The snow in the wind swirled like little tornadoes, curling and wrapping around the dormant trees and cold street poles of the frozen town. Everypony was inside their warm homes, cuddling next to one another by the fires and sipping hot chocolate under fuzzy blankets. They were allowed to forget about the snow and the frost for the night and embrace the comforts of a heated home.
However, there was one pony that didn’t get to experience this joy, and instead was forsaken to the frozen wrath of winter. Consort sat shivering outside the steps of the Carousel Boutique, waiting for a mare that would never come.
“W-w-where is she?” He shivered, wrapping his cloak around him tightly. “I can’t imagine that she’d make a trek home in this snow. She’s probably all curled up by the fire sipping tea…while I’m out here freezing what’s left of my a—aww, what’s the point…” He slumped down deeper into the snow. “Stupid Prince Blueblood.”
“You know, you don’t have to stay in the snow, right?”
Consort looked over to his shoulder. Trekking in the thickness of the snow, a heavily coated pony approached him. The pony’s face was covered in scarves, but the red-coated unicorn knew there was only one pony crazy enough to come looking for him in a blizzard.
“Feather Duster, what are you doing here?” He asked.
The mare pulled down on of the scarf. “Nice to see you too,” she smiled. “So would you please tell me why you’re sitting out here in the cold when you and I could be curled up next to the fire?”
“Because Blueblood wants me to wait here until that mare he’s trying to marry shows up. However, I quickly made the assumption that she probably isn’t crazy enough to walk through this snow… Unlike some ponies I know.”
“Well, when you didn’t show up with Blueblood I got worried,” Feather said, taking a seat next to the older pony. “I was afraid that he left you dead in some gutter. Glad that I was wrong.”
“Aww,” snickered the stallion. “You were worried.”
“Of course I was worried!” Huffed the mare. “You can’t spend all night in a blizzard! You’ll get sick, or freeze to death!”
“Just following orders,” sighed Consort. “If there’s even the slightest chance that that mare would come back tonight and I wasn’t here to see it, Blueblood would have my head on a platter.”
“If we don’t get you warmed up, it won’t matter because you’ll be a popsicle,” said Feather Duster. “Come on, I’m taking you home.”
“Sorry, but I’m not leaving this spot.”
“What?! Why not?”
“Well, for one,” Consort began. “I think that my hooves are frozen to the ground, and two, I was told not to leave this spot until she gets here.”
“And you’re just going to listen to him!? That’s crazy!”
“I suppose I am,” chuckled Consort. “But just a little.”
“You’re impossible, you know that?” frowned the mare. “Well…fine. If you’re going to be so stubborn then I guess I’ll have to sit here and freeze with you.”
“Feather…” Consort tried to say.
“Shut up,” smiled Feather Duster. “If you’re going to be stubborn, then I’m going to be stubborn with you.”
“Why?”
“Because… Because I love you,” she said.
Consort’s cheeks grew redder. “Really?”
“Of course, stupid,” sighed Feather Duster, rolling her eyes. “I haven’t told you that before?”
“I don’t think so…”
“I think that I did and you just forgot, you old geezer,” giggled Feather, playfully shoving the older stallion. “You really need to learn to pay attention better to your marefriend.”
“It just seems so weird…” said Consort. “I never expected someone like you to show up in my life. And it feels so wrong for us to be together… I’m old enough to be your father.”
“Could we not talk about that,” asked the maid. “You’re like a broken record with that. How many times do I have to tell you that I like you for you?”
“Until I believe it,” chuckled the advisor.
“Consort… How can I explain this to you…?”
Yes, I made a choice
That some think is rather strange,
But I wouldn’t take it back, even if I’m called deranged!
Who cares now?
If you think I regret my choice, Consort, well then…
You're a fool!
Think again!
This is love,
You’re all I’ll ever need to be happy,
Never dreamed
I could love a pony like you!
You should know…
Every day in my childhood
My mother would tell me so:
Love is where the heart is!
Love has no eyes to see,
My heart's here, it’s right here
Next to you.
I love you.
