There was an enchanted forest filled with all the classic characters we know. Or think we know.

One day they found themselves trapped in a place where all their happy endings were stolen.

Our world.

This is how it happened...

(In The Enchanted Forest)

Prince Charming rides on his horse at lightning speed to find his lover, Snow White. He raced through the forest as snow began to fall. By the time he reached Snow White in her glass coffin, it was too late. Her mind and body are forever trapped in a death-like sleep. The seven dwarves all gathered at her coffin, sad and miserable. Charming stared at Snow's pale face, her blood-red lips, and her closed eyes.

Charming didn't want to believe that Snow was gone, he ordered the dwarves to open the coffin so he could at least say goodbye. They opened the coffin for Charming. He kneeled to Snow White then he kissed her. Light magic was spread out across the land, chasing away the darkness, and broke the spell.

Snow White awakened from her slumber, gasping for a breath of air. Charming smiled as Snow stared at him "You found me." Snow White spoke. Charming helped her out of the coffin, they stared into each other's eyes. Charming promised her that he would always find her and that promise would never break.

They arrived at the castle where they were getting married. Everyone in the kingdom was present for this special day. Once they said their vows, the preacher made them husband and wife. The whole kingdom cheered, clapped, and smiled at the new king and queen, even Grumpy was happy for them. And they would live happily ever after, or so they thought.

Just as they were about to kiss, the doors opened, and people gasped in fear as they turned to see Regina, the Evil Queen. She wears a dark smile on her face as she storms towards Snow and Charming. She used magic to push away the palace guards, people were now terrified. Snow didn't want her stepmother to ruin her happiness anymore, so she took Charming's sword and pointed it at Regina. "She's not a queen anymore," Snow stated as people whispered. "She's nothing more than an evil witch!"

"You're wasting your time, you've already lost. I will not let you ruin this wedding." Charming claimed.

But the Evil Queen didn't come to ruin the wedding but to give them a gift. Snow told Regina that they wanted nothing from her but she already forced them to have it. Regina spoke her plan, "My gift to you, is this happy, happy day. For tomorrow my real work begins. You've made your vows, now I make mine. Soon, everything you love, everything you all love, will be taken from you forever. And out of your suffering will rise my victory. I shall destroy your happiness if it's the last thing I do."

She walked away from Snow and Charming, knowing that her plan would succeed. Charming refused to let her win, he called out to her and threw his sword straight at her. But the Evil Queen disappeared in a puff of smoke without getting hit with the sword. Charming held Snow tight, hoping that the Queen won't win.

(In New York)

In New York City, a 28-year-old blond-haired woman in a red dress was walking down to a restaurant for a date. Her name is Emma Swan, the lost daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. She has a date for tonight but this is where she'll be catching a guy that tried to skip town with money after his wife bailed him out of prison. Now Emma is using the date as a distraction to catch this guy, she always gets her guy.

Emma walked into the restaurant, looking for the man that asked her on the date until she found him at their table. His name is Ryan, the man that Emma needed to find. They started to have a little small talk until Emma revealed Ryan's past. "Who are you?" he asked.

"The chick who put up the rest of the money," Emma answered, bluntly.

Ryan figured out that Emma was a Bail Bondsperson here to take him in. Within fear, he flipped the table over and then ran out of the restaurant towards his car. Emma was getting tired of this game so she just walked out of the restaurant, into the streets, and watched as Ryan was trying to get away. She had already put a car boot on his tire to stop him. She finally reached me as he was shaking in fear. "You don't have to do this, okay? I can pay you. I've got money." Ryan begged.

"No, you don't. And if you did, you should give it to your wife to take care of your family." Emma suggested.

Ryan hits a nerve in Emma by saying that she knows nothing about family. She slammed his head on the steering wheel, knocking him out cold, and left him. Emma headed inside her apartment after picking up something for her birthday. She placed a small box on her table and opened it. Inside was a vanilla cupcake with white frosting, she took it out and lit a single candle on it. "Another banner year," she spoke, miserably. She closed her eyes then made a wish, she blew out the candle.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Emma was in for a shock. She opened the door and a ten-year-old boy was staring back at her. He asked if she was Emma but when she said yes, she was not prepared for what the boy said next. "My name is Henry. I'm your son," he said.

