- Emma: "Last night I had a dream that... that the Queen did cast her curse, and I was the Savior, as you told me."
- Snow: "Yes, but with the Queen defeated, all of that was avoided."
- ―Emma Swan and Queen Snow White[src]
The Wish Realm is an alternate reality, which appears in the ABC fantasy series, Once Upon a Time. It makes its first appearance in the season six episode, "Wish You Were Here", when the Evil Queen grants Emma Swan's wish to have never been the Savior, resulting in the creation of a reality where Regina Mills never cast the Dark Curse.
History[]
After the Third Curse[]
The alternate universe first appears in "Wish You Were Here".
Emma is sent to this realm after Evil Regina wishes that Emma was never the savior. In this new world, Emma lives her life as a princess after King David and Queen Snow White are revealed to have stopped Regina's curse. As a way to rescue her friend, Regina is sent here and discovers that her alternate self was stopped and banished from the kingdom, allowing Snow and Charming to become rulers. Much like the real world, Emma gave birth to Henry Mills, whose father was Neal Cassidy, who died years before. Henry becomes a knight and witnesses Regina kill his grandparents in front of Emma, as Regina has been trying to convince her that this world is fake and so are Snow and Charming. This wakes Emma up and regains her memories before she and Regina attempt to return to Storybrooke. However before going through the portal, they are stopped by Robin of Locksley, the wish realm version of Regina's deceased boyfriend, Robin Hood. The portal closes and Emma and Regina are trapped here.
Realizing this world has alternate versions of every storybook character, Emma tries to find Geppetto to create the magical wardrobe while Regina tries to connect with alternate Robin. They are also introduced to an alternate version of Emma's boyfriend, Captain Hook, who is a lot older and has basically lived the same life as his Storybrooke counterpart.
Emma and Regina are later successful in escaping and return to Storybrooke, with alternate Robin following them. After unable to create a relationship with alternate Robin, Regina helps him return to the Wish Realm.
Shortly after Robin of Locksley returns to the realm, Evil Regina creates a serum with the help of Dr. Jekyll as a way to kill Regina, but Regina is able to outsmart her by giving both versions of herself some good and evil, allowing Evil Regina to become good, who is then sent to the wish realm with good in her heart and forms a relationship with wish Robin. However, wish Henry, known as Sir Henry, still blames Regina for his grandparents deaths and vows revenge. Now reformed, the queen and Robin leave the wish realm for the Enchanted Forest.
After the Fifth Curse[]
Years later, Sir Henry has enlisted Wish-Rumple's help in getting revenge by allowing him to use the author's pen. Rumple plans on destroying the life of Rumplestiltskin/Weaver. Since he still blames her for Snow and Charming's deaths, Sir Henry gets Regina arrested and plans to have her executed, but she is rescued by Storybrooke Henry and his grandparents, Snow and David. They discover that Rumple plans to ensure that nobody gets their happy endings and trap them in their own storybook, filled with darkness and loneliness. However, Weaver saves everybody by sacrificing his life, which destroys wish Rumplestiltskin.
After the Sixth Curse[]
Regina decides and is able to cast one final curse, but this time is filled with happiness and love instead of loneliness and anger. This curse allows all the citizens of all the realms, including the wish realm, to live together in the United Realms. Regina is later crowned by Snow and David as the Good Queen, and ruler of the United Realms.
Known Locations[]
- Harbour
- Royal Castle
- The Queen's Castle
- Marketplaces
- Rumplestiltskin's Castle
- Rumplestitskin's Farm
- Taverns
Trivia[]
- The statue of King David and Queen Snow is featured in the title card of "Wish You Were Here".
