Because I am lazy and tied myself in moral and logistal knots in the full-length SNEA, I am making up for it with THIS. Beauty and the Beast PART TWO – set in a SNEA-similar setting! :D :D :D

Things to know (especially if you haven't read SNEA)

-This is non-linear. Keep up. :3

-No, none of the pronouns or descriptions are mistakes.

-This is not exactly like SNEA – it takes ideas and some plot points from it, but it simplifies it a lot. Also it is less try-hard. (or maybe more. I'm pretentious as all hell so eh, who knows)

-The plot isn't gonna be all that unified – some running arcs, but mostly character moments and themes I want to explore.

Dance

Envy never thought she'd have to relearn how to dance. It seems basic enough, but she keeps trying to go forward instead of back, and Ed has to keep coaxing her to take his lead, which galls her for a number of reasons. It doesn't help that she knows that everybody is staring at them.

Great. The first school dance she's ever had the guts to actually attend, and she's already the freak. Or still the freak. She really can't quite figure it out at this point.

Ed leans forward and whispers, "Don't worry, I had a tough time with it too."

It takes her a moment. "What?"

"Just relax. And besides, nobody will notice if you lead a bit. You're taller than me, anyway."

"Oh, thank you so much for pointing that out." But Envy's blushing a little, because she's starting to realize that maybe she and the newcomer who asked her to dance have more in common than she thought.