Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25733960-20170312061043/@comment-6175354-20170510161028

Chameleon-Guy wrote: I also thought about Henry telling his daughter the story, but it doesn't match the cynical personality of the casting call. If the alternate ending is just about them, why did they film Emma dying, Hook as sheriff, and Emma getting up and going in the car with Hook? Too much indecision.

Here is my theory....

Zelena takes her daughter and Henry to NY, during the Final Battle. Since, Regina asked her to keep them safe. Several years pass, and Henry is now a jaded twenty-something. A young girl shows up at his door, and asks him to return to Storybrooke.

The alternate ending, is probably Emma's fate. It will either be her dying in battle, and Hook becoming the new sheriff. Or that she survives, and they look forward to a bright future. The flashforward would be the same, for both scenarios.