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Felix and Pan, who was still in Henry's body, strolled up to the wishing well with a plan. "You never cease to amaze me, Pan. Outwitting the Evil Queen in less than a day." The blonde boy praised his leader. "It's impressive." He added, and they finally made it to the well.
"She loves the boy, that makes her weak. This is it, this is where we'll cast it. The ingredients?" 'Henry' spoke, and Felix handed him what he asked for. The blonde teen was curious and asked, "When it's all over, will they be dead?" Felix needed to know, for he was slightly worried about Dorothy. He internally shook his head, Dorothy was the one who suggested to put him in the jail.
He thought the girl didn't care, but deep down, Felix knew she was the only one who actually did care for him. "Worse, they'll be slaves to this new land we're making with no idea of who they once were. Death is final, Felix. Their suffering will be eternal." As 'Henry' dropped ingredients into the well, the other group assembled outside of the mausoleum.
"Another curse? It's happening again?" Snow questioned Mr. Gold and Dorothy, who stood in front of them. Emma stood next to her son, well almost, and asked, "Gold, Dorothy, this curse; is it gonna work like the last one?" Dorothy shook her head in response, indicating no. Rumple then explained to them all, "The last curse was created to serve the Queen's wishes, this one will be done per Pan's desire."
Regina then informed the group, "The curse was built to be unstoppable, there's nothing that can be done." Dorothy then interjected, "That's not exactly true, there is something that can stop it." The Queen expressed, "What?" Dorothy elaborated, "By using the scroll itself. The curse only be undone by the person who used the scroll, that's you, Regina."
"What she did is like child's play to what I have in mind." Pan dropped the bottles into the pit as Felix calculated the weight of the situation. The blonde smirked, "I knew you'd win, Peter Pan never fails." The brunette boy smiled maniacally, and he put another ingredient in the well.
The Queen asked the two in front of her, "What do I have to do?" The Dark One answered her and spoke, "You must destroy the scroll. Both yours and his curse will be ended, but know this: there will be a price, a steep one." Regina asked what he suggested, and Rumple told, "Instead of going to him, we bring him to us with a spell. One that will return Pan and Henry to their own bodies."
"Are we missing something?" Felix questioned, and when Pan said yes, the blonde got worried, "What is it?" "The heart of the thing I love most." The boy answered, and Felix felt like he got punched in the gut. "Dorothy's heart? We're gonna kill Dorothy?" But, Felix felt relief as the boy shook his head, "No, no. I do love Dorothy, but I won't be killing her."
He then grew confused and asked, "What? Then whose heart do we need?" "Love can come from many things, Felix. It doesn't just come from romance or family, it can also come from loyalty, friendship. And only one person has always believed in Pan." 'Henry' spoke, and Felix knew he was done for, Pan never failed. "Don't be afraid, be flattered." Then, the boy ripped out his friend's heart and crushed it in his hands.
"If I'm back in my own body, then that means I can bring the scroll to you guys." Henry spoke from Pan's body, which still made Dorothy a little uncomfortable. Rumple agreed with the boy, and Regina pointed out that he wasn't powerful enough for the spell. "The Black Fairy's wand, one of the most powerful fairies that ever existed, very well versed in dark magic. The Blue Fairy exiled her, but before she did, she took her wand." Tinkerbell revealed to the group, making Dorothy feel proud of her friend.
The girl then told, "The Blue Fairy had it hidden, so I would take a trip to the convent if I were you and see what you find." Tink then volunteered to go with Charming, Hook, and Neal. Everyone else decided to meet back at Gold's shop were they would prepare Henry.
Just then, Dorothy felt a pain in her heart. The girl gasped and her hand flew to her chest, and Regina rushed over to her. "What is it?" The Queen questioned her and helped her stay on her feet. Dorothy's eyes darkened as she saw what had happened at the well. "He killed him. Pan killed my best friend." Regina squeezed her arm gently, feeling sympathy for the girl.
"Are you okay?" Regina asked her, and Dorothy stated, "I'm fine, but he won't be."
