Hey everybody, I have returned with a new chapter for you all.
I know I said it before, but I will say it again. I hope you are all liking the story so far. It makes me happy to see you all like it :)
So I have been thinking, and please let me know….should I include the 100 Acre Wood in this story? I mean I know that only Sora visits that world...but now that we got the RWBY characters in the mix, what should I do?
Related to the above question, unlike the game, the party will go to the Olympus Coliseum first before going back to Hollow Bastion, so just a fair warning.
To triscythe59: Right.
To RonaldM40196867: Damn right he is. I agree with you, they should have added that to Danny's battle. Possibly, it would be interesting. I do agree with that thought. Well...I don't know...maybe? Hmm...kinda hard...idk. Oh man, that is another hard one….I have absolutely no idea...
To KnightSpark: Yep.
To Gamelover41592: Thanks :)
To Kegeto: It's alright :)
To CommanderZer0: Yea, Yang is going to be somewhat crucial for most of the story. Right, that is a thing I'm going to do, with them talking to each other as they travel in between worlds. Yeppers. Sorry, I did my best with Belle's introduction, and for the fight, that's the thing with writing video game bosses in fanfic form, because if they are basic monsters like Heartless, you don't need to write in a health bar, you just need to give them enough defense without having it drag on and on.
To Twilight Siegen: Yep.
Ok...to the Gust and BenGoku..whoever, PLEASE STOP LEAVING THESE REVIEWS, PLEASE! *Sigh Sorry for that….but please stop, it was already annoying as heck during the Anicktoonime series, I don't need any more of it….
Kingdom Hearts belongs to Tetsuya Nomura, Shinji Hashimoto, Disney, and Square Enix.
RWBY belongs to Rooster Teeth and creator Monty Oum (R.I.P.)
Dungeon
To say the least, when Sora and his party were told about servants being locked in the dungeon...they were expecting real live people...but instead, they found living objects talking and moving.
"Oh, who are they?" the small teacup asked as the other objects looked at the party.
"Shhh!" The Clock said with anxiousness. "It might be...THEM!" He said.
"Oh posh," The Teapot said. "They look like nice kids to me." She said,
Sora and his party were a bit startled by the talking, and they honestly didn't know what to say...none of them had ever seen anything like that before in their lives…
"Well, um…" Jaune said, trying to figure out how to speak to….furniture and other appliances. "We're here to help, right guys?" He asked.
"Yep!" Goofy said with a grin. "We're your friends." He said with a grin on his face. "Belle sent all of us to help you out." He said.
At that point, all the objects then began to walk (or hop) over to the group of nine and looked at them. The nine then knelt to their levels. "I'm Sora, that's Donald, Goofy, Jaune, Ruby, Sun, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch." He said.
The candelabrum was three-branched, with the circular base acting as his foot, his body acting as the central column. The two side branches acted as his arms, with his hands being cantles that were already lit up. His head was a thin candle with a candle it up, and he had black eyebrows, and the base of the candlestick acted as his neck and lower jaw. This was Lumière, one of the many servants who was cursed.
The next object was the clock, which was brown, a peach-colored face with his nose being a button and the clock hand acting as a mustache of some kind, his hands were brown and ended in a heart-shaped point. And his entire body was rectangular and had a case that contained a circular, gold pendulum inside, which was visible through a glass window on his chest. This was Cogsworth, another one of the servants of the castle.
The next figure was a white teapot, her base having gold lining and a pale that alternated between a pink and blue pattern. Her lid was purple with wavy edges and decorated with gold lining, her handle had a pink ball on the top of the lid. This was Mrs. Potts, another servant of the castle.
Accompanying Mrs. Potts was a small teacup that was all white, but he had a small chip on the right side of his rim. His rim and handle were both gold and his base was purple with gold lining and an alternating pale blue and pale pink pattern on it. This was Chip, Mrs. Potts's son.
The next figure was a feminine feather duster that had a wooden body with brown and goose feathers done like a dress, she also wore a white-cap-like device at the top right below a handheld cord, and she had a mole on her right cheek. This was Babette, the castle's maid who was also cursed.
