The Beauty and the Mermaid

by Aerilon452

Alti is singer in Stroybrooke, her name was Aqua back in fairy Tale Land that was, and she is the only other family that Belle has; her cousin. Belle has been keeping a secret all of her life and even from the man she loves, until it comes crashing down when both woman are reunited.

4. Chapter 4 RATED M

Summary: Belle is reunited with her Cousin Aqua, Alti in Storybrooke, and has been keeping a secret from Rumplestiltskin.

Disclaimer: I own nothing of ONCE UPON A TIME

Rating: T+ (Adult Situations)

Pairing: Rumple/Belle Hook/Alti (OFC)

THE BEAUTY AND A MERMAID:

RUMPLESTILTSKIN'S HOUSE:

Belle was in bed next to the man she loved wearing a light blue thin night gown with the covers bunched down around her waist. She was on her side staring at Rumple, staring at the way he breathed in, the way the bare skin of his chest gleamed in the moon light streaming through the window. He too had the sheets around his waist while she saw a small hint of his black silk sleep pants. He eyes tracked back up his body to his face where she saw him smiling broadly at her. "What?" She asked with the faint trace of a giggle coloring that single word. "What are you smiling about?" Belle couldn't be happier than she was at this moment, being here with him.

"Tell me about your mother," Rumple said shifting to his side so that he could face her. "I want to know what she was like." Instantly he saw Belle's face fall into a somber mask of sorrow. "Oh, Belle, I didn't…" He needed to know what lingered in her blood for the binding spell to work. Rumple didn't want to be blindsided while working a complicated spell that involved Belle. He would not put her safety as risk that way. Gently, he reached out to her, putting his right hand on her waist. "I'm sorry."

"No," Belle shook her head. "It's not you." She said breathing in. "My mother was one of the seven daughters of King Triton; Adella. She would swim into the port where my father conducted his business and she told me that every time she saw him her love for him grew until it was so strong that she asked her father to make her human for love. And for love he agreed." Belle smiled sadly recalling the image of her mothers face. "I had the best childhood. My mother taught me to read, to write. She taught me the language of her people. It was she, and not my father, who fueled my passion for books, for adventure." Belle closed her eyes, "Then she fell ill and soon she died." Belle had been distraught but it had been made worse by her grandfather and her father fighting over where her mother's body should rest. "Aqua and I we stole her body and returned it to the loving embrace of the ocean so my father and grandfather would stop fighting. I was ten years old at the time."

Rumplestiltskin shifted closer to Belle and pulled her into his arms. "Oh my love," He repeated over and over in a hushed voice. Gently he kissed her forehead feeling tears drop to his chest. Belle pulled back, the tears glistening in her eyes, and she smiled. "This is the first time you've spoken about her in a long while I take it?" She nodded and Rumple kissed her. To take her mind off of what she had just told him, Gold asked, "Do you have scales like you precocious cousin?" That had been on his mind since he had found out that she was half mermaid. Belle smiled widened and her eyes cleared. She knew what he was trying to do and she was letting him. "You do don't you?" He asked kissing her lips. "Show them to me."

Belle sat up careful to keep her back covered. She pushed Rumplestilskin down to lie on his back where she lifted the sheets so she could settle over his waist. He responded to her immediately. She shook her head, smiling a wry smile. "My mother always told me to keep them hidden. She said humans would want to use me, to gain whatever powers I had locked deep down inside of me. Gaston didn't even know about them." Belle said.

Gold scoffed, "Gaston was an idiot." He jumped when Belle slapped his chest. It made him laugh. His hands went to her hips as he sat up, "Wasn't it you, my darling Belle, who said he was superficial?" Lovingly he kissed the underside of her chin. He kissed her pulse. He nibbled along her jaw. Belle was breathing harder in his arms just the way he could make her. She tangled her fingers in his hair giving him a sharp tug that was more pleasurable than it was painful. He looked up at her seeing the lust fill her eyes to chase away the sadness.

