I fear who I am becoming,

I feel that I am losing the struggle within.

I can no longer restrain it,

my strength it is fading,

I have to give in

It's the fear

Fear of the dark

It's growing inside of me,

that one day will come to life

Within Temptation – It's The Fear

Neverland

Four days prior to the Final Eclipse

"Papa, what are you doing? What is she doing?" Bae demanded as Regina handed Henry's heart to Emma. "Every second we waste…"

"I know that Baelfire!" Rumple snapped. "Now be quiet, lad and let us do what needs to be done." He gestured and an old leather-bound book appeared in his hand. He opened it and flipped through the pages until he found the one he was looking for then floated the book over to her.

"Please, please let this work," she prayed and reached into her chest, removing her heart, astonished that some of the darkness within it seemed to be fading. "How…how is this possible?" she whispered.

Rumple was equally shocked yet there was little time to ponder over it. Regina's free hand was trembling as she waved it over the organ in her hand, tears brimming in the corners of her eyes as it split into two pieces, one hovering above her glowing white. Emma's eyes widened with shock as Henry's heart also split into two pieces, one in her hand glowing red, the other hovering above her glowing white.

"What the heck!" she gasped.

"See through my eyes will you

See through your eyes will I

Neither by time nor space will we be apart

Forever at your side will I be son of my heart!" Regina chanted. She took the glowing white piece of her heart in her free hand. "Henry Mills-Strogoff!" she murmured and released it.

"Strogoff?" Rumple whispered.

"It's the name he's meant to have, as the OZ wills it."

The piece floated over to Henry's heart and merged with it.

"He's accepted it….he's accepted me…."

"How can you doubt it, Mom?" she heard him ask.

"Henry! Henry!" Bae cried. "Where are you? Are you all right?"

"I'm at Skull Rock," he replied and suddenly his shade appeared before them. "Sealed with a lock that only one of you can break."

"We're coming for you!" Emma said. "And there's nothing the Father From Neverhell can do to stop us!"

"But there's a few pieces of my heart still missing. I need them back."

"Look!" Snow gasped, pointing at Henry's heart. It divided again with a second piece glowing white.

"See through my eyes will you

See through your eyes will I

Neither by time nor space will we be apart

Forever at your side will I be mothers of my heart!" Henry's shade chanted. "Regina Mills," he said softly, the first white piece floating over to Regina's heart.

"Always, Henry, always," she sobbed as the pieces merged. She pushed the organ back into her chest, weeping softly as her son's undying love swept over her.

"Emma Swan," Henry whispered, the second piece floating over to Emma. Rumple took Henry's heart from her and held it gently.

"What…what do I do?"

"Take it, Em!" Bae cried.

"Take it in your hand and press it against your chest. You'll feel a wee bit of pain when it merges but that'll pass," Rumple explained. Emma did as instructed, barely feeling the pain as the piece merged with her own heart. She reached into her chest and pulled hers out, waving her hand over it as she'd seen Regina do, hers dividing in the same manner.

"Do you remember the incantation, Emma?" Regina asked.

See with my eyes will you

See with your eyes will I

Neither by time nor space will we be apart

Forever at your side will I be mothers of my heart!" she chanted, taking her glowing white piece in her hand. "Henry Mills Strogoff!"

The piece floated over to the heart in Henry's hand and merged with it.

"It's done dearies," Rumple murmured.

"I'm at Skull Rock under a protection spell set for only one of you to break but like Grampa says, there's always a loophole. Find it!" Henry cried and vanished.

"Now let's go get our son and get out of this Neverhell!" Emma said angrily.

"I will get Henry," Rumple declared.

"We're doing this together," Regina reminded him.

"Then I suggest you make a long-distance call to a certain mermaid I refused to discuss a deal with you about."

"Ariel? What does she have to do with this?"

Snow snorted. "Rumple, I doubt she'll want to help us after the way Regina screwed her over."

"She will. She's family."

"You guys are kidding right? The little mermaid's real?" Emma shook her head.

"Says the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming," her father reminded her. "She's very real. What do you have in mind, Rumple?"

