Oh, by the way, I forgot to do this in Chapter 9!

Obtained

***Cure Magic***

Balle watched as the Land of the Dragons grew smaller and smaller. Sora and the others were talking, but Balle paid minimal attention to their conversation. He was thinking about that dream and when he was fighting that member or Organization 13. Who was that guy? And what was he doing in his heart? There was also the whole Dark thing. Sora and the others had told him how badly she reacted to Shan-Yu knocking him out. It was touched that she cared about him so much. What would happen when he was seriously injured? He didn't want to think about it. Balle blushed when he thought about her glomping of him. She refused to let go for all of ten minutes, and still he had to pry her legs from around his waist while murmuring consolations. Sora didn't help things with his endless teasing, or Mulan's giggling. His thoughts were broken by Sora calling his name.

"Hey, Balle!" Sora called. "Where should we go?"

"Huh?" Was Balle's intelligent reply. Sora rolled his eyes and grinned, noticing the still present blush. "Don't even start, gaki!" Balle growled. Sora raised his hands in surrender, stupid grin still in place.

"I didn't say anything!" he chuckled. "Anyway, where to?" Sora asked pointing out the window. Balle looked out. A new path had opened, leading to a coliseum, but there was till the castle left to be explored. Choices, choices...

"There's only one way to solve this..." Balle declared. He pointed at the coliseum then the castle. "Eeny, meeny..." Donald groaned while Sora burst out laughing.

"That one!" Donald shouted pointing in a random direction, which happened to be the castle.

"Fine, thanks for stealing my thunder, showoff~!" Balle pouted. Sora snickered and piloted the ship towards the castle.

After going through the Gummi Route, the four of them walked into the entrance hall. It was very dimly lit, most of the light being provided by the moon.

"It's huge!" Donald exclaimed.

"And sorta gloomy, don't ya think?" Goofy added.

"I wonder who lives here." Sora thought out loud. This was answered by a loud roar the vibrated throughout the castle.

"There's our answer..." Balle muttered. Apparently Goofy recognized the roar.

"Hey, does anyone else recognize that?" he asked them.

Sora began to think, then the roar was sounded off again. "Hey!" he exclaimed. "That's the Beast!"

"Yeah!" Donald agreed.

"The Beast?" Balle asked. "As in the one that helped you in Hollow Bastion?"

"Yeah!"

"Maybe we should check up on him." Goofy suggested. Just then a Shadow streaked across the floor and into an open door.

"Look!" Sora exclaimed.

"C'mon!" Donald demanded as they all ran in after it. Donald peaked his head through the door. "Where did it go?" he asked as he stepped in. The others followed him, though they didn't spot any either. Balle's attention was drawn to a shining rose in a glass container. He also noticed Donald creeping up to it greedily.

"Donald..." he warned. Donald ignored him and was about to reach for it when a Shadow appeared before him. Quacking in surprise, Donald leapt back.

"Found it!" he exclaimed as they all drew their weapons. Balle looked around, they were surrounded by nothing but Shadows, however there were a lot of them, and it seemed like every time they destroyed one, two more took its place.

"Aw, c'mon, enough already!" Sora whined.

"Somebody help us!" Donald shouted.

Suddenly the doors banged open, causing everyone, even the Heartless to stop and stare. From the doors emerged a being that resembled several wild animals. It wore a torn purple cloak and dark blue pants. It's fur was brown and had blue eyes. The Heartless jumped at it, but the creature swept them away with an irritated roar.

"Just in time!" Sora exclaimed happily as he extended his hand for a high-five. The Beast gave him a cold stare and slammed him into the walls. Donald quacked in outrage before he and Goofy were also slammed aside. Balle simply stepped out of his way, not looking forward to being shoved violently aside. Beast then picked up the case containing the rose as though it were precious to him and walked out, ignoring them all.

"What was his problem?" Balle asked as he help Sora stand up.

"Gee, do ya think he maybe forgot who we are?" Goofy asked concerned.

