We open in present day Storybrooke. Belle takes Ariel to see Eric, who's working as a fisherman on the docks. Ariel is afraid he'll be mad at her but when they lock eyes, he's ecstatic to see her and they embrace as Belle smiles. Then, Belle. Ariel and Eric see the "Jolly Roger" in the sky and Belle whispers, "He's back." Everyone rejoices as the gang steps off Hook's boat and are home. The dwarves are ecstatic, Granny hugs "Henry" and Emma, Gold and Belle are reunited, and Mary-Margaret sees that Ariel and Eric are together. Then. Emma asks "Henry" what it's like to finally be home. "Better than I ever imagined," he replies as the Lost Boys, including Felix, disembark the "Jolly Roger" as well. Belle welcomes Neal home and they all hug. Then, Wendy reunites with with her brothers, John and Michael. Then, Neal comes over and they all hug. Meanwhile, Mary-Margaret asks David how he's feeling and he says the water must be working because he feels fine.
Emma then says that for a minute she wasn't sure they'd ever leave Neverland. Mary-Margaret then proclaims to everyone how instrumental Regina was in getting them all home.
Flashback to the fairy tale land in the past when Regina crashes Snow and Charming's wedding vowing to.make sure they are never happy. After, Snow is frustrated but Charming wants them to focus in their honeymoon to show Regina that her threats can't hurt their happiness. Snow then tells Charming that she wants to go to the Summer Palace because that's where her parents went on their honeymoon. Charming kisses her and goes to make their travel arrangements. Then, Grumpy comes in and tells Snow that the castle is secure. He then says he overheard her conversation with Charming and asks her if going on her honeymoon now is a good idea. Snow replies that there's something at the Summer Palace that will help them defeat Regina.
Back in Storybrooke David asks Gold if Pan's Shadow is really trapped. Gold replies that the only person who can free it is locked in Pandora's Box. Meanwhile, "Henry" goes over to Felix, who asks him what happens if they let the real Henry out. "Henry" replies that isn't the problem then whispers that they need to trust him. He then yells that Felix needs to be punished so David takes him away. Gold then seals Pandora's Box so the only person that can open it is him. Everyone promises "Henry" that Pan will never hurt him ever again.
At Granny's, Emma gives "Henry" back his storybook. He doesn't look too thrilled. She asks him if he's okay and he says he is. Hook's been watching them when Neal sits next to him. Hook then tells Neal that for "the boy's sake, I'm going to back off of Emma and give his parents have a fair shot." Neal thanks him, but Hook tells him not to because "I'm in this for the long haul. You already walked out on Emma once. I'm not sure she'll let you back in, are you?"
Tinkerbell and Mother Superior (the Blue Fairy) see each other at Granny's. Regina orders Mother Superior to give Tinkerbell her wings back because she helped them and got pixie dust to work for a second. Mother Superior wants to see but Tinkerbell says she can't to do it again. Mother Superior replies that if she can't believe in herself, how can she ask her to? Then, Mother Superior leaves.
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Neal asks Emma how "Henry" is doing then asks her out on a date to talk. Emma is wary. Neal then says that he'll be at the diner around lunchtime. If she shows up, great. If not, he'll stop bugging her. Once he walks away, Mary-Margaret and David urge Emma to go to lunch with him.
Back in the past, in fairy tale land, Snow and Charming arrive at the Summer Palace. When Charming goes to stable the horses, Snow gets out the weaponry stored there and runs into the woods, but Charming catches her. He tells her that he knew their trip there has something to do with Regina's threats. Snow then tells Charming about a legend she heard when she was a little girl about a creature who lived in a nearby cave and if you looked into her eyes, you turned to stone. "They called her Medusa," Snow tells Charming. She adds that if she has Medusa's head she can find a way for Regina to look at her. Charming says he won't let Snow go after Medusa...alone.
Back in Storybrooke, "Henry" sees Snow and Charming's exchange in the storybook. Then, Emma tells him.it's bedtime and to say good night to Regina. "Henry" then asks to go home with Regina. A stunned Emma tells him to call her in the morning to pick him.up and "Henry" and Regina leave together. Mary-Margaret tells Emma that "Henry" probably wanted to spend his first night home in his old room. Emma think she's probably right.
At Regina's, "Henry" keeps reading the storybook in real Henry's room. Then, Regina comes in and he asks her if she brought her vault of magic to Storybrooke. She says she did and wonders why he's asking. "Henry" covers saying he might need her magic in case Pan escapes and comes after him again. Regina assures him that he's safe and that her vault is sealed because, "Magic isn't the answer and my vault is sealed because it's dangerous." She then puts "Henry" to bed and closes the door. He then gets out of bed, opens the window and says, "She's wrong. Magic is the answer. It's time." He then releases his Shadow, which flies into town.
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Back in the fairy tale land, in the past. Charming and Snow are searching for Medusa's cave. Charming asks Snow how Medusa's victims turn Barack into flesh and blood. Snow replies that the only way for that to happen is to kill Medusa, which Charming figures out no one knows how to do. Snow says she's immortal so cutting off her head won't kill her but it'll be easier to turn Regina to stone. Charming then reminds Snow that she stopped Regina's execution and said killing her wasn't the answer, how is turning her stone different? Snow replies that then she just threatened the two of them, now she's threatened the entire kingdom. Then, they find Medusa's cave and go in.
