Inside Prince Crescendo's room, the doctor had finally finished the examination as he stood up to leave.

"How's Mr. Chopin's condition?" Prince Crescendo asked coming up to the doctor from staring out of the window.

"Hmm," the doctor paused to give some thought, "well there doesn't seem to be any physical injuries done to his body. His pulse and breathing are returning to normal soon. He might have been feeling exhausted from something and collapsed when his body couldn't take it. After some peaceful resting he should be fine."

"Alright, thank you for your hard work here." The doctor bowed his head and quietly left the room. Prince Crescendo finally gave out a sigh of relief and planted himself in the opposite seat across from the resting Frederic. "You worried me, my friend. But I'm glad you'll be alright now," the prince smiled. Slowly he closed his own eyes in the next moment he was asleep.

After quite some time had passed with the sun already set in the horizon and the moon and stars beckoning the night to start, Frederic had opened his eyes. He glanced around himself before he could recognize that he was no longer outside in Celestial Forest, but inside a room. Frederic slowly sat upright and as a few seconds passed by he recognized the room. When he turned his gaze to the side, his thoughts were confirmed. Prince Crescendo was seated in the cushioned chair quietly sleeping.

But why am I in Prince Crescendo's room? Frederic wondered. He tried to remember what had happened, though nothing would pop up as an answer. Looking outside the window, Frederic saw that the night had come, but having just awoken from a slumber he no longer felt tired. Silently he slid his body off his seat to stand up, and then left the room with the quietest sound in order to not wake up the prince. Frederic, now standing outside Prince Crescendo's room, wondered whether or not to look for the others. But something inside him urged his body to carry himself outside. Half-consciously, his legs started to move in the direction of the castle entrance. As soon as he started moving, Frederic's entire body started to glow a faint blue color, that even though he clearly was walking in front of all the guards in the hall, not one of them spoke to or even noticed him. It was as if Frederic had turned invisible to their eyes.

...

Halfway on the other side of the castle, Jazz and Falsetto were still patrolling around. Jazz seemed to have something on his mind as they were patrolling around, but since neither of them spoke a word Falsetto wasn't sure whether or not to say something to him.

I wonder if he's thinking about Claves, Falsetto thought to herself, he still seems like he has feelings for her. I wonder if there's anything I can do. As Falsetto was thinking, Jazz finally spoke up.

"Say Falsetto…."

"Yeah Jazz? What's up?" Falsetto stopped thinking and turned her attention to her leader.

"What did you think of Claves before we started our mission back at the hideout?" Jazz stopped and turned to look at Falsetto with a soft look in his eyes. Falsetto froze in her place and thought for a moment.

"Well…she was kind of a slow one. She always needed things repeated. Sometimes she would mess up on her own tasks. Even when she…." Falsetto suddenly stopped herself and changed her words. "But…she was probably good deep down. She cared for others when she was with them, and she always had a soft smile on her face." Falsetto stopped again, finished with talking about Claves. It seemed to tug on her heart a little and leave a sad feeling inside.

"I see…" Jazz whispered as he started walking down the halls again. Falsetto hurried to catch up with him.

"What about you Jazz?" Falsetto suddenly asked. "What did you think of Claves back then?" Falsetto was curious to know, but she didn't want to pry into Jazz too much about it. The topic might hurt him or cause him some type of deep pain.

"About Claves…" Jazz was about to talk when suddenly he fell quiet. Falsetto looked at him with a confused expression on her face, but before she could ask what was wrong he motioned her to keep quiet. He listened carefully around him. Falsetto did the same and after a few moments of silence they could hear a slight hint of the sound of footsteps. Jazz quietly walked down to the next corner of the hall where the hall meets the main entrance hall. When Falsetto followed behind him and peered around the corner, she noticed there was someone standing there. It was Frederic.

"Frederic? What's he doing standing over there? I thought he was back in Prince Crescendo's room resting," Falsetto whispered. Jazz, too, wondered why Frederic was up at this time of night. Before they could move forward towards him, a voice spoke from behind.

"What are you two doing peeking around a corner?" They quickly whipped around to see Viola standing in the dim light behind them with a curious stare.

"Quiet," Jazz whispered and Viola immediately cut off her voice as she quietly walked up to them. Jazz turned back around to his front in time to see Frederic's back disappear outside Baroque Castle's main door. "He's gone…"

"Who is? What's going on?" Viola asked. Falsetto turned to her to explain.

"We were patrolling around the castle when we heard footsteps in front of us around the corner. When we peered around it, we saw Frederic standing in the main hall alone. We were about to go up to him to see what he was doing being up when you showed up."

"Oh, sorry. It took a long while for me to convince Salsa to sleep in a different room than me that I didn't feel like sleeping anymore. So I decided to take a walk around the place and I then I saw the two of you. But what's Frederic doing up at this hour. Shouldn't he of all people be resting in order to recover?"

"That's what we were wondering," Falsetto shrugged. Jazz straightened up and then suddenly spoke.

"Come on, we're following him. It's dangerous to be wandering outside at night like this, and we aren't sure yet if he had fully recovered."

"Right," Falsetto agreed.

"Hey, I'll come too. You'll need a healer and an extra fighter if you end up running into any monsters," Viola suggested. Jazz nodded at her.

"Thanks, we can use the extra help."

"No problem," Viola smiled.

"Come on, we'll need to hurry if we want to catch up to him," Falsetto stated as the three of them started to move out. They quickly ran outside to catch up to Frederic. When they got to Baroque city, Falsetto spotted him up ahead.

"There he is. He seems to be headed for Celestial forest," Falsetto pointed. When Jazz and Viola followed her finger to where she was pointing, they noticed something they didn't see before.

"Is it just me, or is Frederic glowing?" Viola exclaimed. Jazz and Falsetto looked closer at Frederic, and they too could see that he was glowing.

"It's sort of faint, but I can see a blue light glowing around him," Falsetto noticed.

"That's weird," Jazz muttered. Frederic started moving again, so the group continued to follow.

...

In Prince Crescendo's room, the prince had finally opened his eyes from his slumber realizing he had been sleeping. And the first thing he saw when his eyes were open was the vacant seat across from him.

"Mr. Chopin! He's not here!" The Prince stood up abruptly and looked around the room. Before he made his way out, there was a knock on his door. When Prince Crescendo opened it, he saw Allegretto, Polka, and Beat all standing in front of him. "What's going on?" he asked everyone.

"Jazz, Falsetto, and Viola are no where to be seen," Polka told him, "They aren't in their rooms."

"Jazz and Falsetto were patrolling the castle, but they should have been back by now. It's nearly morning," Allegretto exclaimed. "Salsa was going to Viola's room for something, but when she entered no one was there. She and her sister March are searching around the castle for them right now."

"We were about to go look for them too, but we wondered if we could check up on Frederic," Beat spoke. Prince Crescendo's expression started to change into a dark one at the mention of their friend's name.

"I'm afraid Mr. Chopin has gone missing as well. I must have fallen asleep and when I woke up again, he was gone."

"What? Frederic's not here either? Man, this is all starting to get fishy," Allegretto shook his head.

"Um!" a voice interrupted them. They all turned to see the guard that is posted by Prince Crescendo's room. "If I may speak, I was on duty the whole time, but I never saw anyone leave Prince Crescendo's room until now. If they did, I would've seen them."

"What? But how can that be?" Prince Crescendo wondered. "We must look for all of them immediately!"