We're Back Folks!
Did you all enjoy Christmas? Did Santa deliver everything you ever asked for? Were you all good boys and girls?🎄🎅
"Maybe?" Maverick teased. 😏
Also this is a long overdue question. Yes. I saw Spider-Man No Way Home three times. And OMG 30000! This was the best MCU film I have ever seen since Avengers Endgame! This movie was truly remarkable and sensational! Amazing and spectacular! holy Crap! I wanna talk more about it but I don't know if everyone has seen it yet. All I can say is a highest 10 out of 10 for me. This film not only improved Tom Holland as Spider-Man for me and many others. But it opens up new doors and opportunities for future stories that haven't been done before. And it's so much like Endgame but combining everything about Spider-Man in one packaged Superhero. Even if Tom's Spider-Man isn't the only one. ️ 🏆
"Woah man! Don't spoil the film yet!" Maverick warned.
I'm not Mav. They already know Doctor Strange is in it.
"Oh." Maverick said.
Anyway. I also got to see Encanto again now that it's on Disney Plus. and I am making plans for that film in the future Kingdom Hearts III story I'll write.😉
For now. Let's focus on this story after answering some comments.
Haxorus knight: Thank you! And yes there will be. 😉
olehbilenko93: Thank you! I appreciate your support.👍
RustyPete12: Thank you! Those ideas were made possible by another friend of mine named Alton. Especially the one about SHS Doom's mother. And about everyone's reaction to Maleficent being perma-dead. All the characters have there personal feelings and relieves. But as long as their are Keyblade warriors and as long as Sora fights the Heartless. Evil will still be out there. But there will always be heroes to fight them. Including 'You know who' in Kingdom Hearts III.👍😉
Alrighty! Now that we're all here!
LET'S GET DANGEROUS!😎
Tale As Old As Time.
That evening at the Beast's Castle...
Tonight was the night the Beast was finally going to confess his love for Belle. In hopes that she will love her back and break the spell. After such a long time spending so much together with her. Saving her from dangers of other worlds. Teaming up with Sora and his team at certain moments. It was all leading up to this moment. Lumiere and Cogsworth had the Beast prepared for this night. Helping him with his lack of confidence and reminding him of Belle's patients and her co-operation. Belle did things like drink from her bowl because the Beast didn't remember how to use a spoon. Like she was meeting him half way and having the tender patients he needed to improve.
He eventually got better at that. But now, tonight they were to dine together. Socialize and dance. As if they were meeting for the first time. And it was all taking place in the main hall of the castle. Now cleaned and polished for this wonderful night. Where a soon to be lovely couple, have the honor to spend the night together.
Belle entered from the left side stairs, dressed in a beautiful yellow ball gown with the dark yellow gloves that reached past her elbows and yellow heeled shoes.
She walked down the stairs, the main hall now looking much more lively with light and color, the light blue curtains that stretch from the window and follow up both stairways.
Slowly she walked down the stairs, a radiant smile on her face as she looked around the now more lively castle. As she reached the bottom of her set of stairs, she looked up to the top of the right set of stairs, where the Beast, or Adam, stood nervously.
The Beast was now dressed in a white dress shirt underneath a tan vest, a blue coat, and black dress pants.
He looked on nervously before Lumiere waved for him to go on. Composing himself, the Beast began walking down the stairs until he stood in front of Belle. Belle looked up at him with a beautiful smile, which the Beast returned with a great big happy smile of his own.
The two bowed to each other just as Mrs Potts began to sing, and the Power Fantasia began to take its effect.
Mrs Potts and chip were sitting on a table serving table. Watching as Belle and the Beast lock arms together like a date as they descend down the stairs. The music fit the moment.
"Tale as old as time~ True as it can be~" Mrs Potts sang as the foot stool dog was running around barking happily for Belle and the Beast.
Belle shot a smile at the dog stool as they headed down to spend the evening together.
"Barely even friends~ Then somebody bends~ Unexpectedly~" Mrs Potts sang beautifully for them.
Then later on. They took this evening to the dining room for a fancy dinner together. After spending the whole evening together, this was sure to go in the right direction for both of them. And hopefully the kind of love that will free everyone in this castle.
"Just a little change~" Mrs Potts sang as Beast attempted to eat soup with a spoon as Lumiere watched. When he did so successfully.
As Belle was eating, a coat rack came over and began playing the violin. Belle smiled excitedly at this and got up from her chair to walk to where the Beast was sitting.
"Small, to say the least~" Mrs Potts sang as Belle guided a reluctant Beast from his chair and into the ballroom to dance.
"Both a little scared~ Neither one prepared~ Beauty and the Beast~" Mrs Potts sang as Beast looked nervous about dancing, yet Belle just smiled kindly to encourage him.
The Beast gulped as she held his hand and guided his over hand to her back. Belle smiled up at him. Helping him by showing the steps to dancing. And the Beast slowly took those steps and started to pick up on them as the music played.
Lumiere and Cogswoth were watching from the piano as Lumiere chuckled and nudged Cogswoth who grinned back.
"Ever just the same~ Ever a surprise~ Ever as before~ Ever just as sure~ As the sun will rise~" Mrs Potts sang.
The dance continued as the Beast smiled and was starting to dance a lot better. Like a Prince as Belle was picking up on it. The entire ballroom was gleaming from how polished and heavenly it was compared to the rest of the castle. So large with a mural of angels moving and looking down in excitement for Belle and the Beast dancing.
"Tale as old as time~ Tune as old as song~ Bittersweet and strange~ Finding you can change~ Learning you were wrong~" Mrs Potts sang for the dancing soon-to-be couple as they were graceful and majestic.
The song fit them well.
