Cinderella

The next morning came; Maurice was getting everything ready for the arrival of his sister and stepmother. The servants helped out as well, but Belle and Adam didn't do anything. They knew about the horror of Fiona and Celia. Belle and Adam stood on the balcony just waiting to hear that Fiona and Celia were here. Adam could feel the fear and sadness coming from Belle.

Just then, there was the galloping of horses. Belle perked up and looked at the bridge, she saw eight black horses pulling three large carriages. Adam saw the carriages and looked back at Belle, she was acting like a scared little...

There was silence in the room as tears continued to fall down Belle's face. Adam couldn't believe what he had heard; her aunt and grandmother tried to kill Belle and Tintement and placed the same curse on both of them. He knew that Belle didn't want to talk about this, but he had to know more in order to help her. After all, she helped him when he was cursed.

"How...exactly does you father play in this role?" Adam asked.

"What are you asking?" Belle asked.

"Why don't you want your father to know about your cousin?, he asked, "Does he know about everything?"

"No," she answered, "Papa thinks that...

Just then, the sun started to set. Adam and Belle gathered the blanket and the basket and headed back to the castle. When they opened the front door, the castle servants were doing their last few chores for the day. Adam decided to go to the library, Belle told him that she would meet him there. While Belle was putting the dirty picnic dishes in the kitchen sink, she head a yell or and shout of pain from Adam. She quickly went into one of the halls, her jaw dropped from the sight of what happened.

Her cousin, Tintement, was standing of Adam's back. When he was walking through the halls to the...

As Adam left the kitchen with a sad look, Maurice had some confusion in his mind.

"What did he mean by that?" Maurice asked as he looked at Mrs. Potts, she just had this sad look on her face; she knew what Adam meant by that.

"Nobody can talk about it; it involves his parents." Mrs. Potts explained, "We're not allowed to talk about them."

"Why not?" Maurice asked, but Mrs. Potts looked at him and stayed quiet. She didn't say a word about the issue, she knew how serious Adam took about his parents. When Maurice didn't get anything out of Mrs. Potts, he left it alone and she changed the subject....

As Maurice told the story about his wife, he was flash-backing to when he was much younger with a head full of brown hair in a different village.

He started his story, "I met Veronica when she was doing her piano practices. I peeked in the window of a music shop; nothing could express how beautiful and wonderful Veronica was when I saw her. I came to that window for five days, until a friend of mine took me to a tavern where single men go to see women dance and sing. I didn't want to go, my heart was set on Veronica; no one else. While all the other men, including the friend that brought me...

The next morning, Belle woke up with the sun peeking through her windows. She didn't feel any better from the night before, she actually felt worse. Her throat was now starting to hurt, but she couldn't let it show yet. Belle wanted to speak to Adam before she had to stay in bed. She got out of bed, looked in her closet and pulled out her regular blue clothes. Belle brushed her hair a little bit, enough where it seemed pleasant.

As for Prince Adam, he woke up and looked around his room. He looked at his hands, making sure that he still wasn't dreaming. Adam threw the covers off and rummaged...

In the middle of the night, Belle woke up. Her throat was really dry and she started to cough.

"I need something to drink." Belle groaned, she got up out of the bed, lit a little candle and walked towards the kitchen. As she was walking through halls and stairs, she remembered when she first came to the castle. It was forbidding and dark, no should have been living inside. To Belle, the castle was feeling much different from what she was already used to.

Belle walked inside the kitchen and filled a glass with water. She walked back into the ballroom; it was still very warm from the day's excitement....

Deep in a dark place, two pairs of eyes stared at the glowing orb as it showed an image of Belle with Prince Adam dancing. One pair eyes were red and had anger flaring while the other pair were a bright lavender and had sweet happiness.

"I can't believe it!" said the red eyed female voice.

"I think it's sweet!" said the lavender eyed female voice.

"Don't be foolish, my dear daughter of mine!" said the red eyed female voice, "It looks like we need to pay Belle and her father a little visit."

"Shouldn't we wait until we get something, like a letter, from Maurice before we do anything?" asked the...

Back upstairs in the ballroom, Cogsworth and Lumiere were talking with Mrs. Potts and their master. No one noticed that Belle wasn't around except... Adam. He was looking all around the ballroom, but he couldn't see her.

"Master," Lumiere asked, "what's wrong?" Adam looked back at his three reliable servants.

"Noticed anyone missing?" Adam asked. Cogsworth, Lumiere and Mrs. Potts looked around the ballroom.

"He's right, Belle's gone." Cogsworth said.

"Where did she go?" Lumiere asked.

"That's what I would like to know" Adam said. He wasn't worried or concerned, but he would like to know where she...