Fiona rose to her feet, as if she was getting ready to fight again, Rouge and Tintement stood in front of Belle and Adam. Despite how drained she was, Fiona still had her own power. She shot out little red balls of magic at Adam, Rouge and Tintement. The four of them quickly scattered before they got hit.
"I'm not going to let you get away with this!" Fiona shouted as she went after Adam and Belle. Belle was still unconscious from playing the Clarinet, so Adam had to carry her as he ran from Fiona. Fiona then released a smoke bomb, Tintement and Rouge couldn't see. Adam couldn't see either and was having a hard time breathing. Then, just out of nowhere, the smoke started to disappear and Fiona shouted in pain. Adam looked at Fiona, there was Celia trying to fight her.
"Traitor!" Fiona shouted as she pushed her daughter aside.
"You've already caused pain to the family my brothers made," Celia shouted, "I won't let you harm them anymore!" Fiona growled and shot her magic at her daughter, Celia wasn't prepared for that unexpected move. She jumped high in the air to avoid the shot. Once she landed, Celia shot her magic at her mother; Fiona also shot her magic as well.
"ENOUGH!" said a voice as a beam of white light came between the two shots. Fiona, Celia and Rouge suddenly became very afraid. They knew whose voice it was, except Adam and Tintement. They didn't know what was going on until the beam of light transformed into white smoke. The smoke swirled around into the form of a person. The smoke ceased and in place of it...was a woman with long white robes, grey eyes and white hair that stuck up high in the air, like a crown. She turned to look at Fiona.
"Fiona," the woman said, "you will not harm anyone anymore! You are now banished to the pit of Fire and Darkness." A fiery hole opened up under Fiona's feet, she fell down into the fiery pit as the hole closed up.
"Who's that?" Adam whispered to Rouge. Before Rouge could answer, the woman turned around and looked at Adam. She had a large smile as she raised her arms in the air.
"I am Lady Temps, the sorceress of time! I am also the high and mighty empress of the world of magic!" the woman said. Adam couldn't believe what he had heard, he wished Belle was awake to hear it. "Don't worry," Lady Temps said, "I'm only here to talk to you, Adam."
"Me?" Adam asked.
"Well," she said, "I would talk to Belle, but I can tell that she's exhausted."
"I can see why you would speak to me instead." Adam said as he looked at Belle.
"You both deserve each other," said Lady Temps, "that's why I'm here...to say thank you for saving all of us."
"Well, at least on my own half," Adam said, "it was worth it to help Belle. She helped me when I was cursed, it was now my turn to help her. So...you're welcome."
"Looks like that 'prince part' of you is trying to come back." Said Lady Temps, "In this case, it's a good thing."
"I think," Rouge added, "if...Veronica and Lydia were still alive...they would be so proud of you."
"Yes," Adam said softly, "they probably would."
"What do you mean 'if they were still alive'?" Lady Temps asked, "They are alive." When Adam and Rouge heard that, they didn't believe that. "What makes you think they're dead?"
"Adam and Belle told me that their mothers died." Rouge said. Lady Temps looked at Adam, she can tell he was confused.
"If I had to make a wild chance," Lady Temps said, "they probably didn't tell you that they were sorceresses, did they?"
"No," he answered, "they...they died before they could tell us."
"Well, I think it's right that you know now," Lady Temps answered, "since you and Belle and children of sorceresses. After Veronica and Lydia were buried, I sensed that the lockets that held the locations of the two Clarinet halves would disappear. So I visited their graves and...gave them their life back."
"But...why?" Adam asked.
"Even without the lockets," she said, "Veronica and Lydia knew where the Clarinet halves were buried. That's why I brought them back."
"Are you the only one that knew this, empress?" Rouge asked.
"Yes, I am." Lady Temps answered, "That's why you didn't know, Rouge, despite that you were their closest friend. I didn't want them to go back to the world of humans because, everytime I resurrect a sorcerer or sorceress, they forget all the magic they learned in their lives. So they stayed in the world of magic to relearn their spells and magic. But now that the Clarinet has been found, I think it's time to destroy it."
"I don't think Lady Gabrielle would mind." Rouge said. Lady Temps took the Clarinet of Life into her hands, it took all her power, but she had managed to destroy the clarinet with the power of fire and time. All that was left of it was ash; no one had to fear of it falling into the hands of evil again.
"Now it's over." Adam said as Lady Temps brushed the ash from her hands.
