Author note: The website is having trouble pulling up Chapter 7, I will try to have that fixed but the app of this website you are able to read it at the time I wrote this and posted it (11/3/20).

Interlude: Memory Snow

Sora and Subaru had rested for a couple of days, having pushed themselves a lot during the fight against the Mabeast and Elsa. Once rested, the two return to training with Sora beginning to teach Subaru more magic abilities so he doesn't have to rely on Shamak considering the risk Subaru has for abusing his gate anymore. As they were training for a bit, Subaru starts a bit of conversation while sparring with his master,

"So Master Sora, I have noticed Rem-Rem and you are closer than usual. I don't mean to pry but are you two possibly dating?"

"Dating? What does that mean?"

Subaru was completely taken aback by this, feeling like Sora and Emilia might be related by how dense they are regarding relationships. As the two were trading blows, Subaru started to explain to Sora that dating is basically a step ahead from very close friends, adding that couples kiss and do more stuff together. Sora thought about it for a moment, trying to find people who would fit with this description. The only couples he can think about are Aladdin with Jasmine, Beast with Belle, Hercules with Meg, Jack Skellington with Sally, and Ariel with Eric. There were others he thought on yet he still doesn't know how the feeling itself feels.

Sora dodged a couple of Subaru's attacks before easily disarming him with one strong hit, catching Subaru off guard. As the apprentice was disarmed, he waited until his master told him what exactly he needed to fix for the next sparring match. Sora had thought about the entire sparring match and advised him to work on his defensive side.

"You have grown much stronger since the fight with the Mabeast, Subaru. The only problem is that you still don't have a strong defense. Even if your offense can one-shot any opponent, without a proper defense then you run the same risk. Attempt to work on your defensive side a bit more but other than that just keep on training. You have come a long way since we started training you."

"Thank you, Master Sora. I will do my best to work on my defense."

Subaru bowed to show respect to Sora, prompting Sora to bow in return in order to show the same respect towards his student. He still felt weirded out being called Master but he knows that it'll take a little longer to sink in before he can fully accept the title. As the two begin walking back into the mansion, Sora turned to Subaru and asked,

"I have noticed something, you don't call Rem the way you did a few days ago. What's with the sudden change?"

Subaru looks at Sora for a moment before looking forward, thinking about the conversation he had with Rem. He offered to help her with dinner and called her "Rem-Rem" like usual yet she looked at him with scary eyes before kindly asking if he could address her just as "Rem". Subaru had asked why only for Rem to say,

"The only one for me is Sora-kun. I respect you and will help you too Subaru-kun because you are the apprentice of Sora-kun but know that my heart goes to him alone."

Subaru had not thought Rem would really fall in love with Sora yet he didn't think much of it and quickly respected her wishes. He looked at Sora after recalling the events and his only response was,

"Rem had asked me to stop, though it was just a cute thing I wanted to give to her, I respect her wishes regarding how to address her since she is focused on you."

"Yeah, I'm aware. Speaking of being focused on, how are you and Emilia doing? I hear that you are going to take her out to the village for your date."

Subaru looked up at the sky, having recalled the plan he had for him and Emilia on their date thanks to the children in the village. He had gone scouting very early in the morning to see where he could take Emilia to just spend time without being disturbed. He dressed up in some odd outfit to hide his identity yet the kids with their dream eaters managed to figure him out and attempted to get Subaru to play with them.

"All I can say is that the children in the village showed me a place I can take Emilia-tan, a place where I'm sure to win her heart just as you won Rem's heart."

Sora crossed his arms and started to think about Rem, unsure on how to approach the situation since he doesn't have a full concept of loving someone more than what even a close friend is. He had thought of Kairi closely due to their unbreakable bond yet he didn't know if he loved her or was just fond of her as a friend.

While lost in thought, Beatrice appeared in front of the two, having wished to speak with Sora since he had returned from the Mabeast battle yet never getting the chance to. She gets in front of him and grabs his hand, catching his attention.

"Betty would like to speak with you, I suppose."

"Oh, good morning Beatrice. How can I help you out?"

Beatrice quickly started to drag Sora, not wanting to risk Rem or someone else to take his attention away from her. As she pulls Sora towards her library, Subaru quickly follows them since he is curious to see what Beatrice wants with his master. As they were about to enter the forbidden library, Rem notices Sora and quickly heads towards the keyblade wielder.

