Back in the story; SpongeGus was making a very big meal.
"Just about done." said SpongeGus.
He finished up and inspected the meal which consisted of a huge pig, lots of veggies, soup, different kinds of pizza, and lots of pudding.
"There, best meal I've ever made." said SpongeGus.
He did some thinking before pulling out some sparklers and put them in the pig and lit them with a match.
SpongeGus nodded.
"There we go." said SpongeGus.
He then wheeled all the food into the dining room where Aurora, Henry, and Beth were waiting.
The three sighed.
"It's about time." said Henry.
"You cant rush art." said SpongeGus.
Beth nodded.
"He's right Henry, he and the other stayed with us and has always fed us well." said Beth.
"Ans he always cooks our favorite meals once a week." said Aurora.
Henry grumbled.
"I guess." He muttered. "Also where are out guests?" He demanded.
"How should I know, I spent most of my time in the kitchen." said SpongeGus.
He cleared his throat.
"But anyways, when they get here, you should probably try to be gentle, show them that you three are just having trouble being decent but you've got hearts." said SpongeGus.
"I'll do that when I see something that makes me want to straighten out my hair." said Aurora.
Then Hermosa, Wendy, and Gaston entered the room.
Aurora noticed Hermosa and became shocked before her cheeks blushed.
But then her whole face was blushing like a tomato as she smiled before straightening her hair out.
"Tomato Amity is cute even in beast form." said Luz's Voice.
Back in the real world; Roger shook his head before opening his jacket.
Then a mechanical spring with a cartoon like hand holding a pie emerged from it before splattering the pie in Luz's face before the hand returning into his jacket.
Roger chuckled as a sly looking Amity scooted close to him before punching him in the balls really hard.
The meerkat groaned in pain as Amity moved close to Luz and pulled the pie tray off and wiped some pie from Luz's mouth before the two kissed each other.
"Why couldn't Luz have been upside down for that?" said Gus.
"Because you're the one sitting over a rope trap." said Roger.
Gus became confused.
"Huh?" said Gus.
Then he was yanked off the ground by a rope that was around his ankle, leaving him dangling in the air.
Back in the story; the guests sat down at chairs across from the beasts.
There was a awkward silence until Hermosa looked at the cotton candy haired beast.
"So, what's your story before becoming a beast?" She asked.
Aurora cleared her throat.
"Well, we had just about everything our hearts desired." said Aurora.
Everyone whistled and Gaston looked at the second Purple Haired Beast.
"You don't say!" He said.
"Yeah, but then one day an old beggar woman shows up wanting a place to stay for the night, and we turned her down rudely." said Beth.
"And that lead to what happened?" said Gaston.
"Oh yeah, turns out that woman was actually a smoking hot enchantress who was testing us and was about to mulch us for her garden." said Henry.
Everyone was shocked.
"Yikes, good thing you got out of that." said Wendy.
"You have no idea. Her assistant told her killing us the way she suggested is illegal and-"Henry said as the servants were watching close by.
"Well, so far so good." said Roy.
"I've got an idea for in case this fails." said Morningstar.
Everyone turned to the rabbit.
"What little buddy?" said Sabbath.
"Wait till at least one of the three guests gets a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome." said Morningstar.
Everyone was confused by that.
"Seriously?" They asked.
"What, it's a good idea." said Morningstar.
"That has got to be the worst idea I've ever heard." said Vanessa.
"Still good." said Morningstar.
"Why would a Stockholm syndrome diagnosis be the best plan to end a curse?" said Tanya.
"Yeah, I'm such a meathead and even I know that'll never work. The love has to be real, not some mental health condition." said the bandicoot.
"It was the only thing I can think of!" said Morningstar.
Outside the castle the Rabbit was thrown out the window into the Cassim.
"OH COME ON!" He shouted. "NOT AGAIN!"
Back in reality; everyone was shocked.
"You had a twisted rabbit tossed out of the castle?" said Willow.
"Yeah that'll happen throughout." said Roger.
"Just like my own mother willingly working with Belos knowing the full extent of the Draining Spell?" said Amity.
A record scratching sound was heard and Roger was shocked.
But he put a hand to his head and started speaking telepathically to Odalia.
"Hey Mrs. Blight, want to hear the most amazing song in the world?" Roger said telepathically.
"Hell no." Odalia's voice said to Roger.
"To bad." Roger said telepathically.
He then telepathically started singing the Rick Astley song Never Gonna Give You Up.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Odalia's voice.
The others were confused.
"What the hell's going on?" said Hunter.
Amity scooted close to Roger and put an ear to his head.
"Sounds like Rick Astley." said Amity.
Luz is shocked.
"Crikey!" She said.
Back in the story.
"So yeah, we're stuck this way just until people can love us for who we are, not our looks." said Aurora.
Hermosa was shocked.
"Crikey." said Hermosa.
