"What are you doing here, Malcolm?" Roddy asked while trying to stay brave.

"I told you, that's not my name anymore," Pan retorted. "I'm Peter Pan: The King of Neverland... or at least I was until those heroes ruined it for me."

"Well, you win some and you lose some," Roddy shrugged with a nervous smile. "That's just the way the world works sometimes and as a kid again, you should know better. Anyway, I'd love to stay and chat, but I was just about to leave the office for the day and relax at home while my son goes to meet his little girlfriend's parents."

"Oh, I don't think he'll be doing that for long," Pan retorted with a smirk. "The world is going to be ending, especially this silly little town called Storybrooke with my plan that you're involved in as a diversion."

"A diversion?" Roddy asked.

"Yes, I think you know what I mean, especially in the tool you gave me to start in Hamelin before I moved onto other worlds to get more Lost Boys and Lost Girls," Pan reminded darkly. "I couldn't just stay in Neverland alone with that shadow, I needed an army and companions, so you helped get me what I needed and it's to my understanding that you have something even more powerful."

Roddy tried to look away and acted like he didn't know what Pan was talking about.

"Not talking, huh?" Pan asked and crossed his arms. "After all, I took your title as The Pied Piper since you didn't have any descendants... At least not back then until you found love and you bore your own future Pied Piper and gave him the tool I need to enslave the descendants in this pathetic little town."

"That's because I thought you were going to use the power of music for good and not for vengeance," Roddy retorted as bravely as he could. "My son has more potential than you do and you won't get his blowpipe."

"We'll see about that," Pan smirked darkly as he walked up to Roddy and glared deep into the man's eyes. "After all, I took your old job away from you and now you're cursed to teach music to others... in a way, your students are like your mice who do whatever you say, but we all know I'm the true Pied Piper~"

Roddy gulped nervously and frowned as Pan cackled darkly and left the classroom. "Please... Leave my son alone," he then begged the ageless boy. "I already lost his mother, I can't lose him too."

"You had your chance and you know I use music to lure away lonely and lost children in my grasp," Pan reminded darkly as he continued to leave the classroom. "And soon, this whole world, nay... This entire planet will be mine..." he then added as he flashed a sinister grin on his face to scare Roddy before he then left the classroom.

Roddy shivered nervously as he tried to keep calm, but it was a bit hard since Peter Pan was a rather terrifying person to deal with.

"Now for the spawn of The Pied Piper..." Pan said to himself as he soon began to search the streets for the boy in question, going to the beach for starters since he knew that he was going to go and see Melody and her parents due to Roddy's information about him.

Piper was walking over to Storybrooke Harbor as he hummed to himself and kept his blowpipe close in his hands.

"Ah... Perfect..." Pan grinned darkly as he approached the boy.

Piper continued to walk along until he began to feel like he was being followed. He then looked behind him before shrugging as he saw no one there at first and sighed in relief. He then turned forward and shrieked once he saw someone suddenly right in front of him.

"Hello, Son of The Pied Piper~" Pan greeted menacingly. "I've got a proposition for you... how'd you like to have your very own concert?"

"...More than anything, but I have a feeling I can't trust you," Piper narrowed his eyes in response as he kept his pipe close to his chest. "I can smell a rat better than anyone, especially in this town."

"Very amusing," Pan rolled his eyes before smirking. "I know just the right note for you to play if you just listen to what I have in store for you."

Piper began to glare until he looked almost thoughtful. "I'm listening..." he then said.

"All right, I knew I could count on you and that majestic pipe of yours," Pan smirked as he leaned in closer. "So here's what you do..." he then started to tell the other boy.

Piper began to listen to Pan's deal and offer to see where exactly this would go.


Eventually, Evie and the other descendants made it over as she frowned in concern since her mother was still knocked out in the middle of the road with everyone surrounding her.

"How is she?" Evie asked in concern.

"Still out cold, I'm afraid." David replied.

"Oh, God..." Evie frowned before she rushed over and tried to wake up her mother. "Mom? MOM! Mommy..." she then cried out urgently.

Regina then suddenly woke up luckily enough. "Evie?" she then spoke softly.

"Oh, Mom. Thank goodness." Evie sighed in relief.

