Piri's POV

I ran into the castle and headed towards the west wing. She then saw the heartless surrounding a... closet? Why were they?

I shrugged it off and summoned Nightfall Key. Jumping in be them and the closet, I felt warm inside. The light kept building up inside and I let it out. I looked around after the lights and the heartless were gone. I felt dizzy.

I held my head and shook it, "I seriously need to take it easy..."

"That was quite some power, mademoiselle!" I heard a voice and it wasn't one I know. I surveying the area. "Right here!"

I looked down and saw a clock and candle holder. Was I going crazy?

"I most be going crazy..." I dismissed Nightfall Key and keep looking at the objects.

What can I say? I shouldn't have...

"Nope! We came to search for a girl named Piri," the clock said.

"Do you know anyone who goes by that name?" The candle holder asked and I gulped.

'What do I do? What do I tell them? Why are they after me?' my mind raced but I kept calm on the outside. I blinked, "Yep, going crazy..."

"I assure you, we are real!" the clock crossed his arms, somewhat offended.

"Sorry, I never seen talking objects before..." I said, "Did you say you were looking for a girl named Piri?"

"Correct..." The candle holder said, "I am Lumiere!"

"Cogsworth is my name, madam," the clock said.

"Funny because I'm-"

"Piri!" Sora and the others came running up to me.

"Sora!" I hugged him, "You're okay!"

"Y-yeah... glad we found you." Sora raised an eyebrow.

"What did I miss?" I asked.

"Well, basically the Beast is actually a prince and the talking objects here are originally human. They were cursed by an enchantress." He summarized.

"We're going to see the Prince now, a-yhuck!" Goofy said.

"Oh, sounds like I missed a lot, then..." I turned to look around, "Let's go talk to him then!"

Donald and Goofy walked ahead of us and I started to feel sad.

"Did anything happen to you, Reese?" Sora asked, "You're acting kinda off..."

"Um... I, uh..." I sighed, "I can't tell you..."

"Oh... Is it that time seeing thing?" Sora asked and I shrugged.

"Something like that..." I walked after Donald and Goofy.

*

No one's POV

"Who could ever love a Beast?" A mysterious man asked. He wore a Organization get up with his hood up.

"Hey! What are you doing here?" Piri yelled and they had their weapons in hand.

"See? She has accomplices." the guy said and Piri growled.

"Xaldin!" She glared until she realized she said his name. "How do I know your name?"

"It appears the duchess has a real connection..." He raised his arm and there was a force field blocking the magical rose in the glass. He also disappeared.

"You coward!" Piri shouted.

"Hey Prince." Sora said and the seeress' eyes grew wide as plates. This wasn't going to end well...

The Beast looked up with rage written all over his face and roared very loudly.

"Oh dear, Master!" Cogsworth tried to reason. Piri sensed the anger coming out from the Beast. He raised his arm and just about to gash Sora.

"Look out!" She grabbed his wrist and flung him out of the way. The strike of the Beast hit her arm but didn't yell. Instead, she winced and smiled, "You got... some swing there."

"Piri!" Everyone yelled. The Beast was about to hit her again when Sora picked her up by the waist and jumped back.

"Heal!" He put a hand on her arm and the wound disappeared. "You okay?"

She sighed and looked at the Beast, "Yeah, but the Beast isn't... What do we do?"

"Maybe we can smack him into his senses," Piri sighed at this.

"Fine, but try not to hurt him that much!" They sprung forward.

They kept on fighting him and Cogsworth yelled to help the Beast get back to his senses.

"Beast, It's us! Snap out of it!" Piri screamed.

"We're your friends! Remember? Me and Piri protected you when Riku fought you!" Sora shouted and the beast stopped. He got through to him and the Prince came to his senses.

"Sora..." Piri looked at him and he gave a thumbs up. She smiled, 'He seriously has power he hasn't touch yet.'

