A/N: Sorry, for the prolonged chapter.I will be uploading chapter 9 tomorrow, to excuse the wait. Hopefully, you guys continue to read and review. :)


Dead inside? Dead inside? Does she really think that I am dead inside? After everything that I've been through, after everything I've sacrificed? Regina questions to herself as she walks into her office.

And what the hell does she mean that Sydney tried to kill me? Sure, I knew Gold would try to kill me, but Sydney? The Sydney that doesn't have a backbone, the Sydney that's been drooling over me, since the day we first met? That Sydney? Sure, Sydney might have the upper hand at the moment, but if he thinks that I'll clear his name after what I've just heard, well, he has another thing coming. She thinks, pulling open her drawer and grabbing her work cell.

-Maleficent, meet me at the place where it all ended. Come alone. Be there as quickly as possible. Regina. She types, sends it, and walks back out of her office.

"You want to tell me what this is about Regina. You want to tell me why you used the emergency cell phone instead of your actual cell phone?" Maleficent whispers walking up.

"Shh, not here. Come inside." Regina whispers pointing to the aquarium.

As soon as they were both inside, Maleficent grabs Regina's arm and asked calmly. "Should I worry that something like before is going to happen again?"

"Well, sort of." Regina says, breaking down and explaining the whole situation.

"So, let me get this straight. You have a daughter out there? And we never knew? And now Sydney is black mailing you with her, so that you clear his name and be with him? All the while, possibly bringing you to your demise while doing so? How the hell did all this happen so quickly? It seems like only yesterday we defeated the dark one and received our happy endings." Maleficent said, tightly hugging Regina.

"I know, maybe I never was deserving of my happy ending, not when I've kept this secret for so long."

"We have come to far to lose. I won't let that happen darling, we will figure out a way to destroy Sydney for good, and get your daughter back safe and sound. Just like my Lily, which I owe, all to you. Your good outweighs your bad Regina, I know you don't see that sometimes, but it does. I'm glad you confided in me with all of this, and just know that we will win."

"How can you be so optimistic?" Regina says wiping her tears.

Maleficent thinks back to two years ago, back when everything was so chaotic.

Regina hovered over Ursulas body in shock as Maleficent held Cruella in her arms tightly.

"He has seriously lost it! He has no idea who he's messing with." Regina says furiously.

"Did you write him to be that vile?" Cruella questions angrily.

"I may write a lot of things in, but Rumplestiltskin? That man has been bad news from the start. He is of his own device ma'am." The old man replied.

"He just slaughtered her as if she was nothing. Like she didn't matter. He will get his just dessert if it's the last thing I do." Regina says menacingly.

"Regina, this is not what Ursula would have wanted. She wouldn't have wanted us to have anymore revenge. That's why she told us about the author." Maleficent adds.

"And you see where that got us? She wasn't seeing the big picture. She thought that we should forgive and forget, but I can not. Especially not now. I'm sorry, but Rumple needs to die. I want nothing more than to rip out his heart myself. Do not stand in my way." Regina says, disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.

"Because Regina, we have been through a lot, we've seen the worst demons imaginable, and still came out on top. Good will always on our side, as long as we remain good and never stray from it. You will have to follow my lead this time though."

"I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get my daughter back, Mal."

"Good, than listen very closely." She whispered, coming in close to Regina's ear and divulging the plan.


"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this beautiful Union, between these two beautiful people." The priest starts.

"I object!" Rumplestiltskin yells, running to the alter and stabbing Emma in the heart with his dagger.

"NOOOO!" Regina screams, waking up from yet, another bad dream.

"Another nightmare?" Sydney asked, poking his head inside the room.

"What, uh, yeah. But it's okay. I'm fine."

"Good, because, I need you in tip top shape, your highness, today is the big day." He adds, prompting her of the day's importance.

"Yes, Sydney, today is an important day. Today, you'll be cleared of your mistaken identity of malevolence."

"Ah, music to my ears. Just think, in two days Jas will be here in StoryBrooke and you will see that this was of little importance to the bigger picture. Do well today, and Jas will be eating dinner in our house Friday night. Do well today, and our daughter will be in your arms by Friday." He says backing out of the room.

Regina cringed, as she bit her tongue a little to harshly. She wanted nothing more than to tell him to go to hell, but she knew better than to jump to soon.

It had been three days since she'd met with Maleficent. She knew her personal cell was being watched, so she corresponded with the dragon through email and texts using her work cell. The plan was set to be utilized today, the very day Sydney wanted his name exculpated. He had no clue what today had in store, making Regina smirk slightly.

"Let's see who will rise out on top." She muttered to herself quietly, quickly getting dressed and grabbing her keys.

*Meanwhile, in another part of StoryBrooke...

"Mom, are you going to work today?" Henry asked Emma, for the third time this week.

"Yeah, kid. I'm going." She lied, again.

"You said that twice already, yet you haven't budged from the couch. Frankly, you're starting to smell." He says jokingly.

"Kid, just make sure you get to school today, I'll be okay."

"No, mom, I'm not going to school today. Not until I know that you'll get off the couch today. You've barely eaten anything in three days. I'm really worried about you."

"Well, don't be. Like I said, I'll be fine. And you are going to school today. Get your backpack and go." Emma said not even looking up.

