Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25551215-20191204022821/@comment-25551215-20200201041006

806 is here!
 * The Enchanted Forest. Sometime before “Chosen”.
 * A young boy runs through the woods.
 * He runs into a witch, and we see that it’s Chilton Crane’s Blind Witch.
 * “Watch where you’re going!” she scolds him.
 * “I’m sorry, ma’am,” he says.
 * “Are you lost in the woods, child?”
 * “Yes, ma’am. I’m running away from the Evil Queen.”
 * “Well, luckily for you, I have a cottage in a land called Oz where you can be warm and fed.”
 * “Really?” the boy lights up. “Can you take care me there?”
 * “Of course.” Smiling, she offers her hand. “I’m Hilda.”
 * “I’m Roger. Roger Chillingworth.”
 * Cue the title card, which is of a blue and white curse spreading through the forest.
 * At Margot and Tilly’s apartment, Margot tells Tilly and Rogers that she told Zelena about her pregnancy over breakfast
 * Tilly isn’t upset, just worried that the Shadow Raven will use their child as leverage.
 * Rogers swears that he’ll protect them and their child, even if it kills him.
 * In the Shadow Raven’s lair, Chillingworth puts on the Raven mask.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“So let me be clear. You want me to gather the people at the Royal Castle and… tell them I’m the Shadow Raven?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Well it’s not a lie, so you should be fine with it.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You’re telling me to go and tell these people, who we’ve been terrorising, that I’m the Shadow Raven.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes. Gods, you’re thick today.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“This better work, or I’m going to kill you.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Amused, Dorian smiles. “I’d like to see you try.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the Enchanted Forest, a village burns.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The Evil Queen smiles in evil glee. She spots a boy hugging a stuffed animal, calling out for his parents in the chaos.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He catches her eye and she laughs cruelly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Run away, little boy… run away.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He runs away as the Queen laughs.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Roger wakes up in a bed, panting. Hilda sees him wake up and brings him a plate of cookies.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Thank you.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You seemed like you were having an intense nightmare, dearie. What happened?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Where I come from, there’s an Evil Queen. She killed my whole family and told me to run away.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“How terrible,” she says. “How would you like to get back at her?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’d like that very much,” he says.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina looks through the storybooks in search of Chillingworth’s story to see how he could be able to get to him
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You won’t find my story in there,” someone says coldly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">To her shock, it’s Chillingworth.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“What do you want?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Merely to make your pain even worse. It’s quite amusing to see the Queen get taken down.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He uses magic to make the Scarlet Letter burn even more.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina struggles – and someone shoots Chillingworth’s leg.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Get out of here.” It’s Rogers, and he looks pissed off. Probably because his bestie threatened his daughter yesterday.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Chillingworth scowls, but seeing as they’re distracted, he teleports away.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“A message from Zelena,” he says, handing her a letter. “She’s rallying the people.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“This isn’t from Zelena,” she says. “I know that she is rallying the people, but she would never send me a letter with Oz insignia on the paper. Furthermore, she’d never send me a letter when she could just text me, and even if she did, she wouldn’t have given it to you. So how did you get this letter?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“She just walked up to me and said, ‘Captain, this is urgent. Give it to my sister and make sure she --’... bloody hell.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina has fallen asleep. The letter contained poppy seed. Rogers inhales it and falls asleep.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The door to Gideon’s opens.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Did you find  ––” Gideon looks up. It’s Julian.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Wait, he was here? Romeo was here?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Oh, so that’s his name. Yeah. Showed up last night. Can I help -- wait. You’re Julian, aren’t you? The boy he was looking for?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yeah. It’s me. Where’d he go?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Storybrooke, but that was hours ago. I can get you some magic to help look for him?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“No, it’s okay. I spent all of my money on drinks.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I can pay the price for you.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“No. It’s okay. Really.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He leaves. Dejected.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The door opens behind him. It’s Gideon. He’s flipped the sign to say the store is closed.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’m coming with you. Two heads are better than one, right?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Sabine is serving beignets at Rollin’ Bayou when Hester and Romeo come up.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Hello! Can I help you?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’m Romeo, and this is Hester Prynne. You’re Queen Tiana, right?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes… why?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“We need your help.