Rose woke early the next morning, she was surprised to find that Emma had not come to Granny's or called Rose like she'd asked in the message she'd left. Growing up with the Blond, Rose knew that her friend always did what she wanted, when she wanted and seemed to never answer to anyone, so she wasn't as worried about her disappearance as perhaps she should have been.

"What can I get yah?" Rose was brought back to the present where she had decided to get breakfast from Granny's Diner, the younger women from yesterday stood in front of her, once again dressed in a red very short mini skirt and white top that revealed her midriff, her face was also smothered in make-up.

"Um can I get an order of pancakes and a tea please" Rose asked. She'd never been a fan of coffee, tea had always been her favourite, especially ice-tea with hamburgers, that was her favourite meal ever, it made her wonder if her parents liked the same things, if that was where she got it from.

"Sure, I'm Ruby by the way, you're staying at Granny's right"

"I'm Rose, yes I am" she gave her a pleasant smile and then Ruby sat down opposite Rose in the booth.

"So where are you from?" Ruby asked leaning forward on her elbows as if she was really interested in a brunet.

"Uh Boston" Rose replied, finding all of the attention a little unnerving.

"Cool, what do you do there?" Ruby asked.

"I'm a caretaker of sorts, for this guy's large estate, cleaning, cooking him meals that sort of thing"

"And you like doing that?" Ruby raised an eyebrow at the other women.

"Not really, my real passion is books" Rose explained.

Granny came into the front of the Diner and glared at her granddaughter "Ruby you don't get paid to chat, you have other customers that need to be served" she scolded her.

Ruby huffed before standing up sharply from the seat , she turned to Rose before she left "We have a pretty great library you should check it out"

Rose smiled and nodded "Thank you Ruby, I will"

She left the diner half an hour later, full of pancakes and tea. Stepping out onto the main street Rose found it rather eerie how everyone seemed to be following a sort of morning routine, like it was something they'd all rehearsed a thousand times, like it was from some sort of TV-Show.

"Good morning Miss Spinner" Rose turned quickly to find Regina beside her.

"Mayor Mills" Rose greeted, her voice full of shock.

"I trust that you and Miss Swan will be on the road back to Boston soon?" The mayor asked her voice sickly sweet.

Rose shrugged her shoulders "Actually I haven't seen Emma since I left her with you last night" the brunet informed her.

"Well I'm sure she'll turn up soon, then you can both be on your way" Regain almost growled at her.

"Actually I was hoping we could stick around for a while, it's such a sweet town" Rose teased Regina; she wasn't sure why she found it so much fun to wined Regina up.

Regina just grumbled something incorrigible under her breath before walking into to Granny's Diner, Rose shrugged before walking down the street.

As she walked, Rose noted that the library she'd spotted yesterday that was under the clock tower, still had the closed sign against the door, she decided to go and see if there was another shop that was open before coming back to the library later, perhaps she would have better luck at Mr Gold's shop.

….C\_'/…..

Mr Gold, or Rumpelstiltskin as he now remembered, sat in the back of his shop taking in inventory or at least trying too. His memory had come back the moment he'd set eyes on her, his daughter, his and Belle's daughter. Hearing her name, seeing her it had made him remember the monster he was inside.

It had made him remember that the beautiful librarian Izzy French that he saw every day at granny's ordering breakfast, who was the only person in this small prison of a town that smiled at him, that even bothered to try and make small talk with him, she was his Belle, his wife, his true love.

This meant that the feelings he had for her, were now not something he should feel guilty or even stupid about, he had a right to be attracted to Izzy or Belle, they were one in the same and he was in love with her as Mr Gold or Rumpelstiltskin. He was sure no curse, not even this one would keep them apart.

Gold's mind wandered back to their daughter Rose, her name was still Rose, it hadn't changed. She was the spitting image of Belle, her auburn locks piled on top of her head in a messy bun but she still had his dark eyes and his ears, something that till this day still made him laugh.

She'd been nothing like he'd imagined her, she was more. Rose, like her mother, seemed to have an air of grace about her and it wasn't just down to her looks. Rumple was just glad that she hadn't inherited his green scaly or unruly hair.

The tinkle of the bell above his shop door made him get up out of his chair, he wondered who would be in his shop this early in the morning, with a firm grip on his cane he made his way into the front of the shop.

When he walked out in to the front of his shop, he was taken aback by what he saw. Rose stood in the middle of the room, her hand reaching out to touch the crib, the one that had been in her nursery, the yellow paint and gold thread still intact on the spindles.

"It's yours" he spoke making Rose jump and turn to face him.

Rose's hand flew straight to her chest as she sucked in a deep breath to calm herself "What do you mean it's mine?" she asked him, her familiar brown eyes wide with confusion.

"It's yours for a price" Gold explained, toying with his words just as he liked to toy with people.

The brunet nodded, pushing a strand of hair behind her ear "Well it's very beautiful…..and the gold thread…it's very unique…..but no thank you" she gave him a small smile, a nervous hand going to fiddle with the gold chain around her neck.