"Emma seems to like calling this place Neverhell but what I have in mind is sending my father exactly where he belongs, and Ariel can get us the item we need to do it. Do the words Pandora's Box mean anything to you?"

"Yes…it was the place where all the evil and misery in the world was supposed to be until Pandora opened it," Bae replied.

"It did but when it fell into Hades' possession, he modified it a bit. It is now a gateway to one of Ephesis' worst prisons; the Realm of the Forgotten. Only someone with a blood link to Hades can activate it, or so the legend says."

"And you have it? How?"

Rumple smirked. "One of the few perks of being the Dark One was inheriting the vast collection of magical items Hades managed to steal from his Greek relatives before he made his home in the OZ. Fortunately Pandora's Box was among those items and it's hidden in my shop with a lock only Belle can open."

"Why Ariel, Rumple?" Snow inquired.

"She is Poseidon's daughter and can cross realms without any interference. Summon her, Regina. Bae, you've been able to leave this island before by trapping the shadow."

"We need to find the cave I hid out in after I escaped from Pan's camp. It had what we need to trap the shadow."

"How far is it from here?"

"Not far."

Rumple held out his hand to his son. "Show me."

"How?"

"Think of it, son and the magic will guide us. Everyone, join hands."

The group did as instructed, and vanished in a puff of smoke, appearing inside a small cavern where an angry young woman waited, a dagger in her hand.

"You!" she snarled and lunged at Regina, pinning her against the wall.

"Tinkerbell…." Regina gasped.

"Yes, me. Never expected to see me again did you, bitch? Not after the way you burned me!"

"Tink, Tink, it's okay. She's with us." Bae soothed.

"Like hell it is. I don't know who you are or how you know my name, but this bitch is the Evil Queen who ruined a lot of lives, including mine when I was trying to do was help her find her true love. And when I when I failed, I was exiled to this hellhole."

Charming groaned. "Great. She's not gonna help us now."

"Yes, she is. Tink, it's me. Bae." Bae said softly. "Don't you remember?"

"If you are him, prove it! What's the last thing I said to you before you left here?"

"You told me that once I crossed over, I would become the age I was supposed to be in the new land and that was why so many others were afraid to leave. Too much time passed."

Tink shoved Regina aside and ran to her old friend, hugging him tightly. "Bae! All grown up." Her eyes narrowed as she glanced over at Rumple. "So, you've finally come back for your son, have you? Took you long enough."

Rumple lowered his head shamefully. "I deserved that."

"Yes, you did and more for failing in your duty as a Guardian. The Balance is shifting in our favor but more needs to be done. Only four days remain."

"I must get my family off this rock."

"Come with us Tink," Bae pleaded.

"Are you insane? She'll kill me!" Regina protested.

"We both know I can't…now," Tink mumbled. "You, a Guardian. I never would've expected it."

"I am a Guardian and I am not leaving here without my son. He is my true love Tink, not some man with a lion tattoo. Your fairy dust was wrong."

While the others talked Bae and Rumple searched the cave for the item they would need, a hollow coconut shell with a candle inside it. Disguised as a shadowbox, Pan never suspected that it was also a star map and the means to trap one of his jailers. Rumple noticed a stack of sketches on the table and looked through them, wincing when he found a drawing of a hand sticking out of a portal, hearing Bae's desperate pleas for him to join him.

"Papa, don't…"

"I can't help it, Bae. You were the only good thing in my life, and I let you go…for nothing! I was a coward again."

"You're not one now."

"I can't be. There's too much at stake. Henry's heart must be returned to his body soon." He smiled. "But Pan can't take it again. That gives us the advantage."

"What do you mean?"

"A heart that's divided cannot be taken or controlled. It is one of the greatest defenses an Ozian mage has against enemies. But if we do not get Henry's heart back to him in twenty-four hours Jeb Cain will become the East Guardian again. His father is already being given my powers if I fail in my mission."

"You won't fail!" Bae cried and picked up the coconut shell. They joined the others outside the cave. Regina and Tink had made a truce of sorts but a new crisis arose.

