Just Another Fairytail...

The old woman greeted me warmly, she threw her arms around me and squeezed me into a hug.  She smelled of roses and tea.  “Oh darling,” she said, still holding onto my shoulders. “I am Silver Solitaire. You, my dear, may just call me Ms.Silver. Gracious me, it is an honor to have you staying here my dear. Now, what is your name?”  My eyes looked from Crinite’s to Ms.Silver’s. “I am Belle; it is very nice to meet you Ms. Silver.” A bright beam of happiness was plastered on Ms.Silver’s face for the longest time as she said things like; “Belle, a beauty indeed!” and “Crinite, dear can you go check up on his majesty?” I had already counted a total of 16 times that Crinite had left to inform the beast that I was here. 17, now that Crinite was leaving to go yet again inform the beast that I was here. I wondered if he was ignoring me, or just found something better to do. “If you don’t mind, I think I will just go greet his majesty myself.” Crinite, who had just returned from informing the beast of my presence; exchanged a worried look with her mother. “What?” I asked, crossing my front hooves across my chest. “is there some sort of problem?” Silver Solitaire gave me a worried look, and tried to smile. “Well, no-“ I cut her off. “Then I don’t see what the problem is, I want to see him.” There was a long silence, and finally Silver Solitaire said “All right, let me take you to him dear.”

Silver Solitaire opened the doors for me, and I walked in. the doors slammed shut behind me,   and I wondered silently what was going on. “Hello?” I asked, quickly answered by a grunt that came from a armchair near a blazing fire. I approached the chair, “Hello? I am Belle, Your servants were very kind to me.” A growl escaped his lips, it was dark and all I could make out was the outline of his shadow. “Wonderful. Now leave me be, I’ve had a long day.” Instead, I sat down beside the chair. “You don’t need you be such a worrywart, my father told me your tale. You were turned into a beast because you were a narcissist, am I wrong?” This time, the beast looked at her. His glossy lions fur swayed as he moved, making it seem all the more shiny. “No, you are not wrong. But I request that you do not mention that around the castle, ponies here are very touchy about that.” Belle crossed her front hooves. “You are, or they are? It seems to me that you are the one that is sensitive about your looks.” The beast’s eyes got small as he stared at her, his lions fur now looking more scary then beautiful. “I am not, you are never allowed to say such things again!” he yelled. I rolled my eyes, “Let’s just change the subject, do you have a library?” The beast gritted his fangs. “Yes…” he growled. “How wonderful!” I clapped my hooves together excitedly, and smiled at the beast. “I must ask that you show it to me sometime.” He stared at me in amazement, it’s as if he had never seen a mare that could stand his beastliness. “Oh…uhm, yes of course.”  I yawned, and the beast must have noticed this because he yelled “Fire Blaze! Gear Turner!” at that exact moment, two ponies ran into the room, and bowed at the beast. “Yes, sir ?” the one I guessed was Gear Turn said from his Gear cutie mark. “Take the girl to her room.” He shoved me forward, and the two ponies caught me just as I was about to fall. “Oh, uhm yes. Which prision?” The pony with the lighted candle cutie mark, which I guessed was Fire Blaze asked. “None! The girl will have a room, take her to her room!” he yelled at the two. I think I even saw some spit landing on one of their faces. “Y-yes, very well sire.” Gear Turner stuttered, tapping his front hooves together nervously. “Right away, and may I say your fur looked rather ravishin-“ Fire Blaze started to say, but the beast cut him off. “NO!! GO!! NOW!!”  Gear Turner and Fire blaze each grabbed one of Belle’s front hooves and  dragged her off into the hallway.

“Great, just GREAT! This is all your fault his majesty lost his temper, you big kissup!” Gear Turner yelled at Fire Blaze. “Kiss up? Oh no, I was simply complementing his fur.”  I giggled as I watched the two argue, I thought I would not like it here, but by the likes of how things were going now, maybe I would.