"Yes, I said he as superficial, but I never said he was an idiot." She giggled letting go of his hair. Belle brought her hands up to her shoulders so she could pull the thin straps of her night dress down. There should have been some sort of modestly alarm screaming in her head, and even if there was, Belle was ignoring it. She and Rumplestilskin had shared the same bed before. The straps slipped down her arms with the fabric pooling at her waist.

Rumplestiltskin studied her torso, "I don't see anything, and trust me darling, I would have noticed." He smirked but Belle said nothing. She merely took his hands, guiding them to her back. The tips of his fingers rested over her spine where he felt the scales for the first time. Without being told, Rumplestiltskin drew his hands up marveling at the way he could feel each overlapping scale. "This is…" They felt so strange to his fingers as he stared up at her amazed. "I can only imagine what color they are." Gold mumbled. "I bet they're blue." He guessed. Belle wrinkled her nose and shook her head. "No. Well, then, let's have a look shall we?" Quickly, with ease, Gold rolled Belle off of him and settled over her as she lay face down. To his eyes he saw shimmering pale sun gold scales dusting her spine.

Belle moaned feeling his delicious weight over her, his chest to breathing in against her back, his lower half between her legs. He was the one man she could truly not live without. Her heart was thoroughly lost to him. Through the haze of her lust Belle managed to murmur, "My mother was one of the rare golden mermaids." Then she lost all train of thought. Gold kissed the side of her neck, raked his teeth teasingly over her shoulder, and on down to the set of first over lapping scales. His tongue traced her first scale. He licked up making it move, making Belle moan loudly arching her back into his wicked lips.

Rumple moved down her spine teasing every scale his tongue came in contact with. Then he had a sudden wicked idea. Kissing his way up her back Rumple set his lips against her ear and whispered, "How doth the little crocodile improve his shiny tale and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale?" Belle bucked against him, sending to his back with a laugh. He marveled at his love, his heart, as she smirked down at him.

Belle pulled the sheet away as she straddled his waist. With a wry grin she said, "I'm a mermaid, while you my love, are the crocodile." She rotated her hips, grinding down on him making him grow harder. "I honestly didn't think they would show here." Belle read the question in Rumple's eyes. "They only show when I'm near family; Aqua and her Siren's Song brought them out." She leaned down taking Rumple's lips, letting her passion reign free. Pulling back for much needed oxygen, Belle said, "Make love to me."

Rumple used his magic to make their clothes vanish. He then turned Belle so she was back lying on her stomach. For a second he could feel her panic but he soothed her with tender kisses to her shoulder. "Trust in me." He crooned arching against her. Belle whimpered his name, nodding her consent. Rumple slid his left hand down her hip, between their bodies to take his hardened member in his hands positioning himself at her slick entrance. She gasped when he nudged inside of her.

"Oh god…" Belle cried out bowing her spine, feeling him slide into her deeper than the other times. She angled her head to take his lips bracing her hands on the bed. Rumple thrust into her completely resting along her back. They both froze in that moment; time stilled all but for the heating of their hearts and the pleasure pulse of their bodies. Belle didn't have much leverage in this position, but she could still drive Rumple out of his mind. She arched her back ensuring that her silken scale covered spine brushed his chest and over his left pert male nipple.

Gold thrust into her sinking his teeth into her shoulder letting a growl of male domination rumble in his chest, against her back. She moved with him, clenched around him when he drew out of her. Gold could feel the magic between them, love; he could feel the power locked up inside of her. "You…" He kissed the center of her back, teeth scraping over her scales, "Are…" Gold gasped driving into her sharply, wrangling a cry of ecstasy from her, "My…." Another thrust, "Love…"

Belle was lost to the power of his touch, this new position; she wasn't sure she was going to last. She did her best to keep pace with him, to last with him. Her body heated, burning brighter than she normally would have. Rumple always brought her to new heights of pleasure, bringing her over the edge faster and faster. "I'm not going to last." Belle angled her arm back locking her fingers into his hair. "Yes!" She shouted rocking back into him. "Harder!"

