TEXT: -[Fairy Tale Land - Past]- (A young Cora arrives home to find her father passed out drunk on a wheelbarrow of sacks of grain. Next to him, is another wheelbarrow full of sacks of prepared flour.) Cora: Father. Father! Miller: What? I'm resting. (She grabs the bottle from his hand and smashes it against the ground.) Cora: You're always resting. The flour was due to be delivered this morning. I, for one, would like to be able to eat this week. (Cora takes the wheelbarrow of flour and heads towards the castle.) [SCENE_BREAK] (Cora arrives at the castle and begins unloading the flour. A young Eva is there, along with King Xavier, Henry I, and the rest of their escorts. As the royal party walks past, Queen Eva trips Cora, causing her to fall on her face and drop her bags of flour.) Cora: You stupid, foolish girl! King Xavier: What happened here? Queen Eva: Oh, the peasant fell. As they do. King Xavier: Are you alright? Cora: I'm fine. King Xavier: Not you. Eva. Are you alright, Eva? Queen Eva: Well, she ruined my slippers. Henry I: I don't think the girl meant any harm. King Xavier: You shall receive no money for the flour, and you will apologize to Eva. Cora: Apologize? The wench tripped me. King Xavier: Curb your tongue. This is Princess Eva from the Northern Kingdom, our honored guest. She's a very important woman. Cora: She's a girl. King Xavier: And who are you, miller's daughter? What's your name? Cora: Cora. King Xavier: Then kneel, Cora. (Cora reluctantly kneels.) King Xavier: Now apologize. Apologize, or this will be the last bit of flour we'll take from you. There are other millers out there. Cora: I be
SUMMARY:
Cora's desire to rid herself of Rumplestiltskin in order to take his place as The Dark One takes one step closer to becoming reality as she and Regina try to overpower a dying Mr. Gold, and Mary Margaret is once again tempted by dark magic. Meanwhile, in the fairytale land that was, Rumplestiltskin agrees to offer his services to a younger Cora - for a price - when the king calls her bluff and orders her to actually follow through on her boast of being able to spin straw into gold.