A/N: Hey, Oncers! I apologize for the long wait. I was just on Spring Break and I don't have internet at home! Here's another chapter for you. I hope you enjoy it and leave lots and lots of reviews. They encourage me to keep writing!

*4 Months Ago*

"Regina? Regina, what is it?" Ruby asked from behind the counter as she saw the pained look on the former mayor's face. She realized how Regina was holding her stomach.

"Regina?" Mary Margaret stood up from the booth and walked over to her, putting her hand gently on her back.

"Mom?" Henry actually sounded concerned, the first time in moths since he had.

He, David, and Emma joined Snow on the opposite side of Regina at the counter, Snow White's hand still on her back.

"Regina, what's wrong?" Emma asked silently.

Regina gently swatted away at the helping hand David tried to offer her and she quickly hissed in pain as she did. They all saw the tears in her eyes as she fought back another grimace of pain.

All of a sudden , Snow recognized what was happening. She remembered all too well what she had seen happen to her stepmother in the Enchanted Forest multiple times.

"We need to get her to the hospital! Now!"

Regina slowly opened her eyes, realizing where she was. She looked to her left and saw her son resting his head on the side of the bed holding her hand. Then she remembered. She remembered how she got there. She remembered why she was there. She looked around the room seeing Emma, David, and Snow standing around her bed.

"You gave us quite the scare there, Your Majesty." Dr. Whale said as he entered the room.

"May I speak with the lady alone, please?"

"Sure thing." David said, grabbing Henry's hand, beginning to lead him towards the door.

"Wait!" Henry said.

He ran back to his mother's bedside and gave her a hug and kiss, whispering in her ear.

She smiled weakly. "I love you, too."

When they had finally gone, the doctor closed the door and gave Regina a look of pity. She didn't understand where his concern had cane from suddenly, for she had known him to hate her for as long as they had known each other.

"Did I lose my baby?" She asked as she looked down at her folded hands in her lap.

"Almost. But it was what we call a 'Threatened Miscarriage.' It's mostly caused by stress and high blood pressure. For most of this pregnancy, I suggest you stay free of stress if you want to keep this baby. If not, then-"

"I do." She interrupted, annoyed at his remarks. "When can I go home?"

"Your Majesty, when-"

"Don't call me that!" She snapped. She never did like that moniker due to her unhappy life as queen.

"Yes. Ms. Mills, normally when women have threatened miscarriages they're forced into bed rest for the rest of the pregnancy."

"I can't do that." Regina said, looking away while trying to stay self sufficient, as usual.

"Oh, but you must."

"I've had several miscarriages before, and I never stayed in bed for longer than a day after."

He immediately drew back, a little saddened to learn of her past.

"You must let me go home to recover, otherwise, who knows what'll happen."

"Is that a threat?" He didn't mean to smirk when he said it, but he did. Frankly, he liked it when Regina thought she was so tough.

Regina noticed the smirk and realized he was joking, something she wasn't used to from anyone other than David. She decided she'd try her best to play along.

"Hmmm...it might be." She said in a sarcastic, low voice.

They both chuckled.

"Alright, I'm just doing my job. I'll see what I can do. Perhaps I can get you a stay-at-home nurse."

Regina rolled her eyes. "No."

Dr. Whale rolled his eyes right back and let out a sigh.

"Fine. Be my guest. I'm just...trying to help."

"Really? I thought you were just doing your job?" She returned his playful smirk.

He tried to fight back his smile, but couldn't.

"You know, you're the only other person I know who's as stubborn as I am." He said.

"Hmmm...Then you haven't met my evil twin...Regina."

He looked at her, confused at first, and she burst out in laughter.

"I'm kidding."

He finally saw it as a joke and he followed in her laughter. After laughing a little too hard, Regina stopped. The pain was not all gone yet. She held back a groan, not wanting to worry him, knowing that he would definitely not let her go home if she seemed worse than she was.

