Chapter 20: The Dangers of Neverland

Into the Neverland forest where the gang of Killian Jones and his wife Emma along with her parents and the evil queen who wants to be redeemed walk along the path of stray, not knowing of what will come from here on now, now that they're all here on the island only one knows of how the island operates. Killian Jones known as Captain Hook spent his time here on this wretched island for far too long while he was in a cursed identity known as Captain Hook the man who is a rapscallion of the seas, who is in every word with what a pirate should be. Now that he's back all he wants to do is get his children and leave the island right away. The memories here are too strong filled with darkness, it's no wonder he wants to leave right away after finding his children, you can't blame him. However, when he found out that his daughter has been here, forced to live by the Dark One he couldn't help to feel blame on himself, almost shame, as he was close to her and yet far away at the time.

David with a sword chops down leaves and plants once they entered the jungle guiding them with help from his wife and daughter as they're holding lanterns while he's cutting down a path for himself and all the others to follow. So far as they all go through the jungle all is well. As David keeps on chopping things down, he was about to chop a bush of thorns, at which Hook grabs the prince's arm and protests profusely. David, annoyed, assures the pirate that he can handle a couple of thorns, then Hook explains that the plant is Dreamshade; "It's not the thorns you need to worry about, it's the poison they inject you with." And with that, we see that the thorns are dripping with a thick, black venom. The captain goes on to explain that this plant is the source of the toxins that were used on the Dark One, that almost killed him however what he used was a more concentrated version; in its natural form, the Dreamshade poison shall ensue a death that is much slower and far more painful. Hook suggests that they go in the direction right of the plant, but David, not like to take orders from a pirate, states firmly that they'll be going in the opposite direction, before leading the way himself.

The group started to walk away except for Killian and Emma. It was a somber occasion to them, seeing the Dreamshade for the first time for Emma, she couldn't help being next to Killian, comforting him as she sees the plant that took Liam's life. She doesn't know Liam much other than he was a good arm when she was on the Jewel of the Realm, memories of little time spent with him, it was indeed a somber occasion. As only a few memories come ahead. She only eyed the poisonous plant with glaring eyes knowing that this plant has stolen a man, not from Killian but her brother in law that she wanted to learn more about was over, a couple of months wasn't enough and it was stolen time that they lived on with Liam. This plant changed everything for their family, becoming their lives difficult in the time that they lived, oh how they hated this plant. Neither talked and silence ensued as they looked at the plant until it came that they must leave and get back to their truth. When they did you can tell by their appearance, they've cried a little and as they looked at each other, they hid the tears and walked away.

Shortly after the gang are at the destination that Hook told him, they all found themselves overlooking Neverland, Killian took his telescope out and found out that it's grown somewhat the last time he was here. "So, this nature hike was for nothing..." Regina unhappily declares. David chimes in, saying that while Hook may have led them astray, they're in a good position to start combing the jungle. Hook then explains to the prince that a dark jungle is the last place they'll want to step foot - they'll need to go around it, and for that, they'll need their strength; he suggests that they set up camp. By the time when the camp was set up, Regina grudgingly accepted, knowing that they're going to need energy, they all then sleep.

