Once Upon A Time Season 8

The greatest author

In Storybrooke wish Henry was having breakfast at Grannys with Henry, and he told wish Henry about his life as an author, how he once made an entire crowd of people believe in magic for just a couple of seconds in order to bring back his family from the realm of untold stories, how he learned he was an author, his curse, everything.

-but I have some questions why do authors exist, who was the first author? wish Henry asked

- I am not sure, but I think it has to do with belief, as belief sparks magic, and the stories we authors write help to keep the belief in a world like this one without magic to keep magic alive. but I do not know who was the first author.

-then I would like to go on quest to find out about all previous authors before us are you coming with me?
-sure

1930, California
Walt Disney was doing great with his cartoons, he had come a long way since he was a little boy drawing horses everyone around him said he got the greatest imagination in the world, he likes making drawings move and make people happy about it.
That night he had been working late on a new Mickey cartoon, who would have thought that little mouse would be so popular amongst people but he thought what he could do next, he needs something new.

New York
Alice and Robin wanted to look in the new York public library as Henry had told Robin once about a room there that had various story books and the cup that destroyed magic, as fast as they could Alice and Robin entered the library looking for the mysterious room Henry talked about, something there could possibly help them.
They found the room and just as Henry said it was filled with storybooks, all kinds of crazy stories and realms , some of these they knew some they didn't, realms where animals talked, where toys moved, in the far corners of space, hidden under the ocean, they checked one of the books and were surprised to find a fine print it said " written by Walt Disney" 

California
Going to his office Walt stopped in a cafeteria to get some coffee and think of his next project, in that place he saw a man he was old and seemed to be lost
- can I help you? Walt asked
- yes, I came here looking for you Mr Disney, it is said you are the man with the greatest imagination, and I need you to do a job for me and my employer
-sure, what is it?
-Mr Disney there are world's beyond this one full of magic and stories, this world was deprived of its magic by those who feared magic, but there is one way to help it come back and that is by telling the stories that unfold in this other realms to the people in this world, so that they can have hope and belief, my employer appoints an author so that he can record and tell this stories using a magic quill and he wants you to be the next author, are you up for the job? The man asked
-I don't know what you are telling me to do is a crazy job and I already have a job. Walt answered
- if it is too much for you I'll understand, but I require your answer
-all I ever wanted was to give the world joy and make them live a happier life specially after the war, and if by telling those stories I can do that, them I'm in.
-then there are some places you need to see. He said as a door appeared in the middle of the coffee shop.

Storybrooke
The Henrys went to the socerer's mansion to begin their quest, first they went to the room full of empty books, but there was nothing, then they left to the room that had different versions of the stories they knew, this room seemed different to when Henry first visited it so many years ago (for him anyway, time was quite different now) in the room appeared two figures one was of Merlin the other one was of a man Henry remembered seeing pictures and videos online, Walt Disney the man that had started the company that made movies about most of the stories of Henry and his family.
-Hello authors. Said Merlin
-Merlin, what is going on? Why is he here? Henry asked.
-we know you want answers and we are here to give them to you Disney said
When I was an author I got to witness amazing things and did  everything I could to accomplish my mission of sharing the stories of the lands with magic to the world even those that I could not tell myself through movies, I left written so that one day those stories were to be told too and it is your job now to show the world that those stories are real, that magic is real, I tried my best to make magic real to people, to make them believe, I planed to build places like this one all around the world where people could experience stories, unfortunately I only got to live to see one of them. Walt said
-but magic is dangerous, there is an evil witch trying to destroy everything
It has caused so many problems. Henry said
-this world even without magic has had many wars and problems. But the biggest problem is that line that division between magic and not magic, that is why it needs to come back. Merlin said

New York

Alice and Robin looked in all the books, nothing seemed useful, amongst all the books there was a quill, an author's quill, and the book with Zorro's story, and some stories about gods, greek gods, something there could work. then someone else entered the room, it was them, the ones who had kidnapped them.

California 1966

Walt had made his best efforts to bring magic to this world, his job as an author gave him the inspiration he needed on what to do with his animation studio, make something bigger and better, something new, even store some real magic in the New York public library, and he had plans to bring even more stories to life, but someone got into his apartment and forced him to drink something.

-no one will believe in your nonsense movies once you die. said the killer

-you're wrong stories live forever as long as people believe in them and remember them, that is magic, that is hope.