Today's the day! Oh, I'm so excited. Finally! I put myself through a lot of emotions when I wrote this. Hope you like it. Onwards!


Rumplestiltskin sat down in his seat at their table for lunch. It was happening. Tonight, they were bringing Belle home for good. But how? He looked around at the others. Belle was currently in the library showing Pan something, he couldn't remember.

"Rumplestiltskin!" Hook yelled at him to get his attention.

He jumped slightly at his voice as he'd been deep in thought. "What is it?" he asked.

"I asked you how much longer we're going to wait until we stop stringing Belle along, pretending we don't know where she's been staying?" he told him. "We're getting too involved. None of us are able to sit right with this anymore. The lass is our friend and we are all very close to slipping up and blowing this up, possibly losing her in the process."

"I've nearly stumbled two times in the past three days almost asking about Hufflepuff," Regina told him.

"I feel sick about lying to her," Zelena told him. "She's too good for what we're doing. Whenever I'm around her all I want to do is confess. This is not normal."

"Would you all calm down?" Rumplestiltskin asked them slightly peeved. "You'll be happy to know that we're getting her out tonight. That, however dearie, is if we can muster up a good enough plan for this."

"We accidentally stumble into the closet, trying to hide from one of the teachers," Zelena said immediately.

"We were out late planning a prank on Gryffindor and we were almost caught by Professor Nagadom and so we ducked in the first open door we saw," Hook expanded upon.

"We find her and we insist that she come back with us," Zelena continued. "We're gonna need at least two people so she can't make us keep her secret from the rest of us. I think some combination either of myself, Hook, you, and Pan."

Rumplestiltskin leaned back in his chair and sighed. Everyone looked at him worriedly. Everyone knew this was up to him and if they all couldn't come up with a decent enough plan they would have to push this part of the plan back further than anyone wanted to. He took a deep breath and asked, "What prank are we pulling?"

They smiled and began happily planning their new scheme.


Belle wrapped herself up under the blanket given to her by her guardian angel. She knew she had someone out there looking out for her. Ever since her night that night, her life had been going in the right direction. She had more friends than she could have ever asked for, she was doing very well in almost all of her classes, Charms was getting harder and harder though. She was the happiest she had been in a long time.

She laid her head down on her pillow and closed her eyes, ready for the good dreams to come back and fill her head again. She didn't know how long she'd been sleeping but all of a sudden she woke to the sound of her door being opened. Three sets of feet shuffled in and that was the last thing she saw before she curled up and covered herself with the blanket, praying that she wouldn't be found.

"I think we're in the clear mates."

Hook? What was he doing in here? She hoped he wasn't in any trouble.

"Darling when you said that you knew we had exactly 10 minutes before the tranquilizer spell wore off on those bowtuckles wore off I assumed that you had planned for more than two minutes for an escape."

Zelena? Bowtuckles? Oh no. That was not good. They were going to end up in so much trouble.

"Let's just remember that this was all for their stunt trying to set loose all those red ants in our rooms last week."

Rumple? This was really bad. The bowtuckles were no longer her primary concern. That belonged to making herself as still as possible and praying that they didn't find her. She didn't know what she would do if they found her. She was so scared that she would turn back into the girl she was last year. Alone, laughed at, ashamed, crying herself to sleep at night. She couldn't handle that again. Not again.

"Hey, What's that thing under the table?" Hook asked.

She froze solid. This was it. Everything was about to be taken away from her. Everything she cherished was at the verge of being destroyed.

The blanket was lifted off her hiding form. She looked and saw Rumple, Zelena and Hook all crouching in front of her with Rumple holding his wand up to shed some light.

"Belle?" Zelena asked. They all looked shocked at her.

"Darling, What are you doing here?" Rumple asked her concerned.

"Lass, Are you sleeping here?" Hook asked her kindly.

"I… I… I…," she tried to say something. Anything. She couldn't think of anything to say but all she could do was try and hold back the tears of her inevitable end.