Rumple thrust into Belle faster, a little harder. He didn't have the heart to hurt her even under the influence of immense pleasure. When he drew out and then thrust back in, he added a little twist of his hips changing the angle. She cried out, arched against him, and tightened her fingers in his hair. "Cry out for me Belle." He taunted in a dark, hoarse whisper. "Come for me." Gold drew the tip of his tongue up her spine making Belle visibly shudder. Her inner muscles tightened around him, bringing him over with her. Together they cried out with his body driving into her for one last, hard, thrust that spilled him over the edge. His muscles seized, stars exploded behind his eyes.

Belle fell limply to the bed with Rumpelstiltskin's weight along her back. It was a delicious feeling, so seductive and addicting. No wonder she loved this man so much. He brought out things in her that no one else could. "That was…" Belle laughed through her haze of euphoria. "Wow…" She angled her head back and kissed his cheek, lightly nipping his jaw. That made his growl where it rumbled against her back and she felt him stir in desire once more as she was still deep inside of her.

Rumple could tell his desire for her was rekindling. "You wish to go have round two, my love?" He teased writhing against her. "I can do this all night." It was promise he had fulfilled for her several times before after she had come back to him. They had so much time to make up for.

DOCKS:

Hook returned to his magic shrouded ship after leaving Aqua at the pool. He was of mixed emotions of relief and sadness. John was relieved because he was far from the grasp of her Siren's Song, and sadness because he had wanted to linger with her, to keep her company so she wouldn't be alone. Killian wanted to be with Aqua more so than he had wanted to be with Millah. Why? It didn't make sense. He had loved Millah to the point he had vowed vengeances on Rumplestiltskin, the Crocodile, for killing her right in front of his eyes. Now there was his tempting mermaid. Hook's mind was running in circles.

"Spending time with your mermaid?"

Hook snapped his head up to see Cora waiting for him by the helm. He resisted the urge to growl in annoyance at her. "I'm merely getting close to her, like you wanted." Killian knew what he was doing. He was biding his time until he had another chance at the Crocodile. This time he was going to have to think, to plan carefully, and make the right move at the right time. Though now, he had to consider what it would do to Aqua. The part of his heart that he thought long dead clenched at the thought of betraying her. He locked it down tight until he was through with what he came here to do.

Cora tried to read the Captain, but she was having trouble. The man was as slippery as a snake. "Good, we'll need her or the cousin for the next phase of the plan." She mused. "I hope you can restrain yourself long enough not to set back my carefully laid plans?" Cora snapped sweetly. She didn't need any more of Hook's blind attempts against Rumplestiltskin, not until she was ready to destroy the Dark One completely, to do that she would need either the mermaid or Belle.

"Of course your majesty," Hook bowed sarcastically and then retreated below decks to his cabin where he bolted the doors. He went to sit at the piano he had, that he used to be able to play when his mind was troubled. Idly he fingered a few keys with his right hand wondering how best to spare Aqua the pain of his next betrayal. Whatever happened in the next phase, it was certain to end badly for Aqua and Belle. Both women would be hurt beyond all measure. For the first time Hook was starting to care. He pounded his right fist into the keys, making a screeching sound, and then he bounded away from the piano to fume by the large windows. Killian watched the water and let the sound of the waves help him sort through the mess he had gotten himself into.

RUMPLESTILTSKIN'S HOUSE:

Belle was encased in warmth, her body still joined to Rumple's after they made love yet again. Her torso was turned to the window being bathed in moonlight as his arms encircled her; hands cupping her breasts. She lightly laughed in short gasping bursts. "Why does Hook call you The Crocodile?" Belle asked stroking Rumple's arm. In that moment she felt him stiffen against her.

"It's a stupid nickname." Rumple answered kissing her shoulder, trailing his lips over to nibble along the side of her neck. It was amazing how he never lost his hunger for the woman in his arms. Belle was the missing part of his heart, his soul. How had he lived so long without her?

"Rumple," Belle rolled over draping her leg over his thigh, "We're naked, in the same bed, fresh from making mad passionate love, and you can't tell me why?" She kissed him quickly. "Its just one more thing I want to know about you." Belle ran her hand down his chest to feel his heart beating for her and her alone.