Felicity Amelia Jones watches from afar of the events that have happened today. She noticed the ship on the ocean is the Jolly Roger and she smile that her parents are here. She saw them along with others as they landed on the island on a rowboat and realizes they were also three other people, two females and another male. She watches from afar as they started their trek. She then poofs towards the cliff seeing their direction to where destination they'll be going to. After a couple of minutes, she poofed away from the cliff as she realized that they're heading to where she's at. She goes back to her cave there eats a meager of food as she watches the stars on the sky that is shining brightly tonight. It wasn't till a while later she sleeps on hard ground with the stuff that she only has and uses her cloak as a blanket. Then not much longer she feels somebody touching her, trying to move her, she wakes up immediately puts the cloak on with alert as she sees Pan along with the oldest lost boy there, Felix as they all fight outside the cave. Two against one, she has done this before however, it was fighting with lost boys only, she had never encountered a fight with Peter Pan, never. So, as she fights with everything she got, she didn't expect who will win, she is worried however most of all she is curious as to why they want her. Most of the the time that has passed as living in Neverland the lost boys annoyed her constantly, never really dealing with Pan, however the times when Pan hid her she found out it was because her father was at the island with a new an identity that is a villain and on a very lucky day found the familiar ship and realized the truth as he is known as Captain Hook not remembering anything about his past, Pan told her that when she found the ship and he said he didn't want to risk her trying to break her father's curse, so he hid her away from her father and being locked away in a wooden crate. The fight ended fast, Felicity was beaten as Pan and Felix hold her wrists so tightly that she screamed it wasn't until when they reached the camp she knows where she would be placed as she screamed, shouted, yelled no. Looking at the familiar crate, they pushed her aside hard and is unconscious.

Before the gang started to lay down, everybody heard a scream. Then there was silence until they heard another shout that came from the same voice and heard the person shouted no. Unknown to Felicity Jones she didn't know that her screams, shouts, and yells were heard, it was quite a feat as her magic itself made her louder. At the camp, Emma and Killian looked only towards each other as they heard her, the familiar voice and shouts, it was no doubt that it was Felicity. They saw fear in their eyes, worried about was going on and hoping that Felicity will be okay. The screams that the gang heard seemed to be ingrained in their heads before they fell asleep. It was also a revelation as it brought reality to them, that they were mostly on a foreign land not knowing what kind of pain, of destruction was wrought upon the leader of the group, of Peter Pan was doing. This was a sign that they should tread carefully. This was a sign that Peter Pan should be feared to them, Killian told Emma about Pan describing him as a demon child and at that moment Emma and the gang knew that Captain Hook spoke of the truth.

As everyone sleeps, Emma is tossing and turning as the sounds of crying children are heard. She awakes with a start and removes her blanket, quickly taking her sword from out of its sheath and getting to her feet. It gets louder the further she moves away from the campsite, and as she moves forward, a voice is heard behind her - "You hear that too?" Frightened, Emma quickly turns around to see a young teen casually leaning against a tree. He asks if she's Emma but doesn't wait for an answer, instead of questioning why Mary Margaret, David and the others can't hear the crying. The blonde, not recognizing the boy, asks who he is, at which is nonchalantly introduces himself as Peter Pan. At this, Emma immediately runs at the boy, pinning him up against a tree with her sword at his throat. She asks where Henry and Felicity is but Pan merely happily comments that she's got "fire", which he likes, and Emma repeats the question. Pan assures her that they're still alive if that's what she's worried about, and she asks where the hell he took him and where her daughter is. The boy tells Emma that her son is a very special boy and Emma says she knows, but that that doesn't answer her question: "What do you want with him?"

Pan replies that he appeared before Emma to see who he's up against and admits that he's not disappointed, the blonde asks if this is the part where he says she'll never see Henry again, but Pan answers negatively, saying that he's going to help her find him. Emma is suspicious and doesn't say anything in response, leading Pe Pan to continue by explaining he'll give her a map. Contemplating this, Emma takes a step back and allows Pan to retrieve a piece of parchment from an inside pocket which he assures her is a map that will lead her only straight to her son. Emma, who's still got her sword pointed at the boy, asks if this is some sort of trap, but Peter merely laughs, saying that he may not be the most well-behaved boy on the island, but he always keeps his promises. After he again assures her that the path to finding Henry is on the parchment, Emma lowers her sword and questions why he's giving it to her. Pan explains that it's not about finding Henry, but how she finds him; "And, Emma, you're the only one who can." After a pause, the blonde takes the map from Pan and looks at it, annoyed to see that it's blank. This leads Pan to tell her that she will only be able to read that map once she stops denying who she is, and the sound of children crying gets louder as Emma focuses her attention on the blank parchment. When she looks up again, Pan is gone, and Emma is left standing alone in the jungle, confused.