Everyone looked at Hermosa.
"Is she Australian?" said Henry.
"We don't really know." said Wendy.
"I could be, or maybe that's because of all those Crocodile Hunter reruns I've seen." said Hermosa.
Everyone nodded while the three beasts were confused.
"Crocodile Hunter?" said Beth.
"It's some nature show about a late Australian explorer who goes to the wild fighting dangerous animals." said Gaston.
Everyone nodded.
"Wow, that guy must have been nuts." said Beth.
"Very nuts." said Gaston.
Meanwhile; Gastina, Buatt and Sqaboo were walking through a forest.
"Is there any sign of those three yet?" said Gastina.
"No ma'am." said Buatt.
"Well keep looking." said Gastina.
The three kept on looking around before Sqaboo stopped and did some thinking before smiling and turned to Gastina.
"Excuse me Gastina, I just had an idea." said Sqaboo.
"Okay, get on with it." said Gastina.
Sqaboo turned to his friend.
"Buatt, do a Google search on your iPad for Roger's Beauty and the Beast." said Sqaboo.
Gastina became confused as Buatt nodded.
"Sure thing buddy." said Buatt.
He pulled out an iPad and turn on the data before going onto Google and did some searching.
"Uh Sqaboo, can I speak to you?" said Gastina.
Sqaboo turned to his employer.
"Yes?" said Sqaboo.
Gastina glared at the monkey.
"How do you expect to do a Google search on that exact story? We're still in the middle of making it." said Gastina.
"Glad you asked. You know how HBO Max got the idea to release films on their streaming platform the same day they hit theaters and other streaming platforms followed suit? Well there's been a new breakthrough in feature film marketing." said Sqaboo.
"What?" said Gastina.
"Instant future film's. They're out on streaming platforms before any studio gets the idea to make a film adaption of a story that hasn't be complete yet." said Sqaboo.
Gastina became deadpanned.
"What, that's stupid. There's no way any platform like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney Plus, or even Paramount Plus will come up with such a marketing strategy." said Gastina.
"Found it." said Buatt.
Everyone looked at the blue monster.
"Roger's Beauty and the Beast. Streaming on both Hulu and HBO Max." said Buatt.
"Good work. Better watch it on HBO Max, because Hulu charges premium and they'll most likely block it from us until we make a payment or something." said Sqaboo.
Buatt tapped on HBO Max and started watching the film.
"Better skip over to another scene." said Sqaboo.
"On it." said Buatt.
He tapped a cursor on the destination part of the film and moved over close to the middle.
"Try here." said Sqaboo.
Buatt removed his fingers from the screen, to reveal that they were at the part where the villains were watching the film on iPad, shocking Gastina and Sqaboo who backed away in shock and turned to the readers as the same thing was happening on the iPad.
Back in reality.
"Please tell me you haven't been watching Mel Brooks movies again." said Luz.
"Don't be ridiculous, streaming movies didn't exist around the time Mel Brooks was making movies." said Roger.
"But you did rip off a scene from a Mel Brooks movie, didn't you?" said Gus.
"Spaceballs. The instant cassettes joke, but with the streaming twist." said Roger.
"That has got to be the most stupidest idea I've ever heard." said Bria.
"It's bound to happen in the future." said Roger.
"What idiot in their right mind would come up with such a marketing strategy?" said Willow.
"You said it babe." said Hunter.
"I think it's awesome!" said Luz.
"You said it Luz!" said Amity.
"Oh great, I just started a streaming war." said Roger.
He went back to the story.
Back in the story; Gastina was still confused by what's going on.
"What the hell am I looking at, when does this happen in the story?" said Gastina.
Sqaboo turned to Gastina.
"Now, you're looking at now ma'am. Everything that's happening here now is happening now in the film." said Sqaboo.
He then shivered.
"Ok even I think that's crazy!" He said.
"Go back to then." said Gastina.
"I can't." said Sqaboo.
"Why not?" said Gastina.
"We just missed it." said Sqaboo.
Gastina groaned.
"When will then be now?" said Gastina.
"Soon." said Sqaboo.
Gastina became confused.
"How soon?" said Gastina.
"Found them." said Buatt.
Everyone looked at Buatt.
"Who?" said Gastina.
Everyone looked at footage of Hermosa, Wendy, and Gaston having dinner with Aurora, Henry, and Beth.
"In a castle with three different beings." said Buatt.
"A what?" said Gastina.
"Perfect buddy. Better set course real soon." said Sqaboo.
"When?" said Gastina.
"By tomorrow those three people will be safe in their village." said Buatt.
"WHO!" yelled Gastina, "I'M FREAKING OUT, THIS WHOLE THING IS VERY CONFUSING RIGHT NOW!"
But then her mouth was erased by a giant pencil, shocking her.
"Aw shut the fuck up bitch." Roger's voice said.