Chapter 3

A week later Gideon, Gold, Red her son Rick, as well as Moe French, attends Belle's funeral.

The funeral was short and simple so that the three could really focus on saying goodbye to daughter, wife and mother.

This was one of the very few times Moe and Gold were civil to one another for Gideon.

Today is the only day Gideon wore black in his entire life a simple black blazer with a grey shirt and black trousers clothes Gideon never thought he would wear because he seemed black as negative colour to wear and preferred to wear brighter colours.

Moe is the first to say goodbye to his daughter Belle before leaving the graveyard just leaving father and son as well as Ruby and Rick.

Gold approaches the ditch where Belle's coffin has been lowered and places an enchanted rose that will never rot that phases through the coffin's top and drops onto Belle's chest before throwing some dirt down on top of the coffin.

"I promise Belle I will look after our boy Gideon I will never abandon him," Gold whispered and walks away and waits for his son to say goodbye

"I can't say goodbye papa," Gideon said looking down at his feet

"If you don't say goodbye now Gideon you won't get another chance," Gold replied

"This isn't right mother this wasn't supposed to be your time you're supposed to be here with us but that monster took you away," Gideon cries out this sentence "Ruby might be taking you to the diner," Gold announced

"I'm sorry you had to jump in front of that arrow for me mother I promise you, mother, that the monster that took you away from us will suffer even if it will take me a lifetime but I will avenge you," Gideon whispers

"There's the darkness within you Gideon who knew your mummy dying is what brings it out," The voice snarls inside Gideon's head

"Stay out of my head can't you let me have a day to myself my mother dead for god sake," Gideon shouts not caring if he father could hear

"Gideon who are you talking to," Gold asks worriedly about his son

"A voice it doesn't matter," Gideon replies Ruby walks over to Gideon and tries to comfort him with a hug

"Gold, Regina is at the sheriff station she thinks she found a way to track the arrows," Ruby informs Gold

"Thank you, Ruby, can you take him to the diner while I speak with Regina," Gold asked Ruby

"Sure, Gold how long do you think you be there," Ruby questions

"I'm not sure just make sure he eats something," Gold said to Ruby before teleporting out in purple smoke


Ruby, Rick and Gideon drive to the diner and Ruby gets granny to prepare Gideon and Rick a cheeseburger and fries with a glass of Pepsi each.

Gideon finds himself picking at his fries as well as his burger which Ruby notices as well as Rick.

Rick unlike his friend demolishes his meal and gives his mother a look to see if they should ask Gideon the question they been dying to ask ever since his outburst at the grave yard.

"Gideon aren't you hungry," Ruby asks Gideon in a soft and passive manor

"No, sorry not really I haven't been hungry for days," Gideon mumbled under his breath

"Gideon, can we ask you something," Rick questioned Gideon

"You want to ask about my outburst don't you," Gideon replies

"Yes, Gideon what happened out there it was like you were fighting with somebody who wasn't there," Rick asked Gideon

"It was nothing it just happens here and there," Gideon spoke

"But what is it Gideon," Ruby questions

"I-I need some air," Gideon said as he runs out of the booth and out of the diner


Gideon runs straight into the library where he locks the doors and closes the blinds on the windows.

Gideon takes a few moments to settle his breathing back to a regular pace when the voice returns to plague him.

"It's pathetic how these people are concerned about you after all you're a Dark One," The voice snaps

"Show yourself you coward show yourself," Gideon shouts

"Walk over to the mirror up in the clock tower," The voice says Gideon does as the voice commands and walks into the elevator the elevator doors open up inside the clock tower and Gideon exits the elevator and walks over to a mirror that was left up there by Belle for storage

"I bet Sidney isn't happy that your stealing his thunder," Gideon said while staring into the mirror

"I think Sidney is the least of your problems you said you wanted to see a face to the voice well here goes nothing," The voice chuckles and in the mirror purple smoke forms then goes revealing the face of a fallen son, father and lover

"You, how is this possible you can't be ..." Gideon says struggling to put a single sentence together

"How can I be Baelfire," The voice teased

"Baelfire you're supposed to be dead how are you in my head you had no magic," Gideon asks

"I'm not really Baelfire I'm the darkness inside of you this is just the mere embodiment I have chosen for you to hear and see at all times," The voice explains

"But I have no darkness," Gideon replies in confusion

"Sure you do kid you're the son of the Dark One and the arrow was meant for you and because of you your mother dead," The voice snarled

"SHUT UP," Gideon screams and unintentionally makes a gesture which causes a shooting ball of magical energy in the colour of gold the ball hits the mirror destroying it in the matter of seconds

"You can destroy mirrors but you can't destroy your darkness," The voice said in a wicked tone