The Enchanted Forest. Past.
Dark Palace. Snow White, Prince Charming, Evil Queen, Belle and Robin Hood discuss how to act on the Wicked Witch's threat. Granny is also present, knitting a blanket. Grumpy, Melissa, August, and the new born enters.
"Grumpy, tell me, you found something." Prince Charming said
"I've been to Blue, Tink, all the fairies. They've been scouring the forest for enchanted items to destroy her, but they got zilch. They say, she's just too powerful." Grumpy said
"It's happening again. I'm about to give birth and an evil sorceress is threatening the future of my child." Snow said
"To be fair, the first time, I was threatening you. Everyone else just became collateral damage." Evil Queen said
"Remind me again why we forgave her?" Grumpy asked them
"Because I'm helping." Evil Queen said
"And I believe in her." Melissa said
"Frustrating as it is for me to remember, Snow, you had a head start to defeat me last time. How?" Evil Queen asked Snow
"We were warned." Prince Charming said
"By Rumplestiltskin?" August asked Snow
"Yes." Snow said
"Maybe he can warn you again." Evil Queen said
"Wait. You wanna sneak into Rumple's castle, where he's held captive by the Wicked Witch? Name is Grumpy, not Stupid." Grumpy said
"You're right. It is stupid." Snow said
"We'll do whatever it takes." Prince Charming said
"Heartwarming. He's trapped in his own castle." Evil Queen said
"Belle, you were prisoner there? Right?" Melissa asked Belle
"Yes, but breaking in? I would have no idea how." Belle said
"Luckily, I do. I broke in there once before." Robin Hood said
"Why are we even listening to him? He's a thief, which means he's not to be trusted." Evil Queen said
"Uh...I used to be a thief." Melissa said
"What are you even still doing here?" Evil Queen asked Robin Hood
"What I'm doing here, is saving your ass. The castle has traps and deadly ones." Robin Hood said
"Not more deadly than my magic." Evil Queen said
"He's coming." Snow said
"Combine magic." Melissa said
Storybrooke Present.
Melissa enters Granny's bed and breakfast and sees Emma, Regina, Mary Margaret, and David.
"Sorry I'm late. Let me get this right. Emma and Regina are practicing magic without me cause I needed to be a parent for once just to spend time with my daughter and my son." Melissa said
"There's something about this plan that doesn't fit." Emma said
"I'm the point of it. So she can take my life for herself." Regina said
"Yes, but why bring you back to Storybrooke? Why bring any of us?" Emma asked them
"Well, no one's ever succeeded at traveling through time. Perhaps something from this world makes it possible. But, what's almost as troubling is that she was able to cast the curse, to bring us all here in the first place." Regina said
"Why is that?" Melissa asked Regina
"To do it you have to give up the thing you love most. From what I gather Zelena doesn't love much." Regina said
"Neither did you. You managed." Emma said
"Zelena is smart. Strategic. Perhaps we discovered something in the missing year to stop her." David said
"And then, the only way to stop us from interfering was to bring us back here and wipe our memories." Mary Margaret said
"So, if we get our memories back, we might already know how to defeat her." Melissa said
"We just need to break this curse." David said
"Well, thank goodness we have a savior." Mary Margaret said
"I would love to, but there's one problem. Last time, all it took was me believing in magic and kissing Henry. Since I've been back, I've done both and nothing." Emma said
"It's the belief." Regina said
"Henry needs to believe again." Melissa said
Enchanted Forest Past.
Dark Castle. Melissa, Robin Hood, Prince Charming, Snow White, Belle, and The Evil Queen enter the castle. The Evil Queen walks up to a door intending to open it.
"Your Majesty, I wouldn't." Robin said
Robin Hood quickly nocks an arrow aiming at the door. Hood successfully hits his target. The impact disarms a trap the door was provided with. Evil Queen gasps.
"That arrow almost took off my head." Evil Queen said
"Well, that door almost took off your arm. Where I come from, a simple thank you would suffice." Robin Hood said
"Where you come from, people bathe in the river and use pine cones for money." Evil Queen said
"You two put down your differences and stop this bitchiness for crying out loud." Melissa said
"Come on. Let's go." Snow said
Storybrooke.
