Belle couldn't' sleep. It wasn't that she didn't want to be asleep, but she knew if she did, the nightmares would return. The screaming and pleading for help. She rolled onto her side and looked at Rumple. How the heck was she gonna tell him this? She tapped his shoulder. He groaned and pulled away. "Rumple?" Her voice was barely louder then a whisper, but he picked up on the tone. He turned to look at her. "What's wrong sweetheart?" His voice was tired but filled with concern. Belle looked him in the eye and began to speak. "I have to tell you something. You see, when I was very little, my mother had an affair with a Guardian. They had a daughter called Holly. She lived in the palace with farther and I and she came into her powers and began to protect people. She was actually Snow and Charming' s protector. One of her enemies captured me." She stopped to make sure Rumple was still listening. "He gave a choice, allow me to be killed or go under a sleeping curse. She chose the curse. All I now after that is that her husband woke her. I never saw her again but..." She stopped again as she felt a tug in her throat. "In my dreams, especially in the asylum, I could hear her screaming." Belle just about finished her sentence before she broke down in tears. Rumple pulled her into a hug and, as she lay there, in his arms, he was sure of only 2 things.
1)If this girl was alive, he would do everything in his power to reunite her with Belle. And...
2)If this girl was dead, he would make sure that who or whatever killed her would end up the same way.
No-one upset his Belle.
