A/N: Hey, there everybody! It's me, MBAV fan66!

So, now we get into the action part of our story. The fight over who wins the lovely Sarah's heart (which we already know who that is). ;)

But yes, the cunning and conniving Jesse Black has crashed Ethan's and Sarah's date together. (No surprise there.) And he's tricked the town's people into joining him in taking down our beloved Beast with lies. But how will this dinner date all end? You'll just have to read to find out! :D

Shout outs to:

Charmedhpgirl- Thanks for adding this story to your favorites list! :)

TiredOfBeingNice- I'm so glad you loved it! Benny can sure do it all, can he? Lol! Yeah...That's Jesse for ya. The big poopy head! Lol! I don't know, fanfic buddy? Is it? Lol! I guess you'll just have to read this chapter to find out! Hehehe! ;P

Story: Beauty And The Beast Part 9

Chapter 18: Who's The Real Beast Here?

Main Pairing: Sarah/Ethan

"How did you even find me?! Where you stalking me?! Ugh! I can't BELIEVE you! You're such a creep! How many times do I have to tell you?! I. Don't. Want. To. Be. With. You...Like, EVER!" stressed Sarah frustratingly. Then something occured to her. "And why is most of the town here? Did you bring them here?" she asked with a bit of worry and curiosity in her voice.

Jesse stood there and smirked at her. He then held out his open arms to her. "Do not fear my lovely and fare Sarah! Your future husband, Jesse, has come to save you, my dear!" he declared heroically, expecting her to run into his open arms, which she didn't.

Instead, she only stood there with a scowl on her face, glaring daggers at him. "To save me from what, exactly?" she asked sternly, giving him the evil eye.

Jesse stood there still smirking. "Why from the Beast's evil clutches, my dear!" he answered, looking at Ethan when he said it. The crowd of town's people standing behind him, all cheered and shouted agreeing with him.

Ethan stepped forward, as Sarah only rolled her eyes at Jesse's dumb reply. "That is the most perposterous thing that I've ever heard! I wouldn't dare ever hurt Sarah! Or anybody else for that matter!" he defended honorably. He then looked back towards Sarah and smiled fondly at her. "I love her too much to ever commit such a sin to someone as beautiful and lovely, as she." declared Ethan modestly.

Sarah gasped silently when he said that, but smiled back, clearly happy to hear it. They stared into each other's eyes and right when she was about to say how she loves him, too, she was rudely interrupted by Jesse, instead.

"Silence! You foul, Beast! You have no right to be with her! You speak nothing but lies! We all know that you kidnapped Sarah and is forcing her to stay here with you!" shouted Jesse boldly. He then lightly chuckled to himself. "I mean, why would anyone ever fall for you? You're nothing more than just a savage and mangy beast, who is incapable of love and is destined to live forever alone." he stated snidely. The whole mob, once again roared behind Jesse, only making his cocky smirk grow even more.

Ethan wasn't gonna lie, but what Jesse had said to him had sort of hurt and stung a bit. It started to cause him to self doubt himself about whether or not if he would ever find true love or not. And more importantly...if that true love would just so happen to be Sarah. The girl who seems to of captured his heart with her kindness and good-heartedness.

"Alright, you jerk!" blurted out Benny angrily, as he came marching forward with his girlfriend right there behind him. "How could you say such a thing?! Ethan's a really nice guy! Who doesn't deserve such vulgar insults from someone like you! If anyones a beast around here, it's you! With your selfish and stuckup ways! GOD! How I've hated you for years for always thinking you're better than everyone else, when clearly you're NOT!" shouted Benny angrily, finally letting out all that pent up rage and anger he had gathered up over the years towards him.

Erica wrapped an arm around one of Benny's and interwined her fingers with his, as she tried to calm her boyfriend down some. She then shot Jesse a glare when she felt Benny's tenseness ease up a bit. "Benny's right! If anybody's a beast here, it's you, Jesse!" spouted off Erica snidely. "Barging in here like you own the place and claiming that Ethan is holding Sarah captive against her will, when he's not! You don't even know the whole story! You're just trying to play the hero to make yourself look good in front of the town!" ranted Erica.

"You know, I used to have a crush on you, but now..." she shook her head. "I can see why Sarah dislikes you so much. You only think of nobody, but yourself and to hell with anyone else! You claim that you love Sarah, but in truth you don't! You'll always love yourself more and put your needs ahead of her's! While Ethan, on the other hand, would gladly give up everything, if it meant being with Sarah! Unlike you! Who'd only see her as nothing more than a trophy wife!" rambled Erica confidently.

Jesse just stood there with a frown upon his face. "Why is it that you two are so determined to vouch for him, huh?" he asked, with a raised brow.

