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and sees the rose under the bell jar. She walks over to it, her eyes

transfixed. She reaches out, then lifts off the jar, leaving the rose

unprotected. She reaches up, brushes back the strand of hair that has been

repeatedly falling on her forehead, then reaches out to touch the rose. As she

nears it, a shadow falls over her. BEAST has been on the balcony, and sees her.

He jumps back into the room,then slams the jar back on the rose. He then turns

his attention to BELLE.)

BEAST: (growing angry) Why did you come here?

BELLE: (Backing away, scared) I'm sorry,

BEAST: I warned you never to come here!

BELLE: I didn't mean any harm.

BEAST: (Angrier) Do you realize what you could have done? (Begins to

thrash at the furniture)

BELLE: (Pleading, but still scared) Please, stop! No!

BEAST: (Screaming) Get out!!!! GET OUT!!!!

(BELLE turns and flees the room. BEAST calms down, then falls into despair,

finally realizing that he may have destroyed his chances with BELLE. She

reaches the stairway and grabs her cloak. She rushes down the stairs, wrapping

the cloak around her and bursting past a confused LUMIERE and COGSWORTH .)

LUMIERE: Wh- Where are you going?

BELLE: Promise or no promise, I can't stay here another minute!

COGSWORTH: Oh no, wait, please wait!

(LUMIERE tries to respond, but BELLE slams the door behind her. He and

COGSWORTH both bow their heads in sadness. Cut to BELLE outside in the forest

on PHILLIPE. She begins to ride through the forest, but PHILLIPE comes to a

stop. She looks up and sees the WOLVES. She gasps, then pulls the reins and

begins to flee. She runs from side to side, making the WOLVES hit the trees (a

la Speederbike chase in Return of the Jedi). PHILLIPE runs out on a frozen

pond, but his and BELLE's weight collapse the ice. The WOLVES chase her into

the water. Some begin to drown, but PHILLIPE is able to get out of the water

before anything serious happens. He runs into a clearing, but becomes

surrounded by WOLVES. He bucks, throwing BELLE off and wrapping the reins

around a tree branch. The WOLVES begin their attack on PHILLIPE, but BELLE

comes to his rescue and beats them away with a stick. One WOLF grabs the stick

in its mouth and breaks half of it off, leaving BELLE defenseless. Another

leaps at her, grabbing the corner of her cloak and dragging her to the ground.

She looks up and sees a WOLF about to jump on top of her. It leaps and is

caught in mid-air by BEAST. He throws the WOLF away, then stands behind them

and BELLE. They lunge at each other. One rips a hole in BEAST's shoulder, and

the others focus their attack on that spot. Finally, BEAST throws a WOLF

against a tree, knocking it out. The others turn and run in fear. BEAST turns

back to BELLE, looks at her despairingly, then collapses. BELLE, grateful to be

alive, turns back to PHILLIPE and begins to get on, but her conscience takes

over, and she walks over to the fallen BEAST. Fade to BELLE and PHILLIPE

walking back to the castle, with BEAST on the horse's back. Fade to int of den,

with BELLE pouring hot water out of MRS. POTTS. She soaks a rag in the water,

then turns to BEAST, who is licking his wounds.)

BELLE: Here now. Oh, don't do that. (BEAST growls at her as she tries to

clean the wound with her rag.) Just...hold still.

(She touches the rag to the wound and BEAST roars in pain. The OBJECTS, who

have been watching, jump back into hiding from the outburst.)

BEAST: That hurts!

BELLE: (In counterpoint) If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.

BEAST: Well if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened!

BELLE: Well if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!

BEAST: (Opens his mouth to respond, but has to stop and think of a good

line) Well you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!

BELLE: Well you should learn to control your temper! (BEAST raises his

hand to bring out another point, but finds he has none, so he

bows his head down again. The OBJECTS emerge from their hiding

as BELLE has conquered the ferocious temper of BEAST. BELLE

moves the rag closer to the wound) Now, hold still. This may

sting a little. (BEAST gives a surprised grunt, then grits his

teeth as the rag is applied. BELLE speaks tenderly.) By the way,

thank you, for saving my life.

(BEAST opens his eyes, looking surprised.)

BEAST: (Also very tenderly) You're welcome.

(Camera zooms out and we see the OBJECTS looking on with interest. Fade to

GASTON's tavern, which is empty except for GASTON, LEFOU and MONSIEUR D'ARQUE,

who are all sitting at a table.)

