A brand new world here everyone. ^^ The next few chapters will be specifically for this world, just as the last few have been for Twilight Town. This sort of structure will happen for every world used in the story.

Disclaimer: I do not own any KH related characters, plots, etc, all original characters have been added to the story with permission from original creators.

Chapter Ten - Let's make beautiful music together

Piloting one of the two gummi ships that sped through space, Riku proceeded to press numerous buttons infront of him, all while making sure to steer the ship on as straight a course as possible. Since leaving Yen Sids tower, the dark keyblader was finally getting a firm grasp of the controls for the ship.

"You're doing great Riku. Just steady it up a little more, and you'll be all ready to go. Do you want me to go over anything again?" Spoke the voice of King Mickey Mouse, as the squabbling of Donald along with the loud hiyucking of Goofy, echoed slightly through the small speaker close to Riku.

"I think I've got the basics down. Thank you your majesty. Will you be ok when we depart?" Questioned Riku, earning a worrying look from Kairi, as she sat in the other pilots chair beside him.

"Don't worry about us. We find anything out, we'll get to you as quickly as possible. Take care of each other." With that, the second large gummi ship that glided gently through space beside Riku, suddenly began to pick up speed until it was quickly a dot in the distance.

"You think they're going to be ok?"

"Nothing much we can do. It was his idea that we split up for now. The quicker we can get through this, the better."

"So, what's this place we're going to like?" Asked Kairi, smiling as she glanced towards Riku, who still continued to look straight ahead.

"I don't know much about it actually. I've only been to it once. A long time ago. Sora would know much more about it then me. You should ask him whenever he gets up..."

Suddenly interrupting Riku talking, the door to the cockpit of the ship opened up, while the laughing voices of both Sora and Brol quickly got much louder with their entrance. Out of the school uniform, which was utterly destroyed since leaving their home, Sora now stood laughing with Brol, in clothes quite reminiscent of what the Fairy Godmothers had given to him on his previous journey. Slightly longer in the pants, the rest of Sora's clothes were nearly identical, except enlarged to accommodate Sora's growing body. Quite striking, colours of red and silver mixed in with the black of the fabric and metal, while small glimpses of yellow ran around the rims of his jacket and hood.

"Sora?" Said Kairi as she stood up from her seat, causing her friend to stop laughing and smile towards her as she approached.

Just like Sora, Kairi's old uniform was in no way repairable, and along with her friend gained a new set of clothes, once the young woman had forcibly pushed and kicked Sora out of the small room of the tower. Once she emerged, Sora's eyes nearly popped out of his head, as Kairi stood with an almost diamond like appearance.

Wearing a long sleeved version of Sora's own jacket, the hood of it hung limply over her shoulders, clearly larger for some reason or another, as Sora had no wish to question it. While her shoes were the same as before, as were Sora's, the young princess took to wearing a somewhat combination of a skirt and shorts, partially hidden under one another. Many different shades of pink and red made up the colour of her clothes, creating somewhat of a shimmering sun or flower when the light would catch it.

"Yeah Kairi? What's up?"

"Just wanted to ask about this place we're going to? You've been to it before, yeah?"

"Oh yeah! Really spooky place, but everyone there are great. I hope those two finally got together after all that happened." Said Sora, smiling as he crossed his arms and happily remembered the times of the world they were coming to.

"Last time I heard about this place, it was all really just forests. My Brother Luke wanted to work in solitude, so we suggested this world. Hopefully he hasn't moved." Added Brol, moving away from the still reminiscing Sora and smiling Kairi, before taking the same seat the Princess had before.

"That was quite a long time ago. You certain this Brother of yours would have stayed even remotely long there?" Questioned Riku as Brol seemed to relax in the seat, his arms resting above the head of the chair itself.

"No clue!"

"Well...that's just fantastic. We're going to find out soon enough, there it is."

All turning towards the screen of the ship, the large darkish night looking world continued to slowly spin before them all, as they proceeded to embark onto the world and its location, Beasts Castle.

