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Eskaver wrote: Onceuponatimeuser97 wrote: Okay.

Firstly, we know that Ingrid never did come to the LWM through the First Curse and later in 2001 she entered Storybrooke using the Scroll. She adopted "Sarah Fisher" as her alias, something she did herself and not caused by the Curse.

Secondly, when Pan cast the Curse, Regina mentions that she had to pay the price to undo it, one was that she can NEVER see Henry again and another was EVERYONE not born in the LWM would return to their respective worlds. Emma was an exception as she was born to escape the Curse (a reference from the time Emma was born in the EF to escape the First Curse). So, the Snow Queen would have not been able to leave Storybrooke even if she wanted too. If she could have done it, then Neal would have followed too. Since Emma and Henry would have forgotten everything in Storybrooke and Regina altered their memories, she could have altered Neal's one too to fit them 3 as a family, but Neal is prohibited from leaving.

Thirdly, when everyone returned, it can be assumed that the Snow Queen returned as she still remains the owner of Any Given Sundae as the Second Curse reverted everything following Pan's Curse and back to before Regina undid the Curse. Since Sarah Fisher was never her Curse name, it was never listed it the book of records and it's probably listed as Ingrid since the second Curse did not create new counterparts. The flaw with that logic is that then Ursula and Cruella would have went too. But they did not, which means that they could just have walked across and not have been taken if they weren't cursed. (This is a problem when they write things and just say the character is wrong.) Even Lily would have to go back by definition. Technically, if the LWM had the presence of magic. Magic in the LWM isn't like in the FTL, LWC, Oz, Victorian England, Wonderland, etc. The Curse requires powerful magic, which Storybrooke has, and as in Going Home, Storybrooke has a protective barrier preventing them from leaving, including the Curse itself. Henry was an exception as he was born in the LWM and Emma was destiend to escape the Curse (just like she did with the First One)