TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] Hades: Our secret remains safe. Regina: The author's pen? Henry: I'm gonna write the stories as they are, and I'll start with Hades. Hades: She's pregnant. You two had a contract, which he just signed over to me. At any time, I can cash in and take... your... baby. You work for me. [SCENE_BREAK] [ Land of Oz - Past ] [SCENE_BREAK] (It's Zelena's birthday, and she is spending it alone with a cupcake. Through a mirror, she is watching Cora abandon her as a baby) Cora: Poor babe. Now I must give you away to give me... (Voice breaking) my best chance. Wicked Witch: (Angrily stops the scene in the mirror) You gave away the wrong child, Mother. Soon, you'll see. Soon. (Blows out the candle.) (The door suddenly bangs open and a flying monkey enters, carrying the scarecrow as a prisoner. Zelena turns to face them.) Scarecrow: Aaaah! Whoa! No, no, no, no, no! Unh! (Lands on the ground with a thud) Wicked Witch: (Walks towards him) Well, isn't this nice? Scarecrow: (Stands up) W-W-What do you want?! Wicked Witch: Why, you, of course. You're going to help me create a very special spell, one that no sorcerer has yet to achieve... a time-travel spell. I just need the ingredients... symbols of innocence and love and courage and wisdom. A symbol of innocence could be a baby, for instance, and a symbol of wisdom... could be a brain. (Chuckles evilly Scarecrow: (Gasps in fear) Wicked Witch: Your brain, to be exact. (Moves to take his brain) Scarecrow: (Cowers in fear) Oh, no! No, no, no, no,
SUMMARY:
In the past in Oz, Zelena's plot to create a time travel portal is derailed by the return of Dorothy Gale. When Hades arrives to help Zelena with her plan to steal the Scarecrow's brain, the two find romantic feelings for each other but, after they succeed, Zelena turns on Hades, believing that he is using her in order to get even with Zeus. In the Underworld, Hades forces Gold to create a portal that brings Zelena, Belle, and Zelena's baby to the Underworld. Unfortunately, when they arrive, Zelena discovers that Hades is behind the plot and that her magic is too weak to protect her child, while Belle learns the truth from Gold about his reclaiming his powers and her pregnancy, as well as the contract now with Hades. Zelena gives up her daughter to those who can better protect her, determined to keep Hades from using her to enact the time-travel portal, only to discover his love for her is unchanged. Meanwhile, Snow and David find a way to contact their son, and Henry starts to write stories in his sleep.