Enchanted Bow

"An arrow fired from this bow will get you exactly what you need. It always finds its target..."

- Rumplestiltskin to Snow White

The Enchanted Bow is an item featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the sixteenth episode of the first season.

Before the Curse
A thief (named Robin Hood) breaks into the Dark Castle to steal a magic wand to heal a woman he loves, and when Rumplestiltskin appears, the thief threatens to shoot the Dark One, telling him that the bow is enchanted, and that the arrow always hits it's objective. As Rumplestiltskin does not surrender, Robin Hood shoots him, and the arrow hits him in the chest. Rumplestiltskin takes the arrow out, and make the thief a prisoner.

Later, after Belle, Rumplestiltskin's new maid, set the thief free, the Dark One takes the bow and makes her accompany him in the hunt to kill Robin Hood. When they finally meet the thief, Rumplestiltskin sees how Robin Hood cures a woman with the wand and hugs her happily, while Belle begs him not to kill him. Although he later denyes it, Rumplestiltskin decides to leave Robin Hood alone. Snow White's plans to kill the Queen, and how she has gone off to find Rumplestiltskin. In the Dark Castle, she asks for his help. He gives her the enchanted bow and arrow that "always hits its mark" and shows her on a map where the best location to shoot the queen would be. When Snow White inquires about payment, Rumplestiltskin says that he does not want anything and is simply invested in her future.

As Snow White sets up a place from which to fire at the Queen and tests the bow, Charming sneaks up behind her. He embraces and kisses her; however, the kiss has no effect. Snow White still doesn't know who he is, so she knocks him out and ties him to a tree.

She goes off to kill the Queen despite Charming's pleas. Jiminy finds Charming and, after chewing through the ropes that bind him, suggests that since he cannot make Snow White remember him, maybe he should help her remember who she is. The Queen travels down the road indicated on the map, and Snow White draws back her bow, ready to fire. However, Charming jumps in front of the arrow, which strikes him in the shoulder, and says that he loves her.