Jacob was at Granny's diner, eating his usual breakfast with hot chocolate with cinnamon. He was going to the hospital later. Mary Margaret told him that she's taking her class to decorate part of the hospital with "Get Well" decorations, and she invited him to help. He agreed, since he would be doing something good. As he ate, Ruby was cleaning the tables. Apart from him, there was no one else in the place.

"So how are you doing, Jacob? Remember anything yet?" she asked him.

"Nope. Still nothing. Hate it, though. I hate not remembering anything," he said.

"I'm sorry about that. You'll get your memories back someday."

"I hope so." He finished eating his food, so he got off the stool he was sitting in and started walking to the door. "I gotta go. I'm going to the hospital to help Mary Margaret Blanchard's class with decorations."

"Aww, that's nice. Well, have fun." He walked out the door and started walking to the hospital.

"Jacob, you made it!" said Mary Margaret when Jacob arrived at the hospital.

"Yeah, there's no way I would miss this." He smiled at her, then he suddenly felt someone hug him from behind. He turned around and smiled when he saw Henry there. "Well, hello there, Henry."

"Hey. What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Miss Blanchard invited me. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"No. Just wasn't expecting to see you here."

"Well, come on, you two. Get to decorating," said Mary Margaret. Jacob chuckled and started helping with the decorations.

Sometime later, Jacob found Henry in the ICU at the bedside of a coma patient. Jacob recognized him from when he woke up several weeks earlier. Curious, he walked in the room. "Hey, Henry, what are you doing in here?"

"Just wondering if he'll ever wake up."

"I'm sure he will. I did."

"Yeah, but that was about 3 weeks ago."

"Henry, don't worry. He'll wake up someday. It could be today, maybe tomorrow. Who knows? But he will wake up."

Henry started to go and touch the patient's face when the door opened and Mary Margaret stood there. "Henry, we could really use your help with the decorations. You too, Jacob."

"Is Mr. Doe going to be okay Miss Blanchard?" asked Henry.

"His name's not John Doe, honey. That's just what they call people when they don't know who they are."

"Do you know who he is?"

"Nope. I just bring him flowers on my rounds."

"What's wrong with him?"

"I don't know. He's been like this as long as I've been volunteering."

"Does he have any family or friends?"

"No one's claimed him."

"So he's all alone. Like Jacob."

"No, not like Jacob. He has you. But yes, it's quite sad."

"You sure you don't know him?"

"Course I'm sure. Now, come on, you shouldn't be in here." The three of them then left the room. Jacob noticed Henry looked back at the patient for a few seconds.

Later, he and Henry were at the castle playground with Emma. Henry was looking for something in the book. Jacob assumed he was looking for the John Doe they saw earlier. His assumption was proved right when Henry landed on a page and showed it to Emma. "I found your father, Prince Charming."

"Henry…" she started saying.

"He's in the hospital. In a coma. See the scar?" He points to a scar on the page. "He has one too."

"So? Lots of people have scars."

"In the same place? Don't you see what this means? The curse is keeping them apart with the coma. Now they're stuck without each other. We have to tell Miss Blanchard we found her Prince Charming."

"Okay, kid. Telling someone their... soul mate is in a coma is probably not helpful. Not having a happy ending is painful enough, but giving someone unrealistic hope is far worse."

"But what if I'm right? We know who they are, now they have to know."

"And how do you intend to make that happen?"

"By reminding him. We have to get her to read their story to John Doe. Then, maybe, he'll remember who he is."

Jacob noticed Emma looked like she was thinking about it. "Okay."

"Okay?"

"Yeah, we'll do it. But we do it my way. Let me ask her."

"Okay!"

"We'll meet at Granny's tomorrow for breakfast and she'll give us her report, okay?"

"Okay. Well, I'm going home. You coming, Jacob?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." He smiled. Henry gave Emma his book to give to Mary Margaret, then started pulling Jacob with him. He waved to Emma as he was being pulled. "Henry, you need to drag me. I can walk by myself."

Henry let go. "Sorry. So, what do you want to do?"

Jacob felt his stomach growl. "I'm hungry. How about Granny's?"

"Sure!" Jacob couldn't help but smile. He thought Henry was a bit adorable for a 10 year old. "So, do you remember anything yet?"

"Sadly, still no. The only thing that seems even remotely familiar is this." He takes off his small necklace and shows it to Henry.

"A dreamcatcher?"

"Yeah."

"Where'd you get it?"

