The group lands outside a dark castle. As Sora, Donald and Goofy walk; Andi felt kinda wary about this place.
"Maybe we should look around first before we walk inside" suggested Andi, Donald and Goofy stop to look at her as Sora keeps walking. "You can always go back to the Gummi Ship. We can handle it without you" said Sora.
Andi glares at Sora "I'm not scared" says Andi
"I didn't say you were scared" said Sora as he glanced behind his shoulder. Andi snorts at him and walks past Donald and Goofy as look back and forth between them. As Donald and Goofy sigh at them as they followed the teens into the castle through large wooden doors into a dimly lit and empty hallway.
"Hey, what is this place?" asked Sora looking around as he walked in.
"It's huge!" commented Donald
"And sorta gloomy, don't ya think?" asked Goofy putting his hand next to his chin.
"I wonder who lives here?" said Sora
A loud familiar roar rings through the castle. Surprising everyone; Andi summons her keyblade and started looking around, "what was that?" asked Andi.
Goofy thought and looked at Sora and Donald; "Hey, does anybody else recognize that?" Asked Goofy.
They hear another growl. Which made the castle shake.
"Hey! That's the Beast!" said Sora happily.
"Yeah" said Donald.
"Maybe we should check up on him" suggested Goofy.
"Maybe we shouldn't, he sounds pretty angry" replied Andi looking around for "Beast".
"Look!" Exclaimed Sora as they look at a Shadow Heartless sneaks across the floor into the Parlor.
"C'mon!" said Donald
The four run to the room. Donald peeks around the door frame. Andi's back towards them as she makes sure nothing comes up behind them.
"Where did it go?" asked Donald as he, Sora and Goofy walk into the room.
His eyes meet a mysterious glowing rose under a glass case sitting on a table in the corner of the room. He walks over to it when the Shadow pops out of the ground, snapping Donald from his trance.
"Found it!" yelled Donald.
Many more spring up and surround them and Sora gets out his Keyblade; Andi joins in. As they fight the heartless more keep coming so Sora uses his Valor form to see if he could cause them to not reappear. More heartless kept appearing more then what they were getting rid of as they started getting cornered to the wall. "Aw, c'mon! Enough already!" complained Sora
"Somebody help us!" yells Donald
The doors slam open and Beast walks in with an angry scowl on his face. Sora, Donald, and Goofy look hopeful while Beast knocks away the Heartless that attack him; growling and roaring. Andi backs up a little as she looks at Beast as he stomps through his way.
"Just in time!" said Sora as he lifted his hand up. As Beast passes him his pushes Sora off his feet and knocking him to the wall. Goofy and Donald taken by surprise by Beast's reaction to seeing Sora didn't realise before it's too late as they were also pushed across the room. Until he got to the thing he wanted most was the red rose that Donald was looking at before the Heartless. He clenches the rose's glass, almost fondling it, and walks out of the room. Donald, Goofy, and Sora watch him leave. Donald rubs his head as they walked to the door.
"Gee, do ya think he maybe forgot who we are?" asked Goofy
"With this many Heartless around, something must be up" replied Sora
"Why'd he have to do that?" whined Donald as he stomped his foot angrily.
Sora returns to his orignal form while Goofy and Donald leave the room. He looks and sees Andi by the wall. Taking a deep breath she peels herself off the wall and avoids eye contact with Sora as she walks past him. Sora follows as they catch up with Donald and Goofy in the castle entrance. They see Donald taping his foot with his arms crossed.
"What is it?" asked Sora
"I just know I saw a lady at the top of those stairs..." answered Donald. They look up to the long staircase branching to the East Wing of the castle.
"Well... If the Beast is here in the castle, that lady musta been Belle, right?" said Goofy
"Yeah, maybe so. Belle might know what's happened to the Beast, too" said Sora
"C'mon! Let's go find her!" said Goofy
The four run up the stairs into the East Wing. Sora turns around and puts a finger to his lips, "Shhh!"
Goofy clasps his hands over his mouth as they sneak closer to the door.
"What am I going to do?" asked Belle discouraged and upset
Sora points to the door quietly. Donald and Goofy nod. Donald steps back from the door; "Okay" said Donald getting ready to run.
"Donald!" yells Sora
Andi puts her hand over her eyes as Donald blasts through the doors.