A short time later Emma still confused yet also scared stirs Killian awake before everyone else wake up to talk about this bloody map that Pan gave to her. After a short discussion about the map, they decided to play with Peter Pan's games and Emma doesn't know what she must admit so that the map can work properly. After that everyone has awoken up with surprise as Emma fills them in, that she has met Pan and gave her a bloody map. It seemed that Regina wasn't thrilled about playing Peter Pan's games as they don't have time for it, as it could be a trick and believes that using her magic would help and would speed up the process to find Henry. Then Captain Hook tells that's not a good idea as he knows how Pan and the island operates along with the very bad feeling if they all follow your ideas.

When Emma tried and tried to admit to who she is to reveal the map, the more times than Regina gets more annoyed at not finding their son. Then Regina simply grabs the damn map and uses her magic and follows the map along with everyone else following it as well. David reminds her that they decided using magic was a bad idea. For once, Hook says that he agrees with the prince, and after an awkward stare from David the pirate reminds him that he said they were getting along. The former Queen explains that it's a locator spell; "This parchment belonged to Pan and it will lead us to him." It glows brighter and brighter and soon hovers off Regina's palm, floating gently forwards. As the map slowly flies away, finding Pan, Hook comments that they will be venturing into the dark jungle after all. "You mean the place you told us never to step foot?" Emma asks, and Hook confirms that that's the one. Regina reminds Emma that she said she wanted to be the leader and that she should start leading, and the camera moves in on the blonde's face as she begins to follow the map.

The enchanted parchment continues to fly forward, leading the gang straight to Peter Pan, and as they follow it, Regina asks Emma if she's ready to thank her. Emma stays silent, not ready to admit anything if this was the right or the wrong course of action, like her husband she has an extremely bad feeling. Regina then holds up a hand, using her magic to halt the map, and tells the others to wait; "He's there. Pan. I can feel his smugness." David steps out in front of Regina and draws his sword, suggesting that they attack now whilst they still have the element of surprise on their side. He then takes the lead and walks on, followed by Regina. When Hook follows on from the mayor, Mary Margaret assures her daughter that they can do this, and Emma nods unconvinced.

David followed by Emma followed by Hook followed by Regina followed by Mary Margaret continue to walk where the map as led them, and it is the latter who points out that no one's there, suggesting that maybe Regina's spell was wrong. They continue to wander around the area, Regina holding Snow in contempt for blaming her yet again, and Charming, sword-drawn, leads them into a camp area. Emma tells them to hold on and walks down a minor slope, seeing a boy with his back to them a short distance away.

From afar the boy is wearing Henry's clothes however as the boy turned, it was revealed that it was not Henry Mills it was, however, Peter Pan. Pan, now wandering to one side, tells Emma that she broke the rules and that's not fair. "Bad form," he goes as far as to say, telling Hook that he expects better of him. Hook tells Pan that he'll get it, and Emma orders the boy to give Henry to her. Pan apologizes, saying that he can't, and asks Emma if she doesn't know: "Cheaters never win." At this, a horde of Lost Boys surrounds the Jolly Roger crew, each of them wielding maces, swords, torches, bows and arrows and other deadly weapons. As more and more Lost Boys emerge, Pan watches with the hint of a smile on his face as Emma and company prepare to fight.