Emma was shocked with fear, she never thought her past would catch up to her. Henry walked into her apartment and he explained that he was the baby that she had given up ten years ago. Emma thought he was lying but instead, he had her take him home to Storybrooke, Maine.

(The Enchanted Forest)

In a castle in the enchanted forest, a nine-month-pregnant Snow White was still thinking about Regina's curse. She hardly slept since her wedding day, not even Prince Charming could get her to calm down. "That's what she wants. To get in your head. But they are only words. She can't hurt us." Charming reassured Snow.

"She poisoned an apple because she thought I was prettier than her. You have no idea of what she's capable of." Snow warned Charming.

When Charming asks Snow how he can help her, she wants to talk to The Dark One. He knows more about the curse since he can see into the future. Charming wasn't sure that was a good idea, he was too dangerous. But Snow wasn't completely sure that their child would be safe from the curse. The Dark One can at least try to help them. Charming finally agreed to let them talk to Rumplestilskin, the Dark One.

Charming had one of the guards come with them as they wore cloaks to hide from Rumplestilskin. "When we reach the cell, stay out of the light. And whatever you do, do not let him know your name. If he knows your name, he will have power over you." the guard instructed. He called out to Rumplestilskin that the guard had a question to trick him.

"No, you don't." he said as he climbed down in bars of his cage and mocked Snow and Charming, "They do. Snow White and Prince Charming! You insult me. Step into the light and take off those ridiculous robes."

Snow and Charming obeyed him as he cackled with delight. Charming was about to ask Rumplestilskin about the Queen's curse but he already knows. Snow wanted Rumplestilskin to tell them everything he knew. So he offered to help them but he wanted something from them in return. Charming refused but Snow didn't want to take the chance of losing to the queen so she asked him what he wanted. He wanted the name of their unborn child. Snow took the deal "What do you know?" she asked.

"The Queen has created a powerful curse. And it's coming. Soon you'll all be in prison, just like me, only worse. Your prison, all of our prisons, will be time. The time will stop, and we will be trapped. Someplace horrible, where everything we hold dear, everything we love, will be ripped from us while we suffer for all eternity, while the Queen celebrates, victorious at last! No more happy endings." he explained.

"What can we do?" Snow asked with impatience.

"We can't do anything," Rumplestiltskin stated.

Snow wanted to know who could save them. Rumplestiltskin pointed to the unborn child, he reached out to touch it but Charming whacked it away. "Next time, I cut it off." He threatened Rumplestiltskin.

"The infant is our only hope. Get the child to safety. Get the child to safety and on its 28th birthday, the child will return, the child will find you, and the final battle will begin!" Rumplestiltskin stated as he laughed maniacally.

Charming had enough of this, he and Snow started to leave but Rumple was screaming that he needed to know the child's name. He knows that it'll be a girl but Charming said that it's a boy. "Missy! Missy! You know I'm right. Tell me. What's her name?" he asked Snow.

Snow White wasn't sure whether or not to trust the Dark One. But a deals a deal, so she turned around and gave Rumpe what he wanted, her daughter's name. "Emma. Her name is Emma," she said then left the dungeons.

(In Storybrooke)

After a long drive, Emma and Henry arrived in Storybrooke. However, he refused to tell her his address. She stopped in the middle of the street then got out of her car and slammed the car door close. "Look, it's been a long night, and it's almost... 8:15?" She spoke to Henry and looked at the clock tower.

Henry explained to Emma that the clock hadn't moved in his whole life. Time is frozen in Storybrooke thanks to the Queen's curse. Emma still didn't even believe Henry about the curse or that everyone in the town was a fairy tale character. "Then why doesn't everybody just leave?" Emma asked.

"They can't. If they try, bad things happen." Henry explained.

A man with a black umbrella and a Dalmation saw Henry and ran towards him. His name is Archie Hopper and his dog is named Pongo. He saw Emma and he asked who she was. "Just someone trying to give him a ride home," she answered.

Henry just bluntly told Archie that Emma is his birth mother. Emma asked Archie where Henry lives and he answered "Yeah, sure. Just right up on Mifflin Street. The mayor's house is the biggest one on the block."

"You're the mayor's kid?" Emma asked Henry with her arms crossed.

Henry looked down at the ground with guilt. Archie asked Henry where he was cause he missed their therapy session. "Oh, I forgot to tell you. I went on a field trip." Henry tried to lie.

