Rae's eyes fluttered open, her mind still racing with questions. She noticed she was still in the tent, hoping it was all just some confusing dream. She rose out of the cot she was sleeping in. Dalia emerged from the outside of the tent. She smiled kindly "Good morning. Did you sleep well?" she asked. Rae simply nodded "I thought I was just dreaming, but then I woke up and realized it's not a dream.."

Dalia laid a pack of clothes on the bed "Here… your clothes were ruined during your escape, we can give you these in the mean time.. I hope you find them comofortable.

"What am I to do in the meantime?" Rae asked, Dalia stopped in her steps "Well, we can keep you safe here.. and hope that the council can figure out how to get all of you home."

"So… I'm going to wait? Why don't we just defend ourselves?"

Dalia stifled a laugh "I'm afraid it's not that easy. I will have to speak with the council.."

"Aren't you in charge? You're supposed to be the decision maker.. if anyone should speak for the council, whoever they are.. they should be listening to you!" Rae stood "I've seen what my power can do. Maybe we can get Nelle and—" Dalia stopped her, striding and taking her hands in hers. "Raeven, we are not powerful enough to face a force like Ratigan. For the sake of my people and the humans… I will not be willing to put them into danger for a strange request. I'm sorry. But for now, stay put." She sat her down and began to leave. Rae stopped her "Just answer me this: how long have these people been here?"

Dalia stopped and took a breath to herself. She couldn't find it in her heart to answer. Leaving the tent in a hurry, Rae rolled her eyes "Great. Stuck here in the unknown." She decided to change into the clothes Dalia provided for her. Given her shape, she whispered a quick prayer that the clothes fit her larger hips and wider waist line.

Luckily they fit like a glove. A white blouse, with a collar to cover her neck. A black corset, which she successfully tied around her waist, and a long navy blue skirt with short ankle high boots. Turning slowly in the mirror, she enjoyed what she saw. A proper lady, with a flick of her wrist, she gently combed her short and soft brown hair that grew a little over her ears. Looking around, she grabbed a brown satchel, stuffing the enchanted book inside. Looking around her neck, the gold heart was not humming at all.

Rae crept behind the back curtain of the tent, looking around at anyone who would suspect she left. She began to turn a corner and stopped, seeing Dalia and Nelle speak with one another.

"Dalia, you know we can't keep doing this.."

The woman sighed "I know, many of them are asking me if they can go home."

"What have you been telling them?" she said, crossing her arms.

Dalia sighed again "I've been telling them were 'almost there' for three months.." she rubbed her head "This is not the leader I promised I'd be." Nelle gently patted her shoulder "Hey, enough with the water works. We will find a way to get them back." Dalia handed her a small sack of coins "Here.. Take this.. it's for last months rescues."

Nelle sighed, giving her back the bag "Keep it. I don't need the money." She sighed and began out "I'm gonna go visit Nestor, see if he has any way to fix my goggles."

"Nelle, be careful.. You're a target now."

"Pfft. I've been a target as long as I've been on this earth."

Rae gasped and snapped her fingers quickly "That's it." She snuck past Dalia, walking in the opposite direction. She followed Nelle into the dark tunnels of the human sanctuary. Nelle stopped at a stone wall, hitting a specific stone combination. The door slid open and Nelle walked through to the bright sunlight. Rae took note of this later, but only until the door started to slide closed. Rae began to run out the door, only to get her hips stuck between the stone.

Nelle turned "Oy! What are you doing here!?" she exclaimed "How did you get here?"

Rae laughed, with a soft-spoken smile "I'm just, ya know, getting some air!"

Nelle leaned on the wall next to her "Really? What are you? Mouse boomerang?"

"Very funny, can you please help me?" she asked. Nelle rolled her eyes "Fine. But you are going back inside to the sanctuary. I already saved your butt from Ratface, I don't need you anywhere need me. Holding me back." She pulled her out of the opening, only to have her plop to the ground with a thud.

Rae got up, dusting herself off "Thanks." She turned and noticed the opening sliding open. Nelle grabbed her by the arm "Alright girl, time to go back to where you belong-" Rae pushed her way forward "Before you send me back, I could be of some help!"

"Pfft. You caused me more trouble than your worth!" she shoved her inside. Rae dug her heels into the ground "Wait! You can't do this to me! I made you!"

She lifted her by the collar, using all her strength "Enough of this crazy talk! You didn't invent me! I was born-"

Rae finished "Y-You were born in Hartford, in a small, small town house with your mother Grace, your sisters Seline, Marguerite, and Annabelle, your brother Eron, and your father Hugh!" Nelle's eyes widened and narrowed in half a second, she dropped her "So what? Someone's done their homework, back into the sanctuary!"

Rae held onto her shoulders, pleading her insanity "I know that your father gave you your first gun holster for your twelfth birthday!"

Nelle scoffed "Okay…"

"Your full name is Nellina Ferdinanda Percious Blakney, but everyone calls you Nelle, or you'll beat them to a pulp!"

"Obsessive, much?" she pushed her back. Rae pleaded her case "I know that every night you give yourself a facial made of chamomile tea, honey, and oatmeal, and you treat yourself to dark chocolate that you hide under the pillow case of the left side of your bed!"

Nelle was about to slap her, but her eyes could not leave her, she was speechless "Big deal!" she said. Rae pushed herself forward "I know that every night before bed, you find the brightest star in the sky and wish your father goodnight!"

There was a pause. Nelle grabbed her roughly and pinned her against the wall. Throwing the air out of her, Nelle whispered darkly "No one. Repeat. No one. Mentions my father ever in my prescence."

Rae grabbed the hand around her collar, Nelle had a hard grip "I know, you guilt yourself every day since his disappearance, I know how special he was to you. It's my fault, I didn't realize how much pain I caused you. But if you let me come with you, I promise, I will find a way to get him back to you."

Nelle dropped her "What do you mean?"

Rae stood, confident in what she was saying. She pulled out the book from her satchel "If we can figure out how to use this, I can go home and re-write the wrong that I caused you."

Nelle raised a brow "No tricks? You promise?"

Rae nodded, serious as she's ever been. Nelle paused, and took her hand out "Fine. Dalia is gonna kill me." Nelle started walking ahead of her, leaving her to stand in the alley way.

"Where are we going?" Rae asked.

Nelle rolled her eyes "You humans and your questions.. We're going to see if we can get my goggles fixed, I know a guy."

Rae's eyes lit with excitement "We're gonna meet Nestor?!"