Disclaimer: Hey everybody! This is my last chapter on PWRIS of Beauty and the Beast. Sob I hope everyone enjoyed reading it and thank you so much for the reviews! After this story is done I plan on doing another PWRIS story. I can't decide on doing it on PWRIS with B&B's Magical Christmas or something else. Anyway read and enjoy!
-BeautyandYue
Chapter 17
By: BeautyandYue
Previously: Karone looked at her friends and said into the communicator that had reappeared on her wrist "Alpha? Take us home."
A pale human hand shakily reached up and grabbed onto the edge of ground that jutted over the pool where the waterfall fed into…
The next few days were spent recuperating and cleaning up the dust that had gathered around the Mega ship in the month that they were gone. Zhane roamed around the ship, just glad to be home and back to normal. He went in search of Karone and found her in her room cleaning her guitar. Karone looked up when her door opened. She smiled warmly as Zhane entered. "Like I said a while ago, keep that guitar warm for me." He said teasingly sitting down next to her. Karone laughed and continued cleaning.
After a while though her face became troubled and Karone just had to ask, "Do you remember anything that happened while you were…you know?"
Zhane looked at her and then he looked at his coat sleeve. Pulling his space coat sleeve back Zhane traced the long, thin, running scar that Astronema's monster had left before that entire hullabaloo started. "I remember some." Zhane admitted finally after a moment looking up at Karone. "But other times I don't. It was like I was in a dream. For the most part, right at the beginning of when I was a thing," He said glaring at the scar. "That really wasn't me. That was the beast part of the spell."
Karone smiled and put her hand on Zhane's hand still tracing the scar. "Do you remember what I said the last time? Before…you…?"
"Died?" Zhane nodded "at the end there I was more myself than I had been at the beginning. So yeah, I remember."
Karone leaned in "Good." She said giving Zhane a kiss that left him speechless. Karone pulled away and started tuning. "What do you want me to sing?" she asked.
Zhane blinked still dazed then his eyes lit up "I have a better idea."
Karone looked at him and got the idea. She beamed at him and struck the chord to bring out the melody.
Karone began in her mid soprano voice:
Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then somebody bends
Unexpectedly.
Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the Beast.
Zhane sang in his tenor voice after Karone had finished the verse:
Ever
just the same
Ever a
surprise
Ever
as before
Ever
just as sure
As the
sun will rise.
Tale
as old as time
Tune
as old as song
Andros stopped by Karone's room to talk to her when he was stopped by Ashley coming past him and ran a feather duster over his face flirtatiously and walked off with a sly look in her eyes. Andros chuckled and made to follow only he was suddenly stopped by TJ. "Well Andros old friend, let us forget everything and start over." TJ said slinging his arm over Andros' shoulders. "Since we don't have to pretend anymore."
"Of course TJ. I told you she would break the spell." Andros said lightly punching him in the shoulder.
"I beg your pardon old friend," TJ said getting himself loose from Andros. "But I believe I told you."
"No you didn't. I told you." Andros argued back.
"You most certainly did not!" TJ said getting in Andros' face. "You pompous parable headed pea brain!" and bumped into him.
"Bring it on! You, you over grown pocket watch!" Andros said shoving TJ. Andros and TJ leapt at each other, engaging in a wrestling match. Sounds of "Take that!" "Hey!" "And that!"
Together they sang:
Bittersweet
and strange
Finding
you can change
Learning you were wrong.
Cassie and Carlos peeked into Karone's room. Cassie sighed happily at the romantic scene. "Are they going to live happily ever after? Cassie?" Carlos asked.
Cassie giggled "Of course Carlos, of course."
"Do I still have to sleep in the cupboard?" Carlos asked impishly.
"Oh you." Cassie said turning to him.
"Uh oh." Carlos said and took off running with Cassie in hot pursuit.
Certain as the sun
Rising in the east
Tale as old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.
Zhane and Karone sat not noticing the commotion outside the door, but sang on together as they would always be. Together Forever.
Tale as old as time
Song
as old as rhyme
Beauty and the Beast.
Fin