A drape was being dragged down by the Beast as he was doing something. He was dressed up in a blue suit and was humming 'Deck the Halls'. He set the drape on a small table, straighten it and swiped off the dust. "Cogsworth!" he hollered.
"Oh, dear. Yes. Oh, oh, coming. Coming." Cogsworth and Marilda were picking up the pace as the Beast hollered. "Cogsworth!" he hollered again as he was setting a chair. "Running, running. Almost there." The two finally made it and Cogsworth he opened the door. "You bellowed, sir?" he asked.
"Find Belle. I, uh… Well, l… She has to hear a song." said the Beast. Marilda clicked as she heard what he said. "Yes, sir. Right away, sir. Uh..." Cogsworth paused what his master just said and smiled, "Splendid. Yes, well… Splendid. Come along Marilda." he said as chuckled with glee and the two left.
Cogsworth and Marilda arrived at Belle's room but saw that no was in there. "Belle. Belle Where is she? Belle?" Cogsworth hollered her name but no answer. Marilda clicks as she was hollering for Petite but she was not in the room.
At the dinning room, the servants were setting the chandelier up. "Careful, careful. Too fast." said Lumiere as the silver teapot used its spout to move the handle but as it let it go, the chandelier was falling down fast. "Get out of the way! Stop!" Lumiere cried as the objects and Pokemon flee. Lumiere and Cresent moved out of the way as the chandelier landed on the table.
"Ha! Amateurs." said Angelique. "FurFrou." said Filicia as she agreed. She turned her head as she saw Acel by the table, trying to get a Poinsettia flower until he finally reached it.
"Belle?" Cogsworth hollered as he and Marilda came down the hall until Cogsworth was on wreath and looked down. "Excuse me. Hello? Has anyone seen Belle? I can't find her anywhere. And the master is demanding to see her now. He's got a song he wants her to hear." said Cogsworth.
Marilda clicked as she was asking if the Pokemon saw Petite but no hadn't seen her. Acel listened to what Cogsworth and Marilda said and was wondering where they be at. All he remembered was that they were outside by the garden.
"Ho-ho. C'est magnifique!" said Lumiere as he was lighting the candles on the chandelier. "Chandelure." said Cresent. "Last I saw of her; she was going with Chip and the Pokemon to look for a Christmas tree." said Mrs. Potts. "Poultea." Tia nodded.
Cogsworth quickly strained himself loose, but the wreath is still on him. "Right. We must conduct a search of the grounds. Lumiere, you and Cresent are with me." he said.
"Cogsworth! I'm waiting!" the Beast yelled. Marilda clicked in panic. "Oh, dear. I'm almost there, sir. Uh, uh…" Cogsworth was in panic as he quickly ran downstairs, having wreath off of him and looked at Mrs. Potts. "Mrs Potts, stall the master. All right, Lumiere, we're… Lumiere? Wait, I'm leading. Me first, you second." he said as he and Marilda left the room.
"Sol?" Acel watched as Cogsworth, Lumiere, and their Pokemon left. "Acel, dear. I hope you don't mind but would you look around the castle and find Belle and Petite?" Mrs. Potts asked. "Absol." Acel nodded and left the room, leaving the Poinsettia flower on the table.
Lumiere, Cresent, Cogswort, and Marilda were outside, finding Belle and Petite. "Belle! Belle! Where is she?" Lumiere wondered. "Belle? Belle?" "Belle, where are you?" they hollered. "Chandelure?" Cresent hollered and Marilda clicked loudly as they were hollering for Petite.
The four kept searching until something caught Cogsworth's attention. "Lumiere, wait." he said. Below him was a sled trail with tracks that was from a Mudsdale. "Hmm?" Lumiere looked at the trail and gasped at where it leads to. "The Black Forest! Come along. Hurry now!" he said and starts following the trail while the others follow him.
"Oh, no. This is catastrophic!" Cogsworth panicked. "Cogsworth, quit dawdling." said Lumiere as he looked at him. "I'm not dawdling. I'm waddling." "Well, don't waddle then. We're in a hurry, you lazy old clock!" said Lumiere as the four kept going farther away from the castle to the Black Forest.
To Be Continued...