"Certain as the sun~" Mrs Potts sang as they continued dancing. Belle leaned in and rested her head on the Beast's chest.
"Rising in the east~ Tale as old as time~" This surprised the Beast before he smiled happily towards Lumiere and Cogsworth who quietly rooted for them.
"Song as old as rhyme~ Beauty and the Beast~" Mrs Potts sang, looking on at the two with happiness.
"Shhh..." Lumiere whispered to one of the candle holders, causing the lights in the ballroom to dim. The two continued dancing happily all the while.
"Tale as old as time~ Song as old as rhyme~ Beauty and the Beast~" Mrs Potts finished the song as the Beast led Belle outside and onto the balcony.
And as the music and orchestra concluded. The lights in the ballroom dimmed as the Beast and Belle sat together outside. Smiling and holding hands.
Everything was in place. There was no reason for the spell to not be broken tonight. Love is about to make a confession.
Right?...
Back up on the Highwind II...
Sora, Donald and Goofy were seated on the sofa listening to Aiden's plan to find the Organization's secret lair. While showing the details on a holographic chart. Baby Groot was on the table eating candy as this was going on.
Needless to say. Aiden's multisyllabic words are enough to make their minds go blank as the trio were starting to get drowsy.
"Now according to the info from Xion, AKA Spike's other ex-Nobody and kinda sort of Rosebud's cosmic clone. She told us that the only way to gst into the realm they came from is through a quantum pattern linked between a certain set of worlds. Now given that we sort of started after our visit to the marvel world..." Aiden stated as he displayed the details. "I've set a perfect course for the cosmic algorithm to fit into the pattern. By..."
Then Aiden noticed that Sora, Donald and Goofy were all asleep and snoring real loud from getting bored from all the details. Aiden rolled his eyes and pulled out an airhorn.
"Groot, cover your ears." Aiden warned.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot placed cotton on the sides of his head.
Then Aiden blew the airhorn.
***HOOOOOOOOOINK!***
"AHHHH!"
"WAOOOAH!"
"WAAAAAAK!"
Sora, Donald and Goofy screamed as they jumped up and fell to the floor and ended up in a dog pile.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked if he could take the cotton off.
Aiden nodded letting him know as the little tree does so while finding their reaction amusing.
"AIDEN!" They all whine.
"Sorry to wake you Larry, Daryl and Daryl. But we just got a second chance from Doctor Strange and we need all hands on deck for this." Aiden stated while they groaned and sat back up on the couch.
Seeing that they were really wide awake now. Aiden resumed.
"Anyway. If we're going to form a pure source of light and dark energy in order to open a path to the realm of the Nobodies. We're going to need to travel the ship in a pattern by revisiting at least three of the worlds we came from with a few others we haven't been to yet. Starting with revisiting the Beast's Castle." Aiden suggested as he displayed the Beast's Castle on the holo-projector.
"We're going back to Beast's castle?" Sora asked, surprised with excitement on his face. "Awesome!"
"Gee, I wonder how they've been doing." Goofy said.
"Maybe they finally broke their curse." Donald stated in thought.
"Assuming that the last petal hasn't fallen yet." Victoria said as she came down the steps of the bridge with Kairi to join the others.
"Come again?" Aiden inquired about those details.
"Me and Tori did some research and discovered something important about the rose in the Beast's bedroom." Kairi beamed.
"Really?" Sora was interested.
"Wait, you both did some research together?" Aiden inquired with a grin.
"We're not just two hot vixens meant to look cool and good when kicking ass Aid." Victoria rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's witty humor.
"Noticed she said 'not just'." Aiden muttered to Sora while they held in the need to snicker.
Oh boy. Aiden never learns.
*Pow*
*Thump*
"I'm sorry, did you say you wanted your ass kicked?" Victoria asked sternly, with Aiden now on the floor with a lump on his head and Victoria's foot pressed down on his chest, giving a bit of warning in her tone.
"Oh, the joys of foreplay." Aiden groaned, obviously not taking the hint.
"Well, Kairi has always been the smartest and prettiest girl back on the islands" Sora stated once he got a hold of his snickering.
"Awe. You really think so?" Kairi asked with a slight blush on her face as she got close to Sora and wrapped her arms around his neck, making the boy blush at his girlfriend.
"I-I know so." Sora stuttered out while putting his hands wrapped on her waist, making Kairi giggle and lean in to kiss him, which he returned just as lovingly.
"See? They can play along." Aiden mused and winced on the ground from Victoria grinding her boot into his chest with a little electricity in her shoe.
"Oh we are playing along. Except Sora doesn't need a leash." Victoria playfully smirked down below.
"Was that a fact or a sneak peek for our future honeymoon?" Aiden mused.
*Zap!*
"Ow." Aiden deadpanned from being shocked as his hair was standing. Then he teleported off of Victoria's boot and was standing up with his hair looking normal again. Then he insisted. "Please continue..."
Victoria then displayed a new image on the holo-projector. The rose in the Beast's bedroom. Which was the enchanted rose that glowed a dark pink, with the flower being a bright red, and the stem and leaves being an almost withered green. And each petal that fell left behind sparkles of magic. Encased in a clear glass.
"Wait. Is that?..." Sora knew what that was.
"It is." Victoria confirmed.
"That enchanted rose is tied to the Beast's curse. And each petal on the rose represents how much time is left before the curse becomes permanent. If Belle and the Beast fall in love, the curse will be broken, and the Beast and all his servants will become human again. But if the last petal falls before they fall in love, they will remain in their cursed forms, forever." Kairi elaborated the story behind the rose.
"Woah...That's dark." Aiden bit his lip.
"Gawrsh. Ya mean they don't have that much left?" Goofy looked concerned since the last they saw the rose. There were so many petals fallen from it already.
