"I can't believe it!" Lydia said, "You were cursed?"
"Mother," Adam said as he threw a pillow at Lydia's mouth, "are you trying to wake up the whole castle?!" She grabbed the pillow and tried to calm down.
"You...have...some explaining to do." Lydia said, taking deep breaths. "My only child...my baby...is a victim of a spell?" Adam made a face when his mother said 'my baby'. Lydia looked at her son, she saw the look he made. "Don't give me that look. I don't care if you are two years old or 20 years old, you're still my baby."
"21, mother." Adam said, "I'm twenty-one."
"Hmm, you're right, I was off one year." Lydia corrected, "But don't think I'm going to forget that you were cursed."
"I don't want to talk about it," Adam said, turning his back at his mother. "You'll be disappointed." At first, Lydia was a little confused about what Adam said.
"Is it because of what I told you on your ninth birthday?" Adam was a little surprised, he didn't think that she would remember that. "I should be getting used to that look you're giving me, but I'm not liking it."
"How do you think I feel knowing that you have all these powers?" He said, Lydia didn't expect that, but her son did have a point.
"You have a point about that, Adam," she said, "but how do you think I'm feeling knowing that you were cursed?"
"I said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want to talk about it and...you already guessed why!" Adam said as he turned his back at his mother again. Lydia didn't think what she said, on his ninth birthday, would have such an effect on Adam. She knew that she had to drop her sorceress attitude and start acting like his mother.
"Adam, at least give me an idea about what happened." Lydia calmly said, Adam looked back at her. It was when Lydia was calmly talking did he know that she was trying to act like she used to back then.
"Just promise me one thing." Adam said as he turned back at his mother, "don't lose your own temper while I'm trying to tell you."
"Done then." Lydia said as she sat down on the couch where Belle was lying on. Adam went back to his armchair and thought about how he can talk about this...a second time. He took a few deep breaths as the past started to haunt him again.
"You know very well how hard it was when I lost you." Adam said, his mother nodded 'yes'. "I didn't see the point of living after you were gone."
"Considering what...he...had done to you, I don't blame you at all." Lydia added, Adam knew that she was talking about his father. He was such a painful memory that nobody was allowed to say his name in front of Adam or Lydia.
"I closed off my heart, I didn't want it to be touched again." He continued to say, Lydia just listened, she didn't say another word after what she said. "I was afraid and...sad...that if anyone that was able to touch it...I was going to lose them as fast as I lost you. But because I made that choice...I became bitter and cold inside...I became selfish and unkind. Cogsworth thought that spoiling me to death was going to help...all it did was make me worse."
"I ask them to do simple things and...they did this to you." Lydia spoke up, red spikes and quills were starting to appear out of her hair. "After everything that you've been through with...'us'..." Lydia shuddered when she said 'us'. "That pompous clock! *sigh* What else did he do?" Adam could tell that she was getting angry, but she was trying to control her own anger.
"Hmm, well, I also had my education stopped, Cogsworth was too worried about me being so cold that I stopped learning...even I didn't have the energy to learn anymore...I was just too heartbroken. *exhale*" It was becoming harder for Adam to keep going, Lydia could sense it. She could use her mind-reading powers, but she didn't want to do that to her son again. "Two years of you being gone was very difficult, I...was difficult because...I couldn't be happy anymore. I also didn't to be reminded of you because that made me more of...a brat...than anything else. That Christmas night...I demanded presents...I was tired of being heartbroken and my heart being so cold. Someone knocked on the door, I wasn't too trilled about it. There was an old woman who wanted shelter and she was willing to give me a rose for it. All the rose did was reminded me of you...because your hair was beautiful and red as the rose. So...I turned her away and closed the door. The door flew open and...and..." Adam was starting to have a flashback, he couldn't speak. As much as Lydia didn't want to do it, she read his mind again and saw the flashback.
Lydia saw what was at the door, Rouge, saying that Adam was deceived by his cold heart. She saw what Rouge did to her son. When she saw her son become a beast, Lydia stopped reading his mind and shook her son. "Adam! Adam!"
Adam snapped back into reality, he was starting to sweat because of the nightmare he endured for so long. A handkerchief appeared in Lydia's hand and she gave it to him. Adam took it and wiped his neck and forehead, Lydia could see the fear in Adam's face. She was very angry that she found out that Rouge, her other friend, placed a curse on her son.