"What happened?" Emma asked the woman. "You okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." Regina replied, sounding distracted and pensive in tone.

"What is it?" Mary Margaret asked urgently. "What happened when you touched it?"

"I saw what needed to be done." Regina informed her.

"Mom, are you going to be okay?" Henry asked as he stood beside Evie.

"The important thing is you will be." Regina smiled softly as she placed her hand under his chin.

Henry smiled back as he grabbed her hand in reassurance. Suddenly, the scroll disappeared from Regina's palm.

"What the-?" Doug gasped before glaring in accusatory. "I think we all know who did that."

"No, he won't." Pan's voice said as he soon walked up and over to the group, looking rather cocky and smug.

"He has the-" Killian began to warn only to be cut off as he, Henry, and the other adults were suddenly frozen in place.

"Curse? That I do." Pan interrupted with a dark smirk as he held up the scroll, much to all their fear.

"You... You BASTARD!" Evie glared firmly.

Nearly everyone else gasped once they heard Evie say such a thing about somebody.

"Yeah, I said it!" Evie glared as she faced them before looking softly over at Regina. "Sorry, Mom." she then quickly added.

"Daddy can't help you this time, Harry Hook." Pan then taunted his biggest enemy's son.

"How did you get free from my dad's anti-magic cuff?" Ben asked once he noticed something. "He said that only he could take it off and it could drain away the magic from anyone."

"Ah, that he did, but there was one thing he didn't count on," Pan smirked darkly. "It doesn't work on the original creator."

"What? But then that would mean-" Gil spoke up.

"Yes, my brainless companion, I created the cuff in the first place so it was useless on me and I decided to ground my son by making him wear it and think about what he's done before the new world order of this town." Pan then said with a nod.

"...I'm not brainless." Gil pouted.

"Well, you definitely aren't as smart as your new friends here," Pan scoffed and smirked. "I'm one step ahead of a lot of you, especially with the help I'm going to be getting from your friends Piper and Melody."

"Ha! Like they would have the intelligence to join someone like you." Carlos scoffed and glared.

Dude barked and growled firmly, seeming to agree with Carlos.

"Pity, Carlos... Very much a pity," Pan sighed and shook his head before smirking. "And to think that you and Jay would've made such great Lost Boys with your brains and his brawn. After all, Melody is the daughter of a true mermaid, unlike that coward hiding behind you and the pirate teen."

Carla frowned as she hid behind Carlos and Harry because she felt scared and nervous around Pan.

"And especially unlike that gardener I had to bring to Neverland until she also betrayed me like the coward she also is," Pan scoffed and smirked as he continued. "And Piper is also the son of the man who crafted those panpipes just for me back in Hamelin to bring followers into Neverland so I could achieve my true goal of world domination and being the most powerful being in the entire universe."

"Hamelin? So you're not just Peter Pan, but you're also The Pied Piper?" Ben asked his young grandfather out of surprise.

"Nothing gets past you, does it, Benny Boo?" Pan chuckled and smirked before looking over. "And just look at your parents... Look at them all. A captive audience, especially with Goldilocks back into my grasp just when she thought she escaped from it. I could play with you like a pack of dolls, couldn't I?"

"You're not getting away with this, Peter Pan!" Lonnie glared as she brought out her warrior sword. "You forget who you're messing with. Our grandparents lived in their stories, our parents are living their stories, and it's up to us as the next generation to keep their stories alive, but unfortunately for you, heroes get the happy endings and not the villains and that means you, buster!"

"I think not... You're going to join them, but not for long once you hear The Siren's song I gave to your so-called friend Piper," Pan smirked as he snapped his fingers to make them all stuck in place, but not freezing them like the adults beside them. "Don't worry... once your parents are destroyed and The Pied Piper of Storybrooke plays the music I need, you won't remember a thing about them and after that, I'll be your new father and perhaps since Wendy Darling refused to leave Storybrooke, I'll make her into your new mother. You'll have no choice but to become my new Lost Boys and Lost Girls with this place as The New Neverland."

"You're talking crazy, Pan!" Evie called out. "It doesn't have to be this way!"

"Oh, but it does, Princess Blueberry~" Pan smirked. "This is the only way I can get my happily ever after~"

"Dad..." Harry whispered and frowned tearfully for his father's safety.