"I assume none of you have ever read the book, right?" Victoria inquired.
"What book?" Sora and Aiden looked confused.
Kairi held up a book they found in a list of children's books in the ship's nursery room. The nursery was built just in case Aiden ever brought his cousins or little sister along for a space ride to another world.
The book was titled. 'Beauty & The Beast. By Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve.'
Aiden's eyes widened in realization.
"Oh crap nuggets. How the hell did we ever miss this?!" Aiden exclaimed as he was pacing and gathering his thoughts as everything was clear about that world. And why the other Princesses of Hearts were.
But Sora, Donald and Goofy were still confused.
"What? What's going on?" Sora asked, confused. "I don't understand."
"Ain't that a shock." Donald said sarcastically with his arms crossed.
"Alright than Donald. What's going on then?" Sora asked smugly, knowing he probably didn't know either.
"Oh that's easy…...Uhhhh…." Donald said, drawing a blank while holding his finger up.
"Hmmm…." Goofy began, rubbing his chin in thought. "Is it that what's going on with Belle and the Beast is based on an old story? With Belle being the Beauty and Adam being the Beast?"
"What Lancelot said." Aiden pointed at Goofy giving him credit for figuring out mostly.
"What you all probably don't know is much like the marvel comics. There are other worlds with stories that happened or haven't happened yet. Feeding mystical thoughts and inspirations that spark ideas into the famous stories writers that wrote these stories. The same applies to the versions of every Earth." Victoria explained for Aiden.
"Like that Justice League episode with the Justice Guild." Aiden referenced a good comparison.
"Bingo." Victoria smiled, complementing her boyfriend's quick thinking.
"Which means?" Sora nodded as he was trying to catch on.
"Spike. When you and Rosebud grew up in the orphanage. Did Miss Wahlberg ever read any fairy-tales to you and the other kids? Stories like Red Riding Hood. Goldilocks? The Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs? Princess Rapunzel?" Aiden was listing familiar names from the books Sora and Kairi use to listen to as toddlers.
And the books that taught Sora how to read.
"Well...Yeah. All the time. They helped us learn how to rea-" Sora started but stopped as something clicked, making his eyes widen. "Hang on, you mentioned having an Aunt named Rapunzel. Like in the book!"
"Or Aunt Zel as I call her." Aiden grinned as Sora was catching on. "Course she's really my first cousin, once removed but I digress."
"So, if Belle and Beast's world is similar to an old story, does that mean that the other Princesses of Heart and their worlds are somehow tied to other old fairy-tales?" Sora asked in realization.
"Exactly." Kairi chirped with a smile.
"Those other story books Aid mentioned like goldilocks and such, we haven't discovered the world of those yet. They either happened already or not yet." Victoria stated.
"Aunt Zel's story happened years ago. Along with another story that I swear would make one hell of a good TV-14 Game Of Thrones series." Aiden remarked about Rapunzel's adventures after leaving her tower and being reunited with her parents.
"So if the Princesses of Heart are from worlds that inspired fairy-tales..." Goofy pondered.
"And they're also from fairy-tales..." Donald was thinking as well.
"Then what book is Kairi from?" Sora asked as he wondered.
"I'm not from any book actually." Kairi meekly stated.
Then Jiminy Cricket hopped on the coffee table to explain an added detail to everyone.
"The seventh Princess according to the records from Ansem's computer. Has to be a chosen maiden of pure heart. Thus she is required to be a chosen keyblade welder." Jiminy elaborated.
Which shows how special Kairi's role was as the seventh Princess of Heart. The key that completed the set.
"So Ansem, I mean Xehanort's Heartless. And Maleficent. They knew you were chosen to become a keyblade wielder?" Sora asked, looking at Kairi.
"In a way, yes. When they found out I was the seventh." Kairi confirmed.
This was starting to make sense on why Kairi was taken to Sora. But in Sora's mind of assurance. Now that she's part of his team. And just as tough as Sora. No one can ever take her away again.
"Wait. What if we read the end of the book and find out what happens to Belle and the Beast?" Donald suggested.
"It's not that simple. Even though the rose in the book matches the rose in Belle's world. The story is completely different from their world. Even the beginning is different." Victoria explained.
"Meaning the ending could be different as well." Kairi figured.
"Granted, some books about the Snow Queen always betrayed my Mom as a villain. You should see some of the videos I made of Aunt Red causing a bond fire." Aiden remarked
Remembering how Anna burned so many books from across the multiverse that Aiden brought home. Saying that Elsa was the bad guy or a misunderstood anti hero.
"Gee, do you think that if there are stories out there that depict Queen Elsa as evil, then there might be stories that depict someone like Maleficent as good?" Goofy said in thought.
"If there are. We're not going to find them out there due to our passages through the multiverse being connected under a different quantum strand." Victoria answered Goofy's question.
"Like the Web of Realities in the Marvel World?" Sora asked.
"Right. Which means all the other worlds have a Web Of Reality and we just happened to have these worlds to travel to, out of all of them." Kairi stated.
"But even those heroes in the Marvel World have no way of connecting to all of their duplicate dimensions of the web." Victoria added. "Because they're not supposed to."
But the worlds Sora and the others have been to other worlds. Then those visits were supposed to happen.
"Golly. It kinda gives you that feeling that all of our adventures happen for a reason." Jiminy reflected on this as he sat down on a notebook like a seat.
"Like destiny." Sora grinned looking at everyone.
Before anyone else had something to add to that. IRIS pinged an alert on the ship.
'Attention Guardians. My dark sensors have picked up the presence of Organization Thirteen down in the world we're about to enter.' IRIS alerted, which got everyone's attention to stand up.
"Oh no! Are they near the Beast's Castle?" Sora asked, looking ready to fight those Nobodies again.
