The Enchanted Forest

"Are you sure he said his name is Graham?" Emma asked Aurora who nods, she thinks for a moment then digs into her pocket taking out a picture of Graham that she had taken about a few weeks ago. "Is this him?"

"Yes, that's him!"

"That's not possible... How are you dreaming about my boyfriend?"

Regina steps in. "Emma, I don't think it was a dream."

Emma turns to face Regina. "What?"

"It's the sleeping curse, your mother, Aurora and Graham are dealing with the after effect which sends them to a world between life and death."

Emma is starting to feel guilty. "So, he's being tormented because of me."

"Emma, what had happened to Graham is not your fault."

"Of course it is if I had not been too stubborn none of this would not have happened."

"Look everything happens for a reason not that it's a good thing I believe this could be a sign to help us get home safely."

Emma gives her a questioning look. "What do you mean safely?"

"Cora, she might try to stop us."

"But we have not seen or heard from her."

"I know Cora, she might try to attack at any moment."

Mills Residence

Graham walks up to ring the doorbell he waits for a moment until the door opens revealing to be Dark Regina.

"Graham, what are you doing here?"

"We need to talk."

A few minutes later, they are in the living area, both sitting on the couch talking about Graham's dream.

Dark Regina pretends to be surprised by Graham's revelation. "Are you certain this girl is telling the truth?"

Graham nods. "She gave me a message from Regina they're alive."

"My mom is alive?" Both adults turn to see Henry, who had been standing near the bottom of the stairs, staring at them with hope in his eyes.

Graham stares at Henry for a moment. "Uh, yeah she's trying her best to come home to you."

Henry gives him a questioning look. "Sounds like there's a but is something wrong?"

"Yes, that's why I came here to tell Regina that someone is preventing them from trying to get home."

"Who?" Dark Regina asked even though she knows it's Cora who will make an appearance soon then wonders how the older woman will react to seeing both her and Regina."

Graham turns to Dark Regina. "Cora."

Granny's Diner

Dark Regina walks into the diner she sees Gold sitting at a table with Belle so, she goes to approach them. "We need to talk."

"I'm busy."

"It's an emergency, Cora is coming."

"I thought she was dead."

"Not anymore Regina just sent us a message through Graham that she's back, she's trying to come to our world and believe me we both don't want that."

"I can handle Cora."

Dark Regina scoffs in disbelief. "That's not how she tells the story."

"I won in the end."

"Not this time, you now have a weakness which she can use it against you." Dark Regina said as she stares at Belle who seems confused by their conversation.

"What do you suppose we do?"

"Help me create a portal we can save Regina and Emma at the same time stop Cora."

"You do know that's not possible."

"We have fairy dust...Think about it if we combine our magic along with the fairy dust we might have a chance."

"And what makes you think the fairies are going to hand us their dust."

Dark Regina smirks. "They don't have too, I've got hold of it before they did."

Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop

Later, Graham is in the back room along with Henry waiting for both Gold and Dark Regina who had just entered the room. "Are you sure this is going to work I barely made it out alive last time."

Gold stares at Graham. "As long as you have that necklace you'll be fine now are you ready?"

"It's not like I have a choice." Graham said as he goes to lay on the bed. "So, this Cora is she that powerful?"

"Yes, but not as powerful as I am."

Dark Regina scoffs in disbelief. "Debatable."

Gold glares at her. "Actually no, it's not."

Graham becomes annoyed. "Ok, can we get on with this already."

Gold turns to Graham. "Of course now, just relax and close your eyes, listen to my voice as I give you instructions on how to stop Cora."

The Enchanted Forest

Regina, Derek, Emma, and Mulan are surrounding Aurora waiting for her to wake up suddenly a group of zombies surround them then they start to attack the group. Derek quickly takes out his bow and arrow starts shooting them one by one, Regina starts throwing fireballs at them meanwhile Emma tries to fight them off with her fists.

A zombie tackles Emma to the ground attempting to strangle her suddenly Derek shoots it with an arrow then goes to help her up. "Thanks."

"No problem." Derek said as they both go to find Regina who kills the rest of the zombies with a blast of white magic.

Emma's eyes widen in astonishment after seeing Regina use magic even though she's seen her use it before but not like this. "Whoa!"

Regina turns to see her friends quickly walking towards her. "Is everyone okay?"

Emma nods. "Yeah...Were those Zombies?"

"Well, sort of Cora must have used magic to control them."

"Damn! You weren't kidding about your mother coming after us."

"Let's just hope we…" Regina stops as she is interrupted by a frantic Mulan.

"They took her. Aurora's gone!"

