Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25355646-20140925162122

Surprisingly, it appears that only two people know about the significance of Emma’s  keychain/necklace. Those two are Rumple and Belle. Throughout Season 1, Emma barely ever talks about her past (not even to Mary Margaret). In Season 2, Emma goes to EF; she doesn’t talk about the keychain at all. She makes it back to Storybrooke and a few days later she goes to Manhattan with Henry and Rumple. She gives the keychain back to Neal. We don’t see the keychain for a while; not until Quiet Minds. In the flashback in the Dark Castle, Neal explains to Belle the significance of the item. And then Neal gives it back to Emma as he’s dying and Rumple sees that the keychain is of great importance.  