So, y'all have findmethestars on twitter to thank for whatever this is going to become. It'll probably only be 5 or 6 chapters long. Also kind of OOC, oh well ;)

He told he was doing what was best for their family. What was best. This certainly wasn't it. The Black Fairy certainly wasn't the best thing for their family, she had kidnapped their son. And that was unforgiveable. She was leaving him, for good this time. She wasn't going back to him, not after this.

Belle's thoughts continued to whirl around her head as she made her way aimlessly through the outskirts of Storybrooke. She didn't know where she was going, she just needed to get away from Rumple. She was certain he could find her wherever she went, but this brought her a little time as he would check all the usual places she went first.

"Belle?"

Belle jumped at the sound of someone calling her name. Looking around, she spotted Zelena a little off the path waving at her. She stood there for a few moments, not sure what to do. Clearly, she had stood there for a few moments too long because before she knew it, Zelena was stood directly in front of her, one arm securely holding Robyn.

"Belle? Are you alright?"

Startled from her thoughts again, Belle looked up at Zelena,

"Yes, of course."

Zelena frowned, touching Belle's arm lightly,

"You're crying though…"

Belle raised a hand to her face in shock, she hadn't even noticed,

"Oh, I suppose I am. Well, it's…it's nothing, I'll be fine."

Zelena tilted her head, observing the smaller woman in front of her. She looked devastated,

"Come with me. You can stay at my house for a few hours instead of wandering around in the cold."

Belle just nodded, silently following Zelena for the short distance to her house.

Once inside the house, Belle shivered, only just realising how cold it had been outside. She followed Zelena into the kitchen, where she saw the woman trying to make a bottle for Robyn whilst holding the child in question. Moving forward, Belle gestured to the bottle,

"Would you…would you like some help with that?"

Zelena turned her head to look at Belle, scrutinising her carefully,

"If you could hold Robyn that would be great!"

Belle stuttered as Zelena handed her Robyn. She had meant to help make up the bottle but Zelena seemed quite content to allow her to hold Robyn for a few minutes. Looking down at the baby in her arms, Belle couldn't help the overwhelming sadness that swept through her. She would never get to hold her son like this again. He was all grown up and still not entirely on their side. She wasn't even sure if there was more than one side anymore, what with Rumple forming an alliance with the Black Fairy. She sniffed quietly as she realised she was crying again, although she wasn't sure if she'd stopped. Hopefully Zelena wouldn't say anything or she would probably have a full-scale breakdown. She looked up from the baby in her arms when Zelena turned around, bottle in hand. Zelena studied her for a few moments before holding out the bottle,

"Do you want to feed her? I can show you how if you don't know."

Belle felt the shock flit over her face as she registered Zelena's words,

"You would trust me enough to do that?"

Zelena just nodded, pressing the bottle into Belle's free hand. Belle sat down at the kitchen table, switching Robyn into the right position to be fed. She had done this many times before she had sacrificed herself for her kingdom; there were several children in the castle and not all of them had had mothers. They spent a few minutes in silence before Zelena broke it, asking the inevitable,

"What happened? I understand if you don't want to tell me but I can actually be a pretty good listener, and it's not like I have anyone to tell anyway."

Belle contemplated this for a few moments. It wouldn't be a secret for long; once the final battle began everyone would know Rumple had been lying,

"I'm leaving Rumple, for good this time. He finally went too far."

Belle stopped, unsure if she wanted to go on. Thankfully, Zelena just watched her in silence, although Belle could tell her curiosity was eating her alive,

"He lied. He told me he was going to do what was best for our family. He told me he'd killed her and that we could all finally be together. Except he lied to me, again! And I know I've said it before but I'm leaving him. I'll probably leave Storybrooke so he can't weasel his way back into my life. It was his fault that I had to send Gideon away, and now he's siding with the woman who kidnapped our son. I can't be with him after that, I just can't."

Belle was suddenly very grateful that Zelena had given her Robyn; it was helping her keep calm. Tears poured unhindered down her face as she spoke, falling onto the soft fabric of her scarf. Zelena stood, moving to take the chair next to Belle. Hesitantly, Zelena reached out, her arm circling around Belle's shoulders in an awkward sort of half hug.

"You would really leave Storybrooke? Where would you go?"

Belle shrugged slightly, she hadn't thought out her plan all that well if she was honest with herself. Seeing that Robyn was finished, she automatically shifted her so that she could burp her. Thinking for another few moments, Belle finally came up with a plan,

"I guess I'll just have to raid Rumple's shop when he's out one day and find something that can transport me to a different realm; it will be much harder for him to get to me if he has to travel through every realm. After that, I don't know, really. I've wanted to travel my whole life so I imagine I'll find something that involves realm-hopping or sea travel; I'll see lots that way."

Zelena nodded in agreement, that was a good plan. Absentmindedly, she took Robyn as she thought over Belle's plan. Her daughter began to fuss so she quickly grabbed a pacifier from the side, hoping it would help calm her down. Seeing that it had worked and her daughter was well on her way to falling asleep, Zelena turned back to Belle,

"Have you ever been to Oz?"

Belle shook her head, she had always wanted to go but had never had the chance.

"Well…why don't you come with me? I'm leaving for Oz in a few days and if you wanted, you could come with me. I understand if you'd rather start afresh somewhere else but…but it might be nice to have a familiar face with you?"

Belle looked over at Zelena in surprise,

"You would take me with you? Why are you even going though? I thought you were happy here with Regina and Henry?"

