Mulan served in the Emperor's army, proving herself to be a capable warrior on the battlefield. Later, Robin thanks Mulan for her help and for saving his son and then he asks what she will now do with herself. The girls then plan on stopping Cora, so they decide to use Aurora to contact Henry for information from Mr. Gold. On their way to a camp, Mulan notices a burn on the princess’s arm and is reluctant to let her return to the netherworld. Mulan insists they take it, but Emma and Snow want to make a plan.

We are shown that it's Prince Phillip, who is alive and well, and asks who it is, before flipping Neal over. When Robin Hood’s son, Roland, enters, Bae gets an idea on how to go to Neverland. After Aurora finds Rumple's note with Emma written on it over and over, Mulan finds an empty vial that once contained the ink. Snow almost kills Mulan but it stopped by Aurora, who escaped. Mulan wonders what's wrong with her friend when she proceeds to act so sullen, and Red reveals that, earlier, Dorothy asked her what she'd been looking for all this time and she said she didn't know. ("The Doctor"), At the base of the beanstalk, when the four girls argue over who should be the one to climb up with Killian, Mulan insists she should go as she is the most skilled warrior. Mulan is later reunited with Emma and Snow and is horrified to reveal that Aurora has been taken. Not wanting to surrender something so powerful to someone so wicked, Mulan and the other two start preparing a potion that should be able to put Zelena to sleep. The person she loves is revealed to be Aurora. Mulan then comforts a distraught Merida. However, this seems to be disproven by the sword. She then runs away with Aurora, but they’re attacked and the princess is kidnapped. Mulan pulls Snow off the princess, stating she'll sort the situation out. Dorothy offers to go and collect them but Red wants to go too, and the two of them end up returning a long while later after having narrowly escaped a pair of flying monkeys. Mulan and Phillip eventually find Aurora, under a Sleeping Curse. After Mulan goes to the Witch's cottage, she encounters a monstrous wolf, who turns out to be Ruby. Later on, Belle is attacked by her previous companions and they threaten to throw her down a well. After Emma and Killian begin their climb up the beanstalk, Mulan draws a line in the sand and places a stick in the sand at the end, saying to the other two women it is a way to keep track of the watches each of them should have. While Ruby's tracking spell lands her in the Underworld, Mulan is able to find Dorothy after she's been put under a sleeping curse, and when Ruby returns she wakes her up with true love's kiss. When they return to the palace, they find two women lying unconscious, having travelled with the wraith.