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The Chipped Cup wrote: I have the strangest feeling that Lily will end up dying somewhere during Season 5. Since Lily has absorbed Emma's darkness before, they might claim that now that there is a special bond between them, she may sacrifice herself to absorb the Darkness and then destroy herself along with it.

Of course, if that did happen, that would probably make the quest to find Lily's father a bit...meaningless, perhaps? I would definitely feel bad for Mal if Lily died, but I just get the feeling that Lily will die in Season 5.

On the topic of characters who may die, I (as much as I would hate it) think that it is possible that Mulan would return for maybe a few episodes before being killed off. They may bring her back to appease us who desperately want to know what's happened to her, but then they will probably have her sacrifice herself to save Aurora or something, because I think that is as deep as the writers would go with Sleeping-Warrior. It may probably be Regina (by paying her dept to Emma) Or Hook (by not wanting her to suffer similarly the way he did, and will save at any cost. Even if it's his life).