Mr. Gold's Pawn Shop

Graham wakes up gasping for air while Dark Regina and Henry are standing near the bed watching him.

"Graham! Are you alright?" Henry said.

"Were you able to send the message?" Dark Regina asked although she doubts it if the situation plays out like the last time around.

Graham tries to catch his breath. "No something happened she got sucked outta there I didn't even get the chance."

Henry stares at Dark Regina. "What are we going to do?"

"There is still a chance we have fairy dust Gold is going to help me create a portal we will get them home."

"You can't trust Mr. Gold, what if he decides to steal the fairy dust for himself or worse hurt my mom."

"I won't let that happen."

Suddenly Henry gives her a look. "How do I know you won't side with him."

Dark Regina gets the chills as Henry's look reminds her of the other Henry who wanted nothing to do with her then has a flashback of Henry near the well looking devastated when he had thought Emma and Mary Margaret were dead. She still feels guilty for putting him through all that trauma now that she has another chance just like Regina she's determined to make it up to this Henry by keeping him out of harm's way. "Henry I made a promise to you I tend to stick by it. If Gold tries anything, I'll do whatever it takes to stop him."

Henry stares at her for a moment trying to find any hint of the Evil Queen. "I'll believe it when I see it."

Enchanted Forest

Emma watches a very frantic Mulan pacing back and forth then decides to approach the warrior woman. "Mulan you need to calm down."

Suddenly Mulan takes out her sword and points it at Emma. "Don't you dare tell me to calm down!"

Emma backs away slowly "Hey now we're just trying to help."

Mulan scoffs."Help? Ever since you came here, you've been nothing but trouble. And now Aurora is gone because of you!"

Derek steps in. "Don't blame us for your stupidity we were just passing by until you decided to take us in as prisoners."

Mulan glares at him and is about to raise her sword to attack suddenly a magical blast hits the warrior woman knocking her unconscious, both Emma and Derek turn around to see Regina who has her hand raised.

"Sorry, she was getting on my last nerve." Regina said as she feels a bit guilty at the same time was tired of dealing with Mulan's arrogant attitude.

Emma stares at Mulan's unconscious body. "Is she…"

"No, she'll be unconscious for a while in the meantime I just realized there's a way to stop Cora."

Emma gives her a questioning look. "How?"

"We need to head back to Snow's castle the answer to stopping Cora lies in Rumplestiltskin's cell."

Mr. Gold's Shop

Dark Regina walks in carrying a bag filled with fairy dust and sets it on the counter, Gold stares at the bag then stares at her.

"What?"

"That's not enough."

"What do you mean not enough, this is five pounds of fairy dust."

"Listen, dearie, it's going to take more than five pounds to create a portal."

"What do you suggest we do there's not enough time to make more."

"There is another option."

Dark Regina gives him a look as she knows what he's planning. "I'll be right back." Is about to grab the bag but Gold stops her.

"Why don't you leave that here."

Dark Regina shakes her head. "Not a chance in hell I'm leaving this with you."

Storybrooke Sheriff's Department

In Graham's office, Graham is sitting at his desk looking through some papers while Henry is sitting on one of the chairs next to the desk playing a handheld game.

Suddenly the door opens to reveal Dark Regina which annoys Graham. "Don't you know how to knock."

Dark Regina rolls her eyes as she puts the bag of fairy dust on his desk. "We need more dust."

Graham scoffs. "You're joking, right?" Dark Regina doesn't say anything. "Seriously! There's no way that I can dig up more we're running out of time, Regina and Emma's lives can be in danger at any moment."

Dark Regina sighs in frustration. "Tried telling that to Gold...He's known to make things so damn difficult."

"I don't think we should trust him."

"You don't think I know that he's our only source in helping us bring them home."

"What about the blue fairy?"

Dark Regina shakes her head. "No, that moth is useless besides I don't want her anywhere near Henry." She stares at Henry who seems content on his video game at the moment.

Suddenly they hear people walking in from the building's entrance so, both Graham and Dark Regina exit the office to see David, Mary Margaret and the dwarves walking towards them.

Dark Regina becomes annoyed. "What do you people want now? And must you always bring the munchkins along."

Grumpy glares at her. "Were dwarves."

Dark Regina gives him a look. "Like I care."

Mary Margaret slowly approaches Dark Regina. "Regina, David and I were talking about giving you one last chance to prove that you are still redeemable."

"And what do I have to prove."

David steps in next to Mary Margaret. "You'll hand over our grandson to us."

Graham goes to face David. "That's not an option."

David glares at Graham. "You have no say into this Sheriff." As the adults start to argue, Henry decides to use the opportunity to sneak out running away from the craziness.