Rumplestiltskin learns from the Blue Fairy that there is a curse that can take him to the same land, but she believes that it is beyond his capabilities. He lets go of Bae's hand and watches him fall through the portal whilst screaming to his father that he's a coward for breaking their deal.

Rumplestiltskin is afraid of losing his powers and refuses to go with his son. His son, Baelfire, does not want his father to become so power hungry, and with the help of the Blue Fairy, he receives a magic bean to travel to the land without magic. (' The Black Fairy')ĭecades later, Fiona's son, Rumplestiltskin, grows to become the the Dark One. Before being banished by the Blue Fairy into a dark realm, Fiona manages to write the curse's scroll. Afraid of a prophecy that foretells her newborn son will die by the hands of a newly born Evil, recently-turned fairy Fiona goes to the Sacred Fairy Vault to create a powerful curse with the combination of two different fairy spells that will banish everyone to a Land Without Magic where they can't hurt him.