An update finally! Sorry all, I had a difficult time with this chapter. It just didn't want to work with me but I've finally got it somewhere I am happy with. I hope it doesn't disappoint. :)

Rachel stared at Terri, totally not understanding anything anymore. She couldn't be pregnant; she just couldn't. "I can't be pregnant. That's impossible," she stated quietly, shaking her head in disbelief.

"Oh believe it. The blue blood is a dead giveaway," Terri said, smirking at her.

"It has to be something else. You're lying! I'm not pregnant!"

Terri rolled her eyes at Rachel. "Why would I lie? It's too important of a detail to lie about."

"I-I don't know! But you're lying! You're doing it to get in my head!" Rachel could not be pregnant! She just couldn't, she wasn't ready for that responsibility yet. She wasn't even married!

Terri sighed, clearly exasperated with Rachel's unwillingness to believe the truth. "Look, you had sex in the Crystal Lake. It's only the most powerful source of magic in McKinley and it's guaranteed that you will leave that water with child if you have sex in it. One of the water's properties is fertility. Supposedly it's so powerful you can actually feel conception."

Rachel's eyes widened as she recalled the intense tingling sensation in her body. Was that her conceiving? But Finn had felt tingles too. There was no way, but then she really thought about it. It wasn't entirely impossible. After all, she and Finn hadn't used protection of any kind; she wasn't on birth control because why would she need to be? She wasn't sexually active before Finn and if this woman's words about the lake were true…

"But Finn felt the tingles too and why would my blood be blue? That doesn't make sense! Your blood doesn't turn blue when you get pregnant!" Rachel yelled out a little hysterically.

"I don't know why he felt these tingles you're talking about, probably just because he's a guy who got to have sex basking in the event, but whatever you felt was conception. As for the blood, it's from the magic that helped conceive the child. That must be why King Finn was able to find the lake in the first place, to make this child."

Rachel was thoroughly confused. "What does that mean?"

"The lake only appears to those who need it and once its purpose is served, it disappears. It's sort of a protective measure to keep just anyone from using its magic the wrong way. It's an eternal source of good. If evil found it, we'd all be doomed."

"But…Finn's been going there since he was a kid…"

Terri shrugged. "Its magic works in mysterious ways. I can't tell you why he found it so early but I can tell you he won't ever find it again. The Crystal Lake is one time service only; which brings us back to you and your very magical child."

Rachel's brows drew together. "Magical child?"

"Hello, blue blood from the magic? Of course the baby is magical. That baby is going to be very special which is why no one can know about your blood except us. It'll be our little secret. You're a very rare and hot commodity right now and I can't have anyone trying to take you or your baby."

"What do you mean? What are you going to do to me?"

"Nothing. You'll be very well taken care of. Then when you give birth I will send you on your merry way…as long as you give me your child. Otherwise we'll have a major problem."

Horror crossed Rachel's face at Terri's words. She wanted to steal her baby which had barely begun to grow within her. Rachel couldn't let that happen. If she truly was pregnant, this was her and Finn's baby and no one was going to take it from them. She had to fight and try to find some way to escape and find Finn. They were going to be a family.

She had screwed up so much by leaving Finn. None of this would have happened if she had just stopped being so scared of the future and followed her heart for once instead of her brain. Rachel loved Finn more than anything and she wanted to be with him and marry him and raise a family with him. She just wanted him to hold her again and make everything alright.

Tears started to fall down Rachel's face. "There's no reason to cry. I'll take good care of you and once you give birth you're free to go," Terri tried to assure her.

"You can't do this! This is my child and Finn's! You can't have it!" she yelled at Terri.

Terri stood up and leaned over Rachel. "It isn't up to you. This child is something special; it will be very powerful. You think you can take on that responsibility? You didn't even know about this world until days ago. What makes you think you're fit to survive in it and raise a magical child?"

Rachel stared her down, Finn's words about maybe finding the door not being an accident echoing in her mind. "I may not be from here but that doesn't mean I'm not supposed to be here. You're not going to get away with your plan, whatever it is, and I'm going to get out of here and get back to Finn," she announced seriously, her jaw setting rigidly.

Terri smiled at her with an evil glint in her eye. "We'll see about that, missy."

"Honey Badger!" a voice called from outside the room. "Where are you?"

The Witch stood up straight and stared at the door behind her. "Great," she hissed. "Just what I need." She stalked away from Rachel and left her alone in the room to greet her boss. "Your Highness, what a pleasure."

"Spare the niceties. I need to know if Lady Fabray and Quinn have that potion. I need to know if my plan will succeed." She glared at her dour surroundings. "Well?"

"They've implemented their plan. The potion worked and last I knew they were on their way to the castle."

"Do you still have the girl Gigantor was all lusty over?"

"Yes, she's in the back."

Sue nodded her head. "What are you going to do with her?"