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Wait. Hold on. You said your name is Romeo? As in Julian’s Romeo?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You know him?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Our paths crossed. And Hester… Chillingworth’s wife? Interesting combo. How can I help?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“We’re looking for Julian. The Shadow Raven’s curse is coming, and maybe, just maybe… our love is true enough to break it.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’m in.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">A frustrated Roger tries to master a new spell. Hilda is teaching him magic.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I can’t get it!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You must! Picture her writhing in pain! Enact your revenge on her!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I can’t!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You weak little boy!” she goes towards him angrily but stops herself and gives him cookies instead. “Eat up. We will continue your training!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He eats, barely holding back tears.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rogers and Regina wake up from the poppy dust. A couple of hours have elapsed since then.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I knew that letter was fake. It must’ve been a distraction!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“From what?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Isn’t it obvious? The Shadow Raven’s curse is coming. But we still have time to stop him. Go to this address,” she instructs.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“What’s there? A magical relic?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“No. An old friend. Relocated from where she was after the merging. I need you to get squid ink.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Why aren’t you getting it?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Well, I need to help Zelena rally the people, don’t I? Gotta get the band back together. Besides: it’s an old friend you’re acquainted with.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rogers follows the address to a cute pink house in Storybrooke. There are fish pinwheels, lawn chairs, and all sorts of random things scattered about. He rings the doorbell.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The door opens, and we see OG Ariel, surprised. “Hook?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Ariel lets him in.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“So, what brings you here? Do you and Emma need me to babysit again? Wow, the others must be ready. I really am sorry that Hope almost stabbed herself with a fork –”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I’m not… that Hook. I’m the one from the other realm. Regina needs your help.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Oh, wow. So what’s going on? Anything to do with that crazy raven guy?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yeah. We were hoping you had squid ink.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Well, you’re in luck,” she says. “Captain Nemo restocked my supply. We’re old friends. Helps with the money. I’ll be right back!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">While Ariel gets the squid ink, Rogers looks around. There are paintings of Ariel smiling, holding a baby, eventually turning into photos of Ariel and Eric raising a son.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“His name is Triton,” Ariel says quietly from behind him.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“He’s adorable. How old is he now?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Almost ten. He’s growing up so quickly…”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“They always do,” he says wistfully.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Are you a father?” she asks.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yeah. Her name is Alice. She grew up in a tower, locked up by a witch who ended up locking me out and poisoning my heart. We’ve only had a few years reunited, but… it feels like she’s already drifting away… like she doesn’t need me.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“She’ll always need you. A child always needs her father.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She gives him the squid ink, and Rogers feels that somehow, she’s not just talking about him and Alice. “Defeat that Raven for them. Do it for the children. For Alice, and for Triton.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Rogers nods solemnly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Closed?” Romeo is surprised. “Is he normally closed?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Gideon only closes on the anniversaries of Belle and Rumplestiltskin’s deaths,” Sabine says. “Odd.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Do you think Julian was here?” Hester asks.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Maybe,” Sabine says.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I think we need to go to the Enchanted Forest. There’s a tree there. Julian and I were both there, but… we didn’t see each other. Maybe he’s going there.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Maybe,” Hester agrees. “We need to hurry, though. Luckily, I have some magic that can help.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">We flash back to Oz. Roger is now a teenager. He’s dressed in elegant blacks rather than his peasant clothes, and his face is far too cold for someone so young.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You’ve been quite the excellent apprentice. I don’t regret not eating you,” Hilda tells him. “I knew I saw the spark of darkness within you.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Well, thank you.” He smiles thinly. “However, I am not ready to take on the Evil Queen yet. I am not powerful enough. I fear she will be defeated before I can kill her.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“What if I gave you immortality? There is a magical elixir created by a man named Flamel, and i managed to get my hands on it… a long time ago.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Why didn’t you use it?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Silly boy. I am a siren. We are immortal.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Okay, then. What’s the catch?