John Darling

John, also known as John Darling, is a character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. He débuts in the twenty-first episode of the second season.

John Darling is based on the character with the same name from the play, Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.

Before the Curse
John lives London, England with his parents and his silbings, he is the middle child. One night his sister Wendy goes to Neverland with the Shadow despite Baelfire's wishes. When she returns she has troubling news that the Shadow will return the next night for one of her brothers but Baelfire vows to not let magic tear their family apart.

Wendy, Baelfire, John and Michael arm themselves with kitchen utensils as makeshift weapons in the nursery, and when the Shadow breaks open the window, they all run to hide in the cubby-hole. However, Michael, gets distracted by staring curiously at the Shadow, and is unaware he is in danger of being snatched away. Baelfire dashes out from the cubby-hole and protects Michael by asking the Shadow to take him instead. John runs to the window with Wendy and Micheal as Baelfire is dragged away by the Shadow.