Beauty And The Beast (bxb)

Chapter 21

"Beau..."

I looked around, realizing that I was at the foot of the great staircase of the mansion.

"Beau, here..."
The feminine voice drifted through the space again.

"Who? Hello?"

I turned in a circle, carefully trying to pin point the voice.

"Beau."

I turned to almost have a heart attack as I saw her. A woman...
No.. she was the woman who had come to me in my dreams. I had almost forgotten, but looking at her brought the memories back. She floated in the air as a ghostly apparition, her beauty still well defined, even though she was see through.

"Follow me." She turned as she drifted up staircase, taking twists and turns, following a familiar route to my subconscious mind. Before long, we stood in front of the huge doors that housed the cursed rose. She melted into the doors leaving me to push them open. I went in to see her standing next to the large gargoyle on the right.

"Remember us." She said with a soft whisper as she melted into the huge statue leaving me alone.

Then I realized that the room was glowing brighter and brighter in intensity and I turned just in time to see the rose glow bright white before the world imploded to fractured pieces and turn black.

"Beau...up"

"Beau, wake up!"

I felt something poking my side and consciousness flew over and my eyes shot open.

"Beau- Oh, thank God you woke up."
I turned to see Mrs Potts next to me. I looked at her in bleary eyes of sleepiness.

"What time is it?"

"Its already afternoon dear. Two o'clock to be precise."

Oh gods! I had slept the entire morning! I felt something wet on my cheek and lifted my hand to wipe it just to realise that I had drooled in my sleep.

Yuck.

I looked at the the bed to see a big wet spot had formed like a halo where I had rested my head.
Ugh, talk about embarrassment.
I flushed a bright red and tried to avoid Mrs Potts.

"Oh dear, it's fine. Chip used to do it all the time when he was small."

She said with a giggle. Like that was supposed to comfort me!
Gods, take me now.

"Anyway... " She started, looking at me squirm in discomfort.

"You have to go to the forest. There are a few herbs to be collected."

"Huh?"

She looked at Adam who hadn't stirred though our entire conversation.

"He needs medicines prevent infection. He might not be able to die, but catching an infection is a really painful thing." She said nodding at him.

I looked at bandages that wrapped his wounds and I felt something in me squeeze in pain. I nodded at Mrs Potts.

"Ok. Where do you want me to go?"

Mrs Potts got of the bed and jumped onto the trolley and moved to the door.

"Come dear. I'll tell you everything in the kitchen."

I followed her down to the kitchen and was surprised to see Ivan sitting in one of the corner chairs with his head hanging down like a scolded puppy.