Present day.
Granny's Bed and Breakfast. David ends a telephone call.
"Gold's was a dead end. That was Belle. No book in the shop." David said
"Regina, you said the last place you saw it was Henry's room." Melissa said
"Yes, but it's not there. Swept away by the last curse." Regina said
"A book can't just disappear." David said
"But it can just appear. The first curse. It just showed up in my closet, when I needed it. Or more accurately, when Henry needed it." Mary Margaret said
"What do you mean?" Emma asked
"He was going through a rough time. He was realizing he had been given up." Mary Margaret said
"He didn't feel like he had a real family." Melissa said
"He did." Regina said
"That may be. But, Regina, he wasn't feeling that way with you or with anyone. He needed to believe in happy endings again. That's what the book gave him." Mary Margaret said
"Well, he needs to believe again. In fact, I think we all do." Regina said
"What do you think we go check your closet?" Melissa asked Mary Margaret
Mary Margaret's Apartment.
They're looking for Henry's storybook. David and Regina search the bedroom, Mary Margaret and Emma another and Melissa searching in the living room. Regina opens one suitcase and looks inside searching for the book. It's empty. David opens a chest. Shoe boxes are stored inside. David picks one shoe box and sets it aside.
"Why do women keep their shoe boxes?" David asked his wife
"Because after true love there is no more powerful magic than footwear. It has to be protected." Mary Margaret said
"Any sign of the book?" Melissa asked David
David shuts the chest.
"No. I don't think it's here." David said
"You don't know that." Mary Margaret said
Emma is carrying another wooden chest she joins them.
"Maybe it's in this thing. (Emma places the chest on the bed and opens it. Clothes are stored inside. Relieved) Some winter coats. Some scarves. The book is not in here." Emma said
"Hang on. Let me check." Mary Margaret said
After a while of searching Mary Margaret is able to find the storybook.
"I don't understand." Emma said
"Can I see that? (Mary Margaret gives the book to Regina) I know there are chapters on Oz in here. I wanna know who's heart Zelena crushed to enact this curse. Because if there's something she loved, that's her weakness." Regina said
"She doesn't have anything for love." Melissa said
Regina exits the room. David heads after her.
"Did you really not see it in there?" Mary Margaret asked her daughter
"You think I'm lying?" Emma asked her mother
"No, of course not. It's just- Emma, what's going on? You've been anxious since we left Granny's." Mary Margaret said
"Nothing." Emma said
"No, it's not nothing. You yelled at Henry. That's not like you." Mary Margaret said
"None of this is like me. At least, it never used to be." Emma said
"Not this again." Melissa said as she exits
The Enchanted Forest. Past.
South of the Dark Castle.
Snow White and Prince Charming discuss their plan with both The Evil Queen and Melissa.
"Are you out of your minds? Even, if I believe this Glinda, which I don't, to cast the Dark Curse I'd have to destroy the heart of the thing I love most, which - for me - is Henry." Evil Queen said
"There has to be another way to enact it." Mary Margaret said
"If there were, do you think I would have killed my own father?" Evil Queen asked them
"What about a magic bean?" Melissa asked them
"If we had one, we could open a portal. Or Jefferson's hat?" Mary Margaret asked The Evil Queen
"There are no more portals. Not for us. Not for anyone the curse brought back. When I undid the first curse to escape Pan to bring us here, it divided our realms. It placed a wall between them." Evil Queen said
"The Dark Curse is the only way." Prince Charming said
"Haven't you been listening? I can't cast it." Evil Queen said
"But someone else can." Prince Charming said
"Who?" Snow asked her husband
"You. (David crouches down besides his wife.) It's the only way. You can use my heart to cast the curse. We have to think of our child." Prince Charming said
"Our child needs you. I need you. We'll find another way. We always find another way." Snow said
"Which means that I get to see my daughter again." Melissa said
Storybrooke Present.
At the docks.
Melissa sees Henry running from the flying monkeys. Henry briefly stops once again, watching the flying monkey descending.
