Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-26340222-20160723164616/@comment-27885419-20160801124015

Once Discussion wrote: This has been bugging me for years and I hope it's been answered somewhere but, shortly after Cinderella makes a deal with the Blue Fairy to trap Rumplestiltskin in his cell (the one where she gives Cinderella that quill to make Rumple sign with it even though it was the ink) Thomas suddenly goes missing.

Thing is, Rumple never explained what happened and I don't think any other character did other than him ending up in Storybrooke with everyone else. Thing is, you know there was AT LEAST a 9 month gap between Rumples trapping and the Dark Curse being cast given Snow gave birth as the dark curse was being cast.

So, in short. What happened to Thomas in Season 1 Episode 4 (The Price Of Gold)? Firstly, I don't think there was a 9 month gap between Rumple getting trapped and the Dark Curse being cast. If so, Cinderella's baby would've been born. Snow was either pregnant before Cinderella or around the same time and had a premature delivery.

As for Thomas, I can't say. It was never properly explained. Maybe it was a part of the deal, that if she doesn't pay the price then she'lll lose Thomas, and hence Thomas ended up trapped in the Forbidden Forest or somewhere until the curse.