She's never forgotten their song. She used to hum it before the curse was broken. She hummed it even when Regina held her captive. The Evil Queen tried to beat it out of her, to force her to forget it and him, but Belle never gave their song up. She always held it close to her heart, even when not knowing herself, because she remembered it meant love. The day she and her beloved Rumpelstiltskin danced to that special song was the same day she realized that, no matter what, she would always love him and they were destined to be together.
She hummed it in the hospital. She hummed it when they made wild and passionate love even though she didn't remember who she was or recall seeing him before he showed up looking for Belle. She asked him once, while still under the Queen's spell to make her Lacey, if he recognized the song. He told her only that it was a love song and kissed away her questions. Belle knows truer words have never been spoken. It is a love song. It tells their story, and their love is a tale as classic as any other old as time.
Belle sings their song through her tears as she watches her love sailing away. She wants to scream, cry, and demand he stay with her, but she knows he feels he owes this to his son. She should go with him, but knows, too, that he'll use magic to make her stay.
She'll stay but will keep believing in the most powerful magic, that of true love. Their love is as true as Charming's and Snow's. He'll find her as the Prince did his Princess. He'll return to her, and she'll be singing their song when he does.
The End
