Chapter #4In Maurice's Workshop by: G.Harold   Original Author: SWLatina
"I don't think it worked, Maurice," a gruff, growling voice said. The voice might have sounded menacing, even frightening, but there was an undertone of concern and disappointment in the voice that made you know it owner was a kind and compassionate person underneath his exterior.
"No, no, it did not," another voice, in answered. "But it seems to have transformed your maid back to her human form. That's something, isn't it?"
The other voice grunts noncommittally.
You look around, startled to find where you are.
First of all, it's not where you were just a few minutes ago. A few minutes ago you were in your college dorm room. It was winter break, and you were snuggled under your blanket watching the animated movie "Beauty and the Beast." Your roommate (along with most of the campus) had gone home for the holidays. You were going to do the same in a few days, but for now, you were enjoying the empty campus.
You were in bed, surrounded by pictures of yourself in various competitions. When you were younger, you had been quite the gymnast until puberty hit and you became a little too "top heavy" to compete. You switched to obstacle courses and adventure racing, and it kept you fit and busy. Maybe a little too busy, as you were a little worried about losing your academic scholarship. Which is why you stayed a few extra days after semester's end, to keep that GPA up.
But now you're just happy that, the day after tomorrow, you'll be heading home. With that thought in mind, you fell asleep as the song "Be our Guest" was playing.
When you wake up, you find yourself in A Whole New World (pun intended).
You're standing on a flat surface, surrounded by giant gears and huge flasks filled with bubbling liquids and all sorts of other giant scientific contraptions. And you're not alone. There's a beautiful blonde women with you, wearing this shiny green form fitting dress. There's a sexy brunette who is wearing a French maid outfit. Another lovely brunette is wearing a white peasant's dress, same as you, though the apron over her dress is blue, while yours is green. And rounding out the women assembled are three beautiful buxom blondes dressed as bear hall servers.
Towering above you, looking concerned, is a huge beastly man (literally, covered with fur, and looking like a beast) and an older, balding man with a bushy moustache and spectacles.
Both have looks of concern clearly etched on their faces as they look down at the seven of you.
And you know exactly how you got here. Well, not how you the college student got here. But how you the woman in the peasant dress got here.
You have all these memories in your head of a life you lived in this world.
Your name is Anika, same as it is in the world where you were a college student. Your family makes candles, and yours is also the only olive skinned family in the whole village( a fact which seemingly never comes up in your interactions with everyone else). The young woman in the blue apron is Belle, and you two grew up as best friends. You were the more practical of the pair, helping Belle move around (if not live) in the real world.
The giant Beast looking down on you is literally the Beast, though he was Prince Adam before he was transformed.
The older man is Maurice, Belle's father.
Years and years ago, the beautiful blonde woman in green standing by you (known as the Enchantress, though she was born Circe) transformed Prince Adam into the Beast, in order to teach him compassion and empathy. The Beast had lived in seclusion until being accidentally discovered by Maurice. This had led to a string of events where Belle was first imprisoned in the Beast's castle, and then came to love him.
When Gaston had led the villagers to storm the castle to kill The Beast, an overwrought Belle told you of her love for the Beast. Moved, you and Belle, assisted by the Bimbette triplets (who had, upon hearing Belle's tale of true love, decided to assist her and you) go to render aid what aid you can.
The end result is that there was an epic battle where Gaston falls to his death, and the Beast's life is saved by Belle's declared love for him. Unfortunately, it seems, in the world you live in, the last rose petal hit the ground before Belle's declaration. So Beast's life was saved, but all the servants, and the Beast himself, are still in their transformed state.
Still, with Belle and Beast now in love, there was hope for all. Maurice decided to use his alchemical skill to try to break the curse. At the same time, the Enchantress, hearing of Beast's changed nature, decided to travel to him to lift her curse personally.
The end result was that Maurice and the Enchantress used their methods simultaneously. Somehow, this resulted in you, Belle, the Enchantress and the Bimbette sisters, along with one feather duster named Fifi, being shrunk down to six inches in height.
The Enchantress also found herself suddenly bereft of her powers.
However, she had her knowledge, so she and Maurice were working on a cure. The last one actually reverted Fifi the feather duster to her human form, though it was six inch high human form.
Fifi seems happy with the change, as she checks out herself out. The Bimbettes are not too worried, but you have come to the conclusion that they're the sort not to fret too much over anything. Belle and Beast are constantly exchanging these lovelorn looks that makes it clear that, as long as they're together, everything will be alright. And the Enchantress has confidence in her own knowledge to reverse things.
Which leads you the sole duty of being freaked out for everyone. But you're trying to keep it together, and are successfully doing so. For now.
"Do you think the rest of the servants might have been transformed to their normal selves?" Beast asks, referring to the castle's staff who had, thankfully remained unshrunken.
"Perhaps," the Enchantress says thoughtfully. "It would do well to check on them."
"While you do that," Maurice added, "I'll check on the formulae. Make sure there were no impurities in the mixing, the right proportions were used, that sort of thing."
You and the other shrunken ladies have a quick discussion and decide to  indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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