"Rouge did that to you?" Lydia asked.
"Yes," Adam answered, "I was stuck in that form for ten long years. She said the only way to break the spell was to fall in love and earn her love in return before the last petal on the rose fell." Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the parlor door.
"Lydia, is everything okay?" It was Veronica's voice.
"Everything's okay, Veronica." Lydia answered, "Go back to your daughter." They heard departing footsteps and didn't hear anything else. "Is that why Belle is with you?" Lydia asked gently, Adam snapped his head up and his eyes were staring right at hers.
"I don't care if you or her mother don't agree with it, I love her. She was the only person that helped me to love again." Lydia was a little surprised, she was expecting the answer, but not in the tone that he gave her.
"Calm down, son, I didn't mean the way I asked. I meant to ask in a simple question. But I guess I already have that answer when I saw my rose ring on her hand."
"I know that your rose ring was precious to you, but Belle is just as precious to me as you are." Adam said, Lydia just smiled.
"So my son asked her a certain question?"
"I did...she said yes." Lydia just grabbed her son and hugged him. Adam continues to be surprised, he thought that his mother wouldn't approve of Belle, but he was wrong. "Mother, you...need to let go. You're beginning to...hurt me."
"Oops, sorry." Lydia said as she released Adam.
"Rouge said you were strong, but I wasn't expecting you to be that strong." Adam said.
"Rouge told you about us?"
"She didn't even know that I was your son until she told me about you and when I told her."
"I'm going to hurt her so badly." Lydia said as purple spikes came out of her arms.
"Mother, don't!" Adam said, Lydia couldn't believe what she heard. "If it wasn't for her...I think...I would be like my father right now."
"You'll never be like him, but because you, my son, asked me to, I won't harm Rouge." Lydia said, crossing her arms. "For now anyway."
"Rouge told me about your past, it explains why you never spoke about it."
"You know your mother, I like to get my point across. I'll tell you more about it when the time comes. There...is something else that I have to discuss with you."
"What is it?" Adam asked, but Lydia shook her head.
"It can wait a little while longer, right now, let's go back to Belle and Veronica. We can't let them get out of our lives now." Adam smiled at his mother and they left the parlor.
"Mother," Adam said as he threw a pillow at Lydia's mouth, "are you trying to wake up the whole castle?!" She grabbed the pillow and tried to calm down.
"You...have...some explaining to do." Lydia said, taking deep breaths. "My only child...my baby...is a victim of a spell?" Adam made a face when his mother said 'my baby'. Lydia looked at her son, she saw the look he made. "Don't give me that look. I don't care if you are two years old or 20 years old, you're still my baby."
"21, mother." Adam said, "I'm twenty-one."
"Hmm, you're right, I was off one year." Lydia corrected, "But don't think I'm going to forget that you were cursed."
"I don't want to talk about it," Adam said, turning his back at his mother. "You'll be disappointed." At first, Lydia was a little confused about what Adam said.
"Is it because of what I told you on your ninth birthday?" Adam was a little surprised, he didn't think that she would remember that. "I should be getting used to that look you're giving me, but I'm not liking it."
"How do you think I feel knowing that you have all these powers?" He said, Lydia didn't expect that, but her son did have a point.
"You have a point about that, Adam," she said, "but how do you think I'm feeling knowing that you were cursed?"
"I said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want to talk about it and...you already guessed why!" Adam said as he turned his back at his mother again. Lydia didn't think what she said, on his ninth birthday, would have such an effect on Adam. She knew that she had to drop her sorceress attitude and start acting like his mother.
"Adam, at least give me an idea about what happened." Lydia calmly said, Adam looked back at her. It was when Lydia was calmly talking did he know that she was trying to act like she used to back then.
"Just promise me one thing." Adam said as he turned back at his mother, "don't lose your own temper while I'm trying to tell you."
"Done then." Lydia said as she sat down on the couch where Belle was lying on. Adam went back to his armchair and thought about how he can talk about this...a second time. He took a few deep breaths as the past started to haunt him again.
"You know very well how hard it was when I lost you." Adam said, his mother nodded 'yes'. "I didn't see the point of living after you were gone."
"Considering what...he...had done to you, I don't blame you at all." Lydia added, Adam knew that she was talking about his father. He was such a painful memory that nobody was allowed to say his name in front of Adam or Lydia.