D'ARQUE: I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night, but

they said you'd make it worth my while. (GASTON pulls out a

sack of gold and tosses it in front of him. He takes out a piece,

scrapes it on his chin and continues.) Aah, I'm listening.

GASTON: It's like this. I've got my heart set on marrying Belle, but she

needs a little persuasion.

LEFOU: (butting in) Turned him down flat!

(GASTON slams a beer mug on his head.)

GASTON: Everyone knows her father's a lunatic. He was in here tonight

raving about a beast in a castle...

D'ARQUE: Maurice is harmless.

GASTON: The point is, Belle would do anything to keep him from being

locked up.

LEFOU: Yeah, even marry him!

(GASTON gives him another threatening look, and he ducks back under the mug.)

D'ARQUE: So you want me to throw her father in the asylum unless she agrees

to marry you? (They both nod in agreement.) Oh, that is

despicable. I love it!

(Cut to int of BELLE's cottage. MAURICE is packing to leave.)

MAURICE: If no one will help me, then I'll go back alone. I don't care

what it takes. I'll find that castle and somehow I'll get her

out of there.

(MAURICE leaves on his journey. Seconds later, GASTON and LEFOU arrive with

D'ARQUE. They enter the house looking for one of the residents.)

GASTON: Belle! Maurice!

LEFOU: Oh, well, I guess it's not gonna work after all.

(GASTON grabs him by the neck and walks outside.)

GASTON: They have to come back sometime, and when they do, we'll be ready

for them. (Drops LEFOU into a snowbank by the porch) Lefou,

don't move from that spot until Belle and her father come home.

LEFOU: But, but... aww, nuts! (He pounds the side of the house and a pile

of snow falls on his head.)

(Fade to ext of castle. BELLE is playing in the snow with PHILLIPE and

FOOTSTOOL. BEAST, COGSWORTH and LUMIERE watch from the balcony.)

BEAST: I've never felt this way about anyone. (Looks excited) I want

to do something for her. (Looks discouraged.) But what?

COGSWORTH: Well, there's the usual things--flowers, chocolates, promises

you don't intend to keep...

LUMIERE: Ahh, no no. It has to be something very special. Something that

sparks her inter--wait a minute.

(Cut to int hallway leading to library. BEAST and BELLE are alone.)

BEAST: Belle, there's something I want to show you. (Begins to open the

door, then stops.) But first, you have to close your eyes. (She

looks at him questioningly.) It's a surprise.

(BELLE closes her eyes, and BEAST waves his hand in front of her. Then he opens

the door. He leads her in.)

BELLE: (Just as she enters the room) Can I open them?

BEAST: No, no. Not yet. Wait here.

(BEAST walks away to draw back the curtains. He does, and brilliant sunlight

spills into the room. BELLE flinches reflexively as the light hits her face.)

BELLE: Now can I open them?

BEAST: All right. Now.

(BELLE opens her eyes and the camera pulls back to reveal the gigantic library

filled with books.)

BELLE: I can't believe it. I've never seen so many books in all my life!

BEAST: You--you like it?

BELLE: It's wonderful.

BEAST: Then it's yours.

BEAST: Oh, thank you so much.

(Cut to BELLE and BEAST in bkgd, with OBJECTS including CHIP in foreground

watching them.)

MRS. POTTS: Oh, would you look at that?

LUMIERE: Ha ha! I knew it would work.

CHIP: What? What works?

COGSWORTH: It's very encouraging.

FEATHERDUSTER:

Isn't this exciting!

CHIP: I didn't see anything.

MRS. POTTS: Come along, Chip. There's chores to be done in the kitchen.

CHIP: But what are they talking about? What's going on?

(OBJECTS walk away. Fade to breakfast table with BELLE at one end and BEAST at

the other, with MRS. POTTS between them. BELLE is served breakfast, and as she

begins to eat, she looks at BEAST, gobbling up his food with no table manners

whatsoever. CHIP laughs, but MRS. POTTS shoots him an admonishing look. BELLE

turns away and tries to ignore it, but CHIP comes to the rescue. He nudges the

spoon with his nose, and BEAST reaches out for it (very 3-D-ishly). BELLE looks

at him in wonder as he tries to eat with the spoon, but he has little success.

Finally, BELLE puts down her spoon and lifts her bowl as if in a toast. BEAST

looks at the compromise and does the same. They both begin to sip their

breakfast out of their bowls. Fade to courtyard where BELLE and BEAST are

feeding the birds.)

