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SCENE: Enchanted Forest – Past.

EXT. TAVERN – NIGHT.

Malcolm arranges cards on a table.

MALCOLM: Follow the lady, gents. (Woman laughing) A shilling returns two. (Indistinct conversations) (Coin thuds) (Men laugh) What? Don't feel too bad. You're not the only one who's been spurned by the lady tonight. She's been quite shy all evening. (Giggles)

MAN: You tricked me.

MALCOLM: How'd she get in there? (Grunts)

YOUNG RUMPLE: Please, don't hurt him! He's my father!

MAN: You'd be better off without him.

The man punches Malcom and throws him to the ground.

MALCOM: Uhh! (Groans)

RUMPLE: No, no. (Panting)

The Man spits on Malcolm and exits.

RUMPLE: Are you okay? (Panting)

MALCOLM: The cost of the game. He didn't even leave me a shilling for a pint. How rude. He took all of our money. Yes, but I'll figure something out. I always do... Rumple.

He get up.

MALCOLM: Roll up!

SCENE: Neverland – Present.

EXT. PAN’S CAMP – NIGHT.

Pan tucks Wendy into bed while Henry watches.

HENRY: How is she?

PAN: I fear she's getting worse, Henry.

HENRY: But if I save magic... She'll live?

PAN: Yes. But more than that, Henry. If you save magic, you'll save us all. But to do it, you have to truly believe.

(Wendy coughs)

HENRY: I do.

PAN: Good, because we don't have much time. Follow me.

Henry follows Pan to the main part of the camp.

PAN: My brothers! Tonight, the dream of Neverland will awaken from its slumber. Tonight, the heart of the truest believer shall fulfill its destiny, and with it our destiny. Tonight, Henry saves magic!

(The Lost boys cheer)

SCENE: Neverland – Present.

EXT. JUNGLE – NIGHT.

Regina and Mr. Gold walk in the jungle. Gold holds Pandora’s box.

REGINA: You know, despite our differences, I can always count on you to get things done... Unlike the rest of them. You were right. They're just a liability.

GOLD: Where are they?

REGINA: Oh, well, Pan told them Neal was alive, and, of course, Emma took the bait. Such a waste of time. Oh, I'm so sorry.

GOLD: No, no, don't be. He is alive.

REGINA: What?

GOLD: Pan wasn't lying. My son is here on the island. I've seen him.

REGINA: You saw him and you... you just parted ways? You realize that he might have a way off the island.

GOLD: Let's worry about the travel plans after we get Henry.

REGINA: There's something you're not telling me. What happened when you saw him?

GOLD: Look, all you have to know is, the next time I see him will be when I'm putting Henry in his arms. When father and son are reunited.

SCENE: Enchanted Forest – Past.

EXT. SPINSTER’S COTTAGE – DAY.

Malcolm knocks on door.

RUMPLE: Where are we?

Malcolm opens the door and ushers Rumple inside.

MALCOLM: These nice ladies are going to look after you for a little while.

SPINSTER 1: You must be the boy...

SPINSTER 2: Rumplestiltskin.

SPINSTER 1: Do you know how to spin?

SPINSTER: We can teach you.

RUMPLE: I... I don't want to stay here. Please, I... I'll be good.

MALCOLM: This will give me time to get a real job, so we can be together.

RUMPLE: We can be together right now. Papa, please. (Voice breaks) Don't leave me here.

Rumple hugs Malcolm and cries.

MALCOLM: Don't be scared now.

Malcolm hands Rumple the Straw Doll.

MALCOLM: Hey, I got you a present. A friend. Someone to be at your side when I'm away. It will be with you when I cannot.

RUMPLE: It will?

MALCOLM: Give it a name. Names always make things better. They make them real. Trust me. It will protect you. And I'll be back before you know it. I promise.

He leaves. Rumple tries not to cry.

NEVERLAND – PRESENT.

EXT. JUNGLE – NIGHT.

Tink, Hook, David, MMB, Emma and Neal trek in the jungle.

