Chapter Update: Chapter 45 & Since it has been a while links to all the chapters in the story, the other stories in the series.
Sequel to Breaking The Hatter, The Ties That Bind Us & Cursed stories.
AU set right after the curse is broken during season2. Will Jefferson find out Aurora is alive? Can they have their happily ever after in Storybrooke/Enchanted Forest? Will King George's powerplay succeed or will Cora and Hook's plans interfere? Is Science stronger than Magic?
OTP to come at some point in the story- MadSleeping, Frankenwolf, Rumbelle, MadQueen(flashbacks) OutlawQueen MadWhale Brotp.
Prologue – Jefferson has freed Belle hoping that Rumple will do what he cannot and kill Reinga. Once the curse breaks Victor releases everything Jefferson had been telling him for the last twenty-eight years was true. Can his friend ever forgive him for how he has treated him?
Chapter 1- The Dark Curse has been broken and Phillip has finally awoken Princess Aurora. As she comes to deal with life in what is left of the Enchanted Forest, Jefferson is on his way to finally be with his daughter in Storybrooke. Along the way, he runs into an old friend Will Scarlett.
Chapter 2- Aurora, Phillip, and Mulan find Emma and Snow back in the Enchanted Forest. While back in Storybrooke Grace is looking for her father. Â
Chapter 3 – Victor helps convince his friend Jefferson to push aside his worries and doubts and go to his daughter. After his friend is reunited Victor bumps into Ruby. Back in the Enchanted Forest Aurora gets some assistance from a Knight with ties to her fallen Kingdom.
Chapter 4 – Snow’s frustration with Aurora comes to a head drawing the attention of an Ogre. Everything that has happened in the last twenty-four hours has Aurora almost at her breaking point. She needs an ally that she can trust, but who can she actually trust? Â
Chapter 5 – Victor is trying to keep it together so he goes to talk to his only friend in Storybrooke, Jefferson. During their conversation, he finds out Regina has her vault. He desperately wants Jefferson to break in with him but will Jefferson who just got his daughter back help him? In the Enchanted Forest, Aurora is realizing her waking life may be worse then her dream curse.
Chapter 6 – Jefferson takes Grace to school before his planned meeting with Victor. He quickly realizes walking through town now that the curse is broken is the not the smartest thing for him to do. He runs into more than one person he would be happy never to see again in his life. In the Enchanted Forest Aurora and Emma discuss past loves, before they arrive at Snow’s Castle to find the magical wardrobe and a way back to Storybrooke.
Chapter 7 – On his way to meet Victor Jefferson runs into Rumple. While in the Enchanted Forest Aurora meets Cora for the first time.
Chapter 8 – Jefferson finally makes it to Granny’s to meet Victor. The two of them break into Regina’s vault in search of any helpful magic. But things don’t go as planned and a secret from Victor’s past come to light. Will Jefferson be able to look past the unfortunate mistakes of his friend?
Chapter 9 – Aurora finally falls asleep and renters the dream curse. It seems to feed on her memories and fears even more before giving away to flames.  Jefferson still mad from the fall out of Victor’s idea of breaking into Regina’s vault stumbles on King George yet again. Will he seek Rumple’s employment again as a way to protect himself and Grace?
Chapter 10 – Having convinced Phillip the best way to help Snow and Emma return to Storybrooke is to go to the Dark One’s Castle the group starts the journey only to encounter more of Cora’s destruction and a villain from Aurora’s past. Back in Storybrooke, Jefferson is avoiding Victor after their fight, and trying to figure out how best to complete the task Rumple has assigned him. Victor unable to contract Jefferson makes one bad mistake after another.
Chapter 11 – Aurora and Phillip are leading the way to the Dark One’s Castle to find out more about this magical compass to send Emma and Snow back to Storybrooke when Cora sends a deadly distraction. Back in Storybrooke Victor isn’t the only one affected by his action of bringing Daniel back to life.
Chapter 12 -  Aurora starts searching the Dark Ones Castle for information on the magical compass Hook’s had informed them of.  Her search turns up only painful questions and an unexpected visitor who has taken up residence at the Castle.  Back in Storybrooke Victor receives an expected visitor from his world. One he would have been completely happy to never see again.
