She had probably pondered, considered, agonised, thought, rethought, written and rewritten everything she wanted to say to him for the first time - and it still was never enough. Because he never replied back. [Soulmate AU - whatever you write on your arm, is copied on your soulmate's. Sherlolly.]

-Slightly darker AU- Belle hides her beauty, and who she is, to save herself from starvation, and join the army as Bellamy. Now, a hero of war, she searches for the infamous beast who haunts a neighboring land- possibly her only way out of a false identity that could cost her her life.