Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5934324-20130805131903/@comment-25423394-20131002185816

XOXO:P wrote: Like Gold said, Neverland is where your imagination runs wild.. and how he ditched his cane and vanished onto the island itself.. and immediately found Tamara wounded. Gold stood there as she spoke of Baelfire as Neal, she was so afraid of him at that moment before he crushed her heart. It's also interesting that, if his imagination is real, Belle appears to give advice, as though she's his conscience.

But maybe I'm reading too much into it, but he just wants the one person who gets him.