Wonderland, Present Day

Maleficent, Diaval, and Lily had taken Time into a nearby room. He had refused to break Emma from her curse so they figured they needed to get him alone to work out whatever needed to be worked out…or at least figure out how to force him to undo Emma's curse.

Lily had convinced them of that last bit. Maleficent didn't care either way about Emma honestly and Diaval didn't know how her but didn't want to her suffer. It really was Lily though who had convinced Maleficent. Emma even when they were children had done much for Lily despite the conflicts. She'd always felt better, more on line with her life when Emma was around and now she had helped her to find her parents.

While a reunion with Diaval was much needed, it was more urgent that they fix things with Time first who sat tied to a small wooden chair.

Hopefully showing him that he was more important by speaking to him first would help in their endeavor, Lily thought as she nodded her head towards him looking at her mother not too discretely.

Maleficent took a deep breath. "I'm sorry you know. Now that I know what I did. Even though I still don't remember it."

Time huffed. "What difference does that make to me? You still have a child with that thing!"

Maleficent rolled her eyes to keep her anger in check. "It was not intentional! I stole some thing off a merchant's cart and eating it was the last thing I remembered before you found me all upset so it must have changed my form without my intent! You cannot hold it against me!"

"Still, why should I even care?"

Maleficent stood frozen for what seemed like twenty minutes but in fact was only thirty seconds before she walked towards him with purpose and kneeled next to him so that her face was even with his. She took his face in both of her hands. "Because…because I think I love you."

"You really mean that?"

Maleficent couldn't believe the man could be so thick! "Of course! What happened was a one-time animalistic instinct affair. It WASN'T me!"

Time's eyes glanced at Lily. Maleficent didn't miss it. "I love my daughter. I had hoped one day we could have a child together. That was until you hated me for something I couldn't remember."

Time looked at Maleficent for a long time. His love for her hadn't waned since the day they'd met. She seemed sincere. She hadn't given Diaval much attention either. He decided to trust her for some reason. He felt it in his gut.

His took a deep breath. "Could we start over? Pretend it never happened?"

Maleficent smiled. Her eyes smiled too and Time knew he could trust her. Suddenly her lips were upon his and he entered heaven. He was sharing a powerful first kiss with a woman he'd loved for decades.

When they finally parted Lily spoke. "So now that you seem kind of…happy…will you help my friend?"

Time nodded with a sincere smile. "Mal, I am more than willing to help your daughter. I wish things were different, but I love you enough to help your daughter if you should agree to helping the savior."

"I guess after all she's done, bringing my daughter back to me…and you back to me, she deserves a happy ending."

Time kissed Mal as she untied him and turned to Lily. "Emma will need her heart back. Thought it's only half a heart and I swear I had nothing to do with that."

Lily chuckled a little. "I know."

"Her heart is in my room in the west wing. You will also need the orange vile on the adjacent bureau. Give her the potion, then put her heart back in her chest."

Lily nodded then turned to her father. "As soon as I help Emma, I'll come back. I've been looking for you for far too long."

Diaval grasped her hand and gave it a squeeze. "How about I help you gather the items for your friend and give them some privacy?" He nodded towards Mal and Time who were far to into each other to notice anything else.

Lily nodded and they exited.

Once they had gathered the items they returned to the great hall where everyone sat around Emma.

Lily explained what Time had told her.

"Please, let me have her heart, our heart." Killian stretched out his hand pleading. It was evident that he had been crying for some time while trying to retain a brave face.

Lily handed Killian Emma's half of their heart. "Probably a good idea. May make the magic stronger being you share a heart and true love and all that sappy stuff."

Killian cradled Emma's heart and crooked up one side of his mouth at Lily. "Don't reject true love as sappy my dear. Seems you may be a part of the clan sooner than you think." His eyes flitted to Leroy.

Lily and Killian approached Emma who sat in a chair staring out at something the rest of them couldn't see in agonizing pain.

Snow closed her eyes as she took a deep breath and squeezed her husband's hand.

Lily put the vile up to Emma's mouth and when she didn't react, she tilted her head back a little and poured it into her mouth. Emma drank the potion and then Killian plunged her heart back into her chest.

Everyone stared at Emma and waited in silence and stillness.

Emma's eyes slowly came into focus on Killian who stood before her.

"Killian?" She breathed barely more than a whisper.

Out of nowhere she jumped up eyes wide in horror and pulled away from him.

"Love what's wrong?" He asked.

Her eyes never broke contact from his. "Get away from me! I don't want to hurt you!" Her eyes then moved to his hook and stayed focused there.

Regina approached Killian. "I think she saw herself harming you. Here let me try."

Killian nodded broken heartedly.

"Emma," Regina said gaining her attention. "Time put us under a spell, a curse. What you saw wasn't real. I was under it but saw the past."

"As did I." Alice chimed in coming up to Regina.

Emma looked around the room at everyone and finally settled back upon her fiancé, Killian. "Could you take off the hook?"

He raised his eyebrows. "I thought you found it attractive love?"

Emma bit her lower lip before saying, "I'll tell you what I saw under the curse later, but I'd prefer you'd be hookless and I didn't know where it was for the time being."

Killian removed his hook and handed it to Charming and Emma didn't see what he did with it as her eyes were closed and her mind lost in the embrace she now shared with Killian. She kept saying to herself over and over again that it wasn't real, that this moment was real.

A noise altered the heroes to the entrance of Maleficent and Time holding hands into the great hall.

"You need a way home as I understand it," Time stated.

"That we do," breathed Charming.

Time walked up to Regina. After a moment he reached into his pocket and pulled out the magic mirror he had stolen from her. "I believe this should help you."

"Yes," Regina whispered a faint smile appearing on her lips.

Everyone readied themselves for the trip home. Maleficent was to remain behind with Time. Lily would visit from time to time should she be successful in her next quest: she must find Marty McFly.

Lily had decided to return to Storybrooke with Diaval as Leroy needed to go home. Six dwarves wasn't the same as seven, particularly when he was the leader. Lilly tried to tell herself that her decision was more about her wish to return to the world she knew than her feelings for Leroy, but she wasn't fooling anyone even herself.

When everyone was ready to return they gathered in the great hall where Time and Maleficent stood off to the side to watch.

Lily and her mother shared a long embrace as they said not goodbye, but see you soon.

It was time. Regina held up the mirror and whispered, "Henry? Robin?"