Once they got outside the shop Emma looked at her parents, "I want you guys to take Henry home and wait for me to get back, this shouldn't take long." "I'm coming with you!" David insisted. "So am I." Henry chimed in. "Guys look..." Emma said. "I guess we're all coming with you because I wouldn't dare send you out there alone." Snow said as she took her daughter's hand. "Okay fine, you guys can come along, but if something gets serious I want you to take Henry and run. Now let's get this done, the sooner the better." They all made their way into the woods, crossed the toll bridge and finally made it to the spot Gold had designated for the burial of his dagger.
"Okay, here's the spot." Emma said. David started digging and then there was a big clank noise. "I think I hit metal." He said. Emma bent down to find that Gold had a metal box with a lock attached. "This must be what he wants us to put it in." She put the dagger in the box, locked it and put it back in the hole. David covered it with dirt while Emma burned the map. Just then they all heard a twig crack. Emma grabbed Henry as they all looked around trying to figure out what that was. Emma drew her gun, "Who's out here?" She slowly turned trying to figure out where the sound came from.
"I'm giving you the chance to show yourself, or else!" Emma yelled. There was this loud laugh and it sounded like a woman, then this cloud of pink smoke appeared and out came this lady. "Here I am Sheriff. What are you going to do?" The lady asked. Emma pointed her gun at the woman, "Who are you?" "Why, your worst nightmare of course." she laughed. Snow grabbed Henry and ran to David, "Have you ever seen her before?" "Yes! She's a witch!" David yelled to Emma. "Well witch or not, she doesn't scare me." "Oh but in due time my dear, in due time."
The woman said right before she disappeared into a cloud of pink smoke again. "Okay, so does anyone have an idea about what she meant?" Emma asked as she put away her gun. "Well, she's the witch that takes form of the thing you're most afraid of." David said. "We need to get out of here, now!" Snow demanded. They all made their way back to Gold's shop but David went in first, furious. "Why didn't you tell us Serena the Witch was here?!" Gold smirked, "Well if I would've told you, you wouldn't have went. Lucky for us, she can't leave the woods so as long as you don't go out there you'll be fine." "That isn't the point! She could've hurt us out there!" Snow was getting more and more pissed off. "Look! Point is, my dagger is safely in a box, locked and protected by magic, only I can open it. And now you have the spell you wanted, so I suggest you take it and go enjoy your family before I lose my temper." Gold said as he sat the potion on the counter.
"Drink this and you'll immediately become your 1 year old self, and at the start of every hour you will age a year until you are this age again. Like I said before nothing bad will happen, everything will be back to normal, you will just have new memories to enjoy. Good day Charming Family." Gold disappeared to the back. Emma grabbed the potion, put it in her pocket and leaded her family out the door. "This is going to be the best day ever!" Henry jumped for joy. On their way home Regina was behind them, following them. "Oh Sheriff Swan!" Emma turned around to see Regina. "Yes?" she asked. "I was wondering if I could spend some time with Henry today?" Regina smiled. Emma looked at Henry, "Well it's up to him, really. Do you want to go with your mom today, kid?"
Henry looked up at Regina, "Uh, sure. Just let me go and grab my backpack and I'll meet you at home." He smiled and Regina smiled back. "Okay sweetie, see you then." She turned around and walked the other way. "Henry, why do you need your backpack to go with Regina?" Snow asked. "I don't, this is a part of the plan." "What plan, Henry?" Emma said, stopping in her tracks.