DAVID: I'm gonna ask Tink how close we are to Pan's compound. I don't wanna be surprised by any lost boys on patrol.

MMB: Good idea.

EMMA: Looks like you two buried the hatchet.

MMB: Buried? Uh... I don't know. We've at least put it away for now.

EMMA: So you're really gonna stay here with him?

MMB: The thought of leaving you, Emma, it kills me. But there's nothing we can do. If David leaves the island, he'll die.

EMMA:  So you're just giving up? Family means being together, all of us.

MMB: But there's no other way.

EMMA: Maybe this is just you rubbing off on me, but I don't believe that. There's always a way.

(Foliage rustling. MMB and Emma find Hook, Neal, David and Tink with swords drawn. They follow suit. Regina and Gold appear from the foliage, near a lagoon.)

REGINA: Well, if this is your version of a rescue party, we got here just in time.

MMB: What are you two doing here?

REGINA: Well, same as you, except we actually have a chance. Pandora's box. It could trap Pan for eternity simply by opening the lid.

NEAL: (Lowered voice) You didn't tell me my father was with her.

EMMA: I didn't know.

TINKER BELL: Wait, your father is the Dark One?

NEAL: Yeah, and he's not getting anywhere near Henry.

GOLD: Bae...

EMMA: Why? What are you talking about?

NEAL: There's a prophecy that says that Henry will be his undoing. He didn't come here to protect him. He came here to kill him.

Off everyone’s shocked looks.

REGINA: That's why you didn't want to find Neal before you got Henry back? Because you knew he'd spill your secret.

GOLD: Everything I did was to protect Henry, to rescue him from Pan.

EMMA: It all makes sense. You left before we even made shore.

Mary Margaret raises her bow and arrow.

MMB: You wanted to get to Henry first...

David unsheathes his sword.

DAVID: To be on his own...

Hook raises his sword.

HOOK: So no one could stop you...

REGINA: So you can kill him.

EMMA: It's not gonna happen, not unless you go through all of us first.

END OF ACT

NEW ACT

EST. ENCHANTED FOREST – PAST.

SPINSTER 1: (Wheel squeaking) Someone so young...

SPINSTER 2: In such a short time.

SPINSTER 1: Look at him. He could spin for...

SPINSTER 2: for kings and queens one day.

RUMPLE: I didn't think I had any talent. Oof, more than talent. A gift! You could apprentice with anyone in the land. If I can make money, then my father and I can be together.

The spinsters stop the wheel.

SPINSTER 1: Rumple... even with your talent, too many people know your father is a cheat.

SPINSTER 2: And a coward. If you are to have a happy life, you must go somewhere where your father's name cannot follow you.

RUMPLE: You mean... alone?

The spinster pulls a magic bean from her pocket.

SPINSTER 1: This bean... can open a portal, take you far away from this land.

SPINSTER 2: Even this realm.

SPINSTER 1: You could start a new life. But it cannot be with your father.

RUMPLE: But he's coming back for me as soon as he gets a job.

SPINSTER 1: The truth is, he's at the pub. He doesn't want a job. Or real responsibility. Family can be a strength, but it can also be a burden. And your father will always be your burden, Rumplestiltskin.

Rumple takes the bean.

EST. NEVERLAND – PRESENT.

EXT. LAGOON – NIGHT.

GOLD: You're making a mistake. I don't care if the boy is destined to be my undoing. I won't hurt him.

REGINA: Because that sounds just like you.

GOLD: Without me, you will fail. I'm the most powerful amongst us.

NEAL: That's why we can't trust you.

GOLD: If I could give you my dagger, I would. But I can't.

NEAL: But you can give me Pandora's box. I don't have to trust you if I could stop you.

Gold extends the box to Neal.

GOLD: Son...

NEAL: Look at me, you so much as lift a finger to perform magic, you're gonna spend an eternity in this box.

EMMA: Let's go.

The group exits. Gold stops Neal.

GOLD: Look... you may think you know who you're up against, but you don't.

