chapter three

present : In the aftermath of their fight, Emma and Mary Margaret remain distant, until Henry reminds his mother that she isn’t the only abandoned child in Storybrooke. Emma realizes how challenging it can be to become a parent in such abnormal circumstances and gains sympathy for her mother along the way. Ruby becomes anxious and erratic before the full moon, which finally triggers her memories, leaving her fearful of her own nature, and she seeks out help from Mayor Gold to prevent herself from further transformations. Henry and David start a town census in the hopes of figuring out the past lives of the residents of Storybrooke.

past : Shortly after Rumpelstiltskin becomes the Servant, he begins to exercise his newfound powers. Baelfire grows increasingly fearful of his father’s magic and tries to hide the Servant’s dagger, but instead the weapon falls into the hands of a newly-married duchess named Judith. The young woman recognizes the dagger of lore and commands for Rumpelstiltskin to rescue her from the wrath of her terrifying new husband – but when Rumpelstiltskin comes face-to-face with the domineering Bluebeard, he is exposed to a form of evil that even he cannot begin to fathom.

‘once upon a time’ stars : Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen/Regina Mills, Emily Rose as Emma Swan, Jaimie Alexander as Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard, Henry Cavill as Prince Charming/David Nolan, Raphael Sbarge as Jiminy Cricket/Dr. Archie Hopper, CJ Adams as Henry Mills, and Robert Carlyle as Rumpelstiltskin/Mr. Gold

guest stars include : Meghan Ory as Red Riding Hood/Ruby Connor, Beverly Elliott as Widow Agatha Lucas/Helen Connor, Isaac Hempstead-Wright as Baelfire, Zhu Zhu as Duchess Judith, Yun-Fat Chow as Bluebeard

~and sorry for my awful english

season 1: It’s a time of great persecutions and violence for the wizards. Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, members of two of the greatest families in the wizard world, are friends (not the best ones but good friends, with mutual respect and good times). After seeing for the umpteenth time a young witch burning, Godric have the idea to create a school to teach and protect them. They hear about a witch in Wales, Helga Hufflepuff, who educates young wizards from her village: some orphans because of the murders or the ones disowned by their muggles parents. The two men ask her help and advices, despite the fact that she educates muggle-born disgusts Salazar. She says she knows the perfect place for a school, far from muggles eyes: Scotland, where lives Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga’s best friend and brightest witch of the Age. Even if the difficulties are strong, Rowena joins them… (of course the function of this season is to introduce the medieval atmosphere, the violence, the differents organisations, the characters, their backstories and their aspirations) season 2: First days of school. Everything is perfect during months… until the High Magical Authorities, the Old Council, starts to take a dim view of the potential power of this school and decide to discredit it whatever the ways ; until love -and sex- appear between the four Founders ; until Salazar starts rejecting any “mudbloods”; until Rowena gets pregnant ; until Godric has to use one of the Unforgiveable curses despite is values ; until Helga finds one of the students dead and mutilated in the forest. The dissensions are more and more violent, and the future of the school uncertain. Salazar Slytherin decides to hide a Chamber of Secrets with a ‘beast’ inside it, and leaves the school. Determinate to ruin it, he joins the Old Council. Aware of this, the three others Founders ask support from their Families’ allies… (this season is the pivotal one, ‘cause, yeah it’s the second one but everything changes at this point: friendship becomes hate or love, the separation, the deads, the betrayal, the revelations… HBO knows how to do it) season 3: The years pass and the difficulties remain. The war between the Council scares away some students and parents, leaving Godric, Helga, Rowena and her daughter Helena alone to protect the ones remaining. But fearing death, Helena runs away with her mother’s diadem, hoping powers and protection from it. Rowena begs one of Slytherin House’s student, who is in love with Helena, to bring her back. At the same moment, the Council, less and less powerful, expels Salazar, frightened by his extremist positions. He leaves them happily, knowing their end is imminent. At Hogwarts, Rowena learns that the sudent (the bloody baron) killed her daughter and killed himself after. The witch falls into depression and madness, leaving Helga and Godric alone to defend the school against the Council and Salazar’s ambition… (okay, this season is the tragic and last one, with blood and death everywhere. I picture Rowena as the first one to die and Helga as the last survivor of the Four Founders, being so the first woman as principal.)