"With this many Heartless around, something must be up." Sora said logically.

"Why'd he have to do that?" Donald muttered as he rubbed his cheek. Balle pat his shoulder sympathetically as he followed the Beast out the door.

"Let's see what's up!" Balle said. The others agreed and followed him into the entrance hall. Balle looked around and spotted Donald staring at something. Apparently Sora noticed this as well.

"What is it?" the boy asked. Donald turned to them slowly.

"I just know I saw a lady at the top of those stairs..." Donald replied. Balle looked up and saw no one.

"Well..." Goofy started. "If the Beast is here in the castle, then that lady musta been Belle, right?"

"Yeah, maybe." Balle agreed. Sora nodded.

"Belle might know what's happened to the Beast, too." he suggested.

"C'mon! Let's go find her!" Goofy said. They all nodded and proceeded to follow Donald up the stairs he thought he saw Belle on.

As they entered the east hall, Sora turned to them and made a 'shh' sound. Goofy covered his mouth. They quietly approached a door when they heard a woman's voice say, "Oh, what am I going to do?"

Sora silently pointed at the door, indicating that the lady, Belle, was inside. Donald nodded then walked to the front of the door. "Okay," he muttered, and charged at the door.

"Donald!" Sora and Balle hissed. Just as Donald was about to crash through, the door swung open, making Donald fall flat on his face. Balle, Sora and Goofy burst out laughing.

"Hey!" Donald shouted, his face clearly showing anger and embarrassment. "Who opened the door?"

After getting their laughter down, they peaked through to see a woman in her early 20's with brown hair and eyes, a white shirt under a blue dress of some sort, a belt around her waist, and brown shoes. She was beaming at the duck. "Oh, I'm so happy you're here!" she exclaimed as she recognized Donald. She picked him up and hugged him tightly making him begin struggling against her. She caught sight of them hiding behind the door and gasped. "Sora! Goofy! And who are you?"

"Hiya." Sora greeted with a smile. "This is Balle, our new friend."

"Nice to meet you, but I think Donald would like you to put him down." Balle said with a chuckle.

"Yes! Put me down! Put me down!" Donald shouted. Belle gasped and put him down with an embarrassed smile. Donald collapsed to the floor as his eyes became dizzy.

"It's nice to meet you too, Balle." Belle said. Donald recovered and stood next to them.

"Where's the Beast?" Donald asked. Belle looked sad.

"Oh, he must be in the west wing." she said. "We don't talk like we used to."

"Did something happen?" Sora asked concerned. Belle nodded.

"Isn't that why you're here?" she asked. They looked at each other in confusion.

"Not exactly." Goofy said. "But we can still help!" he added hastily upon seeing Belle's devastated look.

"Since we're here and all." Sora said. Balle and Donald nodded in agreement.

"So the Beast won't talk to you?" Balle inquired. Belle nodded again.

"He's been acting strange lately." she said thoughtfully. "The only ones who might know why are locked up in the dungeon. I want to help them, but..."

Sora interrupted her. "Wait a second. Who locked who up?" he asked confused.

"The Beast locked up his servants." Belle explained.

"What?" Balle asked. "Why?"

Bell shook her head. "That's what I don't know."

"Well then!" Sora exclaimed while running out the door. They waited for a few seconds and he came back in. "Where's the dungeon?"

Belle sweat dropped and said, "The dungeon is in the west wing."

"Alright, now we can go." Balle declared as they began their trek towards the west wing.

"It's really bright in here." Balle commented once they entered the west wing.

"There should be an entrance here somewhere..." Sora mumbled as they looked around. Balle looked around and spotted a wardrobe at the end of the hall. He walked up to it and spotted a door behind it. Balle went to the left and began pushing it.

"Hey guys, I found it!" Balle called to them. The wardrobe suddenly grew a face and glared at him.

"Do you mind?" it scolded in an English accent. They all gaped at it or rather, her as she scooted back into place. Once she was back in position she fell asleep.

They went into a huddle and spoke softly among themselves. "What are we going to do? The door to the undercroft is behind that wardrobe!"

