There's a Strange Magic In Storybrooke:
Leaving Storybrooke
They had all gathered at Mr. Gold's pawnshop. Belle was now holding a cute baby, with strands of brown hair like her mother's and hazel eyes like her father, all bundled up in a green blanket. As much as the baby Amanda was adorable, they knew it was evil. Emma told the Golds of what Bluebeard had revealed, which only made Mr. Gold shake his head in disappointment.
"I knew this wasn't going to go well," he told Belle. "Amanda has already shown that she intends to follow her inherited bloodline of evil."
"I'm sure she can change," Belle insisted.
Emma then told about Bluebeard's history with Marianne, Fidget brainwashing her as part of his scheme, and how he willingly returned her memories after he got some 'convincing' from Rosetta. Among those who heard her right now were the Bog King and Marianne, who had chased Fidget in order to get payback until they witnessed the entire showdown on Main Street behind the clocktower, thus forgiving the Batrishan.
"Your theory of the portal being affected by the Dark Curse is not beyond impossible, Ms Swan," Mr. Gold said when Emma explained her thoughts about Bluebeard freezing Marianne's portal before the Dark Curse came. "When such things happen, it can happen when the portal takes them somewhere undesired."
"So...if we've spent like thirty years away from home..." the Bog King began.
"Marius might be dead," Marianne cried, covering her mouth in order to hold back a sob. Her husband hugged her for comfort.
"Don't lose hope, I'm sure you'll find your son," David said. "It's what families do. They always find one another." He gave a warm smile to Emma, who smiled back.
"But how?" Marianne sobbed. "There's no other portal..."
"I might have a cure for that," Mr. Gold said. Everyone watched as he bent down to grab a vial full of purple powder. He held it up in the air and asked the Fairy Queen: "You remember this, right?"
Marianne rubbed her nose and had a look at the vial. Her eyes brightened. "Of course!" she said. "Back in the Enchanted Forest, after I came back with the vial from Bluebeard, you created the locator potion to help me find the cure for my son's curse and took a small portion of the potion for safekeeping!"
"Use this to reopen another portal. Seeking a cure for your son's curse will be the quickest way for you to find your son again," Mr. Gold said.
"Since when do locator potions or spells open portals?" Regina asked.
"They can if what you're looking for is in another realm." Mr. Gold handed the vial to Marianne. She and the Bog King gave one another an agreeing stare saying that this time, they would find their son together. Marianne uncorked the vial and poured the purple powder on the ground, causing a small purple vortex to appear. It gave a small gush of wind within the pawnshop.
"Thank you all again for your help," the Bog King said. "You'll always be remembered as we go find Marius."
"Good luck finding your son," David said as he and the Bog King shook hands.
"Let's hope you'll have better luck than I have," Rumple sighed.
"Good-bye, Marianne." Lily hugged Marianne. "Mother to mother, I really hope you find Marius. And kick Roland's butt while you're at it."
The Fairy Queen chuckled. "I certainly shall. And I also hope you'll find your daughter Romana, Lily." They ended their hug and Marianne addressed Rosetta. "You took very big risks to help us. For that, I'm very grateful, Rosetta."
"Eh, it was nothing," Rosetta shrugged. She gave the Fairy Queen a hug; taking advantage of the moment, the latter said: "Good luck helping Fidget the Bat go on the right path."
Rosetta nodded. The Fairy Queen then got and joined her husband, who held out his hand for her and got accepted. The humans shed tears as the Bog King Lysander and the Fairy Queen Marianne jumped into the portal, going who knows where, right before the portal closed on them.
"I do hope they have better luck than most of us had," Emma said.
Meanwhile
Barely a few miles away from the townline stood the infamous pine tree where Emma had first arrived from the Enchanted Forest to the real world. Inside the trunk was a hidden castle well kept from the normal eyes of humans. In one room, two goblins were kneeling before a bed made moss and twigs, which was occupied by a slumbering goblin fairy hybrid.
"I seriously don't like this, Kit," one of the goblins, the plumpest of them, told the other one. "His Highness hasn't woken up for like thirty years or so."
"He's not dead," Kit, who was much skinnier than the other goblin, retorted. "He's still breathing, but he's in some sort of coma. Frankly, it's not the weirdest thing that we've seen in this place. We haven't aged ever since Helena and her sibling lackeys tossed us in their portal."
"I do hope the Bog King and Queen Marianne have prevented them from usurping the kingdom..."
A gasp was heard. kit and the other goblin turned towards the bed and saw that the goblin fairy hybrid who laid unconscious previously had just sat upstraight and gasped for air.
"Gah!" he gasped. "What happened?"
"Your Majesty!" Kit exclaimed happily. "You're finally awake."
"Finally?" the royal sat up on the bed and rubbed his head. "What happened, Kit? Junk?"
"Prince Marius Bogfae is alive," Junk (the plump goblin) said in disbelief. "After being in a coma for over thirty years and most of us are stuck in this weird world."
The End
(imitating the voice they make in the OUAT trailers)
Next, on ONCE UPON A TIME, an ancient goddess...
La Muerte: La Muerte, ruler of the Land Of The Remembered.
...and a musical bullfighter's wife...
Maria: My husband Manolo sung it to me.
...are seeking their missing husbands.
Maria: I'm still confused, though, on how a powerful and ancient god like him manages to disappear without a trace along with Manolo.
A desperate lover seeks to find true love...
Manolo: It's hopeless...
Snow White: Don't give up! Go see Maria and tell her how you feel!
...and a Batrishan's fate is trialed by gods
Fidget: I stole it from Rumplestiltskin's shop.
La Muerte: A discussion with your patron will definetly be held.
Kaïra: You've got a bigger revenge than the one you are seeking to take care of.
Follow the adventure, when ONCE UPON A TIME meets THE BOOK OF LIFE, in THE TOWNS OF THE REMEMBERED, and follow the spin-off series retelling the history of Fidget the Bat in FIDGET, BATRISHAN PRINCE OF DARKNESS.