"Henry, go!" Hook said
Hook fires his pistol twice, killing two flying monkeys. Henry trips over a coiled rope. A third monkey descends attacking the boy. Melissa runs towards Henry.
"Are you ok?" Melissa asked Henry
"BEHIND YOU!" Henry yells
Fire ball appeared on her hand and she shoots at one monkey and shoots another one at the other but missed. Aiming Hook fires his pistol once again, but the pistol magazine is empty. Fired from behind another bullet hits the third monkey directly in the chest. Running Tyler, Emma, David and Regina enter the boat house. David throws his sword at another winged creature.
"I never liked pets." Regina said
Regina launches a fire ball at a monkey sitting above. Three surviving flying monkeys remain. Emma shots one of them and Regina launches a fire ball at their last opponent. Emma helps her son to his feet.
"Henry, are you okay?" Emma asked her son
"Y… Yeah. Melissa saved me. What were those things? (David sheathes his sword.) Why does he have a sword?" Henry asked his mother
"It's all gonna make sense in a minute, I promise." Emma said
"What are you talking about?" Henry asked in confusion
"I'm sorry I was keeping things from you. You were right. You deserve to know the truth." Emma said
Emma shows her son his book.
"About fairy tales? I don't understand." Henry said
"Do you trust me?" Emma asked again
"Yes, of course, I do." Henry said
"Then I need you to believe." Emma said
"Believe in what?" Henry asked again
"Believe in magic." Emma said
"From a book?" Henry asked again
"It's more than just a book. Do you believe in me?" Emma asked again
"Yes." Henry said
"Then take it." Emma said
Emma hands her son the book. As soon as he takes it Henry remembers visiting his mother in Boston, both of them sitting together at his castle, Emma breaking the curse, using pixie dust to fly in Neverland, practice sword fighting with his father, leaving Storybrooke.
"Mom? (Emma smiles. Henry looked at his other mother Regina.) Mom? (Regina hugs her son.) I remember." Henry said
"Do it, Emma. Break the curse." Regina said
Emma leans forward to kiss her son but he disappears. Zelena trapping Henry and Jenna in her arms.
"So, sorry to interrupt. Now, who wants to say good-bye first?" Zelena asked them
Henry is struggling to break free.
"Who are you?" Henry asked his adopted aunt
"You can call me Auntie Zelena." Zelena said
"Mom!" Jenna panicking
Jenna sheds a tear.
"Let go of them." Melissa said
"Or you do what?" Zelena asked Melissa
"Enough of this." Regina said
Both Regina and Melissa a few steps towards Zelena. Raising both of their hands, she magically pushes them backwards.
"Let them go. They had nothing to do with this." Emma said
"Don't blame me. The captain failed me." Zelena said
"Damn you, Zelena." Hook said
Melissa looked at Hook.
"What's she talking about?" Melissa asked Hook
"He knew what the price of that failure was: Jenna and Henry's life." Zelena said
Henry with a strained voice.
"Mom." Henry said
Jenna with a strained voice.
"Mommy. Daddy." Jenna said
Zelena feels pain in her head freeing Henry and Jenna as Melissa was doing a pain infliction on Zelena. She stopped. Henry hugs his mother as do Jenna hugging her mother and father.
"What kind of magic is that?" Zelena asked them
"Traveler magic." Melissa said
Zelena is frustrated.
"Enjoy this moment together because you don't have many left!" Zelena said
Zelena disappears in a cloud of green smoke
"Henry, are you okay?" Emma asked again
"Yeah. Yeah." Henry said
"Jenna. We both love you and we're not going to let anything happen to you. As do your half brother at home. Ok." Melissa said
"Ok mommy." Jenna said
Henry kneels down beside Regina. Gently shaking her he tries to awake Regina.
"Mom! Mom! Mom!" Henry said
Enchanted Forest. Past.
Dark Palace.
Melissa, The Evil Queen, Snow White, and Prince Charming watch the Dark Curse boiling in a great cauldron.
