Ok, so I am doing this as sort of a how i wanted it to end rant about the season 3 finally/ how I wanted season 4 to go rant.

A big part of me likes Elsa in cannon; I mean she's already in fanfic, but as an actual wanting to hurt people villain, nope, I just can't see it.

And honestly if it is just the Snow Queen then I will be extremely disappointed because they went out of their way to make it look like Elsa but it's not, so that would also not be good.

It is a bad/bad situation no matter how I slice it.

So this is a quick story about what I was hoping would happen at the end, and if you like it I might continue it.


The prince had been named Neal. Rumpel would have preferred Baelfire but he could understand that Neal was a better name in this land.

Oh, he was having a good day, and he never had good days. Belle was walking down the, well, forest path. Her father the idiot had somehow managed to come around and agreed to walk her to him, giving his blessing and all.

Rumpel would have invited more people for Belle, but everyone was at the coronation for Neal, and the only person he really wanted there was his Bae. But he couldn't.

Rumpel couldn't help but wonder and he probably always would wonder about whether or not simply letting Zelena go back and let him save his son would have been worth it, but no, he had to honor Bae.

As Belle spoke her vows, he was again struck by the realization that the most wonderful woman he had ever met, the wisest and kindest person ever, had for some unbelievable, unfathomable, he often wondered if it was insanity or a localized form of stupidity that made her think he of all men was worth fighting for. But he swore to anyone up their or here that wanted to lessen, if she thought he was worthy of even a passing glance, he would try and earn every single one.

His vows were wonderful to if he was any judge. Who knows, maybe they were good. But he forgot most of them because before he finished and Archie could say "You may now kiss the bride" there they were doing just that, but Rumpel was sure he did get to say it after they parted, but then Belle grabbed him again so he wasn't sure.

But he knew one thing for sure, heck and hellfire to everyone and thing else in all the realms, tonight was his wedding night, and nothing was going to stop him from enjoying it.

And if there was any annoying villain pest that wanted to come terrorize the town and make the heroes come running to him for help. Well, if said villain wanted to live very long, or the hero for that matter, they'd wait to bug him until the day after tomorrow.


In the vault there were many things, each room was stored the magic to powerful for even the Dark One to master. Each Dark One had a giant tunnel going down that had room coming off the sides to store said magic.

It was in this vault he had found the theory of the Dark Curse, it was here that he had found some pieces for the curse, and it was here that he put the two time travelers and there, 'luggage'.

He didn't bother to check which section of the vault he put them in. In one part he had found the heart of the Night Shade Dragon and nothing else, in another he had found a potion of death essence wrapped in a piece of the Grimm Reaper's clock, there was really no place to put them were they were safe, so why bother? The main point was nothing could ever leave unless the Dark One allowed it to leave. And he had wanted the pirate and his friend to leave.

And so they did, and he had drunk the memory potion. That was a terrible mistake, because the thing about doors are, you can't really control what leaves or comes in when there open.

The body of a Dark One was powerful, and dangerous. That is why the Dark Ones always left instructions as to how their body was to be kept, some were burned, and some preserved, buried in the ground, or had the organs put in jars and preserved by being wrapped in cloth.

But always kept in the vault. The new Dark One would take the body of his predecessor and fulfill their final wish. If you wanted to be buried in the dirt of your home, a large box would be filled with said dirt and the body placed inside. And then the box was placed in that Dark One's vault. If you wanted to be mummified in a temple, you were, and then every drop of blood and every scrap of cloth, and they were all placed in the vault.

Burned in a specific place, with a certain type of wood, you were, and every ash was found and put in the urn. Nothing involved in a Dark One's burial was ever left outside the vault.


Rumpel had managed to carry Belle over the threshold, an impressive feat all things considered.

Rumpel had had a less then wonderful life, to put it really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, nicely. But one thing, one thing was certain, beyond any shred of doubt what so ever, nothing could ruin this night, he wouldn't let them.

After all, no one was stronger than the Dark One.


The urn lay there, all innocent and benign. And then the top just had to pop off, and the ash left the urn, slowly rising into the shape of a person.

And one thing was sure, tomorrow was going to be very, interesting.

After all, nothing involved in a Dark One's burial ever left that vault for a reason.


Ok, so. Quick explanation, when I saw the urn get picked up by Hook, I knew it had to be very important. And so my mind instantly jumped to the fact that urns have ash, and that it was in the vault. So I figured that because we never found out what happened to a Dark One's body, maybe their remains were in the vault. And that they were kept there because dead bodies that used to have the most powerful dark curse in them must be worth something to a magic user.

So I thought they were going to like bring back Zozo or another Dark One, have it be a big immortal giants fighting on the playground, the ants trying not to get squished, have it be some big fight over the dagger or something and Rumple trying to make it so Belle didn't find out about the little switch.

So I've got two questions for you. 1) Is would you like the story to continue? 2) If yes, would you like it to be Zozo or a different Dark One, something older? 3) I might be willing to have the Dark One be a girl if there is popular demand? 4) And finaly, do you want the other Dark One to fight Rumpel, or have he or she be more benign, I'm even willing to go so high as pleasant to be around.