"What's happened?" Rumple demanded when they found Charming sitting on the ground holding his arm.

"He…he got nicked on a vine!" Snow cried, pointing.

"Dreamshade," Rumple hissed. "Regina, summon Ariel. NOW!" He conjured a seashell and handed it to her when they teleported back to the beach. She blew through it several times until a figure poked its head out of the water. The ginger haired woman glared daggers at Regina.

"Hello Ariel. It's been a long time."

The woman opened her mouth to speak but no sounds came out.

Regina gestured.

"You bitch! You're damn lucky I don't have my powers because I would turn you into a slug!" she yelled.

"You have every right to be angry at me Ariel, but I want to make up for that…if you'll do one small favor for me."

"Go to Ephesis and rot. I'm not helping you."

"But you will help me, cousin." Rumple said as he approached the shore. "And your friend Snow."

"Snow!" Ariel cried. "Oh, you've found your prince!"

"But he's hurt Ariel," Snow said through tears.

Ariel looked up at Rumple. "What do you need me to do?"

Rumple picked up a stick and began to draw a crude map on the sand while Ariel perched on a large rock to get a closer look. "Can you get there?"

"I'll have to cross realms, but I can make it."

"The town is protected by a cloaking spell but being my kin you'll be able to surface within it's boundaries." He summoned a seeing globe. "This is the woman you are looking for. Her name is Belle. She'll be expecting you." He picked up a sand dollar and waved his hand over it. "Give her this. She'll know what to do."

"Eric is in the town, Ariel," Regina informed her. "If you succeed, I'll tell you who he is. Finding him is up to you." She waved her hand and bracelet appeared on Ariel's arm. "This will give you legs for twenty-four hours. You bring us back what we want, it'll give you legs anytime you want them."

"She doesn't need the bracelet. If you succeed, I will speak to your father about giving you your powers back Ariel," Rumple added.

"Good luck with that. He still won't forgive me for loving a human."

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

Bae burst out laughing.

"What?"

"Going all Godfather again, Papa?"

"If it gets results, yes!"

Ariel placed the shell into the little satchel she carried and dove into the water.

"Do you think she'll make it?" Snow asked.

"She has to. Your husband's life depends on it," Regina murmured.

"Why?!"

"Because the cure for the dreamshade is in Storybrooke."

Snow took her husband's hand and kissed it. "We're going to get you better David. Just hold on."

"How long does he have?" Emma whispered to Rumple.

"Twenty-four hours," he answered grimly.

Storybrooke, Maine

Four days prior to the Final Eclipse

Jon and Michael Darling learned quickly that there weren't many places to hide in a town like Storybrooke. They took refuge in an abandoned cabin in the forest while keeping a close eye on the Sheriff's deputies that were scouring every inch looking for them. They'd been given a message that a mermaid would soon arrive in the town to collect the legendary Pandora's Box.

"Get that box or you'll never se your sister again," Pan threatened through the seeing globe.

Moments later they heard voices and threw their belongings into their backpacks, racing out the backdoor just as a group of deputies surrounded the cabin, guns drawn.

"Clear!" David yelled when he and Edgar entered the cabin from the front.

"Clear!" Hildy called when she and Terry entered from the back.

Archie teleported in.

"Someone's been here. This is still hot," he said, holding up a bowl of soup.

"I'll find 'em! Come on Molky," Edgar growled and shifted into cat form.

"What do you want us to do Archie?" Hildy asked.

"Keep looking here in case they come back and let me know immediately if you find them," he ordered and vanished.

"….Y'know, I kinda like the idea of Archie and Az runnin the town. Been quiet," Leroy was saying to his brothers while they were eating lunch on the shore.

"Yeah…ahhchoo! Well…achoo! Regina's not gonna give up her throne so easily," Sneezy reminded him.

"Hello!" they heard a voice call out from the water. Seven pairs of eyes followed her every move as Ariel emerged from the water. "I'm looking for a woman named Belle. Can you help me?"

"Come with me, sister," Leroy said.

