Feeling herself reappear, it takes Emma some time to get used to the sensation of materializing. While the effect had been similar to when Regina used her magic, this time she knew that it had been something else that brought her here.

And here was definitely no longer in Storybrooke.

With the coat on her hand, Emma quickly throws it to the floor and separates from it, already imagining how pissed Regina will get at her for doing the first thing she had told her not to do. Because, again, the brunette had been right about the coat and the magic it possessed.

Or whatever had happened in order to bring her here.

Which meant that she now had to somehow find her way back to Storybrooke.

Huffing in annoyance at getting lost all by herself, Emma starts walking out of the strange room she had landed on. The further she went, the more she realized that she wasn't in any place that looked familiar. There were tubes all around, what seemed like copper on the walls and lights shining from every angle.

It kinda looks like Snow's apartment but even creepier, her subconscious tells Emma worriedly and exhales in relief when she starts to hear some voices coming from one of the rooms.

"I don't wanna lie for Christmas, there's just one thing I need. I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree."

Curiously moving forward, Emma stops herself from taking another step right as she sees a kid dancing. Getting closer to him in order to ask for some help, she quickly realizes that this kid is not normal because of his pointy ears.

And that could only mean one thing...

Was she watching an elf dancing to Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas is You?

Unbeknownst to her, Emma doesn't realize that she has managed to earn the elf's attention until she sees the little boy (or man?) stop dancing in order to face her.

"Hey you!" he says surprised. "What are you doing here? In fact, how did you even get here?" he continues asking but Emma decides to run out of there.

"Wait" the elf screams but the sheriff doesn't listen to him and instead bolts out of the weird room, carelessly moving further inside the place without noticing the direction she's going.

Again, Emma forces herself to stop before getting more lost and is silently begging for Regina to come find her. In fact, she will gladly take all the insults and punishments Regina will give her if that means being rescued from this weird place.

"What will we do?!" she hears people whispering desperately. "We have four hours until Christmas ends and no Santa to deliver the gifts!"

"There may be a way." a woman says determinedly and goes out of the hall to find Emma, who does nothing to deny the fact that she was listening.

"Damn." she whispers because of course she manages to get caught.

"You!" the older woman with a red dress and glasses huffs at her. "You're the one that wished to meet my husband."

"Your husband?" Emma whispers confused.

"Santa Claus." she clarifies to Emma.

"So I really just killed Santa Claus?" the blonde cries desperately.

"Kill? No dear. He's probably somewhere in stasis waiting until the end of Christmas to wake up." Mrs. Claus soothes her but that still doesn't calm Emma completely. "Still, your little wish did get my husband to break one of the rules of being Santa Claus."

"No grown up can know about Santa's existence." an elf recites.

"I didn't mean to!" the blonde promises her and the elves? surrounding them. "It was an accident, I swear."

"We know." another elf tells her. "But still that doesn't fix the fact that we have no Santa to deliver the gifts."

"But you have everything here!" the sheriff then looks around and doesn't see the sleigh or the reindeers. "Wherever here is."

"Really dear?" Mrs. Claus says warmly. "Do you honestly don't realize that you're at the North Pole?"

"At the North Pole?" Emma whispers worriedly. "Regina will kill me."

Back At Storybrooke, Maine

Regina was trying her best to not panic. Not only had Emma disappeared without a trace right in front of them, but she didn't even sense any kind of magic used in order to achieve that.

Which meant that it was probably the coat's power what had transported Emma away.

Damn her for not listening to me, Regina thinks bitterly while wondering what to do. They had no idea of where Emma was and no way to track her.

Probably where the coat came from, the witch realizes and again huffs in annoyance because of course Emma had to take the red monstrosity with her.

"That just happened, right?" Henry asks her quietly.

"You mean the fact that your other mother didn't do as I said and took the coat and then disappeared? Yes Henry, that just happened." Regina says angrily. "Damn Miss Swan and her propensity to find trouble."

"That really does tend to happen to her. Well, us now." her son reasons. "Because we can't celebrate Christmas without her and I want to open my presents tomorrow morning."

"Really Henry, worrying about your presents while your other mother is missing?"

"Well, it's not like Peter Pan or an evil person took her. She just disappeared after taking Santa's coat." Henry smiles brightly. "I think I know someone who'll be able to tell us where Emma is."

Regina stares at her son and immediately realizes what he's trying to tell her.

"No Henry, I refuse to talk to that man."

"But he's our only hope." the boy pouts. "And I really want to open my presents on time."

"Damn you Emma." the witch murmurs quietly and uses her magic to transport Henry and herself away.

At the North Pole

"No one but Santa can give the presents." Mrs. Claus explains to Emma while moving towards the center of the room.

"And only the person wearing the coat can become Santa and deliver the gifts." an elf adds quickly.

"Then why won't you wear it?"

