Belle almost collapsed, Adam just sat down on his bed. They couldn't believe it, their mothers were guardians to one of the most powerful objects in life.
"Veronica Arc-en-ceil...?" Belle said, breathing slowly.
"And...Lydia Porc-épic?" Adam asked.
"Yes," the enchantress said as she wiped her eyes, "they were my closest friends, even if they were wild and...somewhat out of control."
"Meaning what?" Adam asked.
"Well, let me start with Veronica." The enchantress explained, "She was a sorceress who knew how and enjoyed her powers of color and light, but when she was a child, her parents weren't the best of role models. Her parents very rarely paid any attention to her, mainly because they weren't getting along. Because Veronica was getting anything from her parents, she started running away, drinking so much wine and alcohol and smoking so much tobacco."
"She smoked and drunk?" Belle asked, not believing that her mother did that sort of behavior.
"She did," the enchantress answered, "enough where she almost lost her voice. There were times that her mother had to drag Veronica back to her home, but Veronica wasn't going to have any of it. Finally, after dealing with parents for so long, Veronica stood up to her parents, actually fought them and left the world of magic to this world, but not after she gave her father a broken arm, her mother a black eye and then she stole her locket, the sapphire blue locket that held a place where one half of the clarinet was hidden. After she left, Lydia vanished too." The enchantress sighed as she remembered Lydia. "Lydia...I couldn't believe her behavior."
"Why is that?" Adam asked as he breathed deeply.
"Lydia," the enchantress explained more, "being a sorceress of the dreaded porcupine, had the power of spikes and spines. Lydia was known for being a tough woman, mainly because she fought for a living."
"As in...what?" Adam asked.
"As in actual fighting!" she said, "Lydia fought women and men with her bare hands. She always said that she had to prove a point that women could do what men can do. Nothing could hold Lydia down, until...one day she vanished. I assumed that she did what Veronica did, go and live this world. I tried to look for both of them since...they were my friends, but I could never find them. Suddenly after twenty-five long years, they appeared back in the world of magic. When I saw Veronica and Lydia, I couldn't believe how much they changed, they were no longer the harsh sorceresses that I knew growing up. They would come every Saturday and Sunday so we could catch up, even though Lydia still liked to pick a playful fight once in a while and Veronica was the one always relieving Lydia's need of a fight."
"I can't believe it!" Belle said after the enchantress finished.
"Neither could I." Adam replied.
"It didn't surprise me too much though," the enchantress added, "the only thing that stayed the same is Veronica always relieving Lydia's want of a fight."
"It's...not that." Belle said.
"Then...what is it?" she asked.
"Would you believe us if we told you?" Adam said.
"Maybe." The enchantress said.
"My last name's Arc-en-ceil." Belle finally admitted.
"What?" The enchantress asked, she couldn't believe it!
"My mother's name was Veronica Arc-en-ceil." Belle continued. The enchantress couldn't believe what she just heard, the daughter of one of her closest friends was standing in front of her.
"You're...Veronica's daughter?" the enchantress asked.
"Yes," Belle answered, "I don't look like a human because of a spell my aunt placed on me and my cousin."
"Oh my goodness gracious!" the enchantress exclaimed, "I can't believe this, but it does explain why she stopped coming back to my world. Once a sorceress has a child, let's just say it's their greatest treasure in the world. A sorcerer and a sorceress will do anything to protect their child."
"You said the name 'Lydia Porc-épic'." Adam said.
"I did, it's hard for me not to forget her. Lydia was such a tough woman, even men feared her." The enchantress explained.
"And...she was my mother!" Adam added. The enchantress's eyes shrunk, she was really worried and a little embarrassed. The children of her best friends were standing in front of her and she placed a spell on one of them.
"Oh my goodness gracious!" The enchantress said.
"That's the second time you've said that." Belle noticed.
"I always say that when I'm surprised or shocked. I can't believe it, my friends' children are standing right in front of me and I placed a spell on one of them. For once, I'm glad Lydia isn't around to know." The enchantress explained.
"Wait, you're the one who turned Adam into a beast?" Belle asked, the enchantress's face turned red.