"Well, we can try to push it…" Donald suggested.

"Or ask it to move so we can go through," Goofy suggested as well.

"I don't know… what do you think Balle?" Sora asked the raven haired boy. Getting no response, he turned to where Balle is… or was.

"Excuse me madam," Balle said to the wardrobe, getting the others' attention.

The wardrobe woke up and looked down at him. "Yes?" She asked.

"Um… sorry for waking you up earlier, but can you move over so we can go to the door?" Balle asked politely, sweat-dropping a bit.

"Why do you want to go to the door behind me?" She asked.

"We were asked by Belle to rescue the servants the Beast threw in the dungeon," Sora replied as he and the others walked up next to Balle.

"Oh, it's about time," the wardrobe smiled.

"May I ask you something?" Balle asked politely. After getting a nod he continued. "Why are you well... alive?"

"Oh, well, I used to be human, you know." she said. "That is, until the enchantress cast her spell. I was turned into a wardrobe when the prince was turned into a beast."

"The prince is the Beast?" Donald shouted.

"The Beast is a prince?" Goofy asked in equal shock. The wardrobe nodded.

"It was a cold winter night…" They began to listen. "And that's all you young yens will here before you rescue the others." They all fell over. "Now hurry, the dungeon is damp and chilly. Certainly no place for a clock!"

"A... clock?" Balle repeated. She sighed.

"You'll find out soon enough."

"Alright then, let's get going!" Sora said as he opened the door. They walked into the undercroft, where they saw a stone door with the figures of two monstrous-looking guardians on the sides of the keyhole. Donald ran to door and tried to push it open. The figures' eyes glowed yellow for a second. Donald quacked in surprise and jumped back. The figures turned black and started to move. They glanced at the four of them as they drew their weapons. Then two more clawed hands covered the lock from the other side of the darkness.

Balle ran forward, dodging the fists as he goes and whacked the hands on the lock. Thanks to Scan ability, Balle can see the weak spot of his enemies. After a couple of seconds, the creature (called Thresholder) slammed Balle with its fists throwing him back. Balle quickly used Aerial Recover, another move that he learned, and landed on his feet. Then a few bat like Heartless with hooks as their tails, called Hook Bats, appeared in the room. Donald focused on those, while Sora, Balle and Goofy worked on the Thresholder. Pretty soon, the Heartless was beaten enough that it lost its grip.

Sora jumped up and pointed his Keyblade at the lock and shouted, "Freeze!" A clicking sound was heard, and something black flew out. The Thresholder turned into stone.

"That's what's controlling it!" Balle shouted as he began attacking it. It didn't fight back, but after being destroyed, it flew back to the Thresholder and resumed the cycle.

"Balle!" Sora called. They stood together, pointing their Keyblades at the Heartless.

"Light!"

"Give me strength!" The beam of light their Keyblades produced struck the lock dead center, destroying the Heartless. The Thresholder dissolved into dust.

"Finally..." Donald muttered.

"C'mon, we've got to save those servants!" Balle exclaimed as he walked to the door. They nodded and went through the door.

When they walked in, it didn't seem like anyone was there. "Um… this is the dungeon, right?" Sora asked, confused. There was just a clock, a candlestick, a teapot and a teacup.

"You mean there's no one to rescue?" Donald asked, looking around for the servants.

"Did someone say 'rescue'?" A voice, with a French accent, asked.

"Shh!" Another warned the first then said with a British accent: "It might be them."

They looked around in confusion. "Oh, but they seem like nice boys to me," a woman, in a British accent, said.

"We are nice, we're your friends," Goofy said with reassurance, trying to seek out the source of the voices.

"Yeah, we were asked by Belle to rescue you guys," Balle added, looking around for the source.

This seemed to relieve the voices. The clock, candlestick, teapot, and teacup jumped off their respective platforms and walked over to them. "Whoa!" Balle exclaimed. The others were in similar states of shock.