Eventually, some pipe music could be heard playing.

"Ah, perfect... Now while you're all surrendering to The Pied Piper's music, I think I'll get rid of your old family and replace it with a better and more powerful one~" Pan chuckled darkly as he stepped away from the teenagers and waved his hand. "You shouldn't see this though."

"Wait!" Evie cried out, but it was too late.

POOF! The teenagers were gone and they were suddenly on the beach, still with frozen feet and unable to move anywhere.

"Uh-oh... I guess this is it..." Harry frowned.

"Piper, you're better than this," Evie pouted. "Don't turn us into mindless slaves."

Piper looked over at them and winked as he continued to play his music as loudly as possible while The Sirens were nearly free from Elwin's ice wall and it looked like they were all going to invade Storybrooke.


Back downtown, Pan approached the frozen group he kept hostage, smirking evilly at them. "I think I'll start with these two," he then started to say as he walked over to Belle and Neal. "Hmm... You both look so adorable. Hard to tell who to kill first," he then said, shifting his gaze between both of them until he pointed at Neal. "No, it isn't. You. You first." he then decided.

"Stay away from them~" A familiar voice growled while a hand was clamped down on Pan's shoulder, tugging him away from Belle and Neal.

"How about this? The worm has teeth," Pan cooed and smirked once he saw that Rumple had come with a sword. "You're here to protect their 'wuved ones'." he then added in a mocking tone.

"I'm not gonna let you touch either one of them and you won't have anything to do with their descendants either." Rumple glared.

"Oh, I'd like to see that." Pan challenged.

"Oh, you will. Because I have a job to finish, and I have to do whatever it takes. No loopholes. And what needs to be done has a price. A price I'm finally willing to pay," Rumple retorted before he faced the group and looked right at Neal. "I used the curse to find you, Bae, to tell you I made a mistake. To make sure you had a chance at happiness," he then started to say as Pan openly laughed at his words. "And that happiness is possible. Just not with me. I accept that."

"Pretty, pretty words." Pan taunted.

"I love you, Bae," Rumple then told Neal before he looked at his true love. "And I love you, Belle and Benjamin, you both made me stronger. I fear I may have been very hard on Benjamin, encouraging and making him study all the time and try out for sports and work at the store in his free time, but I see I was only pressuring him because I still felt an empty void that couldn't be filled after you left, Bae." he soon continued a bit emotionally.

"Stronger?" Pan scoffed.

"Yes." Rumple nodded calmly.

"But still no magic." Pan then countered.

"Oh, but I don't need it," Rumple retorted smugly. "You see, you may have lost your shadow, but there's one thing you're forgetting."

"And what's that?" Pan demanded.

"So have I," Rumple then said, sounding rather triumphant. "I sent it away with something to hide." he then raised his hand in the air, summoning his shadow back with the dagger and as the dagger was given back, the shadow went back into Rumple who then began to forcibly hold Pan against himself.

"What are you doing?!" Pan demanded as he struggled to get free.

"You see, the only way for you to die, is if we both die. And now... now, I am ready." Rumple explained darkly and soon stabbed Pan in the back, but also impaled himself with it in the process.

Pan screamed in pain as Rumple remained silent. A cloud of black smoke soon covered both of them and eventually, that was the death of Peter Pan as he was soon his actual self which was a weaselly gremlin of a man known as Malcolm who was in the middle of being defeated by his own son.

"Hello, Papa~" Rumple greeted in a growling voice.

"Rumple, please. You can stop this. Remove the dagger. We can start over. and even let Ben join in our family," Malcolm urged and begged nervously. "We can have a happy ending."

"Ah, but I'm a villain~" Rumple countered and grinned darkly. "And villains don't get happy endings." then added before twisting the dagger to embed deeper into both their wounds.

Malcolm soon gasped in agony as a golden light peeked out from the blade and began to shine even brighter. As Malcolm stopped resisting the inevitable, Rumple gave his father a kiss on the cheek despite everything. The light then engulfed them as they both disappeared out of existence. The remaining scroll dropped to the floor while the freezing spell on the group wore off. All were visibly in shock over the unexpected turn of events. Belle soon collapsed on the ground in a fit of grief.