Chapter 13 – Aurora’s nightmare gives away to the burning red room again, only this time she is not alone. She meets Henry but before she could give much information to him she is pulled out of the dream world. Back in Storybrooke Henry lets Rumple and Regina know he met someone else in the burning red room. Victor gets called in by the Storybrooke Medical Examiner (Dr. Van Helsing) to look at a possible werewolf victim. At school Henry goes to Grace for help with her knowledge of the Enchanted Forest’s past.
Chapter 14 – Jefferson is trying to embrace working for Rumple again. Between the dwarfs’ news, a murder scene, and Victor’s involvement with the Storybrooke Medical Examiner who just happens to be Dr. Van Helsing, he has more than enough information to keep Rumple well informed. Rumple may be pleased to have Jefferson back in his good graces but Regina is not. Victor who has been pulled unwilling into a possible werewolf murder case becomes determined to prove it is King George behind the murder, not Ruby. Henry and Grace compare storybooks and get a shock in the process.  Back in the Enchanted Forest Snow misses Henry in the burning red room and Aurora believes she has found information needed to find the compass they seek.
Chapter 15- Aurora informs Snow and Emma where to go to find the magical compass they need to get back to Storybrooke. Phillip convinces everyone it is best to split up with Snow, Emma, Mulan, and Robin going to find the compass while he, Aurora, and Percival head back to restore Aurora’s Castle for her Coronation. Mulan questions Phillip’s actions but agrees to stick to the plan they had formed during the cursed years. Back in Storybrooke Victor believes he has helped save Ruby’s life and promises to use his Science to keep King George locked up and away from her forever. But it seems King George has formed an unlikely alliance and if things go the way he has planned he won’t only soon be a free man but every supernatural creature in Storybrooke’s days will be numbered.
Chapter 16 – Aurora and Percival deal with painful memories of their young lives at the castle, while preparing for Aurora’s Coronation.  In Storybrooke Henry tries to stop Regina from destroying Grace’s storybooks. Jefferson and Victor find out King George’s evil plans were more thought out then they all believed, and the question is can Victor’s Science find something to link George to Gus’s murder and keep George behind bars?
Chapter 17- Victor confronts Van Helsing about the evidence from Gus’s murder, but the outcome of the test results is not to his or Ruby’s liking.  Back in the Enchanted Forest Aurora is finally crown Queen of her Queen of her Kingdom but Phillip finds a way to steal her crowning moment.
Chapter 18 - Aurora takes time out of the planning of the wedding to challenge one of Phillip’s ruling decisions. Emma tries to convince her to run away but their plan doesn’t go the way Emma had hoped. Back in Storybrooke, Jefferson starts to grow concerned about more than just his and his daughter’s welfare, and Henry can’t believe the mistakes the so-called grow up defenders of the town are about to make.
Chapter 19 – King George newly released from jail meets up with Van Helsing to see how the plan of testing supernatural creatures to find a way to tag them for future use, is going. After the latest science experiments end in death, Van Helsing reassures George he has what he needs to move forward with their plan. David decides he can’t risk Henry any longer and he will enter the dream curse world to find Snow and give her and Emma away back home to Storybrooke. Jefferson, who had just had a run-in with some from his past, is having a hard time with people underestimating just how big of a threat George really is. Back in the Enchanted Forest Emma’s plan for Aurora to escape the castle before the wedding backfired and Aurora finds herself trying one last desperate action before she walks down the aisle to Phillip.
Chapter 20 – Emma conversation with her mother opens her eyes to the truth, and the question is can she stop Aurora in time before she marries Phillip? Hook takes advantage of the Royal Wedding to sneak into Aurora’s bedroom and steal a gift for Cora which will get her back in his favor. While In Storybrooke Henry goes to Jefferson for help to stop his Grandfather from entering the dream curse but Jefferson isn’t too willing to help.
Chapter 21- Â With some help from Archie, Ruby, and Granny, Victor finally puts together a theory about the missing townspeople. Â Jefferson confronts Regina and Rumple and only finds himself being dragged into the mess he wants to avoid. Aurora tries to keep her own control after Hook has taken her heart, but her life only seems to be finding ways to become worse.
