While in the library, Beast reevaluates his feelings for Belle and realizes how special she truly is (Belle x Beast OS)

Something made the Beast pause and reconsider. My interpretation.

When the Frankish princesses Anna and Elsa are stolen away to the North by Norsemen, they must each adapt to survive in such a brutish, unforgiving land, so far from home. (Dark!Viking AU with violent/sexual themes, Kristanna/Helsa)

When Belle contracts an illness that leaves her badly disfigured, the Beast is the only one who really understands how she feels.

All Disney fans are respectfully requested to lay down all torches and pitchforks before entering.

Dedicated to David Ogden Stiers. Cogsworth has a day full of reflection and eventually his pocket watch finally stops.

Anna Arendelle has her entire future planned out, until she accidentally bumps into the attractive UPS guy at work; this chance meeting will reveal a secret plot to frame Anna's sister for a crime she didn't commit, disrupting all of Anna's plans and everything she ever thought she knew about love.

A mysterious conspiracy has left Anna without her memories. Anna x Kristoff. Rated M for violence, language, sexual content.

Haytham asks Connor about his mother on their return to General Washington's camp. It doesn't go as planned.

The story picks up where the movie ends. Dastan believes that if she can fall in love with him in the time swept by sand, it can happen again. However, for Tamina, it is harder to accept the hand that fate has dealt her. With the secret of the dagger possibly shared with the Hassansins by Nizam, Dastan and Tamina has to protect the Dagger of Time and the people while dealing with

Lumiere watches the young Prince Adam grow more cold and harsh toward himself and the other servants, even to the point of returning a gift of three juggling balls to him. In adulthood, post-curse, he discovers them again in an old trunk, and the memories come flooding back, along with a new reason to celebrate with Adam about their respective loves, Plumette and Belle.

It's stupid to think that of all things, the feeling of sand running through his toes is what he missed the most. [30DaysofBatB] Day 10 - Sand.

She had been human once, that much she remembered. A little background story for Agathe, the Enchantress.

Breath and space and a light in dark places. Two imperfect people learning how to live with one another, how to grow, and how to give what the other needs. (Beast / Belle)

One-shot. Even after he's transfigured back to his human form, Belle still recognizes the Beast she grew to love.

Clutching her infant daughter, Bellatrix knows should stay put to await the wrath of her Master (and lover) the Dark Lord, but instead she sneaks away to Hogwarts to beg for help from Severus Snape. When she arrives she's shocked to find he's not alone. Tomorrow, the Final Battle begins. *CURSED CHILD SPOILERS* DARK Bellatrix/Voldemort; shades of Bella/Snape *MATURE READERS ONLY*

When Bellatrix discovers she's pregnant and can't control her emotions the way she used to, she looks to her sister for advice. No, not Narcissa. The other one. (WARNING: Dark fic with mature and potentially disturbing content. Not for readers under 17. Takes place in Sept 1997, includes Cursed Child spoilers.) Bellatrix/Voldemort

He's already cursed by this castle, by these responsibilities he'd never wanted thrust upon him—why would she curse him further? What could she possibly do to him?

Even without Gaston's evil schemes hurrying the story along, Belle still finds she can't stop thinking about the castle and its inhabitants. Is she crazy for missing that creepy old castle? For missing him? Meanwhile, Chip gets a chance to play matchmaker.

A collection of each character's reactions to when the Beast released Belle from her promise.

Pre-canon angst/backstory. "The prince's temper grew stormier and stormier—yet instead of arguing with him, the servants rushed to humor his every whim before he could descend into a tantrum. They pitied him, he knew it, and the thought was not comforting." In which a young prince's self-pity dooms him to a terrible curse.

Near the end of his days, the town's bookseller receives an urgent summons from the Lady Belle herself - a surprise, and a gift. One-shot.

"She had never known life without a disabled father. When the drums had once again sounded the day of her disastrous Matchmaker test, I knew I had to answer the call of duty again. I also knew I may not come back this time." Fa Zhou's thoughts from the Matchmaker test and her heartbreaking disappearance into the army until when Mulan returns from war. One-shot, T for war violence.

A Oneshot alternate ending to the animated film

AU where Sam and Chris goes back to save Josh. Everyone survives. One-shot.

