Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-24846659-20140813193020/@comment-24936039-20141027181134

During season 1 time frame, during the time that Sydney was spying on Emma, there was some sort of confrontation between Emma and Auntie Vanilla. I would imagine that Emma seeing her foster mom (or social worker), Auntie Vanilla, in a strange and odd town of Story Brooke running an ice cream shop would invoked unpleasant memories.

1) Things got out of hand (maybe Emma was ready to leave\bolt before breaking the curse) so Gold\Rumples intervened and got Emma to drink a forgetfulness potion? 2) Perhaps Auntie Vanilla made some sort of threat to Gold\Rumples (about Bella or perhaps spill the beans to Regina that Gold was fully aware of his Rumples ID) so he intervened and got Emma to drink a forgetfulness potion? 3) Auntie Vanilla and Emma really got on very well, and both would of left Story Brooke and resume their relationship elsewhere before Emma was to break the curse.  So Gold/Rumples intervened and got Emma to drink a forgetfulness potion and made some sort of deal for Auntie Vanilla to lay low for the next several years.