Peter Pan is a force to be reckoned with on the third season of "Once Upon a Time." Once the characters are in Neverland, Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle) gets a clear warning from Lost Boy Felix in a sneak preview from the season three premiere.
"If you're here for the boy, that makes you Pan's enemy," Felix says. "If you go against him, you will not survive."
Rumple says that his survival is not the question--the question is how many Lost Boys he will take down with him.
Just as the two begin to angrily walk away from each other, the Lost Boy throws something onto the ground-- an object clearly from Rumple's past-- that brings Rumple to tears.
Rumple and the rest of the characters' visit to Neverland will play out over a cinematic, 11-episode arc.
A motley crew of characters are aboard the Jolly Roger on a journey to the magical land to retrieve Emma's (Jennifer Morrison) son, Henry. New photos for the upcoming season show that the shipmates' interactions will be just as choppy as the stormy sea.
The photos show a drenched Emma lying in her shipmates' arms, as well as many of the characters yelling for what appears to be a person who has fallen overboard. The vessel's shipmates include Emma (Jennifer Morrison), Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin), David (Josh Dallas), Regina (Lana Parrilla), Rumple and Captain Hook (Colin O'Donoghue).
Co-creator Edward Kitsis told TVLine that he loves that the journey is composed of such diverse characters. "We're really excited about all of it," Kitsis said about the new season. "One of the things we love most is just having the group be together. It's fun seeing this trek with all of them."
Photos also show that the new Robin Hood, played by Sean Maguire ("East Enders," "Kröd Mändoon"), will be with Mulan (Jamie Chung) and a few other characters when the season opens.
Co-creator Adam Horowitz told TVLine, "We pick up with Neal right where we left him, which is with Aurora, Mulan and Phillip. And he's got a big problem, which is he is as far away from his family as he's ever been. "Last thing he knows, Tamara was shooting him in a cannery!" Horowitz continued. "So, how is he going to get back?"
Fans will also soon find out what Greg (Ethan Embry) and Tamara's (Sonequa Martin-Green) "Home Office" is.
The second season premieres on September 29 on ABC.
Check out the sneak preview here.