Once Upon a Time

Previously on "Once Upon a Time"...

I see why my brother likes you.

- James. - When you see ol' Dave,

tell him there's a new sheriff in town.

Cruella: The Author's power is far greater

than that bearded old man wanted you to believe.

And when you broke the quill,

you sent it right down here to the Underworld.

And now you are going to find it down here.

And you're going to send me back to our world.

Henry: Can you please slow down?

Darling, you wouldn't be here

if you didn't like a little danger.

I mean, look at you...

Sneaking away from your family to bring me back to life.

Such a naughty boy.

I just want to find the pen and get this over with.

What am I even looking for?

A sign, signal, whiff of ink.

Look, you're the Author. You're connected to that quill.

Stop! I saw something.

Cruella: Well, there's no pen here,

just dirt and things that smell like dirt.

I swear I saw it.

Well, then, move those little legs of yours and keep looking.

Go!

Quiet. We have little time.

I don't understand. W-What are you doing here?

You were a devoted apprentice to the Sorcerer your entire life.

What unfinished business could you possibly have?

You, my boy.

I am here to prevent you from making a terrible mistake.

You must not resurrect Cruella De Vil.

So the pen can bring someone back.

You told me it couldn't.

That was a necessary... half-truth.

Up there, yes.

Down here, the rules are a little more... flexible.

I saw no reason to tempt you.

The dilemma you are currently in is why.

I'm not getting the pen for Cruella.

I'm getting it for me.

I just watched my mom become the Dark One.

I watched Hook die, and I couldn't do anything.

You are the Author.

As such, you should use the quill

only to record the stories, not create them.

I don't care about the stupid stories anymore.

I'm sick of sitting on the sidelines.

I want to be a hero.

I want to help my mom even if it means helping Cruella.

In the Sorcerer's mansion

lie all his great works of light magic,

the quill included.

It is protected by a powerful spell,

but the sheriff took the key from me.

Acquire that key

and the quill is yours.

Wait, what? You're... You're helping me?

This is your choice, Henry,

but the only way that I can move on

is if you make the right one.

I trust you.

Come sit down. Let me take a look at you.

Are you sure you want to?

Hades sort of knocked the handsome out of me.

No one's that powerful.

What's wrong?

It's just, um...

a lot has happened between us.

Then what's the problem?

I'm the problem.

Emma, you were the Dark One for six weeks

and only gave in to the darkness out of love.

I plunged in headfirst in a second for revenge!

I was weak!

Not in the end.

You raised the bar very high, Swan.

The fact is, I don't measure up.

Let me be the judge of that.

If you didn't, would I have come all the way down here

to try to save you?

That's my point. I'm not sure I deserve saving.

What are you saying, that you want to stay down here?

Hi.

Can I...

Killian.

Liam?

So the rumors are true.

After all these years,

my little brother is finally here.

Those fish guts smell particularly foul this evening.

Come on, Killian.

The harder we work, the sooner we're finished.

Wish I had your work ethic.

Seems I inherited Father's.

Don't joke about that bastard.

He may have sold us into servitude,

but tomorrow... we'll be free men.

Are you serious?

You want to join the King's Navy?

There's a signing bonus of 10 silver.

On top of what we've already saved,

that will buy us our freedom off this bloody cargo ship.

I know that's your dream, mate, but I'm hardly naval material.

If you served an honorable king, it would change you.

You could be a fine captain someday. I know it.

"Captain Jones" does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

Silver: Ha! Captain Jones?

That'll be the day.

You missed a spot there...

Captain.

Killian! Don't!

Come on. Let him try.

Must be exhausting,

protecting little brother from himself.

Hey.

Won't be your concern much longer.

Because you're both going to be admirals in the Navy, right?

Fine by me.

Long as I get paid.

The sober Jones can go and collect his money.

The drunk one stays as collateral.

Easy, brother.

I'll be back by sunrise.

And then a proud life in the King's Navy, hmm?

Liam, what about you? Why are you down here?

I wish I knew.

I spent countless years trying to figure out a reason.

There is no reason.

Hades has the game rigged so no one can leave.

My brother's proof of that.

Never did a bad thing in his life.

He even died nobly,

stopping a treacherous king from poisoning the realm.

Stop it. You're making me blush.

Hades has you two trapped down here, and that cannot stand.

The only way everyone will get free

is if we defeat Hades once and for all.

Liam, you've been down here a very long time.

Surely you must know something that can help us.

I know this is a very dangerous game you're playing.

There are those who tried to overthrow Hades before.

They always spoke of a...

A book, which had the power to defeat him.

I tried to find it myself,

but I'm not even sure what to look for.

I think it's a Storybook.

Storybook?

Oh, I wager it would take more than stories.

Hook: No, no, no, no, no. She's onto something.

In our world, there's a book like this.

Everything up there has a version down here.

There has to be one in the Underworld.

If there's a story in that book about Hades,

we can learn his weakness and exploit it.

All right.

If you believe in this, Killian, I'm with you to the end.

This fiend trapped me and tortured you.

The day you push your sailors too far...

Is the day the mutiny begins.

In the world above, this is where I found the Storybook.

So...

Sorry.

Regina: Are we really surprised?

That book is the embodiment of hope,

and there's not a lot of that here in the Underworld.

Let's keep looking.

Emma, can we talk?

Is this like a protective big brother talk

where you want to make sure I'm good enough for Killian?

No, because I already know you're not good enough.

What?

Killian blames himself for ending up here,

but he told me what happened.

Sounds to me like it's not his fault.

It's yours.

I think we both made mistakes.

Killian's been fighting darkness his entire life,

and you pushed him off the cliff.

I was trying to save his life.

And it was a bloody selfish thing to do.

He had a chance to die a hero,

to move on, and you took it from him.

That's not fair.

I'm down here risking everything to save him.

And is that really what he needs...

or what you need?

Were you this self-righteous when you were alive?

When it came to my brother, yes.

If he defeats Hades today, he'll forgive himself

and he'll have another chance to move on.

When that happens, stop thinking

about your own desires and let him go.

You all right?

Yeah. Fine. Let's keep looking.

Hey. What's... going on?

Oh, looking for the Storybook,

you know, "Underworld Edition".

Really?