Tale as old as time

Song as old as rhyme

Beauty and the Beast

The last final verses of Mrs. Potts's song were sung, and after being twirled around one more time, the Beast and Belle headed out to the balcony.

It was surprisingly warm-ish outside, even though the castle grounds were cursed with a "forever winter". 10 years ago, a rude and spoiled prince was cursed and had transformed into a beast until he could learn to love and earn someone's love in return.

Well, the beast who stood with Belle was no other than the Prince himself, but a bit furrier. The two had been standing in companionable silence for quite some time.

"I hadn't danced in years," the Beast said, breaking that silence. "I'd almost forgotten the feeling."

Belle smiled at him, and then that silence continued.

I'm so close. The Beast thought. He had promised all of the enchanted objects that tonight was the night he would confess his love to Belle...only if he wasn't so scared to.

"It's foolish I suppose...for a creature like me to hope that one day he might earn your affection." he started again.

"I don't know," Belle said.

The Beast looked at her, astounded, before saying, "Really? You think you could be happy here?" His pale blue eyes showed a flash of hope, but that was kind of crushed after Belle replied, "Can anybody be happy if they aren't free?"

They just stood there looking at the scenery. It had been a mere few weeks ago when Belle and the Beast had their snowball fight. The memory made Belle smile.

"My father taught me to dance. I used to step on his toes a lot!" Belle smirked.

"You must miss him," the Beast answered, and Belle replied with a small nod.

"Would you like to see him?" he inquired as her eyes lit up. The Beast took Belle's small hand in his and they walked towards the West Wing.

As they approached the table with the enchanted rose, the Beast picked up the Magic Mirror that the enchantress had left him. He handed it to Belle, who took it a bit hesitantly.

"Ask it anything you want," he said.

"I'd like to see my father, please," Belle asked, hopefully. And in the blink of an eye, the mirror sparkled with gold, revealing her father, Maurice, being taken somewhere. Belle had a horrible feeling in her stomach and it only worsened when a picture of Gaston, the village hero, appeared.

"Papa!" she grasped the mirror tightly. The Beast looked over at Belle who then started to tremble. "What are they doing to him? He's in trouble!"

Looking at the rose, which had at least 3 to 4 petals left, the Beast stammered, "Then you must go to him. Not a minute to waste."

At the sound of this, Belle was relieved that she'd be able to reunite with her father again. But she was also upset about it. Her months in the castle had been nothing but amazing. It was truly the adventure that she had wanted, something that Villeneuve could never do. She would deeply miss all of the objects-no people-in the castle; Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, FrouFrou, Madame de Garderobe, Maestro Cadenza, Plumette, everyone! And the Beast, too, who gave her something more.

"But...but...I can't leave you all! I can't!" Belle exclaimed. After saying this the Beast looked at her like she had two heads. And after actually hearing herself, Belle had come to think of the one reason why she wanted to stay: She loved him.

"But Belle, why would you want to stay?" The Beast asked, still remarkably shocked. "I thought you hated this place because you were trapped here!"

"B-because...because….I love you." Belle stated, not making any eye-contact with him. But this only made the Beast's eyes grow wider. She was started to become uncomfortable, thinking she had made a mistake with those words. But his expression softened and she received a huge smile.

"You love me?" he asked smiling wider and wider. Belle nodded softly, and before they could do or say anything else, the dead and remaining petals of the enchanted rose had started to rise up in the air, streaming with gold light. They circled the Beast, making Belle a bit frightened. But he wasn't a beast anymore, no, he had human hands and his tail was missing! The spell was broken.

"Belle! Belle, Belle, Belle, you did it!" the Beast, or now Prince, exclaimed with delight. Belle was looking at him alarmed. Where did the Beast go?

She walked slowly towards the man in front of her. He had auburn hair, nothing like the dark brown fur that the Beast used to have. She touched his hair, but it sure felt like the Beast's. And then after looking into the man's piercing blue eyes, it was final, this man was her Beast!

"It is you!" she cried with tears of joy and he looked at her, his eyes full of love for the woman in front of him. Belle felt like her heart was about to explode with joy! Moving closer, blue eyes met brown, and not wasting another moment, the two kissed, full of love, forgiveness, and so much love! This resulted in the castle becoming restored, and the two lovers could hear everyone's cheers coming from downstairs.

"Oh come here Cogsworth!" Lumiere cried. Belle giggled at the sound of this. But then something brought her back to reality.

"Papa! Oh, we still need to rescue him! Prince…" Belle said but then stopped.

"What is it?" he asked her.

"Do you have a name? Something other than 'Beast' or 'Prince'?"

"Adam," he smiled at her.

"Adam..well then, we have to go and save him!" She began again, her voice full of worry.

"Don't worry Belle," Adam said gently taking Belle's hand in his, "Now that everyone is human again, I have a plan where we can save him. Unfortunately, the villagers of Villeneuve will still be concerned about the Beast problem, but with everyone, I know we can save your father."

"I hope so," Belle replied, smiling a little. She then tugged on his arm and began running down the steps to reunite with everyone.

They would have to get past Gaston, that was for sure, and with Adam transformed back into a human, that would appear to the villagers that Papa is insane! Belle thought, but she had to post-pone those thoughts when she reached the steps, everyone out celebrating.

"BELLE!" everyone shouted in unison.

Hello! I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter of my new story! I'm still kind of new at the writing part but I still hope everyone enjoys!
Yes, there will be a chapter 2 (which means I need to brainstorm!).

Bye!