Derek was searching the entire castle for a secret passageway, but he couldn't find any new ones. He kept passing the passage where he found Rothbart's notes. He had later burned them there as well. He had searched that area a thousand times, but he couldn't help feeling he was missing something in there. 2 days of searching passed and Derek gave in and checked the passage again. He went down the stairs and found himself in a cave-like area. There was still a desk, a fireplace, and a bookcase. He looked in the fireplace, he pulled out all the books from the bookshelf, and looked in-between each rock, but he couldn't find anything.

In anger Derek threw a book against the bookshelf. He noticed that the bookcase didn't shake. Derek went to the bookshelf and tried to pull it off the wall. The bookcase moved toward Derek, but it opened like a door. He noticed that the left side of the bookcase was hinged to the wall. Behind the bookcase was a dark tunnel.

"This could be it! Rodgers! Get fire! I think I found it!" Derek yelled, but realized no one heard him from the secret study. He ran up the stairs to find Rodgers and Bromley.

Odette was left alone once again with her daughter in their cell. Her daughter looked up at her with her big blue eyes. She was beginning to grow some hair and it seemed to be blonde. Odette began to talk to her daughter.

"You have your Daddy's big blue eyes, but it seems like you might have Mommy's blonde hair. Don't you worry little one, Daddy is probably on his way right now to get us out of here. Your Daddy is very brave and loving and kind… You know we didn't always like each other. You're Daddy was a typical boy who just wanted to hang out with his best boy buds and play rough games. But I beat him at poker! I didn't want to marry him at first, but one day I looked at him and I knew that he was the one…"

"How touching…" interrupted Rothbart.

Odette frowned and faced towards Rothbart. "What do you want?"

"I came to let you know that the spell is ready and I'll be needing you're child's heart now."

Odette's heart fell to her stomach. She was not going to let her child be harmed.

"You'll have to kill me first."

"Oh now I feel like you've told me that once before and I almost did…" Rothbart started to move towards Odette's cell.

"You can't have her! You can't take her!" Odette turned her back towards Rothbart trying to shield her baby.

Rothbart opened the cell door and tried to pry the baby from Odette's arms.

"Odette do not struggle or you will get hurt."

"Do your worst!"

Rothbart took that as an invitation to do his worst. He thought about killing her, but that was what she wanted. He thought about what the worst thing that Odette would want to happen to her and he knew. There was a flash of green light and Odette fell to the ground.

Rothbart picked up the child who was now crying from being separated from her mother's arms.

"Why are you crying? You're going to be gone soon anyway, but you're going to make me live forever."

Rothbart was going to pull the baby's heart out with magic. All he would have to do is stick his hand in her chest and pull the heart out. He had practiced it with many animals, but had never done it on a human before. Rothbart's hand was about to reach into the child's chest when someone interrupted them.

"Let my daughter go!" It was Derek, Rodgers, and Bromley and they were prepared to fight.

"Oh Prince Derek, you found my secret passageway. Welcome to Swan Lake; that is the underground version."

Derek looked around. He didn't see Odette.

"Where is Odette?"

"Your wife decided that her child was worth more than her."

Derek assumed the worst. He knew his wife would die for their child since she almost died for him.

"Let her go now or I swear this time I will make sure you're dead." Derek was angered.

Meanwhile, Odette opened her eyes. She looked around. She was still in her cell, but she was lower to the ground. She looked out of her cell. Derek! Derek had found her, but Rothbart still had her baby. Odette went to open the cell door, but she was too short. She pulled out her hands in front of her, but she didn't have hands. She had wings with white feathers. 'No' thought Odette. Rothbart had turned her into that last thing she ever wanted to be again… a swan. She never wanted to become a swan again, but she couldn't do anything to change that now. What mattered most at the moment was saving her daughter. Odette saw that Derek was fighting Rothbart's magic with his sword. She knew that wouldn't last long and Derek was being caredul because Rothbart still had the baby. Odette began to fly and push against her cell door. It opened and she flew out of there towards Derek.

Derek looked up and saw a swan flying towards him, dodging the shots of magic.

"Odette, I thought you were…" Derek didn't want to finish his sentence.

"Derek, you keep distracting Rothbart. I will go and grab the baby and fly her out of here to your mother. Then I will come back to help you…"

"No Odette. You will fly out of here with the baby and get as far away from here as you can. Do not come back for me!"

"Derek…"

"Odette hurry! He'll catch on!"

Odette turned around and began to fly towards Rothbart.

"Princess you've embraced your true form." Rothbart was trying to change her focus.

Odette didn't say a word, but kept her focus on the baby. She flew in front of Rothbart and knocked him off balance. Then she turned around and flew back towards the baby and picked her up on her back.

"Fly Odette! Get out of here," shouted Derek.

Odette flew the baby out of the cave and back up to the castle. She found Puffin, Speed, and Jean-Bob waiting by the entrance to the secret passageway.

"Odette?" asked Puffin.

"Puffin!"

"How did you…when did you…what happened?"

"Never mind that now. Take the baby and take her to Uberta. I have to go back for Derek."

"But Odette…"

"No buts, just go." Odette began to fly back towards the cave.