The co-creators of Once Upon a Time recently addressed questions about the curse that wiped out Storybrooke in the season 3 winter finale.

Once co-creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz spoke with TV Guide this week and commented on what the curse means to the show's various characters.

When asked why Hook (Colin O'Donoghue) and Neal (Michael Raymond-James) were sent to the Enchanted Forest after the curse, despite not originally coming from there, Horowitz clarified.

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"Anyone not from this world went back to where they were from," he said, to which Kitsis added: "Except for Emma [Jennifer Morrison], who was the savior. She was a special exception."

Despite the curse wiping out Storybrooke, all of deaths that occurred there over the course of three years are still legitimate deaths. In other words, no one is coming back from the dead.

"Everything that happened in those three years actually happened. It's not that anything was undone," Horowitz explained. "All the events of the time in Storybrooke are real and occurred and affected the characters. The only difference is that Emma doesn't have memories of it."

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Kitsis added that the Huntsman/Sheriff Graham (Jamie Dornan) was someone they wanted to have back, even though he's busy shooting Fifty Shades of Grey.

They also teased that Regina's (Lana Parilla) gift to Emma and Henry (Jared Gilmore) will have consequences in their relationship.

Once Upon a Time season 3 returns for its midseason premiere on Sunday, March 9 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

Watch a trailer for the midseason premiere of Once Upon a Time below:

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