Board Thread:Fanon: Season 8 & Beyond/@comment-25375217-20180529030357/@comment-25375217-20180816012837

Rather lengthy script tease from "Deal with the Devil":

": Regina! Thank goodness you're here. The war council meeting is beginning. Regina Mills: About that... I think I have a new first order of business. I was contacted... by the . Henry Mills: What? Regina: She wants to make a deal. Zelena: Of course she does. Sabine: What did she say? Regina: That if our side agrees to not use magic or magical weapons in battle, her side will do the same. Zelena: Not use magic? Is she insane? Jacinda Vidrio: Hold on. This could be a good deal for us. We have no way of knowing what powerful magic the White Witch has gotten her hands on. Henry: Ella is right. If she's willing to give them all up, it'll be much easier to know what's coming. Regina: Henry, I know you like to see the good in everyone, but you don't know me like I know me. This deal... it isn't like one of Rumplestiltskin's deals. There's nothing keeping her to it. But she knows we would never go back on our word. All accepting this deal would do is ensure we have no way of defending ourselves when she does pull out a magical weapon. Caspian: I agree. The White Witch can't be trusted. Sabine: Now, hold on, Regina. Jacinda is still right -- we don't know what the White Witch is hiding in that palace of hers. She would still have the upper hand even if we had magic. Why would she even offer the deal if that were the case? Lily Page: Why would she even offer the deal if it put her at a disadvantage? She's not an idiot. She's hiding something. Caspian: My father used to believe magic was a weakness, but then someone used magic to get the upper hand over him. He started teaching it to himself after that, and he'd never give it up now. He knows what power magic gives you. The White Witch knows that, too. She isn't going to just hand it over. Lucy Mills: Okay, okay, let's just look at our options. We say no to the deal. The White Witch could have a hugely powerful spell and wipe us out with a flick of the wrist. Even if she doesn't, she probably has a whole army of witches and dragons, and we just have Grandma, Zelena, the Black Fairy, and Lily. Or, we say yes to the deal. The White Witch could be lying, and she wipes us out with a hugely powerful spell anyway. Or she's telling the truth, and we're all on even ground. There's a chance we could lose no matter what happens. Doesn't it make more sense to make the choice that gives us a better chance at winning, too? Regina: It's not that easy, Lucy. We don't know that she has an army of witches and dragons. Maybe she's offering the deal because all she has is herself and Cain and she knows we can overpower her magically. Maybe she's offering the deal because she thinks we have more magic than we really do. Henry: Maybe she's offering the deal because she really does want a fair fight. She is you, mom. She could have a little bit of goodness, too. Regina: She's me without you, Henry. You don't know how far I could have gone off the deep end. Even I don't know. Lucy: You're right. We don't know. We can't know what's going to happen. Even Rumplestiltskin could only see bits and pieces of possible futures. We're taking a chance no matter what choice we make, and as heroes, we should be taking the chance that sees good in everyone. Just like you did with Rapunzel. Remember? (We see a CLOSE-UP of REGINA'S FACE. She does remember. And off that, we FADE TO...)"

and a slightly shorter one (not consecutive):

"Black Fairy: Well, hello. I see you're meeting without me. Regina: Not now, Fiona. We're trying to make a decision. Black Fairy: About what? Lucy: The White Witch wants both sides of the war to give up magic. Black Fairy: What? Then you should accept. Regina: It's not that easy, she-- Black Fairy: She has the . Regina: ...What? Black Fairy: She took it from me, before she locked me up. If she has access to her magic, she has access to that. And we both know she'll use it. Regina: How do we know she won't use it anyway? Henry: Have her lock everything up in the secret vault. She'd have to complete the challenges again to open it. Even if she somehow did, we'd have plenty of time to catch her. Regina: Caspian? Caspian: Fiona's right. We can't take any chance with the Deplorable Word. (He looks around the room. Everyone is on the same page.) Caspian: Contact her. Tell her we accept."