Regina watched with tears in her eyes as the yellow bug drove away and she was surrounded by purple haze. She hadn't been given time with Henry after all the pain and efforts they had gone through to rescue him in Neverland. Trouble had followed them home, and now she had had to send him away with Emma, and take herself and the Storybrooke townsfolk back to the Enchanted Forest. Truth be told, she was grateful to Gold for sacrificing himself in the end, killing Pan. Her tears made her feel otherwise, saying goodbye again to Henry, erasing his memories of her. What the forest would bring for her she wouldn't know, but she knew she wouldn't last long when her darkened heart had grown so weak from its ache.
Enchanted Forest, post-Pan.
The camp was quiet that morning, only a few stirs from Little John, who was snoring softly over by the fire ashes. Robin got up quietly, gathering his hunting gear before he set off to find food. Roland would be fine, he had been fast asleep with his teddy in the tent. Little John would be awake soon anyhow, his stomach would alert him to breakfast. Robin hadn't been gone long, he had already killed three rabbits. It was odd, as every other morning there had been little around, but today there was life everywhere...almost as if they were running from something. He continued further into the forest, and as he did so, more and more animals seemed to be running either toward him or around him. Then he saw the great purple clouds that were engulfing the forest, and Robin turned and begun to run himself...
Enchanted Forest, post-Pan.
Regina landed with Mary Margaret and David on the edge of the Enchanted Forest. When she looked around, she saw that not everyone who had left with them had arrived with them. They would turn up eventually, she wasn't overly concerned about it. A gazebo stood nearby, and when she noticed movement from within it she started towards it, Mary Margaret and David in tow. She stopped short as a voice greeted them. 'Snow? Is that you?' Mary Margaret smiled, and replied 'Of course its me! I'm...we're back. I'm so happy to see you Aurora!' Regina stood on the steps of the gazebo waiting for the greetings to be done. It was sickening. Aurora stood back from Snow, and explained what had happened in the kingdom since she had last seen them. Regina listened intently, there was something off about what Aurora was telling them, as if she was hiding something, but Regina didn't say anything. As Snow planned with David on taking everyone back to their castle, Regina thought about Henry. She was empty, she hadn't hurt like this since losing Daniel and the baby all those years ago. She had lived purely to have revenge on Snow White and cast the first curse. In Storybrooke, Henry had been her life. This time she had nothing to fight for, Henry was gone. If there was a monster lurking in the Enchanted Forest she would willingly let it take her, it felt ashame the wraith that had attacked her before had been destroyed. This time, Regina just wanted to be free.
Robin made it back to the camp just as the haze surrounded them. It cleared just as quickly as it had come, and to his surprise, no-one seemed hurt, and no-one had disappeared. Everyone was awake, and hungry, but Robin wanted to know what had happened before they ate. He gave Roland the last of the bread from his satchel, and told his men to saddle up. They were moving out of the Forest.