Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-9232373-20130521184559

When Jefferson delivers the crystal ball to Rumple, he also mentions the slippers have already been transported to another world. Rumple says "yeah, I needed them to get to that world." What this tells me is that, despite much speculation here on this forum, Dorothy and the Great Wizard of Oz would NOT exist in the Land Without Color, but instead in the Land Without Magic (our world). We've already seen Rumple and Jefferson travel to the LWC, so there'd be no need for the slippers to accomplish that.

And when Rumple does first meet Dr. Frankenstein, how did Rumple get there? Most likely, since Rumple can't portal jump (even though he continually says he can do anything which clearly he can't) I suppose we can say Jefferson took him and was waiting outside for him. 