Beauty, the Beast, and the Malicious Man
Chapter: Three
Hi! Sorry I haven't posted in a while... well it feels like a while but it's probably been like a week. I hope this story is improving since I have been getting help from other accounts (Thanks!). I was wondering if a co-author would be a good idea. Any thoughts? Please review as always!
He watched as the flames rose higher and the smoke poured out of the windows. Smiling Gaston sauntered into the castle with his crossbow in hand. Gaston walked silently throughout the castle. He checked all of the rooms on the first floor and they were all deserted. He ran up the stairs like a cat, quick and on a hunt. He heard two voices down the dark, ominous hallway. A young boy ran out of a room and down the stairs quickly not noticing Gaston hiding in the doorway of an abandoned room. His mother ran after him calling for the boy after they had run downstairs Gaston continued looking in rooms. He finally reached the last room and heard three voices talking indistinctively. He heard one voice was female and he immediately got excited. Gaston kept listening and found that the other two were male. He was leaning against the door to find out what they were saying when the door started to open. He jumped back from the door and hid in the room next to the one the people were in. They walked out hurriedly and he saw in the dim light that it was Belle, Prince Adam, and a male servant of some kind. He swung the door open and sprang on the Beast who yelped in surprise.
Adam yelled "Run downstairs and into the forest!"
They took off sprinting down the stairs but Belle turned back scared for Adam. Gaston punched Adam in the gut and the male servant dragged Belle down the stairs.
Sprinting in the cool night air Belle followed Cogsworth into the forest. She looked back at the castle illuminated in the dancing flames and then she ran into the dark forest leaving the castle behind.
Belle caught up to Cogsworth panting and asked him "Did everyone get out alright? Where are we running too?"
He replied quietly "I hope everyone got out of there but I'm not sure where they all disappeared to maybe they ran for the village or the Enchantress's home in the mountains. We are going to my old village where I lived before I worked for Prince Adam."
Belle said "Thank you Cogsworth for helping me out of there and I'm sure that we will find all of our friends eventually."
Belle and Cogsworth continued walking towards his old home in silence. Belle kept thinking about Adam and her friends. She remembered how scared she was on the stairs looking at Gaston attacking Adam and thinking how is he alive?! She glanced up to Cogsworth and saw distant lights of a village and felt a sense of hope in her that Adam could be reunited with her again.
I hope you like this chapter and that my writing is getting better (hopefully)! Please keep reading! Lots of Love!