"I'm keeping her here until she is done serving her purpose then letting her go."

"What?" Sue looked at her like she was crazy. "You can't just let her go! You have to get rid of her."

"Your Highness, you know I don't kill people anymore."

"Then give her to me. I'll take care of-"

"You can't!" Terri cut her off abruptly. "For the potion. She needs to stay alive for the potion. If she dies, the connection fails and your plan goes down the drain." She couldn't let Sue know the other reason she had to keep the girl. If Sue knew about the baby there wouldn't even be reason for her plan in the first place.

Sue sighed in annoyance. "Fine, but as soon as she's outlived her usefulness…" She made a throat slitting motion. "Now take me to her."

Terri acquiesced and allowed Sue to follow her to the back room. Rachel was sitting in the chair, struggling against the ropes still. "You won't get out. Their magically sealed," she informed her.

Rachel glared at the woman. "What? So you just plan on keeping me tied to a chair for the next nine mo-"

"Your Highness, as you can see she's rather feisty," Terri cut it, narrowing her eyes at Rachel. If Sue knew about Rachel's current condition they would both suffer for it.

Sue examined Rachel closely trying to figure out her appeal. "What does my nephew see in you? He's always been a giant flathead, but you? Over Quinn? The man has no taste which obviously I forgot to account for."

Rachel's face twitched in anger. "So you're behind this?" she spit at Sue. "I should have guessed. Finn said you were obsessed with power. I'm not entirely sure what I have to do with this…"

"Of course I'm obsessed with power. Who wouldn't be when it's supposed to be theirs but instead was handed over to a 17 year old ape? I only want what's rightfully mine. If I have to stomp on a few people to get it, so be it." She turned back to Terri. "And you're sure she needs to stay alive for the plan to work?"

"Positive."

"What plan?" Rachel asked, not truly expecting to learn anything but hoping nonetheless.

Sue laughed at her. "What makes you think I'd tell you?"

"I don't know. Usually in movies the villain monologues about their nefarious plot before the hero comes and saves the day. I thought maybe we'd be at that point in the story." Rachel knew it was silly but she did have a penchant for the dramatic. What was more dramatic than being a damsel in distress waiting for her hero to save her and whisk her away to live happily ever after? This seemed like something straight out of a movie.

"What is she babbling about?" Sue muttered to Terri who shrugged just as confused.

"What do you have to lose? I've already been captured and your plan is in motion. Why not explain it so I can at least know why this is happening to me?" Rachel taunted. She wasn't sure how it would help to know in the long run but it would be nice to have some answers.

"Oh what the heck, since I plan on offing you anyway, simple answer, I'm looking to kill my mouth-breathing nephew and take his place on the throne. The problem is, without a proper heir, my reign will mean nothing. I can't have kids so I need his. Can't get a legitimate heir without a wedding though right?"

Rachel gulped and looked at Terri who was staring at her and mouthing to keep quiet. "This plan could take years though!"

"It won't. Once my mole is in place she knows what to do. Then once she's with child the king will come down with a terrible case of food poisoning from which he'll never recover thus leaving me in charge."

Rachel shook her head appalled at the notion. "But the baby still won't be yours. It'll still have a mother."

"True, but once I kill its mother it will be mine. Who else would be around to look after the poor dear orphan prince or princess but its Great Aunt Sue?"

Now Rachel understood why Terri needed her to keep quiet about the baby. Sue wanted one and she was carrying the one she wanted, not to mention it was magical on top of that.

"Now if you'll excuse me. I need to check on my other minions." She turned to Terri. "If she escapes I will end you, Honey Badger." Without another word, Sue turned and left the room.

"You can't let her do this! Finn is a good man, a good king! How can you just kill him?"

"I'm not killing him. I don't kill anyone anymore!"

"By helping her with this plan you are helping her kill him! Maybe you aren't plunging the dagger in yourself but there will still be blood on your hands."

Terri shook her head. "I'm not killing anyone."

"No, what you're doing is worse. You have the power to stop all this from happening but you aren't doing anything. You're just standing by and letting it all happen. You're a horrible person."

Rachel stared down at the floor crying again as Terri left the room trying to ignore her conscience inducing words.

In the castle, Finn had finally found Puck with his second in command Mike Chang. They were playing cards happily discussing Mike's upcoming nuptials to his girlfriend Tina.

"Puck, I need your help," Finn said quietly without preamble as he entered the room.

The man got to his feet, immediately at attention. "What do you need, your Majesty?"

"I need you to find someone for me, but you have to keep it quiet. There's something fishy going on and I don't want to let whoever is behind it know that I know."

He motioned for Puck to sit back down and joined him and Mike at the table leaning in close to speak. "You've heard about my…Rachel, the woman I've been with the past few days?"

"Of course. It's the talk of the town and Tina won't shut up about how cute she thinks you two are," Mike commented.

