Hello readers, wow only two more chapters to go this story!
To the guest reivew from June 29th: I'm sorry you don't like my substituting certain characters for scenes, I respect your thoughts, but I am not trying to be lazy, either I have more characters in the scene and I wannan switch lines, or the line will work better when someone else says it.
To Exploding Sun, your comment made me double check this chapter extra well so thank you
Well here we go, rumbelle baby is on the way!
Keep spinning don't think about Belle, keep spinning don't think about Belle. It was all he could say to himself to keep at bay. Keep spinning don't think about Belle. His thoughts stopped when his captor came down, approaching his cage.
"There. That will do. I suppose you were right. Spinning does clear your mind. Or should I say… your brain." Zelena transformed his straw spun to gold into an actual brain, the symbol of wisdom for her spell. "There's just one more ingredient to collect."
The dark one knew what it was, she didn't need to finish, and couldn't stop thinking how he once again, let down his family. "Better get going, don't want miss the birth child now do you?" Of all the times he wished for his freedom, with Zelena's plan, freedom was the last thing he wanted.
"Breath Belle, it's going to be okay." Neal tried to comfort as he held her hand through her contraction.
"There's a wicked witch after my baby and is holding my child's father captive, things far from okay. I-I promised your father I wouldn't have this baby without him." She finished tears forming in her eyes from the pain physically, through the contractions, and emotionally of her beloved not being there.
"Belle I know you want to wait for Rumplestiltskin but you don't have a choice. This baby isn't going to wait on anyone."
"Well needn't worry. She doesn't have to wait for me anymore." The conversation was interrupted as the father of Belle's child walked through door, with the rest of hero's behind him, watching like a hawk.
"Rumple." Belle stared ahead seeing her true love. As much as she believed it was trick, she only cared that her man was standing in front of her, with no witch next to him.
"Belle." Seeing her again took his breath away. He instinct made him move towards the bedside, but was blocked by the former princess and his boy's protection. "Bae-"
"Get back. Emma take him out of here." Neal loved his father, but he needed to protect Belle first.
"I promise son, this isn't trick."
"Papa-"
"It's true, I have my dagger." He pulled out the knife from his pocket showing it to the others. "I made a fake dagger and used a slight of hand to slip them. Take it son." He held out the dagger for Neal. Eyeing his father carefully, he took it slowly. "It won't be too long before she finds out, we need to protect this place. Dark magic won't be enough, so I can't-"
"We got this Gold, I've been practicing I can cast a spell, Tink, Regina, come help." Emma requested taking the two sorceress women.
"Robin and I will go get the merry men, keep guard at the front of the hospital." David told taking the leader of said merry men with him.
"I'll go check on the kids, give them an update." Said Mary Margret.
Neal was the last in the room, still skeptic but wanted to have faith in his father. "I'll stand guard outside the room." He left the parents to be alone.
Rumplestiltskin went to his lover's side grabbing her hand, "I was so afraid you miss this."
"I know; but I'm here now. I'm right here." If only they could all see.
Emma went with Hook, and Neal to take the fight straight to Zelena, wanting to keep her as far away from Belle as possible. Prepared to fight, the wicked witch threw Hook into a well, forcing him to drown.
"Choose wisely." Zelena reminded the savior what was at stake. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have run. Pity you didn't learn your lesson last time you faced me Balefire, wicked always win." She showed off the true weapon belonging to the dark one as she disappeared in cloud of green smoke.
Emma did exactly what she wanted her to do; she kissed Hook, giving up her magic. What choice did she have? Choking up water, Killian awoke, knowing what he feared came true. "Swan? What did you do? What did you do?!"
"There's no time, we have to get the hospital." Neal demanded.
"It was all a trick, Zelena had the real dagger the whole time. We need get back before she does." Emma explained to Hook as it now, became a race.
Zelena strolled her way through the hospital, Leroy shouted warning everyone inside she was coming. David and Robin kept guard when first entering with the merry men. They were no match to the witches magic, she knocked them out with a flick of her magic.
Regina, Tinkerbell and Mary Margret stood outside the door of the room with the boys. As they heard the footsteps coming closer, the all of them knew who it was. "Mary Margret take the boys, find a closet and lock yourselves inside. You don't want to see this. It won't be pretty." Snow obeyed taking the children away leaving only two magical beings left to defend the witch.
"No it won't." Zelena appeared around the corner hearing her sisters last remark.
"Take another step, and you'll regret it." Warned the fairy on her and Regina's behalf.
