"It's written here that double identity is a rare magical condition. It occurs when someone experimented a trauma. The repercussions are seen in dreams at first but it can escalate drastically in a short amount of time. There's an example of a case that happen 200 years before present time. It was a prince that saw his beloved wife get rape by his best friend. He killed her shortly after she was sexually arrested. The prince was having a lot of nightmares about the situation and some day, he even started day dreaming. It got the best of him and he slowly and painfully died. His parents contacted a wizard and after a medical procedure, they realised that in his dream's, he brought life to the princess without realising it. He was thinking so much about her that he never let her go to heaven. This way, she got stuck in the prince's head, but she was still….alive. Unfortunately, they both died." Belle was reading from a big red book to Rumplestliskin. The more she read, the more she was confused." I thought you couldn't bring back the dead…" She glared at him, hoping he could solve the mystery.
"If I'm being honest with you, dear, I thought the same."
Belle nodded uncertain but she continued reading: "It's one of the few cases about this magical situation. Every person that experimented it was killed by "them self" not knowing how to react. There's no spell that was developed strong enough to help. It's one of the most tragic death because their condition will stay like that for about 2 years before the curse really hit them and they die... It's a difficult situation for the victim. They are conscience of this problematic, but they don't understand how they are feeling so trapped in their body and they don't have fully control on their actions. Sometimes, they feel like there's two voices in their head having a conversation but there's nothing they can do to stop it."
Mr. Gold had close his eyes, listening to Belle's voice. He loved it so much, her accent was so cute and different. He opened his eyes and tried to act like nothing was happening inside him. It was not the time for sure. This would have to wait. He looked at her with a smile that seemed to express his gratitude: "I guess we have to find a way to save Ms. Swan, don't we?"
Belle caught a glare of his look that indicated that he didn't want to this, but it was soon replaced with a fierce expression. She was glad that he was doing this, even though he knew it was linked to the fact that his son was kind of still alive. But would he still be alive at the end of this journey?
After a moment of comfortable silence while they both seemed to think about the situation, Belle decided to ask the question that had been on her mind since he arrived from the hospital: "How are you?" He looked surprised by the question. He just shrugged, didn't really know how he felt with all this drama. His son was still alive…but at the same, he wasn't.
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"What am I doing here?", "We're trapped.", "Why?", "You are crazy.", "You are me." , "NO STOP THIS YOU ARE KILLING BE! GET OUT! I HATE YOU!", "I can't stop, I'm right here!", "LEAVE ME ALONE! I FUCKING HATE YOU!"
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"What's new with her condition" asked Archie to his partner.
"I ran some test on her but it did nothing. It's not a medical problem for sure. On the bright side, she started talking. To herself, still, but at least she screams less everyday"
"It's magic so neither of us can help."
Dr. Whale shook his head. Hook was going to be mad for sure. By the look on his face, Archie knew what he was thinking about. He tried to reassure him by giving a weak smile. "We have nothing to worry about." To that, Whale shook his head again. "He loves her, we have everything to worry about. He's a bloody pirate."
"We have nothing to worry about because he are going to solve the mystery."
"I don't think there's a lot of mystery to unfold, dearies" Said an amused voice. Mr. Gold had appeared in the office of Dr. Whale at the hospital, needing to talk to them about the situation.
"Rumplestilskin." They both said at the same time under their breath.
"You can't take care of Emma anymore. I solved the mystery. I'll be taking her body and bringing her body into my shop where Belle will take care of her while I find a way to save her."
"And if we refuse?" asked Archie. With a grin, Mr. Gold explained to him that they wouldn't refuse. They had no choice. With that, he disappeared in purple smoke. He firstly went into Emma's cell and came back to his shop. Belle was already waiting for him. She had made a bed and served three glasses of water.
"Why is she so calm?" asked Belle with concern taking a sip of her glass.
"I put a sleeping spell on her, she'll wake up tomorrow." Belle nodded. She went to take a book on a lonely shelf of the shop. She wasn't really great with spells and all that but she still wanted to help her friend. She decided to do what she was good at. Reading. She took a seat next to the bed and opened the book. Maybe it will help her, who knows?
"Hi Emma, I know you are still asleep but I thought I could read you a story. It's called Great Expectation by Charles Dickens. Neal once told me it was his favorite book because he could relate to Pip. I guess it's because he got his true love with Estella at the end of the book and I guess he was rooting for the same thing with you. Anyway, I'll start! Chapter 1 "My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip…" For about an hour, Belle read to Emma. Rumple had smile at her the whole time. She was being so damn cute. She started yawning.
"I think it's time for bed, my dear."
"I guess it is. Are you coming with me?" He shook negatively his head. He had work to do. He looked at Belle vanishing into the house with a grin. He loudly sighted as he focus is attention once again on Emma. What am I going to do with you, dear?