TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Rumplestiltskin, I command you to leave Storybrooke. Emma: That looks like your book. Henry: It's blank. And if this place is full of potential storybooks... This is the author's house. I was hoping he could write me a happier story. I'm in. I learned the rules do apply to me. There's someone who can change those rules... the author. Uhh! [SCENE_BREAK] [ Forbidden Fortress - Past ] [SCENE_BREAK] (Ursula is in the Fortress. She knocks out a gard.) Maleficent: Stop. Just who the hell might you be? (Ursula attacks Maleficent.) Ursula: Ursula. But you can call me your majesty. Maleficent: I don't bow down to fish. Ursula: Who are you? Maleficent: I'm the person whose valet you either knocked out, strangled, or tried to impregnate. I don't know what those tentacles are for. Ursula: I was invited here. What's your excuse? Maleficent: This is my home. Ursula: So why did you send for me? Maleficent: Believe me, I did not send for you. Ursula: Then what... (They hear barking dogs. Cruella comes.) Cruella: I wouldn't do that. Don't worry. They don't eat fish or dragon. Unless I tell them to. Thank you, my darlings. A wonderful job. I'll take it from here. Now who's gonna tell me what in the hell I'm doing in this ghastly place? Maleficent: Lovely question, because this "Ghastly place" is my home, and I didn't ask for any visitors. Cruella: I received specific instructions. Ursula: As did I. Maleficent: I don't care. You're trespassing. And do you know what I do with trespassers? Ursula:
SUMMARY:
In the past of the Enchanted Forest, before the first curse, Snow White and Prince Charming are asked by the Queens of Darkness to find the Tree of Wisdom, for answers on stopping the Evil Queen's Curse. Maleficent later reveals to Snow White that she will also be a mother as well, and asks for help in stopping the Curse to protect both of their children. But she refuses to help a villain. In present-day Storybrooke, Emma is unaware that Mary Margaret, David, and Hook are keeping secrets from her. Cruella, Ursula, and Gold bring Maleficent back to life, whose return could wreck Emma's relationship with her parents, while Hook's past with Ursula could affect his relationship with Emma. Regina attempts to find out if Pinocchio (when he was August Booth) knew about the Author, but a riff prompts Marco to keep him away from Regina; She later apologizes to Marco, who then gives her a bag that may hold the answer to the Author's whereabouts. Gold appears in Storybrooke undetected, and is stunned to see Belle and Will kiss. Mary Margaret tells Regina a secret they can't tell Emma: she was born with a potential for Darkness, and her parents caused the "death" of Maleficent's baby.