NEAL: Then tell me. What really happened between you two?

GOLD: Peter Pan destroyed my father.

INT. PUB – PAST/NIGHT.

Malcolm gambles and giggles. Rumple approaches from behind.

RUMPLE: They were right. You're here.

MALCOLM: Hey, laddie. My dogs were barking after hitting the cobblestones all morning looking for work. Then these fellas told me that they never played "find the lady." (Giggles) Rumple.

Rumple walks away.

EXT. ALLEY – NIGHT.

MALCOLM: Come on. Rumple!

(Chickens clucking)

RUMPLE: You said you were finding a job!

MALCOLM: No one in this town would hire me.

RUMPLE: Because no one trusts you.

MALCOLM: But you do. Don't you, son?

RUMPLE: I want to. What if there was someplace we could start over? Somewhere where no one knew you?

MALCOLM: How?

Rumple shows Malcolm the bean.

RUMPLE: With this.

MALCOLM: Where'd you get that? Do you know how much money a bean like that would fetch?

RUMPLE: No, it's mine! I won't let you gamble it away.

MALCOLM: Rumple, you don't understand.

RUMPLE: I understand this bean can take us someplace... where no one knows us. Where we can be a family.

MALCOLM: A real fresh start.

RUMPLE: Yes. I trust you.

MALCOLM: Then where should we go? Hmm?

RUMPLE: There must be someplace special to you.

MALCOLM: Oh. Think, think. (Whispers) Think, think, think, think, think. Think lovely thoughts. That's it.

RUMPLE: What?

MALCOLM: When I was a boy, my father sold me to a blacksmith. All day in front of hot coals, the sweat and the grime. But every night I would say to myself, "think lovely thoughts." And in my sleep, I would travel to the most wonderful place.

RUMPLE: What was it called?

MALCOLM: Neverland.

RUMPLE: Then that's where we should go.

Rumple hands Malcolm the bean. He throws it on the ground.

MALCOLM: I don't even know if this place is real. (Giggles)

They jump into the portal.


END OF ACT

NEW ACT

EXT. NEVERLAND JUNGLE – PRESENT/NIGHT.

The group makes their way to Pan’s compound.

EMMA: We need to talk.

HOOK: I've found when a woman says that, I'm rarely in for pleasant conversation.

EMMA: There has to be a way for David to leave the island.

HOOK: Well, there isn't.

EMMA: He told me about your brother, what happened. I know it can't be easy to talk about, but...

HOOK: Well, then let's not, shall we? The water that cured David from dreamshade has connected him to the island. If he leaves, the connection is broken. The poison will kill him.

EMMA: What if we take some of the water with us? That way he stays connected. He can stay alive in Storybrooke.

HOOK: For how long? Once the water runs out, the dreamshade will take his life.

GOLD: Unless there was another cure. You suddenly interested in what I have to say? Thought I wasn't to be trusted.

EMMA: You're not, but I'll take my chances.

GOLD: Well, if you remember, I, too, was poisoned with dreamshade by a cowardly pirate. And yet...

EMMA: Yes, and we know how you cured yourself... with a candle that takes another person's life. David is not that selfish.

GOLD: Oh, how noble. The point is, after my near-death experience, I discovered much about the poison. I believe I could create an elixir back in my shop.

EMMA: What's your price?

GOLD: Well, this is quite the favor. I'd expect one of equal weight in return.

NEAL: No. When we get back to Storybrooke, you're gonna save David because it's the right thing to do. No deals, no favors, understand?

GOLD: Fine. I'll do as you ask.

EMMA: I'll go tell David.

Regina, Mary Margaret, David and Tink come out from behind a brush.

TINKERBELL: We're here. Pan's perimeter.

EMMA: It's time. Tink will sneak us in the back like we planned. We grab Henry. In and out, simple. You good with Pan patrol?

NEAL: Locked and loaded.

Gold takes Hook’s sword.

GOLD: You mind if I, uh... (Blade zings) borrow this? You said no magic, I agreed. But I'm not walking in there with nothing but my good looks.

