A/N: Sorry about this chapter being a little short but I am saving the good stuff for the next chapter. ;) Thank you for the people that have being reviewing, following, and faving my story I appreciate it.

Date Written: 5/17/15

Chapter 6 Distorted Faces

Belle

It didn't make any sense that Gaston was so adamant about marrying Belle. She knew the only reason that he wanted to be with her was because he thought of her as beautiful and he wanted three arrogant boys like him running around. So far at the age of eighteen-years-old Belle was not looking for love, but now that may change if she sticks around with Beast any longer.

'My heart feels warm around him and he's so protective of me when it comes to Gaston. One day I will have the courage to tell him what happened to me.' Belle thought to herself with a smile on her face.

"What are you so happy about?" Beast asked Belle curiously.

Before, Belle could reply back to answer Beast's question. She could feel something wrapping around her ankles. Beast looked at Belle with concern as her smile turned into a worried frown as she was lifted up by a tree branch. She looked at the tree branch and noticed that it was a deformed human. Belle knew that she couldn't use her bow and arrow because the enchanted tree wouldn't be affected by it.

"Beast this tree seems to act like a human," Belle said to Beast as the enchanted tree swung her around by the ankle.

"I didn't think turning humans into enchanted objects was possible." Beast said to Belle in astonishment.

"Well this is real life and not a fairytale. I guess anything is possible these days," Belle said to Beast as she chuckled.

"That's funny, Belle. But I need to figure out a way to save you." Beast said to Belle with a laugh.

"I can handle getting myself out of this tree's grasp," Belle said to Beast as she gave him a sly smile.

"I'm going to help you anyways." Beast said to Belle as he used his black, thick claws to scratch at the tree trunk.

A disembodied scream came from the enchanted tree and then more screams had started to echo in the woods. Gaston whipped out two knives and turned around trying to pinpoint where the screams were coming from.

Beast

"No, you will not rescue Belle." Gaston said to Beast in outrage.

"Who cares what you think, Gaston? I care about, Belle. All you care about is what you can get out of her." Beast said to Gaston as he climbed up the tree.

"Should my reasons for rescuing Belle matter to you?" Gaston asked Beast in a haughty tone.

"I don't have time to argue with you. I know that you are trying to distract me." Beast said to Gaston as he continued climbing.

Gaston watched Beast climbing up the tree to rescue Belle. He felt like his desire for her was bursting into flames. He wanted her more than ever and he knew that he had to get Beast out of his way for good. Gaston threw his knives aiming towards Beast's back.

The knives hit the middle of Beast's back and Gaston grinned deviously as he watched Beast roar in pain. It was even better to see Beast fall backwards and land with a loud thump on the ground. Belle had looked down at the fallen Beast and wondered if he was okay.

"Beast!" Belle shouted out to Beast as she hung upside down.

"He can't hear you, Belle." Gaston shouted to Beast with a laugh.

"I can't believe that you did Beast like that," Belle shouted out to Gaston infuriated.

"Who gives a damn about that ugly beast?" Gaston said to Belle with a snobby attitude.

"I give a damn about Beast. So far he's sweet, kind, and caring unlike a pervert that I know." Belle said to Gaston as she pulled out a little dagger and stabbed the disembodied human tree in its eye.

The human tree screeched out in pain and let Belle free fall from its grasp. Belle didn't feel like screaming because she didn't want neither Beast nor Gaston know that she was scared. She focused on landing on her feet and hopefully not hurting herself. However, instead of landing on her feet Gaston stood there with his arms outstretched to catch her which he did with success.

Belle was in shock that Gaston caught her even though she had wished it were Beast instead. Gaston looked into her eyes for a second and then kissed her for a long while, and neither of them heard Beast weakly get up and walked over towards Gaston staggering a little.

"Get your hands off of Belle," Beast said to Gaston as he gently pulled Belle away.

Beast gathered out of his frustration as he balled up his hands into fists and punched Gaston in the nose hard with his right hand.

Belle

"He's jealous because I'm kissing the young maiden of your dreams?" Gaston said to Beast in a taunting tone as he wiped his bleeding nose.

"Belle are you okay?" Beast asked Belle as he turned his attention away from Gaston.

"I'm okay, Beast. Just calm down you gave Gaston what he deserved," Belle said to Beast as they walked away from Gaston.

Beast and Belle looked at the trees and noticed that each tree trunk had distorted human faces of men, women, and children. They could see their deformed mouths moving and the only sound they could hear from them were disembodied moans. The blue sky that was above them turned dreary and the grass turned from green to brown. Then the fresh air changed into a chilling breeze and mist surrounded the whole woods.

"This is like a horror story bound to end badly for us," Beast said to Belle as they walked through the woods.

"Don't be so judgmental we have come so far. Don't you have any sense of adventure at all?" Belle said to Beast as she looped her left arm around Beast's left arm.

"Sorry about that I am just having a tough day is all. I'm not taking it out on you or anything," Beast said to Belle as they kept on walking.

"Gaston is a handful and I know eventually that he will be right back after us. He's going to do everything in his power to tear us apart," Belle said to Beast as they kept their eyes on the distorted human trees that kept on screaming.

"Maybe one day after we get to know each other well enough one day that we could be together," Beast said to Belle as her eyes widened in surprise.