Meanwhile, on the beach, Piper smirked as he soon finished his song. Eventually, so did everyone else as it looked like The Sirens were fighting each other and Magda was trying to make them stop by barking orders at them.

"That was some flute playing, Piper," Evie said to him. "I really thought we were all doomed, especially since you've always wanted to do a real concert someday."

"Eh, I'll get there when I get there," Piper replied. "I think you guys know better than I'd betray you, you're all my best friends."

"Yeah, especially Melody." Carlos chuckled and smirked.

"Now we shushy~" Piper advised with slightly narrowed eyes.

The group soon chuckled at that as things ended up turning for the better for them and soon, they began to feel like they could walk again.

"Hey, we're not frozen to the ground anymore." Harry noted.

"But how?" Ben wondered.

"Maybe your dad saved us somehow?" Gil suggested as he scratched his head in thought.

"Could be, but what did he do?" Ben pondered then.

"We'll find out when we get there," Evie suggested. "I think we've got bigger fish to fry." she then said while pointing over at Magda who was getting more and more frustrated.

"You!" Magda snarled as she faced the group. "I don't know what you did, but you've foiled my plans!"

"Who? Us?" Lonnie asked innocently. "We just got here."

"It's true," Evie nodded. "Peter Pan sent us after all."

"A likely story! You told Piper to play this song on my Sirens and turn them against each other, didn't you?!" Magda demanded and sneered.

"Don't blame them, Magda; I played my notes all on my own," Piper soon said as he waved his blowpipe. "I had a sinking feeling about our new friend in Storybrooke and I soon memorized a special song my old man taught me just in case of emergencies. After all, he told me how he made special panpipes for The Boy Who Never Grew Up who he was hoping to raise as his very own prodigy only to be turned against him, but eventually, of course, he met my mother and here I am today." he then explained and revealed.

"...Is that a real explanation or did you just make that up to sound smart?" Carla asked out of suspicion.

"I'm smarter than I look," Piper retorted and crossed her arms. "Most of the time anyway."

The others chuckled a little at that.

"Your Sirens are drying up, Fish Face." Doug soon told Magda.

"If I were you, I'd quit." Harry added.

"You don't have to be like this though," Evie told Magda. "Our town will be full of second chances, especially for the descendants. We can be friends..." she then held out her hand.

Magda looked thoughtful at that as she began to reach out to Evie's hand. Everyone leaned in, looking a bit surprised as it looked like Magda was about to reform and turn over a new leaf. However...

"NO!" Magda snarled as she slapped away Evie's hand before she grabbed her scepter. "I knew this plan was doomed from the start anyway... You still haven't seen the last of me!" she then snarled before she turned around and disappeared into the water, leaving behind a very big splash.

The splash soon poured all over and soaked Diana, Scarlett, and a lot of other teenage girls who fell victim to both Magda the Mad and Peter Pan. They soon murmured once they began to stop fighting and didn't look so evil anymore.

"Nothing like a good shower to wash away an evil spell." Ben commented.

"No kidding." Evie added in agreement.

"What are we gonna do about them?" Carlos wondered.

"We'll have to figure that out later." Harry suggested.

"Yeah... Come on... Let's go back to our parents." Evie suggested to her group.

The others agreed with The Evil Princess and soon began to follow her back into town.

"Piper?" A voice soon called.

"Huh?" Piper blinked before he turned around. "Oh! Hi, Melody." he then greeted with a blushing smile.

"That was really wonderful music, I'm sorry that I got mad at you that you were going to play a song from Peter Pan to hypnotize everyone like a bunch of mice." Melody told him with a small smile back.

"Hey, it's okay... I know you wouldn't like that, plus I wouldn't want anyone to get hurt or in trouble," Piper reassured her with a chuckle and bashful shrug. "I just wish I could've had a proper venue or audience."

"Hey, what does that make us?" Eric chuckled as he stepped by with Ariel along with Scuttle and Sebastian. "I thought you were pretty amazing out there, kid."

"Oh, uh, thanks, Mr... Melody's dad..." Piper smiled bashfully in response.

"Maybe we could play together sometime?" Eric suggested.

"Huh?" Piper then asked with wide eyes.

"Oh, didn't you know?" Ariel smiled. "Melody's father plays the flute sometimes. I remember one of the first times I met and laid eyes on him, he was playing the flute at a party with his friends."

