Beauty and The Beast ( Chaennie Version )

Chapitre 10

Felix galloped through the wood, coming to a stop at Jennie's cottage. She ran inside, excitedly searching for her father.

"Papa?" she called out.

She searched the entire cottage, but Siwon was nowhere to be found.

"Papa..." Jennie collapsed in tears, thinking that she would never see her father again.

Outside, D.O. was out tracking some game, and noticed light inside the cottage.

"I've gotta get Kai ! The plan is finally going to work!"

Jennie laid on her bed and sobbed, thinking that she would never see her father again.

Sometime after she had finally cried herself to sleep, she heard a loud bang and pulled herself up and sprinted towards the sound.

Kai stood in the doorway, looking down at her as he began to laugh.

"I knew you'd be back, Jennie. I knew you would come back for your father."

"Papa! Kai , what have you done to him?" she demanded.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about him" He sneered. "You'll see him again...after the wedding. Besides, he's mad. The whole town knows it. He kept raving about a beast.."

"The beast is real!" She exclaimed.

Kai laughed, and picked her up.

"Come on, you don't want to be late for our wedding." He boomed.

Jennie screamed and punched the man, but she was no match for the giant.

He carried her into town, where the townsfolk waited with the priest.

Jennie panicked, but then felt something hard in her skirt. The mirror!

"My father's not mad!" She screamed. "I can prove it! The beast is real!"

Kai dropped her unceremoniously to the ground and laughed along with the rest of the townspeople.

"Prove it then!"

She got out the mirror and commanded "Show me the Beast!" and held the mirror out to Kai.

The enchanted mirror glowed brightly, and reflected an image...but it wasn't Kai's face. It was a Beast! A tall, lean, lioness-like Beast with a shaggy mane, fangs, and intense brown eyes looked back at him.

Kai dropped the mirror, scared, but then recovered and swiped it up.

"Look! A Beast! We must find it, and kill it! The children aren't safe until we do!" He bellowed at the townspeople.

"No!" Jennie cried. "She's not a monster! She's actually sweet...and-and kind!" She grabbed the mirror and studied the image. She saw the sadness in Chaeyoung's eyes. "She wouldn't hurt anyone..."

"If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for the creature!" Kai taunted.

"We're not safe until its head is mounted on my wall!" The huntsman cried to the mob, which now had collected torches and pitchforks.

The mass marched off into the night, with Kai at the lead. The girl pushed at him, trying to make him stop.

"Tie her up!" He commanded. "Lock her away with her father! We can't have her running off to warn the creature!"

The townsfolk obliged, and Jennie found herself in a cell-like basement under Kai's favorite tavern.

"Papa!" She sobbed.

"Jennie!" The old man ran over to his daughter and hugged her fiercely.

"Why are you tied up?"

"Kai did this Papa! He's going to kill the Beast!"

"Good riddance" Siwon sighed. "I was sure I had lost you forever." He set to work untying Jennie.

"No, Papa! She's not what you think. She's kind...and intelligent. Loving, even. We can't let them massacre her!"

Siwon looked into Jennie's eyes and saw the honest compassion they held.

"So she didn't hurt you?"

"No...She saved my life. She gave me a collection of music like nothing I've ever seen before...she's...different."

"Alright then" the old man sighed. "Let's get out of here and go save her."

"Oh Papa!" Jennie wept, "Thank you for trusting me."

"You're my only child" He said, smiling. "I'm stuck with you. Even if you have odd tastes in friends."