All that day Rumpelstiltskin managed to keep his anger in check though it took more control than he ever remember processing, however he was determine not to make his daughter have any reason to fear him like so many others. She was his second chance at being a father, and also the last link he had to Belle. He knew that eventually he would need to tell her what he was but for now he was content to keep her happy and innocent as long as possible and could only hope that she wouldn't have to face the horrors of his past until she was much older.
Finally the long hours of the day began to be pull to a close and Rumpelstiltskin glanced over at his daughter who was playing outside in the leaves with Thanatos standing in his horse form nearby.
"Rosalinda," called Rumpelstiltskin gently.
"Yes papa?" asked Rosalinda looking up at him as he made his way closer to her.
"It's time to come in princess," stated Rumpelstiltskin and watched as his daughter's eyes filled with sadness over the fact that she couldn't play outside any longer. "It's time for good girls to be heading to bed; I promise you can play some more tomorrow. How does that sound princess?"
"Okay," replied Rosalinda her voice filling with joy over such a simple request. "Bye Thany, will you play with me tomorrow too?"
"Of course little one," replied Thanatos ignoring the look of amusement that Rumpelstiltskin had sent him over his nickname.
Rumpelstiltskin watched as his daughter let out a squeal before she tightly began to hug Thanatos' leg since it was really the only thing she could reach before Thanatos lowered his head and gently butted it against her before bowing his warm breath on her face causing Rosalinda to let out a laugh of pure joy.
"Come on along sweetheart," stated Rumpelstiltskin before looking at Thanatos. "Stay here, we need to talk."
Thanatos moved his head in a way of confusion before moving his head in what Rumpelstiltskin could only assume was his way of nodding before he lead his daughter back into the house and began the process of putting her to bed.
One his daughter had been given a bath and her teeth and hair brush, he gently tucked her into her bed before reading to her from one of her storybooks. Once the story was done, he could see the signs of fatigue in his daughter beginning to slow and after placing a soft kiss to her forehead he left the room, leaving the door slightly ajar so the light from the hallway would enter her room giving her just enough light so she wouldn't be scared. Once he was sure that his daughter would be okay, he began to make his way back outside and over to Thanatos who he was glad to see hadn't moved from the spot he had been at.
"So what do you need to talk to me about?" asked Thanatos straight to the point.
"I need you to look after Rosalinda tonight," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "Are you able to transform?"
"Yes, but why would you need me to do so?"
"I found out today who took her."
"Who?"
"Reul Ghorm."
"The Blue Fairy?" asked Thanatos in shock.
"Yes, now can you watch her or not?" asked Rumpelstiltskin.
"Of course but what are you planning on doing?"
"Simple," stated Rumpelstiltskin as a look of evil came over him. "I'm going to get my revenge."
Thanatos gave him a look of disappointment before he watched as he shifted in front of him into the man he was before he had been cursed and began to make his way towards the house.
"Just remember that you have a daughter who needs you more than you need your revenge," stated Thanatos before he enter the house and made his way upstairs to Rosalinda's room and after quickly checking on her to make sure she was sound asleep, he took a seat in the living room downstairs and decided to watch a movie since he had never actually seen one.
Meanwhile, Rumpelstiltskin made his way into town and headed towards the convent where he knew most of those fairies were. When he arrived he saw Blue standing off to the side and he didn't need to tell her why he was here. He watched as the colour faded from Blue's face before she stood up and vanished from sight. However he was prepare for such a trick and quickly used his magic to latch onto her and when Blue reappeared in the middle of the town, so did he.
"Running won't save you this time dearie," muttered Rumpelstiltskin.
"Rumpelstiltskin," muttered Blue. "Listen, you don't understand…"
"Understand?" asked Rumpelstiltskin his voice taking a hard edge to it making Blue slowly back up. "You're right I don't understand. I don't understand how you could kidnap the daughter to one of your best friends."
"I didn't want to hurt Belle," began Blue. "But I had no choice. I couldn't let someone as pure and good as Rosalinda become tainted by your darkness."
