Jade didn't know how to respond to either Draco or the Queen of Castile. She should have been shocked to see them both but needed to pause her life for a few moments to reevaluate her surroundings. What had Draco meant when he said he came back because of his son and his mother? Surely this wasn't her son, she never had one. She kept staring at the three month old boy, seeing some of her features staring back at her and the rest was Draco. Was he hallucinating something? What gave him the impression that Jade and Merthin set him free? They were inside the cottage the entire time.

"Your Highness, may I introduce myself?" Dumbledore asked politely. Everyone looked towards Dumbledore, wondering if he was usually this calm under circumstances like these. The Queen seemed to wonder herself and raised an eyebrow, studying him thoroughly.

"Speak." She said. Dumbledore gave a small bow and placed a hand over his heart.

"I am Albus Dumbledore and with myself, I bring you Nicolas Flamel; the carrier of the Philosopher's Stone!" he said. Silvia and her daughters gasped, taking a step back. The guards lowered their weapons, looking at each other with befuddlement.

"Albus Dumbledore…who has escaped Castile. Where is the other one?" the Queen asked, glancing behind him.

"You won't find him here. He hasn't come." Dumbledore explained.

"I don't believe you; why should I?" the Queen asked. Dumbledore's face softened and he bowed deeply before her.

"Whether you believe in me or not is not the matter of interest at hand your Majesty. I have come for two…or shall I say more than two specific reasons." He said.

The Queen's icy gaze quickly flittered towards Draco, his son and Jade who was carrying Annabelle's daughter.

"He is my husband and she is my servant. They will go nowhere." The queen said. Annabelle's daughter gave a small cry from Jade's arms. Jade couldn't have been put in a more awkward spot.

"Jade, please take the baby inside to the mother for feeding." Dumbledore said.

"I do not think so Dumbledore." Castile hissed.

"After feeding the baby, we shall all go to the castle and negotiate the ownership of the Philosopher's stone." Dumbledore said calmly. This was enough for the Queen's interest and Jade wasted no time in leaving into the cottage.

"Merthin, Jade has dropped her necklace. Return it to her." Dumbledore said to Merthin who nodded and left behind Jade.

"I want to see the Philosopher's stone so I know you aren't wasting my time Dumbledore." The Queen said.

Jade walked into the cottage to see Annabelle looking paler than usual and lolling her head back and forth weakly.

"What's happened to her?" Jade asked, rushing towards Annabelle. Helena had a bowl of blood sitting next to her as she wrung a rag of blood into it.

"The bleeding hasn't stopped. It should have stopped when the afterbirth came out." Helena said. Before Jade could turn around and call Dumbledore or Snape for help, Merthin grabbed her hand and shook a Time Turner in front of her.

"What is this?" he asked. Jade's jaw dropped as she stared at the Time Turner.

"Merthin, how did you get this?" Jade asked, taking the Time Turner from him.

"Dumbledore gave it to me while Annabelle was giving birth. He told me to give you the necklace when he would say so!" Merthin said.

"Why would Dumbledore tell you to give it to me?" Jade asked. Merthin shrugged, looking at the Time Turner.

"I figured he knew that you knew what to do with it." Merthin said. Jade paused, looking at the Time Turner. The pieces had started to fit together in her mind. She knew exactly what the Time Turner was for. She knew about the third year incident with Sirius Black and Buckbeak, thanks to this very device.

"Follow me Merthin." Jade said, looping the necklace around their necks. They left using the back door, hearing Dumbledore still speaking.

"Where are you going?" Helena asked seeing Merthin and Jade turn around.

"We'll be back in a second." Jade whispered.

"I'm not sure with what this does." Merthin said as Jade adjusted the Time Turner behind for an hour. Helena disappeared from the doorway. Their shadows and the shadows of the trees, the cottage and bushes quickly adjusted to an hour earlier to the sun. Jade quickly took the Time Turner from Merthin's neck and grabbed his hand. They heard voices from the front of the house and quietly leaned forward to see Merthin leading Dumbledore, Nicolas Flamel, Tonks, Moody, Lupin and Snape into the cottage. Jade heard Merthin gasp sharply, seeing himself an hour earlier.

