"I am not sure that I am going to enjoy this attraction," Belle stated boldly. Regina rolled her eyes.
"First of all, it's called 'Enchanted Tales With Belle'. Corny as the title is, I would so pay to have my name on the title of a ride. Second of all, shut up, no one's listening," Regina snapped back.
"But you listened," Belle said innocently.
"UGH!" Regina yelled, storming off.
"Why's she so grouchy?" Belle wondered as she ran ahead to go stand with Mr. Gold.
"Regina's grouchy?" Gold asked, surprised. "Really? 'Cos I thought she was just naturally like that." Belle rolled her eyes.
"Actually, ' 'cause ' and ' 'cos ' are not proper words. You should say 'because'," Belle corrected him.
"Whatever," Gold said, rolling her eyes. Belle's own gaze darkened noticeably.
"SAY. IT."
"Because!" Gold said quickly, pausing and singing the 'because' part in 'We're Off To See The Wizard'.
"Good," Belle said, vaguely lowering a knife.
"All right, 'Enchanted Tales With Belle', here we are!" Regina announced proudly. "Right this way in."
"Stop acting like the group leader," Emma whined. "It isn't fair!"
"All right, I'll stop acting like the group leader," Regina said fairly. "I mean, I already am the group leader, so I'm just gonna become the full-out group leader."
Emma's jaw dropped.
"HEY! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS?" Belle suddenly screamed as the lights went out and the wall began to glow an eerie color.
"Not I!" Gold said.
"Nor I!" Henry tossed in.
"Shut up!" Regina groaned as the glowing faded slightly and the doors opened automatically.
Henry gulped nervously and the group moved towards the hallway.
"I don't like this," Belle commented.
"I don't like your face," Charming mumbled. Snow smacked him in the arm. "OUCH!"
The group nervously made their way through the corridor, jumpy, looking around for monsters in the dark. But the only dark, devious, most hideous thing they would find in the room, according to Snow, was Emma's shoes. They were so appalling!
"Bonjour!" a voice suddenly spoke. Regina in the front froze, causing Gold to crash into her and cause a chain reaction. Belle after Gold after Regina, Snow after Charming after Emma, Henry after Neal after Hook after- you get it. The whole group ended up face-down on the floor.
"OUCH!" Charming yelled, rubbing his arm as he stood up. "That wasn't fun."
"Did that cabinet just talk?" Cora asked, pointing a shaky finger at the cabinet positioned in the middle of the room. Emma chuckled.
"Don't be ridiculous, Cora, cabinets don't talk," she said, waving a hand dismissively.
"Yeah, they don't talk, they only transport kiddies- I mean, kids," Snow corrected, after receiving a glare from Belle, "to another world. They can't talk; that would be preposterous!"
"Bonjour!" Madame Wardrobe, the cabinet, repeated. Snow's jaw dropped and Belle's teacup fell from her hands again.
"Please, let's have the young ones right up front," Madame Wardrobe continued. "Grown-ups behind there, so everyone can see."
The group scooted back and spread out across the room, Henry positioned at the front. Regina hesitated for a minute, before walking next to Henry in case this cabinet was hostile and ate children.
"Are we all here?" Madame Wardrobe inquired enthusiastically.
"I think we are," the usher said brightly.
"Wonderful!" Madame Wardrobe exclaimed. "Aren't you a good-looking bunch! Especially you in the back." Upon hearing these words, Charming darted to the far back and grinned widely.
"Tonight is a very special night! Tonight is the night Belle falls in love with the Beast." Belle and Gold made a face, similar to how one looks after eating a lemon. Not a FanFiction lemon, just a normal one.
"So we're gonna act out the story for them!" Madame Wardrobe continued. "First, we'll need two charming knights." Prince Charming immediately lit up and ran back to the front, jumping up and down at sight of a cardboard knight armor costume.
"MEEEE! PICK MEEEEE!" he yelled at the usher, waving his hands around. Henry giggled.
"I can play the role," Neal said coolly. The usher handed him a prop.
"Maybe he hasn't given you the role because he can't hear you," Henry joked.
"LOUDER! MEEEEEE!" Charming shrieked. Henry blanched, he wasn't being serious. The usher chuckled nervously before handing the cutout to the Prince. "YAAAAAY!"
"Next, we'll need the Beast," Madame Wardrobe continued. "He has a mighty ROAAAR!"
"Can everyone please roar for me?" the usher asked nervously, hoping that that man who had panicked was just the odd one in the group.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!" Henry yelled. The rest were silent.
"Okay!" the usher said cheerfully, draping a red cloak around Henry's shoulders. "Go stand in the front with mister Knight!" Henry happily darted over.
"Next, we need Belle's father, Maurice!" Madame Wardrobe continued. Gold made a face like he'd tasted something nasty.
"Maurice gets locked in a dungeon and shivers from the cold!" Madame Wardrobe said darkly. Gold immediately brightened.
The usher handed Emma the bars and the former sheriff groaned, taking the prop and walking over to Henry and Charming.
"Next, we need someone to play Maurice's horse!" Madame Wardrobe said happily.
"Everybody, NEIGH!" the usher shouted happily.
"Neigh," Regina said unenthusiastically. She froze up when the cutout was handed to her. "Me?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yes, you," the usher said cheerfully. Regina groaned and stalked up to the front with Henry, Charming, and Emma.
"Now we need someone to play the portrait! They're always laughing!" Madame Wardrobe voiced cheerfully.
"Ha," Cora deadpanned.
"Here you are!" the usher said, handing her the frame. Cora froze.
"Oh, great, it's like Hogwarts all over again," the mumbled, going to the front.
"And now, my friends, Mrs. Pott and dear little Chip!" Madame Wardrobe said happily. Gold jumped up at the sight of the teacup.
"NOOOOOO! BE CAREFUL WITH THAT!" he screamed, tackling the usher to the ground and hugging the cutouts protectively.
"Ouch!" the usher yelled, standing up. "That wasn't very nice!"
"My precious," Gold snarled, petting Chip. "MY PRECIOUS."
"Oh, and then there's Lumier's friend, the featherduster!" Madame Wardrobe continued as if nothing had happened. "She says, 'Oh La La'!"
"Oh, Lala!" the group repeated in horrible French.
"Here you go!" the usher said, handing Mary Margaret the featherduster. Her nose crinkled up in disapproval but she moved over to the corner with the others.
"And, finally, we'll need someone to play ME!" Madame Wardrobe said cheerfully. "I need everyone to sing in their best soprano voices!"
Unfortunately, Hook was the only one left, so he swallowed and sang a high A quite perfectly. The usher and rest of the group stared at him awkwardly.
"He's a better soprano than you!" Snow said, giving Charming a nudge, shocked.
"Now, Lumiere will be coming in here in a minute. File into the library and take your seats," Madame Wardrobe explained carefully.
"Madame Wardrobe! We are ready!" came Lumiere's voice from the other room.
"Oh!" Madame Wardrobe said happily. "All right, cast, that's your cue! Good luck! Bye-bye!"
"I'm not cut out for theatre work," Cora said nervously as she took a seat with her picture frame cutout.
"Don't worry, you'll be picture perfect!" Hook said, flashing her a thumbs-up. She scowled and rolled her eyes.
"I think we're ready," one of the ushers said, backing away from the curtain to reveal Lumiere.
I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, and I hope you liked it! Please R&R! I'm having a great cruise. :D Part Two is up next.
