A/N: Hey, I know this may be a little confusing right now, but I promise it will all make sense after this chapter...Hopefully! Haha! This chapter's written a little differently...it's written in a script format, but it should still make sense. Enjoy! :D

[Enchanted Forest-Past]

(Regina sits in her bed chamber, waiting for the huntsman to arrive.

Rumpelstilstkin magically appears.)

Rumple: Congratulations, dearie! You've managed to kill the king. Now, what's your plan?

Regina: Killing Snow White!

Rumple: How are you proposing to do that? A poison? A curse? Ripping her heart out from her very chest?

Regina:(interrupts) A huntsman.

Rumple: Really? Not what I expected.

Regina: What exactly did you expect?

Rumple: I don't know. Something more personal, perhaps?

Regina: Why does it matter to you?

Rumple: It doesn't.

(Regina rolls her eyes)

Rumple: Besides, that's not what I came here for. You've got bigger problems, dearie.

Regina: Yeah? And what's that?

Rumple: You don't know? Tell me, dearie. How is it, that a magic mirror can tell you all you need to know, but it does not tell you this?

Regina: He only sees what he's looking for.

(Rumple chuckles evilly)

Regina: Tell me what?

Rumple: Let's just say, it'll be difficult to get your revenge from inside the castle nursery.

(Rumple disappears in a cloud of smoke and Regina stands shocked,

with one hand on her stomach)

*Months Later*

(Regina is giving birth in her bed chamber. Nurse 1 is birthing the baby and

Nurse 2 is holding a stick for Regina to bite down on)

Nurse 2: Last push, Your Majesty.

Nurse 1: It's a girl.

(Regina smiles at the baby in Nurse 1's arms.

Both nurses exchange worried looks.)

Regina: What's wrong? Why isn't she crying?

Nurse 2: I don't know.

Nurse 1: She's not breathing.

*Hours Later*

(Regina is lying in her bed, resting.

The two nurses enter, saddened.)

Nurse 2: We're sorry, Your Majesty.

Nurse 1: She didn't make it.

(Regina turns over in her bed to face away from them and cries)

Regina: Leave me!

(The nurses leave and go to the nursery.

Rumple magically appears next to the crib.)

Rumple: Well done, dearies!

Nurse 2: We've done our part. Now, do you have what we desire?

Rumple: Well, well. Getting right down to business, aren't we?

Nurse 1: Just making sure you hold your end of the bargain.

Rumple: Well, of course. I never break a deal.

(Rumple hands each nurse a satchel full of gold coins,

picks up the baby, and vanishes.)

*Agrabah-Past*

(A sultan is sitting in his castle, waiting.

Rumple magically appears with the baby girl.)

Sultan: Is that him?

Rumple: Her. It's a girl.

(The sultan walks over to Rumple to take the baby,

but Rumple magically disappears and reappears behind him.)

Rumple: Ah, ah, ah! Do you have what I need?

(The sultan hands Rumple a bottle of squid ink.)

Sultan: There! You have what you want. Now, may I hold my daughter?

(Rumple hands him the baby.)

Sultan: She's beautiful. What about her mother?

Rumple: You won't have to worry about Regina.

Sultan: Regina?

(Rumple vanishes before the sultan can ask anymore questions. The baby begins to stir but the sultan comforts her and kisses her on the forehead.)

Sultan: Sssshhh…it's okay. You're safe now….Jasmine.

[Enchanted Forest-Past]

(Regina's in the nursery, sad. She hugs a teddy bear that was in the crib. Her father enters to comfort her. They hug.)

Henry Sr.: I'm so sorry, Regina.

Regina: I don't know how to tell him, Daddy.

Henry Sr.: Maybe you won't have to.

Regina: He'll find out. He sees things. He knows things…when he looks for them. He'll wonder why I've had the mirrors covered and he'll look for an answer.

Henry Sr.: Then let him.

(In her bedroom, Regina pulls down a cover from a mirror.)

Mirror: Your Majesty. It's been long.

Regina: Indeed, it has.

Mirror: Is there something you need to tell me?

(Regina hesitates and thinks about telling him, but changes her mind)

Regina: No.

Mirror: Are you sure about that? You know, I am a magic mirror. I can see that you're hiding something from me.

Regina: It doesn't matter.

Mirror: Yes it does. If it's something I need to know, then it does matter.

(No answer)

Mirror: You can either tell me, or I'll search for it.

Regina: You won't even know what to search for.

Mirror: I know to search for you and I know how long it's been since the last time you've looked at your reflection. So I will find it.

Regina: (angered) Go ahead!

(The mirror sees different images as time went by

and finally reaches an image of her pregnant)

Mirror: We have a child?

Regina: Not anymore. She's gone.

*Agrabah-Past*

(It's almost Jasmine's 16th birthday and her father is trying

to find her a husband, but she doesn't want

an arranged marriage.)

Jasmine: Father! It's not fair! Why can't I marry who I want to marry?

Sultan: Because, I'm trying to protect you.

Jasmine: From what?!

(No answer)

Jasmine: (calms down) Daddy, I just want my own life.

Sultan: And you can have it…with a husband I choose for you.

Jasmine: (angry again) Why?!

Sultan: Because Jasmine! There are some things that you just don't need to know.

(Jasmine runs out onto the balcony, crying

and Rumple magically appears.)

Rumple: Sorry to interrupt. I see things are going well.

Sultan: Ugh, what do you want?

Rumple: Just seeing how things are, dearie. Having trouble?

Sultan: She doesn't want to marry anyone I choose for her. She just wants her own husband and her own life.

Rumple: (under his breath) The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree. (to the Sultan) Well, you must get her to marry soon. We had a deal. She must marry before she turns 18.

Sultan: You don't have to keep reminding me! I know the deadline.

Rumple: No need to get testie, dearie.

(Jasmine is on the balcony,

crying when she looks up at the stars,

she slowly closes her eyes

and jumps at the sound of someone's voice.)

Blue Fairy: Hello, Jasmine.

Jasmine: How do you know my name?

Blue Fairy: The same way I know lots of things…magic.

Jasmine: Magic?

Blue Fairy: Yes.

Jasmine: Who are you?

Blue Fairy: Someone who can help.

Jasmine: How?

Blue Fairy: However you'd like me to.

Jasmine: My father wants me to marry, but the men he picks for me… I can't marry them.

Blue Fairy: Because you don't love them.

Jasmine: No. I want to marry someone I choose. Someone I love. Someone who loves me.

Blue Fairy: Is that all you wish?

Jasmine: No. There is something else.

Blue Fairy: You wish you could meet your mother.

Jasmine: But it's not possible. She passed away when I was a baby.

Blue Fairy: I'm afraid that's not true.

Jasmine: What?

Blue Fairy: Your mother is very much alive.

Jasmine: Where is she?

Blue Fairy: Her name is Regina. She lives in another land.

Jasmine: How can I find her?

Blue Fairy: Your father. He has a magical carpet that can travel between lands. Get it from him, and you will find your mother and your true love.

Jasmine: How do I get it from him?

Blue Fairy: Tell him you will go out and find your own true love with it. And when you return, you will be ready to marry and ascend to the throne.

Jasmine: Thank you. Thank you so much.

(Jasmine turns to leave)

Blue Fairy: There is one thing you must know. How the carpet works…it doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go…and only when you are ready to go there. Wherever it takes you, there is a reason. And…you may not find your mother right away.

Jasmine: But I AM ready.

Blue Fairy: The carpet will decide when you are TRULY ready.

A/N: I hope this chapter cleared some things up a bit. If not, let me know in the reviews! :*