As Lost Boys surround them, Charming raises his sword in preparation for battle, and Snow draws an arrow from her quiver, loading up her bow, doing the same. Regina flexes her fingers, ready to use magic in combat, and Hook tells the rest of them to watch out for the Lost Boys' arrows as they're laced with Dreamshade poison. Suddenly, the Lost Boys fire multiple arrows at the heroes, most of which either miss or get deflected by the prince's sword. The rest of them disperse, off to fight some teenagers, and David continues to deflect arrows whilst Mary Margaret fires some of her own. Charming turns to his wife, who's aiming an arrow, in the heart of all this and calls her name. He quickly rams himself into her and knocks her out of the path of a poison arrow, causing himself to get scratched by it in the process. Mary Margaret asks if he's okay and David, checking the wound and presuming that only his clothes got torn, assures her that he's good. A Lost Boy prepares to fire an arrow at Snow and Charming warns her of this, springing her to turn around and load up her bow, firing an arrow at the Lost Boy and causing his hood to be pinned to the tree behind him. A group of armed Lost Boys runs at Regina with their weapons, however, she merely raises her hand to them, and a ball of magical blue energy electrocutes and stuns them, making them fall over backward.

Meanwhile, Felix's blade is caught by Hook's hook, and Felix comments that it's been a while. Hook says that it hasn't been long enough, and Felix swipes his sword backward before the two of them clash blades once more, swashbuckling on. The Lost Boy's blade is again caught by Hook's hook and the captain decides to taunt him, asking him if he remembered what he did to Rufio and assuring him that his fate shall be worse. They battle on. Elsewhere, Emma runs up to a Lost Boy and immediately starts to hurt him with her sword at her hip however as the lost boy tumble down the hill together which leaves Emma on top of the teenager; she grabs her sword and puts it to the Lost Boy's throat. "Where's Henry?! WHERE IS HE?!" she screams in his face, but after a while of looking into his eyes, Emma steps off her enemy, seemingly disgusted with herself. Mary Margaret utters her daughter's name, having seen this, and asks if she's alright. The blonde looks up to her mother before her eyes drift down to the floored Lost Boy. Before she can respond, Pan whistles and all his followers cease the attack, running into the jungle. Pan tells Emma to remember what he told her, and as he approaches her, he again assures her that the map will show her where Henry is only when she stops denying who she is. Emma stands to face Pan with a determined look on her face and Pan merely tells her that he'll make sure to send Henry her regards. Pan and his many, many followers then retreat as the gang watches cautiously.

As the lost boys and Pan retreat, the gang goes back to their campsite Mary Margaret checks on her husband about the scratch that he has received from the poison arrow however he doesn't want her to see and she relents not seeing the scratch. For Regina, she sits solemnly as her plan was a massive failure and she knew that from now, and along with the others to trust Captain Hook and don't trust her ideas. Silently Regina is thinking about joining Rumpelstiltskin if things get more out of hand. While Emma with a map in hand talks to her husband privately.

"I've finally figured it out. Who I am, what I must say?" Emma solemnly says to Killian.

"What is it?"

"Do you hear the lost boys crying at night?" she says, and he nods catching up to what she is saying. "I can hear them too. I'm an orphan. I'm a lost girl." As she says this the map glows, however, the couple didn't notice the glow or the showings of the map that is now shown, they only concentrated on each other.

"I thought about it as well love, I was thinking that you could hear them. I didn't want to tell you because I was afraid of how you react, love." Killian said with a sad voice. She nodded in understanding and went closer to him then he hugs her with her silent tears slowly falling.

"I'm afraid of what I'm going to say to them, to David and Mary Margaret, I'm afraid of how they'll react."

"Don't dwell on it love, they'll understand. Don't think about it. They might be sad, and the truth can hurt at times, love but you must remember you are always going to be a tough lass. You're my tough lass, my love. You can do it." Emma then catches herself with a small thin smile and short chaste kiss from Killian. She is still holding the parchment turned map as she walks to the camp with Killian behind her.

When Emma and Killian arrived back to camp, map in hand, David, Mary Margaret, and Regina were surprised the parchment turned map is working properly. However, before they get started to plan, Emma looked at her parents, ready to tell them the cold hard truth.

"Mary Margaret, David I understand what you did and why you did to me when I was a newborn. For years I thought my parents had abandoned with many reasons of what they did, I was angry at them, at you. Like I said I understand what you did, I even understand it as it's the same reason when I gave Henry up, it was to give me my best chance. Even though it was for the good, I still am that same girl underneath, an orphan, a lost girl."

