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"What are you doing?"

At the sound of Rumpelstiltskin's voice, Belle lifted her head quickly and ended up hitting it against the table. Rumpel winced and offered her his hand to help her up. She took it and rose, rubbing the back of her head.

"Sorry. Didn't mean to startle you, dearie."

"It's alright, Rum. I'm fine."

Rumpel then noticed the resignation in her voice and sadness in her eyes."What's wrong, Belle?"

"I lost my necklace. I think the chain broke and it fell off my neck. I've been looking for it all day."

He remembered the necklace. He hadn't seen her without it since she arrived. It was small and could easily be anywhere in the castle. Belle obviously loved it, so making a new one was out of the question. They had no choice but to find it.

Belle watched Rumpelstiltskin close his eyes and cup his hands together. Slowly, a black orb appeared in his hands and floated up towards the Belle.

"Here. The closer you get to the necklace the lighter it gets. When it completely white, you've got the necklace. When that's done, I'll see what I can do about repairing it."

Her eyes lit up at the idea of finding her necklace."Really?"

"Yes. You'd better start looking while there's plenty of light. Try retracing your steps."

So, she did. After a few minutes, Belle found herself on the right path. The orb lead her to the kitchen and turned a bright white before disappearing. Belle looked around the room and saw something shine in the light. There it was! Her necklace had fallen on the tea-tray and say curled around the cups and sugar bowl. She carefully untangled the necklace from the dishes and soon saw the link in the chain that had broken. With the necklace in her grasp, Belle headed back to the main hall.

"I see you found it,"Rumpelstiltskin said without looking up from his wheel."Just in time too. Pass me the necklace"

Belle handed it to him, and Rumpel removed the strand of gold he'd just spun from its spool. He wrapped it around the necklace, and Belle watched as the two lengths of gold melded together. When he was finished, the link had been repaired, and a new one was wrapped with it.

"There,"he said as he carefully clasped the necklace around her neck."Now it will never break again."

Belle quickly turned around and planted a quick kiss on his lips."Thank you."

Rumpel blinked and tried to keep from stuttering."I-It was nothing, dearie."

TBC

8 o'clock isn't coming fast enough. I had to write something else.