Katie hummed as she helped Angelique. She started by hanging tinsel on the stair rails. Angelique wrapped the banister ends with garland and even carefully placed a wreathe with all wrapped up in a red ribbon.

Katie smiled. "How's it looking, Angelique?" She asks.

Angelique wrapped up another red ribbon and looked over her shoulder, her eyes glowed at the silver and brightness of the tinsel. "Oh, magnifique, wonderful!" she squealed in delight. "You have such a good eye, my dear."

Katie smiled happily. She made sure it would stay then came down the stairs to grab some other decorations to hang up. The castle was living with its former lively beauty it once had, even ten years ago, and it looked even better with Angelique and Katie's teamwork. Katie hugged the blonde-haired woman. She smiled. Angelique hugged back with a giggle.

"We make a good team." Katie smiled.

"Do you decorate a lot at home?" Angelique asked, curious of her eye for detail and coordination.

Katie shrugged. "I like art things." she smiled.

"Oh, an artiste, how wonderful!" Angelique thought that sounded exquisite. "Merci beaucop for your help."

"Anytime, I like helping others." she smiled.

Angelique smiled. "You have a good heart..." she truly admired the younger girl's enthusiasm, it was nice to meet someone else who had her eye of beauty and design.

Katie blushed but smiled. "I'm going to go back to reading now... but if you need me, come find me and I'll help." she says.

"Very well, enjoy your story." Angelique gave a nod.

Katie hugged the woman once more and then almost skipped off. Angelique smiled and let her go off.

While Katie went along, there was a broken window for some reason and a rock had been put in the middle of the floor with some shards of broken glass. Katie stopped and looked at the rock,the window,then back to the rock. She lifted it up and took the note off it. She then went to the window to look out of it.

"'VOUS ARUEZ PAYER POUR VOUS FAIT MA FRERE! -Avenant.'" the note said, looking rather urgent and angry, whoever wrote it must have had a bone to pick with someone in the castle.

Katie saw no one outside, that she could see, and frowned softly when she read it. What did it mean 'you will pay for what you did to my brother'? She went to go find somebody.

Everyone ate their breakfast, Cherry ate what she could, she asked to be excused when she finished.

"Are you feeling okay, Cerise?" Adam asked her.

"Fine... I'm just done..." Cherry said with a small smile.

Belle looked at her and smiled softly. Mrs. Potts smiled at Cherry. Cherry smiled softly to them and walked from the table after pushing herself from the chair and went to relax herself a little, maybe getting her mind off her anxious stomach would make her feel better.

When she looked out the window to the snowy village, it made her remember of when Belle sang of the little town she came from, craving the adventure she longed for before she met Adam. In the village, many folks were receiving invitations to the Christmas party tonight, not everybody was happy about it though.

Belle ate a little more than Cherry, but not much, to not be nauseous. Adam smiled to Belle, he glanced as Forte was drinking what he was given, he ate this time, but still not a lot. Belle smiled, she had thought it over and had forgiven him mostly. After Forte ate, he excused himself and stood up, deciding to leave the room, he felt like no one else would really talk to him, he didn't meet Belle's smile. Belle was about to stop him, but thought it selfish if she did.

"Katie?" Forte noticed her as he was just coming up from one of the corridors.

Katie looked at Forte. "Someone threw a rock with this note attached." she says. She then read it aloud to him, though quietly.

Forte looked a little alarmed. "Someone's harmed someone else's brother...?" he looked very curious.

"Apparently..." Katie says quietly. She looked at Forte. "We should tell Prince Adam." she then says.

"Right..." Forte gave a nod, though he was worried about facing Adam like this, he could sense the hostility.

Cherry was coming down the hall then and saw them. "You guys okay?"

"Cerise, we must go to the Master..." Forte said to her.

Cherry tilted her head. "Why?"

Katie bit her lip. Tell her friend and worry her, or keep it private for now? "Maestro, you can stay with Cherry, if you just tell me where he is." she suggests.

"Oui," Forte agreed. "I saw him at the breakfast table, if he isn't there, try the study."

"Merci." Katie nods. She gave a soothing smile to Cherry and went off to try and find Adam.

"Maestro, what's going on?" Cherry asked her 'mentor'.

"I'm sorry, Cerise... But try not to worry..." Forte said softly to her.

Babette was dusting with her fellow maids as Katie came along.

Katie blinked. "Bonjour Babette... Do you know where Prince Adam is?" She asks.

Babette smiled to her, she wanted to be friends with Katie. "Oui oui, he is in the study discussing things with Lumiere."

Katie smiled. She gave the woman a quick hug. "Merci, Babette" she says, then went off to the study. She knocked on the door.

Babette smiled to her. Mrs. Potts was helping Belle choose some dresses for the girls to look at.

"Who's zhere?" Lumiere's voice was heard.

"It's Katie, I have something urgent to tell Prince Adam." she says.

Lumiere sounded worried, his voice sounded lowered, but then high again. "Come in, mademoiselle." he opened the door for her.