One day, when Rumple was sitting peacefully alone in his heavenly hovel, a very old wrinkled woman knocked on the door, and when he opened it, he recognized her right away.
"Belle," he exclaimed, taking her in his arms felt like being finally home, "you're here so soon?"
"what do you mean, I am over a hundred years old," Belle laughed, "our baby already has four grandchildren!"
"little Goldy has four grandchildren? wow," Rumple said happily, "and what about Bae and Henry?"
"Oh, he and Emma had another girl and boy. They're all grown up, and Henry has a great- grandchild already!"
They hugged and kissed and caught up on years of separation, and Belle told him all about his big, happy family.
"I also got married," Belle said.
"To Archie?"
"Archie? No, I did keep up with him, though, he helped me a lot during my first years of mourning you, but I met a nice man from the land without magic, a scientist, and we got married," Belle said, "and he didn't even mind that I constantly spoke about you. He also lost his wife, Gloria, and he missed her so much, so we were even," Belle laughed.
A few weeks later, when Belle and Rumple were strolling down the tree lined path holding hands, they both saw Emma.
"Hey, Belle, we missed you," Emma waved, "and hi Gold, I just got here, and I don't know anyone yet. When I thought about my happy place it brought me here," she laughed, "I guess I am happiest to be with family."
Emma looked at least as old as Belle, and in really good spirits. "My father should get here any minute," she said," my mother is at his bedside."
She suddenly looked like she ought to be sad about it, but then she laughed. "It's so funny how we're all the same age! I got so used to it that I never even thought about it, but now that we're all coming here at the same time it's just hilarious."
After a few years the whole family (the ones who were the same age) were hanging out in Rumple's village. It wasn't really a village anymore. It became a lot more beautiful with huge beautiful castles instead of hovels. They told Rumple about how they always got together during their life at least ten times a year the entire extended family would celebrate birthdays and holidays together.
The most emotional reunion was with Bealfire. He embraced his father tightly and told him how happy he was that he is here, "I never stopped thinking about you and how, if we didn't go with Emma to save who she thought was Hook, you'd have still been in Neverland," Bae said tearfully.
"How did you even know to look for -anyone- at all," Gold wondered, "I left no evidence."
"Henry," Neal answered, "He has a feel for it. You didn't expect that from your grandson, papa, did you," Neal smiled proudly, "he is a lot like you."
"And I'm glad we did try to find you," Belle said, "I couldn't bear to imagine what you would have looked like now, if you'd stayed in Neverland all this time. You've only been there for about a year and still have that haunted look in your eyes every time it's mentioned, and you were planning to endure that kind of horror for all eternity?"
"I didn't think I had a choice," he said defensively.