"Please." Flicking her hand again, she knocked out them out as well, along with the protection spell. Emma's magic was not strong enough.
Belle screamed as another contraction overcame her, but hearing a loud commotion outside she lost her consternation. "Rumple…"
"It's going to be okay, I promise. Just focus on the baby." He tried to reassure even though he knew it was a lie.
"Just one more push, Belle. Just one more push!" Dr. Whale encouraged the mother to be.
Belle gave out one more agonizing scream as she pushed until she suddenly found the pressure was gone, and was replaced with the sound of infant crying, her child was here.
"It's a girl!" Gold told his lover let out a chuckle of joy, leaning in kissing her as they both cried and laughed insure happiness. Dr. Whale held up the baby for the proud parents, giving her to Rumple he held his daughter admiring her beauty, blood, placenta covered in all. Then placing her in her mother's arm, rapping her in a pink blanket.
Kissing her one final time on her template, the tender family moment was over when the wicked witch burst through the door throwing the doctor against the wall knocking him out.
"What a lovely family. Shame I have to break it up. Or rather the dark one has to." She held out the knife showing off to his newfound woman showing her what was to happen. "Rumplestiltskin, give me the baby."
"Rumple…" Everyone, including her own first instincts was correct, it was a trick. She was blinded by her faith and love she put her child in danger. She gave one last pleading look to him to fight his command.
"I'm so sorry Belle. You shouldn't have trusted me." Using his magic, the baby disappeared from her mother's arms, into Zelena's.
"No, no please don't-" She was frozen in place unable to protect her daughter.
Zelena observed the little girl with a sly grin relishing in her victory. "So pure, powerful, innocent; and now… mine. Come along Rumple, it is time." She wisped herself, the dark one, and the little baby away. Belle was unfrozen, looking down at her arms, tearing up over a different kind of pain… the loss of her child.
Belle was never the kind of person to sit back and do nothing. She certainly wasn't going to do that when her child was out there and her baby's father couldn't do anything. She pushed up out of the bed; grabbing the pants she had packed, putting them on, ready to put her family back.
As she walked out passing the three ladies guarding her door with the children everyone gave her bazar looks seeing her out of bed. "What hell are you doing?" Regina asked, she may not have given birth before, but she was pretty sure getting out of bed was not something that was suppose to happen.
"Going to get my daughter and Rumple back." She wasn't going to listen to anyone right now.
"You're in no condition to go fight a witch, Belle you need get back to into bed and rest." Mary Margret tried getting her to understand.
"Don't let her get her hurt." Henry asked his mom.
"We can get the baby back Aunt Belle." Roland jumped on the bandwagon.
"What happened to the baby?" No one answered Neal as he, Emma, and Hook all came in, now getting a vibe there was trouble. "Where's Zelena?"
"She took your sister and father. She had the real dagger the whole time." Belle began tearing up telling the story again.
"Well let's stop talking and start finding." Tinkerbell encouraged beginning to walk away.
"No wait." Emma stopped her explaining what happened out by the farmhouse. "Zelena took my magic."
"How the hell did that happen?!" Regina demanded to know, but Emma didn't want to throw Killian under the bus.
"It doesn't matter how. It just happened." She explained vaguely. "So, we need to find another way to stop her."
"There is no other way." Regina reminded. Light magic was what they needed.
A light bulb went off in little Roland's head. "That's not true. You can do it." He told his soon-to-be stepmother.
"He's right, you can." Henry agreed with his brother.
Her son's motives were sweet, he was gone for a year, Henry didn't fully understand. "Boys, I don't think I can survive round three with my sister."
"Glinda was pretty specific. Only the strongest purveyor of light magic can defeat her." David reminded.
"Zelena only beat you because you were using dark magic against her."
"But… it's all I have."
Emma began to see what the kids were getting at. "No it's not. When you kissed Henry, that was true loves kiss. That's light magic."
"She's right, Regina you can it." Mary Margret agreed.
"I don't even have my heart right now."
"That doesn't matter. You broke the curse without it, and I know you still love me." Henry kept encouraging.
"You love both of us. We've always known there's good in you." Roland followed his example.
"Our boys are right." Robin came up next her. Hearing him say our boys made Regina's heart flutter a little. "I know you can beat that witch."
She still was unsure, "But I don't—"
"Please you have to-" Belle began to plead, from one mother to another.