HOOK: Now I, on the other hand...

Charming tosses his short sword to Hook.

CHARMING: Here, in case your good looks fail you.

HOOK: Thanks, mate.

EMMA: Let's get Henry.

EXT. LOST BOY CAMP – NIGHT.

(Lost boys speaking indistinctly)

GOLD: Can I at least use magic on these boys?

NEAL: No.

REGINA: I'll do it.

GOLD: You remember the spell?

Off Regina’s annoyed look. She puts the boys to sleep. The group enters camp.

NEAL: Where's Pan?

EMMA: I don't know. Henry!

DAVID: He's gotta be somewhere.

MMB: Where?

WENDY: (OS) Help!

EXT. JUNGLE – NIGHT.

Emma comes in running, Neal and Gold trail behind.

WENDY: (Panting) You're an... an adult.

EMMA: My name's Emma. I'm looking for my son.

NEAL: Wendy?

WENDY: Do I know you?

NEAL: It's Baelfire.

EMMA: You two know each other?

WENDY: (Gasps) - Bae! Yeah. Yeah, we do. Can it really be you?

Neal grabs a nearby rock and breaks the cage.

WENDY: I thought I'd never see you again.

Neal helps her out and hugs her.

NEAL: What are you... wh... what are you doing here?

WENDY: Well, I... I came back to save you.

NEAL: You did that for me?

WENDY: Well, I couldn't bear for you to be without a family, not after you told us that your mother and father were both dead.

GOLD: You told her I was dead?

NEAL: It was easier than telling the truth... my own father abandoned me.

EXT. NEVERLAND – PAST – DAY.

Malcom and Rumple land through the portal on the beach with a grunt.

MALCOLM: (Laughs) We actually did it. (Giggles) We made it! (Chuckles) It's just as I remember in my dreams. Hasn't changed at all.

RUMPLE: It's beautiful.

MALCOLM: No, it's more than that. Neverland is special. You can do anything here. Just think it, and it can happen. What would you like to eat? Go on. Just think it.

(Cake appears on a nearby log)

MALCOLM: (Giggles) You can eat cake all day and not get a stomachache. Or swing on a vine through a waterfall. But best of all... (Whispers) you can fly.

RUMPLE: Flying is impossible.

MALCOLM: Neverland is where the impossible is possible, if you believe it. Here, I'll show you.

He climbs up on some rocks.

MALCOLM: Hoo-whoo! (Giggles) Whoo! Uhh.

He lands face first in the sand.

MALCOLM: I don't understand. I could always fly when I visited as a boy.

RUMPLE: Maybe you can't fly because you're not a boy anymore.

MALCOLM: How could I have forgotten? Of course. Pixie dust. Even as a boy, you needed pixie dust if you wanted to fly.

RUMPLE: Where do we get some?

MALCOLM: Oh, I'll show you.

EXT. BEACH - DAY – PAST.

They skip and laugh down the beach. The Shadow watches from above, que omnious music.

EXT. NEVERLAND – PAN’S CAMP – PRESENT – NIGHT.

NEAL: Hey, Wendy, since you've been here, have you seen my son? His name's Henry.

WENDY: You have a son?

NEAL: Yeah. Pan needs his heart.

EMMA: Has he said anything about the heart of the truest believer?

WENDY: No. I'm sorry. He never mentioned anything about a heart.

GOLD: She's lying. Where is he?

CHARMING: Whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell are you doing?

GOLD: I've carried enough lies in my life to recognize their burden. She knows where Henry is.

NEAL: Is that true?

WENDY: You don't understand.

MMB: You're helping Pan?

WENDY: He's keeping John and Michael alive, only if I do as he says.

GOLD: Trust me, whatever he's promised, he will go back on his word.

WENDY: And why should I trust a man who abandoned his own son?

REGINA: Because your brothers did. They trusted a woman named Belle. They helped her get this box so we can defeat Pan.

WENDY: They're okay?

GOLD: For now, and only if we succeed.