The next figure was a small piccolo that was bronze in color and his arms were gold, this was Fife, another of Beast's servants who was the castle's maestro.
Finally, the last figure was a footstool that had red carpeting, with two pom-poms at each end. This was Sultan, a dog who was cursed into a footstool.
Then Jaune picked up Cogsworth, which alarmed a bit of the other, and took a closer look, much to the clock's dismay. "D-don't touch me! I'm self-winding sir!" He said. But Jaune was just too impressed by what he was seeing.
Ruby was giggling when Sultan came up and started to sniff all over her body, how he was sniffing without a nose is not explained but she didn't care. "We're glad you're all ok." She said with a smile. But she frowned when Sultan attempted to sniff Stitch, who growled at him. "Stitch, no growling!" She reprimanded him.
Babette smiled. "I think it's us who should be overjoyed to see you all." She said,
"So," Sun said as he was looking at Chip, who looked a bit shy. "I'm guessing you were all cursed huh?" He said.
"That's right!" Cogsworth said as he was then let go by Jaune. "It was the enchantress." He said.
"Enchantress?" Ortensia asked as she petted Sultan gently.
"Quí," Lumiere said, but then he crossed his lamp arms. "But it seems so long ago…" He said with a shake of his head, with Babette going over and resting her head on him.
"You see dears," Mrs. Potts started. "It was a cold winter's night...an old beggar woman came to the castle, and asked for shelter." She began.
5 minutes later…
The servants had explained the whole story, and it turns out the Beast was once named Adam who was the voice of the castle, but he was rather spoiled, greedy, and uncaring. On Christmas Eve night, an old woman came to the castle and begged for shelter, offering him a rose. But Adam was repulsed and turned her away with a huff. But the beggar asked him again, and he refused, which was a mistake. Turns out the beggar was a beautiful enchantress. Adam had tried to apologize for his behavior, but it was too late. As punishment for his behavior, the enchantress turned him into a hideous beast, and all the servants in the castle had many different household items.
"Woah!" Sora and his party said. Ruby wanted to rub it in Donald and Sun's faces, but she knew that now was not the time to do so. "I...I never knew…" Sra said with some sympathy.
"I mean I understand him," Donald said. "But to all of you as well? Seems a bit unfair."
"I agree," Sun said. "Why should the servants be cursed, when it was the Beast who screwed up big time?
"Well, there is some truth to it," Cogsworth said with a frown. "We did cater to the master's every whim, despite his behavior...sometimes we think we deserved it."
"Quí," Lumiere said with a frown on his face. "Maybe if we were a bit more stern, then none of this would happen…" He said.
"Yea...maybe," Fife said with a small frown as he looked downwards a bit.
"Well, there's no going back now," Babette said as she rested her head on Lumiere.
Jaune then rubbed his chin in thought, if this was done by an enchantress...then maybe they need to get her again. "Well, why don't we get her then?" He asked, getting everyone's attention. "I mean...is there a way to summon her or something?"
"Oh no, dear." Mrs. Potts said to him. "We know what needs to be done….but the masters…" She said, feeling a bit uncertain due to his behavior recently.
"Yea, he did seem to be a bit...out of sorts," Sora said with him looking confused. "I mean I know him, and when he saw me and my friends...he sorta tossed us aside like yesterday's garbage."
"Yes, the master seems to be a bit out of it," Cogsworth said with a confused look. "He seems to have lost trust in others for some reason, he's never acted like this before...well he has but still."
This is when Sora was thinking about it, if Heartless were around, then they must have something to do with why the Beast is acting like this.
"You don't suppose he's been turned into a Heartless have you?" He asked them all.
But as soon as he asked that, "HEARTLESS?!" Sora's party said in unison with shock, something was going on now! "If the Heartless are part of Beast's issue, then it's a good thing why we're here then," Sora said to them all.
"Yea," Donald said. "Let's go find the Beast and talk to him!" He said,
"Excellent!" Lumiere said as he hopped off the chair as he and the rest of the servants gathered and they all walked out together.
The West Hall
Fortunately, the servants knew of a shortcut that would lead them to the West Wing, where Beast's room resides.