"Yes, I am, as a matter of fact." The enchantress answered.
"You don't have to tell me the details." Belle said, "Besides, I didn't know much about mother's life, now I now why."
"Same with my mother," Adam said, "she didn't want to talk about before she met my father. Something we both have in common."
"You wouldn't happen to know Fiona, do you?" Belle asked the Enchantress.
"*scoff* Who doesn't?" said the enchantress, "She's a serpent sorceress! Fiona does everything she can to get what she wants, whether it's good or bad!"
"A serpent sorceress?" Belle asked.
"Yes," the enchantress answered, "A sorceress having the power of snakes, she can even transform herself into a serpent monster if she wanted to. Fiona was such a great danger that she was banished from my world."
"Well, she's now here in this castle and is my papa's stepmother!" Belle said.
"We also overheard her saying that she found one half of the Clarinet." Adam added.
"What! How?" the enchantress asked in shock.
"We don't know, but we know that Fiona needs my mother's locket in order to find the other half!" Belle said.
"Then she must have the half that Lydia was guarding, the horn. Lydia was known for leaving things out in the open. This isn't good!" the enchantress said, rubbing her forehead with her hand.
"Fiona probably won't leave until she finds the other half." Adam said.
"Then I should leave now." Belle said, Adam just looked at her. He knew it was for the best, but that didn't mean he didn't have to like it. "If Fiona finds out that I'm here, she'll do whatever she can to get my mother's locket and find out where the other half of the Clarinet. Who knows what she might do if she does get it?" Belle knew that Adam was upset that she had to leave again, but instead of opening his mouth again, he just raised his paw and placed it on her left cheek. The enchantress turned her back so they wouldn't feel like they were being stared at. Belle held Adam's forearm, blinked her eyes and looked at his eyes. Adam leaned in and kissed her forehead, since his fangs and Belle's small beak were in the way. After that, Belle walked out to the balcony, flapped her wings and took off. Adam watched her sadly take off with the enchantress still standing in the room.
"You really do love her." The enchantress said.
"She's the first person that I was able to love since mother died." Adam said.
"At least, you have someone that feels the same way about you." she said.
"And I don't want to give that up for anything else." he said.
"I'll leave you for now," the enchantress said, "but if you need anything, ask the rose or the mirror." The enchantress disappeared in a cloud of smoke; Adam became depressed again because Belle was gone again. He knew Belle had a good reason, but he feels like he can't live without her.
Don't think Fiona and Celia are cut out, after their little talk on the balcony; they went back to their room to continue the discussion.
"Mother, is it that important that you get the Clarinet?" Celia asked.
"As a matter of fact, IT IS!" Fiona boomed, she scared Celia enough where she jumped, "Those other horrid sorcerers and sorceresses, thinking that I was a lowly no-life and Lady Temps banishing me from my home! I'll show them all, once I have Gabrielle's Clarinet; I'll show them who's the lowly no-life around here!" Fiona evilly laughed. While her mother was talking out her vocal cords, Celia tried to pretend that she was listening, but she couldn't stand her mother. She rolled her eyes as her mother was laughing, but out of the corner of her eye, Celia saw Belle, her niece, fly out of the castle. She pretended that she didn't see it, but her mother notice things quickly.
"My daughter, did you see something?" Fiona asked.
"No." Celia calmly said, but her mother grew an evil smile as her eyes turned red.
"Then why did your eyes glance over to the window with a startled look?" Fiona asked. Celia stammered and almost went silent, but she couldn't keep her mouth shut when her mother was staring right into her eyes. She spoke and said that she saw Belle fly out of the castle.
"That accursed brat!" Fiona said as anger raged through her blood red eyes, "That wretched mother of hers, Veronica, she continues to haunt and taunt me as her daughter wears that locket around her human neck!"
"What can you do?" Celia asked, "As long as Belle has the locket, you'll never get the mouthpiece half."
"No, I can't," Fiona said, but she quickly smiled again, "but...I can kidnap the most precious thing in Belle's world."