'Negative. They're presence are detected in a nearby town called Villeneuve. A few miles away from the castle.' IRIS clarified.
"Vari-what?" Donald looked confused.
"Wait. Maybe that's where Belle lived originally." Goofy figured.
"But why would she be back over there?" Kairi wondered.
"I don't know. But we won't find out sitting up here playing Jeopardy." Victoria suggested.
"I agree with the Wonder Babe. And My keyblade thirst for...Whatever a Nobody has for blood. Maybe black licorice kool-aid." Aiden quipped as he summoned and spun his keyblades.
"Right. Let's gear up Guardians!" Sora agreed as they ran for the bridge to teleport down to Belle's home town.
Down in Villeneuve...
After that wonderful dance they had. Belle was offered a chance to see her father through the Beast's magic mirror. Seeing that her father Maurice was out in the old sick and near death from his long days trying to find his daughter. Belle became worried and feared for his life. Despite what the Beast was risking and what little time he had left according to the three last petals on the rose. He decided to set Belle free to ride off and save her father, because he loved her.
But since Belle hasn't returned that love back yet, the curse is still in effect.
Belle left the Beast's Castle to save her father Maurice from dying in the cold and brought him home to recover. She explained all that happened with the Beast to her father, including what happened in her kidnapping to Hollow Bastion.
Just as it took a while for Maurice to process all of this. A hunter and a self proclaimed town hero named Gaston. Also known as the 'Man Among Men', who a whole back tried to seduce Belle to marry him. But Belle refused seeing what a total pompous asshole he was.
So Gaston had a new scheme. Having her father reported to a French asylum that was going to take her father away for making up crazy stories about Maurice's daughter being taken by a hideous Beast. Out of desperation to save her father. Belle used the magic mirror lended to her in order to prove the Beast's existence to everyone.
Frightened by this revelation as Belle tried to explain to the villagers that he is kind and gentle. Gaston was embedded by a darkness of jealousy and prejudice to form an angry mob to go down to the castle and kill the Beast.
Belle was now locked up in the basement of her house, along with her father with no way out. In order to keep her from warning the Beast. Belle was trying to force the door back open. Banging her fists on it as she was desperate to save the Beast.
Belle even tried forcing a window open from on top of a workbench with the end of a broom.
"I have to warn the Beast!" Belle stressed as she was worried and anxious to save him. "This is all my Fault! Oh Papa, what are we going to do?"
Maurice helped her down from the window and held his daughter trying to comfort her.
"Now Now. We'll think of something." Maurice assured her with a determined expression.
Suddenly a bright light shined outside the window with a noise that almost broke the sound barrier. It caused several tools to shake and the walls to vibrate.
"What the devil?" Maurice inquired as they tried to look out the hole of the wooden door. But an empty carriage was blocking their view.
Then the light stopped flashing as the sound stopped. Then Belle heard voices she recognized.
They heard someone whistle as if he were impressed and quipped with a pun. "Now I know where I'm throwing my next Bonaparte-y"
"Focus Aiden. We have to find the Nobodies." They heard a young girl hiss a response.
"Or Belle if she's out here." They heard a young man say.
"Gawrsh. Where could she be?" They heard a silly voice say.
"I don't know? Hello?! Anyone home?!" A fowl guttural voice called out.
"Well if they were. You just gave them Otitis." The first voice quipped about an ear infection.
Belle gasped as she recognized those voices talking outside.
"It's Sora and his team." Belle whispered in surprise and hope before calling out to them as loud as she could. "SORA! DONALD! GOOFY! HELP!"
"Belle?!" Kairi heard the voice from outside.
Where are you?!" Sora called out.
"I'm in the basement! Papa and I can't get out!" Belle called with all her might, hoping they would get to her.
"Stand back." They heard Victoria say.
Then Aiden used his strength to pull and rip the doors off to free them. Sora came over and offered them a hand and helped Belle and Maurice out.
"Are you alright?" Donald asked out of concern.
"What happened?" Goofy asked, looking worried.
"Why aren't you at the Beast's Castle?" Sora added.
"There's no time to explain! Adam is in trouble! He's going to kill him!" Belle stressed.
"Who?" Victoria asked.
"Gaston!" Belle exclaimed in duress. "He gathered an entire mob to attack the castle and kill Adam!"
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot inquired. Translated: "What kind of name is Gaston?"
"I would explain it but I'm kinda beyond fart jokes at this point." Aiden whispered to him.
Not really. Aiden just didn't think it was a perfect time.
"It's okay Belle. We'll head down and stop them. Follow us to-" Sora almost assured Belle until they saw a fog surrounding the area. And a park portal opened as Xaldin appeared.
"Do not interfere, Guardians." Xaldin warned. "The Beast's fate is sealed."
The team turned and glared back at the Organization member.
"Belle. Run." Kairi warned Belle.
Belle followed her advice as she ran with Maurice to their horse Phillipe and quickly rode off to the Beast's Castle. Xaldin was too focused on the Guardians to care about stopping Belle.
"The Beast's heart is filled with despair after making a sacrifice. In losing Belle. He has lost all love in his heart. She left him and in return, he can't never learn to love again." Xaldin sinisterly stated.
"YOUR WRONG! He let her go because he loved her!" Kairi protested. She knew this because those details were in the book.
"She's right! And that love is going to win over whatever comes their way! Even you and the rest of the Organization!" Sora stated, backing his girlfriend's words with his own.
"Who ever said we were going to get in their way? I've been sent to keep you all busy." Xaldin revealed. "The Beast's despair is a strong darkness in and of itself. And that darkness will bring him down. But don't worry. In the ashes of his demise. We will make good use of his Nobody and his Heartless.
