Rumpelstiltskin exit his pawn shop and watched as Thanatos followed him out but stopped right outside the shop and leaned against the door for a minute.

"What's wrong?" asked Rumpelstiltskin.
"Turning back into a human drains a lot of my magic and I can't maintain the form for long periods of time. I'm going to be forced back into the form of a horse."
"So how do you plan on helping me rescue my daughter if you are stuck as a horse?"
"I can still take you to where she is hidden," stated Thanatos. "Besides, it'll be quicker in my horse form anyway."

Before Rumpelstiltskin could reply, he watched as Thanatos let out a small grunt before he stepped out away from the store and shifted before his eyes into the form of a pure black horse that shimmer in the last rays of sunlight.

'Hop on,' came Thanatos' voice in his head.

Rumpelstiltskin stared at Thanatos not believing his luck. He mind flashed to the last time he had been on a horse which was back when he had joined the war and he had never enjoy being on one.

'We don't have time for this Rumpelstiltskin. You're daughter magical energy seems different now. I'm worried that those who curse me, might have done something to her,' stated Thanatos.

That was all the incentive Rumpelstiltskin needed and he hosted himself onto Thanatos' back who gave a small grunt from the weight since he never had someone on his back before.

'Hold on tight,' stated Thanatos.

Thanatos reared up a little bit almost sending Rumpelstiltskin onto the ground, but he managed to hold on as Thanatos raced through the streets and into the woods leading pass where Zelena's house, until the stopped in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere.

"I thought you were taking me to my daughter?" stated Rumpelstiltskin.
"I have, there is a barrier around here that prevents you from seeing the house, she's being held in."

Rumpelstiltskin took in his surrounding and allowed himself to feel for magic and he could indeed sense the feel of powerful magic and while he couldn't place most of it to a owner, he did feel a trace of a familiar magic but his mind couldn't place who it belong too.

Rumpelstiltskin pulled himself off of Thanatos who gave a small shake clearly not used to be ridden. Rumpelstiltskin choose to ignore him as he began to feel for the weak point in the barrier since there always was one, it was just the matter of finding it.

Thanatos watched as he tried to sense passed the barrier but he couldn't feel Rosalinda's magic as he had earlier. It felt like her magic was no longer apart of her and he feared what those who curse him would do to the one he vowed to magic to protect at all cost.

The fall wind blew against them before Rumpelstiltskin stopped and waved his hand and Thanatos saw the barrier similar and for a split second he could see pass the barrier. Rumpelstiltskin smiled as he removed his dagger and plunge the dagger into the spot where he had waved his hand. The barrier rippled around the dagger as Rumpelstiltskin poured his magic into the dagger. At first nothing seemed to be happening but then the barrier became a solid wall of glass and Thanatos watched as Rumpelstiltskin removed the dagger and the barrier crumble before their eyes.

Rumpelstiltskin took in the small but decent looking house that stood before him and began making his way across the yard, stopping when he saw what remained of the leaf pile that his daughter had made and he could feel magic lingering on the spot but unlike any magic he had ever felt, this felt pure, untainted and most importantly neutral.

"You're daughter inside somewhere," stated Thanatos approaching beside him. "I don't sense whoever keeping her lock up in there. However, I sense we don't have a lot of time. I'll try to buy you time, if they return but hurry, I don't have access to most of my magic in this form."

Rumpelstiltskin gave a jerk nod before making his way over to the front door and laugh when he saw that it gave way with just the simplest of spells to unlock doors. Whoever had taken his daughter put so much trust in the barrier that they didn't bother to fully secure the house. Rumpelstiltskin pushed opened the door and stepped inside. The house was pretty much empty with just the bare necessity scattered about the house.

Rumpelstiltskin began to search the house looking for any sign of his daughter but also being careful not to set off any alarms that would make whoever was holding his daughter return sooner. He only hoped that he would find her and that Thanatos would be able to buy him time until he could free her.

Finally, after he was certain he hadn't missed anything downstairs he began to make his way up the stairs and began to search the second floor and finally he found himself standing in front of a door that was also secure with magic similar to how the front door had been. However, he could tell that unlike the front door, this one had an alarm on it that as soon as he dismissed it, it would alert whoever had taken his daughter that something was wrong.

Rumpelstiltskin didn't need any more doubt. He was almost certain that once he broke the spell and opened the door he would finally find his daughter and he made quick work of the spell on the door and he opened the door. His eyes scanned the room and unlike every other room that barely looked like anyone lived here, this room had different children books and toys scattered around the room clearly showing that someone had spent a majority of their time in here.

At first he didn't see any sign of his daughter as he carefully scanned the room, but then suddenly he heard the sound of soft whimpering coming from the closest and he slowly made his way over to the sound and opened the closest door and saw a small figure in the very back corner curled up in a ball crying in pure terror.

"Rosalinda?" asked Rumpelstiltskin hoping that whoever had taken her hadn't changed her name. "Shh…. Sweetie, it's okay. Papa here."
"Papa?" asked Rosalinda as she uncurl herself but still remain in the corner just slightly out of reach.
"That's right, it's okay. You're safe now," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "Come on sweetie, I'm here to take you home."
"My papa dead," stated Rosalinda her voice carrying a bit of confidence to it that only a child could have."

