AN: I decided to change the plot a little (description will show that). Thank you for choosing to read it.

Chapter Two

"I have said that it's not very traditional for the father of the child, especially when the father is a prince, to be in the delivery room with the mother," the midwife said and Adam looked at her firmly. He wasn't going to leave Belle when she had never left him. Even after he had terrified her and she had run away, she hadn't just left him behind to die in the snow. Before the curse was broken and he almost died in the mob fight, she had been there for him and in every moment since then.

"Let's say that a lot of the things which Belle and I do are not traditional," Adam told her before pressing the warm cloth to Belle's forehead as she started to shake. The doctor studied the two of them and Adam knelt down so he could be face to face with Belle. "Are you all right, my love?"

"I'm okay," Belle said, "Just follow what the midwife tells you except -"

"In that case I insist that you -" the midwife said quickly and Belle raised her voice.

"Leave. I don't want you to leave," she said and Adam kissed her forehead. He couldn't leave Belle after that even if they tried to physically force him out. Soon Belle moved in a way that seemed to show pain and Adam felt himself tense a little more.

"It looks like the baby is on their way, Your Highness if you would keep hold of the madame's hand," he said and Adam nodded before squeezing Belle's in a supportive manner. Soon he could see Belle's pain and he continued to hold her hand, breathing in time with the doctors to help her. After what felt like forever, the task was done and Adam looked up at the small boy that the midwife was holding.

He was so gorgeous and Adam was surprised that something so beautiful had come from him. Belle he could understand, but himself?

"How is he?" Belle asked and the doctor checked him over before wrapping him up and handed him out for Adam to hold. The prince was nervous as he took his son, his first-born child into his arms. He looked at the baby and laughed weakly. The baby blinked up at him with Belle's gorgeous eyes.

"He's perfect," Adam said as he smiled back at his son. How could he be given the gift of such a gorgeous child, of such a remarkable wife, of a life that he may never have had were it not for that transformation.

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Riva felt himself panic. This was a lot for an eleven-year-old to take in. He gently moved his father's head, a beast's head large and heavier, onto his knees. He nervously put his hand underneath the fur and felt his papa's pulse. He saw his father's chest rise and fall underneath the shreds of cloth that used to be his shirt. He heard his father cough harshly and then open his blue eyes and look at him. "Papa?" Riva asked nervously.

"I'm still me," Adam told his son as he looked up at him feeling very weak. He pulled back but as he tried to do so, he felt a sharp pain through his body and his face showed it. "You're okay? She didn't hur-"

"I'm okay," Riva said quickly before pulling his father back to his lap. "Papa," he whispered before bowing his head. Would people believe that this was his father? Would he need to hide him to keep him safe? Would someone consider him a monster and make an attempt on his life? "Papa, please. You don't understand," he said as Adam sighed, he understood only too well, "your body has changed. You need help," he struggled to understand. "We need to hide you somewhe-"

"Riva?" Belle asked before entering the room which they were in and her eyes widened as she took in Adam's appearance. It had been thirteen years since she had seen him like this. What had happened? "Adam!" she yelled as she rushed forward towards him.

"Mama, this is pa-" he paused, she had recognized him even without an explanation. It would seem that anyone would look at his father now and believe that he was just a monster. He eyed her carefully as Belle sat, transferring Adam to herself. "How did yo-"

"This happened before," Belle tried to tell her son, "When Adam was your age he was cursed, he spent ten years in this form until we fell in love which broke the curse," Belle gently let her fingers brush through Adam's fur in an attempt to comfort him. "Riva, what happened?"

"She came back," Adam coughed and Belle gently placed her hand over his larger mouth and turned to their son.

"There was an old woman who offered me a rose for a place to stay. I refused because she had already hurt Papa by that time. I didn't want to let her in after she put Papa in so much pain. She said it was because of her appearance but I didn't care about that at all. I didn't care what she looked like. I wasn't going to let anyone in capable of hurting Papa so much. She got angry and I think she was about to attack me but Papa grabbed a sword and there was a white light and his body changed to this form," Riva was able to explain. "I'm so sorry, Papa" Riva whispered guiltily.

Adam shook his head, "Don't be. I don't blame you at all," he struggled and Belle tried to hold him down as she felt Adam make an attempt to get up. Riva stood up quickly. He knew he was young but he had to do something to help his father.

"Honey, go and get Cogsworth, please?" Belle requested and Riva nodded. He took another look at his papa, feeling guilty that this had happened to him and ran up the stairs to get help. Belle wrapped her arms around him, hugging him close to her. "You knew this would happen, didn't you?" she asked as she gently let her fingers go through the fur on his cheek.

"If it didn't happen to me, it would have happened to Riva," Adam told her and Belle held him close, she saw him make an attempt to sit and he reached behind him feeling a pressure where his tail was. Belle hesitated and then let her hand move down to his rear, massaging the part where it was sore.

"What do we tell the citizens?" Belle asked and Adam looked at her nervously. If they told them the truth then it might lead to a revolution, it would at least lead to public unease and a lack of trust towards the royal family.

"Inform them that I am dead, we can think of some reason as to why that was said if I am able to change back," Adam told her as he looked at his paws sadly. "Get Henri to become regent so that Riva can become king."

"King?" Riva asked as he ran back with the head of staff. "I can't be king, I'm a kid," he struggled and Adam looked at him.

"Belle married into royalty, she can't be queen. I am unable to lead a country in the state that I am now but I will help you behind the scenes as much as I can." Riva looked between his parents and saw Belle nod in agreement. "You will have to become the face for this country but I will still be able to make the decisions for you, to guide you in the right direction."

