'Once Upon a Time' Season 3 Spoilers: Snow and Emma Band Together to Fight Peter Pan

In the new season of "Once Upon a Time," Snow White will once again showcase skills that contradict her helpless "damsel in distress" persona from the classic fairytale. "Once's" Snow is the opposite: a tough, bow-and-arrow slinging warrior. 

TVLine reports that "Once Upon a Time" season three will have a lot of Snow (Ginnfer Goodwin) and Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) scenes. Although Mary Margaret, Snow's Storybrooke counterpart, will not be able to bond with Emma, Snow and Emma will bond in the upcoming season, especially when it comes to banding together to fight Peter Pan and his Lost Boys. Their mission will once again bring out the aggressive, bow-and-arrow toting Snow White. Series co-creator Eddy Kitsis spoke about the dynamic. 

"In a lot of ways, Mary Margaret may not be able to bond with Emma, but Bandit Snow and Emma have a lot in common," Kitsis said. "David and Mary Margaret last year were saying, 'We are both,'" Kitsis continued. "But this year it's, 'We need Snow and Charming.' That's what this mission requires."

Their mission will most likely take place within season three's eleven-episode trip to Neverland. 

Kitsis referred to the long storyline "as its own season, like one giant movie."

"And like any adventure movie, there's romance, there are things that are terrifying, and there are things that are heartbreaking," Kitsis continued. "That was always our goal, to have that big, summer movie feel." 

E! Online has reported that British actor Sean Maguire has joined the cast as Robin Hood for season three, replacing Tom Ellis, who could not return for season three. Although the Prince of Thieves only appeared in one episode last season, he quickly earned a place on Rumplestilskin's (Robert Carlyle) hit list. Robin Hood will have at least a four-episode arc, and he will resume his alliance with Belle (Emilie De Ravin). 

JoAnna Garcia Swisher of "Reba" also joined the cast as the mermaid Ariel. Ariel will have ties to a character that the audience already knows. "She's somebody who wants to see the world," Kitsis said about Ariel. 

Viewers will most likely meet her in Neverland, where there will be other, not so friendly mermaids. It is also rumored that the audience will meet Prince Eric at one point in the season. 

"Once Upon a Time" premieres on Sunday, September 29 on ABC.