BELLE: There's something sweet

And almost kind

But he was mean

And he was coarse and unrefined.

But now he's dear

And so unsure,

I wonder why I didn't see it there before.

(BELLE is trying to attract some birds to BEAST, who shoves a handful of seed at

them. Finally, she takes a handful and gently spreads it out, creating a trail.

One lands in his hands, and he looks up thrilled.)

BEAST: She glanced this way

I thought I saw

And when we touched

She didn't shudder at my paw

No it can't be

I'll just ignore

But then she's never looked at me that way before.

(BELLE has ducked around a tree, leaving BEAST with the birds. She begins to

look doubtful again, but turns her head around the tree and laughs. BEAST is

covered with birds.)

BELLE: New, and a bit alarming

Who'd have ever thought that this could be?

True, that he's no Prince Charming

But there's something in him that I simply didn't see.

(BELLE throws a snowball at BEAST, who had looked at her proudly after the birds

flew away. He begins to gather a large pile of snow. We cut to the OBJECTS,

looking out of a window at the two. In the background, BELLE throws another

snowball at BEAST, who drops his huge pile of snow on his head. He chases her

around a tree, but she ducks around the other side and sneaks up on him from

behind.)

LUMIERE: Well who'd have thought?

MRS. POTTS: Well bless my soul.

COGSWORTH: And who'd have known?

MRS. POTTS: Well who indeed?

LUMIERE: And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?

MRS. POTTS: It's so peculiar

ALL: We'll wait and see

A few days more

There may be something there that wasn't there before

(Fade to den where BELLE sits in front of a roaring fire and reads to BEAST.

OBJECTS inc. CHIP watch from doorway)

COGSWORTH: Yes, perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before.

CHIP: What?

MRS. POTTS: There may be something there that wasn't there before.

CHIP: What's there, mama?

MRS. POTTS: I'll tell you when you're older.

(Cut to int. of BEAST's lair. He is in the tub getting washed up for the big

night with BELLE. LUMIERE is there with him.)

LUMIERE: Tonight is the night!

BEAST: (hesitantly) I'm not sure I can do this.

LUMIERE: You don't have time to be timid. You must be bold, daring.

BEAST: Bold. Daring. (BEAST has emerged from the tub and shakes himself

dry.)

LUMIERE: There will be music. Romantic candlelight, provided myself, and

when the time is right, you confess your love.

BEAST: (Inspired) Yes, I -- I con--No, I can't.

LUMIERE: You care for the girl, don't you?

BEAST: More than anything.

LUMIERE: Well then you must tell her. (COATRACK has been cutting BEAST's

hair. It finishes and steps back.) Voila. You look so...so...

(Cut to shot of BEAST in pig-tails and bows.)

BEAST: Stupid.

LUMIERE: Not quite the word I was looking for. Perhaps a little more off

the top.

(COATRACK begins to cut and chop again. COGSWORTH enters.)

COGSWORTH: Ahem ahem ahem. Your lady awaits.

(Cut to grand staircase, where BELLE descends from the West Wing side in a

glittering gold ball gown. She reaches the landing and looks up at BEAST, who

is standing at the top of the stairs in his dress clothes. He is nudged on by

LUMIERE from behind the curtain, and he descends and meets BELLE at the landing.

Arm in arm, they descend the last section of stairs and continue on their way to

dinner, stopped momentarily by FOOTSTOOL. MRS. POTTS sings from her cart with

CHIP on board.)

MRS. POTTS: Tale as old as time

True as it can be

Barely even friends

Then somebody bends unexpectedly.

Just a little change

Small to say the least

Both a little scared

Neither one prepared, beauty and the beast.

(BELLE and BEAST have moved into the ballroom, where they move through a

computer perfect dance sequence. BEAST occasionally looks over at LUMIERE and

COGSWORTH for their approval. MRS. POTTS and CHIP are in the ballroom on their

cart.)

MRS. POTTS: Ever just the same

Ever a surprise

Ever as before, ever just as sure

As the sun will rise

Tale as old as time

Tune as old as song

Bittersweet and strange,

Finding you can change, learning you were wrong

Certain as the sun

Rising in the east

Tale as old as time,

Song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast.

Tale as old as time,

Song as old as rhyme, beauty and the beast.

(To CHIP) Off to the cupboard with you now, Chip. It's past

your bedtime. Good night, love.

(CHIP slides off the end of the cart, and hops out of the room, but comes back

for one last look. BELLE and BEAST have adjourned to the balcony under a starry

night.)