At Granny's diner, Mary-Margaret and David are having lunch when Gold approaches them with an elixir that will cure David's Nightshade poisoning for good. David asks what his price is but Gold says it's on the house because they're family but he might ask him for a favor and hope he'll be "receptive." David thanks him and drinks he elixir. He then kisses Mary-Margaret, who sees Neal eating alone. David says he knows what to do. He finds Emma on the docks. She thinks Neal sent him but he says he doesn't know he's there and wanted to check that she was okay when he saw hmm eating alone. Emma tells David that it isn't Neal, it's "Henry" and that he hasn't been acting like himself and wasn't happy to see his storybook. David reminds her that went through a lo in Neverland. Emma says she feels like something bad is going to happen. David tells her to look for the "good moments." Emma asks if a "good moment" would be having lunch with Neal. David offers to drive her to Granny's. Then, Emma asks if he's pushing her towards Neal to keep her away from Hook. He makes a joke, but doesn't answer her question.
Hook bumps into Tinkerbell and starts flirting with her. She calls him on using her as a distraction to get his mind off of Emma. Then, they heard a woman scream and ran outside just as Emma and David pulled up. Emma then asked Hook and Tinkerbell, "Were you two...?" Tinkerbell says no while Hook says, "Maybe." Then, the woman screamed again and they saw Pan's Shadow attack Mother Superior. By the time David got to her she was dead. Tinkerbell wondered why Pan's Shadow would kill her and Hook replies that Pan's Shadow only takes orders from one person. Emma then says, "Pan."
At Regina's, "Henry" is reading the storybook in real Henry's room when Regina comes in and says he has to come with her because something has happened. "Henry" then gets an evil grin on his face.
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Back to the fairy tale land, in the past. Charming and Snow are in Medusa's cave. Charming says they have to draw her out. Snow agrees but tells Charming not to look into her eyes. Charming calls out and Medusa emerges. He runs and Snow's ready to cut off her head but just wounds her. Charming then tries to distract Medusa so they can escape but she catches Snow. Charming tries to decapitate Medusa with a shield but she knocks it away thus letting go of Snow. Then, Medusa catches Charming and turns him to stone in front of Snow.
Back to Storybrooke. David and Emma cover up Mother Superior as Regina and "Henry" arrive. They tell Regina that Pan's Shadow killed her. Neal wants to go back to the "Jolly Roger" to get the candle so they can capture Pan's Shadow if it strikes again. Emma says she knows Pan's behind this. "Henry" acts scared that Pan can still hurt him. "Henry" asks Regina if she'll protect him, which hurts Emma. Regina tells him, "Of course" and they move to leave but Emma stops them. Emma whispers to Regina that "Henry" doesn't seem quite like himself. Regina thinks Emma is just jealous that "Henry" thinks of her as his mother too. Emma says that isn't it. Regina then says that "Henry" wants her when he's frightened and "you forget I have 10 years of soothing his nightmares." Emma then tells Regina that she has a bad feeling. Regina then tells "Henry" that she's taking him "to the one place in Storybrooke the Shadow can't get you." She takes him to her vault. She asks him to promise not to touch anything. "Henry" says, "I promise" with a wicked grin on his face.
Back in the fairy tale land, in the past. Snow tells the Charming stone statue that she won't leave him. Snow then hears Regina's voice and sees her image on the shield. Regina laughs at the fact that Snow put herself in this situation. "I didn't realize I could just sit back and watch you destroy your own happiness," Regina says as she laughs and her image disappears. Snow realizes she's right. Then, she has an idea. She strips the shield of its paint so it's a mirror and points it at Medusa, who looks into her own eyes and turns to stone. Charming US back to normal and Snow apologizes for being so focused on Regina. Charming replies that he'll think of how she can make it up to him.
Back in Storybrooke, Emma, David and Mary-Margaret find Gold and tell him he needs to release Pan because somehow he's controlling his Shadow and "Henry" is in danger. They all drive to the town line. Gold says if he releases Pan beyond the town line, there's no magic and Pan won't be able to fight back. But, Emma wants to deal with Pan on her terms. Gold releases "Pan," who tells them that he's really Henry, but they don't believe him. "Pan" tells the real Pan switched bodies right before Gold trapped him in the box. Gold still says he's lying and that Emma should shoot him. Emma thinks he might be telling the truth since "Henry's" been acting off. Emma asks "Pan" to tell her something only Henry would know. Emma then asks "Pan" about "the first time you and I really connected." "Pan" says it was his castle when she first came to town and he told he knew why she gave him up, "so I could have my best chance." Then, Emma believes "Pan" and they hug. He then hugs David and Mary-Margaret. Gold then apologies for putting him in the box.
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Back to the vault. "Henry" tells Regina how lucky he is that she's protecting him. Regina then vows to the mother he's always wanted when everything was over. She hugs him as he steals some magic that knocks Regina out.
Back in fairy tale land, in the past. Charming apologizes for not finding a way to defeat Regina. Snow says she was so focused on finding a way because she wants to start a family and didn't want to with Regina still being a threat. Snow says she was wrong, that she wants to start a family because they'll always be some sort of threat but that can't let that "define them."
Back.in Storybrooke. The gang goes to the vault. Gold tried to open it but says it will take time. Emma is afraid they won't be able to stop the real Pan. Emma then tells her parents that "the price of being the savior is I don't get a day off." Then, Gold gets the vault open. They find Regina unconscious and Gold revives her. They tell her Pan switched bodies with Henry. Regina is angry at herself for falling for it. "Pan" tells her that he still needs her to be his mother and they hug. David asks what the real Pan would want in the vault. Gold asks Regina if she kept "it" there and she says she did.
We see "Henry" took the curse that made Storybrooke and is with Felix. "Henry" tells Felix that he broke him out of jail "because this spell is going to give us everything we ever wanted.
Regina questions why Pan would want the curse when she already cast it. Gold says can cast it again and with "the Charming's true love woven in even Emma would be powerless to break it." Mary-Margaret asks what casting the curse in Storybrooke do.
"Henry" says that "everyone would forget who they are. Time will stand still and Felix, we will be in charge. And when we're done with it, it's going to be the new Neverland."
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