"Can I get you to sign this?" He asked, handing her his clipboard and pen.

"Sure. What is it?" She took it and speed read most of it.

"Just a statement saying that I got your consent for all of our procedures. The earliest that I might be able to get you out will probably be tomorrow evening. But that's the best I can do."

"It'll do." She signed the waver and handed it back to him.

When he went to take the clipboard from her, he accidentally grabbed her hand and they both paused for a minute and looked into each other's eyes, the room fell silent.

Finally, after about three seconds, their 'moment' was interrupted by a long beep coming from the receptionist desk. Dr. Whale cleared his throat and broke the eye contact taking the clipboard from her.

"You'd better get some rest." He said awkwardly.

"Right." She responded, almost in a whisper as she looked back at her folded hands in her lap once more.

He walked toward the door and just before exiting, he turned to look back at her and saw how peaceful she looked with her eyes closed as she tried to fall asleep. He shook his head and left the room.

What was he thinking? She was the Evil Queen. She ruined his life and she was having the deceased sheriff's baby. Wait a minute! How was she having Graham's baby? The time did not add up at all. It doesn't matter, does it? Why did he want the truth so badly? Anyways, she wouldn't tell him the truth even if he asked her.

"What are these feelings I'm having? And for her? She would never be with me anyway, she's a queen and I'm nothing but a man turned into a monster...How can I get her to take better care of herself during this pregnancy? She can't lose another child without going completely insane, if she hadn't already. I need to do something to keep her healthy, keep her baby safe, keep her sane, and keep her from becoming the Evil Queen again. Something that she wouldn't protest. I think I have an idea...let's hope it works."

Regina woke up from her nightmare. hearing a knock at her door.

"Hello." The girl in the doorway greeted.

Regina looked at her tiredly.

"May I come in?"

Regina nodded and gestured for her to enter.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

"Oh no. That's okay. I was kind of having a crazy dream anyway."

"Dreams are usually good, though. They're said to be our inner most desires and wishes taking over our lives in our sleep, creating a whole new world."

"You're very smart for your age. You don't seem much older than 15 to me, yet you say the wisest things."

"I guess you could say it's in my blood."

Regina, confused, decided to properly introduce herself.

"I'm Regina."

"I know. My name is Jasmine."

"I remember you from the diner."

The girl gave her a small smile which slowly faded as she looked worried and asked her next question.

"How are you? Did you-"

"No. The doctor said it was close, but-" Regina was curious as to how she even knew she was pregnant. Granted, she was showing a bit, but she hadn't thought she was too big yet. "You said it's in your blood...What do you mean?"

"Genetics. It's crazy how they work, isn't it? They say the product of true love is the most powerful. Others say the product of true power is."

"And what do you believe?" Regina asked.

"I don't know yet."

There was a moment of silence and all they could hear were the sounds of the hospital machines in the rooms around them.

"You said you were looking for your mother? Were you abandoned in our land?"

"I guess you could say that."

"I'm sorry. That must be-"

"Well, technically, I was kidnapped, but it was kind of my mother's fault that I was. Well, not really...she was told that I died during child birth, but truthfully, I was sold. So I've spent this much time searching for her...and well...you already know the story. Well, part of it."

"I do?"

The girl looked at her skeptically.

"You do."

Regina was confused and looked at the girl, speechless.

"Jasmine, I don't-"

"You didn't even look for me." She sounded hurt and resentful.

"Wait. You think that I'm your moth-"

"You are." She interrupted persistently. "The reason that I'm so wise for my age, is because I am the product of true power."

"True power?" Regina quietly asked herself. Her eyes widened when she realized.

"Make a wish, Regina."

"A wish?" Regina gasped. "You're-"

"-Half genie, half sorceress." She finished.

"You're...?"

"Yes, I'm alive." The teen said quietly and Regina looked at her in complete shock.

A/N: I hope you liked it. I'll update as soon as I can. Review, review, review!