Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-26715865-20150911060553/@comment-24674051-20150911144649

I actually never thought of Season 2x1 as a flash forward. my view is more along the lines of concurrent story lines. Although it is not clear exactly how the timelines fit, but they are close enough to be considered current, imo.

Here's what I think we'll see. We're going to see the scooby gang (minus emma) trying to figure out where Emma is (once they realize that she is no longer in Storybrooke), and in a concurrent Storyline, we see Emma waking up in the EF right outside the vault of the DO. both storylines will run parallel.

The camelot scenes come in when Regina and Zelena try to use the Apprentice's wand to open a portal, and eventually end up having Granny's portaled over (or maybe even the entirety of Storybrooke) to the Camelot region, probably via cyclone. In the meantime, Emma will meet Merida, and somehow will travel with her to Camelot, where, at the end, everyone will come together in King Arthur's court.