Chapter 9: The Transformation
Upstairs on the balcony, Bennett was barely alive. His parents and the servants watched tears in their eyes. Lilly had her hand on his face, and he told her gasping for air, "You… you came back." Lilly said, "Of course I came back. I couldn't let them-." She hugged him and she said, "Oh, this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner." Bennett put his hand on her face, and he said, "May-Maybe… it's better this way." He coughed and she said, "Don't talk like that. We're together now. Everything's going to be fine. You'll see." They slightly smiled at each other, and he said, "At least… I got to see you… one last time." Her smile faded and she held his hand and cried in it. Then, he let out his final breath and finally died. They let go of their hands and Lilly gasped. Belle gasped and cried in Adam's shoulder. Adam wrapped her in his arms and the servants cried and cried. Lilly begged, "No, please. Please don't leave me." She laid her head on his chest and cried. As a tear fell, she said, "I love you." Right after she said that, the last petal fell of the rose. Everybody mourned his death in the castle and Belle said to Adam while crying, "I can't believe he's dead. I can't believe he's gone." Lilly kept crying, and Adam kissed Belle's head and Adam said, "I'm going to miss him dearly." Then, the enchantress appeared next to Lilly and saw her crying on Bennett. The enchantress made everyone look at her and she said, "He made you fall in love with him before the last petal fell." Lilly asked while crying, "What?" The enchantress pulled out her wand and said, "The spell is broken." She tapped Bennett and he flew in the air, transforming back into a human. The enchantress disappeared, and Adam and Belle said in unison, "He's turning back into a human!" Lilly watched him in awe, and once he turned back into a human, he fell to the ground. He laid there, and Lilly stepped to him, but backed away when Bennett moved. He slowly got up, and faced his parents. He asked, "Mom? Dad?" They were smiling along with the servants, and they pointed behind him. He turned around and faced Lilly. She was smiling, and he smiled and said, "Lilly, it's me!" They grabbed their hands, and she said, "I know it's you! I'm so glad that you're alive!" Bennett brushed her hair out of her face, and they stared in each other's eyes. Belle said to Adam excitedly, "Here it comes!" They leaned in… and then Bennett and Lilly kissed each other happily. As they kissed, Belle hugged her husband and said, "He did it!" Adam said, "I'm so proud of my little boy." They then kissed and Cogsworth said, "Now that's a happy ending." A couple of years later, Bennett and Lilly got married and they live in the castle. Lilly gave birth to twin girls named Anastasia and Stacia. The enchantress promised Adam and Belle that nobody else in their family would be a beast anymore. Now everyone in the family can be humans, and happy, for once.
THE END