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Who is that?" Henry asked, pointing to Anastasia.

"She's the one who brought Noah here, her name is Anastasia" Liam said to which Henry walked to Anastasia and extended his hand with a smile. After introducing Anastasia, Liam walked to the palace gates and stopped as he waited for the others to join him.

"Nice to meet you, Anastasia. I'm Henry" Henry said with a sweet smile even Anastasia smiled and took his hand as she said, "Nice to meet you too".

Henry smiled again and went back to Liam and whispered to him, being careful that Anastasia didn't hear him.

"Did it glow golden, when she was around you?" he whispered. But Liam had no idea what Henry was talking about. "What should glow, Henry?" he asked with not a single clue of what the elder one was referring to. Henry let out an exhausted sigh and said, "The crystal?"

Liam suddenly realised it and took out his crystal. It was still green. "Henry, it’s still green," he said. Now, Henry was looking at Liam like he would snap at him any moment. The boy was literally clueless for some reason.

"Of course it's green, Liam; because both of us are not hybrids. She is standing with Noah and Aiden there. You have to go near her to find out" he said, trying his best to hide how annoyed he was. Liam saw Anastasia only to find her looking at Aiden adoring Noah with a faint smile on her face.

"Oh right! I will go and check it right now!!" he said and was walking to Anastasia but Alec stopped him.

"Where are you going?" Alec asked Liam. "To check whether she is a hybrid" Liam whispered in Alec's ear and both of them went and stood near Anastasia. Anastasia never noticed the two clowns who stood back of her.

Liam took out one of the crystals and on cue Finn and Daniel came and stood beside him.

"What are you doing?" Finn asked, holding a little girl in his arms. "The crystal is glowing golden!!" Liam said, looking at the crystal in his hand.

"That's because of this little girl," Finn said. "She is a-" Liam was about to shout but Daniel closed his mouth which made Anastasia, Henry, Aiden, Alec and Noah turn to them.

"Oh Noah!! You came back" Daniel said. He left Liam's side and ran to Noah as he almost jumped on him in the name of a hug. Finn just stood in his place and gave his gummy smile. Not earning the expected reaction from Noah wiped the smile off of Daniel’s and Finn's face.

"He lost his memory so he doesn't remember any of us," Aiden said with a sad expression. Daniel turned to Aiden and then looked back at Noah. "He is our brother though," he said and hugged the boy.

"But who is that little girl?" Henry asked, pointing to the girl in Finn's arms.

"We'll talk about everything after we enter the palace" Daniel said but stopped in his tracks when he saw Anastasia. "Did I miss something? Who might this person be?" he said with a small smile directed towards Anastasia. Liam let out a tired sigh.

"For the umpteenth time she is the one who brought Noah here and Noah wouldn't come to the palace without her so she tagged along" he said with an annoyed face. All the others except Noah and Anastasia laughed at Liam's childish behaviour.

All of them entered the palace and headed to the main halls. Since the king wasn't there, Henry asked one of the guards who were passing by for his whereabouts and found out that he was in a council meeting. They decided to wait until the meeting ended.

While they were waiting Daniel turned to Anastasia who stood beside him and observed her. He found it intriguing that she wasn't even a single bit bothered about the fact that the one she saved was a prince. He then turned to Noah and tapped his shoulder to gain his attention. Noah turned to Daniel in response.

"Where did you find her?" he asked, pointing to Anastasia. "Oh, I didn't find her, she found me in the woods when I was unconscious and almost being sacrificed by some tribal cannibals" Noah said which made Daniel look at Anastasia with curiosity.

"How did she save you?" he asked. Anastasia just looked at them since they were idiots who were talking about her right in front of her.

"She burnt the rods of the cage I was put in and we escaped when they weren't watching" he said to which Daniel gave an acknowledging nod. "That means even you are a fire elemental" Daniel said turning to Anastasia to which she just nodded with a smile.

"No matter what you say, I don't trust her," Finn said while holding the hand of the little girl who stood beside him.

"I don't care if you trust me or not" Anastasia said glaring at Finn. Finn just scoffed at Anastasia and walked away with the little girl to sit on one of the chairs in the room. It pissed off Anastasia that the first thing the guy said to her is that he doesn't trust her. Even though the words that came out of Anastasia's mouth carried venom she felt that this guy was an honest one and that she could probably get herself to trust him in the future.

The king entered the room and all of them bowed to him with due respect. But what surprised the king was his son was there among them bowing to him sincerely. He swiftly walked to him and hugged him with utmost adoration he hadn’t shown all these years.

Noah was very happy to get so many hugs the first day he met his family.

Everything seemed like a fairy tale to him. He had never expected to receive so much love from his family who looked like strangers. The man hugging him pulled back and the first word that left his mouth brought the brightest smile on Noah's face.

"Son" the king said as he pulled back and breathed out.

"Father" even Noah said but the expression on Noah's face made the king look at him with suspicion.