Mrs. Potts and Chip came with Cherry and Mo to see Belle and give her a drink to hopefully take her mind off things for a little while. Witherspoon flew in through the window with a letter in his talons. Mo and Cherry then shushed each other as they knew very well where the letter actually came from.

"A message for you Belle." Witherspoon said.

"Heavens!" Mrs. Potts looked surprised.

"WItherspoon has a message for you, Belle." Cherry translated the cooing pigeon.

"Oh, a letter?" Belle took it in surprise. "Who could it be from?"

"I haven't the foggiest." Mrs. Potts shook her head.

"Witherspoon," Cogsworth walked in with Lumiere. "It came from within the castle."

"Must be from zhe Master." Lumiere suggested.

"Maybe it's an apology letter." Patch said.

Belle opened up the letter and read it to herself. Once she finished, she gave a joyful smile to her friends. "It is from him!" she happily announced. "The trouble between us is over." she then stood up and went to go make up with the Beast.

"Nothing could go wrong." Patch smiled.

Meanwhile, in the Beast's room as he seemed to now be exercising with Atticus who told him that sometimes exercising and weight lifting helped get rid of some stress with that and meditating. Belle came into the room.

"Belle?" the Beast looked over.

"No, dont' say a word, it's my turn to speak," Belle said to him. "I'm here to apologize."

"You... Are...?" the Beast asked in surprise.

"Your graciousness has put me to shame," Belle replied. "I'm really sorry that it took me so long. I want you to know that I never meant to call you a fool, I'm the one who's been foolish, stubborn, and petty, I'm willing to forgive."

The Beast then smiled and held out his arms for her. "I'm so happy you came."

"Then you forgive me?" Belle took his paws.

"Of course." the Beast smiled back.

'Would you look at that? I was wrong, looks like Cherry's plan actually did work.' Atticus thought to himself while lifting up a weight.

That night, Belle and the Beast decided to sit by the fireplace. Belle was reading her Cinderella storybook while the Beast was eating, but he was being rather noisy during her reading, but she did her best to tune him out as she read about Cinderella making it to the ball thanks to help from her Fairy Godmother.

"He's being noisy now?" Patch whispered to Atticus as they secretly watched.

"Those nuts are a bit distracting..." Atticus had to admit. "Hopefully Belle doesn't mind."

Cogsworth and Lumiere also watched as they stood on top of the fireplace.

"Do you like it so far?" Belle asked the Beast as she took a break from the book for a moment.

"Yes, keep reading." the Beast replied.

Belle then continued until the crunching seemed to be getting louder.

"Okay, that's distracting." Patch said.

"If I eat with Cherry when she isn't, she gets testy," Atticus said to Patch. "It drives her crazy."

"I'm sorry, it's hard to read while you eat those." Belle closed her book.

"But they're my favorite." the Beast pouted.

"I can read later if you like." Belle offered.

"Oh, no, I have a feeling they might have another argument." Atticus whispered.

"Me too." Patch shivered slightly.

"Are you leaving?" the Beast asked.

"No, I'm sorry, I just can't eat while you're eating," Belle replied. "Of course, you could just eat them later."

The others looked nervous and overwhelmed sicne the Beast grew dead silent for a moment.

"Very well." the Beast finally said.

The others then sighed in relief.

"Never mind, there's no fighting this time." Atticus sighed.

The Beast put his bowl down next to Mrs. Potts and the teacups.

"I must say, His Highness is most considerate this evening." Cogsworth smiled.

"Not at all." the Beast smiled shyly.

"And 'is temper is so controlled." Lumiere included.

"Thank you." The Beast nodded to him.

"We wouldn't want you to write another letter of apology, now would we?" Cogsworth then asked which made Crane, LePlume, Webster, and Cherry very nervous.

"And Cogsworth just ruined it." Atticus groaned quietly.

"Of course he did." Patch face-pawed.

"What letter?" the Beast growled slightly.

Crane, LePlume, Webster, and Cherry rushed out. Mrs. Potts saw that and decided she would have a word with them.

"I was merely referring to your letter to Belle, Master," Cogsworth explained, not knowing it was a secret. "And I must say, never have I heard of an apology so etiquette written-"

"I wrote no such letter!" the Beast growled at the mantle clock.

"Looks like you were right about the plan." Mo whispered to Atticus.

"Someone wanna owe me money?" Atticus asked jokingly.

"I don't understand," Belle came up to the Beast. "Are you taking back your apology?"

"IT WASN'T MY LETTER!" the Beast roared to her.

"But I have it!"

"SHOW IT TO ME!"

