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Chapter 3

Rumple's eyelashes flickered. It was so early. He finally gathered the strength to open his eyes; he had slept so well next to Belle. When he finally sat up, he noticed that Belle wasn't there. Neither was her room or any evidence of a baby. He had been dreaming. He hated himself for what he had though had happened. He wished that it had been real, but deep down he knew that Belle would not have forgiven him that easily. She wouldn't have allowed him to walk all over her, leave for a year and then sleep with her. It was a dream and a pretty annoying one. He ached for her. To see her face again, to hear her laugh, see her smile; listen to her conversations about her books. He missed her so much and it hurt. He knew without a doubt that he needed her more than she needed him, that was what had kept him from breaking down, the fact that he knew how strong she was. She was strong enough to let him go and she would be Ok.

He was in the motel outside the town line; those three 'Queens of Darkness' as they liked to call themselves were with him, to get their happy endings. In all honesty he only cared about his and Belle's but he had to help them in order to gain their loyalty and also get back to Belle. Sadly this quest required backup and backup was what he had now. They were going to make a move onto the castle today, the so-called 'Author's'. He would give him his happy ending and if not, he Rumple would either kill him or beg. Yes, he would beg because he needed Belle back. He would never beg, but for Belle, if he had to he would to get back to her. He sighed as he got changed, maybe today he would actually see her again instead of these recurring nightmares. They needed to stop haunting him, it hurt that his mind played tricks on him in this way.

He grabbed his possessions and left the small yellow room that he had called home for the past 3 days. He was excited yet nervous. What if Belle never forgave him, she might ask him to leave again. Maybe she wouldn't care if he were back. Maybe she had moved on. If love was layered and he had been such a hypocrite, then he obviously wouldn't make her cut in her definition of 'love'. Married or not, she was under the impression that she would never see him again. She was brave and sacrificed her happiness all because of him. In reality, he had been the person she was closest too in that town, she was never really all that close to anyone except for Baelfire, now he was gone too. His heart ached as he mourned his son all over again. He would remember and it would hurt, hurt like no other pain. That was the loss of a child.

"Now, how are my Queens of Darkness, ready I hope?" Rumple said as he waited outside their room. Of course they had all moaned about the conditions of their accommodation, Cruella especially. The snarky spoilt brat of the group. The others at least were properly evil with making deals and reeking havoc, she was just greedy and that was her downfall. And with the fur coats of puppies, if Belle has heard she would have allowed Rumple to kill Cruella...who was he kidding; Belle would never allow him to hurt anyone. She was too pure and innocent, and he had made her lose sight of who she was. He wasn't a husband more like a burden, a disease, and a curse upon her life. He hated himself.

"What's wrong with you Rumple? Cat got your tongue?" Maleficent asked sarcastically.

"Maybe it was the puppies?" Ursula cackled at her own hilarity, they had all learned to put up with it by now.

"Stop messing around, we have a job to do. Otherwise no happy endings for you three." Rumple said sounding like his old days as the Dark One in the Enchanted Forest.

"Your Belle won't be happy, with all of this, I suggest you be quiet, Rumple my dear." Cruella said wryly. "I mean women have needs it'd surprise me if Belle hadn't moved on already, there is only so long a women can wait! Am I right ladies?"

"She's right Rumple, let us have our fun and you may still have a shot at a happy ending." Maleficent said mockingly.

"I think a shot is a bit of a long shot, in this situation." Ursula snickered.

Rumple only rolled his eyes, it was better to ignore them than to be dragged in trying to defend what he had done to Belle. It had been like this for months. Maybe they were right.

Instead he walked to the car and started the engine, whilst the girls quickly jamp in, Cruella in the front because she always put up a fuss.

They drove down the lane onto a small road; they followed it until they finally reached the manor. It was huge, ginormous and as hard as it was to see the place where he shared his last dance with Belle he had to shake off the feeling he didn't want those three to see him like this and make fun of him. Even though he wouldn't admit it, their words did sometimes get to him. Instead he stepped out of the car and made his way inside, it was the same as before, but for some reason he could hear something. It was Henry. He was looking for something, maybe the boy had found the author, and it wouldn't surprise him. After all, he was his grandson. He put his fingers to his lips as he turned around to the girls and pointed towards where he thought Henry was. Just in case he decided to mouth to them.

