[A/N: As you would have read in the previous chapter's Author Note you would know that I had an issue coming up with a plot for this chapter, but I was able to come up with something on my own. Don't expect to see any Disney characters in this chapter since I didn't want it to be too similar to the Country of the Musketeers chapter that was in prequel to this story. Reviews are appreciated. Enjoy the chapter!]

"Mommy? Mommy, where are you?" A little girl about four years old with a bit tied off in a ponytail at the top of her head was wandering around the great hall of a castle. She'd lost track of her Mother and older sister after entering the castle through a slight crack in the front doors.

There was a set of ornate spiraling steps that went up further into the castle. The little girl walked over to the steps, sat down on the bottom one, and put her hands in her face. She was too busy sobbing to hear the sound of footsteps coming down the steps, but did feel the hand on her shoulder.

"Whatever is the matter?" The speaker was a kind faced woman with long golden hair that was in several intricate braids and was wearing a shimmering dress of gold and silver. She had a kind smile on her face as she sat down next to the little girl.

Her nose was dripping and her eyes were red rimmed and glassy. "I just wanted to look around, but I can't find my Mommy now."

The woman only continued to smile as she stood up. "Why don't I go help you find your Mother?" She offered the child her hand. "What's your name little girl?"

Juliet felt a hand slapping her face as her eyes cracked open. "What happened?"

Akio and Clementine were peering down at her; Akio a bit closer then Clementine. "We crashed….again. I think we were flying too fast." He looked a bit concerned. "You were mumbling in your sleep too."

"I was?"

"You were something about your Mother I think."

Juliet sat up rubbing a bump on the back of her head. "That's weird. I haven't thought about my Mother in years. Why would I have been talking about her?" She got up and pulled the map out. "So, apparently we've crashed in Country of the Musketeers." As she started walking she stumbled a bit. "Did I land head first?"

"I don't think you landed on your head, but we did land pretty hard." Clementine was looking around the area that they'd landed in.

They were in a courtyard and not too far off was a large opera hall.

"Maybe we should go investigate what's going on over there."

Juliet trailed behind Akio and Clementine who hurried ahead when she noticed that Akio would look over his shoulder quiet frequently. "I'm not going anywhere."

"Are you sure? Looks like you're lost in thought."

"I can assure you that I'm fine." All though she said this Juliet was feeling far from fine. Her heart was racing and she couldn't get the image of a golden haired woman out of her head. Who could she have been? She seemed really familiar. From the corner of her eye Juliet saw black cloak swish through the gates that were leading away from the opera house. "Hey Clementine, Akio why don't you two go look in the opera house and I'll go see what's past the gates."

Akio looked over at Clementine and shrugged. "Why not? Who said we always need to be together anyway?"

Clementine looked a bit skeptical since she could probably guess why Juliet wanted to go off on her own. "Ok, just be careful. It shouldn't take us too long to search around here."

Juliet didn't wait to hear if Clementine had anything else to say before rushing back over to the gates. She found herself on a muddy pathway with a carriage waiting. "Wonder who the carriage is for?"

"That would be for Princess Minnie. Of course she could be Queen Minnie by now."

She jumped and looked back to see Erik standing behind her. "I've been meaning to ask you how you do that disappearing act of yours."

"Magic of course."

"So who's Princess Minnie?"

"Princess Minnie is the ruler of this world." Erik looked like he was already board with the conversation and started to walk off when he felt Juliet grab his arm.

"I have another question for you."

"What about?"

"Have you ever been to my home world?"

He swallowed not looking like he wanted to answer. "Once…..but it was a long time ago. Why?"

"Did you ever see a woman with long blonde hair that always wore it in braids?"

Now Erik really didn't want to answer that question, but he got the feeling that if he ignored it Juliet would keep pestering him. "That was the Queen of your world."

"The Queen?" Why would I be dreaming about the Queen?

Erik pried his arm loose from Juliet's grip and went to walk away again when he heard her come after him. "Am I correct in assuming you want to know more about this woman?"

Juliet had to walk faster than usual to keep up with him. "What was her name? Who was the King? Did they have any kids?"

"The Queen's name was Helios and her husband the King's name was Achilles. As for their children they had three. Two sons and a daughter. The boys were Evander and Odysseus and the girl's name was Echo."

"What were they like? I think the Queen must have kind. At least that's the vibe I got from my dream."

"You act like I've met them."

"Have you?" She missed the smirk on his face.

"I did meet them once, but that too was a long time ago. I don't want to bore you with the details."

Juliet quickly walked in front of him so that he couldn't go any further. "I want details. Tell me what my home world was like."

This only looked like it was annoying him. "Fine, I don't know exactly what happened to them, but up until they disappeared King Achilles and Queen Helios were very well loved by their subjects as was Prince Evander and Princess Echo." Erik stepped to the side and continued on his way past Juliet.

"What about Prince Odysseus?"

Erik's lip curled at the mention of this particular Prince. "I don't think you would have liked him."

"Why not?"

"He's considered a traitor to his people."

Juliet's eyebrow went up a bit. "What did he do?"

"He sold his people out to the darkness in hopes that he would gain the throne. Not only that, but he had his parents, older brother, and younger sister murdered."

"Why would he do that? Just so he could get the throne? It doesn't seem like he'd have any loyal subjects left if he had his family murdered."

"He had help of course. I won't go into the details on that."