"Mr. Gold's shop," he said slowly when he realized something. "Shoot."

"What?"

"He let me have it for free, but he said I'm gonna have to temporarily work for him to repay it. I should've started yesterday, but I forgot. I'll go after I get something to eat." Henry hands him the necklace back and he puts it back on.

When they entered Granny's, Jacob ordered a hamburger and a hot chocolate, while Henry just ordered a hot chocolate. Jacob tried eating as fast as he could without choking on the food. "So, Henry, I have yet to read the book."

"You mean you believe in the Curse?" Henry asked, sounding hopeful.

"No, not yet. I mean, it sounds like a fairy-tale, which it pretty much is, and I have amnesia. You'd probably expect someone with amnesia to believe just about anything. What made you believe in it?"

When Miss Blanchard first gave it to me, she told me that fairy-tales are a reminder that our lives will get better if we hold onto hope. I then imagined her as Snow White in her wedding dress."

"Wow. That's honestly slightly weird." He finished eating his food. "Well, I gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow, Henry," he said as he stood up.

"Okay, bye, Jacob." Jacob smiled and ruffled Henry's hair as he walked out and towards Mr. Gold's shop. He hoped Mr. Gold would forgive him for forgetting about yesterday.

After a few minutes of walking, he arrived and opened the door, the bell attached to the frame ringing. "You're late," said Mr. Gold as the door closed.

"I am so sorry. I got distracted and forgot about yesterday. You can have me work an extra day."

"That's alright. You're young. You're bound to forget stuff here and there."

"Thank you, Mr. Gold."

"Just make sure it doesn't happen again. But, for now, you can start by sweeping the floor." He handed Jacob a broom. "If you need me, I'll be in the back room." He walked to the back room, leaving Jacob alone.

Sighing in relief, he started sweeping. As he swept, he took notice of the all the items that were on display. He was creeped out by a couple of weird looking puppets. After half an hour, he finally finished. He stuck his head in the back room. "Uh, Mr. Gold, I'm done sweeping."

"Good. You may leave. You're done for the day."

"Really? I've only been here for half an hour."

"I did say I wanted you to start. Do you want more work?"

"N-no, I'm good. I can wait till tomorrow. Enjoy your evening, Mr. Gold."

"You too. Now, if you excuse me, I have important work to do."

Jacob left the shop. He checked his watch. It was only 6 o'clock. He decided to walk around the forest again. He finds it quiet in there, and it helps him think. There's also a small sense of familiarity of it to him, just like his necklace. He didn't know what it was, but it was like he was being drawn towards it.

As he walked around, he wondered if he had any family who were looking for him. It made him sad that he didn't know. He looked around to make sure no one was around to see or hear him before he sat down against a tree and started crying. "How long am I gonna have to live like this?" he asked himself. He felt like he was never going to get his memories back.

The next morning, he woke up against the tree from last night. He had fallen asleep while still in the forest. Remembering to meet Henry and Emma at Granny's, he started walking there.

When he got there, the first thing he heard was the voice of Henry. "Jacob! You made it! Why are you still in your clothes from yesterday? And why is there a leaf in your hair?"

Confused, he put a hand on his hair and felt a leaf like Henry said. He pulled it out and threw it on the ground. "I, uh, accidentally fell asleep in the forest last night."

He sat down as Henry said "How do you accidentally fall asleep in the forest?"

"I just did. By the way, where's Emma?"

"Changing into one of my mom's shirts."

"Wait, what?"

"I gave her one cause she needed it."

As if talking about her summoned her, Emma walks over and sits down. "Hey, Jacob. Thanks for the shirt, Henry. Is this your mother's?"

Henry just smiled. "She'll never notice."

"I doubt that," Jacob said.

"Where does she think you are, anyway?" Emma asked.

"Playing Whac-A-Mole."

"And she bought that?"

"She wants to believe it, so she does."

"That doesn't surprise me," Jacob said.

"Oh, imagine that." Emma says as the bell to the door rings. Jacob turns around and sees Mary Margaret.

"She's here," Henry says, sounding hopeful.

"Hey, don't get your hopes up. We're just getting started, okay?" Emma tells Henry.

As soon as Mary Margaret sat down, she spoke. "He woke up."

If Jacob was drinking something, he probably would've choked on it in surprise. "What?" both he and Emma said at once.

"I knew it," Henry said.

"I mean, he didn't "wake up" wake up, but he grabbed my hand."

"He's remembering!"

