My predictions are three central stories:
1) Rumple and Belle’s grand search for Bae across time and space! This can be any realm, any time, any place. Nonnie: I really like your idea about Mulan in China. So long as there is a talking lizard (travel sized for Mulan’s connivence because if he was his real size her “cow” would die of fright)
2) Storybrook good guys vs. Regina. I’m betting Regina has got her powers back and it’s all out war with Emma leading the charge for the good guys! (which side will Doctor Whale be on…) We will also meet new FTL characters here and their stories will sometimes take away from what SW and Charming are doing in FTL before the curse.
3) Snow White and Charming’s war against Regina and George in FTL.
The season ends with Regina, if not fully defeated, then humbled, SW and Charming having taken back both kingdoms and planning their wedding, and Rumple/Belle/Bae retuning to Storybrook ready to take everyone home. Only problem: first they have to kill Emma.