<div class="floatleft">(http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/zz320/PointlessScars/belle2.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Character Name/Alias</strong>: Belle<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Western Continent --> Rosalia<br/><strong>Current Action(s)</strong>: Traveling<br/><strong>Tagging</strong>: None, Open<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Belle still wasn't use to being called Queen. The title had always sat oddly upon her shoulders, though Beast thought she wore it well, just like all the dresses he had made for her. So. Many. Dresses. Beast was currently at her side, sleeping peacefully as she sat on the edge of the bed. She couldn't sleep, she hadn't been able to sleep well since a year ago when she changed so drastically.<em>'So many nightmares..'</em>She had her head buried in her hands and she was shaking, fighting the urge to throw the bed against a wall.<br/><br/>"Miss," Belle heard a soft whisper across the room, a familiar voice, a concerned voice. Cogsworth. She knew before she looked up, but she looked up anyway, an eyebrow raised. Cogsworth smiled shakily at her; he still wasn't use to her new beastly look, even if it was less harsh that Beast's own beastly form. All the servants seemed fearful of her, though they hid it as well as they could. She couldn't blame them, her anger could be very explosive at times, especially when she'd been in her new form too long. "There is a letter here for you. It seems to have come from Queen Snow."<br/><br/>Belle froze, her shaking coming to a stop, her heart raced as her eyes widened. "Snow White.." Belle whispered, her voice barely audible. Snow and Belle had not seen each other since.. Since Belle's wedding to Beast. Snow had never seen Belle in her beastly form, though Belle was sure that many rumors had been spread about how she looked since she so often went traveling for more books and items to make the castle more lively. "Give me a moment." She nodded to Cogsworth, then watched as he disappeared back through the door, leaving the door ajar as he did.<br/><br/>Belle looked back at Beast, looking over his face as he slept. He looked so peaceful. She was still getting use to him looking human, she actually kind of missed his horns and his fur most of the time. But his beastly form was far too unstable these days for him to stay in his beastly form too long. She leaned over and kissed his eyelids, he woke for a second and smiled at her, then he quickly passed out again; their ball had lasted far too long the night before so he was catching up on sleep. It had been a ball to try and distract people from the rising troubles in the Eastern kingdom. Sure, it may seem a bit shallow to some, but it helped to calm the people in the nearby villages. She shook her head as she turned away from Beast, then she stood from the bed, her night gown blue and subtle, flowing to the ground to hide her wolf legs and tail.<br/><br/>Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs. Potts were waiting for her when she arrived at the dinning area. Belle smiled at them, though she was sure the smile came across as more scary than sweet anymore. Cogsworth waddled up to her, a letter in his hands with a familiar insignia. She gently took it from him, then opened it with a claw.<br/><br/><br/><em>My dear friends,<br/><br/>Rumpelstiltskin has taken hundreds of more innocent lives, the time has now come for all of us to come together and fight back as one mighty force... we will not fall quietly, we will not humbly fall to our knees and beg mercy from a vicious tyrannical monster!<br/><br/>One week from today, join me in my palace in Rosalia... all those willing will join their forces and forge a powerful alliance to Rumpelstiltskin would be a fool to try and resist, we will never suffer such wickedness and we will no longer allow him to pick us all off one by one!<br/><br/>If you wish to take part in this alliance, then please pass the word onto to others in our vast lands that might be willing to join us as well... hope is not lost if you refuse to cease seeking it.<br/><br/>~Queen Snow White</em><br/><hr/><br/>Belle turned back to look a her home, the napsack on her back heavy, but light in her beastly form. She was leaving Beast behind, locked in one of their many rooms. She was leaving on a trip, one that she wasn't sure he could come on. He had been through far too much recently, so it was best for him to stay home with his servants.. His friends, to look over him and keep him safe. The reason he was locked up was due to the fact that she would have to change sooner or later, the stress of being beastly would become too much sooner or later, which meant he would change back. Before, after the curse had backfired, she had been able to keep him in control; he'd never hurt her, but with her gone, they both wanted to be on the safe side.<br/><br/>She'd take the safe way to Snow's kingdom, via magic mirror, but she wanted to get away from her own castle first. There was one such mirror outside in he garden, surrounded by rose bushes. It use to belong in the castle, but Beast had all mirrors moved outside after his curse transformed her. Belle walked up to the mirror and placed her palm flat against the glass, the cold surface made her fingers tingle, so she closed her eyes, envisioning Snow's castle. She'd only ever seen it a couple times, but she hoped it was enough.<br/><br/>When she opened her eyes, she was there, in front of Snow's home. She'd never used this form of travel before, she'd had it explained to her though; it felt so very nauseating and odd. She wavered on her feet, then looked up at the building before her. "Snow.." She spoke softly, her eyes showing that of concern and worry. She stepped forward, not bothering to switch her forms; Beast needed more time to be human before he changed back, plus.. Snow needed to see her like this if.. If they were to work together to stop this danger.<br/><br/>She was sure Snow had a dedicated room for this sort of travel, but it being her first time, and never having been in Snow's home but a few times, she had probably messed up somehow. But she was here now, walking up to the front door, ready for just about anything and probably far earlier than anyone else that had gotten Snow's message as well. She wasn't really good at waiting, so here she was. Hopefully Snow would understand.