It’s the one thing I truly believe in
Try to find
An excuse that this shouldn’t be!
There’s no way,
That we shouldn’t be together,
Together in this wispy snow,
Love, will keep you toasty,
Like a heater between your thighs,
My love’s here, in the snow,
By my side.
What I'd give to run away
From the drama we’ve known lately
But I know that we can't,
Solve our problems by disappearing
This is love,
It will last everyday till forever?
And who cares?
If we’re frowned upon with judging eyes?
Even then,
They would all just be jealous,
Jealous of what we have.
They could build walls around me,
With locks without any keys,
I’d break free, and overcome,
“All of me?”
“My love’s here, next to you,”
“Love is me.”
“I… I…”
“Shut up,” smiled Feather Duster, snuggling into her special somepony as the winter wind blew into the night.
Even though it was below freezing out in the cold, the couple barely felt it in their warm embrace of each other’s love.That’s what it was. True love.
wait Carousal boutique??
Awesome chapter man
though I was looking forward to rarity and spike sing "something there"
But this was heart warming and sweet
Keep it up! :D
-Blazewing
And in the morning, the other ponies found them frozen to death in each others arms.
All the ponies were touched, except Blueblood, who ordered them shattered to use their pieces as bait to catch the obviously pony-eating dragon who was likely fattening up his new slav... er... future wife before eating her.
Because we all need MORE reasons to hate Blueblood with every fiber of our being.
finahialahhey!
Short chapter is short.
Nice, a good short chapter to let us know your still alive and writing.
You do know that Beauty and the Beast isn't actually a Disney story, right? Since Walt Disney himself passed on, his company has relied on stealing other people's stories and remaking them for kids and claiming them as theirs without repurcussions. They likely have made the more recent ones, but never count it unless you find solid proof one way or another. Doesn't mean Disney doesn't make good movies, just means they are plagiarisers.
Look at the upside, at least they don't have to deal with Blueblood. That Feather Duster is a romantic, Spike and Rarity might not even have her beat
awesome as always. keep it up.
1392034 Could I have you leave notes for a story I'm working on? I'll let you know when I've published it. I'm writing it purely for tips of improvement (plus I really like the trilogy).
2517228 Ah, well thank you very much! I did try my best to be as inclusive as possible!
2517479 Yes, I can look at a story you're working on.
2517513 Yay! Thank you! I will publish the first chapter as soon as possible!
2517166
1. It's called 'public domain'. Which is where I'm sure more than a few of their stories were when they first picked them up. It's not 'stealing' or 'plagiarising' if no one owns the idea anymore.
2. It's called 'adaptation'. Their movies aren't full-on plagiarism (and again, not even if they were because they're not owned by anyone) because, in your own words, they were 'remade for kids'.
3. It's called 'licensing your product'. They've only got copyrights on their versions and character designs, hence why there are still so many other versions of those stories being made and Disney can't do a damn thing about it.
4. You're an idiot with an obvious hate-on for Disney.
OT: I'm honestly not a fan of these song chapters. I read way faster than the song sings and having to wait for it is a chore. I don't know many Beauty and the Beast songs as is so if I want to read them I have to play it. I honestly think that this would have worked better as an adaptation of the movie without any song lyrics in it, switching that out for character interaction.
That's obviously just me though.
A chapter is a chapter!
Even a short chapter is STILL a chapter!!
Chap-seption!
HHHHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGG!!!!!
Daww. just...just daww. This chapter, while short, was full of so many warm fuzzies.
2518531 1) It wasn't public domain; the authors of the stories haave full rights to them, some just happen to be dead.
2) No, it's slight changes. These slight changes would not be enough for anyone else to escape plagiarism.
3) There are no adaptions beyond the original and Disney's that don't get into trouble unless they are actually very different. Or fanfiction.
4) I am no idiot; I have looked into the stuff deeply. And I don't have a hate for Disney, just a hate for their blantant plagiarism. Granted, I have little care for them because most of their stuff, besides the newer stuff, bore me; I've seen/heard/etc them all a couple million times. Won't stop me from looking forward to more Kingdom Hearts, though.
