<P> In the Enchanted Forest, as Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) attempts to escape from the Evil Queen's (Lana Parrilla) palace, he finds himself outnumbered by her guards . Just as it seems he will be recaptured, the Huntsman (Jamie Dornan) comes to his aid and kills the guards with his arrows, allowing Charming to escape and continue on his quest to find Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). En route, Charming is transported to an infinite forest, thanks to the Queen and her mirror . Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) appears and offers to help him but Charming refuses . They fight with swords; Rumpelstiltskin toys with him and soon disarms him . Charming notices his mother's wedding ring is missing . Rumpelstiltskin holds it up and he offers Charming a deal: he will give the prince back his mother's wedding ring, now enchanted to lead him straight to Snow White, if Charming will put a golden egg containing a potion of true love inside "the belly of the beast ." </P> <P> On his search for the beast, Prince Charming enters a castle and finds Maleficent (Kristin Bauer van Straten), seated on a throne . She turns into a dragon--the beast--to attack Charming . He throws the egg into Maleficent's gills and, after he escapes, Rumpelstiltskin returns the ring and magically dresses him in a new set of clothes with which to make his grand return to his true love . As seen in the series premiere, Charming races to Snow White's glass coffin, opens it and kisses her, waking her up . He proposes and she accepts . Together, they begin planning to take back the kingdom from the Evil Queen and Charming's sinister adoptive father, King George . </P> <P> Henry (Jared S. Gilmore) has collapsed after eating the poisoned apple turnover intended for Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison). She rushes him to the hospital . Dr. Whale (David Anders) asks Emma if the child has eaten anything or if anything untoward has happened . She shows the doctor the turnover but he dismisses any idea of poison because Henry is not showing any symptoms . Almost immediately, Emma begins to suspect magic as the cause . She looks at the Once Upon a Time book, which magically shows her flashbacks of her birth and the night the curse began . It is only now that she finally believes . As Regina (Parrilla) enters the room to see Henry, Emma violently confronts her . A stunned and guilty Regina blurts out that the turnover was indeed meant for her and that the curse is real . The only one who may be able to help them save Henry is Mr. Gold (Carlyle) who is, in fact, Rumpelstiltskin . The two visit Mr. Gold, who now knows that Emma believes in the curse . He tells them that true love has the ability to break any curse and that, as a safeguard, he had imbued the curse's parchment with a drop of that potion made from Snow White and Prince Charming's love . Since Emma is also a product of Snow White and Prince Charming, she is the only one who can end the curse once and for all . Emma will have to retrieve the rest of the potion from its hiding - place in the belly of a beast . He presents her with her father's sword as a weapon against the beast . As to the potion, it is with Regina's oldest and only friend . </P> <P> Elsewhere, David Nolan (Dallas) meets Mary Margaret Blanchard (Goodwin) and tells her that ever since he awoke from the coma, the only thing that has ever made sense to him was her . He goes on to say that he plans on leaving town and moving to Boston unless Mary Margaret gives him a reason to stay . Mary Margaret, moved by his words, still cannot bring herself to take him back and leaves . </P>

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