"It might be over for the clarinet," Adam turned to the right and saw Tintement walking over to him, "but Belle and me are still under this curse."
"Not for much longer." said a female voice. Everyone turned to see Celia walking over, her eyes were now lavender rather than gray. "I know you and Belle are angry with me placing a curse on the two of you, but I only did it to protect you from my mother."
"I wish you did something else though." Said Tintement.
"You might be angry about what happened in the past," Adam said, "but since you can't change it, you might as well try and make up with her. After all, she is yours and Belle's aunt." Rouge was surprised by what Adam said, she smiled to see that the spoiled selfish prince had ceased to exist.
"I guess you have a point." Tintement said, she then turned back at Celia. "What did you mean 'not for much longer'?"
"I placed the spell on you to protect you from my mother," Celia explained, "but now that she's defeated, the spell shall break soon."
"Tintement," said Adam, "if you need a place to stay, you're more than welcome to live at the castle."
"Thank you," said Tintement, "but let me see how far I can get on my own. If I need help, I know I can turn to you or Belle to help me."
"Speaking of Belle," Celia said, "I think it's best that you go back to the castle. Belle and you need to get some rest."
"All right," Adam said, "but before I go, I do have a question for you, enchantress."
"Call me Rouge," Rouge said, "what's the question?"
"Before I went after Belle when she was fighting Fiona, what did you do with Maurice?" Adam asked.
"Well," Rouge said, "I sent him back to the castle. I know you'll get upset with me about this part, empress, but I didn't want him to forget this experience."
"So what you're telling me...is that you didn't erase his mind about this?" Lady Temps asked.
"Yes." Rouge answered.
"You know...I had the feeling you were going to do that." Said Lady Temps, "I'll let it go this time."
"You're not upset?" Rouge asked, "You're usually strict on something like that."
"Well, Maurice is the father of a sorceress's daughter. I think he deserves to know as much as Belle and Adam." Lady Temps explained, "I don't know if there's anyone Adam wants to tell, but until then..." Lady Temps then turned over to Adam, "Try not to tell anyone about sorcerers or sorceresses unless you want them to know, Adam."
"Thank you, Lady Temps." Adam said as he bowed his head. He then turned around and went out the asylum door; Belle was still out cold as he walked back to the castle. It was 1:00 in the morning when the castle was in sight. When they arrived at the castle, Adam just walked in without saying a word. The servants were fast asleep, so Adam just quietly went through the castle, hoping that he won't wake anyone up.
"Sire?" someone said, Adam turned on a dime when he heard someone.
"I know it's you...Mrs. Potts." Adam said, Mrs. Potts walked into his view and lit a candle.
"Sire, what happened to you?" Mrs. Potts asked, Adam wasn't sure if he could tell Mrs. Potts. True she was someone that Adam trusted with a secret, but he didn't think Mrs. Potts could keep this secret to herself.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Potts." Adam said, "I can't tell you what has had happened."
"Why not, sire?" she asked, Adam felt bad for holding this secret from Mrs. Potts, but he also promised to Lady Temps to keep it to himself if he can.
"It's a long story, Mrs. Potts." He said, "One I'm not ready to tell you yet."
"Okay," she said, "I'm here when you're ready to talk about it. Get Belle in bed." Adam was a little shocked that Mrs. Potts knew that it was Belle in his arms. He asked;
"How did you know that-?"
"Sire, I saw her talking to Cogsworth and Lumiere when her aunt attacked us." Mrs. Potts said with a smile, "Besides, who else do you know that wears a blue ribbon like hers?" Adam chuckled at that little fact.
"I guess you are right," Adam said, "Go get some rest, Mrs. Potts. We'll see you later." Mrs. Potts just nodded her head and turned around back to the servants' quarters. Adam continued his way to the west wing. When he opened the door to the west wing, he walked in the room and closed the door behind him.
Suddenly, Belle's body started to glow. She was covered in a light and she was quickly transformed back into her human form. Adam was embarrassed at first because when Belle transformed back to her human self, her blue dress was torn. The sleeves, the skirt above the knees, and the waist parts were missing. He quickly just turned his head, placed Belle on his bed and covered her up. Adam didn't want Belle thinking that he saw her body without her permission. Now that he had Belle back, nothing could express how happy Adam was. He felt his body growing warm. Just then, he felt this immense pain throughout his body. He grabbed both shoulders as he groaned. Adam fell to the ground as the pain continued to get worse. He closed his eyes hoping that it would end soon.
