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I'm really looking forward to see how Emma will cope with the pure darkness of the Dark One "spirit". We only saw how Rumple became the Dark One. He was mostly tricked into becoming the Dark One although he was already avid for power. Rumple was a weak/coward and desperate man upon becoming the DO, just like Zoso (he said it himself). I can only assume previous Dark Ones had similar ways of becoming DO.

I've been expecting Camelot would take a big part of the upcoming story since that gauntlet showed up in 4x12. Now with Merlin confirmed and the quest for another dragon (Lily's father) although Lily's dragon father might also come from asian fairy tales, which I would love.

I'm really excited for season 5 but there are some things I'm affraid will happen, like:

1) Emma being relieved from the DO spirit by TLW. It's a little to easy imo.

2) Emma being the DO for a short period. It's a easy guess that everybody will work to free her. It would be such a shame to not develop Dark Swan for at least the full season.

3) Lily's father being another human-dragon shapeshifter. I mean, I can't beleive shapeshifting into a dragon can be as comon as being a powerfull magician/sorcerer.

On the other hand, there are some things I'm really willing to see develop.

1) Why was Rumple's heart turned into bright white instead of red after the Apprentice removed all the darkness? This is really my main question as we only saw hearts from a range of red to black.

2) Why did Emma disappeared after absorbing the DO while leaving the dagger behind?

3) What memories and skills will Rumple retain from all this time being the DO. It is also the DO powers that kept him alive for so long (300+ years). What will happen now?

4) Why is the Sorcerer not showing up himself or doing anything himslef, he seems to always go through his Apprentice?