After Bae, or Neal as Emma called him, met his son they returned home and things started to get better. Bae said he would answer more questions when he got a chance but it was getting late and he wanted to return home. Bae and Rumple had yet to talk so Rumple wasn't always in a great mood, but nothing could be done for now. Rose hadn't really talked to Belle much about the whole situation, so one day she found her mother in the library and decided to try and figure some things out.

"Mom?" she peeked into the library and say her mom laying on the chaste reading a book.

"Yes Rosey?" he mother sat up on the chaste so Rose could sit down. She sat down and looked at her mother.

"What is going to happen now? Now that the war is over and with Baelfire back, will things go back to how they were before I was born?"

"Aw Rosey, hopefully it will be better. Now that the royal families have made up there may finally be peace"

"Well that's good, but what about dad and Bae? Do you think they will ever make up? Dad hasn't been looking so good" She had noticed her father always looking tired and sulky. He was still smiling every time he saw his family but you could see in his eyes he was missing something.

"He isn't getting much sleep, he is so worried about Bae. He wants to talk to him, but doesn't want to push him. He just wants his son back, not just here, but like they were before."

"Mom?" Rose had wondered this but didn't want to ask her father or Bae "what happened?"

"Between your brother and father?" Rose nodded "It's a long story..." Belle told Rose of how Rumple had gotten the dagger and how he hurt his leg. Then Belle went on to what happened as Rumple had the dagger longer and eventually made the biggest mistake of his life, letting his son go through that portal "He regretted it the moment it happened, he tried to find a way to get him back but never found anything. He found a dark curse but it turned out to be myth" By the time Belle had finished Rose was in tears, that was awful. She knew it had been bad, but not that bad.

"So that's why dad always looks sad, he feels bad"

"Exactly, now lets go make some dinner"

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Belle and Rumple were laying in bed, she knew he wasn't asleep so she decided now would be a good time to talk.

"I told her" she told Rumple flatly

"Huh?" he responded

"I told Rose about you and Bae, she asked about it and I couldn't lie to her"

"Oh" was all he responded with before he went quiet. Maybe Belle should have waited to tell him.

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They were eating breakfast the next morning when Rose couldn't take it any longer, she had to many questions.

"Bae?" her half brother looked up from his plate where he sat next to Belle. "How did you get here? And how are you so young?"

"Rose I don't know if-" Bae cut Rumple off

"It's fine papa. I'm surprised she held her questions this long. Well Rose," he started "after the," he glanced at his father "accident happened, I ended up in a world without magic, a place called London. I stayed with a family named the Darling. Until and evil shadow came and tried to take them away. I sacrificed myself so all the Darlings could stay together and ended up in Neverland. I was there for a long time before I managed to escape and came here for a bit. That's when I met Emma and... things happened. I thought she would hate me for using her like that so I left before she woke up. I went to Wonderland and have been there ever since. Then I heard word of a princess Emma who had a son name named Henry that was 16 years old and I knew it was them. So I got a bean and came back as fast as I could."

"Wow." was all Rose could say

"Yeah, wow"

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One thing Bae and Rose both loved doing was taking care of Holly and Gideon. They were very well behaved. The only issues were when accidental magic happened, which couldn't be controlled at all given that they were only about three months old. A fun little situation happened one day which Rose and Bae were watching them.

"Hey Rose, can you pass me her bottle?" Bae said as he sat int the rocking chair with Holly.

"Yeah" she handed the bottle to him and he was about to give it to Holly when in the corner he saw all the stuffed animals in the room start to flout in the air. He got so distracted by the accident magic he didn't hear that Holly was getting angry. It wasn't until it felt like his hand was on fire that he realized he had forgotten to give it to her. She had made the bottle burn and he almost dropped it. But when he looked at her and said a quick "sorry" and the bottle instantly cooled and she was able to drink it. Bae sat watching his youngest sister for a moment before turning and looking at his other one

"Do you ever want kids Rose?" he asked

"Hm, I haven't really thought about it but perhaps. I would ask if you did but I can already tell with the way you act around Henry"

"What do you mean?" he brows frowning

"You are very protective even if you don't realize it. And you are a good dad, even if you don't think so. Henry likes you."

"How do you know, he doesn't ever say anything like that to me"

"Oh, right, me and Henry have been sending letters ever since the war ended. It's nice to have someone my age to talk to. I ask him questions about the war and what happened for all those years, he asks me about and Dad. I did ask me about your mom once though, and I didn't know what to say so I didn't mention it." Bae looked at her with an unreadable expression

"Not much to tell, she left when I was around 8 and then died. Belle has been a better mother to me these last few weeks then my mother had most of my life."

"Aw i'm sorry Bae"

"It's fine Rose, hey why don't you go check on dinner and I'll finish up here" Rose smiled, nodded, and walked out the room.

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As the weeks went on, everyone got more comfortable around one another, Rumple and Bae still hadn't made up but Rumple didn't look as gloomy. The Charming's and the Stiltskin's had even had a few interactions. It was interesting for Rose to have a nephew the same age as her, but she looked past that and focused on what really mattered, having a family.

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I promise you it's still not over! I said 25 chapters, i'll give you 25 chapters.

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