"How is this possible?" Merthin asked as Jade pulled him out of their sights.

"We don't have a lot of time Merthin. We need to apparate to the castle quickly!" Jade said.

"But-"

"Merthin!" Jade hissed. Merthin quickly apparated with Jade, taking her to the dungeons of Castile. Jade wasted no time in traveling up, taking the corridors and stairs towards the Queen's room.

"Why are you going that way?" Merthin asked, grabbing Jade's arm.

"To get Draco and the baby he was carrying." Jade said. Merthin shook his head and pulled her away from the Queen's room.

"The King has been imprisoned. He won't be in the Queen's room." Merthin said, nervously looking around, in case anyone was near.

"Why is he imprisoned? And who was that baby?" Jade asked. There was an anxious look that crossed Merthin's face as he looked towards the Queen's room. "The Portkeys and the baby is in the Queen's room." Merthin said.

"And Draco's up in the towers…how do we get them out?" Jade asked.

"We must create a diversion!" Merthin whispered. He bolted off, towards the dungeons where they had originally been in.

"Merthin! We haven't got time! We need to have Draco and the baby out at exactly the right time!" Jade said.

"Yes, yes, yes but there must be something to divert the Queen's attention so we can have both without trouble. Ah!" he said, spotting two smooth rocks. He grabbed them and ran towards a stack of hay.

"What are you doing?" Jade asked. Merthin struck the two stones together repeatedly as sparks appeared. The sparks touched the hay, creating a small fire.

"They shall burn on their own." Merthin said. Jade nodded and followed him out and shut the door behind them. They quickly made their way out of the corridor and went upstairs, occasionally hiding from a passing guard on duty or a servant. They took the spiral staircase up and heard a bloodcurdling scream from downstairs.

"Fire! Fire in the dungeons!" one of the servants screamed from below.

Jade and Merthin quickly hid behind a corridor as they saw the two guards running from the room where Draco was held captive. As soon as they left, Merthin tapped Jade's shoulder and the both of them ran up the stone staircase. Jade ran into the room, seeing the floor as filthy as possible. Her eyes focused in on Draco who was sitting in the corner with his arms crossed. He was staring at the wall in front of him, looking dangerously thin with dirt smeared all over him, looking criminally insane.

"D-Draco." Jade stuttered, holding on to the bars. Draco snapped his head towards her, his eyes widening when he saw her.

"No." he said in disbelief.

"How do we get him out Merthin? We don't even have keys." Jade said, looking for a way to get Draco out. She shook the prison bars, knowing it was completely useless to but she did it anyways.

"We do not need keys. We are wizards!" Merthin said, holding the bars as well. Jade furrowed her eyebrows at him and he nodded, looking at the bars. "I cannot do it alone. You must help me. Use what I have taught you these past few months. Focus your entire being and energy through these metal bars." Merthin encouraged. Jade nodded and looked at Draco who took a few steps back. The energy she was holding inside of her started to pull into the bars. She kept her mind and body consistent as she channeled the power through her arms. The bars where her hand had been in contact started pulsating with golden lights.

"PUSH!" Merthin yelled. Jade held the bars tightly and gave a hard shove. The entire face of the cell broke off, leaving a few bricks from the roof to crumble to the floor. Draco helped Jade and Merthin push the bars out of the way to the side. As soon as the bars were cleared, they let go, trying to regain their breath.

"I can't believe I did it. I finally…wow." Jade said seeing Merthin bark in laughter.

"You were wonderful! I was happy I did not need to poke you with a needle this time." He said. Jade shook her head and looked at Draco who had quietly been watching them all throughout this time.

"Are you…all right?" Jade asked. Draco clenched his jaw in anger and looked at Merthin who looked to the ground in shame.

"You told me she was dead!" Draco roared. He grabbed Merthin's collar and slammed him into the wall. "For three months Merthin. Three fucking months I sat in that cell thinking why the fuck you would do that to her! Do you know how it feels like, Merthin?" Draco asked, shaking him.

"Draco! Let him go! You're going to kill him!" Jade said, taking a grasp on Draco's arm. She tried to push him off but Draco kept a harder grip on Merthin. He stared at him ferociously, angry over something that Jade didn't understand.

