Six weeks ago.
Klaus, Rebekah, and Camille left and so did Alaric, Damon, and Bonnie.
Six weeks later.
Jeremy teaching summer school with his art class. Melissa walking Jenna to the preschool.
At Regina's office.
"How do you feel about kale salad?" Emma asked Regina
"Like someone found someplace other than Granny's for takeout." Regina said
"I'm good with a chicken alfredo." Melissa said
"Up for a grilled cheese." Emma said
"You eat like a child. Is that a root beer?" Regina asked Emma
"Three." Emma said
"We thought you could use a break." Melissa said
"A break from what? Dead end after dead end? This sorcerer... Or author... Whatever he wants to be called... Doesn't want to be found." Regina said
"It's only been a few weeks." Emma said
"Exactly, and I've conquered entire realms in less time." Regina said
Margaret tries to open one of the bottles but nothing is working.
"My mom should have a bottle opener here during her brief tenure, somewhere." Emma said
"Wait! Don't..." Regina said
Emma opened one of the drawers and she found a page of both Regina and Robin.
"What's this? Did you take it from the book?" Emma asked again
"It's not from the book. Robin found it... Before he left with his family. It appeared to him." Regina said
"It's not your story. What is it?" Emma asked again
"Robin thought it was hope, a sign that... Things would work out for me. Turns out it was a cruel joke." Regina said
"Have you heard from him?" Melissa asked Regina
"No." Regina said
Both Hook and Belle enter.
"There may be a way to get the fairies out." Hook said
"Yeah, I, uh, I found an incantation. It's, uh, it's part of a spell in, uh, an ancient tongue I've never seen before." Belle said
"Which made translation a challenge." Hook said
"But I did it. I found a perfect of linguistics from Oxford, and he just e-mailed me with the translation. It's an ancient ceremony, but, uh, one that'll bring them back. I, uh, I just need you to enact it." Belle said
"Well, Regina, ready to pronounce today "Free the fairies day"?" Melissa asked again
Into the woods.
"Here." Belle said
Belle gives Emma the wizards hat
"You got it?" Emma asked Regina
"I got it." Regina said
Regina frees the fairies.
"Thank you." Mother Superior thanking them
"You all right?" Emma asked Mother Superior
"No. I'll live. But being in there with... Thank you." Mother Superior thanking both Emma and Melissa
"It wasn't us. It was actually Regina you should thank." Melissa said
"Welcome back." Regina said
"Thank you." Mother Superior thanking Regina
They walked off.
At Granny's Diner.
August, Melissa, Baelfire, and Jenna settle down.
"Jenna how was preschool." Melissa said
"Mommy I don't want to go back to school." Jenna said
"I know it's hard going to school. But we can make it work. Ok." Melissa said
"Ok." Jenna said
Baelfire crying. Melissa puts the pacifier on his mouth and then he calms down. A monster screams. She get's up.
"What the hell was that?" Emma asked them
"I suppose we should go out and see what's killing property values this time." Regina said
They get out of the diner. The monster was on the clocktower and started flying around as everybody was running away from the Chernabog. It was about to attack Regina, Emma, Belle, Mary Margaret, Hook, Melissa, August, Baelfire, and Jenna. But Melissa chants with her spell.
"Scutum praesidium. (Protection shield.) (Melissa stops chanting. The Chernabog broke her spell.) It didn't work." Melissa said
"Did that thing come out of the hat?! I thought the spell was only supposed to release the fairies." Regina said
"Well, maybe it is some kind of fairy." Mary Margaret said
"Why don't we just put it back in the hat and figure out the rest later?" Emma asked again
"Because we can't. Once something's freed, it can never be retrapped." Belle said
"Great. So our best defense against magical beasts follows the same rules as chicken pox?" Emma asked again
"Surely the savoir, traveler, and evil queen can defeat a simple hell beast." Hook said
"Can we drop the "E" word already?" Regina asked Hook
Melissa, Regina, and Emma attack the Chernabog.
