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Tales as Old as Time: chapter 9

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Cherry was lying down in her bed and her vision grew blurry, but she looked up to see one of the doctors over top of her. Her eyes then widened. "Wh-What happened?" she tried to sit up, but winced suddenly.

"You were cut across the chest." the doctor says.

Cherry grunted, remembering that. She then put a hand on her stomach and looked back at the doctor. "Will my baby be okay?"

"Yes, you'll just have a scar." the doctor says.

"Thank you, doctor..." Cherry sighed, clutching her side instinctively.

The doctor patched her up.

"How's my husband and daughter?" Cherry asked, trying to relax herself, the pain calming down a small skew.

The doctor smiled. "Worried about you..." he says.

"Thanks again..." Cherry tried to relax herself. "Stupid man..." she growled about Gaston, obviously not about the doctor.

The doctor finished. "I'll send them in." he says.

"Thank you..." Cherry said calmly.

The doctor went to get them.

Gabrielle was in her parents room. Belle was holding her hand, stroking her hair. Adam was slowly feeling better and he was deeply worried about Gabrielle once he heard what had happened. The other doctor came with bandages for the poor girl.

Belle looked at the doctor. "Will she be ok?" She asks. She remembered Adam had died.

Gabrielle was pale and looked so small.

"She should be fine with a couple of days of bed rest, luckily the blade didn't strike her severely." the doctor said as he bandaged the poor princess the best he could.

Belle looked relieved. Gabrielle didn't react, sleeping.

"Just be sure she gets plenty of rest and try to have her up and about in a week or so." the doctor suggested.

Belle nodded.

"She's not hurt too bad, is she?" Adam asked.

"She'll not always respond, but she's lucky, it wasn't a horrendous wound like on the young woman in your west wing." the doctor cooed.

Belle looked relieved.

"I'm sorry about that nasty cut though." the doctor said before leaving.

Forte sat with the two safe kids, looking a bit anxious. Chip looked at Forte. Forte  sighed, looking very grim.

"Is Maman going to die?" Felicity asked her father.

Forte remembered Chip was there. "I highly doubt it, Fliss..."

Chip looked at the doctor.

"You can go in now, just be careful." he says.

Forte nodded, then went in. "Come, Flick."

Felicity sniffed, hugging Chip and then following her father. Chip waited outside.

"At least Gabrielle and Cherry will be okay..." Adam said on his way down with Belle after allowing Gabrielle to get some rest.

Belle nodded. "I thought she was going to die..." she says softly.

"We were very lucky... I won't let anyone hurt my daughter..." Adam nearly growled.

Belle nodded and hugged him.

"I just hope she gets enough rest and it works." Adam nearly prayed.

Belle held his hand. Adam took hers and gently squeezed, trying not to cry for her sake. Belle hugged him.

Forte left with Felicity, passing the couple. "Oh, excuse us."

"Hello, old friend..." Adam greeted him softly, not showing a lot of emotion toward him.

Belle looked at Forte. "Bonjour, Maestro..." she says softly.

Forte nodded once, holding his daughter's tiny hand. Felicity looked up at them, blinking, and she was trying to imagine Adam as a beast instead of a human. Belle looked at Felicity. She smiled gently. Felicity smiled a bit at Belle.

"Umm... How's Cherry?" Adam asked.

"She'll be fine, but she has a nasty scar now..." Forte said,  emotionlessly.

"Are you both okay?" Belle asks them gently.

Gabrielle was still asleep. She hadn't even moved from the spot.

"I was very worried..." Felicity spoke up.

"We'll be fine, are you two okay?" Forte asked.

"Same, just worried about poor Gabi..." Adam's voice grew distant.

Belle gave the girl a gentle hug.

Felicity smiled in the hug. "I wish the best for you and your daughter, monsieur and madame."

Forte smiled fondly at his daughter's grace and gentleness.

"Merci, Felicity." Belle says softly. She hid her sadness and worry the best she could so Felicity couldn't see it.

Felicity smiled at them. Forte mysteriously disappeared to the princess's chamber. Belle smiled gently and stroked the girl's hair. Adam didn't seem to notice Forte disappeared, but he was slowly warming back up to Forte to become friends with him again, even if the man had told him that falling in love would only cause him pain and torment, but since Cherry was now grown-up, married with him, and they had a daughter together with another one on the way, anything could be possible.

Felicity smiled bashfully now as Belle tended to her hair. Belle smiled softly still. Gabrielle was lying where she had been laid down. Her face was pale but held a look of pain. Forte was in the shadows, he wanted the girl  to be healthy, but he didn't want to hurt her. He had already done this to his wife and daughter and who knows how his unborn son would react to it since both parents were now both immortal vampires. This would restore her health, but also it would prevent her from any further aging or dying from nature like her parents and grandparents. Heaving a sharp sigh, Forte snuck over the girl, staring at her as she was lying down.

"Queen Belle, was my maman always so doomy and gloomy?" Felicity randomly asked, enjoying some of this time with her best friend's mother.

"Not when she was younger." Belle says softly.