The Dark Forest howled and whistled as the gusts of icy wind ran through its many thousands of trees, while the path the small group walked upon seemed relatively protected from the torrential gale they could hear all around them, while the air around them at the moment seemed rather dead. The random bouts of creaking branches would cause the young princess to jump, before holding onto Sora's arm, in turn causing the young man to laugh at his friend's jumpy nature, until he too would jump when the sound of strange animals called in the far distance.

After what seemed like forever, the group finally noticed through the slowly thinning tree line, the massive castle perched in the forest. Within no time after that, the sight of the huge walls and gate could be seen lain ahead, while the long bridge that joined the entrance of the forest, to the castle itself, could easily be noticed through the bars of the gate.

Memories of previous battles replayed through Sora's head, while Riku could easily remember him coming to the world, it seemed as if certain particular moments were blanked out of his mind. Remembering feelings of anger, confusion, pity, those remained, but the dark keywielder just couldn't place them to any single being.

"Um, who's that there?" Asked Brol, the only one of the group who hadn't suddenly become overwhelmed with being there, and in the process snapping Riku out of his confusing mind.

At the far end of the bridge, banging as hard as they could against the colossal wooden doors, a young woman seemed intent to break through the structure with her bare hands if it needed to be done. As the group slowly made their way towards her, the woman suddenly fell to her knees, prompting Sora and Riku to rush ahead of the others and see if she was alright. Gently helping her rest against the stone brickwork, the woman's face suddenly lit up with relived happiness upon seeing Sora's large grin back.

"Sora! Oh Sora it's so good to see you here!" Called out Belle as she wrapped her arms around Sora, slightly startling the spiky haired warrior who nervously laughed and helped her up, just as Brol and Kairi caught up with them all.

Holding the young woman, Sora could easily tell Belle was extremely tired, having must have been constantly hammering her hands against the doors for probably hours. All her strength was nearly gone, and if it wasn't for the timely arrival of the group, she would most probably have even still continued then.

"Belle, what happened? Why are you outside?" Questioned Sora as Belle tiredly slumped to the ground in Sora's arms, tiredness and exhaustion finally hitting her.

"Please help him. He...he tried to protect me. They're all still inside! Please help Adam." With that, Belle, probably for the first time since whatever happened, fell asleep against Sora.

Crossing her arms as she looked at the two of them, Kairi tried to take her mind off the situation by looking over the edge of the bridge itself, the huge drop into the seemingly bottomless moat causing the princess to immediately back away from the edge before making her way straight towards the large looming wooden doors.

"Riku, Kairi, you two stay with Belle ok? I'll be back soon, just going to check things out. Brol, you up for a little searching?" Asked Sora, causing the Brother Brol to chuckle, before placing his hands into the pockets of his torn jacket.

"Got nothing much of a choice now, do I?" Commented the young man, as both of them placed their hands firmly against the wooden castle door, and with a single push, it began to slowly creak open.

"No way! You're definitely not leaving me out this time." Kairi said as she ran straight for the door to help, as it all the while creaked open more and more.

Placing Belle as comfortable as possible against the bridges short wall, making sure she was out of any icy winds and danger, the dark warrior's eyes seemed to flicker for a second, quickly moving as fast as lightning as the large castle door opened up more. An eruption of green light suddenly exploded through the newly opened crack, causing Sora and Brol to cover their eyes and shout, while Kairi, having just gotten close to them, seemed to be repelled slightly from the energy. Grabbing her by the waist, Riku safely caught Kairi as the light just as quickly died down. Raising his head to see if the others were alright, Riku's eyes glanced around nervously.

"Brol? Sora! Where are you two!" Shouted Riku, as Kairi tried to rub the sight back into her eyes with her hands, her too panicking at the sight of her friends missing, while the door that had been open, was just as firmly shut as when they had arrived.

Inside the Beast's castle, the most melodic sound seemed to reach every inch of the structure. Like a perfect symphony, the music rose and fell, bringing with it harmonious backdrop to the slightly more refurnished layout of the castle itself. While most had been restored following the lifting of the curse, it seemed that new problems had arisen. Columns of marble laid fallen on the ground, ferocious claw marks sweeping across its surface was enough to show they were the cause of its collapse.

