Mom
It really is a long story. But yeah, Gepetto kind of snuck him through and he was meant to keep an eye on me, tell me about the curse, all that. Instead he took off and spent most of his life trying to make it right. Including getting Neal out of my life so I could change my path or some bull, I don't know.
Yes, vampires are real. We have several here, most who are actually good people, from several different "worlds". The ones from my friend Peter's world are not on the good side. One showed up and turned Regina. And she then took it out on my kid, even as a human again. But you being here should help him considerably. We've all missed you.