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Gold froze as pain seared in his gut. Luvetta stepped back, pulling the bloody knife from his stomach. Gold fell to the ground, sputtering.

"Be-Belle..."

Luvetta stared down at Gold, her eyes cold. It was over. The confusion. The anger. The sorrow. It was all over. Her nightmare was over. Finally she could-

Gold could pinpoint the moment it happened. Her expression became shocked, before changing into one of horror.

"Rumplestiltskin..." she gasped, dropping the knife. She fell to her knees beside him, holding his face I her hands.

"B-belle..."

"Nononononononono!" Belle sobbed. "No you can't leave me! Oh, god, I'm so sorry! DON'T LEAVE ME!"

"It-it will b-be alright, B-belle..."

Slowly his vision began to fade into darkness. The last thing he heard was her plea.

"Come back to me!"

Belle sobbed. Oh god, what had she done? How could she have done this to him? She tried to tell herself it was the curse, but somehow that wasn't good enough. What could she do? She was was going to lose him! She couldn't, not now!

Something fell out of his pocket. She looked down as the potion rolled across the floor. The potion...

That's it!

"The well," Belle said firmly. She grabbed the potion and ran. If she brought back magic, he could heal. She ignored the looks of the few she passed, focused on saving her husband. Her real husband.

She just hoped she wasn't too late.

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"Belle!"

Luvetta stopped, mere feet from the well. She knew that voice. She turned to glare at Gaston, Greg, her tormenter.

The one who actually hurt her.

"Come with me Belle," Gaston said. "I won't let that beast take you again."

"Him? A Beast?" Belle laughed. "He hasn't harmed a single hair on my head. You, you on the other hand. You have raped me. You have beaten me. I would rather die!"

"Belle, it was the curse-"

"You weren't cursed when you raped me," Belle seethed.

"If you don't come with me," Gaston growled. "I won't tell you where Nicole and Nicolas are."

Belle screamed.

"What have you done to them?"

"They're safe, for now," Gaston glowered. "Unless you come with me, they won't be for long."

Belle's hand clenched around the potion.

"Rumplestiltskin will stop you," Belle said firmly.

"He is only a man here," Gaston said. "What could he possibly do to me?"

Belle smirked.

"We'll see."

With that, Belle through the potion into the well, and the land became enveloped with dark purple smoke as magic was brought into the one without.