After the Beast falls unconscious from the wolf fight, sparing her life, Belle seizes the chance to escape on her horse. Except that her conscience catches up faster with her, asking if it were right to not save the Beast who had just saved her own life.

So this is my interpretation of Alaska's final moments, written from her perspective: one shot which includes my own opinions about her death, I hope you enjoy.

A short drabble written in Gilbert's POV following Diana's wedding up to the time he chases after Anne to her carriage. (Set in the movie verse from Anne of Green Gables: the Sequel)

Gilderoy's first overseas book tour starts in a little town, a quiet village, in the north of France. While he's there, he meets a man who dismisses books that have no pictures in it and who, as a specimen, is just intimidating.

After Belle leaves his castle, the Beast muses on the stories he was told in his youth and his place in them.

Shang's POV after Mulan's identity is revealed, and how he wrestles with his own thoughts and actions on the matter.

Ils avaient dix ans. C'était l'époque où ils ignoraient absolument tout de leur condition, de leur avenir. C'était l'époque où ils pouvaient rire de tout, parler en toute conformité. Arno et elle étaient meilleurs amis. Ils se faisaient confiance l'un l'autre, plus qu'en n'importe quelle autre personne. Mais malheureusement, ils n'avaient que dix ans.

The Beast did not stray to the West Wing every night. But the nights he did were terrible indeed. One-shot.

Adam's not fully accustomed to being human again. Belle helps to remind him, bit by bit.

Story of Prince Eric before the events of The Little Mermaid. Part of the Tale of the Disney Princes series. Reviews welcome!

Relationships, as Peter and Gamora find, are never quite like the movies. Or, a series of snapshots as they slowly figure things (and each other) out.

***Spoilers for the movie. An AU ending. Maleficent decides to believe in True Love's Kiss one last time.

With only three days to win Prince Eric's heart, Ariel finds herself dancing her way through obstacles she never anticipated. — One-shot, missing moments from the movie.

Haytham didn't know he had a son until recently - a grown one, but a son nonetheless. And he's not sure he's ready to take on the heavy responsibility that the title of "Father" carries. Modern AU, because why not.

One-shot taking place after Belle left the Beast to return to her father. The cursed prince reflects on his past and his feelings for Belle. This one is inspired by all versions of this classic love story. Dedicated to everyone who ever had their heart broken or their love not returned.

When the doors close behind Elsa at the end of "Let It Go", we don't see her again until Anna makes the journey up the mountain to find her. What did Elsa do during all that time? She simply couldn't sit and stare at the wall for the rest of her life. A little home decoration to ease her solitude was in order. ONE-SHOT

Caroline Scott struggles to write her final words to her beloved. Edward/Caroline

A modern retelling following the original storyline, in which most of the main characters are gainfully employed adults.

Life hasn't been easy since I lost him. I know that. But life is never easy, and it's time to move on. I don't know what I'm doing with my future, but there's one place I know I can call home, if they'll have me. If they can accept my secrets. (Post-Epilogue, life Jay choice with other aspects thrown in. Some bad language)

"Caroline, you could have any man you wanted, why choose me?" Edward ponders if his wife made the right decision. One-shot, Edward/Caroline.

As the years went by, Beast had come to realize that the man he was was long gone, with only a hopeless dream of coming back.

He'd said he'd give her all the time she needed, but time wouldn't ease her guilt or give her back what she'd lost. Spoilers for the end of the game, specifically the Jay ending, but you probably shouldn't be looking up Beyond: Two Souls fanfiction if you don't want spoilers, right?

There was one woman who still loved the Prince, even before his transformation. That unfortunately had been part of the problem

It was all I could do to keep myself from strangling him or sending him plummeting to his death. Goodness knows he deserved it, but... I'd been down that road once. Never again. That just wasn't me anymore. Slight Belle/Beast(Adam).

He is the king of her heart, and she would do anything for him, not just because she is queen. He pretends that there is nothing going on, but in one single moment, he says something to her and they are complete. Ronin x Tara.

It was all so much easier when they were too young for responsibility. Tara/Ronin

She liked him, she lived with him, and now she's danced with him. But she still didn't even know his name. BATB OneShot.

A grown Connor Kenway meets Edward Kenway on a distant shore.

It's the first night after the transformation, and Belle's thinking about all the wonderful changes in her life. Based loosely on the song Home from the Broadway version of Beauty and the Beast, but you don't need to know it to enjoy it(I don't think), but you should anyway.

