Joe woke up sore and achy and wished to goodness that he had remained at home with his own cushy mattress. Pale sunlight filtered in through the bars covering his one window and he felt imprisoned. Imprisoned by this sanctuary, imprisoned by guilt, and imprisoned by this stupid magic destiny of his. He was only fourteen, he didn't need this drama in his life. He had a hard enough time passing biology.

He shook his head to clear it and creaked open the door of the adjoining room to see if Fred and Sam were up yet. They were both still snoring in the low brown cots on each side of the room and the girl Fina was nowhere to be seen. He heard a soft purring noise coming from under neath Fred's cot and a white cat squeezed out from it and rubbed up against his legs.

"Morning, Fina." He leaned down to scratch under her chin.

She morphed back into her human form and bowed to him. "Good morning, Warp Wizard Joe."

"Just, Joe," he sighed for the umpteenth time. "Fred. Sam. Wake up."

Sam groaned and sat up yawning. "Remind me to look for a good chiropractor when we get back to New York."

"Joe," Fina gently laid a hand on his arm. "Did you have any more visions last night?"

"Yeah, just one. A woman standing by a river holding a charm on a string." He shrugged.

"So I guess we should find her then?" Fred mumbled still half asleep.

"Great," Sam grumbled. "So we're going off of Joe's crazy dreams now? I remember the last time that worked perfectly."

Before he could get a chance to respond there was a frantic knocking on the door. Fina opened the door and Bishop Marcus rushed in.

"Please," he bowed and wiped his sweaty forehead. "I am sorry to disturb you so early in the morning but the dowager queen has demanded your presence. I am to escort you there immediately."

They dragged Fred out of bed and then followed the bishop down some dingy and dusty hallways until they came to a set of large doors. The room was twice as large as theirs combined, but was just as simple. A tall woman wearing a dark blue dress and a large conal headpiece with a lighter blue ribbon coming from it stood at the window and looked out towards the river.

"Thank you, Bishop." She said quietly. "You may go now."

The bishop bowed and backed out of the room leaving a heavy and awkward silence.

"Um, excuse me, I don't mean to interrupt your train of thought," Sam spoke up. "But would you happen to be Queen Elizabeth Woodville?"

The woman chuckled and turned to face them and Joe had to admit that she was one of the most beautiful woman that Joe had ever seen.

"That is right," She said. "But what else can I expect from such powerful magicians?"

"Ugh, do you mean us?" Fred asked.

The queen nodded. "Yes, I asked the river to send me help in rescuing my sons and the river has lead you four to me."

"And," Joe said cautiously. "Just what is it that you want us to do?"

"Two years ago my brother-in-law Richard took my youngest son into the tower to join his brother," She said with a set face. "And now that the lords insisted that Richard take the throne instead of my son, I fear for both of their lives."

"But I have one small hope remaining," She continued. "My spied have informed me that my oldest daughter's betrothed, Henry Tudor, has formed an army to invade and take back the throne that rightfully belongs to my son. Richard, always greedy, may try to kill my sons in the belief that it'll stop the army. And so I beg you to go infiltrate the tower and bring them out safely."

"And just how are we supposed to do that?" Fred said a bit rudely.

"I believe," Fina cut in quickly. "That my master and his friends need a moment to discuss their plan of action."

The queen nodded and Joe pulled the others aside in a huddle.

"So," He said quietly. "What do you guys think we should do?"

"We need to let history take it's course or we can risk changing it for the worse," Sam said. "So I say we use Fina to call up The Book and warp out of here."

"But she's a queen and her son's the rightful king," Fred piped up. "So there could a major reward involved if we do this right. What do you think Joe? You're the Warp Wizard, that's what they're supposed to do right?"

"I'm not the Warp Wizard, Fred." Joe said tersely. "And I don't know what we should do. Sam has a point, but I feel kind of bad for her. She's just trying to keep her kids safe. What do you think, Fina?"

"I will support whatever decision you make, Joe." She said meekly. "But... I do feel sorry for the poor boys."

Joe closed his eyes and tried to think. One the one hand he could just leave all of this behind like he told himself he would a year ago, but then again he didn't want or need anymore guilt in his life for turning his back on a helpless...queen.

"Fina?" He asked. "Do you think I can do something like this?"

She smiled at him and looked him straight in the eyes. "Yes. You can."

Joe returned her smile, ignoring Fred and Sam's sniggering and eye rolling, and turned back to face the queen. "Queen Elizabeth. We're in."