Now, let us turn the clock back to when Riku and the Squad did their part to save them. They appeared outside the opera house when Pete was walking inside.
"That person...wasn't that Pete? Just what sort of world did we end up in?" Riku said.
"ANother world in france, during that time of Musketeers. But you know Pete, Riku." Hope said.
"Yeah. No matter which world, him being there is just trouble." Riku said.
Upon entering the building, they walked onto a stage with props.
"Oh. How amazing. We walked right onto an opera stage." Sonia said.
"I'm thinkin were not here for the show, Sonia. Look!" Hope said as the Beagle Boys marched in with wooden cutouts of Mickey, Donald and Goofy.
"Is that...Mickey and the others? Heh, even made out of wood, those three are together." Riku said.
"Uh, riku?" Hope said as a box dropped on the cut outs and smashed them. "Its a trap."
"Ehehehe. No more nitwits." one of the Beagle Boys said as they laughed.
"We gotta do something." Mahiru said. "Hey, what if our actions in this part of the world affect sora's part?"
"Thats an interesting theory, so lets try it." Sonia said.
"Kazuichi, youre the machine expert. There must be some kinda failsafe lever or something to that trap." Ibuki said.
"There has to be. An opera house would need one." Kazuichi said. "But knowing these guys, they might have already ripped it out." he said before noticing a chest. "Maybe its in there."
They opened the chest to find Minnie insead.
"Minnie?" Riku asked.
"Not OUR minnie, Riku." Hope said.
"Thank you. Now I need to hurry. Pete has set a trap for the musketeers and I have to stop it!" Minnie said.
"Well, let us help." hope said.
"Hes right. I'm Riku, Mickey's a friend of mine and theirs." Riku said.
"Wait, we dont know this Mickey guy, right?" Kazuichi whispered to Fuyuhiko.
"If he's a friend to these guys, I guess he's our friend as well." Fuyuhiko said.
They heard a snap before seeing the Beagle Boys taking the lever before they saw the group seeing them.
"Looks like Nagito's good luck strikes again." Hope said. "Give us that back!"
"Run for it!" the leader said as they took off to hide in the opera house. As they did, they came into storage and one of em tripped over a box, spilling a piece of beef out onto the leader.
"Oi! Whats this doin in a box?" the leader said.
"Sorry, that was my lunch." the little one said.
"Ah, no worries mate. Theres no way this piece of beef could ever…" the third one said as Akane quickly tackled the three in hunger.
"Surrender the meat!" Akane cried out.
"Go on, take it, its yours!" the second beagle said handing the beef as the lever was tossed away to a side as they scurried off. Just then, something came out of nowhere and grabbed the beef as the others arrived. It then tapped riku on the shoulder as they turned around and saw a large mole Dream Eater in a portal.
"They never wanna make it easy, do they?" Riku said.
"Holey Moley, a mole dream eater that digs holes in space." Hope read.
"And its got my lunch!" Akane said.
Holey Moley looked confused at Akane's statement before seeing it accidentally swiped the beagles meat lunch instead of Akane. It then knew it was in big trouble as it sweated. It quickly dug a hole and hit before Akane could hit.
"We cant hit that thing unless we flush it out. Got any ideas?" Riku said.
"Leave it to me." Gemini said. "Back in Texas, we got all kinds of trick to flush those varmints out!"
Gemini drew her sword as she lightly heated the room without causing a fire, making the mole come out sweating from heat.
"All yours, meat lover!" Hope said.
Akane gave it a quick kick to the face as the group ganged up on it before it was finally slain.
"Hurry, the mechanism. Put it in!" Minnie said.
Kazuichi grabbed the lever and put it back in, quickly turning it as gears grinded and something didnt go right above. This in turn caused the box to disappear back in soras world. Thats how it happened.
"Impossible!" Pete said.
"Looks like we were right in the nick of time…Sora." Riku said.
"You all acted very bravely. Just like the musketeers." Minnie said.
"A musketeer?" Riku asked.
Minnie then whispered something in Rikus ear, which was the motto of the Musketeers as he was surprised.
"They really do that?" Riku asked.
"Yep. Go ahead and say it." Minnie said.
"All right, and it does fit the moment. All for one and one for all." Riku said raising his keyblade.
The keyhole soon appeared after that with Riku aiming his keyblade at it.
Back in Yen Sid's tower, Lea was saying something to Yen Sid which made the three react.
"WHAT?" they said.
"Absolutely not!" Donald said.
"I sensed that something was amiss nearly the moment Sora and Riku departed. Xehanort must have known what we were attempting before we even began." Yen Sid said.
"But you do know where they are, right?" Goofy asked.
"You must understand that this examination is no way how the Mark of Mastery is usually found. However, in light of what they must do next, it was a necessity. If Sora and Riku complete their test by finding the seven doors corresponding with the seven pure lights, they will return home with a new power. At that point, they will both be true masters. However, the dangers make this more trial than test." Yen sid said.
"But are they safe right now?" Mickey asked.
"I would like to believe that they are. However, all my attempts to locate Sora and Riku end...questionably. Xehanort is a devious tactician. There is nothing we can do that he will not, to some extent, be able to predict. As you can see, the Organization's members are complete people again, Xehanort will be no different. We cannot afford another moments hesitation. We must consider any strategy to outwit Xehanort and catch him off guard." Yen sid said looking at Lea and Sheath. "I must warn you two again, the road will not be easy."
"Fine. Let's just jump right in." Lea said.
"Roger okay!" Sheath said.