"Captain, you seem… distracted lately." Not like he really needed Connor to tell him who was on his mind. He'd known from the moment Miss de Grandpré boarded the Aquila, the lad beaming with a suppressed joy as the young woman strolled onto the top deck at his side."You wear your heart upon your sleeve some days, captain. It's obvious you've feelings for her."

A Mission to destroy horrible OCs :edit: New Harry Potter Chp.

It was strange, really, when he thought about it. Haytham seriously doubted that his father had ever imagined his hidden blade being passed down to a Templar.

Haytham ponders upon the similarities between Connor and his younger self; and how, perhaps, it sparks up that old feeling of hope within him.

A little one-shot about Aveline and Connor's age difference.

Haytham attempts to justify his parenting methods. Oneshot.

Watching the Brotherhood fall all around him, the old man on the hill becomes ever more disillusioned until there was nothing left to protect, nothing to care about. But then this all changed when a young native boy came knocking at his door.

How proud old Edward would be to see that his grandson had returned to the fold.

Because Haytham has to wonder why anyone in their right mind would let Connor steer a ship.

"This is it! This is a very big day, Pascal! I'm finally gonna do it! I'm gonna ask her!" Pascal hears some familiar words, only this time from a different person's mouth.

Gaston's older brother comes to town - with less than desirable results. A Beauty and the Beast prequel.

Their romance was, in many ways, restrained because of Elinor. In their quiet moments alone, at least it was sweeter, even in the subtlest of manners.

"Auntie Merida, why were you never married?" Years after the events of Brave, Merida watches a sunset with her littlest nephew, thinking over her own life in the process. Oneshot drabble.

They bandaged her up as best as they could, and left with apologies and solemn shakes of the head. They left him to a bitter loneliness; they left him to his fears.

Jesse is now a locally renowned artist. He and May Belle have written a children's book based on their time in Terabithia. This is set approximately fifteen years after Leslie's death. One shot.

Throughout her life Merope knew one thing: She was worthless. Her father and Tom made that clear. Mentions of abuse. Written for Fanfiction Idol.

Hermione has one last case before going on maternity leave. She just wishes it wasn't this one. -ONESHOT-

Sullys' mind is a mystery-but its easy to tell that his fatherly feelings towards Nate are anything but a mystery.

April Fool! Full title: The Unlikely Meeting of Edwistian Greysen and Anabella Stolen, a Parody.

"Strength, Altair,"

From the pillar collapse to Meg's death - Hercules' POV.

Missing moment from HBP. Merope is covered in bruises — inflicted psychologically, physically and verbally. But to what lengths will she go to escape this? Violence, abuse and strong language. One-shot.

It wasn't for his humanity, his pleas, or the fact that he could easily be killed that he was spared. It was because from every fiber of his self-satisfied and selfish being, he was exactly like the Beast.

The night after the rescue from HYDRA, Steve and Bucky realize they have a lot to talk about. Friendship one-shot. Rated T for language.

Spanning years of time, Ezio writes letters to Cristina, even when she wants absolutely nothing to do with him anymore. Then, when her death approaches, she finally discovers that every moment he describes was true... true only to her.

Because in the end, it was he who had control over her.

The few days after Elena's near death experience leading up to the kiss. End of Uncharted 2.

And yet, he had never seen such passion, never witnessed such a look of forlornness in a man's eyes as he did before Kocoum's death..Slightly AU reflective fic..PLZ RR!...COMPLETE

Ten year old Eugene daydreams he's Flynn Rider again, but this time he does it in class. Edited and changed for content. Complete in one chapter.

In which after Don Juan, Christine escapes from Erik, and in doing so, sparks off a spiralling chain of events.

While unconcious in the small Tibetan village, Nate is watched over by Elena. He wakes during those few days the game didn't show and lets Elena know something he's always thought. One-shot.

A different take on Beauty and the Beast inspired by the Disney film and the 1946 film. Belle is a courtesan, working to pay her father's hospital bills. The Beast forms a tenative relationship with her; love and lust develop over time.

Adapted from Disney's Beauty And The Beast. What does he think as he watches her? What are his hopes and his fears as the Rose daily wilts more? Can wishes and dreams ever come true? Can one unlovable be loved?

