Belle is a maid living in service of a handsome prince who she falls madly in love with. Jealous of all the other women and angry at his refusal to notice her she curses him and turns him into a hideous beast. For years they remain together in the c...
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One Year Later
The castle walls rattle with her screams and the hallway leading to the king and queen's quarters echoes with the strings of curse words that slip out of the queen's mouth. A nurse carrying a set of fresh towels rushes towards the closed door. Throwing it open she is instantly met with cries of pain. But, while most were cries of pain some were of joy. Joy for the child that was about to be born.
The room was buzzing as women ran in and out bringing in bowls of warm water, and stacks of towels among other things all at the request of a messy and tired Miss Potts so that she could help ease the child along.
Valerie dressed in a snow-white night gown lay spread out on the bed. Her back against the bedrest, her legs open wide. While one of her hands clutches at the sheet bunching it tightly the other is doing the same action but to her husband's hand.
"Come on, Valerie, just one more push," Miss Potts says to her hoping to calm her down just enough for her to focus on giving birth.
Slumping her head back against the wall behind her Valerie screams, "I can't!" Another wave of violent screams echoes from her as another mighty contraction hits.
Miss Potts glances at Henry silently pleading with him to try and calm his screaming wife, and much to her relief he understands what is being asked of him. Moving from his chair beside the bed and onto the bed itself. He drapes his arm over her shoulders and moves her head to rest on his shoulder.
"You can do this, voleuse. One more big push and we can meet our son."
"I told you it's a girl!" Valerie hisses through the pain.
Pushing down the urge to roll his eyes Henry looks down at his wife with a smile on his face.
"Well, we'll only find out once it is born, won't we? Come on my love you can do this."
Looking up at her husband with tired but determined eyes she slowly nods and mutters, "I can do this."
Miss Potts looks between the two of them for a moment before nodding. "Come on, Valerie, give me one big push now."
Taking a deep breath Valerie squeezes the sheet and Henry's hand before releasing the loudest scream as she pushed as hard as she could. A searing pain fills her entire body swiftly followed by a slight sensation of relief. Just as she was about to pass out a baby's cries fill the room alongside sounds of joy.
"It's a boy," Miss Potts announces.
The nurses cheer with joy, Valerie sighs with relief that the most painful moment of her life, besides her death, was finally over and Henry showers his wife's hands and face with kisses.
After cleaning the baby of all fluids and wrapping him in a small blanket Miss Potts hands the little prince to the anxiously awaiting parents. As the little boy is settled into his mother's waiting arms his parents smile with joy awed by the beauty of their child.
