I do not own Kingdom Hearts or Disney related characters in story
"Wow!" Kairi and Mulan said in astonishment.
Sora and the gang had just teleported down to Beast's Castle. The castle had changed a lot since Sora's last visit. The castle that used to be dark and mysterious was now white and bright. The gargoyle statues the once surrounded the castle were now statues of angels. The group was standing on the castle in front of the bridge.
"The castle is so beautiful!" Kairi cooed.
"A little fancy for my taste love." Jack stated. "But there might be plenty of valuables for Jacky to take." He thought, with a smirk appearing on his face.
"C'mon guys." Sora said heading toward the castle. Sora knocked on the big door.
While they were waiting for someone to open the door, Goofy spoke up. "So how do you think Belle and Beast are doing?" he asked.
"I hope they're doing alright. Hopefully, there are no heartless or other enemies around." Sora answered.
"I'm so excited to see Belle again!" Kairi said happily. "I haven't seen them since Hallow Bastion."
"So what should we know about this place?" Mr. Hikari asked his son.
"Well…there's a tea cup, a kettle, a French candle, cranky clock and a beast with a bad temper." Sora summarized. Everyone except Goofy looked absolutely baffled at what Sora had just said.
"The lads gone crazy." Jack whispered to Shrek. Shrek nodded in agreement.
Suddenly, the door to the castle opened. An elderly woman, with a purple and white maid's outfit stood in the doorway. She smiled and ran to Sora and hugged him. "Sora! Goofy! So good to see you dears again!" the woman cheered in an English accent.
Sora was freaking out. Had he even met this girl before? "Umm, do I know you?" Sora asked the woman confused.
The woman stopped hugging him. "Oh I forgot. You, Donald and Goofy had left before the curse was broken," the woman explained.
"Curse? Wait…," the realization hit Sora like a sack of bricks. "Mrs. Potts!" Sora said dumbfounded.
"Yes diaries," Mrs. Potts said with a gentle smile. "Now come in. Ill explain everything."
ROWROWROW
Mrs. Potts led the group into the ballroom. In the ballroom, Sora spotted three other people. One of the people was a skinny man with a long face and brown hair. The second man was a big man with a round face and a big curly mustache. The third figure was a child. He had short orange hair and big blue eyes.
"Sora!" the kid yelled, running over to him.
Sora picked up the kid. "Hey there Chip." Sora said with a smile. "How have you been?"
"Great!" Chip answered happily.
"Its good to see you guys too, Cogsworth and Lumiere." Sora greeted.
"Sora!" Lumiere greeted with a think French accent. "Good to see you again as well my friend!"
"And you too Goofy!" Cogsworth shook Goofy's hand.
"I see you have also brought along more friends this time." Lumiere walked over to Kairi and Mulan. He grabbed their hands and kissed them. "Pleasure to meet you madams. I am Lumiere. And you are?"
"Kairi." Kairi introduced blushing.
"Mulan." Mulan blushed as well.
"And this is Shrek, Jack, and my dad." Sora introduced the three keybladers.
"So guys," Goofy asked the former pieces of furniture. "When was the curse lifted?"
"After you guys left," Lumiere started. "We had another ball because of the nobodies ruining it. The Prince and Belle found their love for each other and the master turned back into a handsome prince." He explained. "We are actually about to have another one tonight! Please join us, wont you Sora and friends?"
Sora looked at his fellow group members. They nodded at him. "Thank you will!" Sora accepted.
"Splendid!" Lumiere said . He then looked the group over. "But you guys cant dance in those clothes. When the Prince comes down, we will see if he has any clothes for you."
"Sora! Goofy! As well as Kairi!" a voice greeted from the door. The man had long wavy orange hair with a blue and yellow suit with a white undershirt. He had black pants and boots.
Standing next to the man was Belle in her yellow dress. "Beast!" Sora and Goofy yelled.
The Prince laughed. "Please, please. Call me Adam." He said with a smile.
"Belle!" Kairi yelled happily. The two girls ran up to each other and hugged.
"It's so good to see you again Kairi." Belle said with a smile.
"Master," Lumiere started. "We were just telling Sora about the ball we are having. They would like to stay but they need clothes to dance in."
"Of course!" Adam stated. "That's no problem! I have plenty of suits. And im sure Belle has a few dressed you two ladies can wear."
Without another word, Adam led the guys into the West Wing for suits, and Belle led the girls into the East Wing for dresses.
ROWROWROW
The dance had started and all of the guests had arrived. The guys had put on their suits but the girls had yet to come down from the East Wing.
Sora was wearing a black suit, with a white tie. His crown necklace hung around his neck as usual.
Goofy wore a gray suit with a green tie around his neck.
Jack also wore a black suit, but his tie was red and silver. Hi hat was off, but he had kept his bandana on.
Adam did not have a suit that would fit Shrek. So Shrek was stuck wearing his clothes he had come in.
