Portland

Portland is a location in The Land Without Magic featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It makes its only appearance in the sixth episode of the second season.

Portland is the largest city in the US state of Oregon.

Before the Curse
Sometime after aging out of the foster system, a 17 or 18 year old Emma Swan arrives in Portland. One day, she steals a yellow Volkswagen Beetle, only to discover that it already has been stolen by a man named Neal Cassidy. The two then have an encounter with a police officer, and become very close.

After a short amount of time the two become a couple, and also go on a crime spree. Emma fakes a pregnancy to distract a cashier while the two rob a convenient store, and they break into motel rooms after their rightful occupants leave.

They plan on relocating to Tallahassee, however Neal becomes aware that there is a warrant out for his arrest, for stealing watches. He tells Emma that the watches are in a locker in a bus station, but he cannot get them himself, so Emma volunteers to get them. She succeeds in this task, Neal gives her one of the watches but plans on pawning the rest, and the two agree to meet up later.

However, August Booth has tracked Neal down. He tells him that he must no longer be a part of Emma's life, that he must let her be arrested for the theft of the watches. He tells Neal that Emma has a great destiny she must fulfill, proving himself with a mysterious object inside a wooden box.

Emma arrives at their decided meeting place, only to have a policeman there waiting for her, where she is arrested for the watch heist, as she is wearing one of the watches and they have footage from the bus station. August leaves the city, Neal flees with the money from the watches as well as the car, and Emma is sentenced to 11 months in a jail in Phoenix. ("Tallahassee")