Belle stared down at the hamburger and fries that had been placed in front of her, having no desire to eat it.

"What? Too many pickles? Not enough pickles?" Granny demanded impatiently.

"No, no, it's fine…" Belle murmured.

"That's the third burger you've turned down this week," Archie said. "I know you miss Rumple."

"He thinks he's going off to his death, but I don't…and I'm tired of sitting around here just waiting. I want to help him. I can't even reach him in dreams. He's blocking me. Maybe he doesn't need me anymore."

"You can't think like that." He reached across the counter and took her hand in his. "I know how difficult it is to be parted from someone you love but you have to keep believing that he'll come back."

"I just feel like he doesn't need me anymore."

"Excuse me but is there someone here named Belle?"

"Umm…excuse ME but no shirt no shoes no service." Granny informed the young woman who had just walked into the diner at Leroy's side.

"Really Granny, your granddaughter wears more revealing outfits than this!" Leroy snapped. She glared at him and returned to the kitchen.

"I'm Belle," Belle said softly and got off the stool. "Who are you?"

"My name is Ariel. Rumplestiltskin sent me. He has an important message for you."

Archie smiled from his stool. Rumple's timing was perfect, as always.

She smiled. "Then come with me!"

She waved her hand and they vanished in a puff of smoke. Archie tossed a stack of bills on the counter and hurried after them.

Ariel took a seashell out of her satchel and handed it to Belle. "Here is his message. Do you know how to get it?"

"I do." Belle waved her hand over the sand dollar and an image of Rumple appeared before her.

"My darling Belle. The situation on Neverland has become more dangerous than I thought. Pan was able to take Henry's heart and absorb some of its powers. We only have twenty-four hours to return it before his powers pass to Jeb Cain and Charming has been infected with dreamshade and needs to be given ambrosia in twenty-four hours. You will need to get it from Archie and Az. The second item you will find through the strength of our love. I love you Belle, and you were right. I will see you again."

"Do you know what he's talking about?" Ariel asked her.

"I do. Watch." Belle took off her necklace and waved her hand over it until it turned back into her chipped cup. She carried it over to the cupboard and unlocked the door. Once she placed it on its saucer a beam of gold light shot out of it and onto the floor in the shape of a square. She removed the loose floorboard and took out a small box with Greek and Ozian symbols on it, a large ruby on the top.

"Is that…?"

"Pandora's Box," Belle whispered. "This is what we need to defeat Pan."

"We'll take that," they heard a man say from the doorway, a gun in his hand. "Give it to me."

"Not on your life."

"Give it to us or we'll take it!" another snarled.

"Maybe…maybe we should do what they say…" Ariel said timidly.

Jon Darling pulled back the trigger. "Give it to us."

"I don't think you heard me. Not on your life. Now I will be taking that!" She flicked her wrist and sent the men flying into the wall, the gun falling out of the elder's hands. She picked it up. "I take it Pan sent you."

"Please, just give us the box. We don't want to hurt you."

"I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to," Belle said coldly.

"Well, well, well….look what the cat dragged in," Archie said when he walked into the backroom. "Belle, say hello to the Home Office. We've been looking for you boys."

"Oh, is that who they are? Well, in that case…" She dropped them to the floor and conjured two chairs, tying them to them with strands of Rumple's gold thread.

"We have some questions for you and you're going to answer them," Archie informed them coldly. "And don't bother trying to lie because we'll know."

"You heard him boys. Start talking!" Belle hissed.

"We don't want to hurt anyone. We just want our sister back!" Michael cried.

"Try again!" Archie snapped, ready to unleash the Commander on them. "You held a gun to these women, obviously on your master's orders and you expect us to believe you don't want to hurt anyone? The truth!"

"It is the truth!" Jon protested.

Belle crossed her arms over her breasts and glared at them. "You have a choice, gentlemen start telling us the truth, or you sleep with the fishes."

Two chains with rocks attached to them appeared in the room in front of the now terrified Darling brothers.

