Rumpelstiltskin
I laughed gleefully as the green one's eyes bulged in shock. "What?" She shrieked in anguish. "No! I brought you back to life to be on my side! You were my final resort if they got rid of my warriors!"
"Yes well, dearie," I glanced over at my Belle. She looked beautiful. She was wearing the outfit she had worn the day she and Mulan hunted down the Yaoguai. I had been watching her. I watched her every day she was away from me in that mirror until the day the queen had told me she was dead. I had smashed it in fury. I saw my Belle's look of utter happiness and it gave me every bit of strength I would ever need. I grinned at the witch in all my Rumpelstiltskin glory. "Perhaps you didn't notice, that boy over there is my son, the one they've got locked up in the tower for protection? That's my grandson, my daughter is here too and the love of my life is standing over there, did you really think that a silly dagger could make me turn against them? Oh no, your wickedness, I am not the Dark One any longer, True Love has broken that curse." I turned to Emma Swan, staring at her significantly. "True Love can break any curse." The witch is now desperately trying to pull her hand out of Emma's chest but Swan is holding on tightly. "Well don't just stand there Oz," I looked behind me at all the people the Wicked Witch had enslaved over the years, the talking animals, the flying men, the trees, the munchkins, the pack of werewolves she took, the Winkies, and the Quadlings. I knew I had no right to take their revenge for them, she belonged to them. "She's all yours dearies, take her away." The mob converged around Emma and Regina, pulling the witch away from them and running off with her in tow. As they passed over the hill I could faintly hear her screeching.
"I'll get you my pretties!" Then there was silence. Weapons dropped to the ground and Griffins landed around us, their riders slowly dismounting and looking around. Finally Regina broke the silence.
"Well that was easier than I thought it would be." A burst of laughter and cheers rose up around us as I ran straight into Belle's arms. Tears ran down both our cheeks.
"You were right, True Love was worth breaking the curse." She smiled up at me and captured my lips in hers. I pulled her close, holding my beautiful Belle in my arms, lifting her off the ground and spinning her around. Baelfire was standing at my shoulder in a moment and I pulled him into a hug, keeping one arm around Belle and the three of us stood there in that moment for what felt like an eternity, and yet when that moment was done I felt as though I had been pulled away from them too quickly. All around us people were hugging and celebrating. To my surprise Regina and Emma had embraced and were talking intently glancing at the tower where Henry was kept. Even more surprising was Hook. Instead of running to Emma like the boy in love that he was he simply stared at her in shock and then turned around and walked away. Slowly everyone funneled back to the castle where Henry and the others greeted us warmly. Belle tugged my hand. Without a word needed I knew what she wanted, time alone. I took her hand in mine, nodded at Baelfire and together, Belle and I walked away hand in hand. It was no longer strange that she would want me. I was finally the Rumpelstiltskin that she had seen from the beginning. I wasn't the Dark One, I wasn't Old Mr. Gold with a grudge and a limp. I was Rumpelstiltskin, and my heart was finally true.