Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-2153169-20140819231254/@comment-24674051-20140902144550

Here's an interesting, and somewhat realistic (imo), idea. Not my leading idea for what's going to happen, but still not a bad idea.

This is based on the premise that Henry is working as an apprentice in Gold's Pawn shop (a rumor that has also been floating around that I think has merit).

Henry is working with Gold, and Gold is showing him some magic. Knowing how both Emma and Regina would feel about him learning Dark Magic (Regina would not be any more for it than Emma, I feel), he is hesitant to delve too deep. Then he meets Lily, they start talking, he "kinda likes her", and she pressures him into learning more Dark Magic. His desire to impress Lily overrides his desire to make his Moms happy (Typical teenagers), and he starts pestering Gold to teach him more, and Gold is only too happy to comply, seeing as Henry turns out to be quite an apt pupil.