How did Henry get to SB?

[Slurpeez]

How exactly did Henry, at three-weeks-old, get from Phoenix, Arizona to Storybrooke, ME (a town which doesn’t appear on any official map)? Someone who knew about the cursed town and Emma’s destiny as the savior must have brought the baby to town. We know that Mr. Gold did not get his memories until Emma arrived in town at age 28, yet somehow he procured Henry for Regina. So, even though he only had his cursed memories at that stage, Mr. Gold must’ve had contact with someone who knew of Henry being the savior’s son. Adam Horowtiz has confirmed that Mother Superior did not have her memories either. So, it must’ve been someone who was never cursed. This suggests that either:

1) August W. Booth, working for the Blue Fairy, brought Henry to SB.
2) One of PP’s minions at the Home Office transported baby Henry.
3) Someone else, yet unidentified, brought Henry to SB.

1) August sent Emma a package postmarked from Phuket, Thailand while she was in jail and had just gotten the news she was pregnant with Henry. So, this heavily implies that August was already half-way around the world and didn’t know that Emma was pregnant. So, it’s very unlikely that he would’ve returned to the USA just to transport a baby he didn’t even know existed. Also, it’s likely that August never came back to the US until Emma came to SB and he got a “painful reminder” that he had failed in his duty to look after Emma.

2) It’s been suggested that the Darlings could be working for Peter Pan from our world. They are his servants, his representatives on Earth, who do his bidding. If so, then possibly the Darlings (or someone else working for the Home Office) are the ones who transported Henry from Arizona to Maine. Possibly, Henry was never officially in Arizona’s child custody services. Maybe his birth certificate was forged by a nurse or doctor who worked for the HO. Otherwise, a baby being transported to a town that doesn’t officially exist would’ve classified Henry as a missing child. So, it could be that someone from the Home Office took Henry by car, rather than a plane (which requires official documentation).

3) Someone else, outside of the Home Office, might have been working for the Blue Fairy, as part of her “final preparations” to save Henry. While Tink has traditionally been a pal of Peter Pan’s, she could be a “double agent” and secretly is working for the BF. As a fairy, Tink could probably fly between Neverland and Earth, and in so doing, transport baby Henry to Maine to make sure that Emma would eventually come to SB to break the curse.

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2) It’s been suggested that the Darlings could be working for Peter Pan from our world. They are his servants, his representatives on Earth, who do his bidding. If so, then possibly the Darlings (or someone else working for the Home Office) are the ones who transported Henry from Arizona to Maine. Possibly, Henry was never officially in Arizona’s child custody services. Maybe his birth certificate was forged by a nurse or doctor who worked for the HO. Otherwise, a baby being transported to a town that doesn’t officially exist would’ve classified Henry as a missing child. So, it could be that someone from the Home Office took Henry by car, rather than a plane (which requires official documentation).

THIS! Just wanted to add that a roadtrip from Phoenix to SB could have taken 2 – 3 weeks, which accounts for his age when he arrived in SB.

[RumplesGirl]

Thanks for the thread! Nicely laid out.

My current headcanon is that the Darling boys transported Henry in a car from AZ to ME. They had to be under the radar because technically he would have been a missing person/child once they made off with him. I don’t think the Darling boys are doing this willingly but have been forced into servitude to PP. Maybe PP is holding Wendy hostage.

Henry could not go on a plane without there being a record of it, so car is the best way to transport a newborn. From AZ to ME (with a newborn) would take maybe 2ish weeks and Regina got Henry when he was about 3 weeks old.

Was Henry’s birth certificate faked by THO/Darling boys? (Does he even have one?)

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[RumplesGirl]

Sidenote, currently predicting that 309 will be called “Henry” and will focus heavily on Henry getting to SB, Regina’s time with Henry in SB of the past, and then Neal/Emma’s search for him in NL of present day.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[TheWatcher]

They’ve already said BF had no memories. So maybe it was before she left that she gave him those instructions (before he got to our world)

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[RumplesGirl]

So then what is Mr. Gold’s role. How did he procure Henry? Obviously it was off books, especially since SB doesn’t “exist.” If the Darling boys brought Henry to SB, how did they know where to go and how did Mr. Gold (who was not Rumple at the time) get Henry to Regina?

TL of events:

–Emma gives birth to Henry

–The Darling boys take off with Henry almost as soon as he’s born

–2 week road trip with newborn Henry from AZ to ME

–Gold somehow works it out that Henry ends up in SB, not working with THO but somehow is able to work in their favor. (ugh. that’s complicated)

–Regina collects 3 week old Henry from the Darling boys, maybe right outside of SB. Near the town sign?

–The Darling boys go back to NL and report to PP

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Slurpeez]

So then what is Mr. Gold’s role. How did he procure Henry? Obviously it was off books, especially since SB doesn’t “exist.” If the Darling boys brought Henry to SB, how did they know where to go and how did Mr. Gold (who was not Rumple at the time) get Henry to Regina?

I have a feeling that if the Home Office has been aware of Henry’s significance since his birth that they would’ve been the ones to ensure he ended up in SB. The fact is that Mr. Gold made shady deals with women for their babies even before he got his memories back (Mr. Gold had a long-standing deal with Ashley for her baby during the curse). Knowing that Mr. Gold was really Rumple and that his baby trafficking tendencies had carried over to his cursed identity, the Home Office/Darling boys might have sent him an anonymous tip that they had a baby if anyone in town would like to adopt a baby for profit. It just so happens that Regina was unable to conceive her own baby due to the curse, and so she approached Mr. Gold around the same time, knowing his inability to refuse a deal. Regina offered to pay him, and in return, Mr. Gold would procure her a child. Having gotten an anonymous outside tip, Mr. Gold unwittingly acted as an intermediary between the HO and Regina.

"That’s how you know you’ve really got a home. When you leave it, there’s this feeling that you can’t shake. You just miss it." Neal Cassidy

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Maybe they didn’t contact him? Maybe they just drove into town and left him on Mr Gold’s doorstep, and knowing that Regina wanted a baby, he handed him over. (PS. Yes I know the town was invisible, but if people are working for Pan, who set this thing up so Henry would be raised in seclusion in SB until he was old enough, then Pan totally knew where SB was and how to get into town.)

[RumplesGirl]

Knowing that Mr. Gold was really Rumple and that his baby trafficking tendencies had carried over to his cursed identity, the Home Office/Darling boys might have sent him an anonymous tip that they had a baby if anyone in town would like to adopt a baby for profit. It just so happens that Regina was unable to conceive her own baby due to the curse, and so she approached Mr. Gold around the same time, knowing his inability to refuse a deal. Regina offered to pay him, and in return, Mr. Gold would procure her a child. Having gotten an anonymous outside tip, Mr. Gold unwittingly acted as an intermediary between the HO and Regina.

Sounds perfect to me. THO manipulated everything behind the scenes to ensure all this would work out. Was there anything outside of their control?

For example, Owen and Kurt needed to be in the woods right when the Curse hit in order for Regina to meet them and want to have a child someday. So did they somehow engineer that? Did they murder Owen’s mom? (I know this is going cracky but I thought I’d put it out there)

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[Slurpeez]

Sounds perfect to me. THO manipulated everything behind the scenes to ensure all this would work out. Was there anything outside of their control?

For example, Owen and Kurt needed to be in the woods right when the Curse hit in order for Regina to meet them and want to have a child someday. So did they some engineer that? Did they murder Owen’s mom? (I know this is going cracky but I thought I’d put it out there)

Hmmmmm. Aren’t we rife with conspiracy theories today? I like it!

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