I own nothing! Not Disney's B&B, nor PWRIS (sob) Ok I'm done. Now, I am not writing previously on PWRS because it takes up to much time. Or maybe I still can give you a short summery…walks away thinking… 0o…ok don't mind my other self there. heh
Anyway on with the story!
Chapter 5
By: BeautyandYue
Alpha couldn't transport her all the way into the forest only to the edge. She walked the rest of the way in. Karone walked up to the castle. It looked forbidding and sinister. 'Why not, a creepy castle to come with the creepy forest.' Karone thought going through the gate. Karone walked up to the big wooden and iron door, which closed the castle and its mysteries off from Karone and the world. She took a deep breath and pushed the door open. The castle was in need of repair. What once was a grand staircase with brilliant red carpet now were dust clogged and the carpet a dull rust color. Dusty, musty smelling drapes covered windows. No light filtered through, so the place was very gloomy and dark. Karone started going up the staircase dust following her steps. "Hello? Is anyone here? Andros?" Karone called.
She reached the top of the stairs and turned to the right going down the hallway calling her brother's name.
TJ and Andros were practicing different personalities as to not reveal themselves. "But no you had to serve him tea! Sit him in the masters chair, pet the pooch!" TJ said practicing a fussy, British butler's voice.
"I was trying to be hospitable." Andros answered shrugging, in a French accent.
"Andros?" called a voice. Karone passed the room in which they were practicing.
TJ and Andros whirled around and hopped to the door. (Well Andros hopped, TJ kinda waddled. :D) "Its Karone!" Andros said excitedly, looking at TJ.
"I can see that." TJ said.
"Don't you see she's the one! She has come to brake the spell!" Andros grabbed TJ's brass hands' in his excitement and whirled him around, making TJ thoroughly dizzy, before letting go and hopping off following his wandering sister.
"w-wait a minute!" TJ called, regaining his balance, waddling after Andros.
Cassie was overseeing the washing of dishes in the kitchen, when Carlos came bounding in excitedly. "Karone's here!" He shouted gleefully.
"Carlos! Don't shout! Besides wouldn't we have heard her already?" Cassie told him.
Ashley came flying out from behind a curtain. "Karone's here!"
Carlos grinned. "See I told you!"
Karone walked down another hallway. She had been searching for about ten minutes. A door creaked behind her. Karone whirled around but found no one was there. It was like an unseen force was guiding her. "Andros?" she cried out standing in the hallway. Karone walked through the door that had opened. But no one was there. "That's funny, I'm sure I heard…" she trailed off when a light shone up a head. "Hello? I'm looking for my brother…" Karone dashed up the stairs but again not a soul was there. She walked past Andros, his eyes closed, candles lighted to guide her, hiding in a niche. "Is anyone here?" Karone called out looking into the dank, gloomy room that, unknown to her, was the dungeon. Finally she was rewarded.
"K-Karone?" came a seemingly weak voice.
"Andros!" Karone joyfully shouted, grabbing a torch out of its holder and ran to who she thought was her brother. But in fact he was a fake. (Andros and the others knew that he was a fake when they had seen the fake Andros go and lie down in the dungeon cell to wait for Karone. They felt bad about tricking Karone but knew she needed to stay there in the castle with them in order to save them and Zhane.) "Andros," she said dropping down on the cold stone floor, grabbing his hands. Which were sticking between the iron bars. "Oh, your hands are like ice. I've got to get you out of here."
"No Karone! You have to listen to me! Get out of here!" the fake Andros said.
"No, I won't leave you! Who's done this to you?" she demanded.
"Karone! Look out!" Came the agonized cry.
A roar came from behind Karone as a huge paw roughly revolved her around. The torch flew out of her startled hand and landed into a water puddle, extinguishing immediately. "Who are you?" Karone asked searching the darkness.
"The master of this castle." Came the deep, guttural reply.
"Will you let my brother out? Can't you see he's sick?" Karone asked.
"Well he shouldn't have trespassed!" The voice said from the shadows.
"He was brought here against his will!" Karone cried indignant. She then had a thought. One she knew would be a sacrifice. "Take me instead." Karone said softly.
"You!" the Zhane-Beast snarled and scoffed at her silly request. Then stopped surprised "you would take his place?"
"If I did would you let me go?" Karone persisted.
"Yes." Zhane-Beast agreed quietly, pondering her selflessness. "But you have to stay here forever." He added.
Karone thought about the ultimatum. "Come into the light." She asked wanting to see Zhane even if he wasn't all there.
He hesitated not sure how she would react. Zhane-Beast slowly slid one hind paw into a weak ray of light from an overhead opening, and stepped in all the way. When Zhane had transformed there had been so much chaos and people flying everywhere, that she hadn't gotten a good view. He stretched at least seven feet tall with white blonde fur, his face was that of a beast that was for certain, steel blue eyes stared at Karone, the clothes he had been wearing were just tatters now, tattered black pants from his uniform, his silver shirt had ragged rips in them, and a billowy black cape held together with a silver brooch, was around his shoulders. (Where he got the cape I don't know ; p )
Karone gasped and recoiled in shock. She gathered her courage and stepped into the light as well. "You have my word."
"Done!" Zhane-Beast brushed past to let go his prisoner while Karone dropped to the floor in grief.
The fake Andros was dragged out by Zhane-Beast. "W-wait!" Karone cried reaching for her "brother". Zhane-Beast threw fake Andros out. Karone watched the fake pick himself up from the pavement and start walking away. She put her head down on the dungeon room windowsill and began to cry. The real Andros' heart went out to her. As Zhane-Beast came up the stairs a second time he made a suggestion. "Master-"
"What?" came the snarled reply.
Andros cringed but went on, "since the girl is going to be stay with us for quite some time, perhaps you could give her a more comfortable room." He gestured with his skinny, brass arms. Zhane-Beast snorted at him in agitation and went onwards. The flames on Andros' head and candle-hands flickered. "Then again maybe not." He said, eyes wide.
Karone looked up to find Zhane-Beast standing in the doorway or trying too, only he succeeded in sticking his head and upper chest in. "I didn't even get to say goodbye! I'll never see him again! I didn't even say goodbye…" she dropped her head into to her hands again.
Zhane-Beast rubbed his head feeling a little ashamed. "I'll show you to your room then." He said.
Karone lifted her head sniffling a little "my room? B-but I thought…"
"You wanna-wanna stay in the dungeon?" Zhane-Beast said viciously spreading his arms wide encompassing the small prison room, making it even smaller than it already was.
Karone drew back "N-no"
"Then follow me."
To Be Continued…
