She threw the doors of the stable open, excitement flowed quickly though her veins. She hadn't felt this happy in ages, she was eager to tell her lover of her news, she looked around the small stable and stroked Rocinante's nose placing a small kiss on it as a smile escaped her lips,

"Daniel?" Regina asked, her voice jumped at the end as she felt the buzz run to her mouth.

"Regina?" Daniel returned her question as he furrowed his eyebrows and he pushed open the horse's door as he looked at his lover with alarm he wasn't expecting a visit from Regina and it surprised him that she was let outside her house, he worried that the reason was bad; he closed the door behind him making sure that the horse he was tending too didn't escape. "What's wrong?" He asked running over to the young woman catching her arms in his hands,

"Nothing, in fact my news is the opposite of bad" Regina exclaimed looking brightly at her true love, she cocked her head to the side a little wondering why Daniel was so concerned but she blew it off, now was not the time

"What brought you here in such a rush then?" Daniel questioned with a small smile; he began to slowly stroke his partner's arms which made Regina instantly feel safe, she always felt like nothing could hurt her in his arms… apart from her mother obviously.

"We're going to have a baby" Regina's eyes glowed with pride, Daniel's eyes widened he didn't know how to react to the news. The woman was disheartened the lack of excitement express by her love, "Daniel?" she asked as the tone of her voice suddenly dropped drastically, her hand dropped to her belly as she began to feel sick, she looked down and bit her lip, she blinked quickly to try to contain her tears,

"you're pregnant?" The father-to-be questioned; Regina looked up at him and furrowed her eyebrows,

"Daniel you could at least look happy" She stated,

"I am happy; I mean… I will be, I'm just worried about your mother Regina, you can't even tell her about our relationship, we can't raise a child like this"

"Daniel, this gives us a new beginning. We can leave here, raise our baby; it will be good. Please at least smile" she begged, Regina's heart broke the minute that her love looked disappointed about news that was meant to bring so much joy.

The young man spread a small smile across his worried face, "I'm happy about being a father, do not doubt that. I'm just worried about your safety and the babies" he cupped Regina's chin in the palm of his hand

"I don't want my mother to have anything to do with the baby, I'm not having her poison it's mind, if we get away then we'll never have to see her again" Regina reasoned,

"How?" Daniel tilted his head slowly expressing confusion,

"I don't know, but I will" Daniel's lover said strongly pulling her head out of her his grip, she's always wanted to be a mother ever since her father had bought her a little china doll when she was little. She loved that auburn haired child like it was her own child, from then onwards Regina thought it was her destiny to meet her true love and bare him a beautiful baby girl. Now there was a chance and she wasn't about to let it slip threw her fingers.

"Daniel, this is a sign for us, to start our life to finally have happiness together" Regina smiled taking Daniels hand "Just have faith"

"I apologise Regina, I can't wait" he smiled kissing her soft hand.

Regina departed from the small stable, she walked slowly home taking the time to think about her future with her new child and trying to figure a way that she could keep her child from the evil clutches of her mother, her hand caressed her belly slowly.

When Regina got to her family's home she tried her best to keep the noise of her entrance to a minimum. She closed the door silently and smiled as she remembered the growing bud that developed inside of her,

"Where have you been?" an old woman asked, Regina gasped as she turned to see her mother awaiting her arrival, the young woman's breathed hitched as she moved her hands around her back interlocking them together to stop herself from nervously playing with her fingers,

"I went for a late horse riding lesson" Regina lied, her mother paced towards the anxious girl, she raised her eyebrow trying to

"Regina, it is late. You know I don't like you to be out when it's getting dark" Cora hissed getting very close to her daughter,

"I'm sorry mother, I was just -"

"I don't want to hear you're excuses Regina" Cora snapped, "Just go" Regina nodded at her mother's request as the old woman flicked her hand dismissing Regina.

Regina hopped up the stairs to her room the feeling of joy over her baby was still lingering in her mind; she pushed the doors open and fastened them closed when she was sure her mother wasn't near.

She sat on her bed, contemplating the different ways that she could try and hide her child from her mother. The more she thought about it the less options she could think of that would help her keep this secret hidden, it wasn't the easiest thing to hide. She got up and walked outside onto her balcony looking at the little cottage that sat to the side of her parent's estate where Daniel lived with the rest of the people who served her family, she wondered if he was truly happy with their news and whether it was best for this baby to grow up with her as a mother… she'd never really had a good role model to follow. She shook her head quickly removing the thought she knew this baby would be loved and that was all that was needed. She turned around sitting on the wide ledge of the balcony and spotted her wardrobe, her eyes widened as she rushed over to it and threw it open. She pushed all the dresses to the side as she pulled out a hanger that carried a Corset, she looked at it and bit her lip. Part of her worried that wearing it during pregnancy might mean that her baby might be ill when it was born but she would love it anyway and she was sure that she'd rather have a baby that wasn't like the others than one who could be turned against her by her mother. She slept sound that night knowing that her little bud inside her would never have to be subject to the cruelty of her mother.

a/n: this is a rewrite of a previous fanfic called Forgetting what's hidden. It was my story don't worry I just wanted to edit it and re-release it!

I do not own Once Upon a time all credit to ABC.

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