2521088 Well if it wasn't public domain, Disney would have had to have paid for the rights to make movies based on them or they'd have been sued into the ground already.
In which case, it's not plagiarism, it's licensing. Which, if you look at movies in general, is about half of the stuff coming out.
Also, slight changes ARE enough to get around plagiarism, especially if you're licensing (which, by the way, is a free license to plagiarise). The most common one used is called 'the parody law'. How do you think all those 'X movie' get made?
There are plenty that don't get into trouble and are pretty similar. Because if, as you said, the original owner still has the rights, then Disney will have only bought the rights to do animated versions, and probably either bought the ownership of the property later or just keeps renewing the contract so as to stop others making alternatives. Which is why we only get live action versions of those movies. Also, we had what, two, three Snow White movies just last year? Did any of them get in trouble? Nope.
On the final note, saying you've 'looked into this deeply' (which could have been said way better btw) is like saying 'I'm not racist, I totally have black friends' or 'I know what I'm talking about, I'm an archaeologist/chemist/writer/X', there's no way to prove it and so many people use it as an excuse to have their opinions listened to as though they're right that at this point, most people just ignore people who use that.
I'm going to take back saying you're an idiot, and apologise, simply because it was rude to call you that based on one post. You're probably not an idiot. But it is obvious you have a real hate-on for Disney, even if you claim to like some of their newer stuff and Kingdom Hearts.
this is a good chapter. Query: I'm guessing that once the spell is broken everything will go back to the way things were, if that's the case then whats gonna happen with these two?
2522723 Actually, they never did license them. That's why they have been sued by the makers or whoever has the rights after the passing of the people. The issue there is that the court always judges in favor of Disney. Why? Not because Disney has the right, no, not at all. It's because our government is indeed fucked up. Disney is adored. That's why people would go so far to believe they are a flawless company who has done no wrong. No, Walt did little wrong business-wise. But the company he left behind has done much wrong. Hell, the last CEO was a greedy sonofabitch who only cared about making more profit. That is why Disney California sucked ass and they are spending so much to remake. Like I had said, newer movies have been good. Probably because they are at least original and not illegal remakes of old stories. After all, we have the greedy ass bitch of a CEO gone and have one who truly wants to make Disny how it was in the beginning. Which is why Epic Mickey has the classic look of Mickey.
2522723>>2536272 Both of you, please stop. If you feel the need to continue this arguement, please continue it in PM form and not on my story. If either of you continue posting here continuing your arguement, I'm just going to delete them. I really don't want to, but this is between you two, leave the rest of us out of it please.
Thank you for your cooperation.
D'aww.... Feather Duster loves Consort...
2521088
You are aware that many of the stories they adapted, like The little Mermaid, Beauty and The Beast, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, The Frog Prince ARE public domain?? They're something like, hundreds of years old (except for maybe The Little Mermaid which is only 176 years old, it was published in 1837 by Hans Anderson). The rest are very old fairy tales from all over the world. So uh yeah, they ARE in public domain.
They were just collected up by the Brothers Grimm which is why they are often called Grimm's fairy tales. Many of them often have different versions or variations(there's a German fairy tale called 'Aschenputtel' which is, basically Cinderalla) throughout Europe(which is where most of them came from, though there are similar tales in other parts of the world).
Copyright only extends, 50-75 years after the death of the creator (I think, could be less or more depending on where it was originally made, I know it varies from place to place, and in Disney's case with original content (i.e Mickey Mouse) they keep finding ways to extend their copyrights and stuff) and every story they've adapted or done their own version of is definitely that old.
In the case of Beauty and the Beast, it's a traditional french fairy tail that was first published in 1740. 273 years ago. That is most definitely within public domain. Anyone can write their own variation or adaptation on the tale.
Feather and Consort forever!!! And Spike and Rarity, duh. Great chapter dude, heartwarming with the touch of oh yes.
Ugh, why do I read these things during my work breaks where I can't watch your videos to know what song you're using? Talk about frustrating...