Title: Beauty and the Beast

Author: Mjade

Summary: Draco/Mione fic. One year after graduation. Ron and Harry go exploring and when they don't come back Hermione begins to worry. I know the title is corny but I named it that because the plot line is based on that.

Disclaimer: J.K. Rowling owns Harry Potter and Walt Disney own Beauty and the Beast, the animation.

Rating: PG/Romance

Author's Note: This chapter is now centered on Gaston. Come on I had to do that. Thanks to all those who reviewed!

Harry Potter and Ron Weasley arrived in town worrying over Hermione Granger, their best friend. Meanwhile, in a tavern in town, Gaston stares angrily at the fireplace. Who could turn down Gaston?



"Who does she think she is? That girl has tangled with the wrong man. No one says 'no' to Gaston!" Gaston said.

"Heh, heh! Darn right!" Le Fou said.

"Dismissed! Rejected! Publicly humiliated! Why, its more than I can bear!" Gaston turns his chair away.

"More beer?" Le Fou said facing him.

"What for? Nothing helps. I'm a disgrace," Gaston moves his chair away from Le Fou, but Le Fou just runs in front of him again.

"Who, you? Never! Gaston you've got to pull yourself together," Le Fou says then continues "Gosh, it disturbs me to see you Gaston, looking so down in the dumps. Every guy here'd love to be you Gaston, even when taking your lumps," he said, and got some cheers from other men drinking beer. "There's no man in town as admired as you, you're everyone's favorite guy. Everyone's awed and inspired by you and it's not very hard to see whyyyy!"

Le Fou looked around at everybody and began to sing, "No one's slick as Gaston, no one's quick as Gaston! No one's neck is incredibly thick as Gaston's! For there's no man in town half as manly, perfect a pure paragon. You can asked any Tom, Dick, or Stanley," Le Fou said, as he danced on top of three old cronies' heads "and they'll tell you which team they prefer to be on!"

"No one's been like Gaston! A king-pin like Gaston!" Some old cronies chorused.

"No ones got a swell cleft in his chin like Gaston!" Le Fou said. Gaston seemed to be enjoying this because he suddenly stood up and sang, "As a specimen, yes, I'm intimidating!"

"My, what a guy, GASTON!" Le Fou and the old cronies sang. The three blond bimbettes sitting on the bench sang, "For there's no one as burly or brawny!"

"As you see I've got biceps to spare," Gaston said as he picked up the bench where the three bimbettes were sitting.

"Not a bit of him's scraggly or scrawny!" Le Fou said.

"That's right! And every last inch of me is covered with HAIR!" Gaston sang.

Everyone in the tavern sang, "No one shoots like Gaston!" As Gaston got his rifle and shot. "Makes those beauts like Gaston!" Gaston stamped his boots on the wooden floor.

"Then goes tramping around wearing boots, like Gaston!" Le Fou said.

Gaston sat down on his chair; "I use antlers in all of my DECORATING!"

And everyone turned to him and sang, "My what a guy, GASTON!"



***



"Harry! We have got to do something!" Ron said, in the verge of hyperventilating.

"Ron, calm down!" Harry said, noticing Ron's face was turning crimson.

"Calm down?! How can you expect me to calm down when our best friend is in the hands of Malfoy?" Ron said. He caught a sight of the tavern. "Maybe someone there can help," he said to Harry.

"No way, Ron! You can't go in there raving like a mad man!" Harry tried to say, but Ron already ran in. 'And we lose 20 points' Harry thought.



***

Ron burst through the tavern door. "Help! Someone help me!"

"Mister Weasley!" the bartender said, surprised.

"Please! Please! I need your help. He's got her! He's got her locked in the dungeon!" Ron said, lifting a man's collar.

"Who?"

"Hermione! We must go! Not a minute to lose!"

"You don't mean Miss Granger?" Someone else said.

"Whoa. Slow down, Ron," Gaston said, intrigued. "Who's got Hermione locked in a dungeon?"

"A horrible wizard in the old mansion, in the forest!" Ron said.

Everybody stared at Ron for a moment, and then howled with laughter.

"Magic spells! Heh! Heh!"

"Hocus pocus! Ha!"

Ron's ears turned pink from embarrassment. "It's true! I need you to help me!"

"All right! We'll help you out!" Gaston said.

"You will?!" Ron said, some of his sanity returning. But before he could realize what Gaston meant, two men picked him up, dragged him, and threw him out the door.

Fortunately, Ron landed in a pile of snow. Still with Ron lying down, Harry's head hovered above him and said, "Ready to go back to the inn?"



***



"Crazy Mister Weasley! He's always good for a laugh!" An old crony said.

Gaston looked pensive, but also in deep thought. "Crazy Mister Weasley, hmmm? Crazy Ronald Weasley, hmmm?" He looked at his sidekick and said, "Le Fou, I'm afraid I've been thinking."

"A dangerous pastime-"

"I know. But that wacky coot is Hermione's best friend, and his sanity's only so-so." Gaston said making a hand gestured before he continued. "Now the wheels in my head have been turning, since I met that loony man, Ron. See, I've promised myself I'll get Hermione, and right now I'm evolving a plan!" Gaston picks Le Fou up and they started discussing quietly.

"If I-" Gaston whispered.

"Yes?" Le Fou said.

"Then we. . ."

"No! Would she. . ."

Gaston whispers then says "Guess!"

Le Fou suddenly realizes and says "Now I get it!"

And then the both of them say, "Let's go!"

"No one plots like Gaston! Takes cheap shots like Gaston! Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston!"

And everyone in the Tavern sings "My what a guy, GASTON!"





IMPORTANT READ BELOW!



A/N: I have good news and bad news! Good news that I'll be continuing. The bad news is it will be after Christmas break. I'm sorry, guys but I hope you enjoyed that chapter! It was longer than the other ones. I didn't put all the song lyrics of the two songs because that will just be boring. Besides, the last time I saw "Beauty and the Beast" was almost two years ago. Just think I'll be gone four weeks than rather one month. It sounds shorter. If you want me to email you when I next update, tell me in your review! Thanks to all my happy reviewers! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!