"Well, that was easy." Emma said
"Don't get excited. We only stunned it. And a blast like that should've destroyed it." Regina said
"I was just getting used to things being relaxing around here." Emma said
"I'll see if I can find anything about this thing in the library." Belle said
"Thanks." Emma thanking Belle
"I'll get everyone to safety. I'm on that." Mary Margaret said
"Wow. You guys really have this down." Emma said
"Well, this isn't our first monster bash." Hook said
"Tell me about it?" Melissa said
"Well, now that that's settled, we've to figure out a way to clip this bat's wings before it comes back?" Regina said
In Regina's office.
Regina was talking to Ursula the sea witch and then she hangs up.
"It's after me." Regina said
"Regina, I'm not sure it's after you." Emma said
"Of course it's after me. Ursula said it devours the heart with the darkest potential. And now that Gold's gone, well, who else could that be? I mean, is there a dwarf named evil-y? It's me." Regina said
"We're not gonna sacrifice you." Melissa said
"I'm not sure we have much of a choice." Regina said
"That thing's magical, right?" Emma asked Regina
"I would say "magical" is a pretty good guess." Regina said
"If it's magical, maybe we can kill it if we can let it pass the town line." Melissa said
"Sounds like a good plan." Emma said
Melissa, Emma, and Regina are in Emma's car. They drive to the boundary.
"What made you choose yellow?" Regina asked Emma
"What?" Emma asked in confusion
"Your bug... Yellow? Bold choice." Regina said
"Now is not the time." Melissa said
"Sorry, I'm just trying not to think about being some demon's lunch." Regina said
"You're not going to be." Emma said
The Chernabog lands on the car.
"What the hell?" Melissa said
"What, is this thing made of tin?" Regina asked again
"Hang on. We're almost there." Emma said
"I'm diffently hanging on." Melissa said
"It's too late. I'm not gonna let the three of us die in this metal coffin on wheels. Thanks for trying." Regina said
Regina disappears. The Chernabog stays on the car and attacks both Emma and Melissa.
"Regina!" Melissa said
Regina is on the road.
"Hey!" Regina said
Emma drives faster and casts the Chernabog on the limit of the town. David and Mary Margaret arrives.
"Emma!" Mary Margaret said
"Are you guys all right?" David asked them
"Yes." Emma said
"Kind of." Melissa said
"So Cruella and Ursula were telling the truth." Mary Margaret said
"It would appear so." Regina said
"No, wait. Emma, I... I think this is a bad idea. Look, they may have told the truth this time. That doesn't mean they can be trusted." Mary Margaret said
"Mom, this doesn't sound like you. You always believe the best in everyone." Emma said
"I'm also a realist." Mary Margaret said
"Emma, she's right. Things were just starting to get back to normal in Storybrooke." David said
"You, too?" Emma asked her mother
"Look, we don't know anything about these two. They could be looking for redemption, but they also could be as evil as Mr. Gold or Zelena or worse." Mary Margaret said
"That would be true, but they just helped us, and we made a deal." Melissa said
"Doesn't matter. It's a bad idea. They're villains." Mary Margaret said
"You're right. They are. They're horrible... But not as horrible as I was once. And if I deserve a second chance, so do they. How can I sit here, looking for my happiness, and deny two others a chance at theirs?" Regina asked them
"I'm with Regina. We let them in." Emma said
At Granny's Diner.
"I think this is a good idea." Melissa said
"If bad guys...well, used to be bad guys like Regina and Killian. They can find their happy ending." August said
"I know. Sometimes I wish that it could happen in our world." Melissa said
"You did?" August asked his wife
"I know. But I'm worried about Tyler and Jeremy. What if they won't find their happy ending?" Melissa asked her husband
"They will. They just have to keep looking." August said
"I should've said something right before we got married." Melissa said
"What is it?" August asked again
"I thought that magical and non-magical could never get married. Isn't that like breaking every code?" Melissa asked again
"Well, you've seen Neal was trying to marry a psycopath." August said
"Yes. But Tamara almost killed you." Melissa said
"She did kill me. But true love's kiss can break every curse. You broke mine." August said
"That was a year ago." Melissa said