Story [Disney's Beauty & The Beast] Ses démons intimes (Adam-Beast/Belle,drama romance.) *Chapter 3 is up*

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[b]Ses démons intimes (His innermost demons.)
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[b]Summary[/b]:

A story from the perspective of the Prince Adam, better known as the Beast or Beast Prince. It begins from when he loses his family and travels through his transformation and when he encounters Belle and beyond.

Please let me know what you think and leave a review. Thank-you and enjoy.

[b]Settings[/b]:

The village and castle I've set in Gascogne, why? Disney give you a few clues as to the real life location they based the kingdom/dukedom upon:

[b]One[/b]: Check out the wiki article on Gascony (Gascogne in French), and also check out Google images, the pictures of the scenery alone, including the mountains and hills and pretty simple villages, are near identical to what we see in the movie.

[b]Two[/b]: It's close to Spain and England, famed for its cuisine and far enough from Paris for it to be of little interest, (particularly since BatB seems to be set either during or soon after the French Revolution, there would be very little care from the villagers in why their Prince, left alone after the death of his family, had suddenly disappeared,) and very provincial.

[b]Three[/b]: Gaston means "from Gascony/Gascogne," he's lived in the village his whole life, it's a great give away!

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Disclaimer: I do not own Disney's version of Beauty and the Beast, it and all the characters belongs to the Disney company. I can only lay claim to my OC character names.

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[b]Chapter One: Ses démons intimes[/b]


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[i]Paris, Avenue Champs-Élysées , 1778
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[b]A[/b]dam? Adam? Mon fils à moi?" A beautiful, worried woman called across the fashionable café, furnished with fine white table and chairs matched with pale yellow walls dotted with elegant paintings and fixtures. Her curled, grey wig became slightly askew as she pushed her wide, embroidered silk gown past a dining couple, who blinked at the elegant woman, obviously of nobility, running around and calling out for her missing son.

Princess Aurélie-Corinne of Gascogne, smiled apologetically at a larger woman, whom the worried mother had nearly knocked off her chair in her haste to find her only son, "I am sorry, please excuse me madame," she inclined her head, gazing out across the busy café, "Adam?"

A white tablecloth of a table in the far corner lifted up slightly, a pair of large, amazingly blue eyes peered out from underneath the sunlit cloth, the look on the face owner of the blue eyes was one of cheekiness, a natural expression for the spoilt, eight-year-old boy.

"Do not worry, your highness! I will find the young Prince," a male voice called out, the boy hiding under the table scowled as he recognised the voice as belonging to Lumière.

The tall, elegant, erstwhile maître d' was a beloved companion and friend of the Prince and Princess of Gascogne, he usually travelled with the royal family whenever the young Prince and Princess accompanied them.

Usually Mrs Angela Potts, the English nanny, would mind Prince Adam, but she had just had another baby to add to their already large brood of seven. Her husband, Mr Jack Potts the carriage driver, had travelled with them to Paris soon after he had seen and helped name the baby girl.

Prince Adam folded his arms in a huff, his Maman, (his mother,) himself and his older sister were going home early with Lumière, while his Père, (his father,) Prince Christophe, stayed in Paris on business.

Adam adored his father and saw him so little, it wasn't fair.

Pulling on the blue ribbon tying back his red-blond hair in a ponytail, Adam screwed up his handsome, almost perfect statue-like, features in an effort to stop his tears of frustration, he wouldn't cry, he was a noble Frenchman, a Prince, a Great-nephew of the King of France...

A pair of large shoes became visible under the Prince's gaze, then the table cloth lifted up to reveal the large nosed, kindly features of slender Lumière, "pourquoi bonjour your highness," the maître d' smiled widely.

Adam crept back further into his hiding place.

"I shan't come out Lumière, no, no, no," th

 

*flails*

OMG ADAM FIC!!

That was fantastically done! Such attention to history and detail and his family!!

Great job! I can't wait to read more!

 

Wow, this is really good!! I feel so sorry for Adam.

(And I've never heard the backstory or the Beast's name - VERY interesting!!)

 

Author Replies:

I know right? I'm a madwoman. How do I write about a Disney Prince before and during the French Revolution? Especially one that gets turned into a Beast at eleven? Well that's the beauty of fanfiction, I can and I do and...it's rewarding to surprise people with a story or backstory they may never see from a company like Disney.

Aww thank-you. I love history, (it's one of my main studies at University,) so I've been itching to put something as gloriously beautiful as Disney's interpretation of Beauty and the Beast into a historical setting. I wanted to tackle Adam since there's so much mystery behind why he was alone and why the Enchantress placed a curse on him when he was still only a child. Thanks for reading.

Things do get better for Adam...but they get worse obviously before they get better. But we all love a bit of drama-angst in a sort of gothic romance like Beauty and the Beast, right?

Adam's name is originally traced to a Disney Quiz game called The D-Show in which its the answer to "What is the real name of the Beast?" Apparently it was what some animators nicknamed "Beast Prince" during production, (perhaps even from Don Hahn's suggestion) because Adam, (which was in use in France from the middle-ages, [some people claim it isn't French enough.]) means man or created. And Glen Keane, (Beast/Prince Adam's head animator,) was creating a man from a Beast, so it makes sense to me. Thank-you so much for reading.