Chapter 22 –Victor makes Ruby an offer she doesn’t think she could ever turn down, that is until she finds out just who he really is. Worried that Emma and Snow won’t be the ones coming through the portal Regina and Rumple moved to stop anyone from entering Storybrooke. Can Henry and Ruby convince Jefferson to do the right thing and allow Emma and Snow to have a least a chance? Back in the Enchanted Forest Cora uses Aurora to get the compass but who will make it through the portal she opens?
Chapter 23 – OMG the chapter is finally here! Aurora’s gone through the portal, Jefferson is on the other side.  What will their reunion be like? What will Rumple and Regina do about it? How relieved will Victor be to find out his invention didn’t lead to Aurora’s death?
Chapter 24 -  Victor goes down to the waiting room to bring Jefferson up to Aurora’s hospital room, but Jefferson’s current state of guilt and lack of confidence may not allow him to go to see her.  Van Helsing learns about Aurora’s arrival and decides it may be a good chance to test something he was working for King George.
Chapter 25 – Jefferson is torn between what he wants to do and what he feels he should do as he comes to terms with the fact that Aurora is really alive and in Storybrooke. His encounter with Regina doesn’t help him feel better about his decision either way. At the hospital, Victor runs some test to calm Aurora’s nerves as she complains something is right with her. While Aurora is resting Ruby and Victor have a moment where they both confess things they would rather not share about their past before Ruby agrees to let him try to find a cure for her werewolf curse. Unknown to everyone else Cora and Hook arrive in Storybooke. Â
Chapter 26 – Jefferson’s memories of his happier times with Aurora torture him as he tries to get up the nerve to go for this second chance he has been given.  Van Helsing goes to King George with value information on Aurora and Phillip which could aide their quest to destroy magic and all magic creatures.
Chapter 27 - Â Victor borrows some magical books from Jefferson to hopefully aide his research to help cure Ruby. He tells Jefferson he should use all the magical items Regina brought over to this world to help him find time to be alone with Aurora. Jefferson decides to take the second chance he appears to have been given, but before Aurora could get his message, Rumple decides to call on her. Â
Chapter 28 – Jefferson finally has gotten Aurora alone to talk about all that has happened over the last thirty-eight years since they each thought the other had died. Will he take Victor’s advice and see if his kiss will bring back Aurora’s magic or will be weak like Rumple was all those years with Belle?
Chapter 29 – True Love’s Kiss has brought back Aurora’s magic, but Jefferson and she are still stuck in the same situation they have always been. With Hook still controlling her heart can she and Jefferson ever have a chance at a happy ending? Â
Chapter 30 – Jefferson and Aurora are both distressed about how their private conversation went, but Jefferson had his daughter to take care of, and Belle and Ruby found Aurora.  Can Belle and Ruby get Aurora settled down and cleaned up before the sleeping powder wears off?  King George is on the looking for any chance of a private conversation with Phillip, but if they do find the time to talk who will be using whom?
Chapter 31 – Ruby’s kiss has taken away Victor’s worries of if his Science can keep the fact that Jefferson’s kiss has returned Aurora’s magic, from Rumple.  But Aurora still must face a clearly angry Dark One on her own. When her temper flares will she be able to hold back her magic?  The next morning Phillip meets with King George and learns some shocking news about his family’s connection to Jefferson.
Chapter 32 – Grace’s meeting with Aurora doesn’t go as she hopes causing Jefferson to have to deal with the aftermath. Phillip learns more about Jefferson from King George, which he shares with Mulan. Victor was hoping to discuss what was going on between him and Ruby, but any chance of getting her alone is forgotten when he learns Doctor Hopper has been murdered.
Chapter 33 -  Victor finally gets a chance to talk to Ruby, but Granny isn’t to thrill to find out how close they have gotten since the curse broke. Van Helsing uses the distraction to step up phase two of his and King George’s plan.  Most people in town are attending Doctor Hopper’s funeral, so Aurora uses it to her advantage to take Grace’s storybook back to her and Jefferson, even if she is worried about how their conversation will go after how she left things at his manor the last time she was there.