"Who? Her father?" Celia asked, her mother made an evil chuckle. Fiona said;
"No...the man that won her heart!"
"Veronica Arc-en-ceil...?" Belle said, breathing slowly.
"And...Lydia Porc-épic?" Adam asked.
"Yes," the enchantress said as she wiped her eyes, "they were my closest friends, even if they were wild and...somewhat out of control."
"Meaning what?" Adam asked.
"Well, let me start with Veronica." The enchantress explained, "She was a sorceress who knew how and enjoyed her powers of color and light, but when she was a child, her parents weren't the best of role models. Her parents very rarely paid any attention to her, mainly because they weren't getting along. Because Veronica was getting anything from her parents, she started running away, drinking so much wine and alcohol and smoking so much tobacco."
"She smoked and drunk?" Belle asked, not believing that her mother did that sort of behavior.
"She did," the enchantress answered, "enough where she almost lost her voice. There were times that her mother had to drag Veronica back to her home, but Veronica wasn't going to have any of it. Finally, after dealing with parents for so long, Veronica stood up to her parents, actually fought them and left the world of magic to this world, but not after she gave her father a broken arm, her mother a black eye and then she stole her locket, the sapphire blue locket that held a place where one half of the clarinet was hidden. After she left, Lydia vanished too." The enchantress sighed as she remembered Lydia. "Lydia...I couldn't believe her behavior."
"Why is that?" Adam asked as he breathed deeply.
"Lydia," the enchantress explained more, "being a sorceress of the dreaded porcupine, had the power of spikes and spines. Lydia was known for being a tough woman, mainly because she fought for a living."
"As in...what?" Adam asked.
"As in actual fighting!" she said, "Lydia fought women and men with her bare hands. She always said that she had to prove a point that women could do what men can do. Nothing could hold Lydia down, until...one day she vanished. I assumed that she did what Veronica did, go and live this world. I tried to look for both of them since...they were my friends, but I could never find them. Suddenly after twenty-five long years, they appeared back in the world of magic. When I saw Veronica and Lydia, I couldn't believe how much they changed, they were no longer the harsh sorceresses that I knew growing up. They would come every Saturday and Sunday so we could catch up, even though Lydia still liked to pick a playful fight once in a while and Veronica was the one always relieving Lydia's need of a fight."
"I can't believe it!" Belle said after the enchantress finished.
"Neither could I." Adam replied.
"It didn't surprise me too much though," the enchantress added, "the only thing that stayed the same is Veronica always relieving Lydia's want of a fight."
"It's...not that." Belle said.
"Then...what is it?" she asked.
"Would you believe us if we told you?" Adam said.
"Maybe." The enchantress said.
"My last name's Arc-en-ceil." Belle finally admitted.
"What?" The enchantress asked, she couldn't believe it!
"My mother's name was Veronica Arc-en-ceil." Belle continued. The enchantress couldn't believe what she just heard, the daughter of one of her closest friends was standing in front of her.
"You're...Veronica's daughter?" the enchantress asked.
"Yes," Belle answered, "I don't look like a human because of a spell my aunt placed on me and my cousin."
"Oh my goodness gracious!" the enchantress exclaimed, "I can't believe this, but it does explain why she stopped coming back to my world. Once a sorceress has a child, let's just say it's their greatest treasure in the world. A sorcerer and a sorceress will do anything to protect their child."
"You said the name 'Lydia Porc-épic'." Adam said.
"I did, it's hard for me not to forget her. Lydia was such a tough woman, even men feared her." The enchantress explained.
"And...she was my mother!" Adam added. The enchantress's eyes shrunk, she was really worried and a little embarrassed. The children of her best friends were standing in front of her and she placed a spell on one of them.
"Oh my goodness gracious!" The enchantress said.
"That's the second time you've said that." Belle noticed.
"I always say that when I'm surprised or shocked. I can't believe it, my friends' children are standing right in front of me and I placed a spell on one of them. For once, I'm glad Lydia isn't around to know." The enchantress explained.
"Wait, you're the one who turned Adam into a beast?" Belle asked, the enchantress's face turned red.
"Yes, I am, as a matter of fact." The enchantress answered.
