PROLOGUE: Two years into the Future

"You ready, Love?" Killian asked. Emma gave her you-know-I'm-not-but-here-we-go look. The portal Regina had created opened wide before the inhabitants of Storybrooke. After defeating the Queens of Darkness, a new curse was on its way, but this time, the people of Storybrooke decided their only chance to escape the curse was to return home to the Enchanted Forest. Emma and Henry, although reluctant of what may lie ahead were preparing themselves for the very different life they were about to face.

Emma wasn't fond of the idea of leaving the world she grew up in, but she wasn't going the leave Killian, especially since they had children on the way. She surveyed the crowd slowing moving through the portal and into the Enchanted Forest. Regina was passing through with her young son on her hip, and at her side was Robin Hood, gesturing Roland into the portal to their new life. Just behind her stood Moe French and Belle, holding her daughter's hand as she tried to wobble forward without her mother's help. It was their turn next. Emma pushed down her doubts and fears. She had been to the Enchanted Forest a few times already and handled it just fine, right? She could handle this. And hey, Killian would be there. Who knows, she thought, maybe being a pirate princess will be fun after all. With that thought, she took her first step into her new life in her old home.