"Well, she's been kidnapped."

Puck looked really confused by this information. "I just talked to Kurt who said the Queen was happy that you and Rachel were together. She spent like an hour with her."

"She spent an hour with an imposter. That woman is not Rachel. I would know Rachel anywhere."

Mike and Puck looked at each other. "Who do you think the woman is then?" Puck asked needing to gather all relevant information he could to find the King's lady.

Finn shook his head. "I don't know, but she's got powerful friends to get a potion or spell or whatever to make herself look like Rachel. All I really know is that Rachel's friend Rocco was knocked out by someone who dragged Rachel away. I know she's here though. She has to be. And now there's this impostor Rachel; too big of a coincidence for them not to be connected."

Puck nodded. "Well, I know a few people who might know a few people who might be crazy enough to try to kidnap someone from inside the castle. I'll search around and see what I can find. Mike, you stay here and watch this impostor. If she tries anything, detain her and wait for me to get back." He stood up and grabbed his things. "Don't worry, Finn. I'll find your lady and we'll get to the bottom of this." He nodded at his friend and left the room.

Mike gave him a weak smile in reassurance. "Don't worry, your Majesty. Puck's the best, but you know that."

"Let's hope so," Finn replied.

The head of Finn's security had been to all his informants but one and had learned nothing yet. He hoped his last one would bear fruit but before he could ride out a crushing blow hit him in the form of his wife, Shelby.

He had been exiting his last informant's place when Shelby ran up to him, crying hysterically and barely able to speak. "Whoa, Shelby, calm down." He brushed her hair out of her face as he walked her back into the restaurant to sit her down. "What is going on? Why aren't you at home with Beth?"

"She's gone, Noah! She's gone! Someone took her!"

Puck's heart stopped beating in his chest. This couldn't be happening. His baby couldn't be gone. "What happened?" he asked as calmly as possible.

"I had just laid her down for a nap and went into the kitchen to make some lunch for myself. I w-went back to check on her and when I walked into her room; a man was standing over her crib. B-before I could react, he knocked me out and took her. He was gone by the time I came to." She dissolved into tears again and Puck held her closer.

He was trying to keep his emotional side from clouding his judgment. He had to find his baby now. The king's search would have to wait; nothing came between him and his family. Puck held Shelby's face in his hands trying to get her to look at him. "What did the man look like who took her?"

She drew in a shaky breath. "Um, he…he was shorter than you, slightly curly brown hair. I don't remember much. It all happened so fast."

He kissed Shelby's forehead and hugged her again trying to get her to calm down. "I will find her Shelby, I promise. Right now I need you to go home and try to remain calm. I will handle this."

"Puck? Shelby? Is everything alright?" Tina asked as she walked over to them, noticing how distraught they appeared.

"No, it's not." He stroked Shelby's hair some more. "Tina, do you think you could take Shelby home for me and stay with her until I get back? I don't want her alone right now. I'll take care of it with your boss."

Tina looked back at her manager walking around. "I don't know…"

"Please Tina."

He looked so broken that she had no choice but to agree. Tina shook her head. "Yeah, I'll take care of her."

Puck promised his wife again he'd find their baby and everything would be okay then made sure Tina would get her home safely before leaving as fast as his horse would take him to get to the place he hoped he'd be able to get some answers finally – the dingy bar on the outskirts of town where no one dared venture unless looking for a shady character.

He walked into the establishment and went over to the barkeep. "Ah, Puckerman, back again? Who are we looking for this time?"

"Azimio." He leaned forward over the bar. "I need to know if anyone's been talking about kidnapping the King's lady or my baby."

Azimio leaned over the counter. "You got what I want?"

Puck gripped the man's shirt and ripped him nearly the entire way over the bar. "Do not fuck with me Azimio! My baby has been kidnapped and so has the King's girlfriend! This is serious shit we're dealing with here, not some petty theft!"

He dropped the larger man and threw a satchel of coins at him for added incentive to tell him everything he knew. "I wasn't listening that much but there was a woman in here the other day."

Puck's eyebrow shot up surprised at the thought. "A woman? Here?"

"Yeah. She came in to talk to one of the regulars…Jesse something. Anyway, said she needed him to find someone. Like I said, I wasn't paying too much attention, but I did hear the words 'king' and 'child' tossed around. It seemed like the woman needed Jesse to find another woman for her then she'd tell him about some kid. I dunno…"

Puck smirked at this lead to both open cases he was working on. He knew the creep Azimio was talking about. Jesse St. James was notorious for being places he shouldn't and doing things that were rather unsavory to get what he wanted. Now he just needed to find the bastard. "Any idea where Jesse is?"

"Haven't seen him since last night. Sorry, that's all I know."

Puck nodded and thanked the man as he booked it out of the bar. He had a scumbag to find.