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{Note: Prince Adam's castle I've called [i]Château d'Anges[/i], it means Castle of Angels. Because if you notice when it transforms it is of the baroque period and filled with beautiful statues, both Grecian and religious, but mostly cherubim and Angels, so with its
beautiful white colour and glorious architecture, I thought it suitably deserved the name.}


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[b]Chapter Two.[/b]


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[i]Gascogne, France 1778[/i]

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[b]T[/b]he droning of the church bell in the small village sounded much quieter then the huge bell of Notre Dame, but it rang no less painfully as Prince Adam leaned out of the veiled, black carriage following behind the casket drawn funeral carriage bearing his father's coffin. In Paris where the funeral was held, Prince Adam had walked beside the coffin with his head dow. The streets had been lined with people and the mourning party walking with him included his uncles and male cousins; his great-Uncle the King had ridden in in a carriage with his Queen and several Princesses.

Adam had been invited by the King, after the funeral, for a ceremony at Château Versailles. It would be for his official instatement as Prince of Gascogne.

The ceremony itself, held three days after his father's funeral, was long, boring and Adam remained emotionless throughout the entire event.

[i]"It is to be expected,"[/i] Cogsworth had commented later that night.

The majordome had arrived as quickly as possible when Lumière had sent the news, escorting the widowed Mrs Potts and her two youngest of her children, three year old Christopher, (Chip for short,) and the newborn Margaret. After Mr Potts had been buried in Paris, Chip had attached himself almost immediately to Adam; whom, lost in his own grief, had no time for the younger boy named for his father and wouldn't speak harshly to him. But still ignored his prattlings.

[i]"But Cogsworth, he is now the Prince of Gascogne, he has duties, so much to learn, Mon Dieu, Prince Christophe was away so often he had no time to teach Prince Adam much,"[/i]

 

That was perfect! Again, I so love how you're weaving history into this piece. Especially the small cameos with Marie Antoinette and Mozart; so great!

I'm also so glad that you're choosing to use the "canon" of the B&tB Enchanted Christmas about his backstory.

Beautifully done! Can't wait for more!

 

Author Replies:

Thank-you! Although I have to put in a little protest about canonizing BatB Enchanted Christmas. By no-means am I using that ridculous sequel, (I was lost the moment Belle was still wondering around in her peasant dress in the castle!) The only part I found a little interesting was the backstory of Prince Adam.

I was originally going to set this chapter on the 27th of December, which in the Catholic faith (i.e what used to be universally known as,) is the Feast of St Stephan. It is a very old traditional day in Europe when gifts are given to the poor. However it is a custom not many know of in the rest of the world nowadays, (it is mentioned in the Christmas Carol of Good King Wenceslas, which is also my favourite.)

So I may of confused some people, so for that sake alone I changed it to Christmas Eve.

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[b]Chapter Three[/b]: Un simple est monté.

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[b]T[/b]he head groom jumped out of the way to avoid his Prince, who burst through the stall door astride his snorting, fine headed Arabian mare Diamant. (She had been Princess Christine's sixteenth birthday gift; but the delicate, fiery horse had often been neglected in favour of a calmer palfrey. Her brother had assumed ownership of what he deemed the most perfect horse in the stable.)

Adam didn't even glance over his shoulder as he lent forward in the saddle and nudged the small mare further, the grey Diamant snorted and revelled in being allowed her full, striding speed; more stable hands jumped away from their duties to avoid the thundering horse hooves.

Some of Mrs Potts simply dressed children, (the five youngest, David, John, Joan, Christopher and Margaret,) looked on in wonder.

Little Chip, wrapped up in a red woollen scarf, beaming at the sight of his beloved Master whom he much admired; even though Chip's older brothers, (including the eldest Gregory who was now living in England and apprenticed to Mrs Pott's brother-in-law who was a blacksmith,) scolded him for openly adoring their Master. Saying Adam was cold, cruel and a bad egg.

Ignoring his servants, Adam rode Diamant down the garden path and out towards the grounds just outside the walled gardens, towards the mausoleum which was out near the black forest. He'd never understood why the castle was so far from from the capital of Gascogne, [i]Auch[/i], or even from the much more fashionable [i]Pau[/i].

Instead the Château d'Anges was in the Midi-Pyrenees near the tiny village of Tarbes. It involved much travelling around the Gascogne region, (when visiting the rest of the towns, Adam wasn't even allowed to ride in a carriage, for fear of a similar attack that had taken his parents. He rode Diamant in the middle of his guards much larger and powerful brown and black steeds. The crowds barely ever saw the child Prince until he dismounted, and even then they only caught a fleeting glimpse as the Capitaine, and three other guards, flanked the solemn Adam on all sides wherever he went.)

Adam's paternal Grandfather, Louis the XV, had built Château d'Anges, as retreat from his own extravagant court. The nearby [i]Château de Pau[/i] had once been used for that use also. But recently his daughter-in-law, Queen Marie Antoinette, (a close cousin of Adam's mother,) had taken over the charming castle with her followers.

Louis the XV gave ownership to his daughter when she married, at fourteen, to the Prince Vincent of Gascogne; Louis beloved eldest child died soon after the birth of Christophe, and Prince Vincent had built an elaborate mausoleum for his young bride. Adam remembered his Grandfather's facial features being very similar to Christophe's, but he was slender and very often ill with

 

YAY! I Loved it!

I'm not one to defend bad Disney sequels, but I meant "canon" in the sense that you picked a Christmas holiday for the transformation (though I admit that I never even thought about the fact that Christmas is different in Europe). Irregardless, I loved it and can't wait for more!

 

I took Spanish, so your French is awesome

I feel so bad for Adam, having never gotten over his family's loss. However, he is a little beast. The Enchantress is awesome I also like little Chip The stories of Christine make me sad, since she seems so great (and Amable loved her! Pooe guy ).

Are you going to follow the story all the way through B&B?