"Ok," Cogsworth said to them all. "Lumiere, you and the others go free the other servants that might still be locked up somewhere, me and our guests will try to get the master to his senses.
"Got it!" Lumiere said as he then grabbed Babette. "Come Mon chèri." He said, making the feather dusters blush.
"Oh my…" She said.
Mrs. Potts rolled her eyes and looked up at Sora and his party. "Be careful now, dears." She said,
"Don't worry, we will," Sora said with a grin, and with that, Lumiere led all the other servants away, and Cogsworth and Sora's party all looked at the large door.
"Ladies and gentlemen, be ready." He warned them, and they all nodded.
The West Wing/Beast's Room
The Beast was inside his room, which looked like it was ransacked, as his bed was broken, and a large portrait was scratched up. In front of him was the glowing rose in the glass, and a man in black was circling them both, but Beast looked as if he was not paying any attention to the man, just keeping his focus on the rose.
"I think it's about time that you dealt with Belle," the man said to Beast. "She's scheming to take everything from you." He said as he stopped and shook his head. "Your castle, your precious rose, and eventually...your life." He then turned to the Beast. "Anger is your only strength, give in to it, make it your weapon, it will give you strength."
But Beast didn't seem to care for it, rather than be angry, he seemed…..sad about something. "I have had enough strength," He said. "I only wish for one thing, and one thing only."
But the man chuckled a bit. "Oh? And what might that be? To love, and to be loved as well?" He then got smug and chuckled some more. "Who could ever love a hideous beast such as yourself?" He asked.
When he said that though the Beast simply roared at him, anger in his eyes and him bearing his sharp teeth, the man didn't seem to flinch or be intimidated in the slightest.
"YOU!" The man then turned to see Sora's party, all of them having their weapons out and getting on the defensive line, with Ruby, Jaune, and Sun glaring at the man even more.
"She even has accomplices." He said to the Beast, but then, he quickly moved his head to the left and avoided a fir dust round going right at him, courtesy of Ruby.
"Where are our friends?" She asked as she cocked her gun again. The man looked at her and Jaune and chuckled,
"You're both angry, I assume." He said.
"Jee, you think, Sherlock?" Jaune asked. "You kidnapped our friends! Now tell us where they are now." He said as he pointed his sword at him.
But the man didn't seem to be intimidated. "Your team is in well-rested hands, so I assure you." He said, it wasn't much but it brought some relief to the Remnant teens. "I sense anger and hatred in you both," He said, pointing at Ruby and Jaune. "Especially you, knight." He said, making Jaune glare at him, what was this guy talking about? "Even that blond brawler has a lot of anger and hate...I can sense it." He said.
Ruby then got her scythe at the ready. "If you did anything to my sister!" she said.
The man simply chuckled and vanished in a dark corridor, despite Jaune and Ruby's protests.
"He got away…" Jaune said with dismay as he felt himself getting a bit angry. "Damn it…" He said,
Sora then went over to place a hand on his shoulder. "We will get them, I promise." He said Jaune looked at Sora's face and saw that look of determination on it and he sighed. He was still mad, but at least Sora was able to calm him down...sorta.
"Alright then," Jaune said as Ruby and Sun nodded in agreement, there will come a time when they will find their friends and figure out where the man's hideout is at….soon...very soon…
"LOOK OUT!" Donald called out, and when they turned, they saw Beast lunge right at them, but luckily Jaune used his shield to block a claw attack and pushed the Beast back with it, making him growl a bit.
Sora then looks concerned. "Beast, it's me! Sora! Donald, and Goofy! Were your friends!" He said, but Beast didn't seem to acknowledge his thought, instead, he just growled and lunged at him again, but luckily, Sora was able to dodge out of the way.
"Oh, dear!" Cogsworth said. "He must be under some sort of spell!" He said. "We'll have to try to wake him up somehow!"
Jaune heard him and looked at his sword, he knew that he can't use it on Beast, especially since he was Sora's friend and all that, so he placed the sword down, and turned to Luffy and Sun. "Guys! We can't use our weapons, we can't afford to hurt him too badly!" He exclaimed.