"I'm not going to let you get away with this!" Fiona shouted as she went after Adam and Belle. Belle was still unconscious from playing the Clarinet, so Adam had to carry her as he ran from Fiona. Fiona then released a smoke bomb, Tintement and Rouge couldn't see. Adam couldn't see either and was having a hard time breathing. Then, just out of nowhere, the smoke started to disappear and Fiona shouted in pain. Adam looked at Fiona, there was Celia trying to fight her.
"Traitor!" Fiona shouted as she pushed her daughter aside.
"You've already caused pain to the family my brothers made," Celia shouted, "I won't let you harm them anymore!" Fiona growled and shot her magic at her daughter, Celia wasn't prepared for that unexpected move. She jumped high in the air to avoid the shot. Once she landed, Celia shot her magic at her mother; Fiona also shot her magic as well.
"ENOUGH!" said a voice as a beam of white light came between the two shots. Fiona, Celia and Rouge suddenly became very afraid. They knew whose voice it was, except Adam and Tintement. They didn't know what was going on until the beam of light transformed into white smoke. The smoke swirled around into the form of a person. The smoke ceased and in place of it...was a woman with long white robes, grey eyes and white hair that stuck up high in the air, like a crown. She turned to look at Fiona.
"Fiona," the woman said, "you will not harm anyone anymore! You are now banished to the pit of Fire and Darkness." A fiery hole opened up under Fiona's feet, she fell down into the fiery pit as the hole closed up.
"Who's that?" Adam whispered to Rouge. Before Rouge could answer, the woman turned around and looked at Adam. She had a large smile as she raised her arms in the air.
"I am Lady Temps, the sorceress of time! I am also the high and mighty empress of the world of magic!" the woman said. Adam couldn't believe what he had heard, he wished Belle was awake to hear it. "Don't worry," Lady Temps said, "I'm only here to talk to you, Adam."
"Me?" Adam asked.
"Well," she said, "I would talk to Belle, but I can tell that she's exhausted."
"I can see why you would speak to me instead." Adam said as he looked at Belle.
"You both deserve each other," said Lady Temps, "that's why I'm here...to say thank you for saving all of us."
"Well, at least on my own half," Adam said, "it was worth it to help Belle. She helped me when I was cursed, it was now my turn to help her. So...you're welcome."
"Looks like that 'prince part' of you is trying to come back." Said Lady Temps, "In this case, it's a good thing."
"I think," Rouge added, "if...Veronica and Lydia were still alive...they would be so proud of you."
"Yes," Adam said softly, "they probably would."
"What do you mean 'if they were still alive'?" Lady Temps asked, "They are alive." When Adam and Rouge heard that, they didn't believe that. "What makes you think they're dead?"
"Adam and Belle told me that their mothers died." Rouge said. Lady Temps looked at Adam, she can tell he was confused.
"If I had to make a wild chance," Lady Temps said, "they probably didn't tell you that they were sorceresses, did they?"
"No," he answered, "they...they died before they could tell us."
"Well, I think it's right that you know now," Lady Temps answered, "since you and Belle and children of sorceresses. After Veronica and Lydia were buried, I sensed that the lockets that held the locations of the two Clarinet halves would disappear. So I visited their graves and...gave them their life back."
"But...why?" Adam asked.
"Even without the lockets," she said, "Veronica and Lydia knew where the Clarinet halves were buried. That's why I brought them back."
"Are you the only one that knew this, empress?" Rouge asked.
"Yes, I am." Lady Temps answered, "That's why you didn't know, Rouge, despite that you were their closest friend. I didn't want them to go back to the world of humans because, everytime I resurrect a sorcerer or sorceress, they forget all the magic they learned in their lives. So they stayed in the world of magic to relearn their spells and magic. But now that the Clarinet has been found, I think it's time to destroy it."
"I don't think Lady Gabrielle would mind." Rouge said. Lady Temps took the Clarinet of Life into her hands, it took all her power, but she had managed to destroy the clarinet with the power of fire and time. All that was left of it was ash; no one had to fear of it falling into the hands of evil again.
"Now it's over." Adam said as Lady Temps brushed the ash from her hands.
"It might be over for the clarinet," Adam turned to the right and saw Tintement walking over to him, "but Belle and me are still under this curse."
