Mr. Gold Pawnbroker & Antiquities Dealer. Gold took the Dark One's Dagger, placed it in a wooden box, and using magic seals and the box closed. Belle and Evelynn entered, Belle was carrying the counterfeit dagger. "Okay, this... this is too much power to keep with me."
Gold looked at her. "No, I don't want it, Belle. The point was I trust you."
Belle sighed. "I know. Well, then, is there somewhere I can store it safely? Back in our land, in your castle, you had that vault? The one with no doors?"
"That was for only the most dangerous and unstable magic, that which even I could not comprehend." Gold replied. Evelynn looked at them.
Belle held up the dagger. "And this doesn't qualify?"
"No." Gold replied. "You see, I understand this all too well. I left that vault and all its dangers behind. But this dagger is not dangerous because, as I said, I trust you. Let's discuss something a bit more pleasant. Our wedding."
Belle smiled. "Yes. Oh, and I told my father the good news, and he gave us his blessing."
Gold raised an eyebrow. "The man who kidnapped you in order to keep us apart."
"Hmm." Evelynn hummed, knowing the story.
"Well, I've forgiven him, and he's forgiven you. He knows you're a changed man. I mean, everyone does. Especially me." Belle comment. They kissed.
Then, Evelynn spoke up. "Papa, what about my skin? Not here but in the Enchanted Forest."
"We aren't in the Enchanted Forest." Gold replied to her. "I don't think it would be a problem here."
"But if it was?" Evelynn asked.
Gold looked at her, even Belle looked at her. "Why would you ask?"
"No reason." Evelynn replied.
"Hmm." Gold hummed, not really believing her.
Granny's Diner, the residents of Storybrooke celebrated Zelena's defeat. Gold, Evelynn and Belle entered. They saw a light from the outside. The portal was open. "That is a problem. That light is from Zelena's time portal. It's open." Gold told them all.
"It is." Evelynn added.
Not much later, Belle, Evelynn, David, Gold, Regina and Robin entered the Storybrooke Sheriff Department to find Zelena's cell empty. David looked in shock. "Zelena... she's gone."
Regina was shocked as well. "No. She was here when I left her."
"But if she escaped, that would explain the time portal." Belle added.
"Yes." Evelynn comment.
Regina looked at them. "Impossible. Without her pendant, she's powerless. How could she have escaped, let alone open a time portal without magic?" She eyed Gold. "Unless you did something to her." All eyes in the room turned to Gold.
Gold looked at them. "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint, but no. Even if I wanted to, Belle has my dagger. She would certainly curb any homicidal tendencies." Evelynn snored.
Belle glared at bit at Evelynn. "It's true."
"Sorry." She muttered.
Just then, David spoke up. "Well, if she escaped, let's find out how." He began to check the security cameras.
"Wonderful." Gold muttered to himself. The footage came onto the monitor, showing Zelena was sitting in her cell. On the other side of the room, Gold magically waved his hand, causing the screen to go to static.
Regina blinked. "What's that? What just happened?"
"Yeah, we could use an upgrade. Stupid Betamax." David slammed the tv. The footage returned to Zelena. "Here we go." Everyone watched as the footage showing Zelena using magic to turn herself into a porcelain statue, which promptly broke and turned into powder. Regina's jaw dropped.
"Well, it seems her great escape was of a more permanent nature. I won't ask for an apology." Gold comment.
"Oh, papa." Evelynn muttered.
Regina: "She must've had just enough residual magic to do herself in." Regina comment as then she realized. "And when she did, when she was gone, the magic in her pendant had no tether. It was set free. Her last wish fulfilled."
Robin looked at them all. "So how do we unfulfill it?"
"Excellent question. But until we figure it out, no one should go near it. A trip to the past can have catastrophic repercussions." Gold replied to him.
Sometime later, the portal closed and Emma rushed into the Diner. She walked over to her parents and hugged them. Evelynn watched as she her father and Belle. Then moment later, Emma had told her parents and Henry about her adventure. As then, David stood up and wanted all of their attention. "Excuse me. If I could have everyone's attention just for a moment. This coronation ceremony is something we looked forward to for a very long time. The arrival of our new son has been a cause of great joy for our family. And we hope you can share in it as we name him for a hero. Someone who saved everyone of us. We loved him and he loved back."
"People of Storybrooke, it's our great joy to introduce you to our... our son, Prince Neal." Mary Margaret added as then there was cheering.
Not much later, somewhere in the woods. Gold and Belle were getting married. Moe lead Belle to the altar. Archie, Evelynn and Gold awaited them. Archie looked at them all. "It is my great honour to officiate this most lovely reunion." Turned to Belle. "If you'd like to begin your vows."
Belle looked at Gold. "Rumpelstiltskin, this thing we have, it's never been easy. I've... I've lost you so many times. I've lost you to darkness. To weakness and... And finally, to death. But now I realize... I realize that I have not spent my life losing you. I've spent my life finding you."
Gold spoke his vow. "Belle, when we met I wasn't just unloved and unloving. I was an enemy of love. Love had only brought me pain. My walls were up. But you broke them down. You brought me home. You brought light into my life and chased away all the darkness. And I vow to you I will never forget the distance who I was..." He placed a ring on Belle's finger. "...And what I am. I owe more to you than I can ever say. How you can see the man behind the monster, I will never know."
Belle had a small smile. "But the monster is gone. And the man beneath him may be flawed, but we all are. And I love you for it. Sometimes the best book has the dustiest jacket. And sometimes the best tea cup is chipped." Teary-eyed Gold and Belle kissed.
"Ahh." Evelynn smiled at them. "Congratulations."
Evelynn arrived in the woods to see Richard as he looked after his nephew. "Hey."
"Hey." He greeted her, then he noticed her face. "Is there something wrong?"
Evelynn's eyes teared up. "Maybe." Then she pulled up her sleeve. There was a golden spot on it. "My skin."
"What the hell?" He asked. "How?"
"Remember the spell i used in the Enchanted Forest?" He nodded. "Well its coming back to haunt me." She let out a sigh.
Richard grabbed her hand. "We will figure it out."
Evelynn nodded. "I know." She comment.
