+Present+

"You didn't honestly think it would be that easy to defeat me, did you Miss Swan?" Regina said with an evil grin on her face as she walked toward the dying Emma.

"You haven't won yet Regina." Emma gets out before falling to the ground from the loss of blood. Emma knew in her heart that she had lost the battle, but admitting it meant that she had given up all hope.

"I think I have Miss Swan, to bad your mother isn't here to see you die. I guess dropping your lifeless body at her feet will have to do." Emma closed her eyes bracing herself for the pain of death. Before Regina could stab Emma in the chest a purple light flashes taking Emma with it.

+Past+

Purple light flashes next to the enchanted tree leaving in its place Emma. Everyone at the table turns to see a dying girl sitting in a puddle of blood, but before anyone could react she screams.

Seeing this Snow stands up and runs over to the girl. "You're going to be fine." Snow says to her. Looking over at the table she yells. "Doc she's dying you have to save her!"

Doc runs over to the girl and looks at the deep gash in her side. Doc starts working as fast as he can so she won't loss anymore blood. "Snow talk to her, make sure she doesn't fall asleep." He says without looking up.

Emma opened her eyes expecting to see Regina leaning over her to cut her heart out, but instead she sees Snow smiling at her telling her she's going to be fine. Slowly moving her head Emma sees that she's in some room and not in the middle of the street in Storybrooke. "Where am I?" Emma asks just above a whisper.

"You're in the castle. Doc is going to help you, but you need to stay awake."

"How did we get back? I thought Rumplestiltskin said that the final battle had to be won or lost before we could return to Fairytale Land. "

"What are you talking about getting back, where were we?" Snow asks taking Emma's hand. When Snow takes Emma's hand Emma sees what had just happen in the room.

"The tree is enchanted, if fashioned into a vessel it can ward off any curse. Geppetto, can you build such a thing?"The Blue Fairy asked Geppetto.

"Me and my boy we can do it." Geppetto said patting his boy on the head.

"This will work we all must have faith. There is however a catch. The enchantment is indeed powerful, but all power has its limits and this tree can protect only one." The Blue Fairy tells James and Snow.

The room fell quite taking in what the Blue Fairy had said.

Purple light flashes next to the enchanted tree leaving in its place Emma.

The scene ends leaving Emma speechless. The curse wasn't broken because the curse hasn't been enacted yet, somehow she had been taken back in time. The question now was how.

"You should be ok to stand now the wound of yours is closed. Be careful not to open the wound again." Doc says standing up to join Grumpy across the room. The Blue Fairy along with everyone else in the room had gathered around the girl. "Who did this to you?" James asked Emma as he helped Snow up and offers a hand to Emma. Taking James hand Emma gets to her feet. "I know you have a few questions for me but I need some answers first. " Emma looks at James who only nods at her request. "Do you know who I am?"

"No, should we?" James asks.

"I guess you wouldn't, yet." Emma smiles at James and Snow. Taking a breath she continues. "Is time travel normal at all here? I don't know much about magic so I have no idea."

"No, time travel has never been successfully performed. Why do you ask?" The Blue Fairy asks flying up to the girl.

"Because you see I'm from the future." Emma smiles at the shocked Blue Fairy. "Twenty-eight years in the future to be exact."

"How can that be?" Snow asks before the blue fairy could.

"I wish I knew. All I know that I need to get back to my time before the curse comes."

"How do we know you're telling the truth? I mean you could be the Evil Queen for all we know." James says.

"Speaking that Regina was the one who almost killed me. I don't think I'm her."

"She did this to you?" Snow asks.

"It's more complicated than that."

"Who are you?"

"I think you know that already Snow?" Emma says thankful she used the right name this time.

Snow puts her hand on her stomach and looks up at the girl in front of her. "You can't be?"

"Who do you think she is Snow?" James asks his wife.

"You're their daughter. Aren't you?" Red asks stepping forward.

"Yes I am." All Snow can do is stare at the girl in front of her.

"Prove it." James says to Emma. Emma looks around the room to see if something can help her prove who she is. Her eyes land on Granny who is knitting her blanket. "Is that the blanket you're knitting for baby Emma?" Emma asks Granny.

"Yes it is. James before you make the poor girl go on let me tell you she has the same scent as you and Snow. She is your daughter, she's your Emma. " Granny says looking at the James who now was in more shock than Snow. Snow put one hand on her stomach and the other on her grown daughter's shoulder. "I am glad the curse didn't stop me from raising a wonderful daughter." Emma froze at what Snow said. Snow felt the reaction and became worried. "What is it Emma?"

"Mary It's nothing." Emma stopped realizing too late she had just called Snow Mary. In her time she would've been told not to call her Mary anymore, but here Snow doesn't know anything about her being cursed as Mary.

"Why did you call me Mary?" Snow asks not wanting to hear the answer.

"Can your memories be erased before I go back?" Emma asks.

"That we can do, sending you back to your time is going to be the hard thing." The Blue Fairy tells Emma.

"Emma, why did you call me Mary?" Snow asks more forcefully this time.

"Because Snow that's your name when your cursed."

"I can't be cursed that would mean we failed in protecting you, and I see we didn't."

"You didn't fail in protecting me, but you didn't come with either. I am born right before the curse is enacted." Emma stops seeing a tear roll down Snows' cheek.

"I did fail you just now. Regina almost killed you how can I let you fight her on your own?" Snow says running out of the room tears now flowing from her eyes.

"Snow" James says going after her but is stopped by Emma. "I need to calm your mother Emma let me though."

"James this was my fault and I need to fix this. You need to stay here and finish this meeting. I will need someone to take me to Snow, I don't know the castle."

"I will take Emma; Granny can fill me in on what I miss." Red says walking past James into the hallway.

"She's going to be fine James." Emma smiles at him before following Red out the door.