Chandeliers were crushed after having fallen from their places, smashing into the red carpet below, while some of the lucky ones still hung just barely from their chains. In one of the highest parts of the castle, a colossally large room remained separate from the rest of the castle. Inside it, stone arcs and pillars decorated everywhere, as a gigantic structure remained stationary to its huge wall, the chilling yet soothing music clearly coming from this mighty organ.

As it finally ended, a rather dull and light tapping sort of clap was heard in the room, as sitting on a large collection of chests was the source of it, a piccolo.

"Bravo Maestro Forte! Bravo!" Chimed the instrument happily, its mis-numbered arms on either side of its body just barely able to make a descent sound of clapping, as the giant organ merely chuckled to itself and moved its giant body towards its audience.

"Thank you Fife. It's nothing much really. Any musical genius could write a masterpiece like this." Spoke Forte, his large mask like face resting atop of the huge collection of pipes, causing the machine to twist and turn with his own movements.

The positively joyous mood of Maestro Forte however, seemed to immediately drop as the sound of a powerful eruption occurred, before quickly returning to normal peace and quiet.

"What was that?" Forte shouted angrily, his voice and in turn music, causing the entire room to shake briefly as Fife jumped off his seat and backed away from the organ.

"I,I,I don't know Maestro! I'll g,g,go see right away!" Timidly spoke the piccolo as it proceeded to bounce and hop away out of the room, causing the giant Forte to huff slightly to himself, before a small chuckle escaped from deep inside.

"They have absolutely no recollection of anything. So simple minded they all are. Wouldn't you agree?" Asked Forte, as he turned his head towards the large bird like cage hanging from the ceiling, as a very sad twang of a string merely answered back.

Stirring slightly from grogginess, Sora's sight seemed to slowly return to the keyblader, his head pounding while his body ached all over and only now appeared to wear off its numbness. Taking the time to glance towards the forming shapes and colours, the keywielder could see he was now in the archway of the courtyard. The four statues continued to remain standing, as if protecting the large castle that just laid ahead, a short walk across the tiled ground itself.

Slowly managing to stand up, Sora still seemed to be quite dizzy and groggy, his movements a little erratic as he continued to try and balance himself. As his sight was nearly back, the young man simply shook his head laughing, not believing for a moment that a hopping garden tool was now approaching him. As more of his sense returned, it soon became apparent that he wasn't actually seeing things, and that an actual life sized garden tool was now close to the young man.

"You alright Sora?" Spoke the garden scythe, startling Sora completely as he jumped away from it.

"What the...Brol! What happened to you?" Questioned Sora, jumping right back to the transformed Brol in order to get a better look at him.

"Us. You mean Sora, 'what happened to, us?'" Corrected Brol, causing Sora to try and glance down at himself, now taking the form of a solid dark brown brick, only for him to find himself falling face first into the ground with a clank.

Muffled cries for help could be heard coming from Sora, as his brick body proved to be rather difficult to actually move, prompting Brol to try and help him up. Able to move the long blade sticking out off the back of his head, the living scythe was able to pry Sora off the ground, causing the keybearer to gasp in relief.

"What the heck just happened!" Shouted Sora, as with some more help from Brol, now was back standing up. Tenderly clanking along the ground as he shuffled
from side to side, the brick proceeded to walk beside the hopping Brol.

"Obviously some kind of spell. Nothing much we can do right now. Let's just get inside. We can think of what to do then."

"Agreed! Let's get going!"

With that, the two transformed young men began to make their own unique ways across the courtyard. Brol, by hopping with his scythe like body, the long wooden stick bending slightly with every jump, as Sora fumbled and fell with every few steps as a brick, clanking accompanying his scurrying shuffles every couple of seconds. While the few steps leading up to the castle entrance were like a hill to the little brick, the two finally reached the top, finding one of the doors already partially opened, as if waiting for the two of them to enter and get themselves out of, or perhaps into, danger.