"Please," Michael begged. "We don't want to do this, but we have to, or Pan is gonna kill our sister." His eyes met Belle's. "His shadow came for us almost a century ago. We went to Neverland a few times and we enjoyed it for a while but after a while we wanted to come back home. Time moved differently there. We thought we were gone for weeks but we were only gone a few hours. Then one night it took Wendy. She didn't enjoy Neverland like we did because she learned it's dark secrets. It was a prison for boys who feel lonely, lost. And they didn't want girls there. Pan's been looking for a certain boy, the one he calls the 'Truest Believer'. He claims this boy is supposed to become a god and Pan wants to absorb all his powers so he can live forever. We tried to bring the boy to him years ago, but we failed. Now he has him and Rumplestiltskin is the only one standing in his way of getting what he wants. Pan's promised us he'll release Wendy if we bring that box to him."

Archie snorted. "You're fools if you believe that. He's only telling you what you want to hear. You give him that box he'll kill your sister anyway and you along with her because you're expendable."

"So, here's an offer I don't think you can afford to refuse. You help us stop Pan, you can make a new start here and you get your sister back," Belle proposed.

"You really think you can stop him."

"Yes, I do," Belle said confidently. "You said yourself that Pan fears Rumple because Rumple is more powerful whether that manchild wants to admit it or not. Do we have a deal?"

"This is one deal I don't think you want to pass up," Archie advised them. The two men thought for a moment.

"We have a deal, but you better deliver, or we will make sure the Home Office levels this town." Jon threatened.

"They won't. We've made certain of that," Az said when she teleported in.

Belle tossed the box to Ariel.

"Get that to Neverland right away along with this."

The sand dollar reappeared in Ariel's hand.

"Regina…the Queen said there was a prince named Eric living here. His lands bordered Atlantica….what?" she demanded angrily when she saw the look pass between Archie and Az.

"How is that possible? If Eric were here, I would know!" Archie exclaimed.

"Care to elaborate Archie?" Belle demanded.

"Eric's kingdom was destroyed by King George's forces before the Dark Curse hit," Az explained. "He escaped through a portal to the OZ."

"He was the only one who survived. Cain and Jeb Mysticos found him on the old road and took him to Central City where he went through training to be a Tin Man," Archie added. "The last time I saw him was when he was acting as a spy for the Resistance."

"Then why would Regina tell me he was here? She lied to me!" Ariel cried.

"He still could be here," Belle soothed. "Archie came here later than everyone else. Maybe Eric did too."

"There's only one way to find out. Ask Jeb," Az murmured.

"Ariel, we will find Eric, but you need to go back to Neverland. Now," Belle said firmly. "The longer we wait, the greater the risk we take in Aramon's Prophecy coming true. Archie, Az, you need to give her the antidote to dreamshade."

"Who was infected with it?" Az cried.

"Charming," Belle replied.

Archie took off his amber pendant and waved his hand over it. A vial of amber colored liquid hovered in the air above him. "Ariel, have them give this to David. It'll cure him. Hurry. He needs to get it within twenty-four hours!"

Belle waved her hand and teleported them to the beach.

"I'll give Rumple your message Belle. I just hope we'll be able to find Eric. I know he's only human, but I love him very much."

Belle hugged her. "You will see each other again. True love is the strongest magic in all the realms. If he loves you as much as you love him, he'll find his way back to you."

Ariel slung her satchel over her shoulder and dived into the ocean, her heart filled with hope.

Neverland

Four days prior to the Final Eclipse

"….Look after my parents Regina," Emma pleaded.

"They'll be safe with me."

"Talk about irony. Being protected by the same woman who tried to kill us more times than I can count," Charming said sarcastically.

"Keep it up smartass and I'll gladly speed up your demise," Regina retorted earning a glare from Snow.

"Enough, children," Rumple chided. "Tick tock! Regina, the moment Ariel arrives you give Charming that dreamshade."

"I'm sorry I'm late!" Ariel called out from the shore. "We ran into a few problems."

"Did you get them?" Rumple asked hopefully. Ariel removed the vial and box from her satchel and handed them to him. Rumple gave the vial to Snow for Charming to drink.