"Hey! Who opened the door?" asked Donald
"Oh, I'm so happy you're here!" said Belle happily as she grabs Donald and hugs him.
"Donald! Sora! Goofy!" exclaimed Belle
"Hiya!" greeted Sora
He and Goofy wave. Andi uncovered her eyes and stood there quietly.
"Put me down! Put me down!" yelled Donald.
Belle finally realizes and sets the dizzy Donald down. She looks at Andi.
"Who's this Sora?" asked Belle
Sora looks behind him at Andi leaning against the wall. "That's Andi; she's a Keybear" introduced Sora.
"Well it's nice to meet you Andi" smiled Belle. Andi just waved as she looked around the big room.
"Where's the Beast?" asked Donald
"Oh, he must be in the west wing. We don't talk like we used to" explained Belle sadly.
"Did something happen?" asked Sora
"Yes. Isn't that why you're here?" asked Belle as Donald, Andi and Goofy look to Sora, who shrugs.
"Not exactly. But we can still help!" answered Goofy, Donald nodding.
"Since we're here and all" continued Sora
"So the Beast won't talk to you?" asked Donald
"He's been acting strange lately. The only ones who might know why are locked up in the dungeon. I want to help them, but..."
"Wait a second. Who locked who up?" interrupted Sora
"The Beast locked up his servants" explained Belle.
"But why?" asked Donald
"That's what I don't know" answered Belle
"Hmm. Where's this dungeon?" asked Sora putting his hands on the back of his head.
"You can get to the undercroft from the west hall. The dungeon is down there" said Belle
"West hall. Got it"
"Be careful!"
Sora gives her a thumbs up. They leave and enter the west hall past rows of armor. Andi walks up close to the armor and looks at it closely in awe, "There should be a way into the undercroft around here..." said Sora interrupting Andi's gaze.
She turns and runs up with the others. Sora finds a wardrobe down the hall that seems to be blocking something, so he tries to move it. Behind, he sees a door; "Here it is!"
The wardrobe shifts turning to Sora surprising the group, "Do you MIND!?" asked the Wardrobe as it moves back again, blocking the door and goes back to sleep. Andi fall over in shock as the others looked at her. "That wardrobe just talked! That's not possible!-" Exclaimed Andi
The wardrobe started moving around almost about to wake as Andi puts her hand over her mouth to not wake it back up. Looking at Sora, Donald and Goofy who doesn't seem too fazed by the talking wardrobe.
"Have you seen talking wardrobes before?" Asked Andi in a hushed tone.
"No, but it's not that big of a deal. Once you go around other worlds stuff like this is pretty normal" replied Sora quietly.
"Forgive me that I'm not use to seeing wardrobes talking" snapped Andi.
"Well just letting you know if you can't handle a talking wardrobe you can wait at the Gummi Ship. Me, Donald and Goofy have it covered" said Sora flatly.
Andi opens her mouth and decides against it, shaking her head growling. As she watches Sora starting to push the Wardrobe slowly so it doesn't wake revealing the door again. It moved and wakes up; "And I was just starting to get comfortable...May I help you?" asked the Wardrobe looking at them a little annoyed.
"Huh? What? Oh, right-Belle needs us to go to the dungeon" explained Sora.
"Goodness! You're here to help my friends? Well, why didn't you say so?" said the Wardrobe smiling.
"Er..."
"I'm sorry I startled you. Oh, I used to be human, you know, until the Enchantress cast her spell. I was turned into a wardrobe when the prince was turned into a beast" she said
"The prince is the Beast!?" exclaimed Donald
"The Beast is a prince!?" exclaimed Goofy
"That's right. Although his behavior was far from princely at the time" she replied.
"What's this about a...spell?" asked Sora curious.
"Well, it was a cold winter's night..." she started leaning in to getting them interested. The four nodded, interested to hear more as they leaned in toward the Wardrobe. "And that's enough for now. You can hear the rest when you've rescued the others. It'll give you something to look forward to" said the Wardrobe.
Andi rolled her eyes and crossed her arms by the wardrobe's statement.
"Aww..." said Donald
"Hurry, now. The dungeon is damp and chilly. Certainly no place for a clock!" said Wardrobe.
"A clock?" asked Goofy.
"You'll find out soon enough."
"All right. Let's get going" said Sora. They enter the door to the undercroft and find a strange door with two stone creatures on it. Andi stopped and far away from the door. She felt a dark aura in the room.
