The Once Upon a Time showrunners know where they’re going, guys. In a new interview, Kitsis and Horowitz hint at their season 2 plan.

After breaking the curse in the first season, many Once Upon a Time fans may have wondered where the story could possibly go next. But now that fairytale land has revealed to still exist – in some capacity – while most of the fairytale characters are still stuck in Storybrooke, it appears that there is still plenty of story left to tell.

Speaking to SpinOff, showrunners Adam Kitsis and Ed Horowitz reveal that there is a plan in motion. “There’s a very specific plan we have for why Fairy Tale Land is the way it is, why some of it was left untouched, why some folks were left back and why others were taken,” Horowitz says. “The reasons for that are things we intend to unfurl as the season continues.”

Kitsis adds that now, “We’re hoping that this season allows us to dig deeper into the people we already know and love and watch them develop into new and different avenues since last year was framed just with “There is s a curse, and it needs to be broken.”

“Season 2 has provided us an opportunity for is to really dig deeper in all the characters. And that’s what we’ve tried to do,” Horowitz says. “With the new characters you’ve seen so far like Mulan and Aurora, we’re really excited to show you who they are and even more excited to show you how they impact the characters you already know and help them grow and change moving forward.”

Are you excited about the direction season 2 is going in? What is going to happen to fairytale land, and to the characters left in Storybrooke with dual memories? We can’t wait to find out!

Once Upon a Time returns Sunday with 2×03 “Lady of the Lake.”