I'll Protect You No Matter What

When Things Don't Go As Planned

My Pov

We arrived back at Beast's Castle. I looked and saw my clothes had changed again. I now wore a dark blue top with the front having a white and blue hound's-tooth pattern to match the sleeves, which had ruffled dark blue cuffs. Randomly placed on the top were flowers, and it came with a small gold necklace with sapphire gems, and a longer necklace with a pink gem. Dark blue skirt with a gold clasp at the belt section and light blue cloth that went around, stopping at the middle. The center section was pale blue and white hound's-tooth with random flower images. On my feet were dark blue pumps with fancy design work over the foot. Around each ankle was a lace cuff with red and yellow flower corsages and a single, big pink gem on the front(Look at Aikatsu; Pied de Poule Coord). I still wore my tiara on my head. I looked and saw Beast, all dressed-up and pacing back and forth.

Me: "Beast!" He turned around to face us.

Beast: "Why are you here?"

Me: "The Nobodies world is out there and we're looking for a way in."

Donald: No Heartless and no Nobodies!"

Goofy: "I think they're close, though..."

Sora: "Better watch out!" Beast simply scoffed and turned back to face the ballroom doors.

Me: "Is something wrong?"

Beast: "No. It's just... tonight is very important." That's when Belle, dressed is an elegant yellow gown, began walking down to the ballroom. Belle flashed a smile at us before meeting Beast in front of the ballroom doors. They bowed to each other and Beast escorted Belle into the ballroom.

Goofy: "Uh, maybe we came at a bad time."

Donald: "Well, there's only one way to find out." Then, Donald ran toward the ballroom.

Me & Sora: "Donald!" We went into the ballroom and saw Beast and Belle.

Lumiere: Now then, Monsieur, Mademoiselle. Please, enjoy the evening." That's when the servants noticed us. "And of course, our honored guests are welcome, too."

Voice: "A welcome indeed." That was Xaldin's voice! Beast pulled Belle close to him and looked around. We ran out farther into the ballroom and saw him up on the higher level of the room.

Sora: "The Organization!"

Xaldin: "You don't know when to quit."

Donald: "Oh yeah! We'll show you!"

Beast: "Get out!"

Belle: "Not tonight!" Xaldin snapped his fingers and several Nobodies appeared.

Xaldin: "I've come to take something that you hold dear." Was he after Belle? Beast let out a loud roar. "Yes. Let your anger grow..." He disappeared.

Me: "Beast, we need to get rid of the Nobodies." It didn't take that long to get rid of all of them. "Where's Belle!?" We looked toward the balcony and saw Belle and servants were safe. "Oh, thank goodness!"

Goofy: "Guess Xaldin didn't take anything after all." Beast suddenly bolted past us and ran out of the ballroom.

Sora: "What's wrong?" Then Belle ran past us after the Beast. "Belle? What's with them?" What was all that about?

Goofy: "Maybe Belle isn't the only thing precious to Beast." I thought for a minute. What else was dear to Beast beside Belle? I happened to look down at my skirt and saw the beautiful roses that were grouped together. Wait...roses? The rose!

Me: "The rose is what Xaldin went after!"

Donald: "C'mon!" We hurried to the west wing and found Beast pacing back and forth while growling under his breath. He was angry. He let out a frustrated roar and slammed his large paws to the floor.

Belle: "What's wrong?" Beast didn't answer Belle, so she cautiously walked over to him. "Please, calm down!"

Beast: "Calm down!? You just had to have a party, didn't you? Don't you see what's happened?" Both me and Sora went up to try and calm him down.

Sora: "Hey. What's with you?"

Me: "You've never snapped at Belle like this, Beast."

Beast: "The rose... My rose..." I looked our to the table the rose had been originally to see it gone. Xaldin had just sent the Nobodies to create a diversion so he could steal the rose without having to worry about getting caught until it was too late.

Sora: "What, that? He took it?"

Belle: "But surely, you can find another rose..." I guess she didn't know about the curse and that the rose was a measure of the time Beast had left to break the curse.

Beast: "Silence!" Beast's outburst made me and Sora jump. "You don't know anything!" Okay, he may be a friend, but he was crossing the line. Both me and Sora stood in front of Belle to protect her.

Me: "Beast, enough! Why are you yelling at Belle? It's not her fault!"

Sora: "Hikari's right. It's not fair for you to take it out on Belle. It's not like she stole it!" Beast realized what he was doing and stopped.

Belle: "I'm sorry."

Sora: "You don't have to apologize."

Me: "You didn't do anything wrong Belle."

Belle: "But..." Beast got a sad look on his face.

Beast: "Belle... Sora... Hikari... I want you to leave the castle." What? "Look at me. Look. This is what I am. When you first got here, I tried to change. But I was only fooling myself. I can't be any different. I'll always be a beast. So, I should live like a beast. With no one, alone. Good-bye, Belle."

Belle: "You can't mean that..." Beast refused to look at Belle or us and walked away.

Me: "Beast..."

Goofy: "Aw, I think his mind's all made up."

Sora: "Yeah." Belle, sadly, started walking away to go back to her room. "Look, Belle, Leave this to us. If we can get Beast's rose back, he'll calm down." Simply nodded and left the room. We followed Belle outside to see the servants had followed after their master too.

Cogsworth: "How could it have come to this?"

Lumiere: "And they were so looking forward to this evening..."

Mrs. Potts: "Now, now—no need to be sad. Once the rose is back safely, this will all be over."

Sora: "What's so special about one rose, anyway?"

Me: "There's a time limit, isn't there? I noticed that the rose was somewhat wilted. Is it a clock telling the Beast how much time is left for him to break the curse?"

Cogsworth: "Exactly! If the master can love and be loved in return, the spell will be broken. We'll all be human again."

Donald: "Yeah. You told us."

Lumiere: "But, as her highness suspected, there is a time limit. He must find his true love before the last petal falls from that rose."

Cogsworth: "Ah, but that is not all... Over time, caring for that rose has become a cherished part of the master's daily life."

Mrs. Potts: "It's as thought all his hopes and dreams are tied to that single bloom..."

Sora: "Poor Beast!"

Me: "I know. No wonder he got so angry and snapped at Belle."

Sora: "We need to get it back."

Mrs. Potts: "Please do!"

Me: "We need to snap Beast out of his depressed state. We'll need his help."

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I'd like everyone to give me their opinion on something that will involve my KH III story. I'm thinking of bringing Nikko, Roxas, Naminé, Xion and Axel back in KH: DDD. If I do(or do later on), who should Nikko and Xion end up with? The guys I would pair each of them with would be either Ventus or Vanitas. Who should end up with who? Give me your opinion in a review or send me a pm.