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As we discussed in the previous Changelings thread, Black almost has to have been banished by this point. Belle was taken by Rumple very close to Snowing's meeting (since Rumple was antagonistic towards her in the S3 finale), which was two years-ish(?) before the curse was cast. Tinker Bell was banished when Regina had only recently married Leopold and went to Neverland likely pretty soon after that. The chances of her hearing about the details of Black's banishment from Neverland are slim, therefore Black had to have been banished some time before Tink.