"I'm Sora," the Keyblader introduced himself. "Donald. Goofy. Balle." he continued, indicating the others.

"What are your names?" Balle asked.

"Oh yes, where are our manners? I'm Lumiere," the candlestick introduced himself.

"My name is Cogsworth," the clock introduced himself, then Donald picked him up. "Hey, stop that!" He complained as the duck shook him. "I am self-winding, sir! Put me down!" Donald and Goofy continued to inspect Cogsworth with curiosity.

"And you can call me Mrs. Potts," the teapot introduced herself. "And this is my son, Chip," she continued, indicating the teacup with a chip missing.

"So how did you guys get this way?" Balle asked them.

"It's a long story," Lumiere replied.

"It was a cold winter's night…" Mrs. Potts began as she and Lumiere went back to their respective spots.

"An old beggar woman came to the castle seeking shelter…" Cogsworth continued for her until Donald started messing with the swing. "Hey, stop that at once!" Cogsworth snapped at him as he shut the door with the swing.

Balle laughed silently. "Hey Donald, put him down," Balle said. Donald sighed and put Cogsworth down.

Cogsworth then cleared his throat and continued, "…however, the Master turned her away because of her… meekly appearance."

"The beggar woman warned him not to be fooled by appearances, yet he still turned her away," Lumiere continued, then mused: "The Master wasn't very… princely back then, and he's… how should I say it… cruel."

"LUMIERE!" Cogsworth scolded.

"Then the old woman's ugliness melted away, to reveal a beautiful enchantress," Mrs. Potts continued. The others don't like where this is going…

"Did the Beast… or should I saw the Prince… ask for her forgiveness?" Balle asked.

The servants glanced at each other nervously. "He did… but because of the Master's refusal, she put a curse on him, into a shape of what she thought his heart is like," Cogsworth replied.

"And to further punish him, we were cursed as well," Lumiere added.

"Let's get the enchantress!" Donald suggested.

"Oh heavens no, dears" Mrs. Potts shouted.

"When did this all happen?" Balle asked.

"I would say close to ten years ago." Cogsworth estimated.

"The enchantress is long gone after putting the curse on the whole castle," Balle replied, and then added: "Besides, what's done is done."

"Anyway, do you guys know what's up with the Beast?" Sora asked, "He's been acting strange."

"We don't know, but we think that something is messing with his head," Lumiere replied. Balle somehow had a distinct feeling of who it is but couldn't place who it is.

"Yes, it's like he's turning heartless." Cogsworth said.

"A Heartless?" Donald shouted in shock, and the others are in shock to.

"If they're involved, then it's a good thing we're on the job," Sora said, with determination.

"Alright. Let's talk to the Beast." Balle nodded.

"Splendid!" Cogsworth exclaimed, pleased that they'll help.

Lumiere hopped off from where he stood and went to the door. "Come on Monsieurs!" Lumiere called to them, "I know a secret passage!" They all nodded, and followed the French candlestick out the dungeon.

They followed Lumiere to a balcony at the undercroft. On it was two suits of armor that looked impassable, and behind them was a door.

Cogsworth walked up to the front of them and cleared his throat. "Please make way for our guests!" He commanded. To the quartet's amazement, the suits of armor stepped to the side and stood still once more. The door that was once blocked slowly swung open, and all of them walked through.

As they entered the secret passage, Balle looked around. "Okay, where do we go from here?" He asked the servants.

Lumiere looked at Ash. "Ah, there is a secret door in this hall," he replied, "And it is hidden by a strange contraption."

"What sort of contraption?" Sora asked.

"Observe," Cogsworth stated, getting everyone's attention. He jumped up to a handle that swung a switch down with his weight. Four lanterns dropped down in various parts of the passage, and one was right next to them. It seemed to be covered in darkness.

"If we can light all the lanterns here, the way can be revealed," Lumiere explained, "However, the lanterns are already lit."

"Can't ya just throw some water on 'em?" Goofy asked.