"Cogsworth, what happened?" The beast asked and the clock started to stammer. Piri sighed and placed a hand on his arm.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" She sighed, "Beast, you... uh, Sora helped you to get back to your right state of mind..."

He gasped, "What?"

"Who was that guy in the black coat?" Sora asked.

"Xaldin, that's his name." He growled and Sora looked at Piri, who was looking down thinking.

'He must have done something to upset Irix. She was in Organization XIII after all...' she closed her eyes.

"He came from the darkness. He used all my anger to control me. He took all my sorrow and sadness, my pain, and turn it into rage. There was nothing I could do. I could no longer see the truth." He said feeling guilty.

"We all lose sight sometimes..." Piri opened her eyes. "But deep down, we know you have a great heart, Beast."

"Well, I'll be. That's probably why you threw all your friends down there into the dungeon. You wanted to make sure you didn't want to hurt 'em, right?" Goofy pointed out.

"Was that it? Was it to protect them?" The Beast asked.

"Yep, I know it was!" Goofy said, "Like Piri said, you're good inside."

"They are right, Master. We've all seen how kind you can be. After all, Belle can see the goodness in your heart, but I'm afraid you've yet to..." Cogsworth trailed off.

"Belle. I've mistreated her and been so selfish," the Beast sighed.

"She didn't say anything about that." Sora said.

"She'll never tell anyone about my cruelty. She's too good." Beast mumbled.

"I'm afraid the master judges himself too harshly." Cogsworth whispered and Piri glared at him.

"Why don't you talk to her?" Sora asked.

"He's right. Take it from me, I've been through this..." She looked at her hand as everyone looked at her with curiosity, "I've helped Riku out of the deepest pit of darkness. He..." She sighed, "He was hurting inside even after he conquered his darkness but all he has to do is talk to me." She gulped as she told herself that she was going get caught if anything else was said, "I imagine once we find him, he'll still apologize. I've accepted him and the mistakes he's made and now we have a beautiful baby girl."

"Are you saying Belle might do the same?" The Beast asked and she nodded. "But..."

"No buts! We're going with you!" Sora said.

"Yeah! We'll be there by your side, like you were a year ago." She said with a smile.

*

They went to Belle's room and saw the same wardrobe from the hallway. Beast asked where Belle was and the wardrobe said that she was going after a man in black. Piri growled at this; she could only guess who it was.

"Where did she go?" She asked her with a glare.

"Temper, temper, little one."

"Well, Ex-CUSE me for being concerned!" She countered back with a huff.

"Come on, let's go find her!" Sora said and they left the room.

They went downstairs to the entrance hall and heard Belle's muffled voice.

"I'm warning you! You'll be sorry!"

"Belle, where are you?" Beast shouted.

"Beast! Help, I'm in the ballroom!" She yelled.

As they approached the door, a lot of Nobodies surrounded them. Piri summoned her keyblade.

"You guys go and help Belle! I got this!" She jumped in the middle of them and got their attention, "Hey, losers!"

They all turned to her and she stuck her tongue out at them. Sora snickered as they saw this and went into the ballroom.

She fought for a long time and she was starting to wear down. She sat down, exhausted, "S-seriously... What is... is up with you guys?"

One hissed and charged at her. She gasped and closed her eyes. This was it... She was going to die at the hands of empty shells.

"Oh, no you don't!" she heard an Aussie Accent and every dusk froze in time. Piri gasped and looked around.

"What the hell?" They unfroze and all that remained was a bluette with the same keyblade as herself. She turned around with a smile.

"Man, those guys are a drag..." Piri's eyes were wide with shock. "What, is there something in my face?"

"Irix? ...B-but I thought you... What?" She can't wrap her mind on what was happening.

"To be honest, I don't know what happened, ither..." She said, "But, do you need help?"

"I don't know..." She stepped back, "How are you here? Am I dreaming right now?"

"Allow me to brighten the subject." Both the girls jumped and turned to the man how said that.

"Xaldin!" They glared and got ready for a fight.