An entirely silly story about two poor, unlucky soldiers in the Borgia. Archers in Rome seem to lack balance as of late, and that's only the beginning... Accepting requests!

and wonders how life would be if he wasn't an assasin. / ezio&sofia.

He wonders if seeing ghosts is a sure sign of getting old. Spoilers for Revelations.

Philip's capture of Syrena. He looks into her brown eyes and sees something there, something her sisters didn't have. Humanity. One shot. Please R&R

After the wolf attack, genre-savvy Belle makes a few deductions.

How did a young prince named Adam go into his dispair and become simply known as "Beast". Takes place the night after his transformation

Harry had seen six Potters when his friends had taken Polyjuice Potion and he had thought it bizarre. But nothing compared to meeting seven Potters that were actually himself.

S'il avait su que le fait de regarder dans le miroir provoquerait son départ, il le lui aurait tout de même apporté, sans hésitation, parce qu'il ne souhaitait que son bonheur, parce qu'il l'aimait.

He had no idea what he was doing, only that it needed to be done before he went on his next voyage.There are times in life where we all must somehow forgive those that have wronged us, no matter if we do not understand exactly why..PLZ RR!...COMPLETE

Philip teaches Syrena to walk. Set directly after On Stranger Tides.

The first time he saw the girl, he was struck by a sudden curiosity and a bout of uneasiness. A Tom Riddle Senior/Merope Gaunt tale. One-shot.

Viscountess Christine de Chagny outlived them all; her parents, her children, her friends. Only Raoul was left. As she saw each passing, she grew more weary with life. When she died, there were only her husband and a masked man to mourn for Christine. [Based on the 2009 London cast. Not slash. One-shot.]

All Beast wants to do is tell her how much he loves her but he fears he'll never get that chance now as he lays dying with his beloved Belle finally returned to his side and his curse breaking. Het.

A prequel. The story of Belle's mother. And yes, the title did come from Ma Belle Evangeline.

After narrowly escaping their deaths at Malfoy Manner, Hermione has a horrible nightmare of Bellatrix torturing her again. Ron hears her screams and comforts her, and they share a brief moment of peace amidst all the chaos.

Monteriggioni doesn't have the most reliable power supply. Oneshot.

Because Desmond's never the same person when he wakes up. Oneshot. Set during Brotherhood.

Desmond tries to tell Lucy about a very personal problem. Short fic.

*RE-EDITED* I've always wondered what happened at Shell Cottage after Malfoy Manor, so this is my take on it from Ron's point-of-view. Enjoy!

Sixteen decides to pay Desmond a little visit.

A oneshot about what made the townspeople believe Belle was odd. "Then slowly she spread her arms like wings, as if to follow the birds into the sky."

Once there lived a huntsman who was spoiled, selfish and unkind. In his arrogance and vanity he nearly brought about his own demise. He was spared from death by an enchantress, who cursed him. Until he learned to love selflessly he would remain a beast.

A sort of 'what if' story. If only Rameses had listened to reason.

That's what I think should have happened between Ron and Hermione to the Shell Cottage, after they ran from Malfoy Manor. Just a romantic one-shot, veeery sweet. What can I do, I love romance. Enjoy the reading!

Eugene Fitzherbert was lost, and she found him... He was lost in death, and she pulled him back... He found the lost princess. Eugene dreams in death. Rated K for "death."

'And now I am watching as the woman I love kisses the man I should hate with more passion than she has ever kissed me.' Raoul's point of view during the Final Lair scene. RxC.

Snape is substituting DADA for Lupin. Apparently the werewolf thought it might be funny to assign a project on vampires. Not just any vampires but Meyer vampires. Will good old Cedric shine for this class? I think so!

Rebecca and Shaun head to the bar for a night of drinking and a much-needed break, but things don't go quite as planned...

Phil attempts to save Gilbert from heartache when he calls at Patty's Place on the fateful night of Roy's proposal to Anne. Little did she realize she had nothing to worry about after all.

"Her fair side he touched with gentlest art, and half relenting on her beauties gazed; just then awaking with a sudden start, her opening eye in humid lustre blazed." Belle falls asleep while reading. Rated M for sex.

Tarzan nodded. Something about him seemed off... distant, almost. "You live here now."