A tear drips on Snow White's face feeling guilt, David was sad feeling the same guilt with his wife, another tear falls upon Snow's face as this revelation is made. "You were an orphan," she says, then looks to David and says, "It's our job to change that." A few minutes later, when Snow and David were caught up with their emotion, everyone gathers to the center of their campsite and discuss their plan.

Hook, who inspects the map, says that Henry is right at the southern tip of the aisle, in the middle of the dark jungle, and Pan's camp lies due north. Emma realizes that this is where Henry is being kept, and Regina asks what they're waiting for. Hook says that the journey shan't be easy and that there will most likely be some nasty impediments along the way. David chimes in, saying that they need to prepare as they only survived their last encounter because Pan let them, and they need a new plan. Emma adds that it's time they stop playing Pan's game and he starts playing theirs, at which Regina asks, "And if I disagree?" The rest of the campers turn to her and Emma tells her to go ahead but points out that they both know their best chance is together. Regina tells the blonde that she better be right before walking away, and David and Mary Margaret walk away also. The hook folds up the map then takes a flask of rum from his pocket, taking a swig and offering it to Emma.

A little way off the campsite as the gang prepare themselves for the journey, Emma is seen picking berries from a bush for the journey ahead when a sudden voice from behind tells her not to pick the blue ones. She turns around in shock to see Peter Pan standing there, and she continues to nonchalantly pick berries as he congratulates her on unlocking the map, calling her "orphan" as he does so. He asks her if she minds him calling her a Lost Girl, and Emma tells him to call her what he likes as it won't stop her from finding Henry. He smiles, saying that he's counting on that, before revealing that there's a reason he tested you. "Really?" Emma asks, apparently bored, and Pan stares at the blonde and says that she still hasn't forgiven her parents for abandoning her, which he finds good as it means that when she finds Henry, she'll understand him. Emma, confused, stands up and turns to face her enemy, asking him what that's supposed to mean. "He hasn't forgiven you, either," Pan tells Emma, referring to Henry, "By the time you get to him, he'll never want to leave this island," Emma says that they'll see and goes to pick up the berries she's collected. As she does so, Pan adds, "And as for you, Emma, when we're finished, you won't just feel like an orphan. You'll be one." Emma walks away and Pan watches as she tries her best to ignore this last sentence.

David wanders through some leaves and trees, wanting to get out of the sight of the other campers, especially his family. Looking back to make sure no one's watching, he quickly unzips and removes his damaged jacket, letting it drop to the jungle floor. He then looks at the tear in his shirt, where the poisoned arrow scraped it and sees that it scratched more than just his clothes: there is, in fact, a large cut to his side. As the wound starts turning from red to black, the black beginning to spread through the veins around the wound, David groans in pain and worry, knowing that he's been poisoned with Dreamshade and doesn't have long left to live.

The group gather towards the map, disappointed that their trip has been for nothing so far. An angry Regina tells the group that walking is idiotic, stating they should use magic to materialize into the camp and grab Henry. Snow tells her they don't even know where the camp is anymore and then Hook points out that Pan will have shields against magic that could result in their deaths. Regina asks what Hook's idea to find the camp is, so he tells her they'll use someone he trusts, a fairy on the island who knows everything about Pan. He adds that she might even have pixie dust so they can fly in. Emma suddenly realizes who the fairy may be, so she asks if it's Tinker Bell. Upon hearing this name, Regina becomes highly distressed. Hook asks if Emma knows Tinker Bell, so Emma tells him that every kid in the world knows her. Regina yells out that it's a bad idea, telling them to mark her words, adding that Tinker Bell is not going to save them.