"This must be it" said Sora as he walked toward the door.
"Sora, Donald-"
Donald walks over to the door and places an ear against it. The eyes of the Thresholder glow. Donald backs away from the door as the Thresholder comes alive and grab the keyhole of the door.
"Uh-oh!"
Donald runs before one of the Thesholder's slams a fist down on top of him. The Thresholder slams their fists together. Sora and Andi summon the Kingdom Key and Forbidden Melody. As Goofy and Donald held their wand and shield ready to fight. The Thresholder started shooting black orbs at them. Andi dodged them and double slashed it with her Keyblade. Donald using Thunder and Goofy blocking the orbs. Sora ran up to where Andi was and slashed the Thresholder a few times then used his Keyblade to open the keyhole that was showing. The Thresholder stopped turning back into stone revealing a Possessor coming out of the door.
"I got it!" yelled Andi as she jumped up and hit the Possessor.
Sora attacked it too and the Possessor went back to the Thresholder again. Gargoyle heartless appear. Andi looks as she starts landing.
"This is not over yet" she said
She hits one of the gargoyle heartless. One came up behind her and attacked her from behind making her fly forward. rolling in the air she hits the wall with her feet and pushing herself attacking the heartless.
Sora took care of the Possessor as Donald, Andi and Goofy took care of the other heartless. The Possessor went to the door again and started to attack. Andi blocked it with Goofy's help as Donald attacked the heartless. It went for Sora who dodged the attack. Andi charged at the door and was smacked by the Thresholder. Sora went up and also was smacked by the Thresholder with Donald and Goofy.
All hit a bunch of crated and furniture. Andi stood up slowly and jumped down and raced up to the Thresholder with Sora and the others. More gargoyle heartless appeared and Andi, Goofy and Donald fought them as Sora hits it and defeats the Thresholder/Possessor and the Possessor floats out of it. They watch it hover into the room and disappear. The door becomes unlocked leaving a shadow of where the Thresholder stood.
"You think the dungeon's past this door?" asked Donald
"C'mon, we gotta set those servants free!" replied Goofy.
"He's right. Let's go" agreed Sora.
They enter the door and find a small room with a few objects inside, a cloak, a Tea pot, a chipped tea cup and a candelabra, "There's nobody here" sad Sora looking around.
"You mean there's nobody to rescue?" asked Donald looking around alittle disappointed. Sora sighing putting his hands on his hips.
"Did someone say "rescue"?"
Sora and the others looked around as they heard a voice.
"Shhh! Keep quiet. It might be THEM."
"Oh, they look like nice to me"
"We are nice. We're your friends" replied Goofy in the room.
"Yeah. Belle sent us to find you" continued Sora.
A clock, a candelabra, a teapot, and a chipped teacup come to life hopping off their chairs and joining Sora's group, who bend down to their level.
"I'm Sora. Donald. Goofy. And Andi."
Sora motions to them as he says their names. Donald reaches to grab the cloak, scaring the rest of the servants and Goofy, Andi and Sora. Donald picks up the clock.
"...D-don't touch! I-I am self-winding, sir!" said the clock.
Donald inspects the clock, who is waving about as Donald starts shakes him.
"I'm glad you're okay" said Sora looking at the candelabra.
"It is we who are overjoyed to see you!" replied the candelabra.
Donald tickles the cloak's foot and pulls on his arm. Andi watched the clock as it moved and started laughing by Donald's tickling.
"Did somebody put a spell on you guys, too?" asked Goofy
"Yes, that's right! You've heard! It was the enchantress" replied the clock.
"It seems so long ago..." replied the candelabra sadly as Sora picks up the chipped tea cup and places it on the box with the Tea Pot, "It was a cold winter's night... An old beggar woman came to the castle, and asked for shelter" said the tea pot as the tea cup hopped back to her.
"But the master of this castle, which is of course, the Prince..." stopped the clock as Donald opens up the clock's window and plays with his pendulum.
"Stop that! Put me down this instant!" snapped the clock shuttting his door making Donald places him onto a box as Andi chuckles.
"Thank you!" said the clock dusts off and clears his throat.
"The master turned her away. All because of her, ahem, meager appearance"
"That's awful!" replied Goofy.
"Oui. He was a spoiled prince, so selfish and...How shall I say...cruel" said the candelabra.
