Jade and Midnight emerged the castle, both nervous wondering if Rumpelstiltskin beat them home. She placed him back into his stable, gave his a quick pet and bid farewell.

She walked into the halls greeted by silence.

"Rum, Darling? I am home? Are you here?" She still heard nothing. She felt so lonely all of a sudden. Did she actually miss the crazy bastard?

That horrible bout of nausea hit her. Lucky she was near by the kitchen. She bursted in, doing the best she could do to hold back her hair, suddenly vomiting into the sink. After quickly rinsing out her mouth and popping in a mint confectionary from the bowl nearby, she leaned against the stove.

"What in hell…why do I keep doing that? Why is this happening?" All she could do was speak to herself. She decided to go over to her wheel and spin to rid away the worries.

Looking out into the grand room, she finally confirmed she was alone. He wasn't even at his wheel.

She sat at her wheel, bending down to grab the hay. She spun it through, spinning away, getting lost in her mind, trying to devise a plan.

"Alright…how do I do this? I need to get the harder stuff out of the way first. Let's see here…Rum can find me wherever I go. So, I need to have him sleeping or unconscious of some sort when I try to revive Bealfire. Alright...now I need to figure out how to get his hair and blood. If I am with child, he would probably be afraid to touch me. Would he even know if I'm with child? Am I? Oh, I certainly hope not! Oh, so many worries. Oh…that is a brilliant idea. Now, how do I get his blood? Wow…this is tough. A whole drop of blood as well. I know…I could somehow knock him out, but how? Wait a second…I can just poison his tea. I could kill him, but now…but now he, I don't know. I just cannot bring myself to do it. Leaving him alone would be a more fitting punishment. He couldn't even suffer the guilt if he were dead. Ok…So my plan is complete. Now I just have to have him come here so I can carry it out. Oh…I am so excited!

The nausea came back, jerking Jade from her thoughts. As she got up to scurry back to the kitchen sink, she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him.

He was sitting content at his usual spot at the table, leaning on his elbow, hand to chin, looking too interested.

"Hello Dearie…I missed you." Jade stood there, surprised.

"I-I missed you as well Darling. How long were you here?" He got up and strode over to her; he looked down at her smiling while gliding his hands from her waist to over her hips.

"A while, you seemed to be deep in thought Dearie, I didn't want to interrupt you. Whatever was so interesting to make you contemplate so?" She backed away, the nausea was too much.

"I, I have to go!" She then ran to the kitchen, doing her regular stance over the sink, washing her mouth out, and then popping in a mint again. She turned back. Her irritated look met his happy expression.

"Tell me dearie, have you been doing this often?"

"Being sick…eh, no. Maybe, I am not so sure." She grabbed her skirts, quickly walking to the staircase.

"Dearie…stop." She turned to look at him. She knew he wanted her to say it, but she dare not would even acknowledge it in her mind. He couldn't know…that would make him happy, and control her in so many ways.

"Darling…I think I am going to take freshen up and take a nap. I am not feeling like myself, as you just observed." He scrambled over by her, guiding her up the stairs with his hand on her waist.

"Yes…Yes, if you're not feeling well," he agreed.

Jade looked over at him from the corner of her eye. She wasn't very content at how he appeared to be hiding a satisfied grin on his face. After she brushed her teeth and hair, she went back to the bedroom. He stood in the doorway waiting for her.

She stood over the bed, sighing knowing how much of a pain it was to undress. It didn't help how he stood behind her.

Her worries eased away when she felt him pull her back, she back leaned into him, feeling his hands roam around her, unlacing her ties on her corset. She smiled knowing he just wanted to help. She leaned her head back onto him and sighed again.

He quickly slid it off, and then untied the back of her dress, lifting it over her. Then unlaced her underskirt, sliding that down. He then loosened her petticoats easing her out of those as well. She crawled into bed. A smile crossed her lips once she saw he had a nightgown in his offering hand. She gladly took it.

"Thanks Rum. I appreciate you helping me. Now spill? Why the tender love and care?" He slithered his way over to her. Now he sat against the head board, looked down at her. She sat up, not happy feeling so vulnerable with him over her like that.

He grabbed her closer, leaving his arm around her waist. She leaned her head on his chest, enjoying how warm he felt.

"Oh…you know why dearie? What could make me more happy then killing the queen?"

"How was your trip," she asked trying to change the subject. She smiled once he took the bait.

"Well, very interesting. Found two willing participants, a pregnant princess and a desperate loon. Now…let's get back to you!" Jade frowned realizing the imp was too smart for those meager tricks.

