𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓤𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓐 𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮

3x16 It's Not Easy Being Green and Charcoal

SCENE: Oz. Past. A green cyclone drops a basket beside a yellow-brick road. In the distance, the Emerald City can be seen. A woodcutter and his wife are walking along the road. Babies can be heard wailing.

Woodcutter's Wife: Did you hear that?

Woodcutter: Nothing. Stick to the road. (His wife notices the basket.)

Woodcutter's Wife: Oh, where did it come from?

Woodcutter: The cyclone must have dropped it. Dear, what are you doing?

Woodcutter's Wife: (She picks it up, revealing a baby girl and boy, twins.) What do you expect me to do? Leave the poor things to the wolves? They're beautiful. (A branch is close to breaking overhead. The Woodcutter notices the babies both raise a finger, magically changing the branch's direction; causing no harm as it falls to the ground some yards away. However, his wife remains oblivious.)

Woodcutter: (Nervously.) They did that. They knocked that tree away.

Woodcutter's Wife: Calm your nerves, dear. It was just the wind. They're only a babe and they need our help. Can we keep them?

Woodcutter: That's not a good idea. Didn't you see what they did? They're not like us.

Woodcutter's Wife: You're right, they're not. they're alone and we're going to take care of them. Now, stick to the road or we'll never make it to the Emerald City before dawn. (She starts walking on again.)

Woodcutter: What should we call them?

Woodcutter's Wife: What about Zelena and Loki? They're going to be the happiest baby in all of Oz.

SCENE: Storybrooke. Present day. Storybrooke Graveyard. Mourners, including Emma, Logan, Ruby, Mary Margaret, David, Regina, Robin Hood, Hook, Maddy, the twins, and Belle attend Neal and Olivia's funeral. Neal and Olivia are laid to rest. Hook takes up a shovel and scoops soil to bury Neal and Olivia's coffin.

SCENE: Storybrooke. Present day. Zelena and Loki's Farmhouse. A grieving Mr. Gold doubles over in pain.

SCENE: Storybrooke. Present day. Storybrooke graveyard. Regina, David, Logan, and Belle follow Hook's example. Then Emma encourages Henry and Izzy to scoop soil on their father and aunt's coffin. Lastly, Emma herself takes up a shovel.

SCENE: Storybrooke. Present day. Zelena and Loki's Farmhouse. Zelena and Loki walk up to Mr. Gold's cage.

Loki: You've spent so long figuring out how to get to this land, groomed Regina to cast your curse, spent twenty-eight years waiting for it to be broken, all that you can be with your son and daughter. Now, they're gone. Tell me, Rumple, were they really worth all that trouble?

Mr. Gold: Every bit of it. They were family. Something you know nothing about.

SCENE: OZ. Past. Zelena, now a young adult, is helping her father to shave as Loki, also now a young adult, makes breakfast.

Zelena: How's that, father? (She hands him a mirror.)

Woodcutter: You've missed a spot. (Zelena resumes shaving her father.) No matter, how you feel on the inside, Zelena and Loki, remember to always put on a good face.

Loki: We know, Father. (Accidentally, Zelena cuts him.)

Woodcutter: Careless child. (Using magic, Zelena makes a clean cloth appear in order to attend to the cut. Her father is terrified. Loki hurries over, putting his hands on Zelena's shoulders.) Don't touch me!