"No, I certainly didn't know that." Piper smiled sheepishly.

Melody giggled as she continued to watch them bond before she heard storm clouds. She then looked up at the sky and looked a bit scared and concerned as the storm didn't look like just any storm.


On the streets, the group was still reeling from witnessing Rumple's sacrifice.

Belle, unable to hold back her heartbreak, began to cry. "No... Rumple! H-He's gone!" she then cried out.

Goldie frowned as she looked very sad and sorry for Belle right now. Regina then slowly knelt down to pick up the scroll.

"Regina? Are you okay?" Mary Margaret asked out of concern.

"I'm fine." Regina reassured her before she stood back up.

"I'm so sorry." Emma told Neal softly.

"Me too." Goldie added.

Belle quivered as a tear slid down her cheek.

"Mom? MOM!" Ben called before his eyes widened and he rushed right over to his mother as she looked very sad about something.

"Whoa... What happened here?" Carla wondered.

"Let's just say that my father did what he had to do," Neal spoke gravely and softly. "He saved us."

"You mean... Dad is...?" Ben asked as his eyes slowly widened.

"Oh, Benny..." Belle sniffled as she drew her teenage son into a hug as tears streamed down her face.

"No way..." Ben whispered as his face paled a bit while holding his mother back, trying to comfort her. "Oh, Mom. Please... D-Don't cry."

"Mr. Gold is dead...?" Evie asked as she looked a bit heartbroken and emotional.

"He died with Peter Pan to save us," Goldie nodded as she spoke softly and explained to them what happened while they were gone. "On the plus side, you guys aren't brainwashed followers."

"Yeah... Interesting story about that." Harry commented.

"The point is, Regina, don't let my father die for nothing," Neal then said before she didn't respond right away. "...Regina?"

"What?" Regina asked softly.

"We're here for a reason, luv. Pan." Killian then said.

"Is dead." Regina reminded them.

"I know he was awful and twisted, but... he was my grandfather, ya know?" Ben said softly, feeling conflicted on how to feel about Pan's death since it especially came at the cost of his father's.

"His curse remains," Killian reminded Regina. "Can you stop it, or shall we all preparing our souls? Cuz mine is gonna take some time." he then asked and explained urgently.

"Ugh... Can anything else go wrong at the last minute?" Goldie groaned and rolled her eyes.

"IT'S HERE!" A familiar grumpy voice soon cried out.

"...I'll just move away from Storybrooke forever then." Goldie soon suggested to herself in deadpan.

Leroy, in a panic, ran up to the group, pointing in the direction the curse was approaching from as Nova rushed to his side as well as Jay and Enid.

"Uncle Leroy, what is it?" Doug asked out of concern.

"The curse, it's here!" Leroy explained out of hysteria. "It's coming from all sides! There's no escape."

"Where's Dee Dee?" Evie asked.

"Don't worry. She's back home for her own protection," Nova explained before she smiled at Henry. "She's very hopeful to see you back to your old self again."

Henry smiled back at that.

"It's not too late," David then said before looking at Regina. "We can still stop it, right? Regina?" he then asked.

"Yes... Yes." Regina said, sounding very hesitant and distracted.

"Mom, what's going on with you?" Evie asked her mother out of concern.

"I'm sorry, my dear... I'm just thinking about the price of this." Regina sighed and explained.

"W-What's the price? Gold said there is a price. What is our price?" Emma demanded.

"It's not our price," Regina said as she turned around to face the group. "It's mine."

"What are you talking about, Aunt Regina?" Ben soon asked.

"It's what I felt when I... first held it," Regina explained. "I have to say goodbye to the thing I love most."

Emma soon turned to look at Henry, who approached forward to stand beside her. "Henry?" she then asked to check.

"I can never see him again. I have no choice," Regina continued. "I have to undo what I started."

"The curse that brought us to Storybrooke?" Mary Margaret then asked in realization.

"That created Storybrooke," Regina clarified. "It doesn't belong here, and neither do any of us." she then added.

"Breaking the curse destroys the town." David soon said.

"It will wend out of existence as though it were never here. And everyone will go back to where they are from," Regina then explained. "Prevented from ever returning. Our descendants should be able to follow along with us."