"It's ready." Evil Queen said
"No. There has to be another way to get to Emma." Snow said
"Jenna too." Margaret said
"There isn't. You know if there were, I'd have gone back to Henry. This is it. This sacrifice." Evil Queen said
"Snow, we have to do this. You have to do this." Prince Charming said
"I can't. I can't crush your heart. I can't lose you." Snow said
"You'll never lose me. But this… this is our only chance. Think of our baby. Think of being a mother." Prince Charming said
"Our child will never know it's father." Snow said
"Of course, it will. Through you. We've always shared one heart. It'll only grow stronger when you look at that baby's face and see the love I have for you in its eyes." Prince Charming said
Snow White crying.
"I've loved you since the first moment I saw you." Snow said
"And I love you until my last. (They kiss. to Evil Queen) Okay. Do it." Prince Charming said
"I won't lie. This is going to hurt. But it will work. (The Evil Queen thrusts her hand but Melissa stops her.) What is it?" Evil Queen asked Melissa
"Regina. You've trained me to do some fairytale magic. Let me do it." Melissa said
"Ok." Evil Queen said
"Forgive me." Melissa said
Melissa shed a tear. She shoves her hand into Prince Charming's chest and takes his heart out.
"Charming?" Snow said
"Don't say good-bye." Prince Charming said
"I love you. I love you more than anything." Snow said
"Which is why you have to crush it." Prince Charming said
Melissa hands Snow White her husband's heart. Crushing the heart Snow White adds the last ingredient to the Dark Curse. Prince Charming falls dead to the ground. Snow White sobs and Melissa hugs her.
"This won't be in vain. We will get back to Storybrooke." Evil Queen said
Storybrooke. Present day.
At the Docks.
The boat house.
Henry still tries to awake Regina. He is shaking Regina gently.
"Mom! Mom, please. Wake up! Mom! Mom!" Henry said
"Henry." Regina said
"Mom." Henry said
Regina stands up and hugs her son. She is relieved.
"Henry. Oh, Henry. (smiles) I will never let you go away again. I promise. I love you, Henry." Regina said
Regina kisses Henry lightly on the forehead. The Dark Curse breaks. Mary Margaret hugs her husband.
Enchanted Forest. Past.
Dark Palace.
Snow mourns her husband as the curse cloud continues to expand above them.
"Regina, I need you to rip out my heart. (Evil Queen looks confused) Charming's right. We have been of one heart since the day he woke me from the sleeping curse. If you split my heart in half, we can both survive." Snow said
"Mary Margaret, listen to me. I know your love is strong, but this isn't like plucking a flower." Melissa said
"How do you know it will work?" Evil Queen asked Snow
"Faith. Belief. I believe. I believe my heart is strong enough for both of us. Margaret. Remember what you said. You said never give up hope." Snow said
Both Evil Queen and Melissa concerned.
"But, if you're wrong, you'll die." Evil Queen said
"Please. Please. Do it." Snow begged
Snow places her arms on the Evil Queen's shoulders as she thrusts her hand in Snow's chest and rips out her heart. Carefully, she breaks the heart into halves. She places the two halves back into Snow and Charming as they both anxiously wait for Charming's revival. After a moment Prince Charming inhales deeply. Both Evil Queen and Melissa are relieved and happy.
Prince Charming is surprised.
"Snow? Snow, what's happening?" Prince Charming asked his wife
"You're okay. We're both okay." Snow said
They kiss as both the Evil Queen and Melissa smiles. August walks towards them with the new born son and Melissa hold on to the both of them. They look up as the Dark Curse slowly spills from the cauldron and begins to surround them. The rest of the cloud soon collapes on top of them.
Storybrooke. Present day.
The boat house.
Henry tells Regina about the year he spent in New York. Laughing Robin Hood puts an arm around her. The three of them leave the boat house. August came running towards his wife and started kissing her.
"We've got our memories back." August said
"Yes we did." Melissa said
They smiled at each other. They hear them arguing.
"It should have been my decision to protect Henry. Whether she forced your hand or not, it doesn't matter. I can't trust you now. How can I?" Emma asked Hook
"She's right not to. He has lied about more than just this." David said
"He has abandon our friendship." Melissa said
"Ok. That's..." Hook said as Melissa cuts him off
"Save it. The two of you lied to me. Just leave me alone." Melissa said