"WHAT‽" the Evil Queen exclaimed.

After being dragged via Tinkerbell through the entire Enchanted Forest, all the way to Snow White's kingdom, the odd duo followed the pixie dust that was supposed to lead the Evil Queen to her true love and soul mate, the one that would make her 'good' again. It just so happened that the Queen's luck remained sour and the pixie dust lead her straight to her mortal enemy, Snow White, but not quite. The dust swirled around the abdomen of a wide-eyed White Queen.

"Regina! What have you done to me? Is this your payback, cursing my baby before it's even born?" Snow interrogated the dumbfounded Evil Queen.

"It's‒ it's the baby with the lion birthmark," Tink stuttered. She turned expectantly to Queen Regina, wondering how she would take the news.

"Will someone please explain to me what is going on?" Queen Snow raised her voice.

Regina, of course, was still in complete and utter shock, disregarding all lessons taught and had her mouth hanging open. "Is‒ do you know the gender?" Regina asked softly.

The tone of voice certainly surprised Snow but she answered anyways, "Yes, it is a girl. But why do you want to know? What are you going to do to Emma?"

"Emma..." Regina tested out the name. She quickly snapped her attention from Snow's protruding stomach to her eyes and put on her most regal, expressionless mask she could muster, "I'm going to fall in love with her."

Regina magically teleported back to her bedroom in her castle and slid down the nearest wall, slumping onto the concrete floor.

Meanwhile, Queen Snow was left alone again, but now a tidal wave of emotions washed through her. Confusion. Anger. Surprise. Shock. Protectiveness. She would not let her unborn baby girl to fall into the hands of the Evil Queen, let alone to fall into each other's hearts.

Author's Note: This is To Be Continued so please be patient. The next chapter will jump forward in time a bit.