"If you insist, it's in my room!"

With that, they left to Belle's room so she could show the letter to him. Mrs. Potts was now going to find the others who ran away in fear.

"Atticus was right." Cherry groaned.

"Webster, for goodness sake, come down here!" Mrs. Potts called to the bookshelf to show the dictionary had been hiding in there, then turned to the others such as the quill hiding in a desk plant. "LePlume, surely you can do better than that... And Crane? You're much too short to be a map! Come over here!"

Cherry poked her head out from underneath the desk in the room. "Hey, Mrs. Potts..."

"Hello, dear." Mrs. Potts said.

"What's going on?" Cherry smiled nervously.

"I just want you to know that I knew of your scheme all along, all of you," Mrs. Potts sounded firm. "You're in hot water, I suggest you four confess to what you've done. Unless the truth is revealed, the Master and Belle will forever eye each other with distrust."

"I agree." Atticus said.

"Hey, Atticus..." Cherry rubbed her arm. "You here to rub it in my face?"

"No." Atticus said.

"I didn't think so, even if you were my brother for seven years..." Cherry smirked slightly.

"I came here for you to pay up." Atticus smirked.

"Excuse moi?" Cherry replied in a nearly authentic French accent.

"You remember the bet you made with him?" Mo asked.

"I was joking!" Cherry replied.

"Ohh!" Mo said, now understanding.

"Were you?" Atticus asked his best friend.

Cherry smiled nervously. "Um, well..."

"Come on, pay up." Atticus smirked.

"Guess what?" Cherry smiled nervously. "I'm broke!"

"Would you rather do something for Atticus's amusement?" Mo asked.

Cherry rolled her eyes. "Like what?"

"Be his slave or help him with his exercises?" Patch smirked.

"The humans are talking..." Cherry said through her teeth to the puppy, then shrugged. "What's the worst that could happen with being Atticus's slave? He wouldn't hurt me."

"No, but it'll be like Drell does to Skippy, but not as bad." Atticus said.

"How so?" Cherry asked.

"Oh, you'll find out." Atticus smirked.

Cherry did a double take.

Later...

"There!" Belle forced the letter into the Beast's hand in her room. "Written on your stationary!"

"In my pen?" the Beast glared, crumbling up the letter. "It's a forgery!"

They soon heard a knocking at the door before anything else could be said. The others turned to the door as three familiar objects came into the room. Webster then shoved LePlume over which made the quill stick in the middle of the floor.

"Uh, Master, we have a confession to make," LePlume spoke up. "Zhe letter was a... Umm..."

"Fraud, counterfeit, a sham, fake, a forgery," Webster admitted. "I worded it."

"Yes, thank you." LePlume glared at the book for interrupting him.

Crane and Webster then began to run away. The Beast got on all fours and started to chase after the three of them. Atticus sighed as he saw this coming and where he knew what he had to do to stop this chase.

"At least I'm off the hook?" Cherry shrugged with a nervous smile.

"Don't think I'm gonna be finished with you." Atticus said before going to stop the Beast.

Cherry watched him as he went off.

The book, quill, and paper ran off in fear as the Beast chased them out, but was soon stopped by Atticus.

"Atticus!" the Beast snarled to the boy.

"Listen, I know what they did was wrong, but calm down; I'm sure that they won't do it again." Atticus said while holding the Beast back.

"This doesn't concern you." the Beast snarled to him.

"Maybe not but that doesn't mean I have to stand around and watch you chase them out." Atticus glared.

"GET OFF!" the Beast roared.

"NO!" Atticus roared back.

"Are they gonna fight?" Patch asked a bit concerned.

"Looks like it..." Mo looked back to him in the same concern.

And where they both were right as Atticus and the Beast were now going to have a fight.

"Atticus, I dont' wanna have to hurt you..." the Beast glared at the boy.

"Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you..." Atticus glared back.

The Beast roared. "They deserve this punishment, I hereby banish them forever!"

"They were only trying to help!" Atticus roared back.

"Maybe you'd like to join them..." the Beast snarled.

"If you had just apologized to Belle for your rude actions, then they wouldn't have forged that letter!" Atticus roared.

"She's supposed to apologize to me!" the Beast grabbed Atticus.

"Why should she apologize when you were being rude?!" Atticus glared.

"She started it..." the Beast scoffed.

"You're acting like a child!" Atticus retorted.

"How am I acting like a child?!" The Beast glared before seeing dark crystals start rising.

"YOU REFUSE TO LISTEN TO REASON!" Atticus nearly exclaimed.

The dark crystals then expanded and became bigger.

