Hi again! Glad to see you've decided to join me for another chapter!

This chapter includes Hanna, a character I created for the KH world. She first appeared in my other story KH: Return of Darkness, but I intend to write a story about how she shows up in the KH world in the first place.

One more thing, characters are gonna be OOC sometimes, but that's expected, as they are playing new roles.

Well then, enjoy!

(I only own Hanna. Nothing else.)

Chapter 2

Merlin had explained to Sora about his inheritance and convinced him to come to Castle Frankenstein to settle everything. Sora agreed and made the arrangements to travel to Halloween Town. He now stood in the train station, as his train was about to leave. And he said a final farewell to his Fiancé, a beautiful girl with long dark hair and green eyes.

"Goodbye Darling," Said Hanna. "I'll miss you so."

"And I'll miss you, too." Sora replied. He tried to kiss her, but she held her hand up in front of his face.

"No kisses," She said. "I'm going to a party, and I don't want my lipstick smudged."

"Oh, of course… Sorry."

"All aboard!" The Conductor called.

"Well, guess this is it." Said Sora.

"Oh Darling," Hanna said sadly. "How can I say in a moment what its taken a lifetime to understand?"

"Won't you try?"

"Alright… You've got it Mister. I'm yours, all of me, what else can I say?"

"Oh my sweet love…" Sora placed a hand on the side of her head.

"The hair! The hair!" Hanna exclaimed, causing Sora to move his hand quickly. "I just got it styled."

"Sorry… sorry." Sora said sheepishly.

Hanna gave him a quick smile. "And by the way… I hope you like old fashioned weddings."

"I prefer old fashioned wedding nights." Sora replied mischievously.

"Oh, you're incorrigible!" Hanna chuckled, turning away playfully.

"Does that mean you love me?" Sora asked.

"You bet your boots it does." Hanna replied.

"Oh my only love." Sora wrapped his arms around her.

"Taffeta Darling…" She said.

Sora blinked in confusion a moment. "…Taffeta Sweetheart…"

"No, the dress is Taffeta," Hanna explained, moving away from Sora. "It wrinkles so easily."

"Oh…"

"All aboard!" The Conductor called again.

"There's that horrid man again!" Hanna said with a pout. "You'd better hurry, before I make a fool of myself." Sora smiled and tried to take Hanna's hands in his. "Ah! The nails!"

Sora quickly moved his hands away. He prepared to leave, but couldn't think to kiss Hanna goodbye, hug her, or even shake her hand! So finally, he held out his elbow. "Goodbye Darling." He said.

Hanna touched his elbow with hers. "Goodbye Sora." They shook elbows and Sora walked away, onto the train.

Sora stopped and turned to look back at Hanna. "Darling!" He called, before blowing her a kiss.

Hanna dodged the airborne kiss with a shriek and waved, chuckling innocently.

The train pulled out, carrying Sora away to another land, and leaving Hanna coughing in the smoke it left behind.

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The trip to Halloween Town was long and uneventful. Though Sora did hear two different couples arguing, one in English, one in German, and oddly enough he could have sworn the arguments were exactly the same.

Finally, the train pulled in to a station. Sora looked out the window and saw a little wooden boy, carrying a shoeshine kit. "Pardon me boy," He called. "Is this the Halloween Town Station?"

"Ja, Ja, Track 29." Pinocchio replied with a German accent. "Oh, can I give you a shine?"

"Um, no thanks." Sora replied.

Sora got off the train and watched as it pulled away. He looked around and was surprised to find himself suddenly alone in the strange, foggy station with nothing but his two bags of luggage.

Suddenly, Sora heard a strange sound, like a whoosh-thump. It repeated rhythmically, like footsteps. Someone was approaching…

Sora looked around, trying to see through the fog who it could be, but didn't see anyone. Then, he heard the footsteps stop.

A voice came from behind and said, "Doctor Frankenstein?"

There was a flash of lightening and Sora turned fast to see a strange looking dog man behind him. (Think of Goofy when he's in Halloween Town, but add a black outfit and hood, and a hump on his back.) Sora looked at the odd grinning figure a moment. "…Fronkensteen." He corrected.

Goofy blinked in confusion. "You're puttin' me on." He said.

"No, it's pronounced Fronkensteen."

"Do ya also say Sooray?"

"No, Sora."

"Why ain't it Sooray Fronkensteen?"

"It isn't, it's Sora Fronkensteen."

"Hmm, I see…" Goofy scratched his chin a moment.

"You must be Igor." Sora continued.

"Nope, it's pronounced Eyegor." Goofy explained.

"But I was told it was Igor."