Rumpelstiltskin knew that he could use his magic to make her either pass out and take her by force, or he could use it to manipulate her but he dismissed both thoughts. He didn't want his daughter to fear him and he knew that either action was sure to make her only fear him. He tried to think of something that might help her recall who he was when his mind flashed back to all the times he used to console her as a baby. Very slowly he began to hum the tune that he could remember from his village and watched as his daughter stared at him and how the fear began to slowly vanish from her eyes.
Rumpelstiltskin kept humming, as Rosalinda fully uncurl herself and began to move closer to him. Rumpelstiltskin held out his hand for her to take and very slowly almost as if she was terrified that he would hurt her, she placed her hand into his and his eyes notice the golden bracelet that he knew was used to keep a person magic suppressed. Rumpelstiltskin felt like growling but he knew that if he did, all his work to make her trust him would be wasted.
Finally, Rumpelstiltskin had managed to get her out of the closest and he removed the bracelet from her arm and instantly Rosalinda looked at it and smiled as if he had removed a huge burden from her.

"Come on," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he opened his arms inviting her into them so he could carry her to safety. "I think it's time we go home."

Rumpelstiltskin watched as his daughter seemed to be debating whether or not she wanted to go with him or not before deciding to allow him to take her into his arms. Very carefully, Rumpelstiltskin stood up holding his daughter close to his heart as he began to make his way out the door but stopped when his daughter began to cry.

"What is it princess?" asked Rumpelstiltskin.
"My doll," rumbled Rosalinda as she reached out around him and pointed to the doll sitting on her bed.

Rumpelstiltskin walked over to the bed and glanced at the doll which was just a simple every day Reggie Ann Doll that was slightly warn out from what he could only assume was her playing with it so much and picked it up. He quickly checked to make sure that there weren't any spells or charms on it that might lead whoever had taken her to her again before handing the doll to his daughter who held the doll close to her like her life depended on it.

"Anything else princess?" asked Rumpelstiltskin wanting to make sure he didn't leave anything else behind that her daughter treasure since it was highly unlikely that she would ever see this place again.

Rosalinda looked about the room as if she was deciding if there was anything else she wanted to bring and pointed to the small stack of books sitting beside her bed which Rumpelstiltskin quickly shrunk and placed in his pocket to keep them safe. He waited for a few more seconds to make sure there was nothing else, and when he saw that Rosalinda didn't seem to want anything else he held her close to him as he made his way out of the room and towards the front door.

He stepped outside and felt his daughter shiver a little front the cold air and he quickly used his magic to shield her from the cold as he walked over to Thanatos who was on edge.

"We need to leave now," stated Thanatos. "I can sense whoever took her is on their way back."

Rumpelstiltskin indeed could feel an approaching magical energy and felt his rage consume him. He wanted nothing more than to kill whoever had stolen his daughter and turned to face towards where the magic was coming from.

"Rumpelstiltskin we need to go," stated Thanatos. "We don't have time to get your revenge, Dark One! We need to get Rosalinda away from here before we lose her again."

Rumpelstiltskin however barely heard him and the dark ambitions cloud him but suddenly he felt his daughter shift in his hold and he felt some of the darkness stepping aside.

"Papa," began Rosalinda in a small voice. "I'm scared."

Suddenly the darkness was gone and he looked at his daughter and could see she truly was scared and he lightly held her as he turned to Thanatos who had lowered himself enough so he could easily get onto his back.

Once both Rosalinda and Rumpelstiltskin was secure onto his back, Thanatos gave a small neigh and began racing away from the house and headed back towards the main part of the town. Meanwhile just as Thanatos had vanished from sight, a puff of blue smoke appeared in the middle of the yard and Belle emerged from the smoke and began to look around.

Belle quickly noticed that the front door was wide open and she could no longer feel the magical barrier any longer. She could feel the echoes of dark magic and realized that she had made a mistake. When she had felt the alarms going off telling her that someone had broken them, she thought that maybe Rosalinda had somehow gotten the cuff off or that she was too powerful to have her magic contained and it had been her but now she knew for sure that wasn't the case.

She ran into the house and up to Rosalinda room seeing the door wide open. She began searching for her, hoping she wasn't too late but realized she was. Just as she made it downstairs she heard the sound of thunder and she walked into the dining room and saw Zeus sitting there drinking some kind of wine.

"All mighty Zeus," began Belle but before she could finished found himself thrown against the wall and no matter how much she tried she couldn't get free.
"You had one task," began Zeus standing up. "And you failed!"
"I'm sorry," began Belle but Zeus sent her a look that said silence.
"I don't want to hear your excuses," began Zeus as he finished his glass of wine and stood up. "Because of you not only is she now being protected by the Dark One who is sure to keep her very close to him, but she also has that curse human Thanatos to protect her."
"I'll get her back!" pleaded Blue. "I promise, I won't fail you again."
"You better not, or you'll find when I get though with you, you are going to wish you had never gotten out of that hat."

With that Zeus disappeared and Blue fell to the floor in a heap. Her eyes wide in fear as she thought about her time spent in the hat and the feelings that still linger from those memories and she didn't want to know what Zeus would do to her if she failed. Blue carefully stood up and exit the house seeing no point in staying there. All she needed was Rumpelstiltskin to lower his guard for a second and she would get her back and this time she would make sure not to fail.

A/N: There you go.

Rosalinda been freed but will Blue get her back?

Will Rumpelstiltskin find a way to keep her safe?

Coming up next: Rosalinda settles into her new home.