<P> Six weeks later , the rest of her friends returned to Storybrooke , but with a horrifying and shocking twist , their memories were wiped out once again and wearing Arthurian attires . As it turned out Emma made an appearance as the Dark One , with her new attire . Henry asks what happened to her , and she told them that they all went to Camelot to remove the darkness from her and they all failed ( except Henry ) . Emma with her powers turned Sneezy into stone , proclaiming that there 's no savior in the town . Emma surprisingly gave the Dark One dagger to Regina with the intention that if she goes too dark Regina would be the only one that would willingly `` put her down . '' Shortly after this , Hook attempts true love 's kiss with Emma in the hopes that the Dark One 's curse would break , but ultimately failed , as Emma has fully embraced the darkness . Unbeknownst to the others , Emma currently has possession of the Excalibur in a locked room inside of her new house . She intends to make Excalibur and the Dark One 's dagger whole again , as with it she will be able to snuff out the light forever and become invulnerable . However , she must recruit a hero to do so , as she can not remove the sword ; the hero she chooses is her predecessor Rumplestiltskin , who she tells finally has a chance to become a hero . She planned to siphon the darkness out of both of them and put it Zelena , who she forced into an accelerated labor to avoid killing Robin 's child , and slay her . She regains her memories of what Hook plans , by resurrecting all the Dark Ones as part of his revenge . At first , Emma plans to absorb all the darkness inside her and kill herself . Things do not go according to plan when Hook steals it from her . Killian orders her to kill him , taking in all the darkness and Emma slays him with Excalibur while the darkness is removed from her , reverting to her old self . After blackmailing Mr. Gold for tricking her and Hook into making him the Dark One again , she and her friends and family descend into the Underworld to find Hook and plans to split her heart in half and share it with him like her parents . </P>
<P> Six weeks later , the rest of her friends returned to Storybrooke , but with a horrifying and shocking twist , their memories were wiped out once again and wearing Arthurian attires . As it turned out Emma made an appearance as the Dark One , with her new attire . Henry asks what happened to her , and she told them that they all went to Camelot to remove the darkness from her and they all failed ( except Henry ) . Emma with her powers turned Sneezy into stone , proclaiming that there 's no savior in the town . Emma surprisingly gave the Dark One dagger to Regina with the intention that if she goes too dark Regina would be the only one that would willingly `` put her down . '' Shortly after this , Hook attempts true love 's kiss with Emma in the hopes that the Dark One 's curse would break , but ultimately failed , as Emma has fully embraced the darkness . Unbeknownst to the others , Emma currently has possession of the Excalibur in a locked room inside of her new house . She intends to make Excalibur and the Dark One 's dagger whole again , as with it she will be able to snuff out the light forever and become invulnerable . However , she must recruit a hero to do so , as she can not remove the sword ; the hero she chooses is her predecessor Rumplestiltskin , who she tells finally has a chance to become a hero . She planned to siphon the darkness out of both of them and put it Zelena , who she forced into an accelerated labor to avoid killing Robin 's child , and slay her . She regains her memories of what Hook plans , by resurrecting all the Dark Ones as part of his revenge . At first , Emma plans to absorb all the darkness inside her and kill herself . Things do not go according to plan when Hook steals it from her . Killian orders her to kill him , taking in all the darkness and Emma slays him with Excalibur while the darkness is removed from her , reverting to her old self . After blackmailing Mr. Gold for tricking her and Hook into making him the Dark One again , she and her friends and family descend into the Underworld to find Hook and plans to split her heart in half and share it with him like her parents . </P>
when does emma stop being the dark one
when does emma stop being the dark one
when Hook steals it from her
when Hook steals it from her