When the light disappeared, everyone was in a forest in front of a farm! Confused, everyone looked around, but saw no signs of life.
"Well, this is weird." Ron W said, preparing to lean on a tree next to him…but he went right through the tree!
Hermione and the team looked at him with shock. Coming back up Ron W put his arm on the tree but his arm went right through it!
"We're ghosts!" He cried.
Freaked, everyone else tested themselves on the surrounding trees. Ron W was right, they were ghosts! Suddenly, the door to the farmhouse opened, and a beautiful brunette who was carrying a basket came out of the house. Not long after, a white wolf with a purple collar followed her.
"Miranda?" Ron W, Hermione, and the team said, confused.
Sure enough, I was the white wolf!
Ron W, Hermione, and the team followed the brunette and I as we were heading for the nearby village. The brunette and I started singing as we walked on a path over a small hill, and I winked during the song to let Ron W, Hermione, and the team know I could see them.
BRUNETTE AND I:
Little town, it's a quiet village,
Every day, like the one before.
Little town, full of little people,
Waking up to say…
TOWNSFOLK:
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
Bonjour!
At each "Bonjour!" a person appeared at a window, or chimney – except one was in a stock.
"Bonjour? We must be in France." Hermione pointed out.
Ron W and the team nodded. Ron W, Hermione, and the team followed the brunette and I right into town…and noticed that no one in the town acted as if they saw them.
BRUNETTE AND I:
There go the bakers with their trays like always
The same old bread and rolls to sell
Every morning just the same
Since the morning that we came
To this poor provincial town
"Good morning Belle (Miranda)!" The bakers, one of them a dog, said as they walked to their bakery behind us with a tray full of bread.
"Good morning messieurs!" Belle, the brunette, and I said as we turned around.
"Where're you off to?" The bakers asked.
"The bookshop." Belle and I answered.
"We just finished the most wonderful story," Belle added. "About a beanstalk and an ogre…."
"That's nice," The human baker interrupted, uninterested. "Maurie! The baguettes, hurry up!"
Belle and I just shrugged and walked away. Ron W, Hermione and the team, however, disapproved of the bakers' rudeness. As we continued on, Ron W, Hermione and the team noticed the villagers singing about us, but Belle and I didn't. They also got a little amused now and then about some of the villagers, especially at a boy trying to catch a piglet - only to be chased away by a larger pig - and at a barber who accidentally cut his customer's mustache too short as he watched Belle and I walk past them.
TOWNSFOLK:
Look there she goes that girl is strange no question
Dazed and distracted can't you tell?
Never part of any crowd
'Cause her head's up on some clouds
No denying she's a funny girl that Belle (Miranda)
Bonjour
Good day
How is you family?
Bonjour
Good day
How is your wife?
I need six cents
That's too expensive
Meanwhile, Belle and I grabbed a hold of the back of a horse driven carriage that was going past us. As we went along the streets, we saw a guy (the one who said "Good day.") being hit on the head by his wife for looking at a pretty girl (the one who asked: "How is your wife?").
BELLE AND I:
There must be more than this provincial life
We jumped off the carriage in front of this store, which Ron W, Hermione, and the team saw to be a bookstore.
"Ah, Belle (Miranda)." The bookkeepers said.
"Good morning, we've come return the book we borrowed." Belle and I said to the bookkeepers.
"Finished already?" They asked, almost amused.
"Oh we couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?" Belle asked, climbing a ladder that was attached to a bookcase.
"Not since yesterday." The human bookkeeper chuckled.
"That's all right, we'll borrow…this one." Belle said, taking a book off a bookshelf.
"That one? But you've read it twice!" The human bookkeeper laughed.
"Well it's our favorite." Belle explained, mentioning the reasons why we liked it: "Far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise."
"Yeah it's a lot of fun." I agreed.
"If you like it all that much it's yours." The bookkeepers smiled, handing Belle the book.
"But sir…." Belle and I started to say.
"We insist!" The bookkeepers said with fake sternness.
"Well thank you, thank you very much!" Belle waved as she and I left the bookstore.
"Thanks a lot!" I added.
Belle and I went under a jump rope that some kids and pups were playing with. Belle then affectionately rubbed a little girl's head while reading the book. I scratched a pup behind the ears.
TOWNSFOLK:
Look there she goes that girl is so peculiar
I wonder if she's feeling well
With a dreamy far off look
And her nose stuck in a book
What a puzzle to the rest of us
Is Belle (Miranda)
Meanwhile, a woman was dumping her wastewater outside, but Belle pushed a hanging sign out of the way without even knowing about the water. The sign blocked the water and prevented us from getting wet.
BELLE:
Oh isn't this amazing
It's my favorite part because…you'll see
Here's where she meets prince charming
But she won't discover that it's him, 'til chapter three
Belle was sitting on the edge of a fountain, singing to a flock of sheep that was passing by. I was at Belle's right, reading over her shoulder. A sheep on Belle's left started eating a corner of the book, so I ran through the fountain and barked at the sheep, driving it away. I then used my finger to secretly zap the corner back while winking at Belle and she winked back. Just as she finished singing, the shepherd and his dog came by to drive the rest of the sheep away.
HUMAN CUSTOMER:
Now it's no wonder that her name means 'beauty'
Her looks have got no parallel
HUMAN STORE EMPLOYEE:
But behind that fair facade
I'm afraid she's rather odd
Very different from the rest of us
We then passed a woman who was shopping for a hat. Ron W, Hermione, and the team were surprised to find that she needed a wig along with the hat.
