Chapter 3: He Learns and Transforms
On Bennett's 13th birthday, he woke up and said in his British accent, "I'm a teenager!" He ran out of his room and ran down the stairs. He entered the kitchen and saw Mrs. Potts making breakfast for him. She smiled and said, "Good morning, dear! Happy birthday!" He smiled and said, "Thank you. Where's Chip?" She replied, "He's in the library." Bennett smiled and said, "Thanks!" He walked towards the library, but then saw a piece of paper on the ground. He picked it up and it was a picture of Adam, as a beast, and Belle at their dance. He looked closely at the picture and said, "Mom? Dad?" He turned the picture around and it said, "Happy birthday, Bennett. Signed, the Enchantress." He said, "Who's the Enchantress?" He kept walking to the library and saw his parents in the living room. They were sitting on the couch and they were talking. Bennett didn't know what they were talking about, so he started listening to them. Belle said, "Today's the day. 13 years has past. What do we do now?" Adam sighed and said, "Well, let's just eventually tell him that he is going to turn into a beast, and let's help him find someone to love." Belle said, "But, that's going to be hard for him. He's never mentioned any girl that he likes." Bennett looked at the ground, and he was thinking, "Who is turning into a beast?" Then Adam said, "Don't worry. Bennett will eventually like someone. Like how me and you found each other and now we're married." Bennett thought to himself, "I'm turning into a beast! On my birthday!" Bennett was so upset that he would not be human, and that he has to find someone to love. He's never really met any girl before besides his mom and the servants. Then he walked to them and said, "Dad? Mom?" They looked at him and Bennett asked, "Am I… turning into a beast?" Adam and Belle looked at each other and Adam said, "Well… y-yes." Belle put her head in his shoulder and Bennett asked, "Why? Did I do something?" Adam looked at him and said, "No, actually I did something." Bennett asked, "What did you do?" Belle looked at him and said, "Well, actually you're under a spell." Bennett yelled, "What?!" She almost cried and explained, "When your dad was a kid, he was under a spell, too." Bennett asked, "What?" Adam explained, "I did something to an enchantress and for a punishment, she put me under a spell. The spell was that I would be a beast until I fell in love and the girl fell in love with me. I had a rose, and I had to do that before the last petal falls." Bennett sat next to them, and he asked, "How did you handle it?" Adam sighed and said, "Well, I didn't handle it well at first. Nobody liked me. I broke things, I had a bad temper, everything was bad." Bennett asked, "How did you fall in love with Mom?" Adam and Belle both smiled and Adam said while looking at her, "I kept her as my prisoner after she agreed to take her father's place. I then scared her off, and then I saved her from wolves. When she was helping me, that's when I started loving her. The next couple of days, we started really loving each other when we danced and had fun together. Then, your mom had to leave, almost forever. I was depressed. Then a mob from the town started attacking the castle. The servants scared them off besides one man named Gaston. He independently attacked me. I thought I scared him, and your mom came back to me. Then Gaston stabbed me when I met up with your mom in the stomach. Gaston lost his balance and then fell to his death. Your mom was able to say 'I love you' before the last petal fell. Then I transformed back into a human because I found love and the girl loved me back before the last petal fell. That's how." The couple were smiling at each other and Bennett said, "But… I don't like any other girl. There's no one to really love." Belle said, "Bennett, please do not worry. You will find a girl. Trust me, I had no idea that your father was real until I came here." Bennett asked, "What should I do?" The couple shrugged and Bennett said, "I'll try not to get angry when I'm a beast. I'll try to find someone." Adam said, "That's my good boy. Are you mad at me?" Bennett thought for a minute and said, "Nope. I'm not mad because I love you guys." Belle said, "Aww." They all hugged each other happily. At 8:00pm on Bennett's birthday, the enchantress appeared in Bennett's room. He jumped in his bed in fright and the enchantress said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Bennett asked, "Who are you?" The enchantress said, "I'm the enchantress. I'm here to turn you into a beast." Bennett said, "So, you gave me that picture of my parents for my birthday. Why?" She said, "I knew that you didn't know that you were going to turn into a monster. I gave it to you to show that this is the last minute of your young life as a human. Your father turned back when he was 21. Right before, the pedal fell. That's what you need to do." She held out a rose and he asked, "What's this for?" She said, "It's a rose. This will tell you how much time you have left to turn back into a human. Please grab it." Bennett looked at her and he slowly grabbed the flower. The enchantress said, "Good boy. Now…" She pulled out her wand and touched Bennett with it. After 30 seconds of floating and shining, Bennett fell to the ground, as a beast. When he looked at the enchantress, she said, "So long." Then she disappeared in the air; Bennett said in a lower voice, "I-I'm a beast! I have fur, claws, paws, fangs, everything! Even my voice is lower!" He looked in the mirror in his room, and then his parents walked in. They saw him and Belle cried in Adam's shoulder. Bennett looked at them and he said, "Look at me! I'm hideous!" Adam said, "It's okay. I was uglier than that, Bennett." He growled and he ran to his bed and covered himself up. Adam and Belle heard him whisper, "I'm a beast, and I'm ugly. No one will love me."