Odette woke up in a cell many hours later. She was so exhausted from giving birth she had completely passed out. Her child! Odette looked in her arms and thankfully found the child sleeping. They were in a cave somewhere hidden. Rothbart was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly the baby started to cry.
"Oh no. Hush little one. Don't cry. Mommy's here," Odette tried to calm her baby. She was afraid the baby would cause Rothbart to make his presence known. The baby slowly calmed down and fell back asleep in her mother's arms. Odette looked out the crack in her cell. She could see part of the moonlight coming through.
"Oh Derek, where are you?"
Meanwhile back at the castle, Derek was going crazy trying to find his wife and daughter.
"I'm sorry Derek, there is no sign of Odette or the baby anywhere," reported Rodgers.
"Then you're not looking hard enough! She can't have disappeared into thin air! Try harder!" Derek yelled in return. Tears began to form in Derek's eyes. "Rodgers, I'm sorry. I didn't mean…I mean…" He wiped his eyes and began to pace around the room.
"Derek, I understand. You're in pain. The two you love most in the world are missing and in danger," replied Rodgers.
"Where did he take them?"
"Maybe you should look around the castle for any secret dungeons or in the library for any other magic…"
"I've searched this castle when we moved in here. We found all the secret tunnels and dungeons."
"Maybe Rothbart made a new one when we believed him to be dead."
"That could have happened…I'll look around. Tell the guards to check outside for secret tunnels or passageways. I'll take the castle."
Meanwhile Odette and her child were still sitting I their cell inside the hidden cage. All of a sudden Odette heard whistling coming towards them. Rothbart must be back.
"Ah Odette you have awoken. How's the baby?"
"Where have you taken us?" demanded Odette.
"We're not far from home actually. You could say that we're underground. I figured Derek would never think to find you underneath Swan Lake."
"We're underneath the lake? How?"
"I created this cave while you and Derek were remodeling the castle. You never knew."
"You're wrong. Derek will find us and you will not harm my baby."
"All I need is your child's heart. It's not my fault she won't live without one."
"Why can't you take mine? You can have my heart. It holds true love, won't it do the same thing?" Odette pleaded. She would do anything to keep her child from harm even if it meant leaving Derek and her daughter behind.
"Unfortunately not Princess. You're heart wasn't made from true love, which is extremely rare. This child's heart was made from true love and only this heart has true love within. But thanks for the offer."
"Why are you toying with us? Why don't you just get it over with?"
"Because the spell is not quite ready to be created. I also need you to keep your child alive and healthy until the spell is ready to be completed. Then I will rid you of the burden of raising a child and go forth and rule the world."
Odette feared for her child's life and knew that with the time that was given to her she was going to find a way out of here.