The Enchanted Forest, a long time ago...
"Killian, we have to prepare for the baby's arrival. When she comes into this world, I want to be ready." Milah addressed her lover as she stared at her full grown stomach. Just then, Killian popped up behind her and put his arms around Milah. "And how do you know it'll be a she?" He asked her with a playful smile on his face. "Mother's intuition." She simply responded, and Killian scoffed.
The woman softly smiled and pressed a hand to her stomach. Milah let out a tiny gasp as the baby kicked her hand, and Hook fervently questioned, "What is it? What's wrong?" Milah shook her head and replied, "Nothing, nothing, it's just- she kicked my hand." Killian sighed in relief and smiled as he thought about having a daughter. He always wanted to have a son, but with Milah, he could picture them with a little baby girl.
"She'll look like you." Killian stated, and Milah smiled at the thought. Hook went on and listed, "She'll have your hair, nose, lips, and your gorgeous smile." Milah then cut in and added, "But, she'll have your eyes." Hook kissed her cheek and placed his hand on top of Milah's as she rubbed her belly. The woman started to giggle a bit, something that brightened Killian's entire demeanor.
"What?" Hook asked, and Milah replied, "We can picture her in our minds already, but we don't even have a name yet." The pirate nodded, agreeing with her, and he stated, "It has to be a strong name, a pirate name." Milah shook her head and disagreed, "No, she has to have a lady's name. This child is a gift, not another tool to make use of."
The pirate sighed and searched his mind, "You're right, our daughter is a gift, a product of our love. How about Dorothy? The name means God's gift." Milah smiled and spoke, "Dorothy, I like it."
Dorothy walked in next to Regina, sitting down when they waited for the others to come back. As they all conversed, Dorothy went inside her mind to see what the others were up to. She watched from her father's mind, which was the easiest to tap into at the moment, as Tink floated up the capture the shadow. She then threw the coconut into the fire, effectively killing the shadow forever.
The men congratulated her, and Hook stated, "Look who's still a fairy." "Look who's still a pirate. Are you alright?" She countered back, and Dorothy realized her father had gotten hurt when fighting the shadow. He shrugged it off and said, "Well, I lost a hand once, and my daughter was stolen from me, so this is nothing."
"For the greater good? I know why you risked your life back there. And it wasn't for yourself or revenge." Tink brought up, which made Dorothy curious. The former fairy then added, "It was for Dorothy and Emma." The Blue Fairy then returned and gave Tink her wings back. Blue then gave Neal the Black Fairy's wand, and the men then left the convent.
They arrived at Gold's shop with the others and told them what happened. They were all set to switch bodies, well almost. Rumple then took out a bracelet from his cabinet, "This is one of the only useful things I managed to pilfer from Greg and Tamara before they left for Neverland. It renders anyone with magic utterly powerless." Regina then added a snide comment to Hook, who helped torture her.
The Dark One put the cuff on his grandson's arm and explained, "When my dear old friend awakens, I want to make sure he's weakened. This will block his powers." When Henry, or Peter, asked what would happen, Rumple answered, "You will fall into a deep sleep, and when you awake, you'll be back in your own body." Henry then apologized for giving his heart up, and Dorothy spoke, "It's okay. You have nothing to be sorry for, Pan does."
Rumple then cast the spell with the Black Fairy's wand successfully. The others then went to go find the real Henry, but Rumple stayed behind. He needed to talk to his old friend, alone.
Granny picked up Henry's scent, and Dorothy was able to confirm that Henry was located in the tower. As the group ran toward the tower, Henry ran out of it. He quickly went right to his mothers and hugged them, and they noticed that he had the scroll with him. Dorothy then stood next to the three, and she braced herself to catch Regina. She knew that when Regina touched the curse, she would see what needed to be done.
When it would be revealed to Regina, Dorothy would then know as well. Right on cue, Regina fell into Dorothy's awaiting arms as Emma called her name.