BEAST: Belle? Are you happy here with me?

BELLE: (Hesitantly) Yes. (She looks off into the distance)

BEAST: What is it?

BELLE: (Looks at him desperately) If only I could see my father again,

just for a moment. I miss him so much.

BEAST: (Looks disappointed for a moment, then excited.) There is a way.

(The pair adjourn to BEAST's lair, where BEAST hands BELLE the MAGIC MIRROR.)

BEAST: This mirror will show you anything, anything you wish to see.

BELLE: (Hesitantly) I'd like to see my father, please.

(The MAGIC MIRROR shines into life, and BELLE turns her head away as it flashes.

Then it reveals MAURICE fallen in the woods, coughing and lost. BELLE is

shocked. BEAST looks at her with concern.)

BELLE: Papa. Oh, no. He's sick, he may be dying. And he's all alone.

(BEAST turns, then looks at the rose, deep in thought.)

BEAST: Then...then you must go to him.

BELLE: What did you say?

BEAST: I release you. You are no longer my prisoner.

BELLE: (In amazement) You mean...I'm free?

BEAST: Yes.

BELLE: Oh, thank you. (To MAGIC MIRROR) Hold on, Papa. I'm on my way.

(BELLE turns to leave, then turns back and pushes the MAGIC MIRROR back to

BEAST.)

BEAST: Take it with you, so you'll always have a way to look back, and

remember me.

BELLE: Thank you for understanding how much he needs me.

(BELLE turns to leave and BEAST looks down in depression. She touches her hand

to his cheek and rushes out. We see BELLE's skirt fly past COGSWORTH, who has

entered the room.)

COGSWORTH: Well, your highness. I must say everything is going just

peachy. I knew you had it in you.

BEAST: (Very sad) I let her go.

COGSWORTH: Ha ha ha, yes. Splend-- (COGSWORTH stops in the middle of his

sentence.) You what? How could you do that?

BEAST: I had to.

COGSWORTH: (Still amazed) Yes, but why?

BEAST: Because, I love her.

(Cut to COGSWORTH telling the rest of the OBJECTS about BEAST's decision.)

ALL (ex. COGSWORTH):

He did what?!?!

COGSWORTH: Yes, I'm afraid it's true.

CHIP: She's going away?

LUMIERE: But he was so close.

MRS. POTTS: After all this time, he's finally learned to love.

LUMIERE: That's it, then. That should break the spell.

MRS. POTTS: But it's not enough. She has to love him in return.

COGSWORTH: And now it's too late.

(Cut to BEAST watching BELLE leave from above. He roars in sorrow and anger.

His roar turns into the sound of the wind. BELLE is out in the snow, calling

out "Papa?" Finally, she finds him face down in a snowbank. They return home,

where LEFOU is still waiting, disguised as a snowman.)

LEFOU: Oh, they're back.

(Cut to black. POV of MAURICE as his eyes open. He sees BELLE.)

MAURICE: Belle?

BELLE: It's all right, Papa. I'm home.

MAURICE: I thought I'd never see you again.

BELLE: I missed you so much.

MAURICE: But the beast. How did you escape?

BELLE: I didn't escape, Papa. He let me go.

MAURICE: That horrible beast?

BELLE: But he's different, now. He's changed somehow.

(There is sound coming from BELLE's pack. The flap opens and the MAGIC MIRROR

falls out with CHIP rolling to a stop on it.)

CHIP: Hi!

BELLE: Oh, a stowaway.

MAURICE: Why, hello there, little fella. Didn't think I'd ever see you

again.

(CHIP turns to BELLE with a look of question on his face.)

CHIP: Belle, why'd you go away? Don't you like us anymore?

BELLE: Oh, Chip. Of course I do. It's just that--

(There is a knocking at the door. BELLE opens it and MONSIEUR D'ARQUE stands on

the porch.)

BELLE: May I help you?

D'ARQUE: I've come to collect your father. (He steps aside to show the

Asylum D'Loons wagon behind him.)

BELLE: My father?

D'ARQUE: Don't worry, mademoiselle. We'll take good care of him.

BELLE: My father's not crazy.

LEFOU: (Emerging from the crowd) He was raving like a lunatic. We all

heard him, didn't we!

BYSTANDERS: Yeah!

BELLE: No, I won't let you.

(MAURICE has emerged from the home.)

MAURICE: Belle?

LEFOU: Ah, Maurice. Tell us again, old man, just how big was the beast?