"Sora-kun, Sora-kun, it is great to see you."

"It is good to see you again, Rem. Need help with anything?"

"Yes actually." Rem spoke with confidence and joy before pulling him away from Beatrice, leading him towards somewhere else. Beatrice was angry by this and entered the forbidden library annoyed that Rem had interfered again.

"That girl is such a meddler, I suppose!"

"Do you need help with something?"

"What the?! What are you doing here, I suppose? Get out!"

Subaru looked around the library and noticed a strange book where Beatrice normally sits, getting his attention. Beatrice continues to yell at Subaru, angered that the boy isn't listening to him. She was about to throw him out of the library by force until she heard him say,

"The book of prophecies? This looks quite interesting...and odd, how come this is the only book with japanese writing?"

"Wait, do you know what is written there?"

"Yes, this is the exact same type of writing that is on my homelands."

Beatrice stood silent for a moment, feeling a bit annoyed at herself for not having asked Subaru if he could read the content in the book of prophecies yet she recalled that she despises Subaru. She was about to ask what was in the book of prophecies yet she felt that Roswaal was calling for her, forcing her to ask Subaru to visit her in his spare time. Surprised by this, Subaru accepted before both himself and Beatrice left the library with Beatrice going to see what Roswaal wanted while Subaru went to check on Emilia. Beatrice entered Roswaal's room to see what he wanted with her. As she entered, she asked in a rather annoyed tone of voice, to which he responded,

"Myyy, you should be rather niiice once in a while, Beatriiiiice."

"Betty doesn't have all day, I suppose. What do you want?"

"Hooow rude, I was going to inform you that you miiiiight want to prepare for the few days of cooooold in this house."

"Is it time?"

"Yeeeees it is."

Beatrice took note of this and began to leave, annoyed that Roswaal interrupted her chance in having someone translate what is being said in the book of prophecies yet somewhat satisfied that she is getting some information that is useful to her. Meanwhile Subaru went to Emilia's room and just as he was going to knock, he felt something odd. He could tell that it was cold in her room for some reason yet he ignored that little detail. He knocked on Emilia's door yet he got no answer. He attempted a second time yet still got no response, which prompted him to go to the work area Emilia would usually go when not training Subaru.

Rem and Sora both entered the kitchen with Rem asking Sora if he could help her make something good for the mansion. Sora looked at everything and started to remember the time little chief and him would make delicious food for the bistro in Twilight Town. He agreed and started to cook, somehow impressing himself and Rem with his cooking skills.

"Wow! Sora-kun is amazing in cooking!"

"Hehe thanks Rem, I'm actually surprised that all the knowledge little chief used to get me to make food somehow resonated with me."

Rem hugged Sora before continuing on making dinner for everybody with Sora assisting her, feeling much more comfortable with Rem though the words she said after the Mabeast continues to make him think. "I will win your heart just as you won mine." Those words were something bold for Rem to say, having left Sora a bit curious on what she could possibly do to win his heart.

Subaru continued to search for Emilia for a little while until finally finding her in one of the rooms, looking outside as if something big is about to happen.

"Hey Emilia-tan, are you okay?"

"O-Oh, um yes, I'm okay."

"Come on Emilia, you can count on me if something is bothering you. I want to help you out when you are in trouble."

"I-I know..." Emilia hesitated for a moment, not having had time to talk to anyone due to her studies. Subaru looked at the books she had and asked what she was reading to which she answered the history of Lungica. Subaru looked at all the books she had and realized that it was for something big, making him question Emilia on why she is studying a lot.

"The fact that you don't know makes you pathetic, Barusu."

"Now hey, it's not like I'm an idiot for not knowing. It's the fact that I wasn't given the information, Ram."

Ram dismissed Subaru's comment and was about to say something yet Emilia interjected herself into the conversation, explaining that she is running part of the royal selection for the throne of Lugnica. This caused Subaru to learn more of the state of the country, not having realized that the country was in a bit of a problem. As Subaru learned more about things he should've investigated, he was surprised that Emilia is a candidate, making him quickly go bow to her.

"S-Subaru?! What are you doing?"

