"Momma why are we here?"

Milo looks up at his mother who's handing he was holding as they walked down the hall following Magnus to his apartment.

"I will explain later okay." She smiles at him. "So for now we're staying with Mr. Bane."

Magnus unlocks his door letting them inside.

"Make yourselves at home and comfortable. The both of you can sleep in my room and I'll sleep on the couch."

He smiles at them seeing how they both looked tired.

"Thank you." Cristy softly whispers and ushers Milo into the bedroom to get him ready for bed.

A while later Cristy emerges from the bedroom and walks quietly into the living room looking around.

Suddenly her head began to hurt and pound. She reaches to lean against the wall and misses falling to the floor blacking out.

Flashback.

"Why don't you leave me alone Magnus!"

Magnus grabs her and pulls her close to him looking down at her.

"I will not let you leave and walk away from me."

Cristy opens her eyes finding Magnus leaning over her saying her name.

"What happened?" He brushes her hair from her face.

"I..blacked out."

He helps her to her feet and to the couch where she lies down watching him sit on the nearby coffee table in front of the couch.

"Blackouts huh.." He closes his eyes and peered to be thinking.

"Aeth...I mean Cristy what was the last memory that you have?"

She stares at him blankly not really sure at what he was talking about.

"Last memory? What do you mean?"

"Well, I guess I'm saying is the most recent memory that you've had."

She thinks about it for a moment.

"When Milo was born. I woke up and was told that I had a very difficult labor the doctors had to do a cesarean. The nurse brought Milo in to show me andthat's

all I remember pretty much."

Magnus slowly nods and tilts his head to the side.

Cristy didn't understand to why he was asking her this.

"And, your family? Where is Milo's father?"

She thinks once again and slowly shrugs.

"I don't know where or who my family is since I'm an orphan as for Milo's father he died in a car accident while I was pregnant for Milo."

Magnus gets up and walks over to the window being quiet.

"What? Why are you asking me all these questions?"

Magnus turns to look at her and smiles.

"Just curious that's all, trying to get to know you."

She slowly nods and watches him being quiet as he looked out the window.

"Why is everyone calling me Aethelfled? Who was she to you and everyone."

Magnus folds his arms over his chest and watches the New York lights flickering as the light appeared to be dancing.

"She was or rather is my best friend and my lover. I loved her more than anything in this life and she well, she left me without a word or reason one night. I

tried to find her but she disappeared out of nowhere and well no one knows where she is or to why she left. She was well liked and loved pretty much by

anyone who met her and I miss her a great deal. You look just like her."

He looks at Cristy watching her as she listened to him.

"She was your wife?"

He chuckles a little at that comment of a wife.

"No, we weren't married but I guess she could be referred to as my wife."

He smiles and softly sighs watching her get up from the couch.

"I'm going back to bed and, I hope you find her someday."

He says nothing watching her walk away back into the bedroom.

Magnus lies on the couch, closing his eyes and falls asleep.

He suddenly wakes up hearing something and sits up. He looks in the darkness seeing Milo sitting on the floor with a book and a flashlight.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping? Your mother will not be happy with you."

Milo gasps out and turns around.

"I'm not tired."

Magnus smiles and goes over to him sitting on the floor beside him. He takes the book and looks at it,

"Interesting. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Good book?"

He hands it back to Milo who nods.

"It's my favorite book."

Magnus notices the way Milo was staring at him.

"Why are you staring at me?"

Milo becomes nervous and clutches his book tightly to his chest.

"Are you a monster?"

Magnus leans back on the floor resting on his side leaning on his elbow.

"Monster?"

Milo nods. "Yeah. What kind of monster are you?"

"What do you see?"

Milo points to his eyes.

"Your eyes are different, not like mine or momma's eyes."

Magnus pushes over the crayons and paper.

"Can you show me?"

Milo nods and draws him a picture, afterwards turning it around to show him.

"Cat eyes. You have cat eyes."

Magnus smiles.

"I see a lot of monsters all over with weird faces."

"Hmm...have you always been able to see monsters?"

Milo thinks about it.

"A very long time, but momma doesn't know so don't tell her."

Magnus smiles and nods.

"Do you know why I see monsters?"

Magnus wasn't sure if he should answer that since he was after all just a little boy. He remembered when he first realized he was different and how he was

treated.

"No I don't, but I'm sure we will find out."

Milo smiles and nods. He yawns and gets up from the floor.

"I'm getting sleepy so I'm going to bed."

Magnus was feeling tired as well and went to sleep.

Next day.

Magnus wakes up to find Cristy in the kitchen, he watches her for a moment as she sips her coffee.

"Maggy Wakey Wakey!" Someone calls out and then spots Cristy in the kitchen.

Jeffery stops and stares at her in complete shock and then looks at Magnus who was getting up and dragging him outside on the balcony.

"Oh my god you found her! What the hell and you bring her here!"

"Stop! Stop!"

Magnus puts his hand on his hip staring at him.

"She is your past Magnus, I am your future. We love each other and your with me, she disappeared on you and now you have her here in our home!"

Magnus sighs and looks at the ground.

"Aethelfled has no memory of being gone, leaving or the past. She has a block in her mind to make her forget and someone has placed new memories and a new identity in her mind."

Jeffery's mouth closes and he goes quiet.

"Are you sure? She could be lying."

"No she's not lying. She has no idea who I am, where she is no recollection of being in this apartment our life together nothing. Since I don't know who put it

there I don't know if I will be able to take that wall down."

He turns and leans against the railing.

"Why bother? She seems happy with her new life."

Magnus turns his head giving him a look.

"She was attacked yesterday by demons who were looking for her. Before she would have easily fought them off but she didn't know what to do. So I brought her and her son here so I can protect them."

Jeffery's eyes widen. "Son?"

Magnus nods just then Milo came rushing into the room.

"Momma can we go home today?"

Jeffery turns and looks in through the window at the little boy who was trying to get up on the stool by the counter.

He had black hair and dark skinned but his eyes were icy blue like his mothers.

"That is your son Magnus isn't it?"

Magnus looks in through the window and slowly nods.

"I didn't know she was pregnant when she left, I have to wonder why if that is why she did leave because of her being pregnant with a half demon child."

Jeffery looks at Magnus.

"So he's a half demon and half immortal witch? I thought warlocks are sterile."

"Aethelfled is also half mundane. Her mother was a powerful immortal original witch who fell in love with a mundane and got pregnant with Aethelfled, so that

makes our son half demon, the witch and mundane but it appears he looks more mundane but has the ability as a demon or witch to see what our true form is."

Jeffery nods.

"As of right now she is vulnerable not knowing what to do or what is going on around her so I have to keep she and her son until the wall is broken and

memories restored."