"You'll go back to The Enchanted Forest?" Emma then asked.

"All of us. Except Henry," Regina then said as Evie suddenly put her arm around her little brother. "He will stay here because... he was born here."

"Alone?" Lonnie asked.

"No, Emma will take him. Because she's The Savior," Regina informed before looking at the blonde woman. "And you were created to break the curse. And once again, you can escape it."

"I-I don't want to," Emma frowned. "We'll both go back with everyone."

"That's not an option. Evie and I can't be with him," Regina countered. "If we don't pay the price, none of this will work."

"You mean... I can never see my little brother again?" Evie asked her mother out of surprise and concern.

"That's just the way that it's gotta be sometimes." Regina sighed and explained.

Evie pouted and bowed her head, looking heartbroken about the idea of never seeing Henry again. The curse's thunder could be heard near in the distance.

"Emma, you have to go." Mary Margaret urged her daughter.

"I just found you." Emma frowned at how sudden this all felt.

"And now it's time for you to leave us again," Mary Margaret replied. "For your best chance. For his."

"No. N-No. I-I'm not... done. I'm The Savior, right?" Emma stammered and frowned. "I'm supposed to bring back all the happy endings. That's what Henry always said."

"Happy endings aren't always what we think they will be. Look around you," Mary Margaret advised with a smile. "You've touched the lives of everyone here."

"But we're a family." Emma pouted.

"Yes, and we always will be," Mary Margaret replied. "You gave us that."

Goldie sniffled and wiped her eyes emotionally as Neal decided to take her hand and squeeze it.

"You and Henry can be a family. You can get your wish," David added to Emma. "You can be like everyone else. You can be happy."

"It's time to believe in yourself, Emma," Mary Margaret smiled. "There's time for you to find hope."

"I've known you for some time and all I wanted was for you to get the hell out of my life so I can be with my son, but really..." Regina even began to help out before her voice broke emotionally. "What I want is for Henry to be happy. We have no choice. You have to go."

"...Okay." Emma soon replied out of reluctance.


Meanwhile, at a certain house, several flowers were shown to have their petals plucked as soft murmuring could be heard in one room. Dee Dee was shown to be sitting on her bed as she plucked the petals of her final flower. "I tell him, I tell him not. I tell him, I tell him not... I tell him!" she then smiled once she got to the last petal and now knew what she had to do as she rushed to the door. "Henry! There's something I want-" she then announced before looking around as the town almost seemed empty all of a sudden. "Wait... Where is everybody?" she then muttered to herself and scratched her head. She then looked around and wandered away from home to go and see what was going on without her.


Nearly everyone met up at the edge of town as Emma had her car ready to take Henry away forever for everybody's sake even though Regina and Evie didn't want to give Henry up, they knew that they had to. Jay looked very down in the dumps because he was trying to help save Henry back in Neverland and now the younger boy was going away. Lotus did her best to comfort Jay, feeling a closeness with the boy somehow and she just wished there was some way to make this all better for everyone, but it had to be done.

"Don't worry, Mom," Ben told his mother. "We'll find a way to bring Dad back, even if it involves a little magic."

"It'll be hard, but at least I still have you and your brother." Belle said with a sniffle and a sad smile at his offering.

"We're family, so we're gonna all help each other," Neal said. "Especially you, Goldie."

"Me?" Goldie asked. "You want me to help out?"

"Well, sure thing," Neal said to her. "I wanna help you get your own happy ending and I think you can start by putting your trust in my family until we help you find yours... I've met your brother before, I can find him again."

Goldie soon smiled softly and hopefully at that news.

"I just can't believe my grandfather was Peter Pan." Ben remarked.

"I have even more shocking news." Jane said to him.

"What's that?" Ben asked.

"Peter Pan was my father and Mother Superior is my mother." Jane revealed to Ben.

Ben's eyes widened at that reveal. "Which makes you-" he then started to say.

"Auntie Jane?" Jane finished with a guess for him.

"Oh, my God..." Ben murmured as he held his hand to his forehead. "Are there going to be therapists in The Enchanted Forest? I think we need to schedule an appointment."

"Well, therapy might not be available, but I'll help you kids out," Archie said to them with a small smile. "After all, as Jiminy Cricket I often said 'Let your conscience be your guide'."