MAURICE: (Struggling) Well, he was...that is...enormous. I'd say at least

eight, no more like ten feet. (CROWD laughs at him.)

LEFOU: Well, you don't get much crazier than that.

MAURICE: It's true, I tell you!

(D'ARQUE waves his arms and ORDERLIES move in and pick up MAURICE.)

LEFOU: Take him away!

MAURICE: Let go of me!

(GASTON has been watching from the sides, standing near D'ARQUE.)

BELLE: (To D'ARQUE.) No, you can't do this! (D'ARQUE shakes her off and

walks away.)

GASTON: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Poor Belle. It's a shame about your father.

BELLE: You know he's not crazy, Gaston.

GASTON: I might be able to clear up this little misunderstanding, if...

BELLE: If what?

GASTON: If you marry me.

BELLE: What?

GASTON: One little word, Belle. That's all it takes.

BELLE: Never!

GASTON: Have it your way. (Turns and walks away slowly, playing hard to

get.)

MAURICE: (Being thrown into the wagon.) Belle? (She runs back into the

house.) Let go of me!

BELLE: (Comes back out with MAGIC MIRROR. She yells to the crowd.) My

father's not crazy and I can prove it! (To MIRROR) Show me the

beast! (MAGIC MIRROR again shines, then produces the image of

the still depressed BEAST. The crowd oohs and aahs at it.)

WOMAN 1: Is it dangerous?

BELLE: (Trying to reassure her) Oh, no. He'd never hurt anyone. Please,

I know he looks vicious, but he's really kind and gentle. He's my

friend.

GASTON: If I didn't know better, I'd think you had feelings for this

monster.

BELLE: He's no monster, Gaston. You are!

GASTON: She's as crazy as the old man. (He grabs the MIRROR from her

hand.)

The beast will make off with your children!

He'll come after them in the night.

BELLE: No!

GASTON: We're not safe 'til his head is mounted on my wall!

I say we kill the beast!

(MOB cheers him and repeats the words 'kill him'.)

MAN 1: We're not safe until he's dead,

MAN 2: He'll come stalking us at night!

WOMAN 1: Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite!

MAN 3: He'll wreak havoc on our village

If we let him wander free

GASTON: So it's time to take some action, boys

It's time to follow me!

(GASTON throws a torch into a haystack, creating an instant bonfire. He begins

to prance around it, warning of the dangers of the horrible BEAST.)

Through the mist, through the woods

Through the darkness and the shadows

It's a nightmare but it's one exciting ride.

Say a prayer, then we're there

At the drawbridge of a castle,

And there's something truly terrible inside.

(GASTON chases LEFOU around, mimicking a monster.)

It's a beast,

He's got fangs, razor sharp ones

Massive paws,

Killer claws for the feast

(MAGIC MIRROR shows the face of BEAST to LEFOU, which GASTON exaggerates about.)

Hear him roar, see him foam,

But we're not coming home,

'Til he's dead, good and dead, kill the beast!

BELLE: (Interjecting) No, I won't let you do this.

GASTON: If you're not with us, you're against us. Bring the old man.

MAURICE: Get your hands off me!

(GASTON throws them into the basement and bolts the door.)

GASTON: We can't have them running off to warn the creature!

BELLE: Let us out!

GASTON: (To the CROWD) We'll rid the village of this beast. Who's with me?

(A chorus of "I am"s comes from the CROWD)

MOB: Light your torch, mount your horse!

GASTON: Screw your courage to the sticking place

MOB: We're counting on Gaston to lead the way!

Through a mist, to a wood,

Where within a haunted castle,

Something's lurking that you don't see every day!

(GASTON leads the MOB through the town and out into the forest, where they start

chopping trees in preparation for their assault on the castle.)

It's a beast,

One as tall as a mountain!

We won't rest

'Til he's good and deceased!

Sally forth, tally ho,

Grab your sword, grab your bow

Praise the Lord and here we go!

GASTON: We'll lay siege to his castle and bring back his head!

(Cut to int of basement, where BELLE is prying at the window with a stick.)

BELLE: I have to warn the beast. This is all my fault. Oh, Papa. What

are we going to do?

MAURICE: (Comforting her) Now, now. We'll think of something.

(We see CHIP looking in through the window. He turns around, thinking, and then

he sees MAURICE's contraption with the axe on the end of it.)

MOB: We don't like, what we don't

Understand, it frankly scares us

And this monster is mysterious at least!