"Lumiere!" replied the clock.
"The old woman warned our master not to be deceived by appearances... Still, he would not take her in" said the tea pot
"Then the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress" the clock.
"She turned the Prince into a beast, a shape she thought fitting for his cold heart" continued the Tea pot
"And to further punish him, everyone in the castle was enchanted, too" finished the clock.
"Wow... That's quite a story" commented Sora
"Yeah" muttered Andi.
"Is there anything we can do to help?" asked Goofy
"Let's get the enchantress!" yelled Donald.
"Oh no, dear" said the tea pot.
"We already know what needs to be done, but with the master out of sorts..." said Lumiere.
"He sure is acting weird" commented Sora.
"It's almost as if he's forgotten how to trust others" said the tea pot.
"You don't suppose he's been turned into a Heartless, do you?" asked the cloac looking at the other servants.
"Heartless!?" exclaimed Sora, Donald, Andi and Goofy.
"If they're a part of this, then it's a good thing we're here" said Sora
"Let's go find the Beast!" said Donald determined.
"Splendid!" said the clock happily.
Lumiere hops down and reaches the door, "Follow me, mademoiselle and messieurs. I know a shortcut" said Lumiere.
They continue into the undercroft. On the upper level, two suits of armor guard a door, "Allow our guests to pass!" ordered the clock. The suits step aside and the doors open. The tea pot, the tea cup, and Lumiere walk inside.
"After you" said the clock to Sora and the others; as they enter the secret passageway.
"Alright how do we get out of here?" asked Sora.
"I'm afraid we won't be marching out that easily. You see, the door leading to the other side is concealed by a sort of contraption" explained Lumiere
"What kind of contraption?" asked Sora
"Observe"
The clock jumps onto a crank, which lowers a dark flaming aura lantern.
"The lantern came down!" exclaimed Donald
"Indeed it did. If we could but light all the lanterns in this passage the secret door would open..." said Lumiere
"But, as you can see, the lanterns are already burning-with an enchanted flame" said the tea pot
"You must put out this enchanted flame before I am able to light the lanterns properly" continued Lumiere
"Can't ya just throw some water on 'em?" asked Goofy.
"I'm afraid that's not enough. But if you use the power of light..." said the tea pot.
"Hmm... How about I try using the Keyblade?" asked Sora.
Sora points the Keyblade at the lantern. The enchanted flame didn't budge.
"What about you and Andi try it?" Suggested Donald.
Andi and Sora glance at each other, without a word she summons her keyblade she points it at the lantern with Sora and light appear on their keyblades and the enchanted flame dies down and Lumiere lights the lantern normally.
"Bravo!" commented Lumiere
"Only three lanterns left! If we work together, we'll have that door open in no time!" said the tea pot.
"Piece of cake!" commented Sora.
"Again, it is not quite so simple, mon ami. Certainly you cannot expect Cogsworth to hang from that handle forever?" said Lumiere as everyone looks at the clock.
"What? Why? Lumiere! You-" said Cogsworth.
"If he gets tired and falls off, all the unlit lanterns will rise to the ceiling again" said Lumiere
"Before you can continue, you must see to Cogsworth. Once he gets his strength back, he'll grasp the lever again for you" said the tea pot.
"Good idea Mrs. Potts" said Lumiere looking at the tea pot.
"Let's give it a shot!" said Sora
Sora, Andi, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Lumiere repeat this on each of the other lanterns to open the passageway.
"Are we all set?" asked Sora
"Oui. The secret door should open now" said Lumiere
"But I don't see any secret door" commented Goofy looking around.
"No need to worry. Just push that block over there-the one that's sticking out" said Cogsworth.
"Got it" said Sora walking over pushing the block into the wall and it reveals a set of stairs.
"Now, I must check on the castle. I fear my absence has been too long" said Lumiere
"I'd best be off, too, dears, come on Chip" said Mrs. Potts
"Watch out for the Heartless!" warned Sora as Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Chip leave with Andi following them.
"Andi?" Questioned Goofy.
Andi looked over shoulder without a reply and kept following them.
"Come on! We don't need her to come along" said Sora as he watched Andi follow the others. Goofy and Donald looks at Sora.
"The master's room is at the very end of the west wing. I shall go on ahead and wait for you" said Cogsworth to Sora, Donald and Goofy.