"I could, but the flames on the lanterns are enchanted," Mrs. Potts replied, "If only we could use the power of light…"

Sora was hit with an idea. "How about I use the Keyblade?" He asked as he summoned his weapon. Sora used the light to shut out the darkness, Mrs. Potts put out the flame with water, and Lumiere lit the lantern with a normal flame.

"Wonderful!" Lumiere cheered.

"Just three more to go!" Mrs. Potts cheered.

"Piece of cake!" Sora said, putting his hands behind his head.

"I wouldn't be to sure about that, Monsieur," Lumiere warned. They all looked at Cogsworth, who was struggling to keep himself up. "You don't expect Cogsworth to hang there forever, do you?"

Cogsworth was outraged. "What? Why? Lumiere! You-" He began to say until someone grabbed him and put him down. He looked up and saw Balle holding the handle.

He looked down at the clock. "Don't worry Cogsworth, I'll hold it for you," he said with reassurance, "I'll wait here until you guys are done."

Cogsworth took a deep breath of relief. "Oh, thank you Sir Balle," he thanked.

Balle smiled. "You're welcome," he said.

The task was done and everyone regrouped at the end of the hall. "Now the secret door should open," Lumiere said.

Goofy looked around in confusion. "But, I don't see any door," he said, a tad worried.

"Don't worry," Lumiere said, brushing away their worry. "Just push on that stone, the one that's sticking out."

Balle nodded and walked up to the stone and pushed it in until it was even with the rest of the wall. There was rumbling happening beneath their feet, and a portion of the wall in front of them dropped down to reveal a hidden passage to the west hall.

Lumiere stepped forward. "Well, I'm going to check on the rest of the castle," he said to them, "I fear my absence has been too long." He went out, and Mrs. Potts did the same.

Cogsworth turned to face Sora. "We need to go talk to the prince," he said, "I'll be waiting for you at his room at the end of the west wing." Then he walked out. The quartet did the same.

After battling the Heartless along the way, Balle walked up to the door to the Beast's room. He was about to open the door when he heard voices on the other side of the barely closed door. They were about to ask what was wrong when Balle silently shushed them. He took a peak into the room. He looked around the room before he saw the Beast's back. It seemed he was staring at something.

"It's time, you dealt, with Belle," a person said, sounding like an elder man. "She's going to take everything you have," the man continued, walking to the center of the room revealing him to be wearing a black coat with a his hood covering his face, "Your castle, your precious rose. And then… your life. Trust no one. Feed your anger! Only anger, will make you strong!"

"I have enough of strength," the Beast said, "All I want now is-"

"What?" The man asked him. "To love, and to be loved in return? Who could ever love a beast?" The Beast turned to him and roared in anger.

Balle narrowed his eyes at the person. He looked away from the door and to the others. "C'mon! There's someone talking to the Beast! It looked like an Organization member!"

"The Organization? C'mon, let's get in there!" Sora exclaimed. He kicked the door open and they burst into the room, drawing their weapons. The man turned to face them.

"See? She has accomplices," he said to the Beast. The man waved his arm and a barrier appeared behind the Beast and the quintet, then he disappeared.

Sora walked to the Beast. "Hey, Prince!" He called out to the Beast.

The Beast didn't seem to hear him. He looked up and roared. Then he lunged at the group. Everyone got out of the way. The Beast glared at them and roared. "That doesn't look good." Balle muttered as they saw some kind of dark aura surrounding the Beast. The Beast charged at them, but Cogsworth appeared out of nowhere.

"Please Master!" the clock cried. "Compose yourself!" he hit the Beast with some kind of energy, sending him flying back. Cogsworth began gathering more energy, Ash and Sora protecting him as he did so. After enough energy was gathered, he sent it at Beast, making the Beast drop to his knees. Cogsworth ran over to him.

"What happened?" He asked. "Cogsworth? What's going on?"

"Well, Master... ah, you see... that is..." Cogsworth stuttered. "How shall I say... ah, actually... mmm..."

"Well, to start, you threw all your servants into the dungeon." Ash said while crossing his arms. "Name's Balle, by the way."

