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I think the dagger was long enough to well, pierce pans shoulderblade (He's a skinny guy ;D) and then leave just enuff to rupture Rumples heart. It's the only way Pan can be stopped. According to "desperate souls"

The only way to stop the Dark One is to kill him with the dagger. Then the one who kills gets the power. Pan got the Dark one power temporarily I reckon. This changed him old. But at the same time Malcolm got stabbed. So in doing this the Dark One curse got cancelled out. This was the only way i guess v.v. But I hope Rumpie is still out there somewhere! Maybe revived by Blue because he was selfless,brave& true!!!!