Emma gave Gold a blank check favor for Ella to keep her baby. Granted, this was before she believed in magic so she probably figured it couldn’t be all that bad, but still.
Emma is definitely a sacrificial person if she believes it will make a difference.
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Keeper of Belle's Gold magic, sand dollar, cloaks, purple FTL outfit, spell scroll, library key, copy of Romeo and Juliet, and cry-muffling pillow, Rumple's doll, overcoat, and strength, and The Timeline. My spreadsheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6r8CySCCWd9R0RUNm4xR3RhMEU/view?usp=sharing