"What did the doctor say?" Emma asked.

"That I imagined it, but I'm not crazy. I know it happened."

"We have to go back. You have to read to him again."

Mary Margaret started getting out of the seat. "Let's go."

"Wait, wait, what?" Emma said.

"If I got through to him...If we made a connection…"

"You don't believe…"

"That he's Prince Charming? Of course not. Somehow, someway, I touched him." After saying that, the four of them left and made their way to the hospital.

When they get there, they see several people in the room where the comatose patients go in. Jacob could tell something was wrong, cause the sheriff was there. He started walking towards them as Henry said "You're right. He's waking up."

"Henry, you should stay back," Graham said.

"What's going on? Is it John Doe? Is he okay?" asked Mary Margaret.

"He's missing."

"What the hell are you doing here?" asked Regina, who just saw them. She looked at Henry. "And you, I thought you were at the arcade. Now you're lying to me?"

"What happened to John Doe? Did someone take him?" Mary Margaret asked.

"We don't know yet. His IV's were ripped out, but there's no sign for sure there was a struggle," Graham answered.

"What did you do?" Henry asked Regina.

"You think I had something to do with this?"

"It is curious that the mayor is here," Emma.

"I'm here because I'm his emergency contact."

"You know him?" Mary Margaret asked.

"I found him, on the side of the road with no ID. I brought him here."

"Mayor Mills saved his life," said Dr. Whale, who just joined them.

"Will he be okay?" Mary Margaret asked him.

"Okay? The man's been on feeding tubes for years on constant supervision. He needs to get back here right away, or, quite honestly, "okay" might be a pipe dream."

"Well then, let's quit yapping and start looking," Emma says.

"That's what we're doing? Just stay out of this, dear. And since I clearly can't keep you away from my son, I guess I'm just going to have to keep my son away from you," Regina says as she grabs Henry. "Enjoy my shirt, because that's all you're getting. Sheriff, find John Doe. You heard Dr. Whale. Time is precious." She leaves with Henry.

"Doctor, how long between your rounds since you last saw him?" Graham asked Dr. Whale.

"Twelve hours or so."

"Then that's what we need to account for."

"While all of you check the security tapes, I'm gonna go in the forest to look for him. There's a possibility he went there," Jacob said.

"Who said you were helping?" Emma asked him.

"I did. I'm helping cause I was in his position, more or less. Now go, I'll be fine on my own." Before anyone could answer, he turned around and left.

Some time later, he was going through the forest, and he's found no sign of the John Doe. He's looked almost everywhere. The only place he hasn't checked yet is the Toll Bridge. He started heading there. When he was near, he heard Mary Margaret. "Where is he? Can you see him?"

"The trail ends at the water line," Graham said. Jacob looked at where they were looking and saw the man in the water. He quickly ran over to him as the others got to him.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" Mary Margaret says as they pull the man onto shore.

"I need an ambulance! At the old Toll Bridge, as soon as possible."

"No, no, no, no, no! No, no, no! I found you!"

"It's going to be okay," Emma said.

"Help's coming." Graham told them.

"Is he okay?" Henry asked.

"Henry…" Emma started.

"Is he going to be okay?"

"Henry, don't look. Okay? Don't look."

"Come back to us. Come back to me," Mary Margaret whispered. She started doing CPR on him. The second she put her mouth on his, he started coughing and spitting out water.

"You saved me," he said after a few seconds.

"She did it. She did it! She woke him up," Henry said, happy.

"Yeah, kid, she did," Emma said.

"Thank you," the man says.

"Who are you?" Mary Margaret asks him.

"I don't know."

"It's okay. You're going to be okay."

They were now outside the man's room, whom his wife, Kathryn, called David. Jacob was sitting in a chair. He wasn't paying attention to what everyone else was saying, but he caught stuff here and there. David also had amnesia. Jacob could tell when he said he didn't know who he was. He wondered if David would get his memories back before him. He suddenly wanted to go for a walk and clear his head. He stood up and started walking, but was stopped by Henry. "Jacob, where are you going?"

He turned around and sighed. "I'm sorry, Henry. I've just got a lot of stuff on my mind, and I want to go clear my head. I'm glad David is okay, but I just need to go. I'll see you tomorrow." He ruffled Henry's hair again and left.

By the time he got back to his room at Granny's Inn, he felt mostly better. He felt calm again. He laid down on his bed and fell asleep.

NEXT TIME: The Price of Gold