Tears drop from Regina's face onto the sheet of parchment. The anxiety she had earlier turned to despair causing her stomach to feel uneasy. He will never survive around a dark wizard, he doesn't know

what magic is capable of. I must find him.

She hastily saddles and mounts her horse then sets off on her journey to find Daniel.

With no clue where Daniel could be, the ride is long and miserable. Regina inspects the forest thou roughly for any traces of him but begins to lose faith after a long while. She finds a stream and decides

give herself and her horse a break from their long travels.

During her dismount she hears twigs crack in the distance. "Who's there?" She calls. After a moment with no reply she hears another snap,

this time only closer. Once again, she calls "Who's there? I'm not afraid to harm you!" A voice from afar answers "I mean no harm, dearie. I am here to make a deal." A man steps from

behind a large tree dressed in a hooded cloak, shielding his face. "I'm not interested in making any deals with a stranger!" she says harshly. "Oh, I believe you will be." The man pulls a familiar looking figure

up from the shadows. "DANIEL" she cries out "Don't you dare hurt him!" "I don't plan on it, I want to help. You see, I know about your little accident dearie. And I know what your mother would do if she

found out." Regina looks down at her stomach and rubs it gently "How can you help us with this?" Her voice breaks "I may or may not be in possession of a magical item that can cure you of your

struggles." The man giggles bizarrely. The sound could have made even the strongest of men weak and the bravest men scared.

Regina quivers uncomfortably and says "I don't want help from a dark wizard. I would rather deal with my mother." "Are you sure about that?"

She looks at her stomach once more and says softly "Where is the item?" He laughs loudly and pulls a cloak from under his own "This is all you need my dear." She looks at him suspiciously "How is this

supposed to help?" "Once you put this on your problem will go away. Forever." "What do you want in return, wizard?" She asks with no hesitation. "Oh nothing much, just a shred of your clothing." He cackles hysterically

"Fine, its a deal." Regina rips off a piece of her shirt and motions the wizard to take it. He grabs it quickly then throws Daniel to the ground. Regina looks him over to make sure he isn't hurt then speaks cautiously

"I've done my part, now you do yours." The wizard hands her the cloak "Oh, and one more thing dearie. I want you to drink this potion. It will remove the memory of me from your head." She takes the

potion "My pleasure." She opens the bottle and puts the potion to her lips "Before I drink this I'd like to know one thing, what is this called? This cloak?" "The item is called the cloak of substitution. All you need

to know is that it fixes this. Now drink." Regina wraps herself in the cloak and quickly guzzles down the potion. Before disappearing the man calls out one last line "And don't forget Magic always comes with a price.

Regina wakes up in her bed and looks around. What a strange dream. She gets out of bed slowly and feels a sharp pain. The once, white cloth is now stained with blood. Remembering her current

situation she panics and looks at the bed. Lying there is a small round blob the size of her thumb and sheets covered in crimson. She rushes to take the cloak off and change. She makes her bed, hiding the

cloak underneath and hopes her mother doesn't decide on a random inspection. She runs down to the stables and there she meets with Daniel.

"I see you're feeling better." He smiles slightly at her "What do you mean, feeling better?" "I don't know if you remember but last night I found you in the woods wearing a white cloak and torn clothing. You seemed to have fallen off your horse

and been knocked out." She looks at him blankly "Thank you for your help." Faking a smile, she kisses his cheek and starts to walk out of the stables. "Anything for you, my love." he calls as she walks out.