Kingdom Hearts 2: Vanessa's adventure

Chapter 38: The Prince's Castle

"Hey there!" Sora said as we entered the Beast's, oh I mean the Prince's castle again. My whistle echoed as we approached the nervous Prince. "Wow, you look good. Out on a date?" I asked with my eyebrows raised.

He looked down and was angry about something. "Hey, prince what's wrong?"

"Why are you guys here?" He asked.

"The nobodies' world has to be out there somewhere. We're looking for a way in." Sora answered.

The Prince started making his way up the stairs and turned to us. "Tonight's very important." I smirked at this; how sweet he's treating Belle.

I saw the brown haired princess, she looked so beautiful with that yellow princess dress. It was so lovely yet simple. Belle looked so much more beautiful than her name. She smiled at her prince and they both curtsied. I crossed my arms and smiled at this. Yet I couldn't help but blush to imagine Riku and me like that. AIIIEEEEE! My prince Riku! (Sorry, but I just love him to bits!)

"Do you think we came at a bad time?" I turned to Sora and frowned.

"Maybe we did." I agreed.

"Well, there's only one way to find out." Donald said and started running towards the ballroom.

"Donald, get back here!" I shouted out.

"And of course, our welcomed and lovely guests are welcomed too." Lumiere winked at me as we stood in the ballroom. I smiled nervously at this; seems like he didn't forget me.

"A welcome indeed." A voice said and I gulped. We looked around. It sounded like that guy who tried to turn the Beast into a heartless; Xaldin was his name. The Prince wrapped his arms around Belle protectively. I ran towards them and looked around then saw the hooded man. "Hey you!" I called out.

"You never know when to quit." He mumbled and I growled at this.

"Well get your ass down here so I can show you what I'm made of!" I yelled and the Prince growled.

"Get out!" Xaldin laughed at this.

"If you don't change, then I'm afraid you'll change back into a beast again." The Prince charged at the nobodies and pushed them.

"Not tonight!" Belle mumbled and Xaldin clicked his fingers. Five more nobodies appeared and we were surrounded.

"I've come to take something you hold very dear." Xaldin said.

"Not on our watch!" Me and Sora shouted and we engaged in battle with the nobodies. My keyblades disappeared and my friends looked at me with worried looks. I clenched my fists and yelled, "DARKNESS!" Dark clouds surrounded me and I opened my eyes. My destructive darkness appeared in my hand and I growled. "Let's fight fire with fire!" I started to fight the nobodies and we finally defeated them. My keyblade disappeared and the darkness melted away.

"We're okay!" Belle and the others entered the ballroom and I sighed with relief.

"Thank goodness Belle's okay!"

"Guess Xaldin didn't take anything after all!" Goofy said and the Prince flinched at this. Within a blink of an eye, he left and Belle followed him out of the ballroom.

"What's going on?" Sora asked.

"Maybe Belle isn't the only precious thing to the Prince." I mumbled. "Come on; let's check out what's going on." I led the way. We ran around the castle fighting nobodies.

We got to the Prince's room and he was pacing around the room breathing angrily. "ARGH!" He yelled and I thought it was the Beast again. "What's wrong?" Belle asked. "Just calm down."

"CALM DOWN? You just had to have a party didn't you? Don't you see what's happened?" Belle looked a bit hurt at this and I growled myself.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? You don't speak to Belle like that; heck you don't speak to anyone like that!" I said.

"The rose, he took my rose!" He muttered and I looked at the empty table.

"Surely you can find another rose…" Belle tried to calm him down.

"SILENCE! You don't know anything!" I stood in front of Belle defending her.

"Don't take out all your rage and anger on Belle. She doesn't deserve it and it's not like she stole the rose!" I said through my teeth. The Prince ran a hand through his locks and sighed stressfully.

"I'm sorry…" Belle apologised and I shook my head.

"You don't have to apologise Belle." I used a softer tone.