"Over your dead body Tekken." Aiden shifted into his Maverick shift.
Victoria shifted into her Blaze suit.
Then Sora and Kairi shifted into their armored suits as they all stood against Xaldin ready to fight.
"I believe you have that backwards." Xaldin waved his hand around the fog.
Then the fog slowly started to form a cloud of darkness that waved over all of the Guardians and swallowed them up. Leaving the entire area around the village empty.
Back at the Beast's Castle…...
Aa the Guardians were being taken by the darkness. Everyone was staggered as they were floating around the dark matter. But Sora was the first to respond by a slash of his keyblade. Which broke through the darkness causing it to fade. The next thing they knew. The Guardians were now standing on the East Wing roof of the Beast's Castle.
They looked around to notice this as they recognized the lay out. And the grim theme of the gargoyles stationed around the roof.
"Uh excuse me?! Hoodwink?! I know you wanna make us miserable and all, but it's a pretty dumb ass move to bring us at the place you're trying to keep us away from!" Maverick deadpanned condescendingly as they looked around for Xaldin.
"You will be witnesses of his curse becoming his end. This despair will benefit us." Xaldin smirked as he appeared and the roof in front of them.
Then suddenly spawns of Nobodies appeared. Each in a class of Berserkers. Dragoons. Dancers. And Sniper Nobodies. The spawns of enemies surrounded the team with Xaldin standing in the middle of the group. Each looking hostile and ready to fight.
"Look whatever the Boyz-N-The-Hood are paying you all, I'll double it." Maverick stated humorously to the enemies standing with Xaldin. Then he inquired. "Wait…..You're all doing this for free, aren't you?!"
Then Xaldin summoned six different mini cyclones that spun around him until they left to reveal metallic combat lances underneath. Xaldin grabbed and held onto three of those lances while the other three hovered around him.
"Word of the night….Tacky." Maverick muttered as the team stood together.
"Donald. Goofy. Keep the shooter and dragon looking ones busy." Sora gave the Disney duo a tactical strategy.
"Got it." Donald and Goofy nodded and ran into battle with Dragoons. Goofy's shield blocked the shots with the snipers.
"Kairi. Tori. Protect the castle from the big ones and the weird break dancers." Sora gave a protection strategy to the girls.
"We're on it." Kairi nodded as she and Blaze went into battle with the Berserkers and Dancers. Since they could do the most damage to the castle, it's up to them and their gifts to protect the others.
"Aids? Are you up for sending another Nobody to the unemployment line?" Sora remarked as he stood side by side with the Maverick.
"Hell to the yeah." Maverick gripped his keyblades as he stood with Armored Sora.
Then the fight began.
As the keyblade duo spun their weapons. Maverick and Sora clashed with Xaldin as their attacks and slashes of their keyblades against Xaldin's spinning lances. Maverick and Sora would both flip to avoid the slashes of three lances that were held in Xaldin's hands as they gave their all to try and take him down. But those lances were causing them to lose energy as they kept dodging and blocking those things.
Blaze was using fire mallets to block the attacks from the Berserker Nobodies and smashing them across the roof, while Kairi was spinning and countering their hammers into smashing themselves. In fact Kairi twirled in the air, hooking two hammers being held by two Berserkers onto her keyblade and flung their arms up to smash each other's heads before she landed on their feet taking them out.
Donald and Goofy were taking good care of those teleporting Sniper Nobodies. Thanks to Aiden's simulation training, they both came up with a new tactic to take care of those sharpshooters. Donald would use his mage staff to shoot fireballs at them while Goofy would use his shield to send their blast shots back at them. They both spun while doing this as they kept it up.
It started to thunder and rain during the intense battle as the angry mob ran out of the castle fearing for their lives. Seems Lumiere and Cogsworth showed those bozos they mean business. But Gaston made it up to the Beast's Room. Gaston managed to shoot an arrow into the Beast's back shoulder and knock him out the window, laughing evilly as he kicked the Beast off the balcony and rolled down the roof and on the bottom ledge. Gaston leapt down to the Beast in order to engage in a fight. But the Beast refused to fight back as he was broken. From losing the woman that he loved. He couldn't live without Belle, he just couldn't.
"Get up! get up!" Gaston kicked The Beast causing him to groan and roll over. But he still refused to fight as his face read pain. Not just from the fight. But from heartbreak.
"What's the matter Beast?!" Geston laughed and mocked him quoting Belle's words. "Too kind and gentle to fight back?"
Meanwhile back with Maverick and Sora. They were fighting trouble trying to get past Xaldin's lances that were spinning and trying to land lucky shots, as Maverick's suit stopped playing the music from using a lot of energy.
Sora was starting to get tired. But it was like Xaldin had an energy boost as he stood with his arms crossed smirking, while his six lances did the fight for him.
"What's going on?! It's like this whole night is on his side!" Sora exclaimed as he was blocking the attacks from Xaldin.
"I don't know! Either the French CVS gave him some mean steroids or-" Maverick was about to say when he looked up from where they were standing, and noticed Gaston up there with Beast. Which made his eyes widened in realization. "Or despair really is on their side."
Xaldin's dark magic is being fueled by the Beast's broken heart. As long as the Beast refuses to fight back. Xaldin's is being straightened by that same darkness. If the Beast doesn't fight back, Sora and his team will lose.
Sora looked up and gasped as he saw Gaston ripping the blunt end of a gargoyle off to use as a club. He was about to finish off the Beast.
"Adam! Come on, fight back! Don't give in!" Sora yelled out but Xaldin's lances were causing a whirlwind too loud for the Beast to hear.
"He can't see or hear you, Sora." Xaldin grinned.
Sora glared as he tried to run up and save the Beast, but one of Xaldin's lances knocked him backwards. "Ugh!" Sora grunted as he rolled over.