"Not for much longer." said a female voice. Everyone turned to see Celia walking over, her eyes were now lavender rather than gray. "I know you and Belle are angry with me placing a curse on the two of you, but I only did it to protect you from my mother."
"I wish you did something else though." Said Tintement.
"You might be angry about what happened in the past," Adam said, "but since you can't change it, you might as well try and make up with her. After all, she is yours and Belle's aunt." Rouge was surprised by what Adam said, she smiled to see that the spoiled selfish prince had ceased to exist.
"I guess you have a point." Tintement said, she then turned back at Celia. "What did you mean 'not for much longer'?"
"I placed the spell on you to protect you from my mother," Celia explained, "but now that she's defeated, the spell shall break soon."
"Tintement," said Adam, "if you need a place to stay, you're more than welcome to live at the castle."
"Thank you," said Tintement, "but let me see how far I can get on my own. If I need help, I know I can turn to you or Belle to help me."
"Speaking of Belle," Celia said, "I think it's best that you go back to the castle. Belle and you need to get some rest."
"All right," Adam said, "but before I go, I do have a question for you, enchantress."
"Call me Rouge," Rouge said, "what's the question?"
"Before I went after Belle when she was fighting Fiona, what did you do with Maurice?" Adam asked.
"Well," Rouge said, "I sent him back to the castle. I know you'll get upset with me about this part, empress, but I didn't want him to forget this experience."
"So what you're telling me...is that you didn't erase his mind about this?" Lady Temps asked.
"Yes." Rouge answered.
"You know...I had the feeling you were going to do that." Said Lady Temps, "I'll let it go this time."
"You're not upset?" Rouge asked, "You're usually strict on something like that."
"Well, Maurice is the father of a sorceress's daughter. I think he deserves to know as much as Belle and Adam." Lady Temps explained, "I don't know if there's anyone Adam wants to tell, but until then..." Lady Temps then turned over to Adam, "Try not to tell anyone about sorcerers or sorceresses unless you want them to know, Adam."
"Thank you, Lady Temps." Adam said as he bowed his head. He then turned around and went out the asylum door; Belle was still out cold as he walked back to the castle. It was 1:00 in the morning when the castle was in sight. When they arrived at the castle, Adam just walked in without saying a word. The servants were fast asleep, so Adam just quietly went through the castle, hoping that he won't wake anyone up.
"Sire?" someone said, Adam turned on a dime when he heard someone.
"I know it's you...Mrs. Potts." Adam said, Mrs. Potts walked into his view and lit a candle.
"Sire, what happened to you?" Mrs. Potts asked, Adam wasn't sure if he could tell Mrs. Potts. True she was someone that Adam trusted with a secret, but he didn't think Mrs. Potts could keep this secret to herself.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Potts." Adam said, "I can't tell you what has had happened."
"Why not, sire?" she asked, Adam felt bad for holding this secret from Mrs. Potts, but he also promised to Lady Temps to keep it to himself if he can.
"It's a long story, Mrs. Potts." He said, "One I'm not ready to tell you yet."
"Okay," she said, "I'm here when you're ready to talk about it. Get Belle in bed." Adam was a little shocked that Mrs. Potts knew that it was Belle in his arms. He asked;
"How did you know that-?"
"Sire, I saw her talking to Cogsworth and Lumiere when her aunt attacked us." Mrs. Potts said with a smile, "Besides, who else do you know that wears a blue ribbon like hers?" Adam chuckled at that little fact.
"I guess you are right," Adam said, "Go get some rest, Mrs. Potts. We'll see you later." Mrs. Potts just nodded her head and turned around back to the servants' quarters. Adam continued his way to the west wing. When he opened the door to the west wing, he walked in the room and closed the door behind him.
Suddenly, Belle's body started to glow. She was covered in a light and she was quickly transformed back into her human form. Adam was embarrassed at first because when Belle transformed back to her human self, her blue dress was torn. The sleeves, the skirt above the knees, and the waist parts were missing. He quickly just turned his head, placed Belle on his bed and covered her up. Adam didn't want Belle thinking that he saw her body without her permission. Now that he had Belle back, nothing could express how happy Adam was. He felt his body growing warm. Just then, he felt this immense pain throughout his body. He grabbed both shoulders as he groaned. Adam fell to the ground as the pain continued to get worse. He closed his eyes hoping that it would end soon.
