Disclaimer: I do Not own Tin Man it and all recognizable characters belong to their respective owners which isn't me i'm just borrowing them for a while :)

A/N: A big thank you to Hippo-Griff Tamer from being my Beta for this especially since i sent about four chapters to her all in one day. (Yes i am aware i do not paint Adora and Cains marriage in a good light in this story but just go with it after all this story isn't about them :))

Chapter 3

Cain woke up the following morning smiling which was a rare occurrence for him. He hadn't woken up smiling since long before the war had begun. Getting up, he hurriedly dressed in his normal attire of white linen shirt, brown leather vest, khaki pants as well as his holster, duster, boots and fedora. Then leaving the room he strolled through the palace on his way to DG's chamber intent on telling her how he felt, when he heard Azkadellia scream out her sisters name. In a panic he raced towards the elder princess who was staring into the younger princess's bedchamber. He looked around and that's when he noticed that the bed had not been slept in. That alone made him panic more as he knew DG liked to sleep in and either he or Az were the one's that had to awaken her. He then noticed that there were several clothing items missing from her wardrobe which was standing wide open. He looked around trying to locate the missing princess. He had a bad feeling something had happened to her. He turned to Azkadellia and told her that he would find her sister before asking her to perform a location spell just in case he didn't. He then left the elder princess and raced through the palace looking in every place that she liked to frequent. Not finding her in any of the usual places, he began his search of the gardens and the courtyard. Still there was no sign of the missing princess. Worry began to turn to anger and anger to fear. What had happened to her? Had she been abducted in the middle of the night and no one noticed? There was still some factions of Long Coats out there so it was feasible. He searched every logical place there was to search before heading into the city itself. An entire day went by and still no one could locate the missing princess.

He returned to the palace and was told that the Queen and Consort would like a word with him. He nodded and headed to the Queen's office.

"Mr. Cain, have you had any luck at all finding her?" the Queen asked tearfully after he entered to room.

"I am afraid not your Majesty. I have looked everywhere yet there is no sign of her. But I promise you that I will not rest until she is found."

The Queen stared at him knowingly. She knew, like everyone else in the palace, that Wyatt Cain was in love with her daughter and had been for a long time. She also knew that he would never give up his search of the missing princess no matter the cost to himself. "I know... I know you will not rest until she is found, Mr. Cain. You love her don't you?" DG's mother spoke knowingly.

Turning back to his sovereign he was surprised that she could see it. Maybe Jeb was right and everyone knew of his feelings for the young princess. He simply nodded telling her without words that he did indeed love DG.

"Find our daughter, Mr. Cain and bring her home," Ahamo, the Prince Consort, said giving Cain a short nod.

"I will," he stated confidant in his ability to find the young woman before leaving the room. He was stopped by Az.

"Mr. Cain, I did the location spell you asked me to do. The only thing is it places her in an empty field."

This surprised Cain. Why would she be in an empty field unless...NO he was not going to go there. He refused to think anything like that could have happened to her. He refused to lose another woman that he loved.

"Show me," he said to the elder princess and she took him to the library where Glitch, Raw and his son were all waiting.

"Watch," Az said as she placed the pendant above the three-d map of the OZ. "Find DG," she spoke and the pendant circled around on its own and like the princess had told him it stopped on an empty field.

"This makes no since. Why would it stop on nothing?" Glitch stated scratching his head in confusion.

"DG there, Raw feel presence," Raw spoke knowingly.

"There's nothing there. And unless she's hurt and can't move there is no reason for her to be there. No shelter nothing." Jeb stated.

Cain looked at the map studying it for several moments. Something seemed off about it but he couldn't place what it was. He continued to stare at the map before asking Az, "Is there a way she could be I don't know... cloaking her presence from us but Raw can still feel her?"

"She could be but unless her memories have returned, which is unlikely, she can not. Her magic wouldn't be strong enough," she answered the ex Tin Man.

"What do you mean it's unlikely her memories have been unlocked?" Jeb asked looking between his father and the elder princess confusion clearly written on his face.

"Exactly that. When mother brought DG back as a child she gave up her own magic in doing so giving it to my sister. My mothers magic could only be unlocked by ...well...,"

"Az?" Jeb questioned wondering why the princess he had been assigned to protect was blushing so.

"Like my mother, DG has to become one with her true love before her magic can be unlocked," Az finally said in a rush.