Gold's gaze followed her hand, the necklace, the gold chain he'd spun himself, the spinning wheel charm. He'd made it for Belle and enchanted it to protect her from even the most powerful spell or curse.

"Is something wrong?" Rose asked Mr Gold, her brown eyes meeting his, hers full of worry.

He took a moment before finding his voice "That necklace…..Where did you get it?" he asked taking a step towards the young women which in turn made her take a step backwards making her walk into a display of some sort, a few items fell to the floor but neither moved to pick it up.

"I ugh….I don't know…I've had it ever since I can remember" Rose explained, feeling rather uneasy under this strange man's intense gaze. Gold wondered for a moment if Belle had given it baby Rose before putting her in wardrobe, he'd never seen Izzy wearing it around town.

"Why?" she asked him in a small voice, she couldn't put her finger on it but there was something about this man, about this shop, even about this whole place that made Rose feel like there was more that met the eye, that there was a mystery here for her to uncover.

"The gold thread, it's rather rare" Gold quickly tried to explain himself, "Now Miss Spinner, is there anything I can do for you?" he asked planting his hands firmly on the handle of his cane.

"No" the women shook her head "I was just looking" she added before turning on her heels and leaving the shop, the door closing with a few chimes of the bell.

Once she was gone Rumple let out a large breath before picking up the pieces that Rose had knocked to the floor. He almost laughed allowed at the realisation that Rose had inherited her mother's clumsiness.

….C\_'/…

As Rose walked back to the town square, she felt the wind begin to pick up so pulled her jacket up around her. She took a moment to look up to the sky, the clouds above her began to darken rapidly, a storm seemed to be brewing.

She decided her best bet may be to head back to her room at granny's and try and get in contact with Emma again. After a few moments Rose noticed her blond friend standing outside Granny's diner looking like she was ready to rip someone's head off.

"Hey Emma, where have you been?" The brunet asked her.

"It's a long story but I got arrested and now granny's kicked us out and…." Emma began but Rose cut her off.

"What do you mean you got arrested?" She almost yelled at her friend.

Emma groaned, sometimes she felt like Rose was her mother, "I was driving back to granny's after I got your message and got accused of drunk driving which wasn't true and then Henry went missing…." The blond began to explain herself.

"Is he okay?" Rose asked, her arms still crossed over her chest.

"Yeah I found him, look the point is Regina made sure Granny had to kick us out so I was thinking I would stay here, sleep in my car for a while and you can go back to Boston….." Rose's friend trailed off.

The brunet shook her head "I'll stay too, it'll be fine" she assured the blond.

"There isn't enough room in my car for both of us to sleep in it" Emma tried once again to get her friend to leave "Plus you don't have anything here for you, I have henry"

"No, I have to stay, I feel like there's something here, like we're supposed to be here…." Rose began to explain but Emma cut her off.

"Not this again" the women groaned before grabbing Rose by the shoulders "They're not here Rose" Emma told her.

"What…." Rose trailed off confused.

"Your parents, my parents there not in this town"

"But Henry's book…." Rose began to fiddle once again with the gold chain around her neck as she always did when she got nervous.

"is a load of crap, they're fairy tales, there not true, made up in some sad person's head" Emma took a breath and a step back from Rose, "When will you ever get over the fact that your parents didn't want you?" she asked her voiced rising with every word she spoke.

Emma took a breath before continuing "They left you alone on the side of a road with nothing but that stupid necklace and a fake Rose, you will never find your parents so stop wasting your time looking for them!"

Emma lunged at Rose and pulled the golden chain from her neck and then made the short distance to the dock's where the blue water spanned for many miles and hurled the necklace into the air before both watched it fall into the blue abyss, gone forever.

Rose took a step back, her brown eyes watery, Emma had never said anything like this to her, they always avoided the subject of their parents. The Brunet took a deep breath "Your right" she sighed.

"You have Henry and I have nothing" she mumbled, without her necklace, without the only true connection she had to her parents, she didn't feel like she had anything, like she was anyone. So she picked up the duffle bag of her belongings at Emma's feet and turning away.

She walked what felt like an eternity, silent tears streaming down her face, soon to be joined by raindrops from the stormy sky above. She was leaving Storybrooke just like Emma had suggested. She almost wished she'd never come, that she'd never met the enigmatic Mr Gold, seen the beautiful library, the evil Regina or Granny and Ruby, none of it, she wished she'd stayed at home and let Emma have her own adventure.

It seemed after everything that they'd been through Emma no longer needed her.

The wind began to pick up even more as Rose walked along the only road leading out of Storybrooke, along a woods lands, the leaves on the trees above her rustled in the wind and even some loose branches began to squeak.

Having come in Emma's car Rose wasn't sure how she was going to make it home, she didn't have money for a bus or train fair and even then, how far would it be until the next train station or bus stop.

Just as Rose saw the sign that informed her she was leaving 'Storybrooke' a large gust of wind flew through the air, causing her hair to fall from the loose bun on her head and fall over her face. There came a loud crack above her, she looked up only to catch a glimpse of a large falling branch before the brunet fell into darkness.