"Well, just a normal day, took Midnight for a walk, he killed a guard, well, I actually helped. He stomped him to death in the skull, and I turned him into a necklace." The Imp laughed wagging his finger in front of her.

"You won't be happy until there all dead, will you Dearie?"

"That's about right my love." Jade laughed so proudly. He moved his hand on her stomach.

"I see there's something else you need to tell me." She looked at him with a naïve look.

"Of what subject, Darling?" He smiled down at her abdomen, still moving his hand around.

"I know why you're sick Dearie, I don't know why you hide it from me."

"Hide what?"

"Hiding the very thing that will bring us completely together."

"Um…I'm sorry?" He turned into her, giving her a quick kiss on the neck, then looked at her again.

"Your carrying my child," he stated with a big grin, Jade laughed.

"Oh, no-no-no. I don't see how." He raised his brow.

"Do I have to really explain how it's done Dearie," he jokingly asked.

"No, it's just…I can't be. I don't see how you can…" He pulled her forward, she was now on her back, he climbed over her, leaning down, his mouth whispering in her ear, his hands caressing any bare part of her.

"See Dearie, I can. How nice…this wasn't even part of our deal." He leaned in so close, she nearly lost focus.

"Which deal, you made so many of them with me."

"Your powers for being by my side." She wrapped her hands around his back, closing her eyes.

"Oh that deal. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Who knew I could fall for the lands most feared man." She let out a playful giggle.

"I'm not a man Dearie."

"Well, lets' see, you are annoying as hell, you knocked me up, therefore you enjoy sex, you tend to not listen, and you-" she was interrupted with an kiss. He kissed her with such passion, she parted her lips, letting his tongue slip in, gliding upon hers. He wanted to show her how happy and in love he really was. How could things get any better he wondered while holding her.

"Mmm, I love you Dearie. I would kill thousands, millions for you." He leant down again, kissing and raking his teeth on her neck.

"I love you too, Rum," she gasped. He broke her kiss, turning her to the side. She drifted off to sleep from his touch.

"We have many plans to discuss for our child Dearie." That's all she heard before she faded away.

A few hours later

Jade woke up, seeing he was still asleep. She quickly ran to the kitchen to take inventory of what she could use on hand. Searching though the cabinets she found the perfect downer…Laudanum. But how much did she need to just make the man sleep? She couldn't have it in her heart to kill him anymore. She slipped the small bottle in her robe pocket.

"Dearie…where are you, are you making tea?" It was him calling out to her from the wheel. "How in heck does he pop around like that?"

"Uh…yeah Darling, I'll be out in a moment," she answered. She took the warm kettle and poured it's warm liquid into the pot, then poured some into the two cups. She looked at the cup on the right, checked to see where Rum was. Realizing it was clear, she squeezed four drops of it into the tea.

He greeted her with a warm smiled as he saw her emerge into the room. She carefully sat down the tray, handing him the cup. She grabbed hers and did the same.

"So Dearie, do you have any names?" Jade threw in a cube, looking at him rolling her eyes.

"Darling, I don't even know if I am pregnant."

"You are, I been through it before with another woman, and I know just from being me, I know all." He giggled. She smiled back when she noticed how his shaggy curls bounced about when he bobbled his head.

"Well, alright then. No…don't have any." She noticed he wasn't sipping his tea. Now she wondered if he knew she was going to knock him out.

"Well, don't do what my father did Dearie…"

"What was that?"

"Name your child "Rumpelstiltskin" because you lost at a gamble. Jade raised her brows and mouth an "oh".

"That…that is so wrong! I could never do that to my child. They will have a beautiful, mighty, great name. A gamble? Your father sounds like a winner. What about your Mother? She must have had a good argument there."

"She died."

"Oh, I'm sorry Rum."

"It's alright Dearie, I never really knew her, she passed on before I was old enough to even sqeak"

"You…you should drink your tea Darling, it's getting cold." He smiled at her as he raised the cup to his mouth.

"Your right, I am just so excited over our joyous news, I completely forgot." He took four heaping sips. Jade did her best not to smile. She was itching to leave.

"Now…where, was…I. Oh, my, I am so tired," he said as he looked so hazed. He suddenly fell forward, his forehead crashing the table, chipping his cup in the process. Jade quickly went over to his chair, cradling his head in her arm.

"I'm sorry Darling, but it had to be done."

She did her best to lift the Imp. For a slender man, he was abit heavy. She transported them to their bed. She grinned realizing his forehead was bleeding. She took out the vile she snuck out of his laboratory.