Pan opened his eyes and noticed he was not in the clock tower. "Hello, Peter." Rumple growled, and the teen replied, "Thought you would have killed me in my sleep, laddie." He sat up and spoke, "I guess you changed your-" He cut himself off as he noticed the cuff around his wrist. "Oh, wait I see. You've taken away my magic, that's why it's so easy for you to strut around and pose now isn't it?"
"I wanted to talk to you; I wanted you to see me and think about what you've done." Rumple said, and Peter replied, "Of course, to look at my best friend here at the end and really see him and think about what might have been. Is that what you want? Because I do. I remember looking at you, barely 15, helpless and alone. You clung to me like a babe, your eyes just filled with tears. You tried to make me regret what I did, taking away my time, my money, any hope of making my life into something better for myself. I sent that girl away because she would have ruined me, ruined the both of us. Your first love was a good for nothing girl with an agenda, and you've haunted me ever since. What are you now, a couple hundred? Can't I be free of you?"
The Dark One had enough of his talking and spoke, "Oh you will be, in death." He picked up the sword and pointed it at Pan's throat. The teen then said solemnly, "Then, one last lesson, Rumple. Never make a cage you can't get out of." Peter then ripped off the cuff with no difficulty, leaving the Dark One speechless. "I made this cuff, you know, it won't work on me. But on you?"
He then made the cuff magically appear on Rumple's wrist, blocking his magic. Peter then got up from his spot and muttered, "Down boy." The teen used his magic to make the man go flying into the shelves. "Let's see how you do without magic." Pan taunted, and kicked his foe. "I've come too far for this, for them." Rumple started, and Pan concluded, "For your son? No, it's too late. Soon, that fine green smoke will fill their lungs and fog their brains. But with the rest of the town, I'll take their memories, no. Because of their special meaning to you, I'll take their lives. And you won't do a thing to stop me, do you know why? Because without magic, you are right back to where you started. A coward."
Before Pan left, however, Rumple called, "She'll stop you, Dorothy, she will stop you." Peter turned back around and scoffed, "No, she won't. There's a line between love and hate, and I know what side she's truly on."
"Milah!" Hook called his lover's name as her heart was being ripped from her chest by her ex-husband. He escaped the restraints and rushed over to her as she collapsed to the floor. Milah looked into her lover's eyes and whispered, "You must protect her, promise me."
Killian held her hand and spoke, "I promise." Milah then whimpered and spoke, "I love you." The Dark One then crushed her heart in his hand, and Hook was filled with grief and anger. "You may be a demon, but you're no less a coward." Hook growled at Rumple, who simply grinned evilly.
"Milah said to protect her, who was she talking about?" The Dark One interrogated the pirate, but he gave no answer. He had to protect his little girl, their baby, he swore to protect her. Just then, Dorothy screamed and cried, alerting her presence to the Dark One. In a flick of his wrist, Dorothy the baby appeared in Rumple's arms. A pit formed in Hook's stomach, and he whispered, "No."
"Now, I'll have what I came here for as well." The Dark One held out his hand for the bean, but Killian shook his head and bargained, "I'll give you the bean, just hand over the baby." Rumple giggled and spoke, "Or perhaps I'll take both." "You'll have to kill me." Hook yelled, and Rumple raised an eyebrow at his enemy.
The Dark One took out his sword and sliced Hook's hand off, still holding the baby in his arms. "I'm afraid that's not in the cards for you, sonny boy." Hook screamed in pain, and Dorothy cried even harder. Rumple put the pirate's hand in his satchel and threatened the pirate, "I want you alive so you can suffer like I did. Your wife taken away, and your child gone."
Killian then took his opportunity, and he stabbed the demon with a hook, being careful not to injure Dorothy. The man didn't seem to be phased, and he clutched the baby tighter in his arms, "Killing me will take a lot more than that, dearie. You'll never get your child back." "Even demons can be killed. I'll be reunited with my daughter again, I will find a way."
Dorothy called Regina's name, and finally, the Queen awoke. "Dorothy?" She asked, and Neal and Emma helped her off the ground. Emma and Snow asked if she was okay and what happened, but Regina calmly stated, "I saw what needed to be done." She then turned her head to Dorothy and said, "So did you, I assume." The girl nodded, and Henry asked, "Mom, are you gonna be okay?"