Mr. Hikari wore a brown suit with a black tie.
The group was all doing different things around the party. Jack was standing in a corner of the room, drinking a bottle of rum he brought from the ship. Shrek was eating at the buffet table, and Goofy and Mr. Hikari were talking with other guests from the party.
Sora and Adam were talking. "So Sora, what has brought you to the Castle?" Prince Adam asked.
"Well we came to ask if you would come with us." Sora explained. "You see, Maleficent is back. And now she's working with an evil Keyblader named Xehanort! They are planning on taking over Kingdom Hearts again. They have Heartless, Nobodies and a new kind of monster named Unbirths. So I was wondering if you could fight with us in an upcoming war."
Prince Adam frowned. "I'm sorry Sora, but I can't leave Belle or my castle. Plus without my old strength I wouldn't be much help." Adam explained.
"It's alright Adam." Sora said with a smile.
The room then went dark. A spotlight found Lumiere standing in the middle of the room. "Ladies and gentlemen. Introducing Princess Belle and her friends Kairi and Mulan!" he announced.
The spot light switched to the three girls. Belle was dressed in her bright yellow dress with her brown hair put back into a bun.
Mulan was in a pearl white dress with her hair put back into a ponytail.
Kairi was wearing a sparkly red dress that matched her strawberry hair. The dress was snug in the front and back making Sora, (and every other guy in the room) jaws drop.
As Kairi walked towards Sora, Kairi saw the way looked Sora looked at her and giggled. "So Sora, how do I look?" Kairi asked spinning showing off her dress.
"Sora was speechless. He swallowed hard. "Beautiful." Sora said.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Lumiere's voice rang. "Grab a dancing partner, the music is about to get slow."
"Come on Sora!" Kairi yelled happily. She grabbed his hand and dragged him onto the dance floor.
Jack walked over to Mulan who was sitting in a chair. "Care to dance love?" Jack asked holding his hand out to her.
Mulan was shocked. She was hesitant, but took Jack's hand. "Sure Jack." Jack and Mulan then stepped out onto the dance floor.
The room Sora once knew as an empty un-used ballroom was now packed with couples dancing to the slow music with their true loves. Everything was perfect. Except for the one thing that Sora had forgotten. He didn't know how to dance.
"Kairi?" Sora asked.
"Yeah Sora?" Kairi answered.
"I kinda don't know how to dance…"
Kairi giggled. "Its okay Sora, just follow what I do."
Kairi grabbed Sora's hand and put his other hand on her waist. Sora blushed and tried to look away, but Kairi saw and started to blush as well. "Okay, follow my step." Kairi instructed. They moved back and forth to the music. "Good job Sora." Kairi said with a smile.
Sora smiled back at her. They moved closer to eachother. Their faces getting closer and closer until…
BANG
The door to the ballroom burst open. Walking into the room was a man with black hair put into a ponytail and had bulging muscles. He had a handsome face, red shirt and boots. On his back he carried a bow and arrow. "Hello Adam!" the man walked forward. "Or should I say Beast?" the man said with a smirk.
Following the man were groups of Unbirths. These monsters had Robin Hood hats and black bow and arrows, with the unbirths symbol on their chest. These were known as the Anarchy Archers.
"Gaston!" Adam yelled in an almost…growl? "Get out of my castle!"
"As if Beast! Besides im not here for you." Gaston snapped his fingers. An Archer appeared behind Belle and took her over to Gaston.
"Adam!" Belle screamed trying to break free of Gaston's grip.
"Belle!" Adam and Sora yelled.
Adam, Sora and Kairi ran at Gaston until a giant green flame took form in-between them. When the flame went out, Maleficent stood in its place. "Maleficent!" Sora, Kairi and Goofy yelled.
Maleficent smiled a wicked smile. "Hello there Sora. I see you have acquired a few more keybladers. No matter. I have what I came here for." Maleficent grabbed Belle.
Adam looked furious. "You get your hands off her witch!"
Maleficent turned to Adam. "Ahh Beast…" she started.
"It's Prince Adam to you!" Adam screamed.
Maleficent scowled. "You dare raise your voice at me?" she raised her staff. "You may not look like a beast anymore, but you shall always be a beast! You lived a beast and now you shall die a beast!"
Adam began to glow. He grabbed his chest in pain. He knew this pain all to well.
Maleficent opened a portal of darkness. "Good work Gaston." She then walked through taking Belle with her. While the gang was busy watching Adam, Gaston and his crew ran from the castle.
Adam was lifted into the air. His body began to change. His bones began to shift making sickening cracking noises. His back started to expand, tearing the fabric of his shirt. His hands grew large and rapidly started to sprout hair, the nails growing into filed claws. His legs became triple jointed. His face grew hair as fast as the rest of his body. His nose and mouth turned into a snout and black horns came from his head.
Adam was once again….the Beast.