"Master Sora told me to always bow to people in high authority such as kings, princes, princesses, and so on. Considering that you are a candidate, you should receive the same respect as well."

Emilia was uncomfortable seeing Subaru bow to her yet seeing that he was taught by Sora to do that, she accepted this and told Subaru to stand up straight before Ram informed the two that dinner was ready. The two followed Ram with Subaru thinking about the date he will have with Emilia the next day, completely excited that he will be able to pull this off and win her heart. As the day came to an end, Subaru went to his room, excited for the next day while Sora and Rem both walked outside for a moment.

Sora looked up at the sky and enjoyed the time he was outside, hoping that someday he will be able to see his friends again. As he lays down on the ground, Rem sits down next to him and looks up at the sky with Sora, wanting to understand how the keyblade wielder thinks. There was a silence for a moment, with the two enjoying the night sky.

"Sora-kun, what are you thinking about?"

"My friends, they are probably worried about me since I disappeared."

"So why did you end up leaving your friends, Sora-kun?"

Sora stood silent for a moment, completely unsure on how to answer this question yet having seen how close Rem is to him, he figured it wouldn't hurt to explain what he did without making the claim that he is from a different world. Sora began to explain that he is one out of seven guardians of light, who were destined to protect the seven princesses of light from the thirteen seekers of darkness.

He then told her how he ended up in the final world when his friends lost the first fight and how he managed to gather everyone's heart to retry the battle. He then explained that Kairi was one of the few who didn't survive the fight, which forced him to abuse the power of waking. Since he saved Kairi, he ended up having to disappear since he broke a natural taboo.

"Sora-kun is amazing!"

"Thanks Rem."

Rem was completely impressed by how Sora managed to defy fate to save all of his friends to allow them to defeat the thirteen seekers of darkness, making her understand just how powerful Sora is yet something of that story caught her attention. Since he had disappeared due to abuse the power of waking, why is he still around in the mortal realm.

"Sora-kun, are you from another world?"

Sora stood silent, having realized that he gave too much information to which he imagined Donald giving him a scolding for having messed this up. He laughed a little before looking at Rem and responding to her,

"Well that is true, there are actually many worlds out there. Unknown how I got here but if I can help make this world better, then I will. Just please keep this between the two of us, I'm not supposed to talk about the other worlds."

"Don't worry Sora-kun, I will keep this between us. Will you be telling Subaru about the outside worlds as well?"

"I have to, he...he wields the keyblade so this information is important for him to know." Sora had hesitated for a few seconds, not wanting to give away that Subaru is also from a different world since that is his secret to tell. Rem understood this and nodded before hugging Sora, asking if they can stay like that for a little bit. Seeing as Rem is happy when hugging him, Sora allowed it while thinking about what could've brought him to this world.

The next few days were rough for the people in the mansion since the cold was increasing with Subaru's date being postponed and Beatrice constantly being stopped by someone when she asked Subaru or Sora to read the Book of Prophecies. On the third day of coldness, Subaru and Sora both looked for the cause of the cold in the mansion, seeing that outside doesn't seem as cold as it is inside.

As the two searched around, Roswaal noticed the two boys looking around and quickly told them to check on Emilia, pointing that she had been acting weird. Subaru and Sora both went to Emilia's room with Roswaal behind them. Subaru knocked on the door yet he didn't get a response by Emilia.

"Emilia-saaaaama? I know you are in theeeeeeere."

"R-Roswaal? What are you doing here?"

"Ha! I knew you were in there, Emilia-tan!"

"S-Subaru! You are here too?!"

"What is going on here?"

"...nothing"

Subaru knew that something was wrong, causing him to attempt to open the door yet he was not able to since it was closed shut. Emilia scolded him for attempting to enter a place without permission until Roswaal told Subaru that he had permission, surprising Emilia. Just as he was going to kick the door open, his keyblade appeared and pointed directly at the door with a giant keyhole appearing.

What is going on?

Subaru was surprised by what was going on, seeing his keyblade guide his hand to point towards the keyhole. As he does this, his keyblade created a light beam to shoot directly at the keyhole, causing a bright light to blind them for a moment before the door disappeared, which caused a massive strong wind to hit the three of them.

"What the-?! Emilia-tan, what is going on?!"