Ruby looked at Crescent Rose and switched, Jaune did have a point, they couldn't use their weapons...especially not hers. "Alright, but what do we do then?" She asked him. As Jaune was trying to think, Sun got their attention.
"I can!" He said to them, "I can use my staff to hit him around and stuff, anything to get him to come to his senses." He said to them,
Jaune and Ruby looked at each other to give it some thought, he did have a point, so they nodded and let him at it. "Just remember, don't use your Dust rounds on him!" Ruby said.
"Got it!"
(Eyecatch featuring Belle and Blake reading books together with cups of tea.)
(Eyecatch featuring Ruby standing on a windy hill, her cape flowing.)
Sora ran towards the beast and hit him in the face with his keyblade, luckily, he used the side that didn't have the teeth on it. "Sorry, Beast." He said. When the Beast got hit, he roared a bit.
Oswald then ran towards him and gave a solid blow right to the face as well, and Sun did the same thing, and Goofy then hit him on top of the head.
The others simply hung back and watched, they needed the Beast to wake up, so they had to rely on the heavy hitters to do it. "If they can simply knock him a few times," Jaune explained. "Hopefully we can knock him back to his senses."
"Are you sure?" Ortensia asked.
"Well, I can't think of anything else, and since he is strong, your ice spell won't be able to contain him…" He said.
"Master, Please!" Cogsworth said to him, after getting hit a few more times, the Beast seemed to have snapped a bit out of it. He then posted a bit and took a good look at Cogsworth.
"C-Cogsworth?" Beat asked with a more gentle tone. "What happened?" He asked as he then got up. The clock didn't know how to explain it, as he didn't want to say anything that might make the master upset.
"Well, you placed all of your helpers in that dungeon of yours!" Donald said with his arms crossed.
As soon as the Beast heard the voice, he then looked up at Sora's party and looked surprised. "Sora...Donald….Goofy?" He said with shock. "I didn't know you were here either." He said.
"Yep," Sora said with a small smile. "Oh, and these guys are our new friends, Jaune, Ruby, Sun, Oswald, Ortensia, and Stitch." He said. Beast looked at them all, and he gave a short nod.
"Who was he?" Jaune asked the beast. "The guy in black…" His voice was serious but didn't want to be hostile either, he wanted to know names.
Beast looked at him and got mad at himself. "Xaldin...that's his name. He came out of the darkness, and he used my anger to control me!" He then gave a heavy sigh. "He took my sorrow, my anger, and my pain...and turned it all into rage." He then looked at his beastly hands. "I couldn't control myself, I couldn't see the truth…" He said.
As Goofy listed his eyes lit up. "I get it now! That's why you threw your friends in the dungeon!" As he said that, the others turned to him with raised eyebrows and Goofy explained. "Think of it this way fellers, he did that to make sure that you didn't hurt 'em, right?" As he finished explaining, the other party members all took his words and thought it over, was it true? Did he put the servants in the dungeon to protect them...from himself?
"Huh...I never thought of that…" Sun said with his tail scratching his head.
"Do you... think that was it?" Beast asked them all. "Did I do it to protect them?"
"Of course!" Goofy said. "We know you're a good guy and all that." He said with a grin.
Cogsworth agreed with him. "He's right, Master! We all saw your kindness, even Belle has seen it too." He said.
As soon as Cogsworth mentioned Belle's name, Beast then got shocked. "Belle!" He exclaimed, but not before sighing in sadness and regret. "I mistreated her, being so selfish."
"She didn't say anything about you being selfish or mistreating her," Oswald said to him.
Beast gave a heavy sigh again. "That's because she is too nice and good to tell of my cruelty." He placed his hands on his head. "Sometimes she is too nice for her good."
Cogsworth gave a heavy sigh. "Master, you need to stop being so judgemental of yourself. " The clock said to him.
"Talk to her?" Stitch suggested. "You go talk to Belle?"
Beast took a look at the alien and sighed. "I want to, but-"
"No excuses now!" Ortensia said while wagging her finger, almost as if she was scolding a child.
"Yea, we'll all go with you," Sora said with a determined smile on his face, and the others nodded their heads as well.
Beast looked at them. "You would do that?" He asked, getting their nodding heads. This made Beast give a short smile. "Thank you." He said.
