𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓤𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓐 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮

2×08 - Into The Deep

–[Fairy Tale Land – Present]–

(Hook and Madeline have managed to make their way down the beanstalk. When they jump down, they find Cora waiting for them.)

Cora: My dear Captains. It seems you've been on quite an adventure. The compass, please.

Madeline: Yes, that. Well... Matters grew complicated. It's eluded me for the moment. The details of the affair are a bit of a bore.

Cora: Really? Stealing my protection spell and climbing the beanstalk without me might seem like a bore to you. But to me, it's a betrayal.

Hook: We were going to bring it to you. Our agreement remains. We are going to Storybrooke, together. We'll get it back.

Cora: I don't have time for your games. I've crossed through too many worlds to be brought short at the brink of success. Who was it who bested you?

Madeline: The Swan girl – Emma. Rest assured, it won't happen again.

Cora: No, it won't. You chose her, and the consequences of that decision.

Hook: Oh. Are you going to kill us, now? Go ahead. Try.

Cora: So brave. No, I'm not going to kill you. I have something far more satisfying in mind. I'm going to leave you here with your thirst for revenge unquenched, while I complete our journey without you.

Madeline: There's no need to be rash. We can... Discuss this.

Cora: Your pretty faces buy you a lot, but not my time. It's too valuable.

Hook: We can do this. We can get it back. You need us.

Cora: No, I don't. You've had your chance. Now, it's my turn to do this. The right way.

(Hook lunges towards Cora, but she disappears in a puff of smoke.)

———–

(Cora reappears in a hut with several drawers filled with hearts. She takes one out of its box and blows on it, causing the rest of the hearts to begin glowing. The drawers slide out, and the hearts can be heard beating. Still holding the heart, Cora steps outside, where corpses are strewn across the field.)

Cora: Rise.

(The corpses begin to move, then stand to their feet. They start to march into the woods.)

———–

(Emma, Mary Margaret, Aurora, and Mulan are still in the woods. Emma holds up a picture of the twins in front of Aurora's face.)

Emma: The boy and girl you saw in your dream – is that them?

Aurora: Yes. That's Henry and Izzy.

Emma: That's impossible. It was a dream. How could you dream of my kids?

Aurora: I have no idea.

MMB: Maybe it wasn't a dream.

Emma: What?

MMB: That room... I've been there.

Aurora: When I told you about it, you didn't say anything.

MMB: You were terrified. I didn't want to make things worse by telling you I thought it might be real.

Mulan: A room in a dream is real?

MMB: The sleeping curse. It has to be. I went through it, Aurora went through it...

Emma: The twins' been through it because I wouldn't believe them.

MMB: Emma...

Aurora: What else did you lie about?