"Wh-What happened to my door?"

Subaru entered the room and started to interrogate Emilia, wanting to know what was going on while she tried her best to avoid answering with misdirection yet she was bad at it. Eventually Puck spoke up and gave away that he is the cause of the intense cold that has been increasing the past few days.

Everyone headed towards the dining room to discuss the circumstances going on, with Beatrice and Puck explaining what exactly is going on to Puck to Sora and Subaru. As both keyblade wielders got the gist of what was going on, Sora asked if there was some way to fix this without increasing the cold in the mansion.

"Sorry Sora, the only way I see it is if me and Lia left back to the Elior forest or if you all left the mansion for two more days."

"I mean, Master Sora and I have been spending most of the days outside training, we could always sleep outside for two days."

The group all look outside and notice that it is raining, something that annoyed Subaru since his first suggestion was now invalidated. Subaru tried to convince the group to still go outside yet both Sora and Roswaal disagreed with this.

"Suuuubaru-kun...Were you thinking of making me, the master of this mansion, sleep outside?"

"I'll have to agree with Roswaal, we would just end up getting sick."

Subaru took note of what both Roswaal and Sora said, attempting to find some way to make things easier for them to deal with the cold. He suggested using the large bath room as a hot spring yet Ram stated that they won't be able to use the large bath. Subaru was curious to know why, only to learn that it got damaged during a little test Sora was trying to do.

"Hehe my bad, I was trying to summon an ally from my previous adventures but it resulted in an explosion. My bad."

"Come on Master Sora, you must be careful!"

Sora laughed a little as Ram and Subaru scolded him for a moment before Subaru started to think of new ideas to counter Puck's problem. As he thought of ideas, he stumbled on one that might just work.

"Puck, could this cause the outside to snow?"

"Why yes, of course Subaru. Why do you ask?"

"I think I have an—"

Before Subaru could finish speaking, they all heard a knock on the door. They all stood silent for a moment until another knock was at the door, much stronger than the first one. Roswaal nodded at Ram and Rem to open the door cautiously as they don't know if they have an ally or an enemy waiting beyond those doors. Sora and Subaru were both preparing to summon their keyblades while Puck stood in front of Emilia to make sure he protects her. Just as Ram was about to open the door, a familiar voice shouted,

"Open the damn door already, I know you are all in there! Sora! Subaru!"

Both Sora and Subaru noticed the familiar young female voice, causing the two to think that it was Felt. Ram opened the door to see a little golden haired girl in a yellow dress alongside a giant. The girl pushed Ram to the side to go and hug both Sora and Subaru, annoying the pink haired maid. As Felt hugged the two, Old man Rom entered the mansion to which Sora was happy to see.

"Good to see you again, Sora. It's been a while."

"It sure as Old Man Rom, good to see you are alright."

"Thanks to you, I doubt either Felt or I would've survived against that crazy girl on our own. Thank you, Sora."

Sora nodded at Old Man Rom before turning to Felt to ask her what she is doing there along with Subaru. Felt looks at both of them and at first she was annoyed by the question before responding,

"I came here to see you both. I want to continue helping Subaru with his training."

"That's nice you want to help me but where is Reinhard?"

"Left him, I don't know why I was taken away from Old Man Rom but the moment he went to the Sage council to talk about you two, I escaped and brought Old Man Rom here to stay."

Sora and Subaru could feel that Roswaal is not pleased with this just by the facial expression he was giving. Old Man Rom also felt uncomfortable being in the mansion since he isn't used to being in such a fancy place himself. There was a moment of awkwardness and silence before Roswaal said,

"I guess I can leeeeet you two stay for a little bit buuut I will inform Reinhard of this."

"Argh, fine. As long as I'm with Sora, Subaru, and Old Man Rom then I'm fine."

Felt hugged both Sora and Subaru, which made Rem a bit jealous yet she managed to keep her composure. Sora eventually turned towards Subaru to ask him about the plan to deal with Puck's out of control power. Subaru stood silent for a moment before he remembered his plan. He quickly explained his plan which caught everyone's interest.

The next day, Subaru and Rem went to the village while Sora, Felt, Emilia, Puck, and Ram went to prepare the mansion's courtyard for the villagers. As this was all going on, Rom and Roswaal both spoke in private.