"I did what?" Beast asked in disbelief.

"Uh… you did!" Cogsworth replied, hesitantly.

"Who was that guy you were talking to? The one in the black coat," Balle asked.

The Beast thought for a second then gasped. "Xaldin!" He exclaimed. He growled. "That's his name. He came from the darkness. He… he used my anger to control me!" He looked down to the ground. "He turned my sorrow, my pain, my anger… and turned it all into rage!" He looked at his hands solemnly. "There was nothing I can do; I could no longer see the truth…"

"Hey, don't feel bad," Balle said, trying to cheer him up. "It's not your fault that Xaldin manipulated your emotions. You didn't know that."

"Yeah! And you threw your servants in the dungeon, so you can protect them!" Goofy added.

"Yes, Master!" Cogsworth threw in his two-cents. "We've all seen how kind you can be."

"Was that it? Was it to protect them?" The Beast asked.

"We think so, and so does Belle," Cogsworth replied.

"Belle!" The Beast exclaimed, then he sighed and looked down. "I've mistreated her… I've mistreated her and been so selfish."

"She didn't say that," Balle said.

"She would never tell anyone of my cruelty," the Beast quickly replied. "She's too good."

"You see?" Cogsworth whispered to them. "I'm afraid he judges himself far too harshly."

"Why don't you just go talk to her?" Sora suggested. Beast looked away.

"But..."

"Hey!" Balle exclaimed. "No excuses!"

"Yeah, we'll go along with you!" Sora said grinning. Beast gave a sigh.

"Very well, and... thank you."

"Alright, let's go!" Balle said as he and Sora dragged Beast out of the room.

After defeating the Heartless that got in the way while they were going to Belle's room, and Balle seeing the Beast's abilities, they made it to the room. But all they saw was the wardrobe.

"Master!" The wardrobe exclaimed.

"Don't worry, he's back to normal," Balle said, calming the wardrobe down.

"Where is Belle?" The Beast asked.

"Oh, she left," the wardrobe replied, "Saying something about going after a man in black…"

"WHAT?" The Beast roared, scaring the wits out of Donald and Goofy. Sora and Balle were unfazed. "Why doesn't she do what she's told?"

The wardrobe turned away from him. "Temper, temper!" She said, obviously used to his temper, "Her spirit is what makes her special, you know."

"If Belle is following Xaldin, then she's in trouble!" Balle exclaimed.

"Well then, we gotta find her!" Sora suggested. Beast nodded, and they all ran out of the room.

They got to the entrance hall when they heard Belle's voice. "I'm warning you! You'll be sorry!" She shouted.

The group looked around for the source. "Belle! Where are you?" The Beast yelled.

"Beast! Help!" Her voice replied. They turned to the doors behind them. "I'm in the ballroom!"

The five quickly ran to the doors and burst in, where they saw Belle running from something. "Belle!" The Beast exclaimed.

"I'm alright!" Belle she shouted as she ran outside to the porch and closed the door. From the ceiling, a Heartless wrapped in chains tried to get her. It turned around and spotted them.

Infuriated by this, the Heartless roared, then it flew to the middle of the floor and jumped in. As it popped out, the whole room became coated with darkness. Before they knew it, the whole ballroom became a dark arena.

"Oh boy…" Balle said as they got into fighting stances. He quickly scanned the Heartless and found its name to be Shadow Stalker.

The Heartless then flew up to the chandelier and merged with it. The chandelier dropped down and started to attack with flames. Sora and company attacked the chandelier until the Heartless was weakened, and then Sora used his Keyblade to release the Heartless.

"Did we beat it?" Donald asked as the Shadow Stalker began to pant.

Then it roared and covered itself in darkness. "I'll take that as a no…" Balle said, then the chains began to get sucked in.

A few seconds later, the dark cocoon suddenly burst and a Heartless with an extremely big jaw with blue thorns around it and orange hair.

"Whoa!" Sora exclaimed.