Before Benny or Erica could speak, Sarah stepped forward to speak for them instead. "I'll tell you why, Jesse!" she blurted out boldy, taking a quick glance at her two besties before focusing her attention back on Jesse. "It's because they've saw what I had saw in him ever since he saved my life that night. A kindhearted and gentle person, who's more of a man than you'll ever be! He treats me and others with respect and dignity!" she explained, honestly. "And I wouldn't be surprised if you'd only gathered the town here for some selfish reason of your's based on some absurd lie that you've made up just to get them here!" added Sarah suspicously.

Jesse just rolled his eyes, but when he noticed the town's people behind him beginning to start having doubts about Ethan and second guessing themselves on whether this was the right thing to do or not, he began to panic some and instead tried to come up with a quick lie to regain their trust and support once again.

"Lies!" he yelled boldly. He then turned to face the people behind him. "Don't listen to a word they say! Can't you see?! He has gotten into their heads and has somehow made them believe that he is the good guy here and that we are the bad guys! The Beast has put a spell on them!" declared Jesse urgently. The town's people all looked at each other and once again bought what Jesse was saying to them, as they yelled in anger, shouting 'kill the beast!'

When he turned back around a huge grin could be seen spread across his smug face. Benny's face went red in anger as he lunged forward after him. "Why you dirty piece of-" he cursed, but didn't finish it, as he balled his hand into a fist to punch him in his pretty little face.

Once the contact was made, Jesse took a couple of steps backwards, wiping a small amount of blood from the corner of his mouth. He shot the burnette an angry glare. "How dare you?" snarled Jesse. "You'll pay for that Weir!" he threatened bitterly.

Benny just stood there with a satisfied smirk on his face. It felt good to finally do what he's been wanting to do to him, after all these years. "I'd like to see you try!" taunted Benny back, confidently.

Furious, Jesse gave the order to attack. When the angry mob came rushing after them, Erica rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's hotheadedness and quickly grabbed his hand, leading him away from the angry mob (in which they were clearly out numbered to begin with). "Come on guys! Run!" yelled Erica desperately to her friends and boyfriend.

Sarah, Ethan, and Benny all ran, following Erica's lead.

"Why are you guys doing this?! It's me that they're after, not you!" wondered Ethan, as he ran.

"Because!" panted Benny. "You're our friend!"

"And you don't deserve to be treated like this! Or to die under these circumstances, for that matter!" added Erica.

"It's about time the town finally see's you as we see you!" started Benny.

"Yeah! As someone like us! A good natured person who's friendly and kind and just wants to live a simple normal life!" finished Erica, looking back at Ethan with a smile before looking back in front of her again.

Ethan was stunned by their reasons of why they had so badly defended him, back there. He felt happy and honored to know that they were his friends, as well. He smiled a small smile before it quickly disappeared into a frown, that nobody had caught. "But...my life doesn't matter very much anymore. Soon the last petal will fall before breaking the curse. And then I'll be..." he thought glumly to himself, as they ran.

The quartet ran down a hallway (after running up a few flight of stairs), with Jesse and his angry mob following close behind them. They ran into a room, not caring what room they were in, and quickly shut the door, swiftly locking it behind them. What they didn't notice though, was the fact that the room that they had entered was the very same room that held The Rose Of Fate in it.

Taking a few minutes to catch their breaths, they tried to come up with a plan on what to do next. But they were soon interrupted by a loud banging noise on the door, as they heard angry yelling coming from the other side. They jumped as it startled them and they slightly panicked on what to do, as they took a few steps back away from the door. The door was strong and would hold for now, but they knew that it wouldn't hold forever.

"There has to be away out of this?! There's just gotta be!" panicked Benny.

"There is! Like I said before, just let them kill me and get it over with it. That way at least I'll know that none of you won't get hurt in the process." replied Ethan defeatedly.

"No!" declared Sarah strongly, taking Ethan by surprise. "We're not gonna let you die for our safety! It's like what Erica and Benny had said before! You're our friend and we're not gonna let such a horrible fate befall you, either!" expressed Sarah wholeheartedly.

Erica and Benny both nodded in agreement with her. Ethan smiled fondly at them and gave a nod, as well, saying 'he's with them' and 'thanks'. "Then we better think of a way out of here, quick! Those doors won't hold for much longer." suggested Ethan concernedly, looking towards the rattling door before them.

Meanwhile, outside the locked doors. Jesse was furious when he seen them run into the room and locked them out. He didn't want to wait a moment longer to see the Beast's downfall, so he tried one of the room's next to it. He smiled sinisterly when he saw that it was unlocked and quietly slipped inside unnoticed by the villagers.