Maverick tried as well. But the pointed end of another lance impaled Maverick through the chest "Hole in one!" He exclaimed in pain before he was slammed back down to the ground.
"And you will not interfere. No one can save the Beast." Xaldin declared.
"Maybe….Not us." Sora breathed as he stood up and smirked. "But she can."
Xaldin looked over to see Belle arriving with her father on horseback. She looked up and called out seeing the Beast about to die.
"NO!" Belle yelled out in fear for the Beast's life.
The Beast looked down in bewilderment and shock to see Belle down at the entrance. She came back?!"
"Belle?" The Beast breathed.
"No! Gaston, don't!" Belle pleaded from below.
As Gaston was about to bludgeon the Beast to death with his makeshift club. He held something caught his hands as he looked up in shock to see his hands being blocked by neon energy.
"Oh no you don't, Bluto." Maverick quipped as he had his hand held up despite being impaled on the ground.
Then the Beast got up and growled in anger at Gaston who was pushed back. And he began to fight back against the hunter.
"No." Xaldin glared.
"Oh yeah." Sora grinned as a light flared around him and Maverick.
The Maverick ripped off the lance to his chest and snapped it in half. Then he and Sora began to fight back against Xaldin who was now having trouble trying to block their attacks. The despair in Adam's heart was no longer there, and Xaldin's extra power was depleting. Giving Sora and Aiden an advantage. As Their weapons clashed with Xaldin's spinning weapons. And Maverick's music resumed.
Sora twirled in the air and slashed through Xaldin's second lance to knock him down off the roof. Xaldin hovered and landed at the bridge to the Beast's courtyard.
Then Armored Sora and Maverick landed in the courtyard and stood in a fighting pose against Xaldin who resumed the fight with them. And the music from Maverick's suit started playing for an ambiance to fight with.
(the Golden Age - Woodkid)
Listen, I can hear the call
As I'm walking through the door
Blaze and Armored Kairi were still taking on the Berserkers and Dancer Nobodies as they stood back to back on the east side roof of the castle, slashing their keyblades and spinning to slash and take out each that kept spawning. It seems they'll keep coming as long as Xaldin is still standing. But the girls still kept their grounds. Even Donald and Goofy were doing well with fighting the Sniper Nobodies.
Did you ever dream
We'd miss the mornings in the sun
The playgrounds in the streets
The bliss of slumberland
Maverick was spinning and flipping as he teleported to dodge Xaldin's attacks and constantly punch and kick Xaldin in the face while he had the upper hand. Sora took the opportunity to slash and break a third lance. Leaving the remaining three in Xaldin's Hands as Sora slashed at Xaldin causing damage.
But we are a family
No matter what they say
But boys are meant to flee
And run away one day
Meanwhile back up at the Beast. He managed to defeat Gaston as he glared at the hunter he had gripped around his throat. The Beast could've killed Gaston. But he didn't, because he's not a monster.
"Get out." The Beast snarled before he tossed Gaston aside.
"Adam!" Belle called out from the balcony of his room.
"Belle?" The Beast looked up at Belle and smiled as he sees Belle hold her hand out to reach for him.
The Beast slowly began to climb up the roof as he was making his way up to the woman he adores. He felt his heart and any remnant of despair and misery. Sadness and bitterness left his heart. Even though the spell isn't broken yet. He felt restored to have her back.
"Belle." The Beast breathed joyfully as he reached up and took her hand in his. Once he made it to the top while hanging on the balcony. He continued to hold Belle's hand and gently touch her face. "You came back."
Belle smiled happily and closed her eyes as she leaned against his touch. But then the beautiful moment between them ended when the Beast reared back and roared in agony. Belle's eyes widened in horror to see Gaston had stabbed the Beast on the side. Then as Gaston smiled evilly and pulled the dagger out to stab him again, Gaston failed to do so as he was losing his balance and the hunter dropped his knife.
Then Gaston lost his grip on the balcony and began to descend.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Gaston screamed as he fell to his death below the castle.
Meanwhile back with Xaldin. Maverick and Sora had him on his last legs as Sora grabbed Maverick's hand. Then Maverick spun Sora around before Sora let's go. Then Sora hurled himself towards Xaldin's and shifted into a new drive form. His Master Form. As his armor turned gold and he was now holding two keyblades. The same one he had in his valor form. In his Armored Master form. Sora thrusted both keyblades onto Xaldin and swiped them across the Nobodies. Causing Xaldin to slam into the wall.
When the golden age is over
When the golden age is over
But the golden age is over
The golden age is over
Xaldin clenched his chest as he staggered and stood up. His remaining lances stood stiff and shook as they lit up.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Xaldin cried out as he and his weapons faded into darkness. Xaldin was now gone for good.
Thus ending the fight.
As soon as Blaze, Armored Kairi. Donald and Goofy finished off the reminding spawns. The team members looked around and were relieved to see the fight over with.
Sora shifted out of his armor as his outfit was now gold in the Master Form. But the drive form soon depleted as his clothes turned back to a normal black color. Maverick shifted back into Aiden. Kairi shifted out of her armor. And Blaze shifted back into Victoria.
"I am Groot?" Baby Groot asked as his head peaked out of Aden's jacket pocket.
"Yeah pal. It's over we…." Aiden answered and didn't finish as he looked up in horror to see Belle helping a fatally wounded Beast over the balcony to keep him from falling. Which made him mutter. "Oh shit."
Kairi and the others with her looked up as she gasped with a hand over her mouth. "Oh no." She whispered.
Sora and Aiden climbed up to join the others as they were all seeing it happening. The Beast was dying.
"Come on!" Sora ran up the castle as the others followed.
