- Cora does everything in her power to steal the compass and find a way to Storybrooke, while after Aurora is kidnapped, and to protect Henry from further danger, Mary Margaret and David try to communicate with each other in the Netherworld.
- Hook finally makes it down from the beanstalk, late at night to find Cora waiting for him. She wants the compass and considers the fact he took her protection spell a "betrayal."
She's not going to kill him, she's going to leave him there. He tries to get her to reconsider, but she disappears in a puff of magic smoke.
Cora returns to her chamber of hearts and takes one out. She blows on it and drawers to other hearts open. She walks outside to the field of dead whose hearts she ripped out. "Rise," she commands. Now she has zombies.
Emma shows Aurora a photo of Henry to confirm that's who she saw in her dream. It is, except that Snow knows it's not a dream -- it's from the sleeping curse. Snow thinks they can get a way to stop Cora from Rumplestiltskin, by having Aurora communicate with Henry.
Aurora goes back to sleep and finds Henry. She tells him she's with Snow and Emma and they need his help.
Henry wakes up in Storybrooke and tells David and Regina the plan.
At Granny's, she gives Rumplestiltskin grief as she brings his lunch with Belle. Regina comes in to talk to Gold. He doesn't even want to listen until she mentions Cora.
He thinks he can defeat Cora again, but Regina points out the fact he cares about Belle means he has a weakness.
Enchanted Forest Snow, Emma, Aurora and Mulan make their way through the forest. Aurora plans to meet Henry again in two hours.
Mulan notices Aurora's burns from the nether world and suggests it's too dangerous to go back, but Aurora wants to help.
Storybrooke Gold, David and Regina prep in Gold's shop for Henry to go to sleep. Gold tells Henry a bedtime story about Snow and Charming using a magic quill to trap him. The ink was harvested from the rarest species of squid from the bottom of a bottomless ocean, but he has a supply in his jail cell.
Back in the fiery nether world, Henry tries to shout directions at Aurora but the flames are too high and she can't hear him. He's shouting again when Aurora is yanked from the netherworld.
Mulan is shaking her awake, they're being attacked by zombies. They fight them off, but can't find a way to kill them. Snow and Emma look around and realize Mulan and Aurora are gone.
Aurora and Mulan get separated when a zombie attacks Mulan. She finds Emma and Snow and tells them they took Aurora.
Storybrooke Henry wakes up and tells them he didn't get to convey his message. And he has a bad burn on his arm.
Enchanted Forest Cora holds Aurora in captivity. She's sure that Snow and Emma will come for Aurora. Cora mentions that when a wraith eats a soul it gets transported to another world and she suggests maybe she could bring her Prince Phillip back. But Aurora says her loyalty is not so easily bought. Cora gets angry and knocks her out.
She goes to her raven and says "tell them." It flies off and lands on Snow's shoulder, conveying the message they have til sundown to bring the compass in exchange for Aurora.
Mulan thinks it's a no-brainer and tries to take the compass from Emma. Snow asks her for a few hours to come up with a plan. She's been under a sleeping curse before and thinks if she went under a deep sleep she could access the nether world and talk to Henry.
She needs Mulan's sleeping powder, but she needs more poppy to make it. They begin their trek.
Storybrooke Gold heals Henry with magic. He thinks Henry got hurt because Aurora was yanked away.
Regina and David don't love the idea of sending Henry back, especially when Aurora won't be there. But then David realizes Snow can go back. He insists Gold put him under a sleeping curse so he can meet her there. He thinks he'll come out of it when she kisses him.
Enchanted Forest Hook frees Aurora so she can thwart Cora. He tells her to tell Emma the deal still stands, if they take him back he'll help her find the dust that opens the portal.
Mulan hacks her way through the forest toward the poppies. Snow tells Emma the nether world is a dark place where all you do is think about the people you'll never see again. Emma blames Regina for everything.
Storybrooke Henry joins Regina making a sleeping curse for David. She tells him she hasn't used magic except for with Daniel and now. He thinks it's good she's using it to help people. She promises she won't use it again.
Henry argues he should be allowed to go back in, but Regina and David thinks it's too dangerous. She thinks David will succeed. "If there's one thing I know about your grandparents, it's that they always find each other," she says.
Gold briefs David on the curse. He'll prick his finder on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall asleep. Henry wishes David luck and gives him his necklace.
Mulan crushes the poppy seeds for the sleeping powder and blows it in Snow's face.
David won't be in the fiery room when he goes under, because that's for people who have awoken from the sleeping curse. They're counting on him to be able to find the room with no door.
David pricks his finger and conks out.
He wakes up surrounded by darkness and mirrors. He picks up a torch and tries to find the door. He sees only mirrors and hears whispers.
Snow wakes up in the fiery room, with flames all around her, but no Henry.
On the other side in the darkness, David notices the necklace Henry gave him glowing. He follows it as it glows brighter, until it burns his hand. He realizes the floor is scalding hot. He uses his torch to break through the floor and crashes down to the fiery room below.
He looks around but doesn't see anyone. But Snow sees him. They're separated by a wall of fire.
He tells Snow where to find the ink.
She realizes the only way he could see her is if he's under a curse. He leaps across the fire and tries to kiss her, but they can't touch because it's a nether world.
She realizes she's waking up. He tells her she'll find a way home and then wake him up with a kiss. She disappears and he's left alone in the flames.
Storybrooke Henry waits for David to wake up. Regina and Gold are nervous, but hide it.
Enchanted Forest Snow wakes up with a start and frantically tells Emma about David being trapped. They head for Rumplestiltskin's jail cell, but realize Mulan and the compass are gone.
Cora goes to check on her prisoner but finds Hook instead. She's prepared to kill him when he tells her to look in his satchel for her gift. "Is that?" she says. "Indeed it is and with that you'll get everything you want," he says.
Emma catches up with Mulan and fires a warning arrow. Mulan is ready to fight back, but Snow tackles her and holds an arrow to her throat. Mulan in unwilling to turn over the compass and says Snow had better be prepared to use her arrow. Snow is about to when Aurora appears.
She tells Emma that Hook let her go to prove that he can be trusted, Aurora says Hook might care for Emma.
Meanwhile, Cora holds a heart and speaks the words that are coming from Aurora. Cora is impressed that Hook took Aurora's heart. They're back to their plan to travel together.
They ladies head off for Rumplestiltskin's cell, with Cora watching through Aurora's heart.
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