NEAL: Wendy... we will save John and Michael, I swear to God. But right now, I really need your help. Please.

WENDY: Pan told Henry that... he needs his heart to save magic. But it's a lie. He needs it to save himself.

HOOK: What do you mean?

WENDY: Pan's dying. He needs the heart of the truest believer to absorb all the magic in Neverland. And once he does... he will be immortal, all powerful.

MMB: And what happens to Henry?

WENDY: Well, it's a trade. When Pan lives, Henry will die.

EXT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

Pan rows himself and Henry to Skull Rock. They reach the shore.

PAN: Ah, it's been a long time since I stepped foot on this shore.

Pan draws a line in the sand with a stick. He waves his hand over it, creating a protection spell.

HENRY: What's that?

PAN: (Whoosh) It's a protection spell. (Stick thuds) Now let's go. It's time.


END OF ACT


NEW ACT

EXT. PAN’S CAMP – NIGHT.

DAVID: How do we stop Pan?

WENDY: Pan took Henry to Skull Rock. But you haven't got much time.

DAVID: Then we stay behind. Someone needs to be here to guard the lost boys when they wake up.

EMMA: You don't need to stay behind.

MARY MARGARET: David's right. You get him home, tell him we love him.

EMMA: Tell him yourself, when you get back from Deadman's Peak. Gold can cure you back in Storybrooke. We just need to bring some of the water with us.

MMB hugs Emma. Emma grabs David’s hand behind her back.

MMB: And you... you didn't give up. (to Gold) Thank you.

GOLD: Well, apparently, that's the only thanks I need these days.

HOOK: Tink and I will take care of things here. Meet you back at the "Jolly Roger" when you find Henry. MMB: (Whispers) Promise me if your father and I don't make it back, you get him home.

EMMA: We're all going back home. Together.

(David kisses Emma’s head.)

EXT. RIVER – NEVERLAND – DAY – PAST.

RUMPLE: I'm tired.

MALCOLM: We're almost there. We can rest all we want after we get the pixie dust, do whatever your heart desires. Just wait. You'll see.

RUMPLE: What does it look like?

MALCOLM: Oh. It's just like dust. (Blows air) You never know the power it contains just by looking at it. But when you believe in its power, it glows with magic and becomes something very special indeed. We're here.

RUMPLE: All I see are trees.

MALCOLM: That's because it's made in the flowers that grow on the highest of the branches. Where they're closest to the stars. The flowers bloom at night, soak in the starlight. That's how the pixie dust gets its magic. (Giggles) I haven't felt this excited in years, since I was a boy about to climb one of those trees in my dreams. Come on, Rumple. It'll be fun. Hey... you wanna fly, you can't be afraid of heights.

RUMPLE: But I don't want to fly. You do.

MALCOLM: But you will, son, once you see how it feels. (Giggles) The wind whipping in your hair, the world below you. Like you've not got a care in the world. You're all alone. You're free. Come on, I'll give you a boost.

RUMPLE: But what if I fall?

MALCOLM: I promise you won't, hey.

RUMPLE: Don't make me, papa. Please. I'm scared.

MALCOM: I'm sorry, Rumple. I just get excited. Why don't you wait here, and I'll go get the pixie dust for the both of us, hmm?

RUMPLE: You promise not to be long?

MALCOLM: Aye. (Giggles) I'll be as quick as a whip. Back before you know it. And then you'll see how wonderful Neverland can really be.

EXT. TREE – DAY.

Malcolm pinches some dust from a pixie flower. He sprinkles it on his head.

MALCOLM: (Whispers) I want to fly.

(Growling, whoosh)

MALCOLM: Hello? Is someone there?

The Shadow appears beside Malcolm.

MALCOLM: Who are you?

SHADOW: I am the sole inhabitant of Neverland.

MALCOLM: Then can you tell me what's wrong? Why can't I fly?

SHADOW: You have to believe.

MALCOLM: I'm trying, but it doesn't work.

SHADOW: Because you don't belong.

