A/N: I'm a day behind uploading this chapter. I just had to make sure that I wanted it to be written the way I planned it out. The next chapter will be way better than this one. Since I had a lot of inspiration from watching OUAT's season 4 finale last Sunday night. I have so many ideas that I don't know where to start. ^^

Date Written: 5-13-15

Chapter 5 Knowing the Enemy

Beast

Just looking at the knife that almost could have killed Belle made him angry. Beast looked at Gaston with rage in his eyes. So many emotions went through his head that he had to control himself from putting his hands on Gaston.

'I want to hurt him, but I don't want to hurt Belle anymore. Since she's already hurting enough already,' Beast thought to himself as he took in Gaston's appearance.

Belle just stood right beside Beast as she held onto his left arm. Gaston looked at Belle with disgust as she held onto Beast.

"Belle come with me. You shouldn't be with this monster!" Gaston said to Belle as he reached out for her hand.

"I'm not going with you, Gaston. I'm staying with Beast," Belle said to Gaston bravely.

"You heard the young lady. Why don't you just walk away?" Beast said to Gaston as he grasped Belle's hand as they walked away.

"For a beast you sure can be a coward," Gaston shouted out to Beast.

Beast turned around and looked at Gaston with so much hatred in his eyes. Belle couldn't believe that Beast looked so angry at Gaston like that. She had a frightened look on her face and was wondering if the two men were going to fight in front of her or not.

'I don't know why he's trying to force Belle to go with him. I won't let him lay a hand on her or Gaston will have to face my wrath,' Beast thought to himself as he looked back at Belle.

Beast would have given anything to spend time talking to Belle then have to face off with Gaston. However, he kept looking at Belle as she looked back at him. He had no idea what he was feeling on his chest. Beast could feel his chest warming up and he could feel his mouth forming into a smile that made Gaston angry.

"What makes you think that my Belle would ever find you appealing?" Gaston asked Beast as his laughter echoed through the dead woods.

"I can't believe a sleaze like yourself would think of yourself more appealing to Belle than I am." Beast said to Gaston smugly.

"Belle wants somebody who's handsome and strong like myself," Gaston said to Beast as he stepped up closer to him.

"Gaston are you crazy? Beast will slaughter you! Don't go through with this," Belle said to Gaston as she watched him pull his knife out the tree bark.

Belle

Wastching Gaston pull the knife out was terrifying and she had no idea what harm he would do to Beast. Belle's heart pounded against her chest and her breathing quickened. She watched Gaston raise his left arm and quickly tried to slice Beast's arm that held Belle behind him. Gaston missed and Beast smiled at the little victory of not being stabbed.

"Beast be careful with Gaston he can be very dangerous when he wants to be," Belle said to Beast as she grasped on his left shoulder tightly.

"Just grab my hand and I will hold onto it tight. We can just runaway that he will be unable to find us." Beast said to Belle as she let go of his shoulder and grabbed his hand as they both started running.

"Get back here you, lovebirds! Beast you will never have her. Belle is mine and always will be mine," Gaston shouted at Beast and Belle as they kept on running until something appeared before them.

A clear portal appeared before Beast and Belle neither one of them had given it a second thought. They ran into the portal and then ran out of the portal, and found themselves no longer in the dead woods where they left Gaston.

"It's beautiful here in these woods. I can't believe that a portal opened up for us to escape here," Belle said to Beast as he held her hand as she walked out.

"I wonder if Dahlia may have had something to do with this." Beast muttered to himself as Belle walked beside him.

Belle noticed that she heard Beast say Dahlia's name. She didn't want to talk about Dahlia to Beast until she felt comfortable enough to talk to him about her. Beast raised his left arm and gently rubbed the top of Belle's head, and pulled her into a hug closer to him. Belle chuckled softly at Beast's sweet gesture towards her.

"Is this how you get young maidens to fall for you?" Belle asked Beast as she smiled at him.

"I'm not that great at getting young maidens, Belle." Beast said to Belle.

"You are being honest with me. I was sure that you were going to lie to me," Belle said to Beast jokingly as she laughed.

Beast laughed along with Belle feeling relieved that they had escaped Gaston before any more damage could have been done. He felt so happy and warm around her that it felt unusual and he thought that whenever he looked at her that she had a glowing aura all around her.

Beast

He couldn't help hearing Gaston's words echoing through his head. To him it was like an annoying echo that was never going away.

'Maybe one day I will be good enough for her,' Beast thought to himself as he kept on walking.

Belle had looked up and smiled at him and he looked down in embarrassment. He felt for some reason that he was lucky enough to be around a young woman that he just met. Beast felt like nothing could ruin his moment until he saw an arrow whizz right in front of his face.

"Beast I know you didn't expect me to give up on Belle that easily. She will be my wife whether she wants to be or not," Gaston shouted to Beast as he walked out of the portal.

"He found us! What are we going to do, Beast?" Belle asked Beast as she looked at him.

"I don't know what we are going to do. I was trying to be a gentleman with this man, but he just doesn't know when to quit." Beast said to Belle as he balled up his hands into fists.

"Are you ready to fight me, Beast? Whoever wins, which it will be me will be able to marry her." Gaston said to Beast arrogantly.