Author's Note: Sorry, it took so long. I've been busy. I hope that you enjoy it.

As night fell, everything seemed quick so Yamato decided perhaps he could sneak around the castle. He never been in one before and his curiosity gets the better of you. So he got out of bed and went to the door. He slowly looked out and he saw no one was there so he went out and closed the door slowly behind him.

Unknown to him Tusk and Amu were nearby as they were coming back from their date. It was much; they just had dinner that Chef Larri had prepared since he was upset that the Sera and invited guess didn't have it. Due to the magic spell that was placed upon the castle, he was turned into a gorilla. Unlike most of the servants and the princess, he actually didn't mind his animal form. Amu was holding his arm as they walked back.

"Amu, you can let go of my arm now." Tusk tells her, their date he promised her was technically over. It made him feel uncomfortable because he was nervous.

"Oh come on Tusky, why can you admit you like me?" Amu affectionately questions.

"Because I don't!" Tusk denies. Being the serious type, he could never admit he's attraction to Amu. That he liked her even back when they were kids, when they were still human.

"I know you don't mean that." Amu teases as Tusk uses his elephant trunk to remove Amu's arm.

"LISTEN HERE AMU!" Tusk yells.
"You're so cute when you're angry." Amu bashfully says.

"Stop it!" Tusk embarrassingly tells her.

Yamato went passed them, unknowingly. Tusk however picked up his scent with his keen sense of smell.

"Do you hear that?" Tusk asks Amu.

"Oh just the pitter-pandering of my heart." Amu says as she giggles.

"I am serious Amu. Come on." Tusk tells her as he pulls her arm, dragging her along. They stick their heads out as they take a peek. They see Yamato not too far by.

"There's Yamato . . . what's he doing out and about?" Amu questioned.

"We can't let him go around on his own. What if he ends up in the East Wing?"

"Let's give him a tour then . . ." Amu suggested. As she touched his shoulder as he moves away.

"I guess?"

"Plus if gain his friendship; maybe he will listen to us about Sera. There's still a chance for us to be human again. Even more so . . . seeing our Princess finally happy."

"You're either crazy or foolish." Tusk mutters.

"YAMATO!" Amu called out. Not listening to Tusk. Following him as he turns around.

"I don't get that girl sometimes." Tusk scratches his head as he follows her with his arms crossed.

"Oh, you're Amu? Right?" Yamato addressed her.

"Yes." Amu happily tells him. "And this charmer is Tusk . . . under that serious and hardy personality, he's a softly underneath. He just doesn't like showing it." Amu whispers to Yamato.

"I just wanted to explore, after all I never been inside an Enchanted Castle before." Yamato informs her. After all he read so many story books, it wasn't hard to figure out the castle was like those tales. That everything under it was under some kind of spell.

"Enchanted?" Tusk laughs nervously. "What makes you think this castle is magical?"

"Well, considering I am talking to animals that act like humans . . . you must be cursed or something."

"How would you guess that?"

"I read a lot!" Yamato replies.

"I love to read too." Tusk comments. It was nice to have something in common with their guess.

"You must be hungry? Why don't we go the dining hall?" Amu gesture. As she broke the silence.

"Yeah, I am a little." Yamato tells her.

"Well, let's go to the dining hall. I am sure the chef can heat up the leftovers." Amu insisted

"But the Princess said not too feed to him unless he agrees . . ."

"And what have this young man starve . . ." Amu interrupts as he looks at him. As if she was telling him to remember the plan. Tusk just grows silent and doesn't respond as if he understood. Following along behind them.

"That's your problem, you're too nurturing. You want to either eat sweets all the time, avoid doing your chores around the castle and play matchmak..." Tusk complains

"Shut it, Tusk!" Amu interrupts. She didn't want it revealed to Yamato that she was playing matchmaker with him and Sera.

Chef Larri was the princesses personal cook, the cursed transformed him to a gorilla. As he adjusted he glasses after he closed one of his recipes books. He was upset over the dinner being canceled.

"I hate this!" Larri complained.

"Here we go again." Leo snarked as he crossed his arms.

"I dedicate my time, my culinary genius and the princess says to "forget about it." Larri continues. "I worked her to make it perfect for her and her potential beau."

"You cooked for Tusk and Amu didn't you?" Leo questioned. "For their date."

"It's not the same. I want to help the Princess and that young . . ." Larri began to say. After all, everyone in the castle wanted Sera and Yamato together. It wasn't any real surprise on what he was keeping to himself.

"Amu!" Leo interrupts as he notices Yamato was with Amu and Tusk.

"You don't have to speak so loud." Amu scowls. "Yamato, this is Leo."

"Welcome friend." He hugs Yamato as he lifts him off the ground.

"I can't breathe." Yamato says.

"Put him down Leo!" Tusk yells at Leo, who put's Yamato down gently. He rubbed his chest as Yamato tried to gasp some air to breathe.

"Chef Larri, we were wondering if you can make something for Yamato. He is hungry." Amu asks him.

"Really?! You mean it." Chef Larri addressed happily as he fired up the stove.

"But I thought . . ."

