I race forward and catch her, slowly lowering her to the ground

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy!" I say to her, "You used a lot of power just now, you need to rest."

We help her back to the room as I think about what just happened

Claire had used Shadow magic, It reminded me of when Morgana used it in the battle

I get shivers just thinking about it

I feel a hand on my shoulder and I look to see Douxie looking at me with a soft smile

I return it, but the memories still swim around inside my head as we finally reach our room

-Time Skip-

Claire finishes talking with Morgan and enters the room, closing the door behind her.

"Arthur is furious. He's locked down the castle." Douxie says as he paces around the room.

I stand next to Archie and Magnus, picking at my lips anxiously. I feel Magnus rub against me and I look down to see him smiling up at me with worry.

I pet him and refocus as Archie speaks

"Luckily, he thinks you two are so incompetent, you can't be suspected," Archie says to us

"Better than nothing I suppose," I say glumly, "but he's still angry about the escape. There's no telling what he'll do. He might start the battle prematurely or go after Morgan personally or-" Douxie stops my rambling by pulling me into a hug.

I hasn't even noticed but he had called my name a few times.

I stop speaking and I embrace him tightly.

"It'll be ok, yn, we'll figure it out. Together." He tells me, kissing the top of my head.

I blush but nod in response. My face still buried in his chest as I do so.

I hear Claire speak up as I stay in Douxie's embrace for just a little longer

"At least we got Jim and the prisoners away safe."

"True, I'm glad we helped them," I say, finally pulling away from Douxie.

I immediately miss his warmth, but I knew we had to focus on next steps.

Douxie thinks for a moment and then takes my hand as he leads us out the door

"Now where might you two be going?" Magnus asks

"To get that time map. Hopefully, with Arthur on the hunt, I've got a chance to finally snatch that thing," Douxie replies, leading me out and closing the door behind us

We race down to the workshop and Douxie peaks in the door. Once he determines the coast is clear he and I use our magic to light the way to the safe

Douxie tries a combination but all that's there is the skeleton of a gnome

I try a combination but all I get is a horn of some kind.

Douxie tries once more only to get a bird's nest

I'm about to try again when we hear a voice behind us

"Looking for this?"

We gasp in surprise as we both turn to see Merlin sitting at the table, time map in hand.

"Or perhaps this?" He says as he floats our sleeping past selves into view.

Our eyes widen in surprise

"Oh, fuzz buckets," Douxie says as we quickly glance at one another

We were busted.