A last minute deal, the last one he'll make
Belle sat in the tunnel beyond the fake bars where Rumple-puppet perched. The real Rumplestiltskin was crouched beyond her, in the real cell. As the one with the actual magic, she was the first to become aware of the new presence, and she scowled when she realised who it was. She 'activated' the Rumplestiltskin-puppet, controlling it with her mind from where she was sat on the filthy floor. The man himself sat in a corner of his cell, scrawling on a long piece of parchment. "It's just us, dearie." Belle made her puppet say. The puppet shifted from its shadows, making hand gestures, and inviting Regina to show herself. He swayed forwards, watching, as a rat became the Queen. A befitting creature she chose to portray herself as. She informed him that the curse wasn't working, and the True-Rumple looked up in surprise. He discretely shifted over to the edge of his cell, closer to the scaled woman. His crooked dagger remained in the corner. The movement was masked by the puppet's hand movements, and his mocking voice. He leaped forwards to the fake bars, passing through the real ones, to inform Regina of the royal couple's visit. She was suitably concerned. More so when he informed her their child would break the curse, since all curses could be broken. True-Rumple stared (glared) pointedly at his companion as her puppet said this.
Before they gave her the information she needed to cast the curse, the hidden pair asked for conditions to be placed in Regina's curse. They had discussed them for a while, but in the end Rumplestiltskin had the final say. Belle had remained in the dark about it, and used a simple spell to allow him to control the voice of the puppet. It was too much effort to project evil cackling all of the time, after all, so she left the puppet to itself most of the time. The Puppet said "I want comfort. I want a good life. Everything I cherish will be safe and secure in its rightful place." The Queen hastily replied with "Fine. You'll have an estate, be rich." The Puppet interrupted her. "I wasn't finished; there's more. In this new land, should I ever come to you for any reason..." At this point one hand released a bar, and his voice lost its serious tone. True-Rumple continued to whisper under his breath the words the puppet must say. "...you will heed my every request. You must do what ever I say..." He hoisted himself up and pointed at her, his voice becoming more menacing "...so long as I say... please!" He cackled at her then, a warped expression on his face. The dark woman reminded him he would remember not a thing, so he stated there was no harm in agreeing. She grinned, victorious, and accepted the terms. Both the woman and the prisoner snorted into their palms, and their Puppet inadvertently did the same.
But it didn't take long for the Puppet to become enraged (it had some semblance of free will, so made flamboyant gestures without instruction), and then it had Regina by the throat. It was the curse to end all curses, and she had sacrificed a horse!? The woman barely reacted to his closeness, or the illusionary foul breath the puppet had. She asked what her sacrifice need be, and he told her it must be 'the heart of the thing you love most'. After more taunting, the Queen said she was willing to go "As far as it takes", a face already in her mind. The Puppet sent her on her way. She marched off into a dramatic plume of smoke.
Shortly after the Evil Queen was gone, and the woman's expression had stopped shifting between horror and faint glee at the prospect of Regina murdering the thing she loved most, Belle asked "Does this mean that you cherish me?" True-Rumple raised his head at speed to look at her, opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. He scowled at her and shuffled back to his corner, half-filled parchment in hand, and said "Not now Belle, dearest. Not now." She grinned at him with victory.
A/N Thanks for the response last chapter :) looks like part two will be in several different perspectives, and I look forward to writing it. Let me know if you have any suggestions, and thanks for reading etc. so far! Only one chapter to go!