A Happy Ending Begins With Hope A season 7 canon divergent

by Flslp87

Revenge, Kidnapping, Curses, and Redemption all revolve around an unlikely source…Hope. This story was written because I was so unhappy with how they set up season 7 of OUAT and felt that there were a lot of things that needed to be fixed. While CS are not the main characters in this story, this was my way of allowing us to 'see' their life with Hope w/o loss of happy endings.

1. Chapter 1

A Happy Ending Begins With Hope

A Season 7 Canon Divergent

Summary: Revenge, Kidnapping, Curses, and Redemption all revolve around an unlikely source...Hope.

In Season 2, one of the first conversations between our beloved Captain Swan was when they were preparing to climb the beanstalk. Captain Hook said to Emma "Whatever story you think you know, my dear" and then he went on to tell her that everything she thought was the truth about Jack and the Beanstalk was wrong. Season 7 of Once just made me mad and sad and many people would say, "well, without Emma what else can they do…." I decided to see if that was true. Could I come up with a story that would have made me watch Season 7 AND use the same parameters that Adam and Eddy were stuck with?

Total Chapters – 7 and I will be posting starting Sunday. My gifs will give you an idea of whose stories I'm diverging from their story during the season. Any questions, concerns, ask away. ( post/176243369136/a-happy-ending-begins-with-hope-a-season-7)

My parameters are below the cut;

*As in Season 7, once the Wish Realm was created, it was given a past. The split occurred just before the Evil Queen cast her curse, therefore everything in their lives prior to the split were the same.

*Season 7 introduced the Enchanted Forest II - which in my story is the same Realm as the Book World Realm created in Season 4. And just like the Wish Realm, once created the Book Realm was given a past.

*This is not an Emma and Killian story, but unlike season 7, they are alluded to often. They are in the story, just like they were in the season, early in the story and at the end.

*If we saw the character on screen, then I was able to use any version of that character, therefore I used Gold and WRumple but I also used KnightRumple from the Book World Realm

*My story weaves around the events of Season 7, mainly focusing on the characters that I cared about. I ended up using my main characters to essentially narrate the events that involved them. If you watched the season, I did make some changes in behavior, relationships and their journey. Chapter 1 shows you where I jumped off and Chapter 2 kind of gives you an idea of where I'm heading with the story.

*Because of the multiple 'versions,' I used the short story, Garden of Forking Paths, as my premise. Basically, I'm saying that we all are on the path of life and when there's a fork, we diverge. However, as our lives continue, should those two paths come back together then our paths will seamlessly, painlessly converge and you will have all the knowledge from every path.

*There are multiple curses, not necessarily cast by the same villain.

*There are multiple books that are being completed