"Rom is it? I've been wanting to talk to you about something."

"What might that be, Margrave?"

"I'm curious on how Sora fought against the Bowel hunter? I want to know what his strength is."

Rom closed his eyes to recall the event with Elsa, having been intrigued that a young boy like Sora was able to go toe to toe with someone like the Bowel hunter. Once he recalled the entire event, he started to describe the way Sora was fighting prior to summoning his final form, which managed to impress Roswaal.

"My Myyyy, it seems Sora is quite the fighter, isn't he?"

"He is, for a human boy he is quite impressive. Not just in fighting capabilities but personality wise as well. I can see why Felt likes him, he as a heart of gold."

There was a moment of silence with Roswaal thinking deeply on what he heard, understanding that despite Sora being a bit kind hearted, he is no fool. Compared to Subaru, Sora is much smarter than one perceives if they just digged deeper. With this in mind, he knows it'll be difficult should he need the Keyblade wielder to do something that he may not. As the master of the mansion stood silent, Old Man Rom prepared to leave in order to assist Sora and the others. Before leaving he began to tell him,

"I don't trust you, Margrave. You humans are all scumbags but that boy, he is not like the rest of you. He truly is kind and can unite more people than any one of us. Try and remember that before you decide to do something sinister, Margrave."

As Rom finished speaking, he carefully left the room as he is aware that he is much bigger than the door itself. Once he left, Roswaal looked at Sora and realized that what the giant said was true. The keyblade wielder's kindness can prove to be something useful but it can also be something detrimental to him if not careful. The only hope he has should he want to steer Sora to his desired future is through Subaru.

During this time, snow began to hit the mansion with Beatrice using her power to assure it is only hitting the mansion. While this is happening, Sora and Emilia watched for a moment before the two started to speak.

"How goes Subaru's training, Sora?"

"He is improving quite well, his dedication to wanting to protect you is actually what is helping him push his own limits."

"That dunderhead, he should know better than to push himself too much."

Sora pauses for a moment, unsure on whether Emilia is mad at Subaru for trying too hard or for trying because of her. He then begins to question why Subaru is wanting to protect Emilia the most, making him believe that love is the answer. He crossed his arms and thought for a bit before saying,

"He cares about you."

"I know he does...but why are you friends with me?"

"Huh? What do you mean, Emilia?"

"I know you haven't had time to think about it but I'm a half elf."

"A hal...elf?"

"Wait Sora, do you not know what a half elf is?!" Emilia looked at Subaru's master with great confusion and a bit annoyed that he doesn't know what a half elf is, leaving Sora completely embarrassed. After a scolding from Emilia, she knew that since Sora didn't know anything regarding half elves then he wouldn't know about the Witch of Envy or about the fact that half elves are looked down upon, she would need to approach this question very differently.

"Why...are you friends with me?"

"Why not? I mean I know you and I haven't spoken a lot, Emilia and I don't know the hardships you have gone through but along with Subaru, you can always count on me as well. After all, we are friends."

"Would you stay friends with me if...others told you that I'm not a good person."

"I don't know the struggles you've went through, Emilia, but I believe in you just like Subaru believes in you."

Emilia was shocked by this and stood silent for a moment, not believing what she was hearing yet before she could press him on more about the subject, Felt noticed Subaru and Rem approaching their way with the villagers by their side. Before the villagers entered the domain of Roswaal, Emilia put on her coat before the villagers saw her. As Subaru and Rem approached Sora and the group, Subaru asked if he could take the lead with the villagers to which Sora nodded, having told him that it was his plan in order to allow Puck to realise his energy without killing them from intense cold. Subaru grabs a snow torch and puts on a snow crown before beginning to speak to the villagers in a confident tone,

"We shared the cold in the mansion. The whole horizon is white...But as long as there is a night that can't be finished, there is no snow that can't be stopped. Say goodbye to the cold skies. It is the festival of the Manor Roswaal. Let's go! You want to go to New York?"

Everyone looked at Subaru confused, not knowing what New York even is. Sora caught this and quickly pulled his keyblade out to whack him in the head.

"Subaru! You are not supposed to talk about other worlds! We discussed this!"

"Sorry! Sorry!"

