Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4962906-20151007080647/@comment-6175354-20151008025654

Rainarooo wrote: Now, one of the biggest issues is Merlin's mansion in Storybrooke. If Merlin was a tree the whole time during the enactment of the second curse, why is his mansion in SB, and who left the hat, the same hat guarded for decades by the Apprentice, unattended in there? That is definitely a good point!

However, Mother Superior was shocked, that the Sorcerer could even be in Storybrooke. The Apprentice was guarding the hat, and communicating with Merlin. It is possible that Merlin's mansion was brought over, just because his apprentice was.