-Regina-

"Madame Mayor, False Alarm." The head nurse assured her over the phone.

"So she doesn't remember then?" Regina asked swirling the drink in her hand.

"No, she was simply having vivid dreams and thought they were real. Not unusual for someone who spends most of her time sedated." The Nurse said calmly. "We're upping her dosage again, but we need to do it gradually or she could slip into a coma."

"Dreams? What sort of dreams?" The mayor asked trying to sound nonchalant.

"Nothing of any real interest, she claimed her name was Belle, and keeps rambling on about a voice and a gold light. We try not to engage her too much, we don't want the real memories coming back."

Regina froze. How? How had that girl remembered? The curse should have wiped everyones memories for good so how was this possible? Did he have something to do with this?

"Madame Mayor?" The nurse asked snapping her back from her thoughts.

"Right." She replied , shaking her head slightly. "Well I leave her in your capable hands."

"Very good Ma'am." The Nurse replied.

Regina hung up the phone and placed her elbows on the desk, clasping her hands in front of her. This was a problem. The girl was remembering, and if she did… well she really wasn't sure what would happen. Rumplestilskin's powers had always been somewhat of a mystery to her. Even though he had taught her much, he hadn't taught her everything; and there was no way of telling whether or not his powers extended into this land. That was why she had been so keen on keeping her little insurance policy right where she was.

She had to think, what had caused the girls memories to suddenly return?

Dreams, the nurse had said, she had been having vivid dreams. That's how it started with Graham too. He just woke up one night in a cold sweat rambling on about his old pet wolf, and after that, he just couldn't stop digging. She looked down in a moment of remorse. Graham had been a welcome little comfort, and there were times when she missed the poor fool. But he had forced her hand; she did what she had to do.

She thought back to that night, Graham had stumbled over from Granny's, already slightly inebriated, and she had let him in. They shared a few more drinks before going upstairs and by the time he eventually passed out he was quite drunk.

…drunk…

"The Sedatives." She said to herself. That was the link! The hazy state they kept her in was probably very similar to being drunk! Then there was David, who had started to remember things… After being in a coma! That had to be it! The curse had not wiped out everyone's memories for good. After all, any curse could be broken so the memories had to be stored somewhere.

She got up and grabbed her coat; she had to go to the hospital at once and see for herself just how much this girl remembered.

She got into her car and sped towards the hospital. If the girl was remembering her past then she would need to do something about it, fast. That's when she caught sight of an old familiar building, and an idea suddenly came to her. She smiled slowly before decelerating; she would need to make a quick stop.

Once at the Hospital she passed through the padlocked doors and made her way down the stairs. The head nurse looked up from her desk and her face showed a hint of surprise.

"Madame Mayor. I wasn't expecting to see you so soon." She said.

"Well I was in the neighborhood," she replied placing a paper bag on the desk, "When I was struck with an ingenious idea regarding our little problem."

"Really?" the nurse replied skeptically.

"Perhaps all Miss French needs is a little distraction." She said pulling several books out of the bag. "Something to take her mind off things." The Nurse looked them over skeptically. "I would start her off with this one." She said pointing to the one with the blue and purple cover.

"Island of the Blue Dolphins" The Nurse read. "Isn't this a children's book?"

"Yes, but its a children's book about living alone on an Island and making the best of it. A good message don't you think?" The Nurse looked down again, mulling it over.

"And you sure that there's nothing in here that might spark something for her?" The nurse asked gravely, "We can't have her remembering Regina, I just don't have the man power to keep her under 24 hour surveillance again."

"No, this one should be fine. We just need to be careful, that's all. Nothing with love in it of course." The nurse gave a morbid little laugh.

"Of Course."

"And I was hoping that we could talk about taking her off those sedatives, I just don't like what they've been doing to her."

"Believe me I don't want to give her any more either, but she's just so stubborn. You know she threatened to starve herself last week? And shower day is hell, it takes 4 orderlies just to get her to the showers, and then she bites kicks and scratches, I don't know where she gets the energy. I'll soon run out of Orderlies Regina."

"That's where these come in." She said indicating the books. "Her Father tells me that as a child he would threaten to take them away when she misbehaved. Apparently it works just like magic."