Regina is seen trekking through the jungle just a short distance behind everyone else. She appears distressed about having to visit Tinker Bell and she wipes sweat off her head with a handkerchief, however, she drops it when she tries to put it away. After she walks on a bit, a woman emerges from the bushes in dark clothing and picks up the handkerchief and watches Regina from afar. Meanwhile, Hook is leading the group through the jungle. Regina catches up to them and pulls Emma aside. Appearing nervous, she tells Emma there's another way, magic. Emma reminds her that they just talked about that, but Regina says she's talking about their magic together. Emma tells her she's not interesting as she's learned it always comes with a price. Regina says that sometimes not using it comes with a price and then she tells Emma that combined, they would probably be able to overpower Pan. However, Emma isn't willing to take that risk as they may not be. Emma understands Regina doesn't like the plan but asks her to at least see if they can find Tinker Bell. Regina mocks Emma, saying she thinks it's the best plan because her husband thought of it.

Hook, who is leading the group, stops to let everyone pass him. When Charming walks past him, clutching his wound, the pirate asks if he's going to tell "her". Charming asks what he's talking about, but Hook reveals he saw what happened and then asks to see his wound. They both stop walking and wait until the girls are out of sight. He lifts his shirt to reveal his infected wound, stating the arrow barely nipped him. Hook apologizes to the prince, who then bravely asks how long he has. Hook tells him he has days, or weeks at most, stating that he won't see summer. He then suggests telling Snow, but Charming refuses, so Hook tells him he must. Charming supposes that he won't have to, so Hook asks why. "Pixie dust" he replies. He then asks Hook if he believes in Tinker Bell's power, which the pirate says he does. "Then let's get her and that dust," he says, determined.

As the group continue to trek to Tinker Bell's house, Regina stops for a moment to stretch her legs. Emma notices this and tells her she's falling behind, so tells her to keep up as they're nearly there. A scared-looking Regina adds only if she still lives there, so tells Emma to waste her time searching while she waits. She then deeps a breath to compose herself. Emma notices the queen's odd behavior, so asks what she did to Tink, assuming she met her in the Enchanted Forest. Regina explains that they have a complicated history but states that she doesn't need to know the details. She adds that if Tink sees her, she won't help and if she's the way in, then her being out of Tink's sight is best for "Operation: Henry". "Operation: Henry?" Emma asks so Regina explains that it's what she's been calling the mission in her head because he'd call it that. Emma seems touched. "He'd have a better name like Operation: Phoenix, I think he would like the name" Regina smiles. Emma then says they'll get Tink and return for her, but Regina tells her not to bother as they shouldn't see each other. "And if you don't find her, just keep going. Just get Henry...don't worry about Tinker Bell" Regina begs Emma. Emma asks what the hell she did to Tink, so the queen laughs sadly and tells her what she always does to people. Emma walks away, leaving Regina sat alone.

As Regina is sitting alone in the middle of the jungle, she suddenly hears numerous creaking sounds coming from around her. She calmly stands up and then yells out to get this over with. With that, Tinker Bell emerges from the bushes and stands in front of Regina. "A complicated history? That's quite a diplomatic way of describing it" she angrily tells Regina. Regina notices Tink's dull and raggedy clothing, so she points out that she looks terrible. The fairy asks if she's trying to provoke her, to which the queen replies "Come and get me, Tinker Bell". The fairy begins to walk towards Regina and tells her she thinks she's so smart but explains that they're all going to fail. With that, she blows red dust at Regina's face. The queen instantly inhales it and then drops to the floor unconscious. Tink looks around darkly as the queen lies on the floor.

