How to be a Magician

By Mutitoon90

Based from 'Mickey and the Magician'

Chapter Three: Lessons in Dining and Love

Jiminey hopped up in shock upon seeing the candelabra having a face and talking to -them.

"Pardon me."

"Who are you?" You asked before you quickly remembered to introduced yourself, "I'm (Your Name), and the little cricket to your right is my friend, Jiminey."

"Hello." Jiminey waved at the candelabra, who took notice of the cricket and bowed to him, and then he turned to you and said in respone, "I am Lumiere, and we must get going!"

"Going where?" You asked, but the being known as Lumiere only said, "We must prepare the dinner!"

"What dinner?" You asked, hoping to get a straight answer from fancy candleholder.

However, the sheet that you were holding started to tug in your grasp, and that startled you. You tried to get the cover under control, but it refused to stay still, finally freeing itself from your hands.

"I think we're going for a ride!" Jiminey quickly hopped onto your shoulder as the sheet flew in the air for a few moments from flying towards you.

"Duck!" You cried out, ducking down, but that sheet landed on you and Jiminey with a great amount of force that it caused you to tumble around for a few moments.

Once you and Jiminey were out of the sheet, the both of you were trying to recover from the dizziness that came from tumbling in the flying sheet.

"What happened?" You asked, but Jiminey replied, "I don't know."

Once you shook off your dizziness, you noticed that something about your clothes, and you were not the only one.

"(Your name)!" Jiminey cried out in a shocked tone, "Look at your clothes! They've been changed!"

"What?" You looked at your attire and were shocked upon seeing them.

Your clothes, which were dirty from all of your hard work, were clean and pure white with the purple and yellow accents on the hems of your shirt, (pants or skirt) and shoes. You reached up to your hat and pulled it off to take a look at it, and it was matching the outfit.

"What's happened to my clothes?" You asked, but Jiminey's reply was, "I don't know, (Your Name); I'm in the same boat as you are."

"Up here!" A familiar voice called to you and your friend, and looking up at a long and tall, you realized that you have shrunk down to an unfamiliar size.

"Forget me, mon amie!" The candelabra shouted down upon seeing you on the floor, "I did not realize that you would be on ze floor! Allow me to get some help onto the table."

Then, he whistled loudly, causing you and Jiminey covered your ears for a moment before a chair walked up to you and your friend and lower itself to help you and your friend reach Lumiere.

"Thanks!" Jiminey tipped his hat, "However, I'm more than capable of making my way up."

Then, the cricket made one leap, and he managed to reach the top. At that point, you realized that he was a lot closer to your height than he normally was, or it was you being a lot closer to his height than you nomally were.

"Come on up, (Your Name)!" The cricket called out, "It looks like we're helping with some kind of dinner party!"

"Okay!" You called back before you climbed onto the animated chair, which picked you up and placed you onto the table.

Seeing this caused to say, "Well, at least, my clothes match the dishes."

"But, of course!" Lumiere responded with a laugh, "I do my very best to provide ze best service to the guests, regardless of ze situation!"

Then, Lumiere started to explain in a musically manner.

"Be our guest! Be our guest!
Put our service to the test!
Tie your napkin 'round your neck, cheri,
And we'll provide the rest!"

As Lumiere sang, a pair of fancy cloth napkins tired to tie themselve around your and Jiminey's necks. You duck, avoiding the cloth binding, and the cricket hopped out of the way.

"Soup du jour, hot hors d'oeuvres!
Why, we only live to serve!
Try the grey stuff; it's delicious!
Don't believe me? Ask the dishes!"

As you and Jiminey watched a parade of food trays pass by, both you and your friend took a taste of what Lumiere had suggested, and the both of you liked it.

"They can sing, they can dance;
After all, friends, this is France,
And the dinner here is never second-best!"

Then, the dishes started to dance on their edges, and you and Jiminey watched in pure awe as Lumiere sang the next part.

"Go on, unfold your menu,
Take a glance, and then you'll
Be our guest, oui, our guest!
Be our guest!"

Then, Lumiere and the dishes did many pattrens in a dancing fashion, looking really artistic. Within the first few mintues of the dance, you and Jiminey hopped into the routine.

Careful not to knock off any of the dishes off the table, you danced around the table with Jiminey and Lumiere. Your part of the routine ended as Lumiere sang the last part of his song.

"Course by course, one by one,
'Til you shout, 'Enough, I'm done!'"
Then, we'll sing you off to sleep as you digest!"

At that point, both you and your friend realized that dancing and the singing was at an end very soon.

"Tonight, you'll prop your feet up,
But for now, let's eat up!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Be our guest!
Please be our guest!"

As soon as the song ended, the lights went out, excluding Lumiere's candle light. This caused you to ask, "What's going on now?"

"It's now the time for some real magic." The talking candelabra replied.

"What kind of magic?" You asked, confuse about what was said to her and Jiminey, who was as confused as you were.

"The magic of love." Lumiere stated as you and Jiminey noticed some scattered candle lights started to appear in the room, which looked very different in the softness of the lights.

"Look over here!" Jiminey whispered to you, causing you to look at the room, and you realized that you were no longer in the dining room; you were in a ballroom.