The entire room stood still at that revelation. Wyatt turned and left the room, he himself blushing a deep red as he headed back to her chamber. The implications of Az's words making him think of everything that he wanted to do to his missing princess once he found her and all of them involved a bed. As he walked into her chamber, the Tin Man in him was intent on thoroughly going through everything trying to see if they had missed something. Looking for a note or anything that could tell them why she was in an empty field. He did notice that all her toiletries from the bathroom were missing as well as her hair brush from the vanity but when he could find nothing else missing or otherwise he knew that she had not been kidnapped but she had run away. He sank down onto her bed and laid his head in his hands. Why? Why would she run away? He just couldn't figure out why. He didn't recall her being unhappy the day before so he was at a loss as to why she had run unless... He suddenly recalled thinking he had heard footsteps outside his door the night before when he was talking with Jeb. If she had overheard what he had said and had not stuck around to hear the rest of the conversation, then she believed that he didn't love her and in her mind never would.

Standing he began to pace the length of her room trying to think about where she would have gone to escape him. Then something about the map sparked a memory. A painful memory. He suddenly knew where she was though he couldn't figure out why she would have gone there of all places. Whirling around he ran back to the library.

"Dad?!" "Mr. Cain?" "Cain?" Jeb, Az and Glitch said at the same time.

"Let me see that map again Az," he demanded an angry gleam in his ice blue eyes.

She placed the map back on the table and he studied it again. Sure enough the cabin that should have been there wasn't. "Az, I think she has recovered all her memories as well as her latent magic, though as you said it should have been impossible for her to do so," he finally said suppressed anger clouding his voice. He wanted to know who had helped her unlock her magic and her memories and he wanted to tear them apart!

"What do you mean?" she asked confusion coloring her words. Az was really confused. Her mother had told her that DG would not be able to unlock her memories on her own. Her magic would not be strong enough to do it on her own. So how she could have cloaked her presence from them was confusing. She knew for a fact her sister was still untouched, so it made no sense to her that DG had hidden the fact that she had somehow unlocked her memories without help.

Ignoring Az for a moment, he looked up at his son. "Jeb, look at the map and tell me what's missing right here," he said pointing to the field where a cabin should have been.

"Dad, there is nothing there that isn't supposed to be there," Jeb insisted.

"She's there hiding in the cabin where you and your mother were last together. I remember the location perfectly because of the cabin here," he pointed to the cabin that the foursome had come across on their journey the year before. "I thought that something was off about this map but I just could not place what it was, she has also used her magic to keep it hidden from sight though how I don't know but I intend to find out!" he growled out the latter part before continuing, "She doesn't want anyone to find her. It's the reason Raw can sense her but we couldn't figure out why she would be in a barren field. She's not in the field but in the cabin by Adora's final resting place."

Jeb looked back at the map and realized that his father was right. There should be a cabin there but there wasn't. He looked back up and asked, "But why is she hiding in the first place?"

Cain had the nerve to look guilty at his son's question. "I think I know why and I have no one to blame but myself."

"Mr. Cain that can't be true. My sister loves you. She told me so herself last night right after she realized it. She was on her way to tell you so, didn't you two see each other?"

"No," he whispered. The anger he had felt melting away to be replaced by agony which was tearing at his heart. He had caused her to run away. If she believed that he didn't love her it may have been the cause of her sudden disappearance.

"What do you mean no?" AZ demanded.

"I was talking with Jeb last night when I thought I heard someone out side the door but when there was no knock I figured it was just me being paranoid. It had to be DG out there. She must have overheard part of a conversation I was having with my son."

Az suddenly became angry, "What exactly were you saying when you heard the noise?"

Jeb answered for his father, "He said that he could never and would never love DG," then continued before the elder princess exploded in fury, "He finished by saying at least not in the same way that he loved my mother. DG must have only heard the first part and took off thinking that my dad would never love her."

Cain made a sound like a wounded animal before gruffly stating he was leaving at first light. If they wanted to accompany him then to meet him in the court yard at first sunrise. He then left the room.

"He really does love her doesn't he?" Az said as she watched the ex Tin Man walk away. "I don't understand. Why is he so angry?" AZ continued, confused by the mans behavior.

It was Raw who answered her having picked up the feelings churning within the Tin Man. "Thinks DG had help unlocking memories. Angry that it wasn't him she asked to help."

"But she's still an innocent! How could he think something so low of her?"

"Feels betrayed," Raw shrugged not really understanding the feelings going on in his friend.

"But she would never do such a thing! She loves him so much that the past year has been difficult for her. She only just realized that she was in love with him but Glitch said that he knew of their feelings for each other long before the attack on the tower!"

"Yes, he loves her and I knew it too. When he was in our camp when the witch had imprisoned DG in the crypt his worry for her was apparent and I knew that something had changed in him. I could see that he had feelings for the princess even then, but the guilt he is feeling right now would not be weighing him down if he didn't love her as much as he does. Not to worry it will all work out in the end, you'll see," Jeb said taking Az's hand in his.