"I'm eleven," Riva told him and Adam turned to Cogsworth.

"Will you become the acting regent for him until I am able to break this curse?" he asked. Everyone knew that this was the truth. A country couldn't be led by Adam when he was in this form. Riva was the heir to the throne and the only choice they had.

"I'd rather be a beast than a king," Riva said and Belle and Cogsworth stated at him in shock. Adam looked down, struggling to breathe as well as he normally did.

"You don't understand what you're saying just yet and that's okay. You'll understand soon enough," he said sadly and Cogsworth shook his head.

"Let's get you to bed, Adam," he said as he held most of his weight as he stood up. Belle came to the other side, taking the remaining weight.

"Riva, will you go into the library?" Belle requested, "Your father needs to rest but we need to discuss some important details."

Riva nodded slowly and sat, still in shock at the events which he had just witnessed. He knew that he needed to try to save his father and that his father would never be able to rule a kingdom like that, but he didn't know if he could do even a fraction of the good his father had done for the country. He bowed his head. "I'm not ready, Papa," he said before feeling something on his shirt. A brown fur. He shivered. Hopefully his Papa was okay.

Riva saw a glimmer of light and raised his head.

"You said that you are not ready to be king but how about to continue your family legacy?" a voice asked and Riva turned. What were they saying?

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Belle gently sponged Adam's forehead feeling his temperature rise behind his horn, she very gently placed her hand behind his horn, gently letting her thumbs push back his fur. She nodded to Cogsworth as he turned to leave. He had been a great friend to both of them. "Adam," Belle said as she saw him flinch under her touch, "Tell me if there was another way that you could have saved him."

"So if there wasn't," Adam coughed painfully, "You wouldn't be comfort-"

"I just want to get the facts, nothing more," Belle told him before grabbing another pillow for his much larger head. She fluffed it up before slipping it under him. She snuggled closer to him, holding onto him lovingly and knowing that he would continue to protect her just as he had their son. She didn't want to remind him that today was his birthday, it was hard enough for him already.

"There was no other choice. It was him or me," Adam told her. "We'll be okay," Adam tried his best to reassure her. "I'll be okay."

Belle nodded before feeling that Adam's body was getting even warmer, she sat up in alarm before seeing his fur starting to glow and he groaned in pain as the beast type body turned into his own. Belle watched this in wonder before her heart started pounding harder. Adam had just said that it was either him or Riva who was having to endure this torture and it had just lifted from Adam.

"Riva!" Adam yelled as he jumped to his feet and ran to the library, Belle was quick to follow after him. Adam stared in horror as he saw what he had always pictured his son would look like in this type of animal form. He stood there with wide eyes as he took in the boy in front of him….the smaller beast in front of him. "How?" he asked with a panicked expression as he turned to look around him. "No. No. No, there has to be something, some way of breaking the….what happened?"

"Riva?" Belle asked before sinking down to her knees in front of the smaller beast. She looked up and on the wall was a new tapestry, some part of the curse. It showed a picture of what Riva would look like in about ten years. Belle pulled her son into her arms as Adam stared at the picture feeling a painful wash of nostalgia.

This couldn't be happening. This was exactly what had happened to him. He had received two mirrors at that time, a mirror of what he could one day look like and the enchanted mirror that could show him the outside world.

Adam pushed his forehead to the wall. Belle still had her arms protectively around their son. He took a slow breath and turned. "First of all we need to draw up a security plan until we can figure out how to fix this. Secondly, we make sure to get anything that you need," he said as he faced his son with the guilt still in his chest, "I can start with a list of what I remember," he turned to Cogsworth who had entered. "You remember what I required when…"

"There was very little that a wooden clock could do," Cogsworth replied and Adam looked at him sadly.

"I understand," he said, "and I apologize for that. I can't even express the guilt that I've been feeling for all of the years following." Adam turned to Belle. "Third, we have to make sure how to handle this as a family. I'm not going to be the cold-hearted father that I had. We stay together."

"Of course we'll stay together," Belle told him. She turned to Riva, moving some of the torn pieces of his shirt as she pressed a loving hand to his heart. "We love you, Riva. This doesn't change that."

"It would never change that," Adam agreed as he turned back to his son sadly. He only wished he could have saved his own son.

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He couldn't eat anymore and any time he did, the food just slid from his paw, the juice or fat seeping into his fur. He couldn't lift a fork and his world seemed a lot scarier. He had been trying to find the way out of this curse for weeks but there was no help to be found. All of the servants had been forced into the curse, they had become teapots and candlesticks and all sorts of other things. He felt trapped. What kind of enchantress did this to someone?

Adam heard the doors to the castle open and he froze in fear. Someone was here? He quickly moved to the side and his heart beat painfully in his chest. His parents were there? They would get revenge for him. They had to know how to make it so that he wouldn't be this hideous creature any longer.

"Mother?" Adam said nervously as he went to see his parents. He shivered. "Mother?" he asked and the queen screamed as she turned to him.

"What is that hideous thing!" she said in fear and Adam felt more panic than he ever had.

"It's a monster," the king said before gesturing for one of the servants with him to bring a gun. Adam's eyes widened as he felt so much fear in his heart.

"I'm Adam" he said before he saw the king and queen share glances. "I'm your son. Somebody turned me into this monster."

"It is his voice," the queen said and the king took the gun staring at Adam unsure what to do with him.

"Even so," he said and Adam felt himself hyperventilating. He wasn't going to die because he was shot by his own father, was he!?

End of Chapter Two

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