"You took our daughter and hid her from us making us believe she was dead. You kept her locked away while my wife; your suppose friend grew more and more depressed," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he began to move closer to Blue his magic rolling off him in waves. "You actually tried to comfort me when Belle grew weaker and when I finally consent and let her leave, when in reality all that time you were the one responsible. How does it feel to know that because of you Belle is gone and won't be able to come back? How could you look at my daughter every day and know that because of you, she will never get to know her mother love?"
"I did what I had to do," stated Blue trying to sound confident but knew that she stood very little chance against Rumpelstiltskin, especially now with him having more magic than ever. "I wasn't going to let you taint her like so many before her."
"No, you just held her captive for four years and made her think she was a prisoner in what you wanted her to call her home. She was an innocent little girl and you kept her lock up in a room and the one time she decides to go outside and play like a normal kid, you punish her by placing that cuff on her," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "Trust me dearie, there is more than one way to make a person go dark and something tells me if she had remain with you, that's what would have happen."
"No, I protected her from you."
"Yet, I have a feeling she has smile more with me in the short time that I have had her than when you had her for these past four years," stated Rumpelstiltskin.
Blue stood there and had to admit that Rosalinda did indeed seem happier than she could ever remember seeing her, but she also knew of every dark and sinister deed that Rumpelstiltskin had ever done since he had become the dark one and she had to admit even a good soul like Belle hadn't been enough to pull him back, she did the right thing. Rosalinda was sure to grow dark and cold with having Rumpelstiltskin as a father.
Rumpelstiltskin shot Blue a wicked and evil smile as he moved his hand and shot a fireball at her which she barely managed to dodge.
"Now, I'm going to make you pay for everything you have ever done to me and my family," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "I always knew there was a reason I hated fairies."
Without any other words, Rumpelstiltskin began firing every dark spell and curse he ever knew at Blue who only her knowledge of magic manage to keep her from becoming too badly injured. However, he could also tell that she was no match for his knowledge and power as well.
Finally after what seemed like forever he had managed to corner Blue and raised his hand holding her still like he had to Gaston in the underworld. His eyes reeked over Blue who was trembling from head to toe.
"Now, what should I do to you?" asked Rumpelstiltskin. "What is a fitting death for what you have done?"
Blue knew better than to try and plead for her life. She had seen this look in his eyes before and knew that nothing she would say would save her. He was to set on killing her and she was pretty sure that the only two people who might have been able to save her were either dead or the other was most likely asleep, completely unaware of her father's actions.
"Ah, I think I know just the curse," muttered Rumpelstiltskin as he began to wave his hand only to suddenly feel a blast of white magic hit him sending him flying into a wall nearby thus breaking his hold over Blue who fell to her knees.
"Oh my god, Blue are you okay?" came the concern voice of Snow White as she ran over to her friend.
Rumpelstiltskin slowly began to regain his focus and saw both of the charming and their daughter Emma standing there, and Emma had her hands raise to unleash more of her magic if the need arise.
"What the hell Gold," exclaimed Emma ever the same as always.
"Stay out of this," muttered Rumpelstiltskin his voice taking a dark and dangerous tone. "This doesn't concern you."
"Like hell it does," stated Emma. "You finally get your daughter back and now you go and attack someone, and here we were hoping fatherhood would help you."
"Leave my daughter out of this," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "You have no idea what you are talking about."
"Really," began Snow as she helped her friend to her feet. "Because I don't see how you can justify what you are doing."
"She kidnapped my daughter!" yelled Rumpelstiltskin as he stood up after finally regaining his breath that Emma had manage to knock out of him. "She's the reason why Belle is dead."
"What?" asked David looking to Blue.
"She took my daughter and held her captive," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "Now either get out of my way or I'll deal with you as well. I won't let her get away with what she done to me. This is the last time, she will meddle in my family life."
"Blue," asked Snow looking at her friend. "Tell me this isn't true. You wouldn't do something like this."
