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The Oracle's face was solemn and her figure rigid.
"I am bound to one question as you well know Rumplestiltskin. Use it wisely."
The Dark One named Rumplestiltskin didn't even hesitate in answering her, having waited to ask this question for years upon years.
"Is there any other way besides the dark curse that I can get my son back?"
"There is another way." She answered as the Dark One's amber eyes filled with shock, images of a far off land and a tall tower appearing in her hands."In the war-torn land of Avonlea there is a princess called Belle, a girl who has been locked away in a tower by her father King Maurice for twenty-eight years. Should you ensnare her as your bride, she will lead you to your son Baelfire within a year's time who will have just aged a few months since when you were separated. But beware, all is not as it seems, she holds a power that even you know not of and, should her hair be cut, all hope will be lost."
The Oracle disappeared back into the amulet after her speech. The Dark One dropped the amulet and collapsed on the ground, the shock of the news becoming too much for him to handle.
But all too soon, mere moments later, the Dark Castle was filled with his hysterical laughter.
Then he vanished in a puff of violet smoke.
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