"What are those?" the Beast asked as he noticed the crystals then.

"Oh, no, not again." Cherry said, worried.

"What's going on, Cherry?!" Mo rushed over.

"Dark crystals!" Cherry yelped out of fear.

"Oh, no, not again." Mo said.

"That's what I said!" Cherry bit her nails nervously.

"Wait, you mean this has happened before?" The Beast asked.

"Um, well..." Cherry smiled nervously. "Kinda..."

"Well, why is this happening?" The Beast asked.

"Umm... Well... How do I explain this?" Cherry sounded anxious.

"It happens when he gets angry, sad, or upset." Mo said.

"Uh, yeah..." Cherry replied. "Mostly angry of course that I've seen..."

"We have to calm him down or else his crystals will continue to expand." Patch said.

"What harm can these crystals do?" the Beast asked.

One of the dark crystals soon went through one of the walls while another broke a window as it expanded outside.

Cherry screamed and ran down the hall. "My nightmares are becoming a horrifying reality!"

"Well, that just happened," Patch said. "Beast, please apologize to Belle."

"But it's her-" the Beast argued.

"I don't care who started it, I say END IT!" Mo firmly replied.

The Beast would have argued, but he could see that things were getting worse as the dark crystals continued to expand around the castle. Mo looked very firm like a very strict mother angered with her children for fighting.

"Okay, okay, fine, I'll apologize!" The Beast told them.

"Thank you." Mo folded her arms with a satisfied smirk.

The Beast began to make his way to Belle and apologize to her.

"I just wish we could make up," Belle said sadly to Cherry as it was just them with Mrs. Potts. "Because, deep down, he has a good heart. It's us that let things get out of hand, you and those other three are the ones who suffered the most. Please, forgive me?"

"I will, Belle, just please end this madness." Cherry replied.

Belle was soon encountered by the Beast.

"If only I could've said those same words to him..." Belle sighed.

"Well, maybe you can say those words to him right now?" Cherry suggested.

"How would I get his attention though?" Belle frowned. "We may never speak to each other again.

"I'd be wrong about that." Cherry said as she turned her around to show that the Beast had come over to talk.

Belle looked to see him. Cherry dashed away and hid behind a wall so the two could talk.

"I have something to say." the Beast told Belle, rather firm, but had a gentle tone in his voice.

"Um, I think I'll leave you two alone." Cherry said, leaving the room.

"I've been difficult," the Beast continued his apology. "And... And... I'm sorry... Please, forgive me."

"I forgive you," Belle replied.

"And Cherry?" the Beast called for the leaving perky goth.

Cherry gulped and turned to him.

"Will you forgive me too?" the Beast then asked her.

"Oh, um, sure..." Cherry replied.

The dark crystals soon started to disappear.

"That was so easy," the Beast smiled once he made up officially with Belle. "I think I'm happy now!"

"Oh, um, sir, I think you should say sorry to Atticus before you do anything else." Cherry suggested.

The Beast was about to argue, but he decided that would be best.

"You're right."

"Of course I'm right," Cherry replied smugly. "I'm a woman."

"I'm happier than I can remember," the Beast replied and flashed a smile to Belle and Cherry before going to see Atticus.

Atticus began to try to calm down.

"Um, Atticus?" the Beast came to the boy. "I just wanted to tell you something."

"Yes, Beast?" Atticus asked.

"Um... I'm sorry about that fight we had." the Beast said softly. "I was wrong... And I humbly beg for your forgiveness."

"I forgive you and I'm sorry for fighting with you, it's just that I didn't want Webster, LePlume, or Crane to be banished from the castle out in the cold." Atticus said as the dark crystals started to shrink and disappear.

"Have they gone far?" the Beast then asked, feeling guilty about that.

"Let's hope that they haven't." Atticus said.

They then heard someone scratch on the outside of the front doors like a pet was wanting in. The Beast then went to find Webster, Crane, and LePlume to make up with them. Mo was already closer to the door and decided to answer it. And where she saw Patch with the three enchanted objects to keep them company until the Beast would come out to apologize.

"Oh, my, you were all thrown out?" Mo asked in worry.

"I-I-I w-w-was k-k-keeping th-th-them c-c-company." Patch shivered.

"That was very nice of you, Patch." Mo smiled.

Patch smiled as his teeth chattered.

"Come on, let's get you all inside by the fire before you freeze." Mo picked them all up into her arms to take them by the fireplace.

"L-L-Let's hope th-the master won't be furious." Webster shivered.

"I-I-I-I know I'd be..." LePlume sounded the most scared.