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I want you to procure a couple of children. Hansel and Gretel, the children of some puny mortal named Ivo. They seem quite delicious from what I have seen.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You really need to stop eating kids,” Roger says. “It really isn’t appealing.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Whatever.” We get the sense that in a twisted way, they have become like mother and son.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She gives him the elixir, and he drinks it. He leaves her.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the present, Chillingworth is in the Royal Castle. He shoots a scarlet raven sign into the sky.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">From where they are, Regina, Rogers, Ariel, Margot, Tilly, Sabine, Hester, Romeo, Julian, and Gideon see it.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They follow it.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina is shocked as she enters. Everyone is talking nervously, and then…
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Fire erupts in the centre as Chillingworth appears. He smiles wickedly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Hello, everyone. I am Roger Chillingworth. The Witch’s apprentice. But you may know me as… the Shadow Raven.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cue the shouts. The yells. Everyone is angry. Terrified. He has taken a toll on them. He only smiles.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Calm down!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">They don’t, of course.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">To calm them down, he kills a random person. And they shut up. Regina ends up next to Rogers and Ariel. Rogers gives her the squid ink.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Is that the Shadow Raven?” Ariel asks.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes,” Regina says. “Thank you for the squid ink.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Ariel merely nods.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Elsewhere, Margot and Tilly reunite with Hester, Sabine, and Romeo.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Sabine introduces them to Romeo, and says that Julian is somewhere in the Realms.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Good,” Chillingworth says, interrupting them. “You all finally shut up. Now, as you all know, your queen was once called the Evil Queen. Some say she’s changed… but she hasn’t.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">He uses the magic of memories to show them a montage of her actions, reminding them that she is the Evil Queen, including killing Wish Snow and Charming.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Regina is shocked and bows her head.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I was once an innocent boy, but she… she destroyed me.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“But she has changed! She made things right with me! She fixed the mistakes she made!” Ariel yells out. Regina smiles at her gratefully.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Perhaps she did with you,” Chillingworth says coldly. “But not with me. That is why a curse is being cast. To open everyone’s eyes up and remind you all of the Evil Queen.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Like the spell of Shattered Sight, but weaker,” Regina realizes. “And targeted against only me…”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“And it will be a good curse. A glorious one! ...A Great Curse.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">The distraction worked; Dorian adds the last ingredient – shards of a mirror – to a cauldron and watches as a blue and white Great Curse begins drifting out of it. He smirks wickedly.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Time to die, Regina.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the chaos in the palace, Romeo and Julian are separated from Hester, Sabine, and Gideon, until they run into each other –
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Romeo.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Julian.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">And in the middle of the chaos, they share a passionate kiss, just as their companions catch up to them.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I guess this really does take you to your true love,” Julian says, pointing out the pendant on Romeo’s neck.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Yes. It does.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">And in the midst of the turmoil, they hold each other.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Back in the past, Chillingworth, now an adult, returns to the now blind Hilda in the NEF. This is sometime before season 6.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“It’s been so long, Hilda,” he says. “And I still haven’t gotten my revenge.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“You will,” she says cryptically. “All has fallen into my plan. Whether intentionally or not, you have ensured that I will be able to join the Coven of the Eight, Shadow Raven.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“I have? Even still, why?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“There is a great cosmic prophecy. I am playing my part, just as you are.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She says some more unimportant plot stuff.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Now listen closely,” she says. “Here is the prophecy: As raven’s moon rises and good’s queen falls, the Reckoning begins. Blood will spill red, heralding the returning of the twins. A strange call, a world frozen, a fallen man; all are part of the cosmic plan. Hail the Raven. Hail the Reckoning. For the cycle must continue, and all must fall!”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She exists her trance.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“What the hell did any of that mean?”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She smiles maliciously. “It means, child… that you will get your vengeance, and the world will fall.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">In the chaos at the castle, Regina finds a secluded spot and makes a call, watching the Curse approach.
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">“Snow. Something bad’s coming. It’s time.”
 * <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">She holds her phone close to her and ends the call as a tear runs down her face.