Lakeside Mansion

**Inhabitants** | * Belle *(formerly)*
 **Visitors** | * Anna
* David Nolan
* Elsa
* Emma Swan
* Henry Mills
* Hook
* Kristoff
* Mary Margaret Blanchard

The **Lakeside Mansion** is a Storybrooke location on ABC's *Once Upon a Time*. It first appears in the first episode of the fourth season.

## History

### During Second Curse

After the second curse is enacted by Snow White, most of the Enchanted Forest inhabitants return to their lives in Storybrooke. The lakeside mansion, although not in existence during the first curse, is brought to town due to the second curse. *("A Tale of Two Sisters")*

### After Second Curse

Mr. Gold, previously relinquishing the dagger to Belle, secretly steals it back to exact revenge on the person responsible for his son's death. Having completed this mission, he vows, at his son's grave site, to return the dagger to Belle. In celebration of their recent wedding ceremony, Belle shows Mr. Gold the lakeside mansion, and since no one has claimed it, so she wants to use the area as their honeymoon location. While inside the building, he temporarily freezes Belle and places the real dagger into her purse before unfreezing her. As Belle excitedly leads him to the ballroom dance hall, Mr. Gold recognizes a nearby box that contains the sorcerer's hat. When harnessed, the hat can store his Dark One's powers while also freeing him from the dagger's control. For the moment, he leaves the box untouched and follows Belle to the ballroom. There, he poofs them into formal attire and shares his first dance with her as husband and wife. Later that night, after Belle is fast asleep in bed, Mr. Gold retrieves the dagger from her purse and uses it to magically open the box. *("Kansas", A Tale of Two Sisters")*
Desiring to keep his powers and be free from the dagger, Mr. Gold takes advantage of Emma, who desperately wants her out-of-control magic removed permanently, by tricking her into meeting him at a mansion to do just that. In the scheme, he intends to accumulate enough magic to power the hat by absorbing her into it. Outside the mansion, Mr. Gold apprehends Hook as he tries to reach Emma. Before Emma can enter into the room where the hat is located, Elsa persuades her into accepting magic as part of herself. Despite that his plan failed, Mr. Gold nabs an ingredient needed to free himself from the dagger; Hook's heart. From combing the area on foot, David, Henry and Mary Margaret see Elsa and Emma exit the mansion and reunite with them. Hook, revealing nothing about his lost heart, is relieved to find Emma unharmed. *("Smash the Mirror")*
Led by the apprentice's enchanted broom, Hook goes with Mr. Gold to the mansion to locate a portal so Anna, Elsa and Kristoff can return home. Once the portal door is found, Hook informs Emma and she, with the Arendelle natives and her parents, head to the mansion. Following a warm farewell, Elsa and then Kristoff walk into the portal. As Anna moves to follow them in, she curiously inquiries about Mr. Gold's original name in the Enchanted Forest. Learning his name was Rumplestiltskin, Anna reveals she once knew him. Emma is shocked, as Mr. Gold claimed no knowledge about Anna or Elsa, and this revelation leads her to believe he is up to something bad. While Anna goes into the portal, Emma and Mary Margaret rush off to confront Mr. Gold. After everyone has left, Henry wanders the house and accidentally activates a wall lamp scone. It opens a secret library full of blank storybooks, and in his excitement, he brings Emma and Regina to the room. Ecstatic at the development, Regina praises her son for discovering key material for their secret mission, Operation Mongoose, so they can find the author and change her storybook ending. Decidedly, Emma joins their team so Regina can obtain happiness. *("Heroes and Villains")*

### On-screen Notes

* The Lakeside Mansion carries the Storybrooke heritage seal. *("Smash the Mirror")*