Carefully, she scooped some on his blood into the vile, plucked a strand of his hair, and threw it into the jar. She took her robe sleeve rubbing the rest of the blood off his forehead. She kissed him quickly on the lips after tucking him in.

"Sleep tight Darling, I am sorry, but it had to be done. I will be back before you know it."

She quickly threw on her leather gown, and the cape containing the instructions. She ran down stairs.

She shuddered realizing what had to be done. Opening a drawer, she took out the sharpest knife she could find. Holding out her arm, she sliced quickly into her forearm. Content with the small bleeding cut, she held the vile to the blood pooling on her arm, leaking into the glass receptacle.

"Okay,"-she sighed. "Now, for the spell." She took out the paper, and read it aloud.

"Oh beyond ones, the fate controllers, the ones we don't understand, please comprehend and hear me clear. I summon thee to lift this curse of false love upon and off of me. Please make my heart ever so pure, whatever happens after the gone curse…I shall endure."

Tears fell down her face. She felt so guilty. Why? All she could think of was Rumpelstiltskin. They happy look he had the whole afternoon, how he seemed so eager to help her. All he wanted…he was getting, a woman, a child, a loving bond. Now Jade was feeling horrible about what she had done. He was selfish…but what he wanted could not be purchased,yet, what he dreamt of, was so harmless, but some meaningful. He vied for love, and a family. Two things others didn't think twice of. At some point she understood why he done what he did. Did she truly love him?

Her thoughts melted away when she was overstruck with the best feelings to have; first happiness, purity, innocence, then…love. She felt like her old self again. Her thoughts so much clearer now, filled with better judgments.

"I…I think I'm free." She pulled off his ring…it came off! She let out a gasp, letting out for tears of joy. She ran out of the castle to the stables.

"I'm coming Baelfire, I'm coming!"

Midnight greeted her at the stables.

"Mother, are we going somewhere?" She stood there in front of him, smiling, trying to catch her breath.

"Yes..Yes, were going to see Baelfire."

The horse happily whinnied. "Hop on Mother!"

The two ran into the forest never looking back.

AT Jades Castle

She stood near the tree her beloved slept eternally at. For once she didn't feel sad being at his grave. She felt hope.

She was so nervous. It took her an hour to dig up his grave. It was so much dirt. As exhausted, dirty, and breathless she became, she endured the intense labor with a smile.

After running into her castle, she cleaned up a bit. She didn't want her love to see her dirty after all!

Jade was back at his spot. Nervous as she realized the only thing between her and his dead body was this wooden lid. She took out the tiny scroll again out of her pocket.

She began to read it out loud.

"I wish I may, I wish I might, heal out broken bond, and his soul tonight. Come back to me, so we can be together. Restore yourself, renew from within. Let your new life begin."

She rolled up the scroll and placed it into her cloak. She placed her palm onto his lid while kneeling down. She suddenly felt closure. She flew back as soon as she saw bolts come out for the sides of the coffin.

"Could it be?"

"Mother, I think you should open it, I think the spell worked." She nodded her head in agreement with the horse and carefully lifted the coffin, afraid she would see a decayed corpse.

It was far from what she expected to scare her. It was him, all whole. He looked like he was only sleeping; even his cheeks looked flushed! She cupped her hands around his face. He was cold, but yet he looked so alive.

She bent down, her mouth inches from his.

"Please wake up my love, you have no idea what I went through, and endured to get to you."

Then she knelt down, laying a firm somewhat slow kiss on his lips.

Suddenly, she felt his body stir, his heartbeat stirred, his eyes shot open. She held her hand over her mouth, so he couldn't hear her muffled sobs.

He took a deep breath. It worked! He was alive!

"Jade!" He quickly sat up, throwing his arms around her. She leaned into his shoulder, her tears soaking the fabric.

"I missed you. I missed you so much!" She couldn't stop the tears, she didn't care. It was a triumphant moment for her, she broke a curse, and resurrected someone, all in one day.

"Sweetheart, how, how did you do it?"

"I…some thorough research, and I drugged your father." He laughed.

"Oh…my. How long was I dead for?"

"A while my love. It was so hard for me to endure." He grabbed her, kissing her madly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for coming back my Sweetheart." She got up, offering her his hand.

"Come…let's get you in the castle. I will draw a bath for you, we have so much to talk about" He rose up as well, holding her close.

"Perhaps one we can take together," he suggested with a naughty smile.

"Mmm,perhaps," she said before giving him a quick hug.

OK…review please. There is a second part. Bealfires alive, now can we all hold hands and sing "Kom by ya?" hahaha. I love ya guys!