TEXT: -[Present Fairy Tale World]- (Emma, Mary Margaret, Aurora, Mulan, and Hook approach the base of the beanstalk and look up, seeing that it extends through the clouds.) Emma: It's a little freakier than I remember from the story. Mulan: Reminds me of death. MMB: Encouraging. Hook: Well, your compass awaits. Shall we? Emma: Wait. If these beans create...portals, why not just pick one and go home? Why the compass? Hook: Because there aren't any more beans. Whatever story you think you know, my dear, is most certainly wrong. Emma: There was a guy named Jack, and a cow, and something about evil giant with a treasure and a golden goose....Or harp. Hook: Sounds like a lovely tale. But the truth's a little bit more gruesome. The giants grew the beans, but, rather than use them for good, they used them to plunder all the lands. Jack, was a man who fought a terrible war, defeating all but one of the evil giants. The beans were destroyed by the giants as they died. If they couldn't have their magic, then nobody could. It's really very bad form. Emma: Evil giants, who made magic portal beans? Why doesn't anyone just go up and grow some more? Hook: Because one giant survived. The strongest and most terrible of them all. And we'll have to get past him to- MMB: The magic compass. Hook: Indeed. The treasure remains, and amongst it is the compass. Now it will guide us to your land. Cora has the means to open a portal with the wardrobe ashes, but she can't find your land without the compass. Once we get it, steal the ashes from her and we're on our way. Mulan: How do we know you're not just using us to get the compass for Cora? Hook: Because you four are far safer company. All I need is a ride back. I'll swear allegiance to whomever gets me there first. Emma: Then we'd
SUMMARY:
With the hopes of finding a magical compass that could help her and Mary Margaret get back to Storybrooke, Emma takes a journey with a not-too-trustworthy Captain Hook up a treacherous beanstalk in an attempt to steal the item from a murderous giant. Meanwhile, Emma's past is revealed to be anything but magical when she meets up with a fellow thief who wants to make an honest woman out of her.