Fate's Gift

Chapter 12: Be Our Guest

The scene changed to the students' performance earlier that day. Ben stepped forward as he began to sing, "Ma cherie, Mademoiselle. It is with deepest pride, and greatest pleasure, that we welcome you tonight."

The parents smiled at seeing their children perform again, while a couple of the kids covered their faces.

"And now we invite you to relax! Let us pull up a chair, as the dining room proudly presents your dinner!"

"But it's not even time for lunch." Evie said.

"It's the lyrics of the song." Karine laughed, but Evie still seemed confused.

"Be Our Guest, the song Lumiere sang to my mother." Ben said, "You guys haven't heard it?"

"There's not much music on the Isle." Jay said, "I mean, there's a couple bands, like the one Carlos' cousin is in, but it's not exactly Auradon music."

Carlos snorted, "Definitely not. Sure, we sing some, and we know some of the villain songs, like my mother's."

"Or, Poor Unfortunate Souls," Mal sang dramatically, while Evie added "Gaston."

Mal laughed, then turned to Ben, "But when it comes to others, we just don't know them."

The group, excluding Ben, began to sing and dance, with Doug dancing out of tune at one point.

Evie finally looked behind her, and Doug caught her eyes, giving her a shy grin.

Ben joined in the singing as the song changed gears.

"That was an abrupt change." Mal commented, her eyes a little wide.

Ben chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, that was our attempt at modernizing the song."

Ben and the boys began to rap the next lyrics, Doug beatboxing. The scene showed Fairy Godmother dancing, and bumping into Jane, who fell into the wall.

"Oh, Jane, I'm so sorry!" Fairy Godmother said, not having noticed what had happened earlier that day.

"It's alright mom. I was fine."

While the AK's began to finish the song, the view showed the VK's looking over the grounds.

"Have to admit, take away Dude and they'd look intimidating." Marette whispered to her sisters. Maisie nodded her head, but Moira just shrugged in response.

The VK's made their way out to the yard, and Mal grabbed a strawberry just as the song ended.

"Honestly Mal, you don't have to have a strawberry every time you see one." Evie said with a shake of her head.

Mal crossed her arms, "I strongly disagree."

The scene changed, showing Ben walking to his parents. "Oh, that was so lovely!" Belle said as he got close.

The scene panned to Jay and Carlos, who were all excited over the chocolate fountain.

Mal fought the urge to hide her face at the sight of the boys licking the chocolate. Evie did no such thing, dropping her head into her hands with a groan.

The photographer was getting the royal family all situated for their picture when Ben mentioned that he had a new girlfriend.

Aksel chuckled, "You thought that that was the appropriate time to tell your parents about your new relationship?"

Ben smiled slyly, "Do you know how many portraits I have to do?"

"One every few weeks?" Elsie joked, although she wasn't far off.