With the aftermath of the battle against Xaldin. Belle managed to help a wounded Beast up on the floor of his bedroom balcony. Where the fatal stab wound was causing him so much pain and making it harder to breathe. Belle couldn't believe it as she was stroking the fur on his face hoping he would stay with her.
The Beast raised his chest up and down as he gave her a weak smile.
"Belle...You came back." He breathed.
"Of course I came back. I couldn't let them…." Belle said with deep sadness before hugging him as he laid on the ground. "Oh, this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner."
"Maybe... It's better..." Beast gasped out, saddening Belle. "It's better this way."
"Don't talk like that. You'll be alright." Belle said, trying to be brave, and touching his face in comfort as he coughed and gasped for breath. "We're together now. Everything's going to be fine. You'll see."
Beast continued to breathe heavily as he reached up and held Belle's left cheek lovingly, making her hold it.
"At least..." Beast breathed, looking towards Belle with what strength he had left. "I got to see you... One last time."
Belle smiled softly, snuggling her face in his hand. She felt Beast's hand lose its strength. She looked and saw Beast's eyes roll up as they closed and his head fell to the ground, his hand falling a second later. With that, the Beast was dead.
Belle gasped with her hands held in front of her mouth, tears now falling from her eyes in horror and sorrow, shaking her head.
"No. No." Belle said, slightly shaking him, trying to wake him. Please... Please."
Belle broke down, laying her head on his chest, crying.
"Please don't leave me!" Belle sobbed. "I love you."
Just as she said this, the last petal of the rose fell, the glow fading. Time was up.
Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Mrs Potts looked down witnessing this, tears in their eyes.
The Guardians arrived from behind the grieving Belle as Kairi gasped at the sight. Donald and Goofy looked sad and at a loss of words. Sora and Aiden could only stand there at the sight of despair. And Victoria was feeling the same. Baby Groot had tears in his eyes as he snuggled into Victoria's shoulder while she held him. It was as if Xaldin's words were true. Will Beast fade away and become a Nobody and Heartless?
Was all of the hard work Lumiere, Cogswoth and Mrs Potts and all the others who lived in the castle put towards getting Belle and the Beast together. Was it all for nothing?
Suddenly Kairi felt a loud hard pulse of radiance in her chest. As her eyes widened and she gripped her chest. Sora and Aiden were feeling the same as they gripped their chests. Victoria as well.
"You feel that?" Sora whispered to Aiden.
"Yeah?" Aiden looked and felt weirded out by this. Then he looked up and saw something. "Kay what's with all drunk driving shooting stars?"
The team looked up to see sparks of different color lights shooting in every direction. This could only mean one thing. Because Belle spoke and gave her love to the Beast before the last petal.
The spell is now officially broken.
Around Belle and Beast, the sparks increased until Belle stopped crying and finally noticed. She began looking around in surprise.
She felt herself be pushed off Beast as he began rising into the air. The sight caused Belle's eyes to widen in wonder, the same with Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Mrs Potts. As Beast spun slowly in the air, he became wrapped in his cape. His left hand rose in the air and shined as it changed into a human hand. A moment later, his legs shined as well, changing as well. Finally, Beast's head shined and slowly changed.
When the light show was finished, and The figure lowered to the ground, now a human being with slightly long brown hair.
Belle, now standing, tried to walk over to check on him, until he began to rise on his own, making her step back in surprise. As the figure slowly rose to his feet, he examined his hands in surprise. Before turning to face Belle.
Prince Adam lived again, and was human once more.
Belle was staring in awe and curiosity as he stood before here touching himself as he couldn't believe it.
"Belle...It's me." Adam beamed as he took hold of her hand.
Belle had a perplexed look that glowed in front of Adam's eyes. His eyes! Those eyes are not only the same color for the Prince in the portrait above the Beast's room wall. But they're the same blue eyes as the Beast's eyes.
Adam is the Beast. Which made Belle's eyes widened in joy.
"It is you!" Belle gushed softly as she touched his cheek.
Adam looked down at her with the same love in his eyes as he always does. And they held each other at long last. With a love that took awhile to build. They have been through so much together. And now as their lips inched over. They gave each other a well earned anticipating kiss as magical lights swirled around them to signal the end of a spell.
And as the lovely couple kissed. The lights sparked in the air. The Guardians were cheering and beamed from behind them as Aiden stood and smirked.
"I might as well." Aiden caused fireworks of ice and neon to flash in the sky.
One ice firework flashed with some words that read 'It's about time!'
Which made Adam smile up at the sky and Belle chuckled.
Then the sparkling magical lights that weren't from Aiden's powers began to magically change the castle.
At a rapid pace, the magic swept over the castle. The black stone walls became a brilliant white. The roofs of the castle changed to red patterned roofs, the demonic statues changed and became statues of men. And the dead vines wrapped around the Columns of the castle came back to life, and bloomed beautiful flowers.
Lumiere, Cogsworth and Mrs Potts hopped out onto the balcony where they began changing as well.
In a flash, Lumiere transformed back into his human self.
"Lumiere." Adam breathed out, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Another flash, and Cogsworth became human again as well.
"Cogsworth!" Adam said happily, bring him in to a one armed hug.
Another flash, and Mrs Potts transformed back into her human self.
"Mrs Potts!" Adam exclaimed happily, moving Mrs Potts' hat from her eyes before pulling all three of his servants into a group hug. "Look at us!"
"Mama! Mama!" Chip called out happily, riding on the back of the living foot rest before the living footrest flashed and became a shaggy dog again. A moment later, Chip flashed and he became a young boy once more. Mrs Potts picked up her son and brought him into a loving hug
"Oh my goodness!" Mrs Potts exclaimed happily.