"If we want our Princess and Yamato to fall in love, he needs to be welcomed throughout the castle then he won't see it as a bad thing. He will loosing up a bit. Then perhaps he will finally agree to dinner with Sera . . . I mean the princess." Amu whispers to Leo.

"Oh right." Leo answers.

"Or if you want, we can give you a tour around the castle." Leo suggested as he goes over to Yamato, putting his lion arm around him.

"Please, you couldn't give a tour. You lack the basic intelligence to do anything." Tusk remarks.

"You..." Leo responds.

"Nice comeback." Tusk laughed.

"How about getting a beating?!" Leo cracks his knuckles.

"All right! Will you two stop arguing?! While Chef Larri prepares his meal."

"And what if the Princess finds out?" Tusk and Leo whisper to her.

"She won't. I assure you." Amu tells them as she goes over to

"This is so nice. I've wanted to look around the castle more than anything."

"It's not a problem at all."

"What's up there?" Yamato questioned as he points to another staircase, far into the tour. Tusk, Leo and Amu looked at each other. They knew it was the East Wing, which was also princesses chambers were located.

"It's nothing . . ." They all say together.

"Not at all important." Amu agrees as she grabs Yamato.

"Just some old portraits, statues . . ." Tusk continues to add.

"And the Princesses room." Leo comments, as Tusk's elbows him. They look at him in a disappointment. Like why would he reveal that?

"So that's the East Wing?" Yamato finally got a answer, and it only sparked his curiosity.

They noticed Yamato heading in the direction as they go in front of him to stop him. His curiosity was going to get the better of him. Even more so, get them all in trouble with the princess. They didn't want to be

"Now, wait a minute. You can't go up there."

"It's forbidden remember."

"Yes, forbidden. As in NOT ALLOWED!"

"Is she up there right now?"

"Well . . . no."

"Then there is no harm in looking. So no one will get into trouble." Yamato starts to climb the stairs.

"Wouldn't you like to see? . . Our . . . ummmm." Leo remarks. Trying to think of the word's so he can stop him from going any farther. "help me out here." He whispered to Tusk and Amu.

"Library . . ." Tusk responds. He knew how they both loved to read so it was the first thought that entered his mind. That it would drag him away

"There's a library in here." Yamato excitably tells them as he heads back down.

"Yes, well over three floors of books. Why don't we go take a look?" Tusk suggested as he takes it off Yamato's mind.
"Yeah sure." Yamato agrees.

Yamato watches Tusk, Amu and Leo as he looks back up at the staircase that leads to the East Wing. He knew this was his chance to as he walked passed a bunch of statues.

He goes to a room; half the things appear to be broken. He looks at a portrait, part of which was torn as he put the missing piece into place. Revealing to be that of a young girl, he wondered why something like that was destroyed. He looks near the balcony as he sees a rose encased in glass on a table. He wasn't aware that it was glowing. Out of curiousity, he took off the glass as he prepared to touch it. He was startled.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" Sera questioned, her voice filled with anger. She was upset more on the fact she told him that it was forbidden. Yet, he still defied her by coming to the East Wing away.

Yamato ran out as Sera quickly regretted scaring him off. She and the rest of the castle may never become normal if he left. Sera looked at the magical rose petal before she ran off after him as quickly as she could.

He didn't want to be in the castle anymore. Yamato had grabbed his cloak as he ran outside since it was cold from the winter frost as he put the hood of the cloak up. Night had fallen as he looked up at the stars. He grabbed his horse as he hopped on. However before he could take off, wolves appeared. As the horse was attacked and he fell to the ground. Sera came out of no where and smacked one of the wolves to the ground. One came from behind and bit her but she threw it the ground. Another came over and scratched her, she found through the pain. This was her chance to change things. Try to give him a message that she did care. There was more to her beneath her outer appearance.

She watched as the wolves ran in fear as Sera looked over at Yamato weakly before she fell to the ground, unconscious.

He began to head off but he looked back at the woman that saved him. She did save him and so he just could live him. No girl has really done that for him. Yamato went off his horse as he looked over at Sera body as it laid in the snow. She had a pretty bad scratch mark on her arm. Parts of her dress were torn from where the wolves attacked her. He took off his cloak as he placed it around her like a blanket to keep her warm. He managed to lay her gently onto the horse as he headed back to the castle. No matter what, he was going to stay to help her. He saw there was something behind that exterior that she was hiding. He just didn't know what it was but this could be the start of a change. He no longer saw her as a truly horrible person after all. Yamato was curious to know the person underneath.

Author's Note: Naturally since everyone in the castle wants to be human again, they all naturally ship Yamato and Sera. I know there are people that aren't fond of Tusk and Amu but I always view them as my secondary pairing. Somehow I always have the together in my stories. For those who enjoy the pairing. I really hope you like it. As you can see things are changing between Yamato and Sera as well. Yamato no longer sees her for what she is on the outside but got to see a glimpse of her kindness. Like in the film, saving him produced that spark to friendship and eventually romance. Something that Minako would NOT be happy with if she finds out. Also had some more arguing between Leo and Tusk. Just for our amusement.

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