Hi Everyone! This is my RSS gift to bleedsonlydust. The prompt was Belle risks life. Gold mad. I started with that and then just went from there. This is canon until Shattered Sight. I hope you guys like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Once Upon a Time or the characters.
She was crying and yelling and so, so angry. He just stood there looking at her sadly, repeating how sorry he was. Killian saw it as his opportunity. Gold was paying no attention to the purse at his side, to the dagger on the table, and even less attention to Killian who was standing behind him. Killian, who normally hated the crocodile but at least held him a grudging respect, was now fully taken by the curse of the shattered glass. His normal hatred of Rumplestiltskin was magnified tenfold and he knew he must kill the Dark one. And now he finally knew how.
It was well known that the monster was invincible but there was one thing that could kill him, the dagger. He had seen him hurt before by the dagger with Zelena and he knew the dagger would kill Gold. And there it was, just lying on the table between the two of them. It was now or never, Killian decided and he reached for the dagger, grabbing it without Gold even noticing, his eyes so transfixed on Belle. Belle however saw Killian as he grabbed the dagger and in a split instant her mind made a decision. The spell of shattered sight told Belle that she hated Gold, hated how he had lied to her, betrayed her, broken his promise to her, hated that he was the Dark One, hated how all those years ago he had thrown her out. The spell told her he was evil and that she should let Killian kill him, but in the split second before it happened her heart took over, true love won and she jumped in front of the knife that Killian was about to plunge into her husband. It hurt worse than anything she had ever felt and she screamed in pain as she fell to the floor. Gold turned in an instant watching his wife take the dagger that was meant for him. He grabbed her as she fell to the floor, cradling her in his arms and Killian pulled the knife back and went to finally plunge it into his intended target but Gold was aware now and instead Killian felt Gold's magic slam him into a wall.
Gold turned toward him and growled, "I'll deal with you later" and Killian felt magic wrap around him and the next second he was a parrot in a cage. He squawked in protest but it was only the three of them in the room.
Gold was holding Belle and he was trying to use magic to heal her when Emma burst into the shop.
"Gold, Gold!" Emma yelled running into the shop only to stop short when she saw both Golds on the ground, Belle bleeding heavily and Rumplstiltskin appearing deep in thought.
"Belle" Emma gasped, "What happened?" and then she remembered the spell and stepped back, "Did you do this?" She asked Gold horrified, "I thought you would be immune but…"
"Oh, I'm immune," he snarled, "this was your pirate boyfriend's doing."
"What? Where is he?" Emma looked around in confusion.
"Oh, he's right there" he sneered at the parrot, "now if you wouldn't mind shutting up, I'm trying to save Belle's life here." Gold yelled angrily at Emma.
"Can't you just heal her?" Emma questioned, only to receive a glare by Gold and no response. She was right, thought Gold, but he couldn't heal her because this was a wound caused by the dagger and his curse couldn't heal a wound it itself had created. However, Rumplestiltskin had been alive for over 300 years and he hadn't wasted the time. He almost exclusively used his dark magic because the curse required he used it, plus it was easy. The dark magic inside him was so powerful and he had a nearly unlimited supply. However he did know other magic and well it appeared now he needed to use it. Light magic was out of the question, he knew very little plus he doubted it would work for him; he was after all the Dark One. Elemental magic, however, could work. It had been years since he had to use it but he could still remember the spell he needed.
Emma watched in amazement as a deep blue magic poured out of Gold and into Belle. How did he do that, she wondered, his magic should be black but all the same it seemed to be working. The bleeding stopped and Belle opened her eyes,
"Rumple!" She exclaimed.
"Oh, Belle" he signed happily, he was going to pay for that magic but for now all he cared about was that his wife was sitting up alive next to him.
Emma, however, was confused. Shouldn't she hate him? He may have been immune to the curse but she wasn't. Rumple sensed her confusion and turned to her, letting out a small laugh, "true love can break any curse dearie" he answered her unasked question.
He looked pale and seemed like he might pass out himself and Emma wondered what spell he had cast to save Belle exactly. But then his word's hit her and all of a sudden she knew how to save Storybook. True love, oh god that sounded cheesy she thought, but it could work. True love could break any curse!