Archie kneeled to Henry's level to talk to him. "Henry. What did I tell you about lying?" he asked, "Giving in to one's dark side never accomplishes anything."

"Okay. Well, I really should be getting him home," said Emma.

Archie wished them both goodnight and left them. Emma still didn't think this whole curse was real even after looking at Archie who seemed fine. Henry said otherwise, Archie is a fairytale character just like everyone else in this town. No one in the town remembers who they are or why they are here. "All right, I'll play. Who's he supposed to be?" Emma asked Henry.

Henry told Emma that Archie is known as Jiminy Cricket from the story of Pinocchio. "Right. The lying thing. I thought your nose grew a little bit." Emma said, sarcastically.

Henry got back in Emma's car saying that he was not Pinocchio. She got in the car and drove to Henry's house.

(In Enchanted Forest in Snow and Charming's castle.)

Snow White and Prince Charming called a Council Meeting on how to deal with the Queen and her curse. The council is made up of Snow and Charming as the leaders, and the seven dwarves beside them. Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, and his son Pinocchio on the left side of them. Red Riding Hood and her Granny are on the right side of the dwarves. And finally, right in front of Snow and Charming was the masked dragon rider with his Night Fury.

Charming couldn't just wait for the Queen to attack them so he figured that they should go to war with her. "Fighting is a bad side. Giving into one's dark side never accomplishes anything." Jiminy reasoned with Charming.

"And how many wars has a clear conscience won?" Charming asked, "We need to take the Queen out before she can inflict her curse."

Doc was starting to question if they could even trust Rumplestiltskin but Charming wasn't listening. He kept on telling everyone the plan of attack until Snow told him that the future was written, and this curse was going to happen. Charming refused to believe that good will always win and it can't lose. Snow White was losing hope until Charming reminded her that their child would be the savior and break this curse. The doors opened and in walks two knights bringing in a tree. "What is this?" Charming asked.

The Blue Fairy came flying in, she explained that this tree was their only hope of saving the child. "A tree? Our fate rests on a tree?! Let's get back to the fighting thing." Grumpy remarked.

The masked rider just rolled his eyes and explained that the tree is enchanted, if they can carve it into a vessel, it can ward off any curse. Geppetto volunteered to build the vessel with his boy to help the Charmings. The Charmings were now filled with hope until they heard the bad news about the tree. "There is, however, a catch. The enchantment is indeed powerful. But all power has its limits, and this tree can protect only one." The Blue Fairy explained.

The Charmings knew that one of them would have to go. Prince Charming asked the masked dragon rider if he could be their eyes in the sky to look for the Queen's curse. The dragon rider spoke softly, agreeing to do whatever it took to make sure they were safe. He and his dragon left the room to find the curse. The Night Fury groaned with worry "I know bud. But we promised the Charmings we would help, and that's what we will do." The rider spoke to his dragon.

He took off his mask to reveal himself as fifteen-year-old Hiccup Haddock, the Dragon Tamer in the Enchanted Forest.

(In Storybrooke)

Emma finally arrived at Henry's house, they both got out of the car and they walked to the front door. Henry was begging Emma not to send him back but she refused to let him go and figured that his new parents were worried sick. "I don't have parents. Just a mom and she's evil." Henry said, scared.

Emma thought he was just making this up but he told Emma that his mother only pretends to love him. She thought it wasn't true until the doors to the house opened and inside were three people. A woman with short black hair and wearing a gray dress. An officer who is the sheriff of the town. And finally, a fifteen-year-old boy with a green shirt, brown pants and hair, boots, and emerald green eyes. The woman saw Henry and ran to him, hugging him tight "Are you ok? Where have you been? What happened?" she asked him.

"I found my real mom," Henry said with anger and ran into the house.

The woman looked at Emma with shock. There was tension between them that you could cut with a knife. The sheriff went to check on Henry with his partner. The woman, Regina, offered Emma to come into her house for a glass of apple cider. Emma took her offer and walked in, she waited for Regina with the cider. Regina came into the room with two empty glasses and started to pour in the cider as Emma asked her some questions about Henry. When Regina adopted Henry at three weeks old, the birth mother didn't want any contact with the kid.

"Do I need to be worried about you, Ms. Swan?" Regina asked.