"We cannot. Our magic prevents us from using the coat." the older woman says apologetically. "In fact, if you were to take my husband's coat, you'll find out that he's an ordinary human being."

"So the magic comes from the coat." Emma realizes somberly. "And there's no one around to wear the coat." she closes her eyes in resignation. "I think I just ruined Christmas."

"Perhaps there's a way." Mrs. Claus tells her. "There is one person that could wear the coat and be Santa tonight." she gives Emma a knowing look.

"Me?" the sheriff asks while laughing about it. "I'm a woman. I can't be Santa Claus."

"No one will see you so it doesn't matter." the older woman continues arguing. "All you have to do is put the coat on and Santa's powers will automatically be passed on to you. After midnight, you'll be able to take the coat off and my husband will return to the North Pole."

"You're making it sound way too simple..."

"It won't be." the same elf tells her. "We have to train you and teach you how to use your powers in a matter of hours."

"Besides..." another elf says from behind them. "We also have to teach her how to drive the sleigh."

Back at Storybrooke

"Well would you look at what we have here..." Rumple says amusedly while watching the former Evil Queen and her grandson enter his shop. "I assumed you both would be at Snow's Christmas Horror Show Extravaganza."

"You're not missing anything." Regina huffs annoyed while looking at her nails. "Apart from Snow White's dreadful voice."

"Now dearie, it can't be that bad."

"It is." Henry tells him and both adults can't help but chuckle.

"Something happened tonight. Emma's missing." the witch tells him worriedly.

"I sensed some magic a few moments ago." he tells them while grabbing some boxes behind him. "But it didn't have any kind of signature."

"Because the magic didn't belong to a person. It was attached to an object."

"What kind of object?" Rumple asks curiously because a transportation spell is powerful enough to interest him.

"A coat." Regina tells him.

"A red coat." Henry clarifies and this makes the Dark One laugh loudly.

"He's here in Storybrooke. Interesting."

"Well, not exactly..." the former Queen murmurs. "We believe he was somehow forced to come here."

"And who would have the power to bring Santa Claus to town."

"Funny." Regina says sarcastically. "Apparently Emma Swan does." she chuckles. "With the help of a wish."

"She didn't know that royal family members could get their wishes granted." Henry explains to him.

"Even a common peasant knows that." Gold says annoyed.

"Not Emma Swan." the witch murmurs.

"What did she wish for?" the older man asks curiously.

"To meet Santa." Henry tells him.

"Fool woman." he huffs. "Doesn't she know the consequences of an adult seeing Santa Claus?"

"Well how would she know that the Blue Fairy would happen to hear and grant her wish?" Regina defends her friend because she's the only one allowed to insult her.

"Regardless, the moment Miss Swan saw Santa he was automatically put in a stage of stasis that will last until December 25."

"So Santa is alive?" Henry asks relieved.

"Of course." Gold promises them. "But that does mean that there's no one wearing Santa Claus' coat."

"Hence there's no one to deliver the presents." Regina whispers. "Oh no."

"Oh no what?" her son asks them both. "What does that mean?"

"It means that there will be no Christmas if we can't find a way to fix all of this." the brunette tells him honestly. "Which I promise you we'll do. But first we must find Emma."

"If that's what you came to ask me then I can tell you that she's no longer in Storybrooke."

"Then where is she?" Henry asks.

"At the North Pole of course." Gold says amused.

"Then we must go there and bring her back!"

"Henry..." Regina tries to calm him down. "There's no simple way for people to find the North Pole. No one knows where it is."

"Lucky for you I happen to own an artifact that can take you there." the Dark One smirks.

"What's the catch?"

"I would ask you to bring me some snow of course." he enchants a vile and gives it to her. "Snow from the North Pole is very rare and has incredible properties in the creation of potions. I've never had some to use and this trip you will take can help me acquire it."

"There's something else." she says knowingly. "While you may not like me that much, please remember that I'll have Henry with me." she implores to him.

"The only other catch dearie is that you will have to find a way back. The artifact can only take you to the North Pole." Gold looks at Henry. "And that's the truth."

"He won't give you something that may hurt me." Henry tells her mom surely. "Now, take that weird vial and the artifact so we can go find Ma."

"I'll trust you Gold." Regina murmurs while grabbing those two things. "Now, how do I get it to work?"

"Just think of dear Miss Swan and you'll get automatically taken to where she is." he explains to them and notices smoke surrounding them.

"Thanks Grandpa." Henry tells him while smiling at the magic around him and grabs Regina's hand before both disappear from the store.

"Now this will be interesting." he says to himself and returns to the back of the store.

"Who was that Papa?" Neal asks him while eating some turkey.

"It was Regina and Henry." he tells Belle and her son. "They were in a hurry because Miss Swan managed to get herself dragged to the North Pole."

"That sounds like Emma alright." the younger man chuckles. "You did give them something that could help them bring her back, right?"

"Of course I did." he smiles devilishly. "It's how they'll return what I'm excited to see."