Regina took her son's face in her hands and said, "The important thing is you will be." The curse then disappeared from Regina's hand, and they heard, "No he won't." With wide eyes, they all turned to see Pan strolling towards them. Hook called his daughter's name, but he was cut him when Pan put a spell on them. "Have the curse? That I do. Look at you all, a captive audience. I could make you into a pack of dolls, couldn't I?"
Dorothy felt a rage burn inside her as her true love strutted towards her brother and Belle, "You both look so adorable, hard to tell which one to kill first. No, it isn't. You, you first." The girl then unfroze herself and punched the boy in the face. "Stay the hell away from them, Peter." Dorothy ordered, and the teenage boy chuckled to himself as he held his jaw.
"The cat has claws, finally. But, how did you get out of that?" Pan asked with a smirk on his face. The girl glared at him and stated, "Enough of this, I'm not gonna let you touch any of them. No one hurts my family and gets away with it." Peter then got up in her face and whispered, "Oh, I'd love to see that."
Rumpelstiltskin then came up behind the pair, and he pulled Dorothy towards his family. "You will because I have a job to finish. And I will do whatever it takes. No loopholes, and what needs to be done is a price. A price I'm finally willing to pay." He then said his goodbyes to Neal and Belle, and Dorothy spoke, "Rumple, you don't have to do this. There is another way, there has to be."
"He has no magic." Pan pointed out, and Rumple replied, "I don't need it." Dorothy knew Rumple was going to let himself die to save everyone else, but she couldn't let that happen. When Rumple pulled her aside on the boat, he promised to protect her from the Wicked Witch. The witch, Oz, Peter, and all of her other pain started to build up, and she couldn't control the things that swirled in her mind.
Dorothy gasped as information flooded her senses. Pan looked towards her now, and noticed her hands let off a bright red light. The wind started to swirl around the town, and Dorothy's hands started to sparkle. Rumple knew what was happening, and he was thankful that the girl found out her true self just in time. "What's going on?" Pan questioned, frantically looking around.
"Go ahead, dearie, tell me what you know." Rumple encouraged the girl, and she replied, "I am the essence of magic, a product of true love. My power of knowledge let's me know about everyone, but only sometimes, does it reveal things about myself. I am powerful, you knew this from the start, that's why you took me from my parents and why you tested me in Oz. You told me that the ruby slippers were magic, that they could get me home, but they were fake, weren't they? I could always get myself home, but I didn't realize it yet. I can open portals, I can see the future, I can do anything. I'm Dorothy Gail."
A red portal then started to appear in the ground, and Dorothy started to chant, "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home." Suddenly, the portal expanded and sucked Peter into it. Unfortunately, Peter grabbed onto Rumpelstiltskin's ankle, so the Dark One was thrown into the portal with him. Dorothy then sucked in a breath and fell to the ground, exhausted.
The curse fell to the ground at the same time, and the others were unfrozen. The groups stood in shock, and Belle collapsed onto the ground with tears in her eyes. Regina and Hook helped the girl stand, supporting her as she panted. Once she stood up, Dorothy moved back to sit and hold Belle as she cried. "I'm so sorry, I couldn't hold the portal any longer."
Neal then put a hand on his sister's shoulder and asked, "But he's not dead, right?" Dorothy shook her head and answered, "No, he's not dead." Regina then slowly walked and picked up the scroll, and said, "Pan's gone." Hook then argued, "But the curse remains, can you stop it? Or should we all start to prepare our souls because mine's going to take some time."
All of a sudden, Grumpy ran towards them and screamed, "It's here! The curse, it's here! It's coming from all sides. There's no escape." Charming asked if there was still a way to stop it and Regina nodded. "What's the price? Gold said that there was a price, what is our price?" Emma questioned the Queen, who turned to face her and said, "It's not our price, it's mine."
