Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25551215-20191204022821/@comment-25551215-20200118000617

Part 3 (special announcement at the end) ...And a special announcement! The Zelena and Dorian centric fifth episode, "Bad Guy", will be published in script form! I hope to get it out next Friday.
 * We cut to Hester, who is hiding out in Arendelle this time.
 * The door opens, revealing Julian and Dorian, who have tracked her down using the Forget Me Knot.
 * Hester takes out a gun, pointing it at Dorian.
 * “Stay away from me!”
 * Dorian smirks, enchanting Julian’s hand. “Do it.”
 * Julian looks terrified, but he steps close to Hester, ripping her heart out.
 * Hester is shocked, glaring at him.
 * “Now be a good boy and bring it to me, Julian, and you’ll have your freedom.”
 * “Wait. Julian? As in Romeo’s Julian?”
 * “You know Romeo?” he asks, slowly stepping closer to him and away from Dorian.
 * “Yeah. He’s been helping me. But how did you end up with him? He’s an associate of the Shadow Raven and Chillingworth. You can’t trust him.”
 * “The Raven gave me my freedom. Maybe they’re not all bad.”
 * “Oh, but they are,” Hester says angrily. “They’ll take your freedom once they have my heart.”
 * “Is that true?” Julian asks, having lost whatever misplaced trust in Dorian he had.
 * “Fine, I’ll admit it. I was supposed to take your heart once you gave Hester’s to the Raven, but… love is a powerful thing. Give her her heart and I’ll help you look for your Romeo.”
 * “Why should I trust you?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Because I know what it’s like to lose someone you love.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Dorian looks very very conflicted. There’s also probably some dialogue here that I didn’t write that shows that he’s teetering between helping the Raven and being, like, a decent person. Hopefully his change wasn’t too abrupt.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Julian returns Hester’s heart. “Where was the last place you saw him?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Storybrooke, the Main Street,” she says. “Go find him.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the Underworld, our heroes and Victoria meet with Albert.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Chillingworth is Hester’s husband,” Albert explains, to their shock. “In the Land of Untold Stories, he was a lackey of the Raven and Mr. Hyde.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Does he know who the Raven is? And what happened in Hester’s past?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Albert recaps the 8x03 flashbacks.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">After prying a few more answers (Chillingworth and the Raven’s goals are aligned, along w/ a recap of what the Raven wants that we’ve already heard during Romeo/Regina’s conversation) they’re about to leave
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cruella, the BW, and Hyde poof in, and Cruella splashes Lost Souls water on him
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Albert goes to the worse place
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Hello again, darlings. Fancy a permanent trip down under?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in the past, Julian sneaks into the EQ’s palace.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He sees the poisoned apple just… standing there.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He steals it and leaves the palace. We don’t need to see the Evil Queen because she’s insignificant to the plot of this episode. She’s probably off hunting Snow White down or something.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He gives it to the Blind Witch; what an easy task.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The BW is satisfied and gives him a caged will-o’-the-wisp, telling him to take it to the Hill of Stones, where it will answer his questions.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She also gives him a small piece of the Raven Painting, small enough to syphon off a bit of magic. She tells him how to use it.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cut to him taking the will-o’-the-wisp to the hill. He asks it to help him find Romeo. It then zooms away, and he follows it to…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">A tavern. But before he can go in…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Hello, young Capulet.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth smirks from behind him.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’ll be needing this.” He steals the piece of the painting he has – ”and, you too. You never know what you can get out of a desperate soul.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“No! I won’t let you harm Romeo!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth laughs wickedly - granting enough time for Julian to pass the Scarlet Letter onto him. This is how he got the letter he gave to Regina in 8x03.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Angered, he takes a convenient key out of his pocket and unlocks the tavern door. He opens it, taking himself and Julian back to the LUS, where their stories will be on pause.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cruella, Hyde, and the Blind Witch square off with our quartet, while on the side, Victoria calls someone.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“The Shadow Raven believes you are a nuisance,” Cruella says, “and has instructed me to keep you down here. And I intend to help them, but I have a different idea. To return to the world of the living. Darling?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The Blind Witch attempts to rip out Margot’s heart, but she is repelled by a protection spell.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Margot laughs. “Did you really think my mother and aunt wouldn’t put a protection on my heart? Consider that payback for trying to keep Aunt Regina down here.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Victoria puts her phone down just as Merlin poofs in.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Oh, God. I hope you’re not here to try and help Arthur,” Cruella says.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hyde and Blind Witch make similar remarks.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“No. I’m here to help them. Victoria called me. Said you needed a way home.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes, but –”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“There’s no time for information about the Raven. You need to get back or these three will keep you down here forever.” Merlin opens them a magic portal because plot and he’s Merlin.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I can tell you something! For free,” Hyde says. “Considering we’ll be down here together in the end… I can wait to torment you.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“What is it?” Rogers asks as the other three go through the portal.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“If you want to know who the Raven is… ask the Wicked Witch.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rogers looks alarmed and steps through the portal.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cut to Dorian and Romeo. They walk down Main Street with the Forget Me Knot.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">We close in on Dorian’s face…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">and it turns into an illustration in the storybook of him with a green Zelena in Oz.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina closes the book, horrified. She’d been looking for more answers about Chillingworth and the Reckoning, but… she got that instead.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Zelena’s theme plays faintly as we cut to black.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Hopefully there weren’t too many open holes or character inconsistency lol