After arriving at the school, Apple and Raven were escorted to Headmaster Grimm's office.
"King Arthur, it's a pleasure to meet you, sir," said Apple as she curtsied to the said king who was standing next to the Grimm.
"You don't call, don't visit, and only write a few times a year, and now you show up to save me from one of my mother's sisters?" asked Raven as she stood with her arms crossed.
"Come on, Raven, you know it's not that simple to get letters to you, and visiting would have only put you in danger sooner," said King Arthur.
"You still owe me several years worth of birthday presents, dad," said Raven as she walked up to hug him with a smile.
"Wait, what?!" asked Apple as she looked at the witch with wide eyes.
"You two can talk about that later, right now we have something else to talk about," said Headmaster Grimm.
"Yeah, let's start with why mother's coven is after me all of a sudden," said Raven as she and Apple sat down.
"They're not after you but your child," said Arthur.
"Why would they be after our baby?" asked Apple.
"Because it will be the next reincarnation of Merlin," said Headmaster Grimm.
"I thought something felt off every time the baby released magic," said Raven as she leaned back in her chair.
"What do you mean?" asked Apple.
"Most usually a baby created by magic absorbs the mother's magic during the pregnancy inorder to grow and gain magic for itself, but mine has been untouched," said Raven as her hand ignited in her purple magic.
"Then where is it getting all that magic from?" asked Apple as she noticed the magenta light coming through Raven's shirt.
"Every reincarnation of Merlin has all the energy of the previous Merlin, so, instead of feeding on the magic of it's mother the baby feeds on the closest source of negative energy," said Arthur.
"It's been stealing the darkness from my mother's heart, hasn't it?" asked Raven, surprising Apple.
"It has," said Headmaster Grimm.
"I still don't understand why the members of the Evil Queen's coven would come after our baby, even if it's the next Merlin," said Apple.
"They could corrupt the baby as it grows, causing negative emotions to spread across Ever After instead of their decline," said Raven, shocking Apple.
"That's why we're here, we won't let anything happen," said Arthur.
"Thanks, dad," said Raven.