"What are you talking about?" Emma asked, and Regina tried to explain, "It's what I felt when I first held it; I have to say goodbye to the thing I love most." Henry then walked over to them, and Emma held him, "Henry?" The Queen confessed to her son, "I can never see you again, I have no choice. I have to undo what I started."
The group crowded around Regina and Snow guessed, "The curse that brought us to Storybrooke." Regina corrected her, "That created Storybrooke. It doesn't belong here, and neither do any of us." Dorothy then revealed to them, "Breaking the curse destroys the town."
"It will disappear out of existence, like it was never here. And everyone will go back to where they're from, prevented from ever returning." The Queen spoke, and Emma concluded, "You'll go back to the Enchanted Forest." "All of us, except Henry. He will stay here because he was born here." Regina told, which made Emma worry.
Emma's eyes widened and she chocked out, "Alone?" "No, you'll take him and Dorothy." Regina stated, and Dorothy's head whipped towards the Queen. Hook felt like his heart had stopped, "What?" Regina spoke directly to Emma, "Because you are the savior, and you were created to break my curse. Dorothy is the savior of Pan's curse, so she can leave as well. And, once again, you can escape it."
"I don't want to, the three of us go back with everyone." Emma hugged Henry to her, and Hook wrapped an arm around his daughter's shoulders. "That's not an option." The Queen argued, and she continued, "I can't be with him, if I don't pay the price, none of this will work." Lightning then sounded throughout the sky and wind swirled around them. "Emma, you need to take them."
Emma argued with her mom, and Snow was stubborn, "And now it's time for you to leave us again. For your best chance, for his, for Dorothy's." Emma stuttered, "No-I-I-I'm not done. I'm the savior, the product of true love. I'm supposed to bring back all the happy endings, that's what Henry always said."
Snow told, with tears in her eyes, "Happy endings aren't always what we think they're going to be. Look around you, you've touched the lives of everyone here." The blonde had tears in her own eyes as well when she whispered, "But, we're a family." "Yes, and we always will be, you gave us that." Snow said, and the Charmings told their daughter that she needed hope.
"I've known you for some time, and all I've wanted was for you to get the hell out of my life so I could be with my son. But really, what I want is for Henry, and Dorothy, to be happy. We have no choice, you three have to go." Regina told, and Neal reached out to hold his sister's hand as Emma said okay.
Dorothy, Emma, and Henry all said their goodbyes to their friends and family. The three of them hugged Snow and Charming, and Henry and Dorothy pulled away to give them their space. Dorothy then went over to her brother, and the two embraced each other. "This isn't fair. This wasn't how it was supposed to be." Dorothy spoke, and her sad tone broke Neal's heart.
He pulled away just so he could grab her by the shoulders and look into her eyes, "Hey, this isn't over. I will see you again, okay? This is just the way we operate. Think of it as a game, if you find me first, you win." Dorothy smiled at her brother and nodded, even though tears filled her eyes. She didn't let them drop though, and Neal sighed before he hugged her once more.
Then, it was Hook's turn. The two of them looked at each other for a moment, not quite sure what to say. Dorothy broke the ice first, and she started to cry, "Dad." The girl whimpered, and the pirate's resolve broke right then. He clutched his daughter to him and kissed the top of her head. He was giving Dorothy her best chance, and he spoke, "Listen to me, I will find you. No matter what, I will find a way."
Dorothy sniffled and told, "Look for Emma, wherever she is, I'll be there." Hook nodded, keeping her advise in mind. He then took his daughter's face in his hands and looked at her, trying to memorize her beautiful face. "You look so much like your mother." He muttered, and the girl smiled at the comment. Regina then started talking to Emma about their memories.
"Storybrooke will not exist, it will have never existed. So these last years, will be gone from all three of your memories." Regina explained, and Dorothy then but in, "Wait, does that mean I lose my memories from all the worlds? Here, Oz, Neverland?" Regina nodded, and Dorothy couldn't speak. "What will happen to us? That doesn't sound like a happy ending." Emma questioned the Queen.