-Faramir x Éowyn- They catch sight of each other in the midnight hour, when all is calm and silent. Movieverse.

Takes place during T2. What does Sarah dream of other than Judgement Day? One-shot Kyle/Sarah. My first fanfic!

Taken place right after the movie, Victoria realizes that she must go into her year of mourning before marrying her true love. What's more, thoughts of Emily's fate won't leave her. And the real question is; did Victor love her instead of Victoria? VxV

After the party, Tally and David walk together in the forest outside of the city. She wonders, and he answers. "For a second she forgot that she was Special and he was still Ugly. Right now, none of it seemed to matter."

Thomas isn't a hero...he's just human. A Black Swan introspective piece, slight AU.

What was going on through Jack's mind before Rose was reunited with him? Find out what him and the other lost souls were doing the last few minutes before Rose came. All leading up to the end of the movie.

Rose has struggled through life without Jack so far, but when there is a chance that he could be alive, she wastes no time in searching for her true love, the father of her newborn daughter. JACK LIVES story! Please review!

It seems that with each passing year, Derek and Odette get more and more annoyed by the other one's actions- even the private ones. Rated T for subject matter. Inspired by a scene from the Blue Lagoon.

What if Belle had taken a moment in the West Wing after the ballroom scene to consider what she was doing before she left? What if she said "I love you" first? An alternate 3rd act/ending to the movie, with the Beast facing the climax in human form.

I summary of thoughts from Bella's childhood, from Charlie's POV. Just the beginning, there'll be more. We always knew that Bella was a weird one.

What was going through Belle's mind when she was separated from her father and thought that she was going to be forever in the presence of the terrible Beast? One-shot.

Peeta's POV from the end of book one to descibe how painting became his hobby. Read and Reveiw please!

Things would be so different if she had a different life. A life with him..

What happens to the Beast in the last crucial moments before the spell is broken? He embarks on a journey into a frightening, unknown world between life and death and fights for his right to live, finding out essential truths about himself, love and life.

Companion one-shot to "Kissed by a Rose." The Beast looks at his human face for the first time in ten years and is surprised by what he finds.

What if J.K. Rowling and Stephenie Meyer tried to write the ending to each other's novels?

Susan doesn't fit in England anymore... when her siblings die, she plants an apple tree by their grave.

A story of a love that is consuming. A love that is enduring.

This is a poem delving into the mind of Ramses during the time he lost his son, Moses comes to him and he gives permission for his people to leave Egypt before finally cumulating in his swearing revenge on his once brother in the name of his son. Enjoy!

Belle is not as happy as she thinks she should be. Then again, maybe she is. Post-movie, fluff, one-shot.

Giselle and Robert are coming home from a movie, and have a talk about love. Later, they attempt to consummate their feelings, only for them both to realize something...

Moses goes out looking for a lost sheep and finds God instead.

Hi! A fiction about how Emily and Barkis meet and how he makes her 'fall hard and fast.' I own nothing! :

It is hard to pity those who have everything. It is harder to live when you have nothing. Merope Gaunt. Tom. Cecilia.

Mature content Beauty and the Beast. Belle comes to the castle burdened by an unspeakable secret and a deeply wounded spirit. The Beast carries betrayal in his own past. Can they still learn to love, and to trust, one another? Complete!

A series of vignettes set in Beast's perspective throughout the story. Partly songfic to the theme of the whole movie, Beauty and the Beast. Companion piece to my other work, Certain as the Sun.

Éowyn surprises her husband. Written for the There and Back Romantic Dinner Challenge.

What if Pocahontas had not arrived in time to stop John Smith's execution? Told from the POV of the princess herself, many years later.

In which Cedric Diggory gets relocated to Forks, Washington by the Wizarding Protection Program after almost getting hit by the killing curse, and he decides to write to Harry Potter to lament about the state of his life now.

A 'normal' day in the Maison des Lunes. Thanks to Trudi for beta-ing!

Harry Potter Crossover, a young witch only wants to do some good to the world.

-ONESHOT- "Arrogant, vain, big-headed James Potter. It was all his fault that this girl would no longer even acknowledge me- it was all his fault that the girl that I loved could no longer stand to be around me, if even for a moment." Snape's musings.

With the wizarding race in trouble the Ministry reinstates an old law forcing the betrothal of Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy. With a year of betrothal ahead of them both will do what they can to make it fail... but will something change within them?