He crept towards the window, opening it, as he stepped outside on a small ledge that ran along the building. He carefully side stepped over to the next window, which was the room were the Beast and the others were currently held up at. None of them noticed the little doorsized doors on the large glass window slowly being to open up and Jesse silently coming through it until it was too late.

"Ah-ha! Now I've got you, you foul Beast! There's nowhere to run, now!" mocked Jesse smugly. They all quickly turned around (with surprised faces) to face the window, seeing Jesse standing there as he pulled out a knife from behind him on his belt and held it up threateningly at Ethan.

"Just leave him alone, Jesse! Will you?! He did nothing wrong to you to warrant this kind of action!" demanded Sarah, bravely.

"Actually, my fair Sarah...he has! He stole your heart from me! And for that he must die!" replied Jesse.

"You've had to of had my heart in the first place, Jesse! In which case, you didn't! And never will!" pointed out Sarah with a scoff.

"Maybe...But it still doesn't matter because I am Jesse Black! And I always get what I want! And what I want right now is you, Sarah." he boasted proudly, with a grin.

"Well, you can't have her! Sarah's not just a prize to be won, you dick! She's a lady who deserves respect, you pig!" blurted Ethan bravely, taking a stand against Jesse's vulgar way of how he saw Sarah. This guy was really starting to work his nerves and he couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't just about to sit here and let him talk to Sarah as if she was nothing more than an object to behold.

Jesse whipped his head over to face Ethan with a scowl. "You shut up, Beast! Sarah is mine! And I won't let her be with someone as worthless and as pathetic as you are! She deserves better! She deserve someone who is as handsome and good looking as ME! Not you! And together we'll be the best looking couple in town!" stated Jesse seriously, smirking at the end.

"She's not a trophy who you can just...parade around at your side whenever you feel like it! She has feelings, hopes, and dreams herself you know!" shouted Ethan defensively.

Jesse chuckled. "For now. But once I make her my bride, that will all soon change. As I'll force her into becoming the proper housewife that she is meant to be!" implied Jesse evilly.

Ethan soon lost it when he heard that and charged at Jesse with a mighty roar. He tackled Jesse to the ground, as the two struggled against one another. The fall had caused Jesse to lose his grip on the knife, making him drop it as they tussled on the floor.

Erica, Sarah, and Benny all watched in anticipation and with anxious eyes filled with worry and concern as the two fought.

Though Ethan clearly had the advantage with his size and strength, he was still struggling and having a hard time fighting against Jesse because he didn't really want to hurt the guy (even if he did deserve it a little bit, though).

Getting fed up (and deciding to play dirty now, instead) Jesse had spit in Ethan's eye, temporarily blinding him. "Agh!" cried out Ethan, trying to wipe the spit from his eyes. As he did, he took a few steps back (accidently knocking over the small table that held The Rose Of Fate upon it) towards the window.

The glass dome shattered to peices once it hit the floor, causing the already fallen petals to scatter across the room's floor along with the remaining last rose petal still attached to the stem, to fall off, as well.

Jesse took Ethan's temporary blindness to his advantage, as he scurried to gather his hunting knife from the floor and stood up abruptly. Right when Ethan could finally see again, he felt something sharp enter his body from the front.

He heard Sarah gasp loudly and the door finally giving in, allowing the angry mob of people to come bursting in to witness the tragic scene. He looked down to see a knife implanted into his chest with Jesse's hands still on the handle. When he looked up at Jesse, Ethan could see a crazed and disparate man in them, who's lost touched with his humanity.

"Now you will never have Sarah! Hahahaha! She's mine, at last! All mine! Hahahaha! Now die! You foul and disgusting Beast! DIE!" laughed Jesse like a madman. He thrusted the blade even deeper into his chest, causing Ethan to let out a piercing scream of pain. The thrust had enough force to push the injured Ethan back even further towards the window, making him stumble backwards out it. But as he fell over the ledge, he had taken Jesse down with him by instinctively grabbing onto him (trying to keep himself from falling out the window) right before the window's glass had shattered.

"ETHAN!" cried out Sarah in desperation, with tears running down her cheeks as she reached out for him.

A/N: Holy, freakin' corn sauce! What the hell just happened, here?! Ethan just fell out a window, after being stabbed in the chest?! What the hell, man?! That's just crazy! :P

So, we had some heartfelt moments in this chapter, as well as some...not so hearfelt ones, as well. *gives Jesse the evil eye* No thanks to Jesse and his lies. The dirty bastard. *sighs sadly*

Sadly, the next chapter will be the last for this fairytale. *sighs again* But on the bright side, they'll be another one starting up once this one is done with. So, yay for that! :) As for which tale will be told next, you'll just have to wait until next chapter for your clue, as to what it'll be! Hehehe! ;)

So, please review with your thoughts about the chapter! And until next time, I'll be seeing you all around! Bye! :)