At the foot of the tree, Rumple holds his Peter Pan doll. He hears a whoosh overhead.

RUMPLE: Papa? Papa? Papa!

EXT. NEVERLAND OCEAN – NIGHT.

Neal rows Emma and Regina and Rumple to Skull Rock.

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

They get out of the boat.

EMMA: These are Henry's shoes. Wendy was right. They're here.

Emma goes to walk up to the door but is thrown back with a blast.

(Whoosh) (Grunts)

NEAL: Are you okay?

EMMA: I think so. What was that?

GOLD: Pan cast a protection spell.

REGINA: There has to be a way to break it.

Regina conjures a fireball and blasts it, it richoches back towards them.

NEAL: Whoa! Careful with that!

GOLD: Try all you want, but Pan's magic is too powerful. At least for you.

Gold enters through the protection spell. (Whoosh)

REGINA: Wha...

EMMA: How did you do that?

GOLD: The spell is designed to keep anyone who casts a shadow from entering.

NEAL: And you don't have one. You were telling the truth about ripping your shadow off.

GOLD: And Pan knows it. That's why he cast the spell he did. This isn't about keeping you out. It's about drawing me in. He knows I won't give up the chance to finish what I came here to do.

NEAL: You really did come here to save Henry.

GOLD: I gave you my trust with that box. Now I need you to give it back.

Neal extends the box to Gold. Regina snatches it.

NEAL: Hey!

Regina approaches Gold.

REGINA: You better come through, Gold. Or I'll make whatever Pan has planned for you look like child's play. You understand me?

Gold takes the box.

GOLD: Well, a simple "good luck" would've sufficed.

With one look around he walks off.


END OF ACT

NEW ACT

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

REGINA: So what are we supposed to do now?

NEAL: What about the spell my father used to rip off his shadow?

REGINA: You think if I knew how to do that, I wouldn't have done it already?

EMMA: The moon.

REGINA: The moon?

EMMA: The moon is what causes our shadows, right? What if there was a way to block it out using magic?

NEAL: What, you mean like an eclipse? Is that even possible?

REGINA: Maybe.

EMMA: So?

REGINA: I need help.

EMMA: With magic?

REGINA: It requires a lot. I guess we're about to find out how much those lessons I gave you paid off. Follow my lead.

They start to create an eclipse.

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

PAN: This is it. The place where you're going to save magic.

HENRY: Why does it have to be here?

PAN: Well, because this is the location from which Neverland's magic emanates.

HENRY: What's the hourglass for?

PAN: Marks how much time we have left before Neverland's magic runs out.

HENRY: It's almost empty.

Pan looks around.

HENRY: Is something wrong?

PAN: No. Come with me.

He sits Henry down in an alcove.

PAN: There's something I need to take care of before we get started, okay?

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

Gold makes his way towards the room where Pan and Henry are. He pulls out the Peter Pan doll.

EXT. NEVERLAND – PAST – DAY.

Rumple cries under the tree.

MALCOLM: What's wrong? Rumple?

They hug.

RUMPLE: Papa! I thought something terrible had happened to you.

MALCOLM: No. No, I'm fine, son. You don't have to worry about me.

They hug again.

RUMPLE: Did you get pixie dust?

MALCOLM: Yes. But when I tried using it, it didn't work.

RUMPLE: Why not?

MALCOLM: I'm not a boy anymore. You were right. Neverland is just for children. Adults don't belong here.

RUMPLE: Then... we'll leave and go somewhere else. All that matters... is that we're together.

MALCOLM: I wish it was that easy. But we both know wherever we go, I'll go back to my old ways. I can never be the father you need me to be. I'm too weak.

RUMPLE: I don't understand. What are you trying to say?

MALCOLM: That there is a way that I can stay here, a way that I can get the pixie dust to work so I can fly again... (Whispers) just like I was when I was a boy.

RUMPLE: How?

MALCOLM: By letting go of the thing that is holding me back... you.

The Shadow growls and grabs Rumple. Malcolm grabs Rumple as well.