Subaru and Sora both whispered with the villager adults were dumbfounded while the children were excited, shouting New york. The children then ended up discussing New York from what Subaru said to them. Sora heard this and looked at Subaru, causing the boy to look a bit panicked since he realized his mistake. Sora whacks him in the head again before telling him to continue. Subaru rubs his head with Ram, Rem, Roswaal, Felt, Rom, and Emilia laughing a little from what Sora did.

"Anyway, the rules are simple. Everyone will do work in the snow. The winners will get what they want. Now let us see what you are made of!"

All the villagers cheered before beginning to start their snow building, with Subaru and Sora both watching from a distance. Emilia joined the two and began to show excitement to the snow festival with Subaru expressing that it was the best option so the mana wouldn't be concentrated in the mansion.

While the three look around, Subaru takes a quick peek to see who is missing and ends up realizing that Beatrice is not with them. He tells Sora that he is going to get Beatrice, wanting her to spend some time with others instead of being by herself. Sora offers to go with him yet Subaru is confident that he can convince her on his own. Sora nods at him while Subaru goes off to the mansion.

Subaru manages to enter the crossing door to Beatrice's forbidden library very easily, making him think that she wants to be found. As he opens the door, he enthusiastically begins to speak to her,

"Beako, I have found you! Ah, everything is going very well. This is because you have formed this barrier. Now, why is beako locked up here all by herself?"

"Betty is busy, now go away, worm!"

"I knew you would say that, so this is why I have a proposition for you. If I read you a bit of the Book of Prophecies, will you go outside and participate then?"

Beatrice stopped reading her book, having realized that this is the golden opportunity she needed to understand the new book she finds herself unable to read. She looks at Subaru with her usual facial expression before handing him the book, showing that she has considered the proposition he gave to her. Despite wishing it was Sora to have read the book, she knew that this is better than nothing.

Subaru read a bit of the book with Beatrice noticing his cheerful attitude having changed drastically, causing her to worry a little. She asked him what did the book say yet he stood silent. She scolded him a bit before finally Subaru was able to speak,

"This is a story about a future that is destined to happen."

"What does that mean, in fact?"

Subaru begins to read the book, giving lots of contents to Beatrice yet the tone started to change into a dark one which ended up snatching the book away from him, leaving him confused on why she would do that considering that she wanted to know the contents of the book. When he asked her why she stopped him, she placed the book away before walking with Subaru out of her library. As the two walked out, she responded,

"The contents of the book seemed to be more serious than I thought, I suppose. I wouldn't want you to be the reason everybody's fun is ruined since Betty would be blamed. Also, a deal is a deal, I suppose."

Subaru noticed this and smiled a little, although what he read was a lot to take in since it tells of a story from the past, he at least can find joy that Beatrice will honor their agreement and join the others. As the two step outside the mansion, Roswaal and Sora both turn to see both Subaru and Beatrice.

"Beatrice, wiiiill you be joining us?"

"Don't get the wrong idea, Roswaal. I'm doing this to honor an agreement, I suppose."

"Alright theeeeen. As long as you have fun is what maaaaatters."

Beatrice looked at Roswaal for a moment before heading towards Emilia's position, seeing that there is a space for her to build her snow figure. Sora looks at Subaru and asks him what he had to do in order to convince Beatrice to join them, knowing that she is a difficult one to convince. Subaru said that he needed to do her a favor in return she would join them. Sora nodded and the two along with Puck went around to see the creations people created. A few were plain for judges Subaru and Puck while others impressed them. The three eventually passed by the two maids with both eager to show the judges what they have created.

"What is it?"

"Glad you asked, Sora. It is a masterpiece that Ram and Rem created by combining our two powers."

"Yes, by combining my strength and the way of thinking of Ram, we have been able to do the best job possible."

"What the hell, Ram?! Making Rem-Re-"

Subaru paused himself as he saw Rem looking at him with a scary look, remembering that he shouldn't be calling Rem by how he once addressed her before. Sora and Puck laughed a little before asking what is under the covers to which Ram replied,

"Behold the masterpiece known as soswaal-sama."

Rem pulled the covers to reveal a combination of Roswaal's features with some of Sora's features, creating a fusion like character. Puck crossed his arms in an intrigued facial expression while both Sora and Subaru were stunned briefly.

