"What did you do?" The tip of Kairi's keyblade pointed at Aurora's face. It shook in her hand from the restraint she exercised to not beat the blond princess's teeth in. Snow White placed a hand on her shoulder, steadying the young girl.

"She would have bled out on the couch if we didn't do it," said Aurora. "I had do something. I don't see any of you stepping up to lead. I'm doing the best I can!"

"You killed her." Snow White's hand was still bruised from Belle's last grip. A dark purple and blue contrast to the red cheeks on either side of her hand that covered mouth. "She was alive. We went upstairs. Now she's dead. You. Killed. Her."

"Calm down, Kairi. It was what Belle wanted. She knew what we were doing," said Jasmine.

"Is it true?" Alice asked Ariel. Areal sat by Belle's side. Silent. Belle's eyes were still open, her face twisted in pain, and her leg smoking from the burn.

"I think so?" She looked from Belle's face to Aurora's then to meet Alice's gaze. "Everything happened so fast. Aurora shot fire from her hands, used some words I don't know, and then ordered me and Jasmine to hold Belle down. I didn't know she was going to die." Ariel's face grew pale as she told her story. The more thought she gave it, the worse it sounded coming out of her mouth. "I was worried she was too hurt. She was joking about talking clocks."

"You knew magic?" Kairi swung the keyblade at Aurora. Aurora stepped back as it sailed through the air in front of her. On her back swing Alice and Snow caught her and held her arms back. "Why didn't you use it earlier? You could have kept this from happening!"

All eyes turned to Aurora.

"I know some. It is limited and, in case you have not noticed, there are no items here to restore the magic. One look around here can tell anyone that this place is empty. I have to be careful with when I use my magic."

"Saving Belle from the heartless wasn't enough of an emergency?" Asked Jasmine.

"You've seen them move. On a good day they never stay still. Today they have become ravenous beasts that were eating away at Belle. If I missed I would have burned her alive."

"Looks like you found time to finish the job," said Snow White. Aurora slapped hard. No one was more shocked than Kairi, who until that moment, was being restrained by Snow White to keep her from beating Aurora within an inch of her life.

"I am Princess Aurora. Daughter of Stefan and Leah. First in line to the throne, blessed by fairies, gifted with magic, and not one to tolerate such accusations!"

"Stop. Just stop. This isn't getting us anywhere." Kairi relaxed her grip on the keyblade and it disappeared once more. The girls let her go. She drew in a deep breath in hopes that it would calm her nerves. "We can't change what happened, but I think we can all agree that no big decisions should get made without asking everyone. Next time you want to set something on fire, ask all of us."

Alice, Snow, Jasmine, and Areal nodded. Aurora crossed her arms and looked down at the small brown haired wielder of the keyblade. Words were poised on her lips but she closed her mouth and nodded as well.

"There's something you need to know," Alice moved a hand across Belle's face and closed her eyes. "When Belle died the barrier around this shop grew weaker. Now that everyone's stopped shouting I know for sure. It feels different. Like a weight on my shoulders got heavier. Can you all feel it?"

Jasmine closed to her eyes and took a deep breath. She placed a hand over her heart and let out the breath. She nodded, confirming what they all felt. Whatever inside of them was keeping the heartless out was now working harder to make up for Belle's absence.

"We are all going to die here if we don't find a way out," said Snow White.

"You shouldn't be so grim," said Areal.

"I shouldn't? We opened the door to Kingdom Hearts. We only escaped because of Sora and his friends. Where are they now?" asked Snow.

"Gone." Answered Kairi.

"Gone. Along with everyone else. I can't even see out the windows because there are so many heartless out there. Heartless that eat people!" Shouted Snow White. "And our great leader doesn't mind sacrificing us if it means she has a chance to escape later."

"You're not going to make things better by tearing down Aurora," said Ariel.

"If anyone has room to complain it's Snow. Both Aurora and Belle hurt her." Jasmine turned to look Aurora in the eyes. "You aren't the only princess here. I've been raised from birth to rule Agribah and it's people. I will forget more royalty than you will ever meet. I know a spoiled brat when I see one. Hit someone else in here and I'll kick you out."

"No one is opening that door. It'll break the barrier," said Alice. Her earlier slip up when closing the door was still fresh in her mind.

Kairi's closed hand summoned the keyblade once again. The sounds of the women around her quieted in her ears. They were talking in circles and Kairi didn't feel like trying to calm everyone down again. Maybe it was something adults just needed to do. Now that the blade hummed in her hands she could see a glowing circle next to the fire place. Kairi stepped into the circle and a display lit up in the air above her keyblade.

"Welcome to the save menu," said the closest Moogle. Kairi looked back over her shoulder, but the room was frozen in place. Aurora had a hand up with small flames licking at her open palm. Snow White had both arms in front of herself, already afraid of the magic princess's next action. Ariel had two hands wrapped around Aurora's arm trying to hold her back. Jasmine was taking a step to get between Aurora and Snow. Alice was frozen mid step as she backed away from the conflict.

"What is this?" Asked Kairi.

"The save menu. Would you like to repeat the tutorial?" asked the Moogle. It's bat wings flapped as it hung in the air, bobbing in the still room.

"Why did everyone stop moving?" asked Kairi.

"Only the keyblade wielder can move when the menu is open," replied the Moogle.

"I think, I'll hear the tutorial."

Kairi felt her entire world shift under her feet when the moogle explained the menu system. She looked down at the keyblade's display. There were three spaces. Two of them were filled. She checked the timer in the corner of the visual.

"The second file has a star next to it and the time is an hour ahead of the clock in the corner. Why is that?" asked Kiari.

"The current save is updated at the end of the mission."

"I think I understand. So I can make a save in the empty slot, right?" Kairi selected the empty space and the display changed to a red error message.

SAVE DATA CORRUPTED

"Error. World data has been corrupted. Attempting to fix. Error. Identifying source of corruption." The moogle's wings slowed down and the red ball changed to yellow. A moogle from the comer of the room started drifting forward to join the first.

"You are unable to save while your party has a corrupted element," the second moogle informed Kairi.

"The princesses of heart are pure. None of them are tainted by darkness," said Kairi.

"Not darkness. The system allows for darkness. Corruption. This world has been altered beyond the ability to save. As long as the corruption is in your party, you cannot save. Exiting system," said the new moogle. Both broke apart and dissolved in a burst of rainbow color.

Aurora closed her hand in shock from the rainbow burst. The other girls all took a quick breath in. The keyblade dropped to the floor with a heavy thud. Kairi was nowhere to be found.