"Belle…" Rumple closed his eyes and then relented. "The night I met Hook, after becoming the Dark One, I had this jacket on made of a crocodile skin." He smiled, "The same one I wore the night I met you." Rumple clarified. "From that time on, Hook, called me the Crocodile and uses it as an insult because I took his hand as you well remember."

"My poor poor Rumpelstiltskin," Belle cupped his face. "I love you, so much." Leaning in once more she kissed him ever so sweetly until she felt that they were one in the same person. Her life was forever joined to his. No matter what happened; she would always fight for him.

STORYBROOKE POOL:

LATER IN THE DAY:

Aqua floated in the pool bored out of her skull. She had spent all night awake, singing, or just swimming in circles. She hadn't realized how boring it would have been alone. If she knew she might not have tried to drown Hook so quickly. She would have kept hi, played wither a little more, and then she would have flexed her Siren's Song to show him that she was not to be trifled with. "Bored. Bored. Bored." Aqua said slapping her tail on top of the water. "Bored!" She shouted, her voice echoing on the walls.

"I've come to cure that, Dearie."

Aqua turned in the water gracefully seeing Rumplestiltskin standing in the doorway leaning on his cane. "Finally!" She huffed crossing her arms over her chest in a sign of mock annoyance. "I hope you were well… rested…" She snickered seeing the thrum of lingering passion swirling around him like a crimson haze. Siren's knew how to discern released passion swimming on the air.

"Now, now…" Rumple chided, "Patience is a virtue." He reminded coming to the edge of the pool. There was still the lingering niggle of doubt lying inside of him. Was really the right thing to do? "Before Belle get's here I want to ask you for a favor when the time comes."

Aqua swam over to the ledge, placing her hands on the stone while keeping most of her body below the water, "What kind of favor?" She asked. "Is this something that is most likely to get me killed?"

"Maybe…" Rumple answered and Aqua whined. There was nothing that he loathed more than the thought of putting Belle or Aqua in harms way. But he needed her voice should Cora get out of control or should Hook make a play against him.

"Why me?" She pouted resting her chin on her hands. If it meant being human again, then she would do anything that Rumplestiltskin asked of her. It was a fair trade.

"Cause you're the only Siren I know." Rumple patted the top of her head and laughed when she swatted at his hand. "Cora will make a move, I know she will, and when that happens I want you to be in a position to use your powers against her."

"What do you want me to do?" Aqua asked intrigued as to what new schemes he could concoct using her. She owed him so much already that this was one more thing she could do to repay him.

"When you have the chance, sing Cora a song of madness, or compliance." He tapped the end of her nose affectionately. "You'll know when to make it happen."

"What about Hook?" Aqua asked suddenly. She didn't want to hurt him if she didn't have to but she also didn't want to let Rumplestiltskin down when he asked her to do something like this.

"Do what you want with him." Rumple tried not to snarl. He could see in her eyes that she was growing fond of the pirate who had tried to take Belle from him. "Then let's make you human once more." Rumple said sitting back away from the waters edge as Belle came through the door. He looked at her, smiled, and waited until she came closer.

Belle handed Rumple the bag he had asked her to retrieve from the store and then she went to pull off her shoes to dangle her feet in the water once more. "How was your night?" She asked swinging her legs back in forth in the water as Aqua swam closer to her. Belle hadn't stopped smiling since she left the house with him this morning.

"It was boring…" Aqua said quickly but then added, "After Hook left. He brought me dinner and stayed with me until he got exhausted, and when I say exhausted I mean he wasn't too happy when I flexed my powers nearly making him down himself." She smiled lightly feeling that that had been too overly dramatic in doing that last night. Aqua rested her forearms on the concrete pulling her upper body out of the water bearing her back as she watched her cousin.

Belle gripped her cousin's shoulders, "He came here to see you?" She asked quickly feeling fear grip her. "Aqua you know you can't trust him." Belle said sharply. The last thing she wanted was for her family, for her love Rumple, to be hurt by the vicious maneuverings of the revenge drunk pirate.

