The Role Swap

First Proclamation

Princess Bethany, daughter of Belle and Beast, and soon to be queen, was looking out of her window, while she was fitting the dress for her coronation. "Sleeve, head! Ah-ha!" the tailor said. She sighed softly. Beast and Belle came in and she wanted to walk up to them, but the tailor stopped her.

"How is it possible that you're going to be crowned queen next month? You're just a baby!" Beast said to her.

"She's turning 16, dear, " Belle reminded her husband.

Bethany smiled at her father. "Hey, pops."

"16? That's far too young to be crowned queen. I didn't make a good decision until I was at least 42, " Beast added.

Belle blinked a few times. "Uh, you decided to marry me at 28."

"Ah, it was either you or a teapot." The former king winked at his daughter, who smiled.

Belle shot a death glare at her husband and shook her head. Bethany laughed at her parents arguing.

"Kidding."

Bethany's smile faded away.
"Mom, dad..." She started walking towards her parents again, and again, the tailor stopped her. "Ah! Nn-nnh!"

"I've chosen my first official proclamation. I've decided that the children on the isle of the lost be given a chance..." She stopped for a moment to see if her parents fully listened. "...to live here in Auradon.c Belle dropped the coat she was holding.

"Every time I look out to the island, I feel like they've been abandoned, " Bethany continued when she walked away from the tailor.

"The children of our sworn enemies, living among us?" Beast asked full of doubts.

Bethany nodded. She really wanted those kids to get a normal and a good life. "We start out with a few at first, only the ones who need our help the most. I've already chosen them."

"Have you?" Beast asked, becoming a little angry.

Belle turned to her husband. "I gave you a second chance." Then, Belle turned back to her daughter. "Who are their parents?"

Bethany sighed. "Cruella De Vil... Jafar... Evil Queen... and Maleficent."

The tailor gasped, bowed for the king and queen and left. "Maleficent! She is the worst villain in the land!" Beast screamed at his daughter.

"Dad, just hear me out here!"

"I won't hear of it. They are guilty of unspeakable crimes, " Beast interrupted with a tone full of disgust for the villains.

"Dad, their children are innocent. Don't you think they deserve a shot at a normal life? Dad?" Bethany asked her father with hopeful eyes.

"I suppose their children are innocent, " Beast agreed with Bethany after his wife gave him a nod.

Belle gave her daughter a warm smile and squeezed her hands. "Well, well done." Belle turned back to her husband. "Shall we?" They left arm in arm. Bethany looked one time back at the Isle of the Lost.