By this time they'd come to the end of the muddy path and in front of them was a tall brick tower.

"What are you doing here if you don't mind me asking?"

"Just checking up on something that I found here a while back." Erik started walking over a rickety bridge with Juliet close behind.

"What did you find?"

"Just an interesting trinket."

"What kind of trinket?"

"That's my business and not yours."

Juliet was starting to hang back a bit now. "Does that you want me to stop following you?"

"You can follow me if you want, but I don't think you'll see anything worth any value."

This didn't seem to deter Juliet's interest as she picked up the pace again to catch up. "So, you've been here before?"

"I've been all over the worlds."

"When?"

"When I was younger."

"Why?'

Erik began to walk a bit faster hoping that Juliet would get left behind him. "I got curious. Same as yourself."

As they got further up the tower Juliet could feel herself becoming tired and her pace slowed to a trudge. "Is it all the way up at the top?"

"Yes, you can turn around now if you want."

"I'm fine." Juliet feel her legs starting to get sore as she continued to walk up the steps.

Once they were at the top Juliet looked around, but saw nothing. "So, where's this trinket that you're looking for?"

Erik walked to the center of the room and looked up. "It's up there." He pointed upwards.

Juliet walked up beside him and looked up. "I don't see anything. Are you sure there's something up here."

Instead of answering Erik kept his gaze fixed on the heart that was shimmering above their heads. "Its here you just can't see it. Now, that that's done I'm going to be on my way."

"But there's nothing there." Juliet had her back turned and didn't see Erik disappear through a dark portal. She turned around not seeing him there. "And he's gone of course….." She started to walk down the steps again groaning as she did so. Juliet heard a snarl followed by a roar from outside the tower and started running down the steps nearly tripping over her feet as she did so.

When she got back outside the tower Juliet saw what looked like a giant black sloth laying on its stomach swinging its heavy paws at Akio and Clementine who were both attacking it. "What is that?"

"Some kind of wraith," Akio called back jumping out of the way as the sloth's paw swung out at him.

As Juliet started to attack it the sloth warped out of the way reappearing behind her. "Looks like it can move faster than your average sloth."

The warp sloth began to slide forward still swinging its heavy paws.

"Akio, Clementine you two keep it distracted I have an idea." Juliet got behind the wraith and grabbed onto its tail so that she could pull herself onto its back. The first time I fought a wraith Erik told me to aim for the heart. Since the sloth was still moving (all though very slowly) Juliet had a few issues getting onto its back before she grabbed a handful of fur and swung herself down onto its chest. This proved to be a delicate situation as Juliet kept one hand grasping a handful of fur on the sloth's chest and had the Keyblade in her other hand. "Where is the heart on this thing?" She jabbed the Keyblade into the sloth's chest, but only heard an enraged howl. "Ok, that wasn't right."

Clementine caught sight of Juliet. "What are you doing hanging off of it like that?"

"Don't worry about me I think I can take it out like this." Swinging herself closer to the wraith's heart Juliet could feel herself losing her grip. "If I can't get it this time I'm going to fall off." Tightening her grip on the Keyblade's handle Juliet shoved it as deep as she could into the sloth's chest.

It looked like that did the trick. The warp sloth tried to snarl, but only let out a despaired howl before it started to dissolve into vapor.

Since there was no longer any fur to grab onto Juliet found herself falling. She didn't land on the bridge as she expected though since Akio caught her. "Thanks….you can put me down now."

"Oh right…" Akio lowered her to her feet and felt his face heat up.

"Well, that was eventful. How about we try the next world?"

In another world far away from the Country of the Musketeers, Erik was walking up the stairs of an ivory tower. When he got to the throne room he found that there was already a man seated in the throne. "Prince Odysseus, or should I call you King Odysseus now?"

This Odysseus was the same one that Erik had told Juliet about. He was a tall wiry man with slicked back dark hair and narrow dark eyes on a fox like face. He was wearing regal robes of scarlet and silver, but there was no crown upon his head. "Erik, my old friend. How long has it been? You've gotten taller since the last time I saw you." Odysseus got up from the throne with his arms outstretched to embrace Erik who took a step back.

"Odysseus, do you remember what I told you when I helped you get your throne? That I would come calling you for my payment when I deemed it fit."

Odysseus had a curious look on his face like he was trying to comprehend what Erik was talking about. "Of course I would never break a promise to a friend who helped me gain the power I deserve. Name your price, friend."

Erik took a step closer to Odysseus so the so called King would be backed up against the throne. "Well, I've come to collect my payment, friend."

"Name your price. Gold, jewels, slaves perhaps? I know of a pretty young thing that you could make your wife."

"Oh no, no nothing like that."

"Are you sure you wouldn't want a wife? If I recall correctly you only had those three with you to keep you company and I'm sure they can get so tiresome."

Erik stretched his long fingers making several of them crack in the processes. "I require something much simpler. Something only you can provide."

"I don't follow."

"Hold still and I shall show you."

Odysseus looked like he was starting to get nervous, but never the less held still. "Well, take your payment."

"I plan too." Not giving Odysseus any chance or argue or run Erik shoved his hand through the King's heart; in it was his still beating heart. Pulling his hand back through Odysseus's chest Erik watched him crumple to the ground. "Consider your debt repaid, friend." He sat down in the throne and sighed. "Shouldn't be too much longer now."