The episode started back in the Forbidden Forrest "many years ago" in Maleficent's castle. Ursala enters and wants to know why she is there, and Maleficent would like to know the same thing. Before she can attack her unwelcome guest, 2 dogs come running at them. The dogs are followed by Cruella de Vil who would also like to know why she is there. Cruella sends her dogs away with her spell and Maleficent nearly attacks her until Rumpelstiltskin appears and informs them that he summoned them all there. He informs them that if they all work together, they too can get their happy endings and what their hearts desire.
Flash forward to Storybrooke. It's was really weird/refreshing to see Storybrooke in a normal setting. Regina is back as Mayor. She walks Henry to his bus stop. Snow White is teaching Henry's class. Emma sits in on Granny babysitting Neal, before heading to work. She meets Hook on her way and she leaves him at the library with Belle. The two of them are working on a way to free the fairies from the Sorcerer's hat. Hook gets frustrated and he and Belle talk about how they were both used by the Dark One. Hook tells Belle that as bad as Rumple is/was, he did really love her.
Rumple is now staying with Ursala in her New York apartment. The two bicker about his lack of delivering on promises. He replies to a mysterious email before they leave. They show up at a nice house where a man and all of his possessions are being taken by the FBI. Cruella is there and angrily takes one of her fur coats. Rumple and Ursala approach her and entice her with a plan to get everything she wants. She opens the garage and they leave in her car and go to...a fast food drive thru which thoroughly annoys Rumple (it's hilarious).
Emma talks with Regina and finds the storybook page that Robin had given her of them together. Emma asks Regina about it and she shares that it wasn't in the book and they thought it was a sign of hope when it appeared to him- before he left with his family. Hook and Belle rush in saying they know how to save the fairies. Belle says that one of the professors she reached out to (which is later revealed to be Rumple) had decoded one of the books for her. They take the hat and Regina casts a spell with the dagger. The fairies are freed as well as a monster that escapes them- it is a Chernabog.
Rumple leads the women into a cavern where a door is covered in blood beetles. Cruella puts them under her spell and they pass. They then come to a room filled with dragon's fire which Maleficent puts out. Ursala uses her tentacles to retrieve what Rumple is after and he informs them that he got what he wanted and now he is leaving them there to die. He leaves and the Chernabog prepares to attack them. The women hide and are afraid to see who he is going to attack first. Maleficent suggests that while it is attacking one, the other two escape and come back for the other. The three step out and the Chernabog goes after Maleficent (apparently she has the heart with the greatest capacity for darkness). She fears Ursala and Cruella have left her to die, but they rescue her.
A party is thrown at Granny's to celebrate the fairies' return. Hook doesn't want to attend because he is partly responsible for their imprisonment in the hat. Emma reminds him that he only did it because Rumple had his heart and forced him too. They arrive at the party and Henry pushes Regina to ask the Blue Fairy about the Author/Sorcerer and they show her the blank book. Emma joins the conversation and says they found them at the Sorcerer's mansion and there are a ton there. Regina tells Blue what they are trying to do, and Blue says she isn't crazy. She also shares that the Author and the Sorcerer are two very different people. The way she says it indicates that she is afraid of the Author. She has no idea who either of them are. A loud noise is heard as the building shakes. They all go outside and see the Chernabog.
The realize it came from the hat and Belle tells them that they can't put him back in the hat because once you are in it, you can never be in it again. Regina and Emma blast it with their magic and temporarily disable it. Belle heads to the library to see what she can find. Snow gets everyone to safety. And Emma and Regina work on a plan.
Rumple, Ursala, and Cruella arrive outside of Storybrooke where Rumple tells them that the town is unseen because it is under a spell. He comes clean about everything and the women are furious. They want to know how they are going to be welcomed into the town with him there after he was kicked out. He gives them his cell phone and says they are going alone. He shares his plan with them and tells them he will wait there and if they are going to include him to get him that night- otherwise he will know they have chosen to live happily ever after in Storybrooke. They call Regina from the phone and she immediately recognizes Ursala's voice. Ursala says that Rumple found her in the city and reunited her and Cruella, but they ditched him after finding out about Storybrooke because they wanted a chance to have their happy endings. Emma and Regina discuss whether or not to trust them. The women hear the Chernabog, and share that they have battled it before and it goes after the person who has the potential for the darkest heart. Emma suggests they use the Snow Queen's scroll to help the women into the town. They decide that if the monster is magic, what would happen to it if it where to be in a land without magic. They decide to lead it to the town line and lure it over.
Emma tells her mom they have a plan but Snow is worried. Emma and Regina lure the beast to the town line, but Regina is afraid that Emma will get hurt because the beast is after her. She poofs to the edge of the line as the beast attacks the top of Emma's car. As she reaches the line, she slams on the breaks and the beast is thrown over the line and disappears. Snow and Charming appear and see Ursala and Cruella on the outside of the town. They tell Emma that they don't think it is a good idea to let them in and Regina comes tot heir defense. She says it wouldn't be fair for her to deny someone else their chance at a happy ending when she is working on getting her own. Emma agrees and they toss the scroll over the line. Ursala and Cruella open it and the town is revealed to them. They thank Regina and drive in.
Emma sits with Hook at Granny's and he asks where her parents are. She says she isn't sure because they were supposed to meet her there. She and Hook look on as Henry searches his story book for clues about who the Author is. Meanwhile, Snow and Charming meet up with Cruella and Ursala. They demand that the ladies keep their mouths shut about their past encounter in the Enchanted Forrest and if they tell Emma about it Snow threatens to rip their hearts out.
Later that night, Ursala and Cruella return for Rumple, tossing him the scroll as well. He has his magic back and lost his limp.Rumple aslo informs them that the Chernabog wasn't after Regina, it was after Emma... :O
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