"Ram wanted to do Roswaal, I wanted to do Sora-kun. And so the only solution to this was to combine the two."

"Oh Oh Oh. What are you all doing here…what is this?"

"Roswaal-sama, this is a bit embarrassing but take a look-"

"-at our masterpiece."

Roswaal looked at the combination of Sora and himself, a bit dumbfounded by such a creation. Sora looked at the creation with some uncertainty while Subaru seemed amazed at first yet he eventually noticed the oddness of combining two people like Roswaal and Sora. This caused him to give the two a score of four, to which Ram attempted to persuade Subaru only to have him lash out that his score was final. Rem and Ram were both shocked by this before turning their attention to Roswaal to see what score he gave their creation. Roswaal gave them hope before putting three fingers up, meaning that he gave them a score of three.

"Three...points?!"

"It's nooot bad...but I don't like the combination."

Ram and Rem both are shocked by what they have heard, which lead to an argument meanwhile Emilia went to see what was going on only to see the sculpture of the two maids. She found it amazing yet weird before the children asked both Subaru and Sora to come look at their combined snow sculptures. As both keyblade wielders went to see, the children showed that their creations are after the dream eaters Sora lended to them, showing how much they care for them before summoning them. Sora went to pet his allies before the kids asked if he liked it, to which he replied with a yes. They then asked Subaru to which he showed that he liked the sculptures. Emilia watched and smiled as she saw that everyone was having fun.

Once the festival was over, the winner was Petra and the other children with their dream eaters. The price that was given to them was the bag of chips Subaru had the first day he had arrived in this world, knowing that they would enjoy it. As the villagers returned back to the village, Sora and the gang all went back into the mansion with Emilia and Puck having stayed behind for a bit to admire the time they had.

As they all gathered in the dining room, they all ate the giant feast with Sora and Subaru both having a small contest on who could eat more. The winner ended up being Sora due to having some tolerance to many foods while Subaru almost ended up throwing up for having stuffed his face with too much food. As everyone is enjoying themselves, Sora and Rem both got a chance to speak.

"Sorry you didn't win the snow sculpture contest."

"Oh it is alright, Sora-kun. It was still so much fun."

"That reminds me, I want to thank you for having helped Subaru with this. When he heard that you would help him, he was very thrilled so I want to thank you for that."

"There is no need to thank me, I'll just gaze upon your sleeping face a little longer than usual tonight."

"Haha...wait what?"

"Oh nothing, Sora-Kun."

"Oh Sora, Subaru, would you two liiiiiike some of the finest alcohol I have?

Sora looked puzzled at Roswaal, not knowing what alcohol is while Subaru declines him, telling his master that they shouldn't drink since they are young to which Emilia begins to agree with Subaru.

"Emilia-tan, how old do you think Master Sora and I are?"

"Um...I think you are 12 and he is...um...10."

"Whoa wait a minute, I'm not 12! I'm 17! And Master Sora is...actually how old are you?"

"Well...I'm 16 years old."

"Wait, so my master is younger than me?!"

Everyone begins to laugh for a bit while Subaru begins to rant about how a young person like Sora is much stronger than him. As they all laugh for a bit, Roswaal offers the two keyblade wielders a chance to taste alcohol yet the two deny. Subaru is still not wanting to risk drinking before becoming the age he can and Sora doesn't feel like he should.

Roswaal took note of this and just simply nodded while Rem, Rom, Ram, Emilia, and himself took some alcohol. Felt attempted to get alcholo yet Roswaal was able to stop her, warning her that if she did, she would bring the sword saint to take her away. This was enough to convince her for now, since she knew Roswaal was still going to inform the sword saint yet if she was a good girl, he would allow her and Rom to stay longer.

After a while into the dinner, Emilia started to approach Subaru and act funny towards him, making both Sora and Subaru aware of the effects of alcohol. Emilia trips onto Subaru, causing the two to fall to the ground with their faces extremely close to each other. This caused Subaru to get a red face, never having been this close to a girl before gently getting her up. As Sora was watching this unfolding, he could feel Rem hugging him tightly while saying his name multiple times.

"Rem, are you alright?"

"Yes, Sora-kun Sora-kun Sora-kun."