"They musta been wrong then, huh? But you can call me by my first name, Goofy. My Granddad used to work for your Granddad, ya know."

"Oh, really? Well then I'm sure we'll get along just fine." Sora smiled and placed a hand on Goofy's shoulder, only to pull it away when he realized he put his hand on his hump. "Oh! Sorry, I… Um, I don't mean to embarrass you, but I am a pretty good surgeon… maybe I could do something about that hump."

Goofy looked confused. "What hump?"

Sora paused a moment, trying to figure out a way to change the subject. "Um… let's go." Goofy nodded in agreement. Sora reached for his larger bag, but Goofy stopped him.

"Allow me Master." He said. He tried to lift the large bag, but had trouble with it. He decided to take the small, light bag and left Sora to heft the heavy one.

Goofy began walking down some steps, crouched over and leaning on a stick. "Walk this way." He said. Sora followed, walking normally. Goofy stopped and handed the stick to Sora. "No, this way."

Sora shrugged and took the stick, walking crouched over like Goofy. But then he realized how stupid he looked and returned to his normal way of walking.

Goofy led Sora to a tall cart filled with hay and got into the driver seat. "I think you'll be more comfortable in the rear." He said.

Sora nodded and threw his bag up into the cart. Suddenly, he heard an "oomph!"

"What was that?" He asked.

"Oh, that'll be Kairi." Goofy explained. "Merlin thought you might like an assistant temporarily."

Sora climbed up and looked over the edge of the cart to see a beautiful red-headed girl push the bag off of herself. Kairi looked up from where she was lying in the hay and smiled. "Hello." She said, with a German accent. "Would you like to have a roll in the hay?" Sora blinked in confusion. "It's fun." Kairi began rolling over, singing "Roll, roll, roll in the hay."

Goofy cracked the whip, causing the horses to move, and Sora fell head first into the cart.

Goofy drove the cart through the woods, as Sora and Kairi sat next to each other in the back. There was a blast of thunder and lightening and Kairi squeaked in fright, grabbing Sora's arm. She composed herself and laughed. "Um, sorry." She said. "Sometimes I'm afraid of the lightening."

"Just an atmospheric discharge," Sora explained, reassuringly. "Nothing to be afraid of."

Kairi smiled but jumped again when she heard a howl. "Werewolf…" She gasped.

"Werewolf?" Sora asked.

"There wolf." Said Goofy, pointing into the woods.

"What?"

"There wolf, there castle."

"Why are you talking like that?" Sora asked, completely confused.

"I thought you wanted to." Goofy replied innocently.

"No, I don't want to."

Goofy just shrugged his shoulders. "Suit yourself, I'm easy." Goofy tugged the reins, bringing the cart to a stop. "Well, there it is…" He said, pointing up the mountain. "…Home."

A bolt of lightening illuminated the castle in an eerie light, revealing itself to its new owner.

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Goofy drove the cart up to the front door of the castle, hopping out and walking to the doors. He reached up and took hold of the enormous ring and knocked on the door, the sound echoing everywhere.

Sora was helping Kairi down when he heard the sound and turned to look at the doors. "What knockers." He said in awe.

Kairi grinned modestly. "Oh, thank you Doctor." She said.

"Huh? Oh, that's alright." Sora helped her down and the three of them stood before the door.

The door slowly creaked open, and out stepped a tall woman with pale green skin, with what looked like horns on her head. "I am Frau Blucher." She said.

At the sound of her name, the horses reared back and whinnied in fear.

"Steady!" Goofy called, as he rushed to calm them.

Sora turned away from the spooked horses and nodded to Frau Blucher, or Maleficent as her friends called her. (Though she had few friends.)

"How do you do?" He said politely. "I am Doctor Sora Fronkensteen, and this is my assistant Kairi. Kairi, may I introduce Frau Blucher?" The horses reared again, whinnying in fright. "I wonder what's gotten into them…"

"Your rooms have been prepared Herr Doctor." Said Maleficent.

"Thank you." Sora turned to Goofy. "Bring in the bags, would you please?" He turned to the door again. "After you Frau Blucher." Once again the horses whinnied.

Maleficent turned to go inside, seeming quite annoyed with the horses. She led Sora and Kairi inside.

Goofy soon followed with the bags, but stopped and turned to the horses again. "…Blucher!" The horses whinnied and Goofy smiled triumphantly before entering the castle.

Once inside, Maleficent led the group up a steep flight of stairs, with only a candelabrum to light the way.

"Stay close to the candles," She said. "The staircase… can be treacherous."

She led the three up the stairs and showed them their rooms.