"Alright then," Donald said. "Let's get back to Belle's room!" He said, and they all agreed, with Cogsworth hopping on Beast's shoulders. As they began to walk, Jaune's mind was thinking about that man in black….when he saw him again, he was going to get answers….by god he was.
East Hall/Belle's Room
As the group was walking back to Belle's room, they all took on more Heartless, and they were successful and had no issues. As they were walking back, Jaune, Ruby, and Son couldn't help but think about the man in black. When they saw him next, they wanted answers as to where their friends were.
Finally, they all made it back to Belle's room, where the Wardrobe was, and when they entered, she took a good look at him and smiled. "Master!" She exclaimed with eagerness, happy to see that her employer was alright now.
"Everyone else is safe as well!" Cogsworth told her. "I sent Lumiere and the others to free the others."
"Wonderful!" The Wardrobe said with a smile on her face. "Thank you!" She said to Sora's party who simply smiled and nodded.
"No problem at all," Jaune said as he then looked behind her. "Where's Belle? We thought she would be back here."
The Wardrobe gave a small frown. "Unfortunately, she left the room a little while ago. Said something about going after a man in black she saw in the hallway." this made the others get alarmed, Belle went after him, what the hell was she thinking?
Beat had the same thought as he then got angry. "WHAT!" He shouted a loud voice, so loud that the entire room shook, along with everyone else. "Why doesn't she do as she's told?" He growled in fury and anger.
The Wardrobe turned away with her eyes closed and talking. "Temper, temper!" She said, making the Beast calm down a bit and sigh heavily.
"We'd better go and find her then before she gets in trouble," Sora said as he and the rest of his group all nodded.
"I'll stay here in case the others come back," Cogsworth said to them all.
"Alright then." Ruby said. "Let's go!"
Entrance Hall
The group looked everywhere for Belle. They tried the West Wing, the halls, and the dungeons, but they couldn't find her at all.
"Dagt it!" Donald said with a huff. "We searched everywhere! Where could she be?" They all looked and couldn't find her, what were they going to do?
"Now listen!" They all heard Belle's muffled voice from somewhere. "You'll be sorry you came here!" She said, she didn't sound a bit happy, she sounded a bit nervous and scared too.
"Belle!" Beast exclaimed. "Where are you?" He asked as he and the rest all looked around the room.
"Beast! I'm in the ballroom!" Everyone then turned to the large doors where the voice came from, and if what Belle said was true, then she was in the ballroom.
"Quick, let's go!" Beast said as he and the test all ran to the doors.
Ballroom
Sora's group had all made it to the ballroom to see Belle running to the other side to a door at the end of the room.
"Belle!" Beast called out to her, making sure she was alright.
"Don't worry, I'm alright!" She said as she then opened the door and stepped out, then they all saw a group of Statues and Soldier Heartless around, and at the front was heartless then got in front of them all. The Heartless was a dark black sphere with several tentacles sprouting out of its body. Two of the tentacles were large and had metal bands around them, but the rest of the tentacles were much smaller and placed more haphazardly around the body. It also had two yellow eyes and a mouth with the inside being red, and its body was wrapped in many chains around its body and being comically held by weight, this was the Shadow Stalker, a Pureblood Heartless.
Sora and his party all got ready for a fight. "Alright guys, let's go!" Sora said and everyone agreed with him and charged into battle. Sora used his keyblade to slash a bunch of soldiers knocking them all back a bit, and he then used a free spell to burn up a few of them as well.
"Thunder!" Donald then sent a thunder spell on a bunch of statues, making them all crumble and burn to smithereens. He then turned to face a group of Soldiers and gripped his staff hard, but then they all got shot in the head by Stitch, who was fired on his lasers.
"Hahaha!" He laughed as Stitch kept on firing away, shooting more Soldiers and Statues as well, destroying them all instantly. Goofy used his shield to smash several Soldiers back into some statues, making them all get destroyed instantly. Jaune stabbed a Statue right in the head and then used hsi shield to bash a Soldier right in the stomach.