"Oh Darling,'' Rumple said before pulling her close into a hug. She accepted it immediately, wrapping her arms around his neck as his went around her waist. Zelena joined in the hug and Hook put his hand on Belle's shoulder since there wasn't any more room.

"Belle, Hey, You're all right sweetheart. You're all right,'' he whispered to her.

"Belle, How long have you been living here?" Zelena asked.

She answered as best she could between her tears, "Four years."

"Why in the blazes have you been living here for so long?" Rumplestiltskin asked her.

She shook her against his shoulder sobbing. "Because it was all my fault," she wrenched out of her chest.

"What happened, lass?" Hook asked her.

"I, I, I was making a potion," she started trying to keep talking. "One of th-th-the other k-k-kids was playing and th-th-threw something in my cauldron. I-I-It s-st-started a f-f-fire. I tried b-b-but I c-c-couldn't put it out. The whole room w-w-was on fire. Th-th-they put it out but it, it, it, alm-m-most killed s-s-someone. They told me t-t-to leave and and and n-n-never come back. They prom-m-mised that they wouldn't tell anyone b-b-but, it was all my fault."

Rumple held her tighter as she just cried. All this time, No one ever really knew. It must have been horrible for her. She had distanced herself from everyone because she thought that if she got too close that she would end up hurting someone. Oh, He wished that he could take all her pain away. He wished that he could give her everything she needed. He wished she knew how truly loved she was. By everyone of course.

"Hey, Don't worry there lass," Hook told her. "You're gonna come with us and we're going to take you back to our dorms."

"You have nothing to worry about, Darling," Zelena promised her. "We're all going to take care of you. We promise."

"Really?" Belle asked. "You want me to go with you?"

"Of course," Hook assured her. "You're one of us and we take care of one another."

Belle smiled at them as she wiped away some of her tears. Her smile was so full of gratefulness. She couldn't believe how lucky she was for having friends would stick by her side like this. They helped her bring what little she had back to her room. All the while, Rumple kept her safely under his arm as they made their way back to the Slytherin dorms. Everyone was surprised to see her but they didn't pry when Hook told them he'd explain everything but that she needed to get some rest.

Rumple guided her out of the main area and into one of the many rooms. The room he led her into was painted the same green everything else was with wooden crown molding. There were two queen beds pressed up against the left wall with checkered green and white comforters and wooden headboards. The green carpet was a slightly darker color but oh was it soft. But what she perhaps loved most about the room was on the wall in front of her was a bay window with a plush brown seat and the bookshelf that spread across the entire right wall. "It's wonderful," she told him.

"This is Zelena's room," he told her. "Her roommate dropped out her last year due to a problem of, um, bad habits let's call it. I'm sure she won't mind you staying here with her."

"Not at all," Zelena told them entering the room as well. Rumplestiltskin released his hold on Belle and he wasn't the only one disappointed by the end of the sweet feeling that had burrowed into their hearts. Zelena continued, "I'd be delighted to room with you, Belle. Though I do have to warn you, if you touch my make-up I will kill you."

Belle laughed with Zelena as she moved to set her stuff on her bed. "Thank you both so much. I can't tell you what this means to me."

"You are never going to have to worry about this sort of thing again, Darling Belle," Rumple promised her. "We're going to make everything right. No matter what it takes."

"You can count on that," Zelena reassured her.

"Thank you," she told them one more time before she gave them both hugs.

"Alright," Rumplestiltskin started. "I'm gonna let you two get settled in. I'll see you both in the morning. Good night."

"Good night, Rumple," Belle told him before he closed the door.

Belle fell onto the bed, happy as could be. She hugged her blanket tightly. Her guardian angel was looking out for her.


I love ending on a happy note. Let me know what you all think. I promise we aren't coming to a close too soon. We gotta get a Muggle through Hogwarts still. Please Review!