When Belle, Sapphire and Henrietta found Adam and Sagittarius, the two princes were getting on Belle and Sapphire's cases about vanishing on them. While Sapphire and Belle were getting spoken to, Henrietta decided to do a vanishing trick on them. She went up many stairs and went through many halls until she reached the tower. When she reached the top of the tower, she saw three guards in front of one door on the left and four guards in front of another on the right.
"Lady Queen." One of the guards, guarding the door on the left, said, "What brings you all the way up here?"
"For reasons of my own." Henrietta answered, "Please, move out of the way." The three guards looked at each other before finally moving out of the way. Henrietta walked up to the wooden door, unlocked it and went inside. She saw Nanette sitting on the cold stone floor with a beam of sunlight on her and wearing a small blanket on her back. Henrietta took a deep breath, closed the door behind her and walked over to Nanette.
"What do you want?" Nanette asked, but she didn't raise her head. She knew Henrietta was there because no one else can walk so silently with high heels.
"So...your family kicked you out of your home." Henrietta said; Nanette quickly got up with a very serious look on her face.
"How did you know that?" Nanette asked angrily.
"Your husband." Henrietta answered, Nanette turned around and faced the stone wall with her hands against the wall.
"He promised." She whispered and then she punched the wall. "He promised!" She shouted.
"It...uh...certainly explains why you didn't like me and why you've been so angry with me."
"I lost my family because of you!" Nanette said as she turned back around and looked at Henrietta. "Ever since you came into Randolph's life, I lost everything! My family kicked me out with no money and no food. It took me forever to learn any work. When I married Danton, I thought my parents would accept me as their daughter again."
"But they didn't...did they?" Henrietta asked.
"They didn't care about me, they were still upset that Randolph chose you over me." Nanette added, "They told me that they would never let me back into the family until wither I or my children married into Randolph's line. They didn't want me anymore."
"Nanette, that anger you hold is eating you like an illness." Henrietta said, "You've spread it to three of your four children, can't you see how bad this is?"
"It's your fault!" Nanette shouted, Henrietta almost thought she wasn't going to get through to her, but she had to keep trying.
"Nanette, what about the family you made?" Henrietta asked, Nanette just stared at her. "Why can't you think of the family you made instead of the family that created you?"
"You're trying to trick me." Nanette said, Henrietta shook her head 'no'.
"I'm not, Danton loves you. Didn't you see the way he reacted when I asked you if you loved him? You could've been happy with your children knowing that their mother loves them and would never do such a horrible thing to you, but instead...you chose to use your children to take lives, all to impress your own parents. Think hard before you answer this, did your parents show you any love as you and Danton do to your kids?" Nanette groaned as she thought about the answer to that.
"No...no, they didn't." She answered, Henrietta figured that was going to be answer. Her theory was also true, that Nanette was starving for someone to love her.
"Nanette, be happy that you do have someone that loves you." Henrietta said.
"Who?" She asked with tears falling out of her eyes. "My husband probably doesn't want me anymore and my children will die because of what I made them do!"
"You're wrong." Henrietta said as she gave a tissue to Nanette. "Danton begged me not to give you or your children the death penalty. I already have in mind what I'm going to do with your children. As for you...you're going to do the same thing as your children. You, Fantina, Aceline and Karlitis are going to live as peasant people...but it's only temporary. You will be allowed to ask minor help from your husband, but you can't live with him for at least 2 years. Hopefully that will give you and your kids enough time on what you have done."
"Hmm, I really believed that you really were going to have my head cut off." Nanette said, Henrietta just raised her eyebrows.
"I'm not my father; I'm not my brother; I'm me." Henrietta answered to that, "Besides, I think Danton would live in misery without you...and we all know Danton is when he's miserable." Both Nanette and Henrietta smiled before Henrietta left the dungeon. The guards watched her as she went down the stairs, they were all curious about what she and Nanette talked about because they couldn't hear anything through the thick stone walls.
"Danton." Henrietta said as she approached him.
"My Lady Queen." He said as he bowed to her. "You've made your decision, haven't you?"
"Yes," she answered, "but let's go somewhere private." Danton nodded his head as they went into an empty room.
"Okay, your highness, you want me to divorce her?" Danton asked.
"Nope." She answered, "I've done something else to your wife and your three eldest kids. They are going to live as peasant people, but only temporary." Danton breathed a sigh of relief. "They'll be peasant people for two years. If, and only if, they learned their lesson, I'll let them go back to live with you and Mystique." Nothing could express the relief that Danton was feeling, even though he understood the punishment that Henrietta gave his wife and three kids, he was just happy that none of them will suffer the death penalty.
"Thank you for letting them live, my Queen." Danton said, "I know it was a difficult decision for you to make...but thank you for letting them live."
"There is one more thing," Henrietta said in a very serious tone, "but this will between you and me, got it?" Danton nodded 'yes' and zipped his mouth. "I am only going to allow Nanette to visit you for minor help, nothing else! If I do catch you doing more than minor help, I'll make the time longer for your family to return."
"Yes ma'am." Danton whispered, "I...understand."
"Good and remember, this part is between you and me." She said, "Do not tell anyone else!" Danton nodded his head again, only more quickly this time. "Good, now let's get out of here." After that discussion, Danton went one way while Henrietta just wandered around. Well, at least until she heard her son and nephew around the corner. Henrietta stopped in her tracks as Sagittarius came out and ran into her.
"Oof!" Sagittarius said as he bumped into his mother.
"Aunt Henrietta!" Adam said when he saw her. "Where have you been?"
"Mother, I didn't see you there." Sagittarius quickly said, but Henrietta was staring at the four scratches on his face.
"What happened to my dear son?" She quickly asked as she grabbed his face. He quickly backed away before she could touch the scratches.
"Mother, I'm fine." Sagittarius answered, "It's my fault that I have them in the first place. I need to learn to keep my mouth shut about certain words."
"Sagittarius got slapped by Sapphire's needle hand because he called her something that he's not allow to say out in public." Adam added, Sagittarius just rolled his eyes as he slapped his forehead.
"All right then," Henrietta said, "let's go clean that up before the weddings."
"Yes, mama." Sagittarius said, turning red. Adam tried to hold his laughter when his cousin called his mother 'mama'. The three of them left the hallway and went off to clean Sagittarius' face.
When the hallway was empty, a white sphere came down from the ceiling and when it reached the floor. It took the shape of a man, he had royal garments on him with a gold crown on his head. He also had a short lock of brown hair hanging over his forehead. The garments covering his chest was in a red color, but everything, including his skin, was glowing white. He made a small smile as he continued to look down the hall that Henrietta, Sagittarius and Adam went down.
"You're right, Henrietta." The glowing man whispered, "You're not like father...and you're not like me. Thank you for being here."