After showing Kairi and Goofy to their rooms, Maleficent led Sora to his room. It was a large bedroom, with several bookshelves lining the walls.

"Nice room," Said Sora. "I sure won't run out of stuff to read." He turned and saw a portrait of his grandfather, Xehenort Frankenstein, hanging on a wall.

"This was Xehenort's-" Maleficent caught herself. "I mean… the Baron's room. It also served as his library."

Sora flipped through the pages in a book. "Yes, but where was his private library?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"All these books are very general. Any doctor would have them in his study."

"This is the only library that I know of Doctor Frankenstone."

"Fronkensteen…" Sora corrected. "Well, we'll see."

"Will there be anything else?" Maleficent asked.

"No, thank you." Sora replied.

Maleficent started to leave, but turned back. "Would you care for a brandy before retiring?"

"No, thank you." Sora replied, as he began to unpack.

She started, but stopped again. "Some warm milk… perhaps?"

Sora looked up from his luggage, seeming annoyed. "No. Thank you very much." He began to unpack again.

Maleficent turned to leave again, but once more turned back. "Ovaltine?"

Sora stopped and slowly looked up to glare at her. "…Nothing! I'm a little tired."

Maleficent looked like she'd been slapped for a moment but recovered. "Then I will say goodnight."

"Goodnight!"

Maleficent walked away as Sora continued to unpack. He looked up and saw a mirror and was surprised when he saw Maleficent plant a kiss on the painting of Xehenort. "Goodnight." She whispered to it, before leaving.

Later that night, after Sora had fallen asleep, an eerie cloud passed over the moon, shrouding the castle in darkness. And a strange, eerie tune played on a violin made its way throughout the halls.

In his bed, Sora mumbled in his sleep. "No, no, no, no… no, no, no, no, no… I am not a Frankenstein… I am not a Frankenstein… I am a Fronkensteen…" He began tossing and turning slightly, as his argument with whatever dream he was having began to get worse. "Don't give me that! I don't believe in fate! And I won't say it." As he slept, the portrait of Xehenort looked down at him. "Alright, alright! You win, I give… I'll say it… I'll say it…Destiny! Destiny! No Escaping that for me!" Sora began thrashing about wildly, as he sang over and over. "Destiny! Destiny! No escaping that for me! Destiny! Destiny! Destiny…"

Kairi quietly walked in and gently shook Sora awake. "Doctor, wake up." She said.

"Huh? What's wrong?" He asked, groggily.

"You were having a nachtmare." Kairi explained.

Sora fully woke up and looked around when he heard the strange tune. "What's that music?" He asked.

"I don't know…" Kairi replied. "But it sounds like it's coming from behind ze bookcase."

"Behind ze bookcase…" Sora repeated. "Hand me my robe, would you Dear?"

Kairi handed him the robe and he put it on, getting up to investigate. He approached the bookcase and listened. "You're right." He said, looking at the many books. He began to look through the books.

"What are you doing?" Kairi asked.

"I'm looking for a device. There's always some kind of triggering mechanism that can open secret doors. Hello…" He pulled a book out, expecting the "door" to open, but was met with disappointment. He moved to another bookcase. "It's louder over here. Hand me that candle." Kairi turned to the candle, held in a candle holder hung next to the bookcase, and pulled it out for Sora.

The moment she did so the bookcase spun around, taking Sora with it. It stopped, and Sora found himself on the other side of the wall. "Put the candle back!" He called. Kairi put the candle back in its place and the wall spun around again, once more taking Sora for the ride. Unfortunately, it stopped with him on the wrong side again. "Alright, I think I have it figured now." He said. "Remove the candle, and I'll block the bookcase with my body." Kairi nodded and took out the candle again. As the wall turned, Sora quickly moved to the edge. Kairi winced when she heard a horrible crunch.

"Now listen to me very carefully…" Said Sora, smashed by the spinning wall. "Don't put the candle back. With all of your might, shove against the other side of this wall. Is that perfectly clear?"

"I think so." Kairi replied with a nod. She placed the candle on a table nearby and ran straight at the wall. It spun around, freeing Sora.

"Good girl…" Sora sighed, relieved to be out of that predicament.

"Put… the candle… back!" Kairi shouted from behind the wall.

Sora quickly took the candle and put it back in its place, shifting it until the wall stopped halfway, leaving the passage wide open.

"Look, it's the secret passageway!" Kairi said excitedly, as the violin music floated up from deep within.

"Right." Said Sora. "I'm going down to investigate. You stay here."

"Oh no, please." Kairi pleaded. "I don't want to stay here alone."

