Days began to pass by as Rosalinda slowly began to adjust to living with her father rather than her godmother as she had been told to call her. Together she watched as her father order new furniture for her room and he transformed the nursery into a proper child room for her and giving her a sense of home that she couldn't understand in her young mind.

However, the biggest change for Rosalinda came when she was allowed to go outside and play to her heart's content. Rumpelstiltskin would watch from a short distance as his daughter would run around in the yard playing and he smiled as he looked at the look of pure joy on her face.

He couldn't even deny her the joy of friendship when she first met Thanatos properly and after a discussion with Thanatos, he agreed to allow them to spend time together provided he was always nearby and as long as Thanatos kept the information he had told him about what Rosalinda was to himself for now. He didn't see a reason to let a four year old girl worry about something that even he himself as an adult didn't fully understand.

So it was with a smile that he found himself cooking his daughter some Kraft dinner for lunch as his daughter flipped though the photo album he had found with pictures of her mother in it that he thought his daughter would like to look at. He was just about to add the cheese to the meal when he heard his daughter let out a scream of terror.

Quickly he turned away from the store turning it off in the process to prevent the meal from burning as he ran to the table and saw his daughter still sitting there, terror in her eyes as the photo album lay on the floor beneath her. Swiftly he gently took his daughter into his arms and began to soothe her fears as he held her.

"Shhh… princess, papa's here," soothe Rumpelstiltskin as he held his daughter rocking her gently back in forth in his arms like he did when she was just a baby. "It's okay, none will hurt you."
"Why was mommy with my godmother?" came the soft scared voice of his daughter.
"What are you talking about sweetheart?" asked Rumpelstiltskin as he took a seat in a chair at the table placing Rosalinda into his lap still holding onto her tightly. "Please talk to me princess; I can't help if you don't tell me what's wrong."

Rosalinda lightly pushed away from him and gesture towards the photo album on the ground which Rumpelstiltskin waved his hand making it appear into his hand and watched as his daughter's eyes got the same look of awe they always did whenever he did magic, even for things as simple as breathing.

"Can you show me the photo Rosalinda," asked Rumpelstiltskin keeping his voice calm and gentle so he didn't scare her.

Rumpelstiltskin watched as Rosalinda with slightly shaking hands took the photo album from him and he gently began to rub her arm in comfort as his daughter as with each turn of the page he found himself growing more and more curious who this person was that his daughter refer to as her godmother and was responsible for taking his daughter from him and ultimately being a large part to him losing his wife as well. Then he felt Rosalinda tense up in his arms as she finally stopped flipping through the pages and turned her face into his chest seeking his comfort.

Rumpelstiltskin continued to soothe his daughter before allowing himself to look at the photo and to his shocked saw the photo of Belle standing next to Blue that had been taken at one of the many celebrations they had over time. Rage overtook him as he realized that they had been deceived by the very person who his wife had trusted the most and what made it even worst was when Blue had sought him out after his wife passing telling him how sorry she was and that she had wished she could do something, only to discover now that she was responsible for it all. He was so angry he didn't realize that his magic was acting up as well, until he heard the scared whimper from his daughter and he quickly stilled his rage.

"Its okay princess," began Rumpelstiltskin. "You're safe. Papa won't let her near you again."
"You promise," asked Rosalinda her voice breaking from both fear and tears he could see lining her eyes.
"Yes, now I want you to stay here while I go finish making your lunch," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he placed her onto her chair before heading back to the kitchen, taking the photo from the album as he did.

Once directly out of his daughter line of sight he curled the photo into his fist and used his magic to make it burn in his grip. He eyes darken as he let the rage filled him and knew the first moment he got, he had a fairy to visit and he would have his revenge.

A/N: Okay, I know short chapter but I wanted to save the fight between Blue and Rumpelstiltskin for the next chapter. Other than that, there is only going to be a couple more chapters with the young 4 year old Rosalinda before I age her up to the age she will be for the majority of the remainder of the story. Hope to have the next chapter up soon but it'll depend on work.