Zelena sighed heavily. This would be a long conversation,

"Before I talk about this, I'm going to put Robyn to bed."

Belle nodded as Zelena left the room and presumably went upstairs. Rather than sit around getting lost in her own thoughts, Belle decided to be constructive and set about cleaning the milk bottle and putting it away. Seeing a pile of dirty dishes on the side, Belle wondered if Zelena knew how to work the dishwasher that she knew Regina had installed. Having only been without magic for a few days, Belle assumed no. Deciding to leave it for now, Belle reclaimed her seat at the kitchen table, pulling her phone out. To her relief, she had not received any calls from Rumple. But then again, he didn't actually know that she had found out about his lie. She had been walking through Main Street and had caught sight of the Black Fairy exiting Rumple's shop. She hadn't even bothered to go and check if anything had been touched, she just wandered through Storybrooke until she ended up here.

Belle was pulled from her thoughts as Zelena sat down again. The shorter woman noticed that Zelena had changed clothes, from her dress and blazer ensemble to sweatpants and an old t-shirt, she had even put her hair up into a ponytail. Belle thought it suited the other woman well. She stopped her musing over Zelena's outfit choice as the woman in question began to speak,

"To start with, yes. I would take you with me, to Oz at least. Whether you want to stay with me once we get there is entirely up to you. And I am happy. Well, I was until…"

Belle didn't push her for an answer, just as Zelena hadn't pushed her for one, but she did place her hand on the other woman's arm, squeezing gently, just to let her know she was there for her.

"I noticed something had been off with Regina for a while, so I was trying to figure it out. When I did, I was slightly shocked but not really surprised. I called her out on it and at first, she just shut me down completely; she wouldn't even acknowledge that I'd spoken other than to say that she was handling it. I never did anything but ask her to talk about it, I wanted to help! It was hurting her and I didn't want that for Regina but I guess one day she just got fed up of it, of me, and screamed at me to leave her alone to deal with it. I tried to explain that I wanted to help but she wouldn't hear it…"

Zelena broke off as she noticed her voice starting to shake. She had really thought she was making progress with Regina,

"She told me to go back to Oz, where I belong. So I'm going, and I won't be back for a while, if ever…I'm leaving in two days, that should give me enough time to get organised."

Belle slid her hand down to meet Zelena's, clutching it in a tight grip. Zelena's eyes flickered to meet hers, a small smile of thanks on her face.

"How will we get there without magic?"

Zelena's smile brightened as she registered that Belle had said 'we', this would all be so much easy with a friend,

"Well, once we get to Oz it won't be long before I have my magic back, I have something there that should restore it. As for getting there, all we need is some of the fairy crystals in the mine and a wand and we'll be good to go."

"I can get a wand from Rumple's shop, he has dozens of spares floating around, is there anything specific it needs to be?"

Zelena looked thoughtful for a moment,

"Well…if you could find one that has some kind of component from Oz that would be better. It's not necessary but it will make the journey easier than one without. Other than that, anything is fine."

Belle nodded. She could do that. She would have to go back to the shop at some point before they left to get the few belongings she had there, the rest remained in her apartment above the library. Looking outside, Belle saw that it was dark,

"I guess I should head back now, Rumple might be wondering where I am soon, I haven't told him I'm leaving him yet."

Zelena frowned, clearly displeased,

"You can't go wandering off to Storybrooke at this time of night. And Rumple will just have to wait until tomorrow because you are staying here tonight. I've got some spare pyjamas, they'll be a bit long but it shouldn't be too bad, and you can stay in the spare room."

Belle just nodded, still slightly unsure. It wasn't that she didn't trust Zelena, but they had only been getting on well for the past few weeks and she didn't want to ruin that,

"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to intrude…"

Zelena just waved her off,

"You may as well. And once we get to Oz you'll probably have to stay with me for a few days until you find your feet anyway. Come on!"

With that, Zelena was suddenly leading Belle up the stairs. They stopped just as suddenly outside a nondescript door,

"This will be your room for tonight, or until we leave if you don't want to stay with Rumple. The bathroom is through that door," Zelena pointed to the door at the end of the hall, "and that one is mine, and Robyn's." Zelena pointed to the door diagonally opposite her own. It had a little green heart on the door.

"I'll just get you something to wear."

Zelena crossed the hall and entered her own bedroom, still slightly shocked at the pace everything had just happened at. She was only dimly aware of the empty feeling of her hand, which up until that point, had been tightly gripped in Zelena's. Belle opened what was her bedroom door for the night and looked around the room. It was a standard looking room; a double bed, a wardrobe, a chest of drawers and a comfy looking armchair in the corner. Turning back to the hallway, Belle saw Zelena closing her bedroom door quietly, a pile of clothes in her hand,

"Here you go. And there's toothbrushes in the bathroom cabinet. I think that's everything…oh! I'm sorry if Robyn wakes you up in the night, she tends to cry rather loudly when she's hungry."

Belle shook her head,

"I don't mind. I probably won't get a lot of sleep anyway. Too much to think about."

Belle looked down as she felt her eyes watering again. She had already cried too much today. Her head jerked up again as she felt hands on her shoulders,

"You'll be okay, Belle. I promise."

Belle nodded, she didn't trust herself to speak.

"Goodnight, Belle. I'll see you in the morning."

With that, Zelena turned away, heading to her bedroom,

"Night, Zelena. And thank you…"

Zelena just smiled over her shoulder before closing her door, leaving Belle to do the same.

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