Ruby grabbed her Crescent Rose and cocked it several times. "Yea!" She exclaimed as she then sent several fire dust rounds onto the Heartless, burning them all instantly. Sun simply dodged every attack coming to him and used his bo staff to hit several enemies away, while also using his gunchucks. Oswald then used a Fire Raid on a bunch of Soldiers.
Beast then roared and used his claws to slash at a group of Soldiers, and when a Statue struck him, he growled in pain and grabbed the stone and smashed it to smithereens.
As they were all dealing with the Heartless, the Shadow Stalker then went right over to the windows of the room and the windows began to glow a purple light. Goofy noticed this and his eyes went wide with shock as columns of beams then went out. "Look out, guys!" Sora said as everyone then saw the beams and they all immediately jumped out of the way, but the mooks were unfortunate to get caught in it and get destroyed.
Everyone got up to see the Shadow Stalker come out of the windows and float around some more.
"Ruby!" Sora exclaimed.
"Got it!" She said as she then cocked Crescent Rose and aimed right at the Heartless, who was flying all around. "Eat some of this!" She then fires thunder dust rounds at it, hitting it and making the heartless spark a bit.
Sora then pointed his keyblade at the Heartless and the blade glowed a bit. "Light!" He said as he then sent a light beam at the Heartless, hitting it with ease, but the Heartless didn't seem to falter though, but it shook a bit and was then engulfed with darkness.
This prompted the confusion of the others. "Did we….do it?" Goofy asked.
"I don't know…" Sun said as he then took a closer look, then he spotted something. "Look! The dark shape end is getting a bit bigger!"
And he was right, the cloud was growing bigger until a claw had popped right out of it, and then more features had popped right out before the cloud faded and a large creature was in place of the Shadow Stalker. This new Heartless was massive in size, and had black skin, with the entire body wrapped in real thorns, and its wrists and ankles all had manacles on them. It wore broken chains on its arms and feet, two orange horns, and a large orange mane, but the most distinguishing thing about it was the heart-shaped hole in its chest area. That was an evolved form of the Shadow Stalker known as the Dark Thorn.
"Oh great…" Sun said with annoyance. "A new form? Just peachy."
Ruby cocked her gun. "No matter, it's going down just like the others!" She said as she then took aim and then fired off several rounds at it, but the Heartless dodged it and then it vanished in thin air, making the others look surprised.
"Wh-where did it go?" Donald asked as everyone then looked around, hoping to get a glimpse of the Heartless, all they heard was footsteps but nothing moving, Ruby and Stitch tried firing off several rounds, but nothing got hit.
Jaune was looking around, thinking of what they can do to draw out the Dark Thorn, then he looked up at the chandelier and got an idea. "Guys! If we can somehow get the chandelier off and spin it around, we might be able to draw it out!"
Everyone then nodded, they would have to trust Jaune's better judgment. "Beast, throw me up there!" Sora said to him.
"Got it!" Beast said as he then lifted Sora and threw him up to the chandelier, which had now changed form, and then when it landed down on the ground.
"NOW!" Jaune exclaimed as he and the rest gave it a mighty push/kick and the whole thing went spinning around and around, and while it did it, the Dark Thorn was finally revealed having been hit by the chandelier and was sent back a bit.
"GET OUT!" Beast roared as he ran to the Heartless and jumped on its back, sinking his teeth into its back, making the Heartless screech in pain, Sun then used that opportunity to jump over and smack the Heartless right in the face with his gunchucks.
Ruby then fired off several rounds from Crescent Rose at the Heartless, causing it to roar in pain, then Ortensia and Donald both unleashed a combined thunder attack on it, making it get hurt once again.
Finally, Stitch fired several rounds from his blaster, Oswald made a Fire Raid attack, and Sora sent a beam of light, which hit the Heartless.
As it was finally going down and getting tired, Jaune then grabbed his sword and glared at the monster. "RAGH!" He ran towards it in a mighty run, and he raised the word in the air as he jumped and got down...and down…
SHANK
Jaune's sword was right in the Heartless's head, making it shake a bit, and when it stopped, it vanished in a large puff of smoke.
Everyone then sighed a bit in relief. "How is everyone?" Sora asked, and everyone all gave him answers. "Good," He said.