"Hmm..." Tinkerbell hummed thoughtfully at that advice.

Emma and Henry soon came to hug David and Mary Margaret one last time as the curse came closer and closer.

"This isn't fair. It's all my fault." Henry pouted as he faced his soon-to-be former adoptive mother and sister.

"What do you mean?" Regina asked softly.

"If I had never gone to get Emma, if I just lived under the curse with you, none of this would have ever happened," Henry explained. "I thought I was alone. I-I thought you didn't love me... But I was wrong."

"Oh, Henry..." Evie frowned softly.

"Henry. I was wrong too. It wasn't your fault, it's mine," Regina soon said, trying to comfort the boy. "I cast a curse out of vengeance and I-I'm a villain. You heard Mr. Gold. Villains don't get happy endings." she then reminded him.

"You're not villains. You're just my mom and big sister." Henry said before hugging both Regina and Evie.

"Neal. I'm sorry." Emma then said, moving away from her parents over to the father of her son.

"Don't be. You got a boy who you've got to keep alive here." Neal reassured her.

"You have a better chance than we do, Swan." Goldie added.

"And you have to go back there." Emma said to both of them but mostly to Neal.

"Yeah," Neal said before Emma embraced him until he pulled away a moment later. "Hey, this isn't over. I'll see both of you again." he then reassured her.

Emma nodded and soon walked toward her car only to be stopped by Killian and Harry.

"That's quite a vessel you captain there, Swan." Killian noted jokingly.

Emma gave him a sad smile in reply.

"There's not a day that won't go by that I won't think of you." Killian then told Emma.

"Good." Emma said softly as she smiled at him a little.

"Miss Swan?" Harry spoke up before she then faced the pirate teen. "I'm still not happy that you left my father for dead on a beanstalk when we first met you."

"I understand, Harry, and I'm sorry about that," Emma replied softly. "You shouldn't make it a growing grudge though."

"That's okay, I don't," Harry promised her. "I just wish you the best of luck in your new life with your little buccaneer."

"Thank you, Harry." Emma then said with a small smile.

"My pleasure." Harry smiled back a little.

Killian also smiled as he looked very proud of his son right now.

"Emma. There's something I haven't told you." Regina soon said as she came to see the blonde woman.

"What now?" Emma asked with a weary sigh.

"When the curse washes over us, it will send us all back. Nothing will be left behind. Including your memories. It's just what the curse does," Regina began to explain to Emma. "Storybrooke will no longer exist. It won't ever have existed. So these last years will be gone from both of your memories. Now we'll go back to being just stories again."

"What will happen to us?" Emma wondered.

"I don't know." Regina admitted.

"Doesn't sound like much of a happy ending." Emma then commented.

"It's not," Regina chuckled. "But I can give you one."

"You can preserve our memories?" Emma asked hopefully.

"No, I can... do what I did to everyone else in this town," Regina soon clarified and explained. "And give you new ones."

"She won't take away the fun." Evie added softly.

"You cursed them and they were miserable." Emma reminded Regina.

"They didn't have to be," Regina defended as she grasped Emma's hands. "My gift to you is good memories, good life for you and Henry," she then added, tearfully as the boy came over one last time. "You'll have never given him up. You'll have always been together."

"You would do that?" Emma asked softly.

"When I stop Pan's curse and you cross that town line, you will have the life you always wanted." Regina explained to Emma carefully.

"But it won't be real." Emma frowned.

"Well, your past won't, but your future will. Now go," Regina said as calmly as possible. "There isn't much time left till the curse will be here any minute."

Henry then came over to give Regina and Evie one last hug. Regina then kissed him on the forehead while Evie hugged Henry warmly, sniffling and trying very hard not to cry. Mary Margaret soon approached a tearful Emma with a smile and planted a kiss on her temple. The curse was rapidly surging towards the group as Emma and Henry walked towards the car and got in.

"Mayor Mills, I think now would be a good time to get started." Doug spoke up.

"I think so too," Regina nodded. "Come over here and help me, Evie." she then told her daughter.

"Right, Mom." Evie agreed.