"But…"

"Belle, Vanessa I want you all to leave this castle." I couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth.

"If I don't get that rose back, I won't be fully human, it's dangerous here." He said. "When you first got here I tried to change. But I was only fooling myself I can't be any different." He looked at his hands. "I'll always be a beast at heart, so I'll live like one." My eyes started brimming with tears. No, that wasn't true! "…With no one alone. Goodbye Belle..." My eyes widened, it was as if it was Riku talking to me about the darkness when we last saw each other.

"You can't mean that." She mumbled.

They stared at each other and I hugged my sides. A year and millions of tears ago I was in the exact same position with Riku. Belle turned around and I looked up at her. "We'll help get the rose back and he'll calm done. You just need a bit of patience and hope." I said and she nodded as she walked off; poor Belle.

"Prince…" I trailed off.

"Leave me alone." He sulked and I shook my head.

"Come on, you used to be fearless. You would give up your life for Belle. Don't you know what that meant to us? You gave us all courage, especially me. But maybe you should have kept some for yourself. If I were you, I wouldn't have thrown my happiness out of the way, because I know how it feels. I've lost so many people who were dearest to me." I looked at the ground and sighed.

"You're rose is your last chance isn't it?" Sora asked. "Don't throw your last chance away! Remember what it was like before Belle lived here?" The Prince realised this.

"See? You can't give up, not now." I stated.

"I know one thing!" The Prince growled.

"What?" I asked curiously.

"That this castle belongs to me! Xaldin will never be welcome here!" The Prince turned to us and I smirked whilst nodding; we were ready!

"So Prince… you came after all." Xaldin said as we reached the entrance hall. "You had me worried. I was afraid you'd given up for good."

"What do you really want?" I shouted.

"Kingdom Hearts, once it's ours we can exist fully and complete." He took his hood off and I growled.

"Kingdom Hearts isn't for you, it isn't for Xemnas, it isn't for the Organisation, and it belongs to everyone! No one can control it, no one but the x-blade wielder! You have no right over it Xaldin; go tell that to your allies!" Tears started falling down my cheeks. Just because of Kingdom Hearts, all of this was happening. All this suffering, all this pain, all this destruction! He froze and became quiet for a moment, then continued.

"So you see, Prince that's why we need you heartless AND nobody!" There were four flying nobodies in front of us and we started to fight. Then we followed Xaldin outside.

We heard muffling and it sounded like someone was in trouble. I turned around, "Belle!" Xaldin had her and leaped from the castle to outside of the castle's grounds. We ran out there as fast as we could.

Xaldin asked the Prince what to leave behind, Belle or the rose. He answered Belle, and at that moment, Belle elbowed him got the rose and ran towards us. "Way to go Belle!" I cheered on and she smiled. Xaldin summoned his six lances and we started to fight.

Just a few minutes into the fight, my keyblades dropped to the ground. I panted; he was really hard to fight. Then he grabbed my wrist. "There's something very interesting about you. I think you're more valuable than anything. Say goodbye to your friends." Oh no he didn't! I was quiet for a few second until I muttered darkly, "You're messing with the wrong girl Xaldin."

I turned to look into his eyes, darkness within my sapphire blue eyes. Dark clouds surrounded me and I screamed with all my might, "DARKNESS!" He let go of me and stepped back.

I opened my eyes with my destructive darkness in my hand and I was floating in the air. We started to fight, me and him. The darkness made everything easier and better. He was on the ground and I raised my keyblade above me.

A dark power was growing from my keyblade. "This is for everything you've done to the Prince and Belle!" Those were the last words and I shot the darkness at him. He started to scream and in no longer than a second he faded into darkness, never to see the light again.

I closed my eyes and placed my hand on my face. That sucked the living life out of me and I fell to the ground, falling unconscious. But I knew that everything was going to be okay…

Still got a long way to go Vanessa! Please review!

~Parisa01