Then, you noticed two figures coming onto the floor of the ballroom. One was a young woman in a beautiful yellow ballgown, but the other startled you, since the other being was a beast. You dashed behind Lumiere upon seeing the beast.

"Oh, don't worry, mon amie." Lumire laughed at your actions, "He will not see you."

"What makes you say that?" Jiminey, who also hid behind the candelabra, asked, sounding very unsure about the beastly figure.

"Just watch." Lumiere instructed you and Jiminey, and the both of you did as you were told.

Then, music filled the air as the two figures started to dance with each other.

"Tale as old as time,
True as it can be.
Barely even friends,
Then, somebody bends
Unexpectedly."

You and Jiminey came out of hiding to get a better look at the dancing forms as different as a pair can be.

"Just a little change,
Small to say the least,
Both a little scared,
Neither one prepared,
Beauty and the Beast."

You could not help yourself from thinking that was strange about the dancing duo. However, you could not place your finger on it.

"Ever just the same,
Ever a surprise.
Ever as before,
And ever just as sure,
As the sun will rise."

You also noticed something about the young woman that was very similar to what she saw in the beast. Once again, you could not figure it out in your mind.

"Tale as old as time,
Tune as old as song,
Bitter-sweet and strange,
Finding you can change,
Learning you were wrong."

Taking your eyes off the dancers, you noticed that the ballroom had became brighter, showing off the glamor of the ballroom. Despite the beauty of the ballroom, your attention returned to the middle of the ballroom and the two dancers.

"Certain as the sun
Rising in the east,
Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme,
Beauty and the Beast."

Then, a bright glow started to covere the dancers, and it quickly became so bright that you, Jiminey and Lumiere had to cover your eyes. When all of you recovered, you saw that the beastly partner was replaced by a handsome man with lighter hair than the girl and with an expression that was the same as the beast's.

"Tale as old as time,
Song as old as rhyme,
Beauty and the Beast."

"What just happen?" You asked, and Lumiere was willing to answer with a true smile.

"Well, the true magic that comes from our hearts, and we all have it." Then, with a loud kiss, he added, "C'est Magnifique!"

Then, Lumiere's candles started to dim, causing you and Jiminey to reach out for the candelbra, and you shouted, "What a minute!"

"Do not worry about me, mon ami!" Lumiere's voice was still heard in darkness, "In life's darker times, the light in one's heart should be the guide. Until the next time!

"Lumiere!" You and Jiminey called out for the candelbra, but neither could see or hear him.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding!" The unmistakable sound of Chap's rang out to your ears, "What are you doing not cleaning up?"

The next thing you and Jiminey knew was that you both were back in the Magic Room.

"How did we get back?" You asked Jiminey, who was, by your point of view, back to his normal size.

"I don't know," Jiminey replied, before noticing something that caused him to added, "but that's not important; the moon's changed again!"

You looked up and saw that the moon was closer to it's half form, and that caused you to grab the nearby broom and resume on your cleaning. You did it so fast that poor Jiminey nearly fell out of your shirt.

"Whoa! Hey, (Your Name)! Take it easy!"

"Whoops!" You exclaimed upon realzing that Jiminey was using his umbrella to hang on to your clothes, "I'm so sorry!"

"That's all right." Jiminey stated as he straighted his attire up, "I just need to be somewhere that won't get me into trouble."

You looked around the Magic Room for a place to put Jiminey at, when you looked at a strange artifact that stood around the area where Chap was sitting at, and you went to it.

"What is it?" You looked at the strange artifact, examining it with a closer look.

It looked like a lamp with pictures on the outside of what looked like the shade. However, there was a black cylinder with an opening that allowed light from the light bulb. This was your first time actually seeing this artifact, since everytime that you have seen it, it was in a picture.

"Have you very seen anything like this before?" You asked, not really paying attention to whomever was with you at the time.

"If you pardon the pun," Jiminey stated as he looked at the object, "I think that's one of the original motion picture."

"I think you're right." You stated with a smile, when you noticed something on the floor that was coming from the odd lamp.

"(Your Name?)" The cricket asked you as you went to the floor to follow the cord, "What are you doing?"

"Checking something out." You answered, causing Jiminey to said in an annoyed voice, "Of course."

You followed the cord until you reached the end, which was pluged into the wall. Seeing this, you returned to Jiminey and pointed out your discovery.

"It's an electric lamp."

"Really?" Jiminey was thoughtful in his tone, "Wonder why an electric lamp is in the Magic Room?"

"Maybe it's part of a trick?" You guessed, but Jiminey replied, "After what we've seen, we can't be too sure about anything in this room."

"Right." You nodded and tried to return to your cleaning.

However, your shirt was caught on the odd lamp's 'shade,' causing it to spin. Jiminey saw this and called out to you.

"Hey, (Your Name)! The lamp's spinning!"

You spun around and saw what Jiminey was saying. The pictures morphed as the 'shade' continued to spin around, confusing you greatly to the point of dizziness.

"Whoa!" You felt your eyes spinning around in your head.

Then, the light turned on, causing the many pictures to appear on the walls. Then, you went to Jiminey and put him into your pocket.

"Here we go again!" Jiminey stated, trying to prepare for the on-coming event that was about to happen to you and him.


Author's Note: Lumiere is a part of the stage show, 'Mickey and the Magician' and was considered as a Magic-maker in the show. I am just following the storyline.