Over at Tinker Bell's treehouse, Hook pokes his head in and sees nobody is home, so he and the others enter. Charming asks where the dust would be as he begins to search, but Hook explains that she wouldn't just leave it lying around. Hook tells him it's not here and then apologizes. Emma comments that the treehouse seems bare, claiming it reminds her of someplace. Snow comments that you'd think a treehouse would be cheerier and then Emma realizes it reminds her of where she used to live. Snow tells her it's because it's just a place to sleep, so Emma asks her what she'd know about that. Her mother explains that she didn't always have a canopy bed in a palace, claiming that she used to have a place like this. Emma seems shocked by this, so Snow tells her it was a tree stump when she was on the run from Regina. Snow then comments that she understands this Tinker Bell, but then wonders why she has a ladder as fairies have wings. However, Charming suddenly finds something of interest, a handkerchief. Snow immediately recognizes it as Regina's and then wonders how it got here. Emma says that Tink was tracking them and watching Regina. The gang then realizes if she was watching Regina, then they're in the wrong place. Knowing Regina is in trouble, they hurry to go and find her.

Tinker Bell is sitting beside Regina and she comments that it's about time she woke up, adding she's been looking forward to this chat for a long time. Regina sighs and tells the fairy she doesn't know why she's in Neverland, but Tink reveals she does and claims she won't help after what she did. Regina points out that Tink is the one who interfered in her life, but Tink says she threw away her own in the process. Regina asks if Tink wants to kill her, saying it won't be easy because she knows she doesn't have magic. Regina reveals however that she has magic and she immediately breaks her binds. With this, Tink suddenly grabs an arrow and points it against Regina's neck. The fairy says she knows but adds that even her magic can't stop "this". She then asks if Regina has ever heard of Dreamshade, which she has. "Good" Tink smiles. A shocked Regina asks how Tink got like this, the fairy explains that she met her. Regina tells Tink that if she wants to kill her, she can make it easier. She then thrusts her hand into her chest, confusing Tink, and then pulls out her heart, which is dark. She offers Tink the heart, saying if she wants to kill her, she should do it by hand and not let the poison do it. "Crush it!" she yells at the fairy. Tink asks if Regina thinks she won't take it, to which the queen replies that she's counting on it. She tells Tinker Bell to show her who she is, and the fairy says she gladly will.

With Regina's heart in her hands, Tinkerbell could almost smell the victory, almost if it weren't because of that Regina has changed. She is confused, befuddled at her request. She crushes the heart a little so that the woman in front of her could understand her pain. It was Regina who made her this way as she tells her, she tried to help her proclaiming love is the best thing in all the realms, in the whole wide universe. Revenge sounded good when her wings were cut from her, all because she was trying to help a lost woman find a better destiny. She understood the humans more than an average fairy; she understood the power of love the most and that's what made her specialty as being a fairy. She was doing her job, her duty that she loves more than anything else and yet Blue took her wings away and banished her. Tinkerbell admits that she has changed, the question is having Regina the Evil Queen truly changing. So, she asks why didn't she go and meet her soulmate? How can meet a soulmate being happy was a terrible fate for her? The answer she got from Regina astounded her. "Yes. Yes, it was" Regina replies. She finally admits to not going in and says she was afraid because she felt without her anger, she'd have nothing. She asks what she'd be without it, so Tink tells her she'd be happy, but Regina corrects her and tells her she'd be weak. Moments pass with more talking between them, getting more answers which then led to more thoughts for her and eventually she realizes she couldn't do it, she can't kill her no matter how much pain and hurt has wrought upon dragged by the Evil Queen, all that Tinkerbell could do is give her heart back to her and walk away.