Regina then tore off a piece of the Dark Curse scroll as it glowed purple. She then crumpled it into a ball and generated it into magic on both her hands to strike the massive cloud of green smoke as a counter-effect. She then took Evie's hands to share some of the magic with her daughter and soon, Evie glowed as well and she got ready to use the spell along with her mother. Emma then began driving out of town as both the green and purple smoke mingled and engulfed all of the townspeople.

"Henry! Wait! I have to tell you something!" Dee Dee called out as she suddenly rushed over as the clouds came closer and closer. "Henry? Henry!" she then called out.

"Kid?" Leroy blinked once he saw his new daughter figure.

"Hey, do you guys know where Henry is?" Dee Dee asked. "I have to tell him something."

"Sweetie, Henry is leaving Storybrooke." Nova told Dee Dee softly and gently.

"Oh... Well, do you know when he'll be back? This is very important." Dee Dee then asked, looking about ready to burst.

Leroy and Nova soon looked at each other softly before looking back at Dee Dee.

"Dee Dee... Sweetie... The thing is... Henry is leaving Storybrooke and he's never coming back." Nova soon said.

Dee Dee soon looked wide-eyed and gasped. "W-What? But... he can't leave..." she then frowned emotionally.

"It's true, kid," Leroy told Dee Dee. "He and Emma are leaving Storybrooke for a better life together so that Regina and Evie can cast a new curse to save us all from that annoying little sh-"

Nova flashed Leroy a bit of a look, reminding him not to swear in front of Dee Dee.

"Sh... Punk," Leroy then corrected himself before he continued to explain to Dee Dee before he put his arm around her. "Kid, I'm sorry, but it was for the best... We'll never see them again, but we'll still give you a better new life in The Enchanted Forest... Me and Nova."

"As your new family." Nova added and reminded the girl softly.

Dee Dee looked between them before looking over as Emma's car began to disappear while leaving Storybrooke forever. Once Henry and Emma crossed outside of town, the line on the ground was no longer visible. Henry looked from where they just came to gazing away. Emma then glanced down at him briefly. Meanwhile, the curse was spreading through the remaining parts of town, even swallowing Henry's storybook on the way.

"Hey." A voice called to Amalie.

"Huh?" Amalie blinked as he looked over.

"Can I stand with you?" Gil asked as he came over to her. "Cuz you're really, really pretty."

"Uh, yeah, I guess I am." Amalie replied bashfully.

"And I like your hair," Gil smiled. "It smells good."

"Well... Yeah... Whatever." Amalie replied before she smiled back and blushed a little at his compliment.

"Henry... I-I didn't get to tell you how I feel..." Dee Dee whispered as a tear rolled down her cheek before she was engulfed by the smoke along with everyone else and Storybrooke was now no more.

Leroy and Nova put their hands on Dee Dee's shoulders since this looked like the end for them.


MEANWHILE...

A certain man was shown to be riding on a horse, coming through the woods as a gazebo was soon shown where a certain woman was arranging a picnic for both of them.

"You're late." Aurora said to her prince.

"I came as quickly as I could." Phillip defended.

"I'm hungry and I miss you~" Aurora then cooed before he embraced her and they shared a kiss with each other.

Phillip smiled, gently stroking her stomach. "You're always hungry now." he then replied softly.

"And cranky," Aurora smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry. I know, there are royal responsibilities."

"None that match my responsibilities to you. Our family. I'm the one who should be sorry," Phillip coaxed. "Besides, you know that Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are going to help out." he then added and reminded her.

In the distance, thunder and rumbling could be heard as purple clouds began to rise up to the sky.

"What is that?" Aurora asked in concern. "Is it a storm?"

Their horses soon fled the scene in panic with lightning hitting the ground.

"That's not a storm. It's magic. Come. We need to get you to safety. Now," Phillip clarified before they turned to run away and with one final rumbling, the purple clouds disappeared so he began to check her over. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, I think so," Aurora said. "What was that?" she then wondered.

"I don't know." Phillip admitted.


Soon, they turned around and faced a group of former Storybrooke residents: Snow White, Prince Charming, Goldilocks, the Dwarves, the Evil Queen, Neal Cassidy, Granny, Red Riding Hood, Captain Hook, and Belle. They also appeared to have their descendants with them.

"Snow? What happened?" Aurora asked her old friend out of surprise once she saw her.

"We're back." Snow White stated with a small frown.

END OF PART 4