"I closed off my heart, I didn't want it to be touched again." He continued to say, Lydia just listened, she didn't say another word after what she said. "I was afraid and...sad...that if anyone that was able to touch it...I was going to lose them as fast as I lost you. But because I made that choice...I became bitter and cold inside...I became selfish and unkind. Cogsworth thought that spoiling me to death was going to help...all it did was make me worse."
"I ask them to do simple things and...they did this to you." Lydia spoke up, red spikes and quills were starting to appear out of her hair. "After everything that you've been through with...'us'..." Lydia shuddered when she said 'us'. "That pompous clock! *sigh* What else did he do?" Adam could tell that she was getting angry, but she was trying to control her own anger.
"Hmm, well, I also had my education stopped, Cogsworth was too worried about me being so cold that I stopped learning...even I didn't have the energy to learn anymore...I was just too heartbroken. *exhale*" It was becoming harder for Adam to keep going, Lydia could sense it. She could use her mind-reading powers, but she didn't want to do that to her son again. "Two years of you being gone was very difficult, I...was difficult because...I couldn't be happy anymore. I also didn't to be reminded of you because that made me more of...a brat...than anything else. That Christmas night...I demanded presents...I was tired of being heartbroken and my heart being so cold. Someone knocked on the door, I wasn't too trilled about it. There was an old woman who wanted shelter and she was willing to give me a rose for it. All the rose did was reminded me of you...because your hair was beautiful and red as the rose. So...I turned her away and closed the door. The door flew open and...and..." Adam was starting to have a flashback, he couldn't speak. As much as Lydia didn't want to do it, she read his mind again and saw the flashback.
Lydia saw what was at the door, Rouge, saying that Adam was deceived by his cold heart. She saw what Rouge did to her son. When she saw her son become a beast, Lydia stopped reading his mind and shook her son. "Adam! Adam!"
Adam snapped back into reality, he was starting to sweat because of the nightmare he endured for so long. A handkerchief appeared in Lydia's hand and she gave it to him. Adam took it and wiped his neck and forehead, Lydia could see the fear in Adam's face. She was very angry that she found out that Rouge, her other friend, placed a curse on her son.
"Rouge did that to you?" Lydia asked.
"Yes," Adam answered, "I was stuck in that form for ten long years. She said the only way to break the spell was to fall in love and earn her love in return before the last petal on the rose fell." Suddenly, there was a soft knock on the parlor door.
"Lydia, is everything okay?" It was Veronica's voice.
"Everything's okay, Veronica." Lydia answered, "Go back to your daughter." They heard departing footsteps and didn't hear anything else. "Is that why Belle is with you?" Lydia asked gently, Adam snapped his head up and his eyes were staring right at hers.
"I don't care if you or her mother don't agree with it, I love her. She was the only person that helped me to love again." Lydia was a little surprised, she was expecting the answer, but not in the tone that he gave her.
"Calm down, son, I didn't mean the way I asked. I meant to ask in a simple question. But I guess I already have that answer when I saw my rose ring on her hand."
"I know that your rose ring was precious to you, but Belle is just as precious to me as you are." Adam said, Lydia just smiled.
"So my son asked her a certain question?"
"I did...she said yes." Lydia just grabbed her son and hugged him. Adam continues to be surprised, he thought that his mother wouldn't approve of Belle, but he was wrong. "Mother, you...need to let go. You're beginning to...hurt me."
"Oops, sorry." Lydia said as she released Adam.
"Rouge said you were strong, but I wasn't expecting you to be that strong." Adam said.
"Rouge told you about us?"
"She didn't even know that I was your son until she told me about you and when I told her."
"I'm going to hurt her so badly." Lydia said as purple spikes came out of her arms.
"Mother, don't!" Adam said, Lydia couldn't believe what she heard. "If it wasn't for her...I think...I would be like my father right now."
"You'll never be like him, but because you, my son, asked me to, I won't harm Rouge." Lydia said, crossing her arms. "For now anyway."
"Rouge told me about your past, it explains why you never spoke about it."
"You know your mother, I like to get my point across. I'll tell you more about it when the time comes. There...is something else that I have to discuss with you."
"What is it?" Adam asked, but Lydia shook her head.
"It can wait a little while longer, right now, let's go back to Belle and Veronica. We can't let them get out of our lives now." Adam smiled at his mother and they left the parlor.