"At least we did it!" Ruby said with a grin on her face.
"So you think, Little Red?" They all immediately turned to face Xaldin, who was standing and looking at them with his arms crossed behind his back.
"Xaldin!" Beast roared as he then ran right for the man, along with everyone else. But Xaldin then immediately disappeared into a corridor of darkness.
"Farewell...all of you." He said as he then finally vanished, leaving everyone to stop and see the spot where he once stood.
This made the Beast growl in anger. "What does he want here!" He asked through gritted teeth.
Sora looked at him. "Organization XIII," He said, prompting the Beast to look at him and his party. "Have you ever heard of Nobodies?" He asked.
Ruby looked confused, she thought that they were supposed to keep this stuff secret. "Uh...Sora? I don't think you should be-"
"It's alright," Donald said to them. "Beast knows about Heartless already." He said to her, but it made her a bit more confused.
"You see," Sora began to explain to the Beast about Nobodies and about how they were created, and how the Organization controls them all.
"I get it now!" Goofy said. "You told us about who that Xaldin guy was using your anger to control you, so I bet that they were going to turn you into a Heartless, just to get your Nobody!" He said, making some nod their heads in agreement, after what Beast told them earlier, it just made sense that Xaldin was trying to do, and how he was using Belle as well.
"All of you are alright!" They all turned to see Belle coming right back in front of the balcony, where she was to protect herself from the Heartless.
Beast then got joyful and ran right over to her, and Sora's party followed close behind, and not just them either, the servants were all walking inside as well to go up to them all. When Beast looked at her, hsi joy turned into regret, and looked down. "Belle...I-I'm so sorry. I….I wasn't being myself earlier." His face turned into regret. "I hope….I haven't done anything to you…." His eyes looked hopeful, he was seriously hoping he had not hurt her in any way, shape, or form while he was briefly serving as Xaldin's puppet.
Belle however gave a small smile. "It's fine," She said to him, making his grin go up a bit. "I know that you weren't yourself. So you don't need to apologize to me." She said to him, "But I just wish….that you were a bit more trusting to me is all." She then said with a small frown.
Everyone looked at the conversation with frowns on their faces. Jaune was about to explain the situation, but she was interrupted by Lumiere. "Oh no, time is running out." He said.
This prompted Sora's party to raise eyebrows and ask what it meant.
"Remember the rose, dears?" Mrs. Potts asked.
"The one from the Beast's room?" Ruby asked, making the teapot. "What's so important about it?" She asked.
Cogsworth then coughed in his hands. "Oh yes, we never got around to that part. You see, the enchantress left him with two objects, a magic mirror that allows him to see the outside world, and the rose. If the master can learn to love, and earn love in return before the last petal falls, then the spell will be broken."
"And we'll be back to our human forms," Babette said while Lumiere had one of his sticks wrapped around her.
Sora's party looked surprised and in awe at that part, so if he can love...then they will be back to normal...but what was that about the last petal? Sun asked that part.
"Oh dear," Mrs. Potts said with a small frown on her face. "If the last petal should fall unless he finds love….then we shall remain like this forever…"
When she said that, Sora and his party all had winded eyes...now that was a cruel twist of fate indeed, no...it was a fate even worse than death itself! They would be stuck forever? It wasn't fair!
"Talk about a cruel and unusual punishment…" Sun said, with the others nodding their heads.
"Will he make it?" Stitch asked with a confused look on his face.
"Yep!" They all turned to Ruby, who had a confident grin on her face. "This is exactly like something out of a fairy tale, I think he will make it!" She said with her fist pumping her chest.
"Yes….hopefully…" Sora said with a small hopeful look on his face, then his keyblade was summoned right in his hands, and the others got a glimpse of it as well.
"Here we go again," Jaune said as the keyblade glowed and everything went white…
A few moments later…
When the light vanished, Beast, Belle, and the servants all looked at Sora's party. "What happened?" Beast asked.
Stitch pointed his claw up. "Gate open!" He said cheerfully.
"Awe, you all have to leave now?" Chip asked, with Sora picking him up.