"Regina, once upon a time you were a villain. Throwing away any chance you had at happiness. But you've changed; you found your soul mate, you're a mother. You've become a hero. Everyone believes in you; just like I did when we first me. Now you need to believe in yourself."
Out at the barn right by her farmhouse, Zelena placed her ingredients in each corners, around her circle, ready to open her portal. Just one more needed to be added.
"There's nothing more innocent than a newborn babe. And you my sweet are most innocent and powerful of all. Born of true love, and dark magic." She couldn't help relish the look on Rumple's face unable to protect his daughter.
"See, once I change the past, you and I will meet under different circumstances. And Rumple, you will choose me. And I will be enough."
"No you won't. And no matter where you go in time, you never succeed."
His intentions were cute, but meaningless. She summoned all her magic, connecting her ingredients, opening the portal. "Don't worry dearie. Once all this is over, you won't remember a thing."
"It isn't over yet." Belle stated as she and the other marched towards the woman tormenting them all for over a year.
"And whose gonna stop me? Certainly not the savior."
Neal and Belle could not stop staring at the little baby in basket, just out of their reach. "Go get her. We've got your back" Emma nudged.
"And I've got your heart." Robin told his fiancé.
As Robin went forward with his own plan, David and Snow moved with Neal, keeping Belle behind them, Emma and Hook stood guard, while Regina gave her sister once last chance to stand down, Tinkerbell beside her to back her up. "Zelena stop now. We're not gonna let you win."
"Rid of me those pests." She commanded Rumple.
"Get the dagger, and the dark one will be on your side." He gave everyone a warning as he pushed the others away from their object of destination and taking Emma's gun out of her hand.
"Easier said than done."
"Do as I say, or I will destroy you all. I have no choice!"
"Come for another beating sis?"
"No. I came for some jewelry."
They continued their battle; Zelena was no match with the dark one, and flying monkey's at her command. She pushed the fairy aside with the others, chocking her sister in mid air. "Only light magic can harm me. And you're as dark as they come. It was your destiny to be this way. And it will also be your undoing!"
"Don't tell me what I can be!"
"I tried to be good once, but it wasn't in the cards. This is who I am, and it's who you are!"
Regina gasped at the feeling of someone taking her heart, and saw out of the corner of her Robin had retrieved it. "Your wrong sis." She felt her magic build up inside her, but it wasn't like anything she felt from before. She saw the white pulse down at her hands, and knew what it was.
The witch saw something happening to her sister as well, but began to grow fearful, "What are you doing?"
Regina's answer was what everyone believed she was capable of. "Changing." Using every ounce of magic she could, she busted out her light magic, knocking down Zelena, releasing the dagger from her grip, leaving for Neal to run to grab it.
No this isn't possible, Zelena thought. "What? How?!"
"I make my own destiny." She grabbed her sister's pendant, rendering her of her powers, turning off the portal and bringing all their friends of their monkey form. Everything was turning back to normal.
Belle knelt down to her daughter picking her up to check for injuries, as Rumple ran to their side looking her over as well. "Papa, Belle, the baby? Is she okay?" Neal asked the parents.
"Yeah. She can handle anything." Belle assured.
"Just like her big brother." Rumple chimed in smiling in at his son.
"You failed, your not going anywhere." Regina told the witch.
"Why not just kill me? And put me out of my misery?"
"Oh I could." Gold added. "After everything you've done to me, and my family I should." Neal was about to use the dagger to stop him, "But I won't."
"Why?"
"Because I've changed, for my family. I'm trying to be better. Hero's don't kill"
"So now you're hero's?" Zelena questioned referred to her sister and former master.
Regina answered for both of them. "Today we are."
Rumplestiltskin decided to bring Belle and the baby back to hospital for proper rest and to make they were both in good health. He helped her back into her bed and they both just stood there in silence, admiring the moment of peace, and their beautiful new daughter.
"Is it really over?" Belle asked her significant other breaking the moment. Rumple didn't mind, it was ligament question and could see the petite fear still in her face.
"Yes my love, it's over. I promise you, we're all safe." He wanted say something while things were normal, and his family was safe. "I love you Belle. I love you both." He referred to their baby girl as he kissed both of their foreheads.
"I love you both too." She leaned in kissing him tenderly on the lips. Something she's wanted to do for a long time now.
Neal stood outside the room, wanting to give his father and Belle a moment alone with his baby sister. "Well never thought I see the day." Tinkerbell interrupted.
"What, when we finally defeated Zelena?"
"No, when I see you again." She pulled him into a hug, enjoying feeling his arms around her, "I missed you so much."
