AN: My apologises for those that had to wait, I finally have here for you, chapter 3.

The Charmings, Rumplestiltskin, Belle, Older Henry and Lily were sat in a little corner in Granny's. They had to decide where they were going to let the children stay while they figure out how to help them back to their rightful time and place. The Charmings agreed they were cramped up as it was, so they couldn't take them. Granny said she would gladly take them if they had the room. They couldn't place them in the hands of other citizens that they hardly knew and didn't talk to enough. That would be rude. They knew Regina would not have them and they couldn't risk it no matter how well she was doing. All eyes were on Rumplestiltskin.

"I don't know...I-," he said, trying to find a reason he didn't want the two in his home. "Rum, surely we can take them in? They won't be any bother. We can't leave them," Belle put in, looking at him with those blue eyes. Charming smirked as Rumplestiltskin groaned.

"Fine, fine. It's settled. Oh and Charming if you carry on smirking I'll be tempted to turn your mouth into a beak," Rumplestiltskin threatened. Emma and Snow looked at him cautiously. Belle rolled her eyes and smiled. Lily let out a giggle as she imagined Charming with a beak, quacking. Everyone looked at her as her giggle sounded through the room.

Rumplestiltskin gave a soft smile. "Well at least someone finds my quips amusing," he said.

Lily stepped into the house and was ushered into the living room by Belle. Not that she would need any guidance. This was her house too after all. But she couldn't let them know that. "I have a spare room that is not in use. I'll go prepare that now," Rumplestiltskin informed them awkwardly. Belle had asked them if they wanted anything to drink, eat or if they wanted to watch TV. Henry replied yes watching TV. Belle smiled at him and gave him the remote. Lily sat on the sofa on her own, as Henry sat on a single sofa that was was facing the TV. He was watching some crime show that Lily had no interest in. "Mu-Belle, may I use your bathroom?," she asked to Belle, biting her lip at nearly calling her mum.

"Sure. You see those stairs in the hallway? Go up them and turn right, the door you see is to the bathroom," Belle told her, smiling kindly at her. She watched Lily climb up the steps. Belle walked a little up the steps, making sure Lily had got up there safely. Once Lily was up, she told her to shout for her if she was in any bother. Belle stood at the bottom of the stairs, waiting.

As Lily finished up, she went to meet Belle downstairs, but was stopped by the sight of her father, who was staring into a room. Curious, she walked up to him and was stopped by the sight of the room. The walls were blue, with patterns of joined roses across the wall. There were two beds at each side of the room. One had dark blue plain bedding, while the other one that was smaller, had light blue bedding with gold patterned roses. There was a little shelf of books near the small bed and even a little doll on top of it. There was a mini wardrobe near the little bed too and the big bed had a bigger wardrobe. There was a little mirror that had golden roses engraved around it, on the side of a wall. The floor was covered in white carpet everywhere. Lily was amazed. "Wow," she whispered, making Rumplestiltskin jump beside her. "Oh, hello. Are you lost little one?," he asked her. "Oh...I was just...looking at the room. It's pretty," she muttered. "Glad you like it child," he replied. "How about we go back downstairs and see if Belle isn't getting worried?," he asked her. "OK," she replied. She struggled getting downstairs, Rumplestiltskin waited a step down. "Would you like some help?," he asked her as she tried to reach her foot onto the next step, that was far to wind. "I'm ok," she assured him. As she stepped down, she lost her balanced and fell. Rumplestiltskin was at her side and picked her up without question, looking at the girl to see if she was OK. Lily winced at the pain in her knee. As she had fell, her knee had hit the side of the wall, making it ache. "Point to where it hurts child and I can heal you," Rumplestiltskin told her. Lily pointed to her knee. Rumplestiltskin waved his hand over her knee. The second he did that, the pain disappeared. "Thank you," she said, smiling. Rumplestiltskin picked her up awkwardly, keeping hold of his cane. It was a nightmare to get up with his leg, but it was better that than to have a child injuring herself.

As they got down, Rumplestiltskin placed her down and they walked into the living room, where Belle smiled with relief.

As the hours passed, Belle had cooked them a lovely meal and even relaxed around them a bit, as did Rumplestiltskin. When Belle had went to go do the washing up, Rumplestiltskin had followed. Lily had sneaked past Henry, who was getting more tired as he watched the TV, to go spy on her parents. She spotted her father kissing her mother on the cheek, and as her mother wiped a little soap foam onto his nose. She smiled and then sighed sadly. She wished they knew who she was. She wanted to run in and tell them, to hug them tight and tell them everything was fine. She wanted to tell her father that Bae was alive and well. But she couldn't risk it. She had already messed with the future by arriving here. Magic had a price, and she was worried for what she could lose. She couldn't change any of the future as it was. Her thoughts were interrupted as she spotted someone on the table. It was only her parents chipped cup. "Chip," she whispered. Her parents looked up at her and she ran back to the sofa.

Lily looked around the room. The night light had cast a calm glow around it, but the darkness wasn't her problem. She looked to her right, where Henry was snoring. He had drifted off the moment he got into bed. Lily couldn't sleep. All she could do was worry. She picked up one of the books off the shelf. Maybe if she read a little, she could get tired and then go to sleep. She was only on the first few pages of 'The Ugly Duckling' , when she was caught by Belle.

"Hey. Can't sleep?," Belle asked her quietly. Lily moved her head as to say no. Belle walked into the room and sat at the end of the bed. "Are you missing your home?" she asked her. Lily nodded. Lily looked at her and felt herself begin to cry. She felt two arms wrap themselves around her softly.

Lily stayed in the safe and comforting arms of her mother. She didn't know if she could keep the secret any longer if she was in the presence of her mother and father that didn't know that she was their future child, it hurt. Lily had drifted off, as did Belle, who was leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.

Rumplestiltskin went into the spare room to see if Belle was coming to sleep. She had gone their fifteen minutes ago to check on Lily. Henry seemed OK that they didn't need to worry, but a four year old that was separated from her parents was one to check on. As he reached the room, he paused at the sight of his true love asleep, with the little girl in her arms, who was also asleep. She'll make a great mother one day, he thought. He gently moved Belle so she wasn't sleeping on the wall, making sure Lily wasn't stirred from her sleep too. He wrapped the blanket around them.

They were both so peaceful. Belle was smiling contently as was Lily. Their smiles matched. As did their hair. Belle looked like she had her own mini version of herself. Rumplestiltskin froze. It all hit him at once. The child. She had the same colour hair and features as Belle. She even had magic. She knew Henry too. His feet dragged him off to his room while his brain was gathering all these important bits of information. As he lay down, he didn't feel so tired anymore. He could only think at what had been staring at him in the face. He'd been an idiot, a blind idiot. Why didn't I notice this before?

AN: Yeah that was chapter 3. I hope you liked this one guys.