"Yea, sorry little guy." He said. "But we'll be back." He said with a smile.
"Take care of yourselves, dears." Mrs. Potts said with a smile.
Cogsworth gave a smile as well. "You're all welcome here, anytime." He said with a smile. Sultan ran up and jumped in Ruby's arms, making the reaper giggle and give him an affectionate rub.
"Next time you all come, I'll have a concerto ready to play!" Fife said with a grin on his face.
"Hey," Sora said to Beast and Belle. "If you hear anything about Riku, the King, the Heartless, the Organization….anyone of those things, let us know and we will be there to help, right guys?" He asked the others, making them nod their heads in agreement.
"Thank you, we will," Belle said with a smile on her face, with Beast nodding in agreement. The group all said goodbye to each other and Sora's party began to walk out of the castle.
Courtyard
"HA! I knew it!" Ruby said as they all were now in the courtyard of the castle. "I knew it was like something out of a fairy tale, but some of you were mocking me for believing that stuff," Ruby said with a smug smile, happy that her theory was right. "So you guys can suck it!"
"Ok, ok, no need to get sappy," Donald said, making some of the others laugh a bit.
"Well, that sure was interesting." Said a voice from somewhere, the others all looked around in confusion. "Down here y'all!" They all looked to see a small cricket with olive skin, thin black eyebrows, and four-fingered hands that sorted white gloves. He was dressed very fancily as well, with him wearing a royal blue top hat with an orange band near the base, a red vest with a single pink button at the front, a yellow ascot, a black blazer, and a high-collared white shirt. And he also wore a pair of tan pants and yellow shoes with black tips, and also carried a red umbrella. This was Jiminy Cricket.
"Woah! A talking Cricket!" The Remnant teens and Stitch said with shock and awe.
Sora smiled. "Oh, Jiminy, we want to introduce you to"
"Don't worry, Sora. I know who they are." The cricket said as he looked up at the others who weren't familiar with him. "I apologize for not introducing myself earlier, there was a lot of stuff going on that I didn't even have time to say anything…..also because the author didn't know when to introduce me," He said with a bit of sarcasm.
"Author?" Ruby asked.
"Anyway," Jiminy said, making Ruby look confused. "I am the group's chronicler, everywhere we go, what I see, I write down in my journal!" He said as he got out a red book and showed it to the group.
"So You're going to record our adventure?" Jaune asked him. When Jiminy nodded, Jaune shield. "Cool! Then we can tell everyone else about our travels…..when we rescue them of course…" He said uncertainly.
"No!" Donald exclaimed. "We can't go splurging around the world order!" He said.
"Donald…" Sora said to him. "The Organization captured them, they are probably going to find out anyway."
When he said that, Donald looked at the others, who simply nodded their heads in agreement and he couldn't help but give a faint blush on his face. "Good point…" He said, making the others chuckle and laugh a bit.
As they were laughing, Xaldin was watching them over the balcony, his look hiding behind his hood. "When we captured those teens, I couldn't help but feel some anger from Arc and Rose...but out of them, The Arc boys' darkness is slowly growing, he might not know it, but I can feel it…" Then he chuckled. "I guess all he needs is a bit of a….push in some areas." He said with a dark chuckle. "But the girl is going to be a bit of a challenge though." And as he said that, he took a glance at Beast, who was still talking to Belle. "Don't think I haven't forgotten about you, Beast." He thought as he then disappeared into a corridor of darkness.
Well, there we go with that chapter, I apologize for not getting it done earlier….this month has been…..hard for me, I feel as if my depression has reached a bit of a high at the moment. But I'll do the best I can do, so don't rush me or things like that.
So if you saw that end, Xaldin won't play just a part in the Beasts Castle storyline, he will becoema a recurring antagonist and will antagonize Jaune and Ruby into trying to draw out their inner darkness.
Also, I don't know if you noticed but I made a poll, on my profile I got two versions of a Ben 10/One Piece crossover I am planning, and one of those versions will be with Ben going into the time of Roger and whitebeard, so vote to see which crew Ben should be a part of :)
Anyway, please don't forget to read and review, I'm always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.
See you all next time as the group head on to the Olympus Coliseum :)