Beauty and the Beast: Chapter 3

And onnnnn....

As time passed, Beauty and the Beast

Grew together and fonder still

For there isn’t much empty space

That true love cannot fulfill

But know this, these are dangerous times

With Gaston at its heart

Locked Belle’s father, saying he was insane

Into a wooden cart

And as Belle lived unaware

Gaston devised his plan

Gathered the villagers, fueled by fear

And their evil slaughter began

And now as time grew on and on

Belle began to miss her father

She wanted to go back, but the Beast said

There’s no need to bother

For he handed her a mirror

That will show her where he dwells

But he’s in a room, dark and alone

And her worry begins to swell

Belle pleads with the Beast to let her go

And help her father out of the cell

And the Beast, with heartfelt sorrow

Said to her, very well

So taking the mirror, as remembrance

Belle rushed back to the town

But what she didn’t realize at this time

Is that Gaston was waiting around

He threw her in the cell too

Sneering to get out of the way

And Belle, not knowing what befell the Beast

Weeped her sorrows away

But they weren’t completely hopeless

For he’s an inventor, you see

Used the woodcutter he built at the start

To slowly set them free

Now Belle looks into the mirror

And to her, the Beast it shows

And sees the villagers invading his castle

Front gate overflows

And Belle rushes back to the castle

Only the Beast on her mind

And the Beast, upon her return

Defeats Gaston in kind

But love can make us hasty

Unknown ones even more so

The Beast makes his way to Belle

And lets Gaston go

As Beauty and the Beast reunites

Gaston launches his attack

Loses his footing, and falls to his death

But first stabs the Beast in the back

Now, if you must know right now

That is a fatal wound

And Belle, heartbroken and sad

Watches the Beast by death consume

Belle, tearful, declares her love

For death draws truth from us all

And the spell, broken at last

Right before the last petal falls