Chapter 34 – Hook once again takes control of Aurora’s Heart to change the course of her conversation with Jefferson.  Victor brings Jefferson the bad news that Cora and Hook have made it Storybrooke, and there will be a town meeting that night. A meeting that Rumple request they both attend. George and Van Helsing have put phase one of their plan into action and are waiting to see its effects.
Chapter 35 -  Rumple talks Jefferson into coming to the town meeting, but with Phillip and Regina in attendance, he has no idea how much he is going to regret attending. At the hospital, Victor is dealing with an overwhelming number of sick Fairies. He must call in Van Helsing to cover while he leaves for the meeting, little did he know Van Helsing’s is right where he wants to be to document the effects of his virus which only effects Supernatural creatures. Â
Chapter 36 -  Now that Aurora used her magic to help save Jefferson, they must deal with the consequences of everyone knowing they kissed and her magic has returned. Phillip doesn’t handle Aurora’s new-found confidence well. After the town meeting, Robin feels drawn to Regina but their conversation doesn’t go as he plans.
Chapter 37- Victor had promised to look after Aurora so he brings her to the hospital to check on the sick Fairies. What she sees reminds her of how Maleficent killed the Fairies who were guarding her as a child. Will her knowledge of what she did them help Victor find a way to cure Blue and the others? With Victor busy Aurora’s decides to finally take the matter into her own hands but will Rumple be able to stop her from starting down a dark path or not?
Chapter 38- Both Aurora and Jefferson are trying to cope with their current life choices, as Victor tries to move forward with his relationship with Ruby.
Chapter 39 – Aurora joins, Emma, Belle, Ruby, and Ashley for a girl’s night out, while Victor tries to talk some sense into this friend at the Rabbit Hole. But a drunken Jefferson only seems to want to play up his Mad Hatter Stereotype, only allowing it to continue if they use song lyrics. While King George and Van Helsing is getting ready to act on their next set of plans to take care of not only Jefferson and Rumple, but all the magical creatures in Storybrooke.
Chapter 40 – Jefferson and Victor’s now drunken conversation is interrupted by Van Helsing who sets them up for King George to attack and get what he needs to set his revenge in motion. While Aurora continues to try to have a good time on her girl’s night out with Emma, Ashely, and Ruby.
Chapter 41-  Everyone is feeling the aftereffects of a night of drinking. Emma and Ruby convince a drunken Aurora to go talk to Jefferson. She appears up at his mansion and the two have a heated but long overdue heart to heart. While Van Helsing slips something in Victor’s tea to learn more about what is going in Storybrooke, to help King George and his plan to put an end to supernatural creatures once and for all.
Chapter 42 – Aurora wakes from a nightmare caused by her time in the Sleeping Curse. Jefferson sees first hand how much the curse has affected her and how much he can relate to her confusion over what is real and what is only in her head. As the conversation plays he starts to wonder if Victor is right, that he and Aurora could have a future together no matter what Rumple or anyone else thinks or believes. The only question is, is he strong enough after everything he has been through to actually go for the happy ending he wants.
Chapter 43 - Â Hook uses Aurora to confront Rumple at the Townline. Will everyone survive his deadly game. Â
Chapter 44 – Jefferson confronts Emma about sending a drunk Aurora up to his house and learns Emma’s father isn’t who he thinks he is. Hook continues to press his luck and try to use Aurora to hurt Rumple. Will he be successful this time or will Aurora finally get her control of her life back? Ruby goes to bring Victor to the hospital to help with Belle, while Van Helsing is sneaking around Victor’s Lab looking for his information on Ruby and the Faries.
Chapter 45 – Jefferson surprises Aurora with a date. He learns Rumple will be leaving with Emma and Henry to go find Baelfire, his half brother.  Believing Rumple has already left town he breaks into the Pawn Shop to find something for end the aftereffects of Aurora’s Sleeping Curse. His visit does not go as planned. Victor’s memories of his past continue to haunt him as he looks for a way to Scientific bring back Belle’s memories. Robin sees a clearly jealous Regina, who is watching Aurora and Jefferson from afar. After his encounter with her, he wonders how he can make her realize the curse being broken is a blessing for everyone, including her. King George calls Van Helsing ready to make his next move to make sure the Hatter’s life is ruined forever.