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Andi, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Chip walked up to the East Wing when Heartless appear. Andi went in front of hem as she summoned her Keyblade. "Stay by me" said Andi as she looks at them.
She attacked the heartless and tried to keep Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Chip safe; as they make it to Belle's room.
"Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, Chip!" said Belle happily.
"Glad your safe mandamus" said Lumiere as he kissed Belle on the hand.
"What happened to Beast?" asked Belle.
"We don't know Miss. Sora, Donald, Goofy and Cogsworth where going to see him though" replied Mrs. Potts.
Belle looked sad and sighed. Andi was leaning at the wall with her arms crossed looking down. When she heard Belle she turned her head to the side and eyed her.
"You care about him a lot don't you?"
Belle looked at Andi who looked at her waiting for a reply. Belle nodded with a half smile. Andi nodded back and looked down at the floor again.
"I know how you feel"
Belle was about to speak but kept quiet. She saw that Andi was trying to open up something; something that kept locked up and could never find the key to fully open it. This girl that Belle never knew before seemed to trust her not all the way but enough of a glimpse. Andi looked up at Belle, shaking her head and sigh almost if she was defeated by the thought of even opening up to her. Andi looked down again. Andi almost felt as if she could kinda relate to Belle in some way.
"Mademoiselle?"
Andi walked outside in the balcony and shut the door. Belle watched her and looked down at Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and Chip.
"What is it Lumiere?"
"Don't worry everything will be OK" replied Lumiere.
Belle nodded and smiled.
"Thank you"
She walked outside were Andi was who was looking out. She seemed peaceful as she looked out. Belle walked up and stood beside her and looked at her.
"You know; you remind me of him" said Belle.
"Huh?"
"The Beast. He had a hard time trusting people outside his castle. He thought being mean kept him from getting hurt. But it only left him being lonely. I see that in you. You're lonely." Explained Belle.
"Humph...is that what you see. Well I hate to burst your bubble I'm doing just fine. I don't need anyone" replied Andi
"Everyone needs someone."
"Not me I'm fine on my own"
"So then how do you understand how I feel if you like being alone?"
Andi looked down curling her hands into fists. Andi feels her hand on her shoulder she looks at Belle, "you can trust me" she said.
Andi sighed. "I noticed you and Sora don't really get along. And if you know Sora he's friends with everyone" explained Belle.
"That's not a good trait to have. That's where people use you and that's how you get hurt. His friend he's looking for he's-"
Andi stopped and bit her lip as Belle looked at her.
"Never mind. Doesn't matter anyway. He hates me now even if I did start trusting him and I don't exactly blame him." Muttered Andi.
"I think you have him all wrong Andi. But it has to start with you" said Belle as she puts her hand off Andi's shoulder and looks out on the balcony.
"What do you mean?" Asked Andi
"You will have to be the one that will have to try. Once you do, Sora will see it." Replied Belle. Andi puts a small smile on her face.
"Sorry to interrupted this friend talk. But I think you have something I want" said a male voice.
Andi and Belle turned towards Belle's bedroom door and saw a hooded man standing in front of them. Andi glared at him summoning Forbidden Melody. Belle looked determined at the hooded man. The hooded man laughed. "So you're the new Keybearer we saw earlier. No wonder he likes you" said the hooded man to Andi.
"What?" asked Andi like he was crazy.
He laughed again, Andi clinched his teeth and death glared the hooded man.
"Forgot him already, well that will break his heart"
"What have you done to him?!" snapped Andi as she realized that he was talking about Roxas.
"Nothing yet. But believe me he'll receive that maximum punishment for his betrayal" chuckled the hooded man
Andi ran at the man and as she went for the attack he snapped his fingers and disappeared. Andi and Belle looked around. "He's down there!" yelled Belle looking down the balcony pointing at the front of the castle door.
Andi ran up to the edge to see where Belle was pointing seeing he looked up at them then proceeded to walk into the Castle. Belle ran inside with Andi right behind her.
"Mademoiselles?" said Lumiere….
To Be Continued…..
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Author's Notes: Oh my goodness! I love Beauty and the Beast quit a lot. I thought Belle would be the perfect character that would help Andi since hello she helped the Beast! Hopefully she takes Belle's advice. Because having Sora mad at you would be absolutely miserable while your traveling to other worlds with. But who is this hooded man that has Belle and Andi chasing him. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and be ready for a new one soon!