"You do not understand Draco. It was the only way I could have saved her." Merthin choked out.

"You're choking him! Let him go!" Jade said, pushing him off as hard as she could. Draco turned around to Jade.

"You want me to spare his life after he took your son away from you? You want me to spare his life after he gave our son to that old bitch?" Draco spat. Jade was entirely confused, wondering what on earth Draco was babbling about. When she looked at Merthin for answers, she saw that he was looking at the ground, avoiding to look at her.

"Merthin, what's he talking about?" Jade asked him. Draco looked at Jade, wondering if she had gone crazy or stupid.

"What do you mean what am I talking about? Don't you remember giving birth? What were you pregnant all these months for?" he asked.

"I had a daughter…not a son." Jade said seeing Draco look at Merthin.

"Tell us exactly what the fuck is going on." Draco snarled.

"I-"

They all heard one of the guards return. He stopped dead when he saw Draco, Jade and Merthin standing in front of him. It took only a few seconds when Draco grabbed the guard and slammed his head into a brick wall. The guard slumped on to the floor and Draco grabbed the torch from the wall, setting the guard on fire.

"Are you insane? You knocked him out and-"

"Trust me I could have torn him apart but that would have taken time. Try sitting in a cell for three months listening to him taunt you about your…never mind." Draco said, looking uncomfortable. Jade wanted to press into the matter of finding out about the confusion of giving birth to a son, but time was running out.

"We have to leave. We've wasted enough time as it is." Jade said, starting to leave.

"Merthin needs to explain-"

"This isn't the time Malfoy. We have to find the baby and the Portkeys." Jade said sternly. They hurried down the spiral staircase, seeing that everyone had disappeared to keep themselves busy with the fire that blazed uproariously in the dungeons.

"Find out who did this!" the Queen growled at Silvia who quivered next to her.

"She's not in her room." Draco whispered to Jade who led them towards the Queen's room.

"But her guard is." Jade said, peeking from the end of the corridor. The guard was standing in front of the door and left Jade wondering how this was going to be done.

"I will distract him. You both take the Portkeys and your son back to the cottage." Merthin said. Jade gave Merthin a questioned look and he looked back down to the ground again. "When you gave birth that night, you not only gave birth to your daughter, but a son as well." He said. Merthin cleared his throat and continued.

"I had to separate you from your child…and you, My King, from Jade and Jenita. The reason why Jade was kept alive throughout all this time was because the Queen was expecting an heir from her. As soon as she would receive the heir of her throne, she would immediately see to Jade's death and I could have never let that happen. I was compelled to save your life…even if it meant to give birth to your two children and altering your memory. I needed to go to the castle and give the Queen her consolation and the only reason why I gave her your son was because I knew the King would be there to nurture the child as well…but what I didn't expect was Silvia to ruin everything." Merthin said.

Jade was thrown completely off track, staring at Merthin dumbly. To process in her mind that she had two children not one seemed to overwhelm her. The same piece of news to Draco had the same effect on him as well. He gaped at Merthin but had realized that he couldn't blame him anymore.

"We have no time left." Merthin said. He ran out from the corridor they were hiding in, into plain sight of the guard. "Ho there! I've returned, you block of half wit!" Merthin yelled, swinging his arms above his head.

"Merthin-"

"Ssh, he owes us one." Draco said to Jade. They heard the guard starting to run and Merthin ran off, leading the guard away from the Queen's door. As soon as Merthin and the guard disappeared, Draco and Jade ran into the Queen's room. They found their son sleeping soundly in his gold and silver crib.

"And I thought I was over the worst part of my life." Jade said, looking over him. Tears brimmed in her eyes, seeing her three month old son who she couldn't even remember holding or giving birth to.

"I hate being here." Draco said, scooping their son up. Quickly wiping her cheeks, Jade looked around for the crowns.

"There it is." Jade said, seeing it sitting on a plush square pillow. Jade grabbed her sling and wrapped it around the crown to avoid making direct contact with the Portkey.

"Where's the other crown?" Jade asked Draco who went to ask why she was stealing a crown.

