Claudine and Francis

Chapter 3

         

                                                                                Claudine:

    I could feel the questions bubbling in me tried to hold them in and wait till later but I couldn't.

"Papa, did you really lock mama in the tower for getting a Christmas tree from the dark forest?", I blurted out unable to control myself anymore, mother and papa looked shocked with their mouths down to the ground and eyes widen at my unusual outburst.

"Oui (yes), but you see your mother had once ran away before then so when someone who I thought was my friend at the time told me that she ran away I believed him. I was hurt it was wrong of me to do that to her but I thought she broke her word, but little did I that Forte prompted Belle to go into the forest and get the Christmas tree your brother wasn't helping either. But back to the story, Forte said that my favorite trees were from the dark forest but actually they're from the castle garden. So when Forte told me that she ran away and I saw her in the mirror I believed him.", Papa told my brother and I.

"But when I found her she was wet and cold because the damn Christmas tree rope pulled her under after saving Chip. So I pulled her from the water as she passed out but I made sure she woke up before I locked in the tower.", Papa added.

"Why did you think mother only came to 'vu (see) the Beast'?", I asked him.

"Claudine that's enough.", mother ordered me.

"Yes mother.", je (I) replied.

25 minutes passed when we finally got to village de  la Fleur (the flower village) and trust me it was the most awkward and longest 25 minutes in my life.

The footman opened the door as father, mother, Francis, et je (and I) got out of the carriage as the footman held out his hand for us as we got out.

We were greeted by a big group of villagers bowing and cheering at us as we walked to the library, supplied by my parents of course. When we got to the library there was a huge swarm of people were waiting for us.  

 My mother sat down on a chair in the middle of the library and grabbed one of the four books that was on the table and read as the whole village listened in awe.

"once upon a time", my mother started.