"Ugh!" he cried. "This…this…smells like….my toilet!" he gasped. "And THIS is supposed to be the nectar of the gods? It even tastes horrible!"

Bae laughed. "So did every medicinal potion Papa made me take. I think he made them that way on purpose."

"You felt better afterwards, dearie!"

"Mom look!" Emma cried.

"Oh, thank God!" Snow sobbed when the black lines began to disappear and kissed her husband passionately.

"Get a room!" Regina snorted.

"You lied to me! Eric's not in Storybrooke!" Ariel yelled at her. "Archie said he's in the OZ and he may be dead!"

"Regina that was cruel!" Snow lectured.

"Eric IS in Storybrooke," Regina insisted. "I didn't see him until after I got Henry but he is there. He owns a lobster boat."

"Christopher is Eric? He doesn't look like him."

"I didn't recognize him at first either but if he lived in the OZ, that explains why. Look what the place did to Archie," Regina countered.

"Regina's right Ariel. You'll find Eric at the docks," Rumple said. "Go and find him cousin and I wish you luck."

"Thank you Rumple." Ariel said.

"Oh, and what I? Chopped liver?" Regina snapped when Ariel vanished. "I'm the one who got her here. Oh well. I suppose I might as well suck it up. Shut up Swan!"

Emma was laughing.

Rumple waved his hand over the sand dollar and Belle's image appeared.

"Rumple, the cloaking spell is up but someone did get through. Two men named Jon and Michael Darling."

"Jon and Michael!" Bae exclaimed. "That's impossible!"

"Pan sent them here to try to steal Pandora's Box. He's holding their sister Wendy captive. I've given my word that you would rescue her for them Rumple and we would give them a safe haven here."

"You're damn right we are. Oh God…she came after me….it's my fault she's here!" Bae moaned.

"Wanna explain that Neal?" Emma demanded.

Bae went on to tell them how he became a member of the Darling family and of offering himself to the Shadow to prevent Wendy's brothers from being taken.

"But that was over a century ago! Pan must be using magic to slow their aging process if they're grown men now. Wendy would still be the same age she was when I last saw her. Papa, she came here looking for me. I know she did. We have to help her. Please," Bae begged.

"Alright. Regina take Snow, Tink and Charming and try to find this Wendy."

"Rumple, though time and space are between us now, know that I am right by your side and that my love will guide you home," Belle was saying.

Seconds later her image vanished.

"Bae, you Emma and I will capture this Shadow."

"It's not gonna be easy."

"I wasn't expecting it to be."

While the others set off for the camp, Bae led his father and Emma through another part of the island known as Dark Hollow, the Shadow's home.

"Anyone who tried to escape had their shadows ripped out and sent here," he explained once they began hearing howls and shrieks that sent chills down their spines. "It's a fate worse than death."

Once they stepped through the trees a group of shadows flew at them as their master hovered above them, laughing demonically.

"Bae! Oh no you don't dearies!" Rumple snarled and blasted two shadows attacking his son.

"Emma, look out!" Bae yelped as a shadow dived toward her.

Two others pinned her against a tree and were trying to tear her shadow from her body with little success.

"Didja think it would be that easy," she taunted, holding out the half of the shell with the candle in it.

"Her shadow is protected!" one yelled to its master.

"And this one doesn't have one! How is that possible?"

"Keep playing the game for now Rumplestiltskin but we know the truth. You'd rather let the boy die than surrender the powers of the Dark One."

"He won't let Pa kill your son Baelfire. He wants to do the honors himself. You've seen him do it before, kill anyone who knows his weaknesses."

Bae shivered, the memory of the mute housekeeper they had flashing before his eyes.

"Don't listen to them Bae!" Rumple cried. "Emma, light the candle."

"I've seen you risk Henry's safety before you son of a bitch!" Emma snarled. "He left our son under a sleeping curse so he could bring magic to Storybrooke," she said to Bae. "He's been playing us."

"No! I AM here to save Henry! Bae, Emma, please, you have to believe me."