Sora laughed it off a little while Subaru enjoyed seeing this cute side of Emilia until his attention was turned towards Beatrice, seeing her all alone. Subaru turned towards Sora and asked if he could watch over Emilia for him, to which his master nodded. Subaru grabbed a cup for Beatrice and went outside to speak with the drill haired loli. As he was outside with her, she looked at him before looking forward and speaking in a slightly respectful manner,

"The Book of Prophecies showed you something about our future, didn't it?"

"Imbalance observed, strength misplaced, a future filled with sorrow. Words of truth misunderstood as they explore the secret of tomorrow. With a single strike, toll the bells and herald the end. Bringing war upon us, as fate did intend."

"What is that about, in fact?"

"A piece of the text in the Book of Prophecies, honestly that book seems to contain important information. Which is why I want to ask Beako if we can work together to figure out the future that is set for us. What do you say?"

Beatrice stood silent for a moment, drinking the juice she received from the boy while thinking of his offer. She knows that this could be her chance to learn more of the future the book is telling them, causing her to turn towards Subaru and accept his offer. He smiles before Emilia, Sora, Rem, and Ram all step outside to see what is going on.

"What are you two up to, Barusu? Beatrice?"

"Nothing too important, I suppose."

Sora looked up at the sky and quickly started to think about his time in the islands, remembering a time when Riku and him were children and were looking up at the stars. He remembered having been a young boy and having talked to someone who needed a place while their heart healed. At the time he didn't know it was Ventus yet now knowing it was him, he felt happy that he could give him a place to heal. Everyone else also looked at the stars for a bit until Felt showed up to ask why everyone was outside.

Just as Felt had stepped outside, a bunch of bright lights got everyone's attention to which they were all impressed by. Subaru looked at the glowing spirits for a moment before turning his attention to Beatrice, noticing the excitement in her eyes.

"It was fun, the snow festival wasn't it?"

"It was not bad, I suppose."

Puck had overheard the conversation and saw that Subaru was pleased with the answer he got. This prompted him to drink the last of the wine he had in his bowl before stating that he will use the last of his mana to give snow to everybody. As he glows a large green ball, he shoots it to the sky in order for the capital, the villagers, and themselves to receive snow. As it was snowing all around, Felt quickly got Old Man Rom to step outside in order to enjoy the view with them.

In the capital, many people looked up at the snow falling slowly towards the ground to which everybody was impressed by this. The mysterious figure in the forest looked at the snow and was quite pleased by the view. Everybody was pleased with this, leaving Felt and Beatrice completely stunned by Puck's work.

As everyone is enjoying the view, Beatrice returns inside to which catches the attention of Roswaal.

"You've taken quite a liking to both of them, haven't you?"

"Hmm mind your own business, I suppose."

"Now that isn't nice, I have been a kind soul to you. At the very least answer my question, please."

"I do enjoy a little of their company, I suppose. Are you happy now?"

Roswaal stood in silence for a moment, not giving Beatrice a proper response which caused her to start heading out of the room, annoyed by his presence. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment before saying,

"I do wish we could get along but I want to reassure you that those two have something special in them. For as young as them, they sure will help us in our goals we desire to achieve."

Beatrice stood silent for a moment while turning towards both Sora and Subaru, seeing the two enjoying the company of Emilia and the others. She took a moment before beginning to leave, returning her attention to the Book of Prophecies since she feels that it might hold the key to her situation.

The next day had come by with Sora and Roswaal taking Old Man Rom and Felt back to the capital in order to return Felt to Reinhard despite her plead to not wanting to return but sadly being convinced by the Keyblade wielder to return to the sword saint. While this happened, Subaru finally was able to take Emilia on the date he had been longing to since the battle with Elsa and the Mabeast.

"Did you wait long?"

"Nah, I just got here. Well, shall we go?"

"Yeah."

Subaru and Emilia both start walking together towards the village, beginning their date.

A few things to clear up with this interlude chapter:

1. Subaru learning what is in the book of prophecies will effect his resolve yet he hasn't read enough about it to know what is going on.

2. Felt knows where the mansion is due to Reinhard having taken her there in the previous arc, making her remember the way towards the mansion.

3. The events are all the same with a few changes but those changes will effect the later arcs.

The next chapter will start off Arc 3 but things will be different with a few twist and turns.