Bring your guns, bring your knives,

Save your children and your wives,

We'll save our village and our lives,

We'll kill the beast!

COGSWORTH: I knew it, I knew it was foolish to get our hopes up.

LUMIERE: Maybe it would have been better if she had never come at all.

(FOOTSTOOL comes in barking. They rush over to the window expecting the return

of BELLE.)

LUMIERE: Could it be?

MRS. POTTS: Is it she?

LUMIERE: (Realizing the MOB is not BELLE) Sacre bleu, invaders!

COGSWORTH: Encroachers!

MRS. POTTS: (Seeing GASTON) And they have the mirror!

COGSWORTH: (Issuing orders) Warn the master. If it's a fight they want,

we'll be ready for them. (Turns around from window) Who's with

me? Aahh! (The door is slammed as the rest of the OBJECTS leave

COGSWORTH behind.)

GASTON: Take whatever booty you can find, but remember, the beast is mine!

(Cut to stairway, where OBJECTS are marching down to do battle with the MOB.)

OBJECTS: Hearts ablaze, banners high!

We go marching into battle,

Unafraid, although the danger just increased!

MOB: Raise the flag, sing the song

Here we come, we're fifty strong

And fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong,

Let's kill the beast!

(Cut to int of BEAST's lair, where MRS. POTTS is briefing him.)

MRS. POTTS: Pardon me, master.

BEAST: Leave me in peace.

MRS. POTTS: But sir, the castle is under attack!

MOB: Kill the beast, kill the beast!

(The OBJECTS have tried to block off the door, but it is being bashed in by the

MOB.)

LUMIERE: This isn't working!

FEATHERDUSTER:

Oh, Lumiere! We must do something!

LUMIERE: Wait! I know!

MOB: Kill the beast, kill the beast!

(Cut to BEAST's lair)

MRS. POTTS: What shall we do, master?

BEAST: (Still very sad) It doesn't matter now. Just let them come.

MOB: Kill the beast, kill the beast, kill the beast!!

(The MOB succeeds in breaking in, and finds a grand entrance filled with

assorted pieces of furniture, teacups, candlesticks, featherdusters and clocks.

They tiptoe in, and LEFOU unknowingly picks up LUMIERE. )

LUMIERE: Now!!!

(All the objects spring into life, attacking their human enemies. Cut back to

BELLE's home, where CHIP has readied the invention.)

CHIP: Yes! Here we go!

(MAURICE looks out from the window and sees the advancing axe.)

MAURICE: What the devil? Belle, look out!

(The invention crashes into the door, and a red cloud of smoke poofs out of the

basement. BELLE and MAURICE emerge from the wreckage to find CHIP swinging on a

loose spring.)

CHIP: You guys gotta try this thing.

(Cut back to the castle where the attack continues. Meanwhile, GASTON has

broken off from the mob, and is searching out BEAST. BELLE, MAURICE, PHILLIPE

and CHIP are making their way to the castle. Finally, the invaders are chased

out and the objects celebrate their victory.)

COGSWORTH: And stay out!

(LUMIERE pulls over COGSWORTH and kisses him once on each cheek. COGSWORTH

shakes it off. Cut to GASTON, who finds BEAST's lair. He raises his crossbow

and takes aim. BEAST looks up at him, then looks back down in sadness again.

GASTON releases the arrow and it strikes BEAST in the shoulder. He screams in

pain and stands. GASTON rushes him and they fly out the window onto the

balcony, where it has begun to rain.)

GASTON: Ha ha ha ha ha!

(GASTON corners BEAST on the edge of the roof. BEAST simply sits there in

despair.)

GASTON: Get up! Get up! What's the matter, Beast? Too kind and gentle to

fight back?

(BEAST looks down ignoring him. GASTON walks into the foreground and breaks off

a piece of the roof. He is about to smash it on BEAST's head when BELLE's voice

drifts up. She is on the bridge and is yelling to GASTON, telling him to stop.)

BELLE: No!

BEAST: (Hearing her voice and giving him new life) Belle.

BELLE: Gaston, don't!

(GASTON swings down at BEAST, but he catches the weapon in his hand. BEAST

rises up and roars in GASTON's face. They proceed through a fight on the

rooftop. Finally, BEAST takes a hiding place among the gargoyles in the

darkness. Meanwhile, BELLE enters the castle on the ground.)

BELLE: Let's go, Phillipe!

GASTON: Come on out and fight! Were you in love with her, beast? Did you

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