Once Upon a Time

Previously on "Once Upon A Time"...

The Black Fairy has Gideon's heart?

And what will it do?

Destroy my magic.

Maybe postponing the wedding is the best thing,

until we know that the Black Fairy can't interrupt.

Tiger Lily said it had been used

to banish the Black Fairy once.

If we can find the other half, perhaps we can do it again.

That wand was never the reason

I wanted that insipid fairy asleep.

Then what was it?

She knows my darkest secret.

Hello, Rumple.

When you join me,

we can finally be the family

we were always meant to be.

*ONCE UPON A TIME* Season 06 Episode 19 "The Black Fairy"

Malcolm.

I'm here, Fiona.

I'm here.

It's a boy... A healthy baby boy.

You're beautiful.

No, you're perfect.

Now, we just need to give him the perfect name.

Who are you?

We're fairies, dear.

This is Tiger Lily, your son's fairy godmother.

I've read about fairy godmothers,

and they always come alone.

Is there something wrong?

Quite the opposite.

A prophecy told us that on this darkest winter's night,

a boy would be born with great light magic.

A child known...

as the Savior.

Well, that smells disgusting.

What is that?

A dragon egg that never hatched.

And the dragon breath trapped inside

is potent medicine indeed.

And that's how you wake up Blue?

With a dead baby dragon?

That's dark even for the Dark One.

Do you have a better idea, Miss Swan?

That's the problem with Saviors, isn't it?

Never quite as helpful as advertised.

Well, I guess neither are you.

Did that make you feel better?

No.

Look, this is about defeating your mother, isn't it?

Rumple, stop it.

You're letting her get under your skin.

She has Gideon's heart.

I've already lost one son, Belle. I can't lose another.

And you won't... not as long as his mother's drawing breath.

He's so lucky to have you.

But sometimes, I feel that...

this is our family's fate...

For parents and children always to be torn apart.

Hey, guys, you might want to get in here.

Blue? It's Snow.

Blue?

Snow.

Hey.

Tiger Lily gave me half this wand.

We need the other half. Have you seen it?

- Where is it? - Hook.

Give her a minute.

The wand is... it's at the center of Storybrooke.

That's enough of that.

We don't need you sharing all your secrets.

Mom? What are you doing?

Oh, I'm not your mother, Emma.

I'm his.

Now back away, all of you.

Fairies have such delicate necks.

You should listen to her, Father.

She always makes good on her promises.

And what about the promise of a mother to a son?

Careful of your emotions, Rumple.

They run strongly in our family...

As Blue is about to find out.

I'm sorry I had to do this, Father.

Goodbye.

I'm afraid your magic is no longer any use to you.

It's time to get your heart back.

Bloody hell.

It's hard to get used to, isn't it?

The no-magic thing.

- Do you want me to... - No.

I-I can't use you as a crutch.

It was my choice to give up my magic,

so... I have to learn this rubbish.

Well, you know, I went 28 years without during the curse.

And it seemed impossible at first.

I mean, turning lights on by hand.

It's barbaric... and exhausting.

But it gets easier, I promise.

I hope so.

'Cause right now, I feel quite useless.

No, Zelena, you're not useless.

Your sacrifice saved all of us.

But who am I gonna save now?

I've just been soundly defeated by Sniglar.

Sniglar?

Yeah. I didn't name it, Ikea did.

And if those Swedes can best me, when the Final Battle comes...

how am I going to protect my daughter?

I have a thought.

Gideon, please.

Tell me where the Black Fairy is keeping your heart.

You've resisted her before.

And she punished me for it.

She ordered me to feel this...

pain if I resist again.

Belle, stop.

I'm sorry. Are you okay?

That was my parents.

They're looking for the other half of Blue's wand.

Any luck in here?

Not yet, but we've just begun.

Well, can we hurry it up?

Once my folks find that wand, I'm gonna go after the Black Fairy.

Belle, I may have a way to speak to our son,

but I need something from you first... your trust.

Do you trust me, Belle?

I trust you'll do what's right for him,

what's right for our family.

Then I need you to watch over us while we're gone.

"Gone"? What the hell is that?

The sands of Morpheus.

Father... what are you doing?

I'm going to the only place I can speak to you, Gideon...

Your dream realm.

Oh, and, uh... Miss Swan,

you get to come with us, too.

Great. So, you're kidnapping me now.

I'm doing what I have to do to save my son.

In this place, even the Black Fairy cannot control him.

The dream realm, huh?

Thought there'd be, like, flying pigs

or talking doughnuts or something.

Well, if you're not impressed,

I can leave you here while I find Gideon.

Where is he? Isn't this his dream?

It's not that simple.

- Dreams a-are a maze. - Then why am I here?

You are here to stop you from doing anything back there.

If you kill her or banish her before I find my son's heart,

he will be lost to me forever.

You could have just told me that.

Well, Saviors have the luxury of always doing the right thing.

I do not.

Where is he out here?

What is this place?

I was born here...

Not that it was ever much of a home,

after my mother left.

This isn't Gideon's dream, is it?

It's yours.

It would seem so.

If you don't mind, I've, uh... I've spent enough time here already.

It may well be my dream, but...

my son is still in here somewhere,

and I intend to find him.

Fiona, careful. It's just me.

And since when do you have a sword?

Since I found out the truth about my son, the Savior.

Now I can't sleep, I can't eat.

I'm sorry.

I never should have given you the book of prophecy.

But you did, because a mother deserves the truth.

So now I know a great evil is coming for my son,

and in their Final Battle, he will be killed.

Did you bring those other books?

Here.

At this point, you've read more fairy lore

than most fairies.

And I'll continue reading until I find this great evil.

I know that it will be born in the same winter as my son,

with a scar like a crescent moon.

It's a fairy's job to protect him.

Your job is to raise him.

What I can do, no mere human can.

It's terrifying how much this little thing changes you,

makes you soft and sharp all at once.

Would you like to hold him?

Oh.

I'd love to.

What are you doing?

As you said, it is a fairy's job to protect him.

But you're not a fairy.

A small and temporary problem.

Le sgiathan cumhachd draoidheil.

That's not possible.

What is that? An escape plan.

If things go wrong,

you need to get the hell out of town and make it to New York.

Well, that's a nice idea with one teensy hiccup...