"It is a miracle!" Lumiere declared joyfully as Adam picked Belle up and spun her around happily, both laughing and giggling in joy.
Belle's father Maurice came up stairs in time to see the happy sight that is his daughter in the arms of a man who is no longer a monster. After hearing the whole story on the way over here to save Adam. Maurice found it in his arm to forgive for his cruelty towards him and his daughter. After all, it came from a dark place. And it caused Adam to suffer as well.
But now the suffering is over and love has won the battle.
Kairi quietly squealed as she was happy for the couple while Donald and Goofy were hugging each other and crying cartoony tears of joy. Sora and Aiden fist bumped each other as Victoria gave Kairi two high fives
Belle and the Beast stopped spinning and laughing to smile at the Guardians. Sora and his team. The ones who got them this far in between the battles of light and darkness.
"Wow...So this is the real you huh?" Sora said in amazement towards Adam.
"Yeah. It is." Adam smiled like never before. Happy to be out of his own personal hell called the Beast.
Aiden looked around at what the castle really looks like. Heavenly and elegant instead of dark and gloomy. Which made Aiden humorously sulked.
"Awe man...There goes my future set for the Twilight Zone musical." Aiden he groaned.
"Oh brother." Victoria snickered and rolled her eyes.
Then Aiden shrugged and turned to Adam and Belle.
"So. What's next for Beauty and...Mr Beauty?" Aiden tried to think of another way to say that. "You sure you don't want to change your names to Jack and Jill?"
Belle and Adam laughed at this, finding his attempts at humor funny.
"I don't know. I'm still feeling excitement over the curse being broken." Adam stated, before he looked up at the clear blue skies in thought. "Truth is, I never really thought about what the future may hold. I didn't think I would come this far."
But no matter what the future will hold, we'll face it." Belle said with a smile, as she leaned her head into Adam's shoulder slightly. "Together."
"And we're happy for both of you." Kairi smiled at both of them.
"Definitely." Victoria agreed.
"Well. I wish we could stay and celebrate. But me and my crew have places to go and Nobodies to take down." Sora rubbed the back of his neck while saying. "Xaldin may be gone for good, but they're more out there plotting who knows what."
"But rest assured. They won't be desperate or stupid enough to come back here. Otherwise I'd feed their larynx to Vicky over there." Aiden quipped an assurance.
"I'd burn them first and chew em up with romaine noodles." Victoria snarled humorously.
"What's she said." Aiden shuttered.
"Still. If ever you need us again. Don't worry. This won't be our last visit." Sora promised as he offered Adam a handshake.
"Of course. Thank you Sora." Adam said, while he shook Sora's hand before turning to the others. "And thank you, Guardians of The Multiverse, for everything. Please know that you, your friends and family will always be welcome to my home."
"And I look forward to meeting your wonderful family, Aiden." Belle smiled at Aiden who gave her a grin and a wink.
"Yes. We'll await your return in the castle of our king and Queen." Cogswoth stated gracefully gesturing to Adam and Belle. Who both smiled at this.
"Oui. If they're no parents in charge. Why not?" Lumiere remarked to the position of a king and queen. Since Adam has no parents. He is now their King. And Belle is their Queen.
"And tea will always be on me. And not in me this time." Mrs Potts remarked with a slight chuckle.
"Goodbye everybody." Chip waved at them in her mother's arms.
"I am Groot." Baby Groot waved bye back.
"Belle, Adam. It's been a pleasure and a thrill." Aiden nodded and smiled and gave them a look. "Just don't invite us to Mardi Gras or the French New Years. Cause we're not above the age of 21 yet."
Some of them laughed as the Guardians were leaving on that positive note. While Donald froze and realized.
"Wait...I'm over 21!" Donald exclaimed looking offended.
"Gawrsh. I didn't know you liked drinking rusty water. Ahyuck!" Goofy chuckled, making Donald snorted.
Kairi came over and gave Belle a hug, who happily returned the hug to her fellow Princess of Heart.
Once that hug ended. They gave one final wave before the Guardians were beamed back up to their ship. Ready to take on the rest of their adventure. While Belle and the Beast's adventure was at an end.
Then as they watched their gummi ship lift off across the sky. Sora managed to drive the shift and sky write the image of a rose in the sky while performing some hot dog tricks. Before he zoomed off.
Leaving Belle and Adam to live happily ever after.
(Ending choir of Beauty and the Beast)
Certain as the sun!
Rising in the east!
Tale as old as time!
Song as old as rhyme!
Beauty and the Beast!
Tale as old as time!
Song as old as rhyme!
Beauty and the Beast!
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS! 👍😁
Next up will be more than likely Zootopia. To revisit Blake and Judy from the last story and I bet everyone is wondering what happened to Pete AKA Maleficent's sidekick. Well, I'll let my first hint answer that question for you.🐇🐇🔜
Also fun fact: I don't like eating turkey. Granted I like lunch meat turkey and stuff made from it like ground turkey. turkey burgers. Turkey bacon. Turkey pepperoni. But I never liked eating it whole. Not even a turkey leg. It's just such a gamey and acquired taste for me. it always was. And it was always hard for me to chew. So you can guess how tough it is for me to get through Thanksgiving every year. Ugh...
"boy. Every turkey across the multiverse now has a love-hate relationship with you. It's like saying 'I like him better when he's broken and battered'. Pretty sick when you think about it." Maverick quipped.😂
Yeah I guess so. LOL!😅
Oh I almost forgot. Yes I saw the finale of Hawkeye and I loved it up until the mid credit scene which I thought was stupid. But the show is still great with a surprise villain that opens new doors for future MCU installments that I'm hoping for.
Thank you all so much for reading! Be sure to leave your comments below to let me know your thoughts. Don't forget to add this story to your favs and follows if you like what you see!
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