her lip unsure of what to glanced back at him in worried he was falling behind and he wouldn't stop shivering.

"This way" she urged him.

At the speed the were going she didn't think they would make it back to the cave and have time to even start a fire. She changing direction she set towards the castle. It was the best option right now, not only was it closer but she was sure the fireplaces were lit.

He stumbled and fell in the snow with a grunt. She ran back to him and fell to her knees.

"Gaston get up! Please we're almost there!" She pleaded. His body continued to shake and he struggled to stand only to fall again. His limbs too stiff to was tired and cold. So very cold. His vision began to blur and he closed his eyes.

"No! Don't you dare fall asleep" Joie cried as she shook him "Gaston! Wake up!" She sobbed clutching his fur. He was still breathing but it was shallow. She hooked her arms under his armpits and began to pull, dragging him inch by inch.

"Gaston please!" She sobbed.

"Such a shame and he was so close too" a voice tutted from behind her. She immediately let go of him drew her dagger at the person. A beautiful woman with golden hair stood before her. There was an unnatural glow to her.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Joie asked cautiously not letting her guard down for a moment.

"Child a weapon like that won't work against me" the strange woman chuckled and with a wave of her hand, the dagger Joie had been holding turned to a wooden toy sword.

"You're an enchantress!" Joie gasped then glared at her "You!" She hissed "You did this to him!"

"He needed to be taught a lesson" the enchantress said not at all affected by Joie's anger.

"Change him back!"

"Not until he learns"

"There won't be anything to learn if he dies!" Joie shouted.

"And what will changing him back do?" the enchantress mused.

"I...I..."

What would it do? If anything it would just speed up the hypothermia...but she could probably carry him easier. She could get him to the castle faster but if she refused to change him...

"You bitch!" She cried clutching onto Gaston.

"I'd be careful what you say around me" the enchantress warned.

"I don't care! What gives you the right to do this to people!" Joie snarled at her.

"I don't do this to everyone, only the ones that need to learn a lesson for their actions" she explained.

"That still doesn't make it right! What about you!"

"What about me?" She raised a brow.

"You should be cursed too"

The enchantress laughed "What ever for child?"

"For all this misery you bring to other people" Joie took her cloak off and wrapped it around Gaston hoping it gave him some warmth "How can you live with yourself knowing that you caused the death of someone?"

"No one ever dies from my enchantments" she scoffed.

"And yet here he is, dying, because of your curse!" Joie hissed.

"He wouldn't be cursed if he was a better person"

"And he wouldn't be cursed if you minded your own damn business!"

"I'll have you know I saved him! If it weren't for me he would been dead long ago"

"That still doesn't give you the right to do it!" Joie yelled.

"He was rude and ungrateful, he deserved it"

"Just because someone wronged you in some kind of way doesn't mean you get to curse them! People make mistakes and you know what happens? We learn from them! But not because of some stupid curse that gets placed on us! It because of the friends and family we have that are there to point it out and show us what we did wrong!" Joie spat.

The enchantress stared at her in a calculating manner "You love him"

Joie shook her head "Not in the way you think, he's my best friend"

"Do you even know what he's done to be cursed in that form?"

"It doesn't matter, it's in the past, he's changed since then"

"The curse says different" the enchantress reminded her.

"Why are you even here! Just leave already! It's clear you aren't here to help him!"

"As I said before, no one has ever died from my enchantments" she said with smirk "You seem to be prudent. Be a dear and keep him in line"

Before Joie can ask what she meant the enchantress burst into a bright light as it wrapped around her and Gaston. Using her arm she shielded her eyes from the bright glow. When it finally dissipated the enchantress was gone but that wasn't the only thing she noticed. Looking around she realized they were not in the same place as before in fact they seem to be within the castle grounds, on the main path that lead to the castle.

"We can still make it" She whispered to herself and then turned to Gaston only to find a smaller form, it was still larger than her own but not as big as before.

"Gaston?" She carefully lifted her cloak and saw a man. The curse was broken. She would have laugh in victory had it not been for the fact that he was still freezing to death. She wrapped her cloak around him tightly and began dragging him much easier than before. When she reach the bottom of the stairs she left him for a moment to open the large doors.

"Help! I need help!" She yelled urgently. Four servants came to her aid and gasped at the site of her and then tried to usher her to the castle's doctor.

"Not me! My friend you have to help him!" She shrugged them off pointing to the open door that lead outside.

"But Madame Joie you're bleeding!" One protested.

"And he'll die if we don't do something right now!" She shouted and their eyes widened in shock "Please help him!" She pleaded.

"You two go and grab him and you take her to the medic" one of them instructed and each of them quickly set out to do as told.

"Hot water" Joie said fighting against the servant that tried to pull her away to the medic "He needs a hot bath to bring his temperature up" Joie explained. Now understanding the situation the servants called for more help and order for a hot bath to be drawn as fast as possible. It was then that Belle, Adam and her father showed to the scene. Gaston was being carried away to the nearest bathing room while she fought against the servants to follow after. Belle and her father gasped and rushed to her.

"Joie!" Her father rushed to her to helped her stand while Belle inspected her wounds.

"What happened!"

"Let go! I need to make sure he's alright" Joie said weakly.

She hadn't realized how tired or how weak she felt. Maybe it was the adrenaline that kept her going and now that it wore off her wounds were making themselves know. Her father and sister's voices seemed so far away even though she knew they were right next to her. Her vision blurred and she couldn't focus. How much blood had she lost?

Gaston I hope you're alright

It was her final thought before darkness took over her senses.

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