Chapter 7: - This Isn't Home

Rumple made Killian vanish in a cloud of smoke along with his brother. Sending them both back home before Bae could see what he had done but when he turned he found his son kneeling next to the female stranger and was shaking her shoulder,

"Belle!... Belle please wake up" he begged desperately and Rumple looked at his son confused,

"Bae….. You know this woman?" he asked confused and Bae looked at his father with tears in his eyes,

"I'm sorry….. I'm sorry papa I know you told me not to speak to strangers but I swear I didn't speak a word to her she only cleaned and bandaged my leg. She was only trying to help me! She hasn't done anything wrong" he told his papa desperately before retrieving the shawl from inside his shirt,

"See?... She bandaged my leg with this." He said showing him and Rumple looked stunned at his teary son. His son believed he was trying to kill this woman because he had spoken to her. Did his son truly see him as such a monster. His haunting thoughts were interrupted when his son spoke up once more,

"Please papa….. Don't let her die" he begged and Rumple knew exactly what he needed to do.


He had carried the girl to the east wing and laid her gently on the soft mattress where he allowed Marian to tend to the bump on her head whilst Mrs Potts fetched more blankets,

"Will she live?" he asked with a firm tone. Marian dabbed Belle's head with a strange glowing purple liquid that made her bump vanish quickly and Belle's unconscious state turned to sleep,

"Yes she'll be fine….. But for now she needs rest" she told him gently.

Rumple had an angry expression upon his face. Not anger for Marian or Bae but himself,

"I nearly killed her… She was innocent and I nearly…." He began but Marian placed her hand on his shoulder gently,

"Don't be so hard on yourself Master… The best you can do now is let the girl rest and then you can let her go home" she said gently but Rumple shook his head,

"No… She may be innocent but her father is not" he said firmly,

"The girl stays here" he finished before turning to leave and Marian looked at him stunned,

"So first she's an intended victim and now she's a prisoner?" she demanded and Rumple looked at her angrily as he gestured around the pleasantly decorated room,

"Does this look like a prison?!" he demanded and Marian went silent,

"… From this day forward….. She's a guest in my castle" he said before leaving.


Belle's sleep was haunted with nightmares and was startled awake,

"NO!" she yelled and was stunned to find the little boy she helped weeks ago sitting at the end of her bed,

"Wh…. What?..." she began confused but the next thing she knew the little boy was hugging her and he smiled up at her,

"I'm so glad you're ok Belle" the little boy said and Belle's mind was fuzzy for a moment before she remembered,

"…. Bae…. Oh my god Bae what are you doing here?" she asked horrified but hugged him back before looking at him once more,

"I have to get you out of here before that beast comes back" she said as she pushed the covers away and went to the door and opened it only to come face to face with the creature who looked as if she was just about to knock,

"YOU?!" she yelled in terror before slamming the door in his face and acted quickly when she saw the bolt on the door and slid it shut,

"Quick Bae we'll climb out the window" she said quickly and Bae looked confused. The creature was trying to break the door down,

"Bae?!... Bae can you hear me son?!" the creature yelled and Belle looked back at Bae stunned,

"SON?!" she asked stunned and Bae giggled before dragging a little stool over to the door on which he climbed so that he could reach the bolt and slid it open, allowing the creature in,

"Belle….. This is my Papa" he introduced with a smile and Rumple gave her a single awkward nod with his head,

"Are you….. Feeling better?" he asked and Belle couldn't help but glare at him,

"No thanks to you!... You could have killed me!" she yelled but then she remembered and tears grew in her eyes,

"Oh my god….. Killian…. Robin" she said and put both hands to her mouth before falling to her knees weekly as she cried helplessly. Bae looked at his papa confused but Rumple simply ruffed his son's hair gently,

"It's ok she's just tired" he assured him but gesturing for him to head downstairs.

Rumple took a hesitant step towards the weeping woman,

"I….. I'm sorry for what happened" he tried and Belle looked at him slowly with an angry expression despite the tears in her eyes,

"Sorry?... You're Sorry?!" she yelled before standing and she stormed over to him and shoved him weakly,

"You threaten my father! You try to kill me! And then you kill my brothers and all you can say is you're sorry!" she yelled and Rumple held up his hands in defence,

"You have my word that your brothers are safe and well. I simply sent them home" he explained but Belle's angry expression remained,

"You have the nerve to tell me that my brothers are safe and well?! You chopped off Killian's hand right in front of me you Monster! Get out!" she screamed before shoving him out the room and slammed the door behind him and slid the bolt shut before backing away.

In all honesty she was terrified. He was helpless. She was alone and worst of all… She had no idea what to do.


Oh Dear. What is Belle going to do? Can Rumple prove that he no longer intends to harm her?

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