Prologue

A/AN: This idea came to me while I was rewatching the S3 finale. Please review and let me know what you think!

The occupants of Storybrooke watched the scene unfold in front of them in horror as a malicious blue fog descended upon their tiny seaport town. Zelena had successfully gathered the ingredients she needed for her "second chance", and they were all about to be transported to another time where their lives would be forever altered. Zelena was going to give herself a happy ending, but no one else knew what that meant for them. Some feared they would never be born while others worried about what type of vengeance lay ahead for them.

"Well it's all over folks! We're all about to be cursed in the worst way possible!" Grumpy lamented, clenching his red hat close to his chest.

"Perhaps a second chance won't be all that bad." Sneezy pointed out until Grumpy gave him a good wallop to the head.

"Are you crazy man? We're all about to be transported to a twisted wicked fantasy world! I can't say I believe it's all going to be all sunshine and rainbows!" Grumpy comeback giving his brother an irritated glare.

"Well here it comes so any last words?" Happy inquired as the fog descended upon them.

"Yes, let's all vow to find each other in this new life." Grumpy supplied holding his hand out, followed the remaining six dwarves.

Emma clutched Henry to her side as she watched the new curse wash over the town, "Kid I'm sorry I didn't tell you about all this sooner, but I really thought we could beat Zelena." she sighed dejectedly.

"Mom heroes don't talk like that and besides you're the savior. The good guys always win!" Henry assured her with determination in his chocolate brown eyes.

"No Henry I'm afraid they don't…It's all over now. Zelena will change the past to fulfill her desires, and we'll all be scattered sheep without a shepherd. I may not be your mom in this new land." Emma said deflated, reaching out to stroke his cheek affectionately.

"Mom we will always find each other." he declared bravely. Emma enveloped her son in a heartfelt embrace, holding onto him for dear life as the blue smog blanketed them both, the last words spoken between them a quick "I love you" before he slipped through her fingertips.

~X~

"Get a good look at me sis because the next time we meet, you'll be bowed with your face to the ground." Zelena gloated to the frazzled woman in front of her. Regina's clothes were tattered, and she had a large gash on her left cheek.

"I'll never bow to you." Regina hissed before spitting in her face.

Zelena snarled her nose in disgust, wiping the saliva off her cheek. She pulled her hand back before giving her sister a stinging slap across the face, "Peasants don't talk to their queens like that Regina. I do believe keeping you alive is going to be much more entertaining than killing you."

Regina winced but her eyes were blazing. She didn't show a trace of fear on her face, only fierce determination. She watched as her sister dropped the ingredients she needed into the boiling cauldron, blue smoke spilled over the pot, the first signs of the new curse that would change their lives forever.

"I'll see you in the past sis." Zelena grinned maliciously. Regina felt the tendrils of magic wash over her, making her feel dizzy with distortions, her former life painfully ripped away, replaced by a new identity she would have to embrace in this fated new land.

~X~

Belle spent her final moments huddled in Rumplestiltskin's arms. They were both in the cage Zelena had built for him deep within the cellar. She pushed brown silvery streaks from his eyes as they waited for the inevitable.

"Well it seems she has won, and we'll probably never see each other again." Rumplestiltskin sighed laying his head on her shoulder.

"I understand, but I also know the future isn't what it seems. I will see you again." Belle reassured him as tears streamed down her cheeks. Rumplestiltskin touched the side of her face gently before meeting her lips in one final parting kiss, full of something stronger than the both of them. The blue fog cascaded down the steps before wrapping it's tentacles around them, and the only thing he could see was a promise in her iridescent eyes before they slowly faded from existence.

A/AN: Well there's the prologue! The next chapter will focus on the new lives our characters have fallen into. Some things will remain the same but others will be very different. Please review and tell me what you think!