"I missed you too. Now we have to face another problem." He told her but she didn't understand what it was. "We have to tell my father about us."
"Oh the joy." She said sarcastically. "Why don't we wait until after the excitement dies down?"
"Good idea." He saw Emma coming down the hall, and knew she deserved an explanation. "Hey can you go get Henry and Moe? Tell them they can come see the baby and Belle now? I like to talk to Emma alone for a minute."
"Of course." Before she did there was something she wanted to say to savior herself first. "Emma I know this is a bit shocking, but I hope we can move past it, and all be friends."
"Of course." Tink thanked her and went off to the leave the ex-lovers alone to talk.
"Did you really mean that, or were you trying to nice?" Neal wanted to know.
"Yeah, I did." She explained. "I do want you to be happy Neal. Even if it isn't with me anymore."
"Same with you. I'm just sorry we never even got the chance to find Tallahassee."
"I think we did. We just, found it with other people. Is that a bad thing?"
"No, as long as we still get to see each other there. Everyday."
"Of course." She hugged him not as sign of friendship, or acceptance of his new love interest, but moving on. They were both now ready too.
As Henry and Moe came with the fairy they pulled apart, and Neal asked, "Hey. Want to meet the newest member of our family?"
Henry didn't need to be asked, running into the room; neither did Moe. After his memories returning he felt awful about his last encounter with Belle here, and wanted to see her again. He followed everyone in, and the family all graced over in its newest addition.
As Emma began to leave, she saw Hook waiting in the lobby. "Well it's good to see you smile again Swan."
"Feel like I can now." She grew a little nervous speaking her next sentence. "If you want to keep it on me, why don't you buy me a drink at Granny's?
"Is that your settle way of asking me on a date?"
"Maybe. Or it's a way of celebrating our victory."
"Either way, I'll take it." He offered her to go ahead first. "Shall we?" She took is offer, and slowly placed her hand in his.
Across town after Regina took her sister to the sheriff station, she retrieved back to her home. Where she was greeted by her fiancé, and an indoor, candlelight picnic. "Not that I don't appreciate the gesture, but what is it for?"
"Besides that I can, and that I am proud of you for defeating your sister with light magic. I believe we deserve a moment alone. We haven't had one since we got our memories back."
"We haven't really had the chance to."
He lightly chuckled at her quip. "Well since Little John is watching Roland, and Henry is still at the hospital-"
"It's perfect." She kissed him passionately, and almost forgot how much missed it.
"Oh I almost forgot," he placed his hand over her chest asking, "how does it feel?"
She smiled then confidently responded, "Stronger than ever."
Back at the hospital, Belle had fallen asleep, waking up to see her Rumple, holding their little baby daughter. "Hey."
"Hey." Gold responded switching attention from one lady to the next.
"Did everyone leave?"
"Yes. Your father finally went home. Neal went home with his new fairy girlfriend, dropping Henry off at Regina's. So it's just the three of us."
"I like the sound of that." She held out her arms wanting to hold the baby once more to which Rumple happily obliged.
"Belle there's something I want to give you." He went into his coat pocket, pulling out his well known-dagger.
"I- I thought Neal had that."
"He did; but he gave it back to me. He said he trusted me after. Now I give it to you." He placed the knife on Belle's nightstand. "There is no one else, I would trust more with my life."
She almost didn't know what to say, but something came to mind, "I have a better idea, instead of my keeping it, let's hide… together."
A smile grew on the dark one's face. "Oh Belle. What you're giving me. Is more than I can ever give you. But I will try. What you propose—is trust. You trust us, our love, with all your heart."
"I do."
"And I'll shall trust it with mine. We shall hide it as soon your deemed to leave. We shall now, and for all the future, face everything together."
"Wait. W-what are you saying?"
He got down on one knee; using magic appeared a small velvet red box, opening to a diamond ring. "Will you marry me?"
She didn't need to even think about her answer. "Yes. Yes. Yes." She reached up cupping his face kissing him with every once of her body, until their child began making noise as in approval of her parent's decision.
Well we've gone to rumbelle baby to rumbelle engagement! Hope everyone liked it!
I thought the romantic scene between OQ be better in this chapter cause I wanted to give every ship a moment
Hope my Swanfire fans aren't upset, but I gave them proper closure. Now captianswan can happen.
Next chapter we'll find out the rumbelle baby's name and the reason I didn't show the scene between Zelena and Regina is because I have something planned for Zelena next chapter!
See you all soon!