"Where are you going?" I cried, freezing in my dance and looking in her direction.

I heard a sudden ghastly moan, and I knew right away what happened. But was it me? Or did the spell ware off? I know all the dances in Thailand for summoning both good and bad.

"Good morning all! Ah! Karina! Look. I found this little slip of paper in the woods under the tree Ruby had found you sleeping under. What is it?" Poe asked, flying in to see what was happening.

The notes from my lessons with my older friend! Just what I needed.

"Thanks for this, Poe! I was just about to go looking for that," I smiled.

I didn't even realize that paper had fallen out. I was so glad he found it. I unfolded it, and read it silently. Then I gasped! In bold, I'd written this:

The one who dances with heartache,

Will cause the spell of good fortune to break.

I couldn't believe it. But then I remembered. When I danced, I didn't feel fully at ease. In fact, I had been so worked up that my arms and legs wouldn't let me do the movements I'd wanted to do at first. Now Misery's migraine was back, and she was possibly going to die.

"Did I miss something?" queried Poe.

"I had managed to cast a spell on Misery, and I unintentionally broke it according to my notes here," I informed him.

"The spell only had an effect when she was actually with Misery though," added Iris.

"Oh dear," managed Poe, surprised.

"I wanted a way to break it, but not that abruptly," I cried, folding up my paper and falling to my knees.

It was silent for about thirty seconds. Then I heard a loud thud. It was actually more like a body falling on the floor. I gasped again.

"MISERY!" I cried, jumping up, and starting toward the bathroom.