They went into their fighting stances again as the Heartless, that Balle and Sora identify as the Dark Thorn, turned invisible. Balle tried to find it until something grabbed him and threw him to one of the pillars. Balle quickly recovered and grabbed one of the pillars and used the momentum to swing back to the Dark Thorn and whacked it on the head.

"Nice!"

Dark Thorn suddenly became transparent, though not invisible. They managed to continue to attack it by looking for its silhouette. Balle ran to the Heartless, jumped onto its head and jumped high up onto the chandelier. He grabbed the chain that held the chandelier to the ceiling and forced it down. When it smacked the ground he shouted to the others, "MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!"

They comply and moved out of the way. Then Balle spun the chandelier, making it spin and move around the room. One part of the chandelier caught the Dark Thorn and dragged it along, making it turn visible. Balle quickly jumped off and the Dark Thorn was thrown when the chandelier rose up to the ceiling. It suddenly grabbed Sora and began spinning wildly. Sora was thrown at frightening speeds.

"Sora!" Balle called as he held out his hand. Sora nodded and grabbed it, the momentum causing Balle to begin spinning at incredible speed. Balle then flung Sora at the Heartless, the Keyblader slashed straight through. The exterior of its body cracked, and it shattered into many fragments of darkness which vanished. The ballroom immediately turned back to normal.

"Nice work you two!" Goofy praised.

"Alright! We did it!" Balle shouted as he and the others cheered.

"So you think," a voice taunted them. They all looked back at the entrance of the room and spotted the Organization member.

"Xaldin!" Beast yelled, and they all ran to him.

"Farewell," Xaldin muttered, then he enveloped himself in darkness.

They all stopped as soon as he disappeared. "What does he want?" The Beast wondered.

"He's probably with the Organization," Sora answered. Beast turned to him. "Ever heard of the Nobodies?" Sora continued, "When a strong-hearted person becomes a Heartless, a Nobody is created too. The Organization controls those Nobodies."

"Yeah, and he was going to turn you into a Heartless, so they can get your Nobody and have control of it!" Goofy hypothesized and realized at the same time. They all nodded in agreement with the idea.

Goofy gave out a 'A-hyuck!' when Belle ran back inside the ballroom. The servants walked into the ballroom. The Beast walked up to Belle. "Belle… I'm sorry, I wasn't myself…" he said to her then he turned to the others for some help. Sora urged him onward. Beast sighed and looked at Belle again. "I really hope I didn't hurt you…"

Belle smiled. "Don't worry, I know you weren't yourself," Belle reassured. "But, you could at least change a little bit." Beast flinched at that sentence. "I wish you could start trusting me."

"Oh… I'm afraid time is running short," Lumiere remarked with worry.

The quartet looked at him. "Why's that?" Balle asked.

"Remember the rose?" Lumiere asked him back.

"From the Beast's room?" Donald asked.

"You see, if the Master learns to love and get love in return when the last petal falls…" Cogsworth replied.

"The spell, will be broken!" Lumiere finished.

"Really?" Sora asked, then crossed his arms. "You think he's going to make it?"

"We think so," Mrs. Potts said with a smile.

Goofy smiled as well. "Yep! I think your right!" He exclaimed.

"I hope you're right," Sora remarked in disbelief. Then suddenly, the Keyblade appeared in his hand, as did Balle's Oathkeeper. They looked up at the ceiling and got into position. Back at the Beast's room, the rose's container levitated in the air and gave out a familiar glow. A bright flash of light appeared in the room and ended, meaning that they had opened another gate.

"What happened?" Beast asked as he and Belle walked up to them.

"The gate is open!" Donald shouted.

"Do you really have to go?" Belle inquired.

"We'll be back soon!" Balle responded. He noticed Sora picking up an emerald green stone off the ground.

"And if you heard anything about Riku or the King, the Nobodies, the Organization- anything at all, let us know!" Sora said after absorbing the spell. "See ya guys later!" Sora said as the quartet waved good-bye to them as the Gummi Ship beamed them up.