"I know," Aqua said letting the knowledge that the man she was falling for was a pirate, a man who would like nothing more than to kill the two people she valued more than anyone in this world or in theirs. "But, I'll play along for as long as it takes to make sure he doesn't hurt either of you."

"Aqua, you would risk your heart for us?" Belle asked astounded as she looked from her cousin to her lover and back to Aqua. "I would never ask you to do such a thing." She cupped Aqua's face almost wanting to cry.

Aqua shrugged pulling on a mask to fool Belle, "Hey, it's no big deal. I'm a mermaid, no real heart in the first place." She lied so smoothly that she almost wanted to be sick. "But, hey, let's get to making me human. I really wanna go for a walk." Aqua laughed joyfully.

Belle could have argued, could have pushed for more information from Aqua, but she knew to push her cousin would be disastrous. Instead she stopped and looked to Rumple, "What do we have to do?" She asked trying not to react when Aqua levered herself out of the water to sit on her right side bringing water out of the pool to slosh on to her clothes.

Rumplestiltskin was to Belle's left when he produced a thin blade, a goblet, and a few herbs and the base for a binding potion. "I need the both of you to shed a little blood for this to work." He handed the blade to Belle seeing the determination in her eyes. She sliced open her palm just below her thumb without flinching. Then she handed the blade off to Aqua who followed her cousin and mirrored her. Gold held out the goblet signaling they should let their blood collect in it. "Now, join your bloodied hands together."

"This had better work." Aqua mumbled feeling the slight bite in her skin as her wound touched Belle's their magical blood intermingling. Her Siren's blood flowed freely into Belle as Belle's blood now flowed into her. This was dangerous, it was calculated, and it was risk she was willing to take.

Gold glared at Aqua who just shook her head and shrugged. He added the herbs, the binding potions and then filled the rest of the goblet up with red wine to mask the bitter taste of all the elements combined. "Belle, you drink first, and keep in your mind Aqua as she was; human." Gold instructed. "Keep your hands joined together as well."

Belle took the first sip, biting back the urge to vomit as the mixture had a decidedly sour taste dancing on her tongue. Forcing herself, Belle swallowed and then handed the cup off to Aqua. Her cousin took a deep, steadying breath, and then drank down the rest of the contents down like a shot. She swallowed and then gagged loudly. Belle had to close her eyes steeling herself against the sudden strange feeling spreading out through her body. Water from the pool surrounded them, enveloped them. They were pulled back into the pulled as they thrashed and fought to breathe. Belle could hardly see. All she felt was Aqua's hand in hers.

Aqua felt magic spreading all over her, down to her tail. Pain took her, she felt her tail split, felt water cascading over her skin. It all stopped suddenly with her body being pulled to the surface. Belle had her arms wrapped around her, keeping her above the water. "I'm human…" She sputtered, spitting water swimming slowly over to the edge of the pool where Rumpelstiltskin watched them with a panicked gaze. Aqua and Belle leaned against the edge of the pool looking at the now scarred over cuts that were in the shape of a trident; the symbol of their grandfather, King Triton.

Rumplestiltskin reached into the water and helped to pull Belle out. He checked her over, checking the mark on her hand that shined a delicate ocean blue. "Are you alright?" He asked and Belle nodded thoroughly soaked through. She cupped his face, coughed light while nodding her head, and then moved over to the duffel where towels, clothes, and a blanket were stored. Pulling out the large gold towel, Belle moved to Aqua just as Rumple helped to pull her out of the pool.

Aqua felt drained, she couldn't even help herself out of the water. Rumplestiltskin offered her his arms and she gladly accepted them trying to keep her hair over her shoulders, "Thank you," Aqua gasped drawing her knees up, wrapping her arms around her legs where she wiggled her toes. "Toes…" She giggled. "I have legs again!" Then her cousin was next to her, wrapping her up in a big fluffy towel. Aqua gazed at her cousin saying, "I have toes!"