TOWNSFOLK:
She's nothing like the rest of us
Yes different from the rest of us
Is Belle (Miranda)
As Belle and I continued to walk, I did my favorite thing to do whenever I'm walking: daydream. Since she was still reading, Belle obviously didn't notice that she was walking on top of what seemed to be a wheelbarrow with the front end removed. Luckily, the men nearby noticed Belle and helped her pass through the wheelbarrow safely, but this unfortunately resulted in a handle hitting one of the men on the chin. I, even though I was daydreaming, walked around the wheelbarrow instead of on it. Fortunately I can tell where I'm going and daydream at the same time.
Suddenly hearing honking, Ron W, Hermione, and the team looked up to see migrating geese. But unexpectedly, two bullets struck two of the geese down, causing the rest of the flock to scatter! Ron W, Hermione, and the team looked back down to see a midget and his midget dog, each carrying a sack, running to catch the geese. They stopped and held the sacks opened, but the geese ended up landing right next to them instead. They quickly put the geese in the sacks before going over to a human and dog who was near a building.
"Wow you didn't miss a shot Gaston!" Both midgets said excitedly to the human and dog, who each had a gun. "You're the greatest hunter in the whole world!" The midgets added.
"I know." Gaston and Gaston D replied as if it was obvious.
"No beast alive stands a chance against you. Yeah and no girl for that matter." The midgets continued.
"It's true Le Fou," Gaston and Gaston D said as they picked the midgets up. "And I've got my sights set on that one."
Ron W, Hermione, and the team were startled at Gastons' statement, because they were pointing to Belle and myself! They also were confused to why the dogs had the same name as their owners, but after getting to know the human Gaston and human Le Fou better they assumed that it was a vanity thing.
"The inventor's daughter?" Le Fou and Le Fou D cried, shocked, upon seeing Belle and myself.
"She's the one, the lucky girl I'm going to marry." Gaston and Gaston D declared.
"But she…" Le Fou and Le Fou D began.
Gaston dropped Le Fou and Gaston D dropped Le Fou D, cutting them off.
"The most beautiful girl in town." Gaston and Gaston D continued.
"I know, but…. Ow!" Le Fou and Le Fou D cried.
Gaston dropped his gun on Le Fou and Gaston D did the same thing to Le Fou D, striking them in the eye.
"That makes her the best, and don't I deserve the best?" Gaston and Gaston D asked sternly, picking Le Fou and Le Fou D up again and glaring at them.
"Well of course…I mean you do…but after all…*Oh!*"
Gaston and Gaston D had dropped Le Fou and Le Fou D again.
GASTON AND GASTON D:
Right from the moment I first met her, saw her
I said she's gorgeous and I fell
Here in town there's only she
Who is beautiful as me
So I'm making plans to woo and marry Belle (Miranda)
Gaston and Gaston D were looking at themselves in a couple of mirrors, which caused them to miss Belle and I as we walked past. Le Fou got Gaston attention by tugging on his pants and Le Fou D got Gaston D's attention by tugging on his tail. Gaston and Gaston D left to catch up with Belle and I. As Ron W, Hermione, and the team continued on they went past three pretty blondes and their poodles – I'm going to refer to all six of them as bimbettes – at a water pump. Le Fou and Le Fou D were attracted by the bimbettes, but their look of attraction changed to a look of annoyance when the bimbettes accidentally splashed them with water.
BIMBETTES:
Look there he goes isn't he dreamy
Monsieur Gaston, oh he's so cute
Be still my heart, I'm hardly breathing
HE'S SUCH A TALL, DARK, STRONG, AND HANDSOME BRUTE!
"Why doesn't he pick one of those girls instead?" Fred asked during the compliments.
The others shrugged…until they were startled by the sudden increase in volume of the bimbettes' voices. Ron W, Hermione, and the team put their hands over their ears at that as Rip Claw zipped away.
"So that's why he won't pick them." Haddock said.
"Those girls need singing lessons." Daphne agreed.
While catching up with Belle and me, they noticed that Gaston and Gaston D was trying to catch up with us too, but the villagers, who were talking business with the shopkeepers, kept getting in their way.
TOWNSFOLK:
Bonjour!
GASTON AND GASTON D:
Pardon
TOWNSFOLK:
Good day
Mais oui
You call this bacon?
What lovely grapes
Some cheese
Ten yards
One pound
GASTON AND GASTON D:
'Scuse me
CHEESE MERCHANT:
I'll get the knife
GASTON AND GASTON D:
Please let me through
TOWNSFOLK:
This bread-
Those fish-
It's stale!
They smell!
Madame's mistaken
BELLE AND I:
There must be more than this provincial life
GASTON:
Just watch I'm going to make Belle (Miranda) my wife!
Just as Gaston finished his line, the townsfolk stepped in front of them and sang their lines.
"Looks like the villagers want to finish their song first." Lupin grinned.
Ron W, Hermione, and the rest of the team grinned, agreeing.
TOWNSFOLK:
Look there she goes that girl is strange but special
A most peculiar mademoiselle
It's a pity and a sin
She doesn't quite fit in
'Cause she really is a funny girl
A beauty but a funny girl
She really is a funny girl
That Belle (Miranda)
Gaston, meanwhile, managed to slip past the crowd by climbing over some houses.
