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Italics: Thinking and location Reveals
Bold Italics: Flashback thinking and the Dark One talking
Bold: Flashback
Prologue:
…..In Our World….
The Bloodwyn twins were getting ready for their Once Upon A Time marathon. The girls had started to go through some OUAT withdrawal with the ending of the final season. So they had decided to re-watch the old episodes Keira was busy getting the popcorn and drinks ready and since both girls liked a different kind that was gonna take some time. Reign was using the electric pump to air up the air mattress so they would have something softer to lay on. " Rei hurry up I don't wanna lay on the damn floor." Reign growled and threw a pillow at Keira almost knocking the tray that carried all their snacks and drinks out of her hand. " Will you knock it off I swear you fight like a girl." Reign waited til Keira set down the tray before starting to whack her with a couple of pillows.
After about an hour or two they were finally settled down and well into the show. " You know I don't think Belle was really Rumpelstiltskin's true love." Reign rolled her eyes at Keira's words. " Here we go again." Keira turned to kick Reign. " I'm serious I mean think about it. When she kissed him it looked like it was working. Rumple's face was changing to before he was made the dark one but that was it. Nothing else but that, no gold light, no instant change." Reign sighed and nudged her. " That's because he stopped her though. If he let her continue it would have." Keira shook her head. " No I don't think so. Look at how it worked for others. With Charming and Snow instant and there was the gold light, Emma and Henry instant and with the gold light, Same with Regina and Henry. Yet with Rumple and Belle slight signs of transformation then nothing. If it was True Love wouldn't he have changed instantly with gold light?" Reign fell silent as she started to see where her sister was coming from. " Oh I see like when Regina tried to cast the curse with her horse's heart. There was some smoke and lightning but then stopped because it wasn't the heart of the thing she loved most." Keira smiled. " Exactly I think she was more in love with the idea of saving him then actually him and since it seemed to almost work Rumple probably convinced himself it must be true love. But I don't think it is. Every one keeps trying to change him make him stop magic all together were as Regina is allowed to use her magic for good. Don't they see yeah he made deals but the people never had to agree to the terms or could of demanded to know the price before signing like Cinderella and then wanna blame him for their desperation and greed."
Reign couldn't help but agree with their sister's point of view. " Well it's like Captain Hook to. No one wants to trust him because he's a pirate. They don't bother to try to ask why he is the way he is or find out what he's been through. They don't realize he has a code and an honorable one he never once tried to harm anyone except the crocodile. Yeah he's a womanizer but I think the right woman could catch and keep his attention and not Emma. Emma only chose him I think because she lost Neal so she's rebounding. She's to quick to turn her back on him to at the slightest hint of him possibly doing something wrong. That's not love Emma doesn't deserve to be with him." Keira gave a skeptical look at Reign's words. " Well the show did prove they were true love." Reign glared and argued back "but would they have put her with Hook if Neal hadn't died. I think they only did that cause the actor wanted to leave the show." Keira nodded at her words. " Yeah I see your point and I guess your Hook isn't so bad if only he'd leave my Rumple alone. Besides Rumple probably did him a favor. I bet you anything she probably would of left Hook for a more fierce pirate eventually like maybe Black Beard cause Hook seemed to be just as cowardly as he claimed Rumple was he just hides behind his crew and goes for the sneak attack instead of the straight approach. Oh and they didn't even sense each other in Underbrooke." Reign started to nod until what all her sister said got through her daze. " Hey you calling my man a chicken you brat." Keira nodded as Reign started tickling her.
So focused on their tickle fight they weren't really paying much attention to their tv screen. It was on the episode where Gold aka Rumpelstiltskin with the newly remembering Belle was using the potion of True Love to bring magic back to Storybrooke. So they didn't see how the purple storm cloud not only reached the screen but started filling it up before leaking out into the room. Keira was out of breath as she threw her head back trying to kick her sister away when she froze. " What's wrong Kei you giving up all ready?" Reign laughed before she followed her sister's line of sight to see the smoke fast approaching them. " Rei what's going on? Did the tv brake?" Reign sat up pulling her sister with her as the smoke started to surround them. " Kei I don't think this is that kind of smoke. They both closed their eyes as the smoke swallowed them up. Flashes of light danced before their eyelids as crashes of thunder sounded in their ears. It was almost hard to breathe as they felt themselves become weightless yet still felt like they were plunged deep under water before quickly rushing to the surface.
….In StoryBrooke…..
Rumpelstiltskin held Belle to him relieved and angry at the same time. He was relieved to see Belle alive that she had not died as he had been led to believe. Yet angry because it meant Regina had lied to him to possibly hurt him or use Belle to eventually control him. She was alive this whole time she was alive and here locked up in the asylum under the hospital. It didn't occur to him he should be feeling more happier than anything but he would just push it aside to believe he couldn't truly be happy without Bae. He started to lead Belle down the path back to the town when he started to hear a weird rumble coming from the well. A weird portal swirl almost like from a magic bean was forming out of the smoke. " Rumple what's that?" Rumple ignored Belle's question having no idea how to answer her. This was not suppose to be happening had something gone wrong or was the magic to strong for the well? Before he could gather his thoughts a woman flew out of the well and knocked right into Belle sending them both to the ground. " Belle? " before he could bend to push the woman off of her he saw another woman this one smaller fly out of the well as the portal finally closed and landed right into his arms almost knocking him over if not for the tree thankfully behind him. The girl opened groggy blue-green eyes to stare into his own deep brown before giving a week smile and whispering his name, His real name, before also passing out.
He stood there leaning on the tree holding this woman for a few minutes before Belle's pained ground caught his attention as she crawled out from under the other girl. He was shocked he was so busy studying this girls pale china round face and wild crimson curls he had forgotten about Belle even being there or possibly hurt. " Rumple? Who are they and what are they doing here? " Rumple stood up straight wincing as the girls added weight shot pain down to his bad foot " I don't know Belle but we're going to find out. " his plans on Regina would have to wait his only thoughts as he let the arm holding up her legs drop clutching her tighter to him with the other as he called Emma telling her over the phone about the new arrivals. He was so focused on the girl in his arms he didn't even notice the slightly jealous look Belle was giving him and the mystery girl as she sat on the ground next to the other girl.