Belle laughed, "I know!" she hugged her cousin while rubbing the towel up and down her cousin's arms. Then she looked to Rumple who was just smiling without looking at them. He had been worried that this would back fire and they would end up being hurt. "We're alright." She said for his benefit. Rumple just waved his hand at her. Then to Aqua she said, "How about you get dressed?" This day might have gone a lot worse. Belle was just happy that she and Aqua were alright and that Aqua was now human again. Though, Belle could feel that there was something on the horizon for them all; something terrible.

Aqua stopped gazing at her legs as if she hadn't seen them in ten years rather than the single day it had been. "Oh, right…. Clothes," She mumbled standing to her feet with Belle's help. For a moment she wobbled and then she was steady. Over at the brown leather bag Aqua saw her black biker boots, her frayed skirt, bra, panties, and her Jack Daniel's halter. Belle offered her the bag gaining more smiles from Aqua. The Mermaid ran on her returned legs to the locker rooms where she made sure she was out of sight. Aqua went to the mirror and studied herself seeing the delicate scale's marring her hip bones and the matching ones along her collar bones. The most important thing was that she was human. She couldn't help but to watch her reflection as she pulled on her panties, fit her bra into place, pulled her skirt on, and tied the altered Jack Daniel's t-shirt over her head. Aqua pulled on one boot and then had the sudden desire to see Hook, to show him her legs. Pulling her other boot into place, Aqua ran out of the locker rooms and past Rumplestiltskin and Belle shouting, "See ya, gotta go! Bye!" And then she was out the door.

Rumplestiltskin mumbled, "Well, there's gratitude for you." Belle giggled beside of him hugging his arm. He was happy to see Aqua human again and to know that Belle was truly alright.

DOCKS:

Killian stood on the dock with his eyes closed, breathing deeply the tantalizing ocean air, and listening to the waves thinking about what he should do in regards to Aqua. He wanted to keep her well clear of all of this, but she was protective of Belle, and of the Crocodile. It was highly irritating when he thought about it. Jones turned and went to board his ship when he heard the sound of foot steps coming towards him; someone was running. He turned in time to see Aqua, human, run at him and jump into his arms. Killian didn't have time to recover as her mouth fused to his, her tongue swept into his mouth ravishing him. His mouth was being ravished by a woman, a mermaid, by Aqua. Jones moaned into her while his right hand squeezed her thigh.

Alti didn't know what ha come over her, but she knew she had to come down here to show him, to let him see her as a human rather than the giant fish she had been when he hauled her out of the water and carried her to Gold's pawn shop. She sucked down his moan, drank his kisses like they were air. Aqua pulled back smiling broadly. "I'm human!" She shouted laughing holding on to Killian. "I have legs, long sumptuous legs that are silky to the touch." She teased sliding down his body to stand in front of him. "I just thought you ought to know." Aqua laughed patting his chest and set off to walk away when the sight of his ship drew her attention. "I've missed your ship."

Hook shook from his confusion, his shock, "How can you see my ship. It's shrouded in magic." He asked coming to her, taking her arm in his hand. "Are you playing games with me?" If it were games she wanted to play, then Hook would gladly take her in his arms again and keep her so sated in his cabin that they would hardly have time to cause trouble. "Tell me."

"I can see your ship." Aqua stated, "Mermaids are sea creatures. You can't hide a ship on the ocean without us seeing it. The ocean is our domain." She fisted her hands in his shirt hauling him closer, "You can't fool a mermaid." Once again she took his lips in a kiss so hot that her body flushed. It desired his touch, his kiss. She wanted to know what it was to be in his bed, to have him buried so deep inside of her that they both came screaming waking the fish. What was she doing? That was the last intelligent thought she had before Hook picked her up again and took her onto his ship. "Take me to your bed."

She moaned raking her teeth along his bearded jaw to nip and suckle his left ear lobe.

"Your wish is my command, milady." Hook hefted her closer, turned, and walked up the gang plank. Lucky for him his ship was quiet, Cora had gone to town. He walked with his mental map of his ship all the way to his cabin where he and Aqua didn't even make it to the bed. His hunger to have her overrode his other senses. Killian barely had enough presence of mind to set her roughly on the edge of his desk. "You are in for a wild day." Hook promised with a wicked smirk and a sinful kiss.