Chapter 2 : The Priest Princess

Princess Tamina sends the sacred Dagger away, but the rider heads straight for Dastan. He finds the wrapped Dagger on the ground after killing his attacker. The Dagger sends whoever presses the top of the handle back in time. The holder sees events rewind. Only he knows what happened. The power ends when the sand in the handle runs out.

Victorious Tus wants to marry Tamina as soon as he discovers her beauty, admiring her spirit as she attempts to stab him. He begs Dastan to present his wish for another wife to their father, and gives him a captured grand cloak for their father as a convincing present. Dastan is reluctant, Tus already has wives, indeed King Sharaman agrees, and offers Tamina to Dastan. The cloak is poisoned, burns Sharaman to death. Bystanders accuse Dastan, who flees with Tamina while Bis and many of Dastan's men are killed covering their escape

Together, flirting and fighting, exchanging cutting banter, they embark on a journey — the Prince wants to prove his innocence, while Tamina wants to safeguard the Dagger of Time. On the first night, Tamina attempts to kill Dastan and recover the Dagger, but he accidentally activates the handle, learns of the power, and stops her attack. Dastan believes Tus knew about the Dagger and framed him for murder, to seize the throne and Dagger, becoming the most powerful ruler of Persia.