We force ourselves to stop laughing before we exit the portal so as to not draw unneeded attention to us. As soon as we enter the large castle, my mind floods with memories. Apparently, I came here looking for Lea's heart and made friends with both Beast and Belle. Changing to look like my somebody might make this job so much easier.

"Axel, I'm going to need you to wait here for a little while. I think I can get Beast to allow us to stay here for a while, but I have to do so alone." He gives me a simple nod in response as I change my appearance to look like Ellen. I look over at him and he looks deep in thought with a hint of confusion. Maybe he's getting memories back.

I walk up the stairs in front of us and pause at the ballroom doors. I push them open with ease and quietly cross the room to the balcony. I silently slip outside and see Belle. I loudly clear my throat, catching her attention. She turns around with a start.

"Ellen! You scared me!" I smile lightly.

"I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to startle you." She returns the smile.

"It's fine. What brings you here? Have you talked to Beast yet?"

"No, I haven't seen him yet, but he's definitely my next stop. My friend and I were just passing through and I decided to stop by and pay you a visit."

"Well you're always welcome here. Did you ever find your friend's heart?" she asks sadly.

"Yes, I did, just recently, actually. It took forever, but my efforts paid off. He's actually the friend that's with me now."

"Oh you mean this one?" she points at something behind me and I turn around to find Axel staring at me in confusion. My smile falters slightly but I quickly recover it and face Belle again.

"Yes." Before I know it, Axel is right next to me extending his hand to Belle, who takes it politely.

"The name's Axel. Got it memorized?" Belle giggles softly.

"Quite the charmer you've got, huh?" she asks.

"Yeah, but he has a tendency to be a relentless flirt, so watch out." I joke back. This causes her to laugh even more.

"Well why don't you two wait in the ballroom? I'll go get Beast and bring him down. I'm sure he would love to see you again Ellen." She states as she elegantly walks back inside, leaving Axel and I alone. My heart starts to beat wildly as I grow more and more nervous under his confused yet accusing glare. The tense silence continues for a few long moments, before Axel decides to break it.

"What in the worlds was that?"

"Nothing Axel." I say with my gaze fixated on the ground.

"That obviously wasn't 'nothing', Lexlen. You look exactly like your somebody, apparently you've been looking for my heart, I keep getting all these new memories of you and my somebody, and now according to you I have a heart when last I checked I was a nobody! Got it memorized?" Now, he sounds angry.

"`What do you want me to say?! You wouldn't believe or understand me if I explained it to you anyway!" I yell now equally angry.

"Oh yeah. Try me!" I growl in frustration as Beast and Belle make their way out to the balcony. I quickly replace my glare with a bright smile.

"Beast! I've missed you. How have you been?" He smiles in his own weird way in response.

"Good. I hope the same goes for you?"

"Yes, everything is great."

"Wonderful. Belle was telling me that you finally found this young lads heart." He turns to Axel. "You're one lucky man to have someone who cares as much for you as she does." Blood rushes to my cheeks and I shift nervously from foot to foot. Axel stares down at me curiously, all anger gone.

"Beast you're making her nervous." Belle scolds. "Well dinner is soon, why don't you join us, and if you need to stay the night here we have spare room you can stay in." I smile at her.

"That would be great! Thank you so much!"

Dinner went smoothly aside from the occasional odd look from Axel. Though we may not be on the best of terms at the moment we still have a mission to complete, so after dinner, I told Axel to meet me in my room at midnight so that we could search the castle for the dumb heartless that Mansex wants dead.

I pace around my room nervously and look over at my clock yet again. He's late, very late. When he gets here I am sooo going to kill him for making me wait so dang long. In the middle of my planning how I was going to kill him, he bursts through the door.

"Sorry I'm late, babe."

"You better be! Now let's go before it gets too late." I yell as I grab his hand and start dragging him out the door. I hear a loud crash behind me and turn around. There, in the center of my room, Stands a huge heartless.

"Found it." Axel states as he gets his chakrams out. I roll my eyes and my dagger appears in my hand. As if some silent command was given we both rush forward and relentlessly attack the heartless.

An hour and a huge mess later it's finally dead. I look around the room to find it a complete disaster. Oh well. At least the heartless is dead.

In the morning we apologize for the mess and leave. Once at the castle Axel and I head our separate ways in silence.