RUMPLE: Help! A monster! (Crying)

MALCOLM: It's not a monster, Rumple. It's a friend. It's part of the island. And after I do what it told me... I let you go... it will become part of me, too.

RUMPLE: Don't let him take me!

MALCOLM: I don't have a choice. To stay here, I have to believe that I'm young again. And with you here to remind me, I can't.

RUMPLE: No, papa, please! Help me!

MALCOLM: A child can't have a child, Rumple! I'm sorry but it's true. Don't fight it. We both know that you're better off without me. I was never meant to be a father.

RUMPLE: No!

Malcolm lets go. The doll falls to the ground. Pan turns young. The Shadow takes Rumple away. (Tinkling) (Whoosh) (Roars)

INT. SKULL ROCK – PRESENT.

PAN: Hello, laddie. Oh, I see you've come bearing gifts.

GOLD: Where's Henry?

PAN: Oh, you mean my great-grandson? You still haven't told the others who I really am? (Scoffs) Not even your own son. Why?

GOLD: Because you're nothing but a coward to me.

PAN: We both know if that were true, I'd already be in that box.

GOLD: You don't think I can do it? You let me inside just to, uh, taunt me?

PAN: No. To see you again, to give you one last chance. Stay with me. Let this go. Let's start over.

GOLD: Do you think I want to be with you? That I could ever forgive you after you abandoned me?

PAN: I'm disappointed, Rumple. After all these years, I thought you'd be more... understanding, considering you did the same thing to your son. You traded Baelfire for the power of a dagger, and I traded you for youth. We're a lot more alike than you care to admit.

GOLD: We are nothing alike!

PAN: Oh, of course we are. And it's nothing to be ashamed of. Neither one of us was cut out to be a father, m'boy.

GOLD: I regretted leaving my son the moment I let him go. I spent my life trying to find him, to get him back. And what did you do? You forgot about me.

PAN: I never forgot about you! Why do you think I call myself "Peter Pan"?!

GOLD: Don't think for a moment I believe it's because you care for me.

PAN: But I do. All you have to do is put down that box, and you'll see it's true. We can make the fresh start you always wanted, together, just as we planned.

GOLD: Oh, I'm gonna make a fresh start. (Whispers) Just not with you.

Gold tries to open Pandora’s box but it isn’t working.

GOLD: I don't understand.

PAN: 'Cause you don't have it.

Pan pulls out an identical Pandora’s box.

GOLD: You switched them?

PAN: Follow the lady. Still having trouble believing. In Neverland, all you have to do is think of something to have it. Even something fake. (Chuckles) But the real one... Well, let's see what it can do.

GOLD: No! (Whoosh) I'm sorry, Rumple. You had your chance. The choice was yours.

Pan traps Gold in Pandora’s box. (Whoosh)


END OF ACT

NEW ACT

EXT. ENCHANTED FOREST – PAST.

EXT. SPINSTER’S COTTAGE – DAY.

Rumple knocks on the door.

SPINSTER 1: Oh.

Rumple sobs.

SPINSTER 2: Come on.

INT. SPINSTER’S COTTAGE – DAY.

The spinsters tuck Rumple into bed.

SPINSTER 1: What happened to the bean?

RUMPLE: He used it. He left me and he's never coming back.

SPINSTER 2: Oh, it's for the best, Rumple.

RUMPLE: I'm alone now.

SPINSTER 1: No, you have us...

SPINSTER 2: And a wheel.

SPINSTER 1: You always have a home here. Now get some rest

SPINSTER 2: And you'll feel better.

SPINSTER 1: Later we'll spin, hmm? Where's your doll?

RUMPLE: I lost him.

SPINSTER 1: Oh. Well, we'll make you another one. You can give it the same name.

RUMPLE: No. Peter Pan is gone forever.

EXT. NEVERLAND – DAY – PAST.

Pan picks up Rumple’s doll. Then he flies until he reaches Skull Rock.

INT. SKULL ROCK – DAY – PAST.

Pan lands and looks around.