"On her dusty cracked skull…why?" Draco asked. Jade shook her head and started off.

"I need you to run off into the forest without me. You'll have to walk a little fast though, but you'll see a cottage." Jade said, seeing him raise his eyebrows.

"You're fucking joking right? I'm not leaving you for another minute again-"

"Trust me. I'm not risking your lives this time. Please listen to me just this once Draco. For the sake of our son and Jenita, you'll do just as I say." Jade pressed. Draco didn't push her; instead he swallowed his pride and listened to her. He put an arm around her and kissed her forehead.

"Keep yourself safe. I can deal with losing you from time to time but not when I have to lose you permanently." He said. Her throat started to constrict and Jade turned away from him, leaving to find Merthin.

Jade ran from room to room in the direction where Merthin ran off to with the guard. After seeing the empty and vacant rooms, Jade headed upstairs, feeling restless that her time was slipping quickly out of her hands.

"My Queen! The King has escaped into the forest! He carries the Prince along with him!" one of Silvia's daughter shrieked. Jade couldn't see the Queen's face when this was said but she could picture how badly she had taken it.

"Prepare the horses. We must leave at once." The Queen said. She quickly left out of the castle as the servants ran out, fetching their horses and alerting the guards.

"What do we have here?" a coarse voice asked near Jade's ear. Jade quickly turned around to see a guard standing behind her, grinning ear to ear with his rotten teeth.

"Please-" the guard swung at Jade, backslapping her. Jade was knocked off her feet and landed in the ground. She tried to crawl away but the guard grabbed her ankles and pulled her towards him.

"Not so fast. Stay put or I'll cut your tongue off!" he snarled, settling on top of her.

"I'd rather you do that." Jade said. She spat in his face, seeing him flinch and give her a nasty look.

"Peasant!" he said. He wrapped his hands around her neck and squeezed as Jade choked and moved her legs around. She saw him grinning down at her with his hands pressing against her throat, blocking her air to breathe. A dark figure appeared leaping behind him, sending the guard off of Jade. The air went back to Jade's lungs and there couldn't be a better feeling. Jade turned around, seeing Merthin's Animagus tearing the guard up from limb to limb. Blood spattered everywhere on the walls and ground as Merthin pulled and tore.

"Merthin! Merthin stop!" Jade said. Merthin paused and looked up from the bloodied body and licked.

"That's enough." Jade said. Merthin looked back at the body.

"I suppose you are right. We must go back to the cottage. Our work here is done." Merthin said seeing Jade nod.

Merthin trotted off, swinging his tail and Jade followed, leaving through the doors of the castle. She ran off with Merthin in front of her and turned around to see that the fire had spread from the dungeons to the main floor. Flames and smoke erupted through the windows as glasses and other belongings broke from inside.

"Do not lose focus! We must retrieve the second Portkey!" Merthin said. Jade turned back, running into the forest with Merthin while holding on to the Portkey at the same time.

"How in the world do we get the Portkey off of her head?" Jade asked.

"How hard is it to defeat a Squib?" Merthin asked.

"Er…" Jade said.

After a few minutes of running, Merthin slowed down and crept towards a small mound behind the army of knights. They crouched down, listening to the voices of the Queen and Dumbledore.

"Your Highness, may I introduce myself?" Dumbledore asked politely. Everyone looked towards Dumbledore, wondering if he was usually this calm under circumstances like these. The Queen seemed to wonder herself and raised an eyebrow, studying him thoroughly.

"Speak." She said. Dumbledore gave a small bow and placed a hand over his heart.

"I am Albus Dumbledore…"

"This is truly fascinating." Merthin said, morphing into human form.

"We need to wait until we leave…I'm really glad that we pulled through this. What counts now is what fate has written down for us." Jade said, seeing Annabelle's daughter cry in her arms. Merthin gave Jade a morose look. Jade looked back at him, knowing he was sorry for what he had done earlier.

"You tried to save our lives Merthin. Please don't be sorry for that. You did what was best for us and I couldn't be any more thankful for it. I'm sure Draco feels the same way but he takes longer than the average human processes." Jade said.

Merthin gave a small smile and looked back at Jade and Merthin disappearing off into the cottage.