"You don't have to tell me the details." Belle said, "Besides, I didn't know much about mother's life, now I now why."
"Same with my mother," Adam said, "she didn't want to talk about before she met my father. Something we both have in common."
"You wouldn't happen to know Fiona, do you?" Belle asked the Enchantress.
"*scoff* Who doesn't?" said the enchantress, "She's a serpent sorceress! Fiona does everything she can to get what she wants, whether it's good or bad!"
"A serpent sorceress?" Belle asked.
"Yes," the enchantress answered, "A sorceress having the power of snakes, she can even transform herself into a serpent monster if she wanted to. Fiona was such a great danger that she was banished from my world."
"Well, she's now here in this castle and is my papa's stepmother!" Belle said.
"We also overheard her saying that she found one half of the Clarinet." Adam added.
"What! How?" the enchantress asked in shock.
"We don't know, but we know that Fiona needs my mother's locket in order to find the other half!" Belle said.
"Then she must have the half that Lydia was guarding, the horn. Lydia was known for leaving things out in the open. This isn't good!" the enchantress said, rubbing her forehead with her hand.
"Fiona probably won't leave until she finds the other half." Adam said.
"Then I should leave now." Belle said, Adam just looked at her. He knew it was for the best, but that didn't mean he didn't have to like it. "If Fiona finds out that I'm here, she'll do whatever she can to get my mother's locket and find out where the other half of the Clarinet. Who knows what she might do if she does get it?" Belle knew that Adam was upset that she had to leave again, but instead of opening his mouth again, he just raised his paw and placed it on her left cheek. The enchantress turned her back so they wouldn't feel like they were being stared at. Belle held Adam's forearm, blinked her eyes and looked at his eyes. Adam leaned in and kissed her forehead, since his fangs and Belle's small beak were in the way. After that, Belle walked out to the balcony, flapped her wings and took off. Adam watched her sadly take off with the enchantress still standing in the room.
"You really do love her." The enchantress said.
"She's the first person that I was able to love since mother died." Adam said.
"At least, you have someone that feels the same way about you." she said.
"And I don't want to give that up for anything else." he said.
"I'll leave you for now," the enchantress said, "but if you need anything, ask the rose or the mirror." The enchantress disappeared in a cloud of smoke; Adam became depressed again because Belle was gone again. He knew Belle had a good reason, but he feels like he can't live without her.
Don't think Fiona and Celia are cut out, after their little talk on the balcony; they went back to their room to continue the discussion.
"Mother, is it that important that you get the Clarinet?" Celia asked.
"As a matter of fact, IT IS!" Fiona boomed, she scared Celia enough where she jumped, "Those other horrid sorcerers and sorceresses, thinking that I was a lowly no-life and Lady Temps banishing me from my home! I'll show them all, once I have Gabrielle's Clarinet; I'll show them who's the lowly no-life around here!" Fiona evilly laughed. While her mother was talking out her vocal cords, Celia tried to pretend that she was listening, but she couldn't stand her mother. She rolled her eyes as her mother was laughing, but out of the corner of her eye, Celia saw Belle, her niece, fly out of the castle. She pretended that she didn't see it, but her mother notice things quickly.
"My daughter, did you see something?" Fiona asked.
"No." Celia calmly said, but her mother grew an evil smile as her eyes turned red.
"Then why did your eyes glance over to the window with a startled look?" Fiona asked. Celia stammered and almost went silent, but she couldn't keep her mouth shut when her mother was staring right into her eyes. She spoke and said that she saw Belle fly out of the castle.
"That accursed brat!" Fiona said as anger raged through her blood red eyes, "That wretched mother of hers, Veronica, she continues to haunt and taunt me as her daughter wears that locket around her human neck!"
"What can you do?" Celia asked, "As long as Belle has the locket, you'll never get the mouthpiece half."
"No, I can't," Fiona said, but she quickly smiled again, "but...I can kidnap the most precious thing in Belle's world."
"Who? Her father?" Celia asked, her mother made an evil chuckle. Fiona said;
"No...the man that won her heart!"