"You know the prophecy. A child will be his undoing. That child is your son. He will kill him."

"No…." Bae moaned.

The candle now lit Emma held the shell up to draw the shadow into it. It screamed in agony as she slammed the top down, trapping it inside, the other shadows forced to retreat in fear and confusion. She stalked over to Rumple, glaring daggers.

"You're killing our son over our dead bodies Gold."

"Emma…."

"We're gonna be watching you," Bae informed him coolly. "The box. Give it to me."

"Why?"

"You say you're here to save my son. Prove it. Give me the box. NOW!"

"You're making a mistake. This is what he wants…to divide us!"

"The box, Papa. Do you think I forgot what you did to that poor girl? She couldn't even talk, and you killed her anyway to protect your precious dagger!"

He paled, his hands trembling when he placed the box in Bae's hand.

This wasn't over. He would save his family and then he would save himself….if he could.

Concealed behind some bushes, Snow, Charming and Regina felt like they were watching the pages of the classic novel Lord of the Flies come to life. Scantily clad boys danced around a fire waving spears and singing. They could see a large cage on the other side, its only occupant a very terrified young girl who looked to be no older than twelve. Two boys poked her through the bars with the tips of their spears.

"Time for dinner!" one laughed and shoved a small plate through the bars, half of its contents spilling onto the ground.

"Stop, please stop!" she cried.

"Enough of this," Regina snarled and teleported from her hiding place. "Playtime is over boys."

"It's the Queen. Get her!" Felix yelled. Regina waved her hand and they were frozen.

"Looks like you're stuck, and your precious Pan is otherwise occupied, or he would've helped you."

Snow, Charming and Tink emerged from their hiding place. Tink unlocked the cage and pulled a terrified Wendy out.

"Why are you helping me now?" Wendy demanded.

"I couldn't rescue you alone. I needed help and it's finally here."

"My brothers! Pan will kill them!"

"No he won't," said Bae when they teleported in. He ran to Wendy and threw his arms around her. "Oh, Wendy why? Why did you come after me? You should've stayed with Jon and Michael."

"Bae? Bae, is it really you?"

He laughed through his tears. "It's me."

"But you look so….old…"

"I know but you don't know how glad I am to see you! We're gonna take you back to Jon and Michael."

"Are they safe?"

"Yes."

"Please, take us with you!" one of the young boys pleaded.

"Shut up," Felix hissed.

"We don't wanna be bad…Felix beats us if we don't do what he says, or he has the Shadow take us away."

"Oh, does he now?" Snow growled. "We've got a special place for bullies, a little cage worse than the one you put Wendy in."

"You can't scare me! Pan will finish you."

"Don't count on it, dearie!" Rumple hissed.

"You're no match for him. You're too scared to give up your power and every minute you keep Henry's heart out of his body is another minute closer to getting rid of the one person who can destroy you."

"Wait a minute!" Charming cried, drawing his sword and pointing it at Rumple. "You're double crossing us…again! You're not here to save Henry. You're here to kill him."

"You took that potion from Emma and used it to bring magic to Storybrooke when she needed it to save him while he was under the curse!"

"You're not getting anywhere near MY son!" Regina snarled.

"This is exactly what my father wants; to turn you all against me so we'll be weaker but it's not going to work. Tink, Snow, Charming, take the boys to the Jolly Roger. The rest of us are going to Skull Rock and then we'll see WHO wants to save my grandson!"

A small rowboat appeared in the water. Regina, Bae and Emma climbed in behind Rumple. Bae and Emma picked up the oars and started to row toward a large cave in the center of the island the resembled exactly what it had been named for…a rock in the shape of a human skull. Rumple sat in the back of the boat trying to forget the terrifying images flashing before his eyes, himself trapped in the Realm of the Forgotten and then lying dead on the street in Storybrooke as another curse swept through the town, one that destroyed it and sent everyone back to the Forest. Everyone he loved dying as the Final Eclipse darkened the Ozian skies and the realms fell, Emma and Henry in New York City alone…their memories of their former life gone as if they'd never existed.