Blue looked at Snow and Snow didn't need to hear Blue confirm it before she back away and David lightly took her into his arms in comfort as Emma hands began to lower and Rumpelstiltskin stared at Blue, before he began to gather his magic again only to have Emma move in front of Blue.
"Get out of my way Swan," stated Rumpelstiltskin.
"No," stated Emma. "There has to be another way. We could lock her up."
"You really think you will be able to keep her away from my daughter by simply locking her up? No I know you heroes, eventually you'll let your guard down and I'll be burned in hell before I let her even have the chance to go near my daughter again."
"Gold, you can't just kill her," exclaimed Snow trying to save her friend.
"Watch me!" exclaimed Rumpelstiltskin as he began to power up his curse again only to have Emma use her magic to begin to slow him down. "Really Swan, I figure you of all people might understand. How would you feel if she had been responsible for losing your sons or daughter for years? How would you feel if you lost that pirate of yours because of her actions? Would you really let me stand in your way if I were you?"
"I…" began Emma who as much as she wanted to defend Blue couldn't deny that she would likely be doing the exact same thing that Rumpelstiltskin was doing now.
"EMMA!" exclaimed Snow who while she also could see Rumpelstiltskin's point of view, she also knew that killing someone was wrong as well.
Rumpelstiltskin watched as Blue slowly began to back up and he once again saw her gathering her magic, acting quickly he tried to place the same tracking spell on her but due to Emma's magic running interference and the fact that the Charming family had still not moved from blocking Blue fully from his sight, he watched as she vanished before his eyes.
Cold raging fury filled every pour of his body and he let out a yell in anger before setting his eyes on Emma who stood there still and shocked. Instantly his hand shot up and he felt Emma fall to her knees as she fought to break free.
"Let go of her!" yelled Charming as he moved to strike Rumpelstiltskin only for him to throw both him and Snow away from him with barely an effort.
Rumpelstiltskin watched as Emma continued to try and fight to break free only to repeatly not be able to before he heard a voice telling to him to stop. Slowly he turned to see Henry standing there before he quickly moved so he was almost directly in front of his mother who despite what was happening was still able to keep him from intercepting his spell.
"Grandpa," yelled Henry. "Let go of her please."
Seeing Henry there, his mind flashed to Baelfire and how heartbroken his young son had been when he had to tell him his mother was dead and while a large part of him wanted to make her pay for him losing his chance for revenge, the father in him knew that he wouldn't want that pain brought on any more children if he could afford it, so slowly he lowered his hand and Emma let out a gasp in pure relief.
"Be thankful Swan that I have some compassion in me for your children and not wanting them to grow up without you in their lives," stated Rumpelstiltskin as he slowly began to turn to head back towards his house. "But let me make one thing clear and you had better pass this message on to everyone you know. I will have my revenge and if my daughter gets hurt or taken from me again because of what happen here tonight, then nothing will protect you all from me if that day ever comes."
With that and a simple wave of his hand he magic himself away from the scene and back to his house, which he quickly enter. He made his way into the living room where he saw the flickers of light from the television and saw Thanatos sitting there watching some movie he own but for the life of him couldn't recall anything about it.
"Is she?" began Rumpelstiltskin.
"Still fast asleep," stated Thanatos as he turned to face Rumpelstiltskin. "Is she dead?"
"No, the Charming family got in the way," stated Rumpelstiltskin. "She managed to escape, at least for the moment."
"Well for her shake I hope she remains gone otherwise she'll never regret it. I'll be nearby if you need me."
Rumpelstiltskin watched as Thanatos stood up and made his way to the door before disappearing into the night. Rumpelstiltskin waited a couple of minutes before he made his way up the stairs and after briefly checking in on his daughter who he was happy to see was indeed fast to sleep before he walked over to his room and getting some much needed sleep as well.
A/N: Well there you go, Rumpelstiltskin confronted Blue and managed to almost destroy here if it wasn't for the others getting in the way.