"It's not, but I can give you one. I can do what I did to everyone else in this town, I can give you new ones." Regina spoke, and the blonde pointed out, "You cursed them and they were miserable." "They didn't have to be. My gift to you is good memories, a good life for you, Henry, and Dorothy." The Queen told, and the two kids walked up to the pair.
Regina continued, "You would have never given him up, and you would have adopted Dorothy when she was little. You all will have always been together." Dorothy smiled a little bit, hopeful that she could have a happy life. "Thank you." The girl spoke, and Regina held her hand. "When I stop Pan's curse and you cross that town line, you will have the life you always wanted."
"But it won't be real." Emma argued stubbornly, and the Queen urged, "Well, your past won't, but your future will. Now go, there isn't much time left, and the curse will be here any minute." Henry then hugged his adoptive mother, and she kissed his head. Dorothy was up next, and she sobbed into the Queen's shoulder as Regina soothed, "You'll have a family, Dorothy. You will be happy."
After Snow kissed her daughter's head, the three got into Emma's bug and buckled their seat belts. Henry watched from the backseat as his mom used her magic to stop Pan's curse. Dorothy knew she shouldn't, but when she looked back, she witnessed all of her loved ones be consumed by a purple fog. A sob escaped her, but as they crossed the town line, she had no idea why she was crying.
ONE YEAR LATER
Dorothy woke up to Henry jumping on her bed. "Get up, get up, get up!" He called as he jumped, and Dorothy groaned at her brother. He could be so optimistically annoying sometimes. "Mom said you had to get up, or you wouldn't get any breakfast!" Henry repeated, and right as he said that, Dorothy jumped up from her bed. The boy laughed and joked, "Yeah, and she said you would react that way too."
The family then started their morning routine. Henry watered the plants, Emma cooked breakfast, and Dorothy made the hot chocolate. At the table, Emma set out the plates of food in front of her kids, and Dorothy slid three cups of cocoa onto the table. Henry looked up at Dorothy right as she sat down, and he reminded, "Dorothy, you forgot something."
She nodded and stated, "Right, cinnamon." Dorothy stood up, grabbed the cinnamon and placed it in front of him. "Here you go." The three clinked their mugs together and took sips of their delicious hot chocolate. But, right as they were about to dig in, someone knocked on the door. Dorothy and Emma ignored it, used to the crazies in New York, but when the knocking turned into banging, Emma got up and shut the music off. "Guys, wait here." She warned, and Henry and Dorothy looked at each other.
When Dorothy heard her mom yell, "What the hell are you doing?" She got up and rushed towards the door. "Mom, what's going on?" Dorothy asked, and she stopped in her tracks when she saw one man and one teenage boy standing in the doorway. "Dorothy, get inside. I'll gonna call the cops." Emma threatened the man who just kissed her.
"Dorothy please, wait!" The teen called, and she looked at him curiously. The boy was a brunette with blue eyes, and he was wearing a green tattered shirt and pants. "Do I know you?" She questioned, and Emma put her body in front of her daughter. The man locked eyes with Dorothy, and she noticed they had the same pair of striking blue orbs. The man looked like a pirate, and she assumed they were in a play or something. Judging by their outfits, they were in Peter Pan.
The pirate nodded at the boy reluctantly, and the pirate lightly pushed Emma out of the way while the boy, who she guessed played Peter, kissed Dorothy. Dorothy froze, but did not try to stop the boy, he was cute. Emma then went into momma bear mode and kicked the boy, throwing him off balance. "Listen to me, I am Dorothy's father. Please, you two have to remember!" The man yelled, but Emma shut the door in his face.
Emma looked at Dorothy with wide eyes, and the teen shrugged it off and said, "He was cute. You can have the old guy, I'll get the hot one." Emma shook her head at her adopted daughter, and they both walked back into the kitchen where Henry was. "Who was that?" He asked them, and Dorothy answered, "They must have left the door open downstairs because they were crazy." She sang the last part of the sentence, causing Henry to laugh a bit.
The blonde was visibly shaken, though, and she urged, "C'mon, let's eat."