Chapter Ten~

When Darcy woke it was to the sound of a door opening and feeling lightheaded carefully opened her eyes still seeing images swirl about before her as her vision settled. When it finally did she found herself in the bedroom from the night before and remembered the fact she was still in Mr. Gold's house. When her eyesight finally fixed itself she found said man in the doorway staring at her with an unreadable expression on his face. Blinking, she gingerly sat upright in the bed and put a hand to her forehead as he limped into the bedroom.

"I just had the weirdest dream." she said aloud softly as she felt the bed dip under his weight and though he said nothing she continued,

"Some toddler was getting tossed down a well and then appeared in the Boston Harbor—then the next thing I know I'm at my friend's house and the police are saying that my parents are dead. But what's more—the toddler from the well looked like me—but that's impossible because I'm me and that's that." Mr. Gold eyed her as she spoke and smiled tiredly realizing that she was slowly starting to remember, staying here through the night had sparked part of her old lives memories.

"And what of the man with 'the funny skin'?" he asked making her snort and say,

"He was just plain weird looking, wearing leather with yellow eyes and—" but she stopped short and turned sharply towards him with wide eyes saying in horror,

"I said nothing about that." he said nothing but even so she jumped off the bed away from him pointing an accusing finger saying shakily,

"How did you know that? I said NOTHING about that!" he exhaled deeply and turned his head to one side while running a hand through his hair saying,

"I know a lot about you dearie, whether you know it or not."

"What does THAT mean?!" Darcy cried but he slowly stood up watching as she stumbled back away from him towards the door which was left open so that with a flick of his hand it swung shut and locked behind her. Turning at the sound and then back to him, Darcy was about to say something when he interrupted her with,

"Allow me to show you something that might spark your memories." and here he pulled out from within his jacket pocket a golden necklace that he offered her to take. Tentatively, she reached out and took it to see a swan engraved on the top of the necklace itself. Rubbing her thumb over the swan picture, she had a flash of a large ballroom with hundreds of people in lavish outfits and two people in particular that she seemed to recognize by face.

"What do you remember Darcy?" he asked softly stepping up to her as she tried to hold onto the image only it faded away as she shook her head saying,

"I—I don't know."

"Yes you do, you know exactly what you meant by 'man with funny skin' and you started to describe him. Try to recall him Darcy." Mr. Gold urged but she shook her head fighting back hot unknown tears as she said with a heavy heartfelt sob,

"Just leave me alone!"

"Not until you remember!" he snapped going over towards her until her back hit the locked door and she was nearly nose to nose with him, their breaths mingling as he stared into her watery eyes—so utterly confused and lost. Letting out a soft 'hush' he raised a hand to her cheek and tucked some of her wild scarlet hair back behind her ear as he breathed out,

"Just try and think Darcy-dove." but at the name she let her forehead touch his shoulder and began to cry; faces she kept seeing so many faces! Surprised by the action, he wrapped an arm around her and held her to him as she clung to him for dear life before they both heard loud banging on the front door. Looking up, Darcy met with his eyes and watched as he brushed his lips against her forehead before saying,

"Best see who that is then." before heading for the door which he opened with a wave of his hand. As he limped out of the bedroom Darcy stared down at the necklace before putting it around her neck not knowing what else to do with it and when she did she instantly felt lightheaded. Meanwhile Mr. Gold was downstairs and opening the front door to find an extremely enraged Sheriff Swan who snarled as she fought back her anger,

"Where is she?"

"Who?" he fainted innocence as she stormed into the house shoving a pieces of paper into his face saying,

"Darcy, I haven't seen here since yesterday and I know you have her somewhere." seeing the paper was a search order on the basis of 'Extreme Caution and Concern of a Person's Well-Being' he smirked replying,

"I haven't seen her myself to be frank."

"What bullshit Gold, Archie told me that she was off to your place last he saw her so that put you as the last person to see her." Emma said as she started for the back of the house just as Darcy appeared on the top of the staircase.

"Darcy!" she called sounded so relieved it made her look up with confused and glazed eyes as they began to roll into her skull causing her to start to fall down the stairs. Emma was there in an instant however to catch her limp figure and on her walkie-talkie saying into it,

"Hey I found her David, she was at Gold's house. I'll need the paramedics since she passed out and I have no idea why." then she looked up at Gold saying,

"Consider yourself under arrest for the kidnapping of Darcy Mr. Gold. When the ambulance gets her I can finally put your ass in handcuffs." Mr. Gold bowed his head and stayed in his spot as the paramedics arrived to remove Darcy on a stretcher and Emma arrest him for kidnapping. As she was placing him in her squad car however he did say one thing,

"When Regina comes around to gloat, I suspect you'll be on her side then?" only Emma said to him in an even tone surprising him despite the fact of everything that had happened,

"No Gold, I won't because Regina isn't worth my time and neither are you. All I need is my family—and I have that now. The fact you tried to take Darcy from me is what has my blood boiling. But maybe if I feel like it I'll let Regina have a moment alone with you in the station." then with that she was driving him down to the police station to lock him up. It was only after he was safely under lock and key that she rushed herself to the hospital to check on Darcy finding Mary, David and Henry already there.

"How is she?" Emma asked as she entered the waiting room antsy that she couldn't just burst in to see her best friend.

"Dr. Whale is checking on her now. I can't believe Gold would do something like this." Mary said in disbelief but Emma only snorted saying,

"Yeah well I can, he's Mr. Gold the slim ball and now personal pervert of Storybrook—what else is new?" just then Dr. Whale stepped out telling them that aside from dehydration Darcy was fine and that they could go in and see her. As they all entered the room they found her playing with the chain of the necklace Mr. Gold had given her, something she wouldn't allow the doctors or nurses to remove while examining or checking her.

"Darcy thank goodness you're ok." Mary said smiling but she shook her head saying,

"That's not my name." making them all blink and Emma say,

"Of course it is silly." but it was Mary who noticed the necklace and pulled on David's shirt to get him to notice also.

"No—no it isn't Emma. I—I think I remember now." Darcy replied looking up as she continued,

"I think I know who I am—really am." this made Emma take a seat on the hospital bed beside her best friend and take one of her fidgeting hands asking her,

"If Gold did anything to you about this—"

"No Mr. Gold didn't do a damn thing Emma just listen! I remember who I am—what my name really is!" then she showed Emma her necklace and said in an even voice,

"My name, is Odette and my Father is King William. He was told that to save me from the Curse to put me in an enchanted well that would save me from the Curse—and it did by bringing me here where I forgot who I was. Emma, I remember everything now like it was yesterday. My father, my real father, was dying and he wouldn't be able to keep me safe from the Curse either way so had no choice but to put me into the well where I appeared in the Boston Harbor as a five year old. I can't believe I forgot everything, I—I feel like I lost who I really was. But now I remember Emma and it's thanks to him—it's thanks to Rumpelstiltskin."