Sorry I left you guys hanging back there (on ch. 2)... Sorry! Also, I am SO SORRY for not updating for so long! I'm SO SORRY!!! Okay, I'm starting right where I left off, and yes, Cesia REALLY doesn't like to be stared at. Here's my thanks to all the people who reviewed! (Gosh, so many people reviewed! Thanks!) .

Perfect-Cesia

Thank you!

Chase the Wolves

Well, I had to put SOMETHING from the manga in there...

Insaneoveranime

Thank you, and here's your update!

Lexzzz

Thank you! I'm thinking about writing another one. What fairy tail should it be? Don't worry, it'll definitely have to have some Rath/Cesia.

Hououza

Thank you for telling me what I did well. Thank you so much!

knowwii

Sorry! I don't want to make this story too short, I have plans...

Hi

Here's my update!

Beauty and the Beast

Ch. 4: Tupet .

"So Cesia, when do you turn back into a person?" Rath asked.

"Right after we leave the forest."

"Well, we just left the forest." As if on cue, Cesia started to glow. Modestly, Rath turned around. He heard the soft rustle of cloth and turned to face Cesia. Cesia wasn't a raving beauty, but she was pretty. Very pretty. She had long, wavy black hair with light brown bangs. Her eyes, a deep violet, shone in the noon sun. She was wearing a makeshift dress that covered mostly everything, made of two coats.

"What were you doing in Bertha's Forest, Cesia?" Rath inquired.

"Oh, I was gathering herbs for my step-sister, Tupet."

"Step-sister?"

"Yeah. They adopted me, but told me to call them my step-family. Said it sounded more superior." Cesia shrugged.

"..."

"So, Rath, that was your name, right?"

"Yeah..."

"Well Rath, where are you staying?"

"Uhh... I was thinking of staying at an inn somewhere..."

"Oh."

"Why?"

"Oh, nothing."

"What's the name of your stepsister?"

"Tupet."

"Hmm. Do you usually change into an animal when you go in Bertha's Forest?" Rath asked.

Cesia nodded. "Yeah... I always turn into a sacred, too. Well, this is where we part ways." They had reached a beautifully carved oak front door, belonging to an equally beautiful wood inn. They shook hands, and then parted ways.

As soon as Cesia thought Rath had gone far enough, she darted around the inn to the back door. She quietly went in.

Unbeknownst to Cesia, Rath had not gone far and had seen her go around the inn. He followed her.

In the inn, Cesia had silently gone upstairs to her room. Her room was bare. Nothing was on the wall, and a cheap futon was on the floor. She quickly changed into an old cotton blue dress and went downstairs.

Downstairs, a young girl with blond hair and brown tips was talking to a man near the front door. The girl said something, and then the man smiled and put a pouch full of gold coins in the girl's awaiting hand. Then the man left. The girl smiled a smile of such malevolence that it sent shivers down Cesia's back. Then the girl turned around and saw Cesia.

"Cesia! How are you?" Without waiting for an answer she continued, "Pack up your things, we're, or should I say you, are going on a little trip."

Cesia was wary, but she knew the consequences of not doing what her step-sister wanted. Cesia had experienced it the hard way. So she went back upstairs.

As soon as Cesia had gone upstairs, Tupet whispered, "For a lifetime."

Heh, heh. Don't you just love cliff-hangers? Oh, now I'm only going to respond to questions in the reviews. I'm sorry for all those who like Tupet.