"Don't hurt him or anyone else unless I say so. Magic." Rumple whispered again when they couldn't understand him. The girls nodded as they followed behind. They had figured out how to get their magic back, Maleficent still had a few beans, they had travelled to the enchanted forest and forced a sorcerer there to give them their magic back otherwise they would get it returned to them from someone else and kill him. It seemed to work and now they were back to normal. But normal to Rumple was with Belle. He couldn't allow himself to get distracted and in case Belle found him and sent him back over the border again, he had found a spell to take it down. The town was still invisible, but one could enter and return as they pleased, unless they weren't originally in the town before the Snow Queen and it had seemed to work, well at least when Maleficent had tried. Rumple didn't want to try in case Belle saw him so he waited in the hotel that day.

They continued to walk through the elaborate corridors until they reached the room Rumple had assumed the Author might be in. They would look around the whole castle but they decided to just check in here first.

Rumple waited outside a moment as he pressed his ear to the door, he had sensitive hearing as the Dark One but needed to be sure. It seemed quiet, so he slowly opened the door. He was right. The room was empty but had no sign of the author as he called himself. Rumple sighed. Maybe the author wasn't residing here and just kept the empty books here. He groaned as he searched the room, the girls helped as they opened each drawer ever so quietly. They didn't find anything, except for a map, pointing to his shop. They were more confused than before.

Currently Belle would be staying at the shop, she didn't make happy endings and neither did he. Maybe there was something hidden, and then he saw it. It was a pen. The picture on the back of it seemed real. It read that with the pen, the 'Author' could write the stories, making them true, giving them happy endings. If they acquired the pen, then all would be solved. But they needed to get into the shop and it wasn't as if he could go and look. One or all of the girls would have to go, he needed to trust them in case Belle returned and saw him. They took the map and headed out and sat in the car.

"Well?" Maleficent asked the group.

"Well what? We are going to get that pen and get what we deserve." Cruella replied bluntly.

"I think some of us deserve more than just a new fur coat..." Ursula said with a laugh.

"Oh shut up, Sea Wench." Cruella said as she rolled her eyes and turned her attention to Rumple.

"One of you three will have to acquire the pen, you'll all go in shopping or with some other excuse and snoop. Here's the key, just don't let Belle catch you and don't let her know I'm with you. You'll need disguises, Cruella you may have to get rid of your coat and all of you need to change, use magic if you need to." Rumple explained to them.

"No, I am not leaving my baby, if it's the last thing I do." Cruella said gesturing to her coat. The reference of a baby, made Rumple remember his dream. He shivered, remembering every detail. The heartache felt like it was returning. The lump in his throat.

"Cruella." Rumple warned.

"We won't hurt her, but if she remembers who we are, it may provoke her to either cooperate with us or scare her into giving it up." Maleficent explained.

"And if that doesn't work we can just kill her if she gets in the way." Ursula laughed.

Suddenly she began to make choking noises. "Stop it, she was teasing, we can't kill her, or we'll have to deal with you. I remember when we kidnapped her, Ursula lay literally one tentacle on her and you snapped." Ursula laughed.

"You were strangling her, hurting her and stealing from me. I'm sorry if that annoyed me, dearie." Rumple replied annoyed with her ignorance.

"Aw is Rumple missing his wifey?" Maleficent laughed.

"We all know what he's really missing." Ursula implied and laughed. Followed by the chorus of cackles from Cruella and Maleficent.

"Oh for god sake, you will go in and find it without hurting her and anyone else, if anyone else trued to hurt you, you may all retaliate but not seriously injure, you will have to answer to me and that includes Regina for a change." Rumple said angrily as he began to drive towards the town line.

"You're such a spoil sport, Rumple." Maleficent laughed as she sat back and waited for them to reach the wretched town.

Hope you all liked that. Quick question. Shall we keep the baby or not. Or should Belle just be pregnant. You guys choose. In case you're confused the first two chapters were Rumple dreaming, because some of you thought Belle was too forgiving. If you felt this way please give me some more ideas because I've changed the storyline for you guys! I love you all!