"That is what Papa said too..." Felicity looked back down. "Does my mother even love me...?"

"Yes, she does." Belle assures.

Felicity wasn't sure.

"She does." Belle repeats.

"I do not understand why she has to have another child..." Felicity was being jealous again.

Belle looked at her. "It happens love, and she will still love you." she says.

"Really?" Felicity cracked a smile, Belle would never lie.

Belle nodded seriously. Felicity smiled again, then put her arms around Belle's waist. Adam smiled at the scene, feeling a bit better. Belle stroked the girl's hair. Felicity hummed, feeling like Belle was a more nurturing mother-like figure than her biological mother was. Belle smiled gently.

"I just can not believe my maman was sweet and innocent... Papa said before I met her again that she was so delicate just like moi..." Felicity looked up to Belle cheerfully.

Belle nodded. "Oui, she was." she says.

"I wonder what happened..." Felicity murmured.

Belle merely stroked her hair. Felicity quietly purred at the gentle touch. Belle smiled. Felicity smiled back and bowed her head.

"I think we should get back to bed." Belle says softly.

Adam nodded in agreement.

Gabrielle twitched a little but otherwise didn't react. Forte came closer, and allowed his fangs to slide out, he was just hoping no one was watching. He came closer and bit her warm, baby soft neck and the crimson liquid leaked out instantly, nearly staining the bed dress. Gabrielle's eyes shot open as he bit her. Her breath came out in a whimper.

Forte was feeding on her and allowed some of the blood to drop  onto his fingertips so he could clean up when he was done. As he finished, he licked his visibly red lips and licked his fingertips. "It's okay, you'll be fine now..."

Gabrielle looked up at him. She seemed shocked. "M-Maestro?" she asks softly.

"Yes..." Forte looked down to her, wiping his mouth clean. "Awful, isn't it?"

Gabrielle sat up slowly. "Why?" She asks. She didn't sound scared or angry, she just sounded curious.

"You will get stronger before you know it, I assure you." Forte nearly smirked, wiping away the remains of her delicious, youthful blood.

Gabrielle reached out a hand. Forte saw this and came closer to her. She knew he was one to not like hugs but she gave him a gentle hug.

Forte breathed in the hug. "I'm sorry... But you were weak and I wanted to repair your strength."

"Thank you, Maestro..." she whispers. She felt like he was a second father figure.

"You're welcome... I'm sorry for intruding you..." Forte cooed softly.

Gabrielle looked up at him. "Does that mean I'm like you too?" She asks, tilting her head.

"In a sense, yes, like me, my daughter, and your  Tante Cerise." Forte replied.

Gabrielle nodded slowly. She gave a tiny smile.

"You will never die by nature, you will never age, you will barely eat  actual food..." Forte told her, hoping it wouldn't scare her.

Gabrielle gave a tiny laugh at the last bit, she hadn't been eating much a while anyway.

"Anything else you need to know, child?" Forte asked, he was emotionless, but he was actually caring about her thoughts and feelings.

"Not yet, Maestro, except can we sleep?" She asks, quietly.

"You'll sleep the first few nights, but then you'll grow out of it when the time is right, you may still sleep, but not as much," Forte explained. "The average being sleeps for eight hours, but like Cerise and myself, we usually only get one-two hours of sleep  maximum, sometimes I only sleep for 45 minutes."

"Okay, Maestro..." she says softly, she then got up to get a fresh nightgown.

"You should sleep regularly tonight, it'll take time for your new body to adjust," Forte explained further. "I'm sure you've read vampires sleeping in the day and active at night, it's actually a stereotype... Cerise and I are night owls, but we don't sleep at day or burn and die in the sun."

Gabrielle giggled softly. "You don't sparkle either." she says. She got changed in her wardrobe, now with no blood on her.

"Oh, don't remind me of that insult to my new genetic make-up..." Forte shuddered, thinking of a horrible novel that Cherry once showed him when he   was being introduced to the 21st century by her.

Gabrielle nodded. She had only overheard about it but it stuck in her mind. She then headed to climb back into bed.

"You should rest for now, child." Forte advised.

"Oui, Maestro." Gabrielle says softly and kissed his cheek before lying down.

Forte blinked from the kiss, but smiled at her. "Good night..." he whispered, then went to leave the girls' room.

"Bon nuit, Maestro." Gabrielle says softly, before lying down.

Forte cracked a smile at her, then left the room after shutting the door and decided to get to his room. Gabrielle settled down. She closed her eyes and settled to sleep.

Forte stood over his resting woman and started to heal her like he did with Gabrielle.

"Well, I guess we should go to bed now." Felicity said to Chip, a little nervous now. Of course, she wasn't really going to bed.

Chip yawned, nodding. "Bon nuit, Felicity." he says and kissed her on the cheek.

Felicity's face turned bright pink from the kiss, she then gushed a bit, going her way to bed. Chip went to bed himself, smiling. Felicity   sighed, then went to her room, climbing to her vanity table and brushed her hair down, making the  pigtails disappear instantly behind her head.
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