* The movie *
The first time Hermione showed Belle a Disney movie was when the little girl was 2. She and Ron had moved things from her old house to Grimmauld Place. While looking through the boxes and sorting things, Hermione came across her old VHS and decided to show them to her boyfriend and their daughter. The first movie the family watched was 'Beauty and the Beast' which was Hermione's favourite. Little Belle seemed marvelled by the whole thing, smiling at it, nodding along and even humming some of the tunes as she recognised them as the lullabies her mother sang to her at night. Belle grew very fond of Disney movies as time went by. So much so that she made her siblings watch the movies with her over and over again and she even sang to them some songs when they were upset. Soon the little Granger-Weasleys were into all the Disney movies, from 'Snow White and the seven Dwarfs' to 'Brave' and 'Tangled'.
Sixteen years later found Rose, Hugo, Hermione and Ron at the breakfast table one Thursday morning. Ron was serving breakfast while Hermione read the Daily Prophet, Hugo played with his cereal and Rose read a muggle newspaper. As the 11-year-old girl turned over the page, her eyes got bigger and she let out a scream of delight that made her family startle.
"Bloody hell, Rosie! What is wrong with you?" Ron asked as Hermione glared at him. Rose just smiled at them and showed them the newspaper.
"Look what's on at the cinema as from today." she said pointing at the title of the movie. Hermione looked at it and smiled. "Can we go, mom? Please!" Rose pleaded.
"I don't see why not." Hermione said as Hugo moved and looked at the newspaper as well.
"Do you think Belle saw it? We should tell her and make it a girls' night out!" Rose said excitedly. Hugo squinted his eyes and read the title of the movie.
"Is it the one with the dancing plates and the singing candlestick?" he asked intrigued. Rose nodded. Hugo's eyes got bigger. "Can I go too? I love that scene where all the silverware dance." he said humming the song of the scene in question.
"We could make it a family night out." Ron said. Hermione nodded and Rose got up.
"I'm gonna call Belle!" she said, excited. Then, she ran out of the kitchen.
In a little apartment in London, a young couple was also having breakfast and reading newspapers. From time to time, the blonde boy glanced at his redheaded girlfriend and smiled. She caught him one of those times and giggled.
"What?" Belle asked. Adam shrugged, smiling, then got up and went to her. He leaned forward and kissed her sweetly on the lips.
"Have I told you how beautiful you are?" he asked when they pulled away. She smiled and blushed.
"Every single day, but not today." she said, then she turned the page over of her muggle newspaper. "Look! 'Beauty and The Beast' is on this week." she said as she read the movie releases.
"I thought you'd seen that movie at least a thousand times?" he said.
"I did... but not the live action version." she said, smiling.
"Silly me! Of course you haven't seen that one." he said mokingly. She laughed. There was a twinkle in her eyes that showed Adam the excitement she had for that movie. "Maybe this weekend we could..." he said before a shout from the fireplace cut him off. He sighed and Belle got up and went to the living room.
"Hi Rosie! No need to shout, you know. This is a small apartment, hun." the 19-year-old girl said.
"Have you seen the newspaper today?" Rose asked. Belle noted excitement on her sister's voice and smiled. She nodded. "We're going to see it tomorrow. Me, Hugh, mom, dad. You should definitely come. It's your absolute favourite! And we haven't done anything all of us together since you moved out last summer." Rose said.
"Well, Rosie, see... the thing is..." Belle started before Adam appeared behind her.
"She'll definitely be there, Rose. Do I make her wear the blue dress or the yellow one?" he asked. Rose laughed.
"Whatever she wants, but I think costumes are not required. You can come too, Adam." the little girl added.
"Thanks, Rose, but... I have plans already. Maybe another time." he said as Belle turned her head to him, confused.
"I thought you said..." she started before he cut her in.
"We can still go on Saturday. I'm sure you'll want to go again, won't you?" he said, smiling a bit.
"Are you sure?" she asked. He leaned forward and kissed her quick.
"Absolutely, sweetheart. Go and enjoy it with your family first." he said, then went back to the kitchen. Belle smiled, then turned her head back to the fireplace.
The next day, the five Granger-Weasleys were at the local cinema watching their beloved childhood movie. As soon as the movie started, Belle, Rose and Hermione were mesmerized by it. They sang all the songs along. Even Hugo sang along when 'Be Our Guest' came on and Hermione could swear Ron was mumbling the lyrics as well. She caught a glimpse of Belle's eyes when she was singing 'Something There' and some tears ran through her face as she could picture her eldest daughter as the little girl she had once been, sitting in front of their TV set with her eyes fixed on the brunette who was singing on the screen. She remembered Belle asking to wear the blue dress or the yellow one for family gatherings, her dancing and singing around the house and even demanding her mother to sing one of those songs before bedtime. She then looked at Rose who was engaged in the story just as much as her big sister was. Hermione was still couldn't believe how much her family enjoyed that movie after so many years. When they went out of the cinema, the kids were engaged in a conversation about the changes in the movie, the dresses and the songs.
"It's was a good idea to come." Hermione said intertwining her arm with Ron's.
"Yeah. They kids really enjoyed it. And we haven't done something like this all together in a while." he said. She nodded.
"They still love that movie as when they were little." she said as they heard their three children singing 'Be Our Guest' at the top of their lungs. Hermione smiled. She was glad she had introduced her family to that world. She was glad they had chosen the name of her beloved movie character for their daughter. It had been a very special one for her and she was glad she could share it with her children.