3 Months Later

News had spread like a wild fire of Rosalinda kidnapping and how she had been killed but nobody was ever found of the small child who seemed to be this never ending beacon of light for so many people.

The people of Storybrooke tried to help the grieving parents but nothing they did seemed to help ease their pain and while Rumpelstiltskin for the most part seemed colder than normal, it was clear he was struggling to hold his darkness at bay.

Blue had taken to being hidden from the town for the most part and the only thing people could get from her was that she was devastated that she had lost Rosalinda and that she was blaming herself for it. However, it wasn't Rumpelstiltskin or Blue that was the most affected from losing Rosalinda, it was Belle.

Belle had fallen into a state of deep depression and for the most part refuse to leave her daughter nursery. Many people tried to get her to talk to them including both Rumpelstiltskin and Archie.

Archie tried to help her deal with her daughter's death, visiting the house several times and trying to get the grieving mother to talk to her but alas nothing he said seemed to make an impact on her.

Rumpelstiltskin also tried to help, using how she had helped him move pass his son's death as a guideline but nothing he said seemed to work either. It was getting so bad that Belle was barely sleeping now and when she did, she would often wake up screaming their daughter's name and he would try to hold her but she would always pull away from him.

Rumpelstiltskin even tried Archie idea of putting a tombstone up in the cemetery and having a funeral for their daughter even though the idea of digging a grave just for an empty casket seemed beyond silly to him but according to Archie it was supposed to give closure to Belle. It took some time but he managed to get Belle to attend both the funeral and the burial but instead of closure that he had hoped it would give her, it just seemed to make things worse.

Belle had taken to barely living and Rumpelstiltskin had to almost forced her to sleep and eat which scared him because while his magic was powerful, it wasn't able to help him here and if Belle didn't start showing signs of getting better soon, Whale had told him he might lose her as well. Rumpelstiltskin pleaded and pleaded for Belle to not give up but it was like his words were falling on deaf ears, for Belle just refused to listen to him.

What made it worst was as Emma and Hook tried to be discrete about their joy at having a child together, they couldn't stop the news from traveling to Belle when they had discovered to their surprise that they were expecting twins. Belle for the most part was happy for them but when news had finally hit her, she couldn't help but feel worse to know that they were going to be blessed with two babies, would she had lost her.

Belle sat in the nursery as the months passed by her and she continued to grow weaker and weaker even with Rumpelstiltskin using the few spells and potions he had to try and make her stronger hidden in her food or her tea.

Soon nine months had passed since Emma had found out she was pregnant and she had given birth to a healthy baby boy that they had decided to call Liam David Jones, and a little girl who they decided to call Marina Margret Jones. However, one week after the birth, Belle's body finally couldn't take the lack of sleep and food any longer and she had fallen into a coma.

Rumpelstiltskin was forced to watched as the woman he loved laid in a hospital bed, only being kept alive thanks to the machine hooked up to her and he watched as with each day more colour and life seemed to drain out of her. More than anything, he wished he could spare her this fate but there was nothing he could do. Then finally came the day that Whale came to tell him that all of Belle's test had come back with the results that told them that the only reason Belle was still alive was because of their machines and he had to make the hard decision if he would keep her on them or would he take them off and let things play out.

At first the very idea of pulling the plug was out of the question but as he sat there watching his wife waste away that he realized, keeping her alive just so he wouldn't be alone again was cruel and with a very heavy heart he signed the needed papers before allowing Whale to pull the plug.

Rumpelstiltskin watched as Belle monitors grew still and the doctors mark her time of death onto their clipboard before moving to take the white sheet over her but stopped when Rumpelstiltskin asked them to leave.

Once the doctors left Rumpelstiltskin walked over to the side of the bed and leaned over placing one final kiss onto Belle's lips as tears poured from his eyes and he muttered his goodbyes before pulling the sheet over her still form and walked away.

Days passed and the funeral was held and she was buried beside her daughter's empty casket and Henry stood near his grandfather and felt like a lump of coal had formed in his heart as he clutch the storybook in his hands.

After the funeral was over, Henry made his way over to his grandfather after sending a look at both of his mothers who nodded and walked away understanding that Henry was the last link to family that Rumpelstiltskin had and he had proven to care deeply for him. Henry paused as he saw his father tomb stone nearby and baby Rosalinda before he stood right next to his grandfather who didn't even moved to indicate that he had seen him approaching.

"Grandpa," began Henry.
"Henry," began Rumpelstiltskin his voice sounding tired and full of pain.
"There's something I need to show you," stated Henry his voice trembling as he began to flip through the pages of the book.
"Henry, please not today," began Rumpelstiltskin.
"Please, I need to show you…" pleaded Henry as he held the book out for his grandfather to take.

Although Rumpelstiltskin didn't want to deal with whatever that book had in it, when he looked at his grandson's pleading look, his mind flashed back to Baelfire and how he would often look at him like that when he needed to show him something that couldn't wait. Reluctantly Rumpelstiltskin gently took the book from Henry and he quickly saw the writing written there and the way the words seemed different than the others.

"When did you write this?" demanded Rumpelstiltskin.
"I didn't," began Henry as he explained how he had discovered the page written and how he agreed to keep it a secret.

Rumpelstiltskin listen to Henry story and while he was angry that none had chosen to tell him about something that clearly had to do with his family, he also could see the logic in not telling anyone. However as he listen he realized one key fact, the magic he was feeling was something he had only felt once before.

"This isn't a story," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "It's a prophecy."
"How can you be so sure," asked Henry staring at the writing.
"I've seen writing like this once a long time ago. When a prophecy is revealed it is written like this until the one it speaks of fulfills the prophecy. Do you know what this means Henry?"
"No?"
"My daughter isn't dead!"

Henry stood there, as Rumpelstiltskin stared at the writing and a small smile graced his lips and he waved his hand over the tombstone and it became blank again.

"And I will find her," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he made a vow. "I promise you Belle, I will find out daughter and I will bring her home where she belongs."

A/N: So Rumpelstiltskin now knows about the prophecy and he now knows his daughter is still alive and has vowed to find her. Since I know a lot of you are going to wonder why I decided to kill off Belle, please allow me to explain.

Belle is one of my favourite characters but I personally can't stand how Rumpelstiltskin and her relationship is headed in the show right now. I consider keeping her alive but alas no matter how I tried it, I couldn't keep the idea for the story following like I wanted it to with her alive. As for how she died, I have depression and it isn't an easy thing to get over and while I am lucky that I have been able to fight back against mine, there was a time when I didn't. I hope that I betray losing a child as best as I could because it's not something I have ever dealt with and I can on what I know by watching TV, and movies which I know aren't the best source of information so I hope I did an okay job with it.

More to come soon but there will be a bigger time skip.