The car scene. Rose's POV. Nothing more to say.

This is the answer I came up to something that I'm pretty sure all of us have wondered about; how exactly DID Moses and Ramases switch the heads of the gods in the temple of Ra? Please read and review.

Jill Norbury expected many things in her life, but never to have the police search her home for drugs. A story exploring just what happened when Ms. Norbury was accused of being a drug dealer in the burn book. Norbury/Duvall

Faramir is broken hearted after his meeting with Denethor. But Eowyn meets him before he leaves for Osgiliath and convinces him he is still loved. Farawyn oneshot, slight AU

After a potions accident, Hermione wakes up in the middle of Central Park not knowing who she is. How will she cope? What will happen to her? Where is Ron? Find out the secret of New York.

AU, if Flotsam and Jetsam hadn't overturned the boat. Eric finds a letter to him in his wife's desk after her death. And it tells the fantastic story of a little mermaid...

Enchanted Christmas fanfic. Angelique attempts to comfort Fife after Forte's death. Explanation of how Fife got that blue bow of his at the end of the film. One-shot, please R&R

They said..."It was the Ship of Dreams"... and someone had to put that car scene into words...

More than sixteen years after leaving Merope, Tom Riddle is a shadow of his former self, a broken man alienated from both family and society.

Lerouxbased. What happens after Christine leaves Erik? Will he ever be able to lead a normal life? More normal than the only one he has ever known?

We will not be as we were before. The aftermath of Davy Jones's death. CalypsoxDavy Jones oneshot.

Here I am. Here I am, waiting to hold you... The love of Davy Jones and Calypso.

PostSpiderman 3 movie oneshot. Peter remembers good times with Harry before Norman's death divided them, and deals with the pain that Harry's sacrifice caused.

If, on their Hogsmeade date, Harry and Cho had found that they shared something: they both blamed themselves for Cedric's death.

Oneshot. Just a little fic that came to mind last night. That's what happens when you stay up until midnight playing 'Kingdom Hearts 2.' Please R&R if you love BATB, you should enjoy this.

He couldn’t bear it any longer – the blade came down and across in one smooth motion, ripping flesh and muscle... Davy Jones/Tia Dalma. One-Shot

Merope on her death bed. She makes a wish. Oneshot. R and R

S&S BBC John Willoughby thinks of the life he should have been.

Merope Gaunt's love for Tom Riddle knew no bounds.

LeFou tells his side of things.

Faramir comforts Eowyn as the Host of the West rides out to meet Sauron. Oneshot

One shot — On a visit to France for her one hundred fifth birthday, Rose comes across a haunting picture...

Christine contemplates the events in the Phantom's lair and her relationship with both him and Raoul. Oneshot, ALWbased.

Fiona's adventures during the day in Shrek 2 that she awakened as a human. Story is now complete.

After PONR, Erik runs away with Christine instead of taking her to his lair. Will Raoul be able to find her, or will she live out her days with the Phantom? RC Rated for later chaps.

After the death of Pocahontas's mother, Powhatan struggles with telling his daughter of her passing on. Written for a good friend, PLZ RR!...COMPLETE

diary entry by character from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Harry Potter One-Shot. Would be an epilogue to book seven, if book seven were out yet. HP is seventeen, and reflecting on his life as a Wizard. Explains a lot... Can’t give too much away in summary, but I really like this concept, so please read and revie

Missing scene from Northanger Abbey. "The General allowed himself a brief sigh as he sat down behind his desk. It was going to be all right. It was not too late. He would rid his family of the treacherous Miss Moreland for good."

On the night of her wedding, Isabelle's eyes open to the brutal and erotic world of her homosexual English husband. WILL NOT BE UPDATED. ONE SHOT.

Yet Belle, lovely, trapped Belle, gave him a spark of hope. Perhaps, perhaps he could indeed change, perhaps she could save him from himself.

One-shot: Belle and her Prince adjust to life after the transformation.

Concluded! The Fellowship of the Ring runs across a time-traveling Legolas of the future whose mission is, strangely, to keep them from succeeding…

What if Gaston hadn't planned for Maurice's incarceration? A Beauty AU, told by Belle. **Finished**

This Beauty and the Beast fanfiction is a collection of monologues from the main characters' points of view. Comments welcomed.