"Well, okay. Come on then."

Sora was about to grab the candle. "Doctor, wait!" Kairi called. "Remember..?"

"Good thinking." Sora replied. He reached for another candle cautiously, and sighed when noting happened.

Sora and Kairi walked down the passageway, down a flight of steps overrun with cobwebs. A rat ran in front of them, causing Kairi to scream.

"Don't worry," Said Sora. "It's just a rat. A filthy, slimy rat…"

The two made it to the foot of the stairs and reached a door. Sora reached out to turn the handle, but it was so old and rusted that it crumbled in his hands. He sighed and gently pushed the door open.

Inside, they saw a row of shelves. Each held a head, each more decayed then the next.

Sora examined them. A skull with a note saying "six months dead" a half decayed head that said "five weeks dead" and so on.

They reached the last shelf and jumped as the head on it began to sing "I ain't got no body, and nobody cares for me! Yakatata!"

"Goofy!" Said Sora, recognizing the so-called head.

"Sooray!" Goofy replied, moving away from the shelf.

"How did you get here?"

"The Dumbwaiter. I heard this weird music from the kitchen upstairs and followed it down… Call it…" He pointed to his shoulder, grinning. "A hunch! Badoom-chee!"

Sora blinked in confusion when he noticed the music had stopped. "There's a door over here," He said. "Let's check it out."

"Wait Master," Said Goofy, holding Sora back. "I could be dangerous… You go first."

Sora sighed and led the two through the door. The next room was pitch black. "Aren't there any lights in this place?" Sora asked.

"Two nasty lookin' switches here," Goofy replied. "But I ain't gonna be the first."

Sora turned to the switches. He flipped one, but a shower of sparks burst out. He quickly shut it off and glared at Goofy. "Damn your eyes!" He shouted.

Goofy pointed to his eyes, one orange, one swirly, and grinned. "Too late."

Sora looked at the switches again, this time flipping a safer looking one.

The lights went on, and Sora, Kairi and Goofy looked down in awe at what they saw.

"So," Said Sora. "This is where it all happened…"

The laboratory. All of its odd equipment still up. In the center of the room was a large table, covered by a cloth. This was the place where the terrible tale began. If you listened, you could hear the voice of Xehenort still echoing. "Just think… a dead brain waiting to live again in a new body. Look: no blood, no decomposition. Just a few sutures. Throw the main switch!"

Sora looked down at the dust covered lab and shook his head. "What a filthy mess." He said.

"Oh, I dunno," Said Goofy. "Maybe if we installed some windows, put in some flowers, a couple of throw pillows…" He saw that Sora wasn't amused and just nuzzled his shoulder apologetically.

"Well," Sora continued. "It looks as though our mysterious violinist has dissap…" Sora stopped when he saw light coming from an ajar door down at the other side of the lab.

"Dissa-what?" Kairi asked.

"-Peared." Goofy replied.

Sora shushed them both, as he led them to the door.

He pushed it open, but found the room empty. On a table lay the violin.

"It's still warm." Said Goofy, after laying a hand on the instrument.

"Who do you think it was?" Kairi asked.

"I don't know." Sora replied, examining the table. "But whoever it was just barely finished putting out his cigar." He pointed to an ashtray with a cigar in it. "Such strange goings on… what is this place?"

"Music room?" Goofy suggested, plucking a violin string.

"There's nothing here but books and papers." Said Kairi.

Sora jumped up and looked around. "Books and papers?" He looked some more. "It is! This is my grandfather's private library, I feel it!" He turned to Kairi, Kairi turned to Goofy, and Goofy turned to no one. Goofy looked back at Kairi, who looked back at Sora, who turned to the table. "Look at this!" He pointed to a large book, resting before them.

The title read "How I Did It. Bye Xehenort Frankenstein."

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After many hours, Sora had read through the entire book, while Kairi and Goofy nearly fell asleep from boredom.

Sora breathed heavily, completely engrossed in the notes. "'Until, from the midst of this darkness, a light broke in upon me…'" He read aloud. "'A light so brilliant and wondrous… and yet so simple. Change the poles from plus to minus, then from minus to plus. I alone succeeded in discovering the cause of generating life… nay, even more… I, myself, became capable of bestowing animation… upon lifeless matter!'" Sora slowly looked up from the book, a truly insane look in his eyes. "It… could… WORK!.!.!"

Meanwhile, in Sora's room, the portrait of Xehenort took on a triumphant smile.

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Hope you all enjoyed it. And by the way, this story is dedicated to my good friend Lady Isla, who is also a fan of the movie Young Frankenstein.