PAN: What is this place? I don't remember seeing it from my dreams.

SHADOW: That's because it didn't exist. It was created when you made the decision to stay here.

PAN: A giant skull? It's glorious! What's the hourglass for?

SHADOW: It represents the magic fueling your youth, the magic allowing you to stay here, to stay young.

PAN: And what happens when it runs out?

SHADOW: Your youth will be taken and you will die.

PAN: But I thought I was going to stay young forever.

SHADOW: Neverland is a place for children to visit in their dreams, not a place for them to live. You are the first to try to stay. And in doing so, you're breaking the rules.

PAN: Any rule can be broken, especially here. I made this place without even thinking about it. There has to be a way.

SHADOW: Perhaps.

PAN: Then I will find it. I will find a way. I believe.

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT – PRESENT.

Pan sets down Pandora’s Box.

PAN: It's time, Henry. Time to save magic, to save Neverland.

HENRY: What do I have to do?

PAN: You must give me your heart, Henry... the heart of the truest believer.

HENRY: You mean... I have to believe.

PAN: (Chuckles) No, Henry. (Exhales) I mean, you need to give me your heart.

HENRY: But... what will happen to me?

PAN: You'll become the greatest of all heroes.

HENRY: You can tell me the truth. I know all magic comes with a price. Saving it must come with a price, too.

PAN: I would never lie to you, Henry. I mean, you're right. There is a price. You have to stay here on the island with me. Neverland will become your new home. I know it's a huge sacrifice, but isn't it worth it? HENRY: Heroes have to make sacrifices all the time. My family taught me that.

PAN: Then they'd be proud if they could see you now, because you're about to save them all. Now are you ready?

HENRY: Yes.

PAN: Then let me help you.

Pan enchants Henry’s hand with a heart ripping spell. Henry rips out his own heart.

NEAL: Henry, wait! Whatever Pan's telling you to do, don't do it.

Henry runs to see Neal, Emma and Regina running in.

HENRY: Dad? You're alive?

NEAL: I am, buddy. And I need you to listen to me. Pan is lying to you.

PAN: Oh, pleasure to see you, too, Baelfire, not to mention the Savior and the Evil Queen.

EMMA: Henry, you need to get away from him now. He's trying to hurt you.

HENRY: No. The heart of the truest believer. It's what's gonna save magic. It's gonna save all of you.

REGINA: No, it's not. This was never about magic, Henry. You have to believe us. The only person Pan's interested in saving is himself.

HENRY: That's not true!

PAN: Of course it isn't.

NEAL: Yes, it is! Pan can't live without you dying. If you give him your heart, it's gonna kill you.

PAN: They're trying to stem your belief, Henry. But don't let them. Remember, every hero gets tested. EMMA: Henry... I know what being a hero looks like, and this isn't it.

HENRY: Why would they lie?

PAN: Because that's what adults do, Henry. You know that better than anyone.

REGINA: Henry... you have to believe us.

PAN: Your parents don't care about Neverland, Henry. They know if you give your heart to save it, then you'll have to stay. They're being selfish because they don't wanna lose you.

EMMA: Henry, you have to trust us.

PAN: Trust? I'm the only one who's ever been honest with you, Henry. The only one who ever believed in you. This is your choice. Not theirs. You have to choose now. We're running out of time.

NEAL: We believe in you, Henry.

EMMA: Because we love you.

REGINA: More than anything.

HENRY: I love you, too. But I have to save magic.

NEAL: No, no, no!

HENRY: I'm sorry.

EMMA, REGINA, AND NEAL: No!

Henry shoves his heart into Pan. A pulse of magic exits from Skull Rock.

EXT. HERO CAMP – NIGHT.

Hook and Tinkerbell are almost knocked down by the blast.

EXT. JUNGLE – NIGHT.

Mary Margaret and David are also almost knocked down by the blast.

INT. SKULL ROCK – NIGHT.

Emma, Regina and Neal run towards Henry.

EMMA: Henry!

Pan smiles down at them as he floats to the eye of Skull Rock.

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