"Absolutely not," Emma assured her.

Regina finished preparing the drinks and handed a glass to Emma. The sheriff and his partner came downstairs telling them that Henry is alright and sleeping in his room. Emma asked about the boy who was with the sheriff, his name was Harry Jones. He's like a big brother to Henry and he helps everyone in town from the sheriff to the school and sometimes even Regina herself. Emma seemed to notice that Harry was by himself when the sheriff left, which made her wonder where the kids' parents were.

Both she and Regina sat in the living room when she brought the question up. Regina explained that Harry lives alone in a small cottage in the woods by himself. No one knows how he came here or who his parents were. She apologized to Emma about Henry showing up at her apartment and dragging her out of her life. Since Regina became mayor, it was hard for her to struggle with juggling her job and being a single mother.

"Am I strict? I suppose. But I do it for his own good." Regina said, "I want Henry to excel in life. I don't think that makes me evil. Do you?"

Emma then told Regina that Henry thinks everyone in the town is a character from his fairy tale book. Regina had no idea what she was talking about. "You know what, it's none of my business. He's your kid. And I really should be heading back." Emma stated.

Emma finished the drink but she was getting a weird vibe from Regina like she was lying about something. Regina led Emma out of the house, as she walked to her car she saw Henry looking out his bedroom window with a sad look on his face and left. Even though Henry couldn't convince her to stay, a familiar creature would try. Emma was about halfway to cross the town line when she saw that Henry left his fairy tale book in her car on purpose. "Sneaky kid," she spoke to herself.

She turned her head back to the road when she saw two wolves standing in the middle of the road. One was gray and white with one black one and one red eye. The other one was wolf-like but it was an all-black husky with acid green eyes. Emma gasped and tried to steer away from the wolves but she went too fast and crashed her car right near the town sign, knocking her unconscious. The storm grew worse as the two wolves howled at the moon and left Emma.

(In the Enchanted Forest)

Inside the nursery for the baby, Geppetto and Pinocchio were hard at work finishing the wardrobe. Snow and Charming were in their room still discussing which one of them would go through the wardrobe. Charming wanted Snow to go through with their baby but she didn't want to leave Charming. They both know that it was the only way "He said it would be on her 28th birthday." Snow White reminded him.

"What's 28 years when you have eternal love?" Charming said to his wife as she sobbed, "I got faith. You will save me as I did you."

Snow kissed Charming with passion as a way of saying goodbye but there would be a change of plans. She felt a sharp pain in her stomach, groaning as Charming asked her what was wrong. Their baby is coming and at the worst time too. On the top of the watchtower, Grumpy and Sleepy were keeping an eye out for the masked dragon rider, well mostly Grumpy was looking. He then heard the call of the Night Fury and spotted the masked rider heading this way. He hit Sleepy across the head to wake him up as the masked rider landed.

"What is it?" he asked.

The masked Rider got off his dragon "The Queen has cast her curse. It's heading this way." He explained.

Grumpy was going to ask how the Queen figured out the curse but they all heard the sounds of thunder and turned around to see black clouds with green lightning rolling this way. Grumpy ordered the masked rider to go find the Charmings and warn them. As the masked rider left, Grumpy rang the bell, shouting "The curse! It's here!"

Hiccup took off his mask and instead of finding the Charming's, he went to find the Blue Fairy. He might not remember everything after the curse hits, but Toothless will. They heard the knights getting ready to battle the Evil Queen's black knights. "Blue Fairy?! I need you!" he shouted.

She heard his cries and hurried towards him. She told him that she knew a spell that could protect Toothless's memories but there was a catch. Toothless will be trapped in the cursed form the Queen puts him in, once the curse is lifted Toothless will have the ability to switch forms to protect Hiccup and the rest of the people here. Hiccup didn't care what the price was, as long as his best friend could still help Emma become the Savoir. The Blue Fairy cast her spell before disappearing.

A part of the curse came into where Hiccup was "Run Toothless! Go find the Charmings! Help them get their daughter to safety!" Hiccup shouted.

Toothless didn't want to leave his rider, his best friend, his brother. Hiccup bent down and pressed his forehead against Toothless's "I promise bud. We will find each other. No curse or cage can keep us apart. Now go and help them." Hiccup stated as Toothless left to find the Charmings'. The curse had taken Hiccup away from here.