"Look at me! I'm still in my pajamas, mom. I can't go to school like this. I didn't want to have to do this but, grandma, grandpa." He questioned, looking toward the hall.

Mary Margaret and David walk into the room and pick up Emma.

"Emma, I'm sorry, but we have to do this." Margaret starts, pulling Emma's legs, David with her arms, to her car.

"Put me down! Y'all are not serious. Put me down right this instant." Emma screamed to no avail.

"Mom, I'm sorry. But you needed to get out of the house." Called Henry from the porch.

"Kid, you're in big trouble when I get home. Where are we going? Why can't you guys for once, mind your own business?" Emma questions angrily.

"We are just going to Granny's Diner, and you are our business Emma." David said putting her yellow bug into gear and pulling off.

The arrive at grannys in six minutes flat.

"Emma, dear, how are you these days." Granny asked as they entered.

"Better if I were at home." She muttered, taking a seat in the closest booth to the door.

"What'll you be having dear?" She asked, walking over.

"I'm not really hungry, but my parents think otherwise. So I'll entertain them, for now."

"I know just what you want, and it'll be ready shortly." The gray haired lady said bustling away.

"So, care to tell me why I'm here with you and not inside my house?" Emma questioned her parents.

"Emma, we just want what's best for you, it's what we've always wanted. You haven't been happy these past couple days and we are doing what we can to help." David said sincerely.

"Did you guys ever for once, think that maybe I don't need your help sometimes. That maybe sometimes, I'd just rather be left alone?"

"Yes, but to much alone time is bad for you. You tend to do crazy things when you're isolated. We just don't want you to just up and leave us. Henry doesn't want that either." Mary Margaret said.

"I'm not going to just up and leave you all. I must admit, that would be easier, but you're my family and I won't run away from that, no matter how awful I'm feeling."

"That's easier said than done Emma honey, and we just want to make sure we are doing our best as parents for you now. I hope that you don't get to angry with us about what we've done. I hope you can understand this some day and possibly laugh. Mary margaret said with a smile.

"Yeah, I hope I can too. Just give me my space sometimes, that's all I ask."

"That is something we will try to do, starting tomorrow." David said with a laugh.

"There's another reason we've brung you here Emma." He adds.

"Of course it is. Because nothing is ever just for 'good reason' in StoryBrooke." Emma said, using air quotes.

Just then, maleficent walked in to the diner.

"Okay, what is going on?" Emma questioned.

"Emma, what I am about to tell you is going to hurt you, so I am sorry in advance." Maleficent starts.

"I don't think I can handle anymore hurt. Just tell me one thing, is Regina okay?"

"Yes, she's fine, in a sense. But Emma, there is something you should know, something that may have you reconsidering how you feel about Regina. That woman has been through a lot in her life. She has done everything to become a better person, and Emma it is all because of you, and your love for Henry. A mothers love for her child is powerful, it'll have you doing things that you'd never think you would do."

"I understand that, I would go to the end of the world for Henry."

"I know you would. That is why, what I am about to tell you will be hard to digest, but hopefully, understanding it first hand as a parent, you'll try to take it with a grain of salt."

"Okay, I will try Maleficent. Just please, tell me what is going on."

"Regina has another child."

"Wait, she what?!" Emma said angrily.

"She has a daughter, named Jas."

"No. She can't have a daughter. How the hell could she have a daughter and keep that from me? I thought we told each other everything. I guess she really is the master of lies and secrets." Emma said, biting her tongue with vexation.

"I know you're upset, but please listen to me. Regina wanted to tell you, she really did, but she gave her up for adoption, and she didn't want you to be upset, considering your situation with Henry."

"I had to give Henry up, I had to give him his best chance!" Emma yelled.

"Precisely, you wanted your child to have the best chance this world had to offer him. Just how you felt that way about Henry, and your parents about you, Regina felt about Jas. She wanted Jasmine to have her best chance."

"She could've told me, I would've understood. Maybe she just didn't trust me enough with that information."

"Emma, honey, please calm down. You really need to hear the rest of this story. I know you're angry and hurt, but past all that, you still love Regina. I know you do, you can try and hide it, but a mother knows." Mary Margaret said, putting her hand over Emma's.

"You're right, I do still love Regina. That's why it's so hard for me to accept this information. If she couldn't trust me with that information, what else has she hidden from me?"

"Regina hasn't hidden anything else from you, Emma I swear. She didn't want to hide that from you either. She just didn't think you would ever forgive her if you knew." Maleficent said staring into her eyes.

"So, why tell me now? If you wanted to hurt me, you've succeeded. My heart is officially snapped in two." Emma said as tears descended her face.

"I told you that what I would tell you would hurt you, but that is not all I have to tell you. In fact, the reason I'm telling you this is because her daughters life may be in danger, and to give reason to why so many awful things have happened this week. She left you because she was being blackmailed with her daughter."

"Blackmailed by whom?"

"By Sydney. Her daughters father."

"Sydney? He's the father? Regina had sex with that weasel? Oh, God, my heart, it-it hurts, I can't-I can't breathe." Emma says keeling over.

"EMMA! EMMA!" Mary Margaret screamed.

"I'll call the paramedic." Granny said pulling out her cellphone.