Tinker Bell walks out of the cave she kept Regina in and is suddenly met by Emma, Snow, Charming, and Hook, who aim their weapons at her. Emma demands to know where Regina is, but a confused Tink asks them who they are. Emma tells her she's a pissed off mother and then asks where Regina is again. Tink looks at them silently for a moment and then Regina suddenly emerges from the cave, assuring them she's fine. The fairy then asks the group to lower their weapons, threatening to take them down with her. Regina tells them that Tink won't hurt them, so asks them to stand down. Hook asks if she's going to help. Tink notices Hook and then says hi, recognizing him. Regina explains that Tink won't help them, so Emma asks why, and Hook tries to charm the fairy into helping. However, Regina explains that she doesn't have magic. A shocked Charming asks if there's no pixie dust, which there isn't. Regina guiltily adds that she doesn't even have her wings, so Emma asks how, Tink tells her that people just stopped believing in her. Tink adds that even if she wanted to help, Pan is too powerful. Snow points out that Tink knows where Pan is, but the fairy says it won't do them any good. Snow says they'll be the judges of that and then they ask if Pan trusts her and if she can get them inside their compound. Tink says she maybe can but asks why she should help them. Snow tells the fairy that she believes in her and then Emma asks Tink to get them into his camp. The fairy wonders what is in it for her once they've left with their boy other than a death sentence from Pan. Emma promises that she can come with them and Snow comments that she'll get home, assuming that's what she wants. Tink tells the group that Pan trusts her, so he'll let her in and then she explains that she'll maybe leave a way in for them. However, she tells them that they've got once chance, so hopes they have a good plan. Emma thanks the fairy, saying they will, and then Snow tells Tink to come back to their camp with them so they can figure it out.

The group proceeds to make their way back to the camp with their newest addition, but Snow notices that Charming seems upset about something. She asks him if he's all right, pointing out that he seems upset. The prince assures her that he's fine, stating he just wants to get Henry back. Snow tells him that they're on the way to that. Quickly changing the subject, Charming asks how Snow knew to offer Tinker Bell a home would work, so she explains that a home is all she wanted when she was living alone. She then thinks to herself for a moment and then explains that she never found it until he came along, claiming even now it's all she needs. He nods at his wife with an odd look on his face. She asks again if he's ok, so he tells her he loves her and then they kiss. Not wanting to get lost, Snow suggests getting going. As she walks off, Charming has a scared look on his face.

At the camp, Hook and Emma are sat next to each other beside a fire as the former pokes a hole into a coconut with his hook before giving it to Emma. She thanks him and then he pokes a hole into another coconut for himself. Tink is sat nearby and she walks past them both, and Snow and Charming, who are resting together, as she heads towards Regina, who is sat beside a tree on her own. As she sits beside the queen, she asks if Regina ever went back to find the man with the lion tattoo, but Regina explains that she didn't. Tink tells Regina she's unreal, asking if she knows how selfish she is. Regina tells the fairy that it's a lot of things but wonders how it's selfish. Tink explains that she didn't just ruin her own life, but she ruined his. Regina looks horrified and guilty at this comment.

Meanwhile, at Peter Pan's camp, Peter and Henry are watching some Lost Boys play with knives and the former comments on the fun they're having, adding that in Neverland, nobody tells you "no" and you can do what you want. Henry asks if they ever hurt themselves, to which Pan comments that they always do, explaining he used to have four boys with missing fingers. Henry states he doesn't belong here, but Pan tells him he does, explaining that they've been waiting for him a very long time, long before he was even born. Pan tells him he should, explaining that Neverland runs on imagination and belief. He tells the boy that his world stopped believing and magic is dying in every world. He tells Henry that he needs to bring it back, claiming his destiny is to return the magic and be the savior. Henry points out this his mother, Emma is the savior, which Pan scoffs at because she broke "some curse". He then tells Henry that may be breaking the curse wasn't what made her the savior but having him was. Pan explains that Henry was made for a reason, and he can help him find it. Henry confirms with Pan that he thinks he's supposed to return magic, but Pan tells him he doesn't think; he believes. He pulls out a piece of paper and tells Henry that he's had it for a long time, long before he was even thought of. He tells him to look and he'll be sure why Pan thinks he's the hero magic has been waiting for. Henry takes the paper and then Pan walks away. However, the young boy throws the paper to the ground and tells his captor that he doesn't believe him. A long-time later Henry picks the paper from the ground carefully and looks at it as the picture on the parchment. He sees his face and is horrified and confused as to why does Peter Pan has a sketch of him. He instantly has a bad feeling about this, should he trust Peter Pan, and should he believe with what Pan says?