A/N: Sorry this is really really delayed. I'm moving. Anyway, spoilers. If you didn't know already, Merida is coming to Once Upon a Time, season 5. Also they're looking to cast Evanna, Rumple's mother. Written with the amazing Maddie Gymnast. Also I just want to thank you all for the amazing support on this story. I know everyone says it, but all those favorites, follows, and reviews do mean the world to me. Also, this story is also on my Wattpad. I have the same pen name (The Indigo Dolphin) but the synopsis and cover are different. Don't want to give too much away, so enjoy!

(Also a lot of Golden Heart.)

Flashback

Rumple's POV

"Rumple! Rumple!" I heard Cora calling from her balcony.

I appeared in a plethora of green smoke in the middle of the room.

She ran up to me and hugged me.

"What is it, my dear?" I said giving her a kiss.

"I am with child." She said.

"Well, congratulations." I said turning away.

"No Rumple, you don't understand."

"I don't understand what!" I said turning to face her in rage.

"It's not Henry's."

"What?" I said I utter disbelief.

"It's yours-"

"How do you know?"

"Because this baby was conceived before Henry and I were even married."

She collapsed into my arms and I held her to my chest.

"And now, tomorrow, I am to be hanged for treason." Cora said sobbing.

"No. I can fix this."

"How?"

"I will mask the truth. I will use magic to make it seen by others that this baby was conceived during your marriage consummation."

"You would do that for me?"

"Anything for you my dear."

"Thank you Rumple…"

I waved my hands, and we both watched as her stomach glowed green for a second, then dissipated.

We both heard a knock at the door.

"Open up!" We heard from the other side.

"Rumple, thank you. Now you must go!" Cora said.

"I will see you soon." I said giving her a kiss before disappearing into green smoke just as the door was opened.

4 Months Later….

"Rumple!" Cora called from her balcony again.

I appeared again in the middle of the room with my trademark green smoke.

She happily ran up to me and gave me a giant hug and a kiss.

"You seem happy." I said kissing her forehead.

"I found out the sex of our baby today." She said lovingly stroking her baby bump.

"And?"

"It's a girl." She said smiling happily.

I smiled and pulled her closer to me kissing her forehead.

We heard a series of knocks on the door.

"Your highness! The king requests your presence!" The servant yelled from the other side.

"I'll be there in a minute!" Cora yelled.

"I have to go. I will see you soon."

I nodded and disappeared again.

5 Months Later…..

3rd Person's POV

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Cora's shrieks of pain echoed through the halls of the palace.

"One more push!" The doctor urged.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Cora screamed.

Cora opened her eyes and saw Henry and the doctor's worried expressions.

"What? What is it?" Cora said as silence filled the room.

"I'm sorry. Your daughter, she won't last very long. A few minutes at most."

"What?"

"The umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck, preventing oxygen from getting in." The doctor said.

The doctor handed Cora her daughter. She was small, tiny, and hardly moving at all.

"We'll leave you two alone." The doctor said, and everyone, even Henry left.

"That bastard." Cora thought.

"You don't even stay the few minutes your daughter is alive." She thought.

As soon as she knew she was alone, she called out for him.

"Rumple! Rumple!..." She cried out desperately as tears streamed freely down her face.

He appeared in the middle of the room in his green smoke.

He was smiling until he saw Cora and the desperation and fear on her face.

He ran over to her then saw the baby in her arms.

"What's happening? Our, daughter?" Rumple said.

"She's dying… Please… Help her Rumple…"

Rumple looked at his little girl. He waved his hand over her and found the problem.

"Her heart, is the only way to survive. She needs a new one."

"How can we-"

Rumple put his finger to Cora's lips and she hushed.

He reached into his own chest and pulled out his heart.

Most of the area on the outside was black, but you could see on the inside it was still reddish pinkish.

Cora watched as he split his heart in two, and took a small piece of the red part.

He then reached into the child's chest and pulled out her non-beating heart.

He quickly put the piece of his heart into her chest.

I then put his own heart back in his chest.

"What now?" Cora asked.

"Our daughter was saved."

"But they all think she's dead."

"Then… What do you want to do Cora?"

"What do you-"

"Your whole life is a lie Cora. Come with me. I have a large estate. We can raise our daughter, together."

"Your majesty!" We heard through the door.

"Cora, I love you and I trust you'll make the right decision. I'll take the child for now, but I will return."

Rumple disappeared into smoke again with the infant in his arms.

Cora looked down and saw a fake corpse identical to her newborn daughter's lying in the blanket.

The doctor and Henry came through the doors.

"Has she already passed on?" The doctor said.

"Yes."

3 Days Later…

Cora was at her vanity brushing through her hair.

Rumple appeared in his green smoke holding their daughter.

He walked closer to Cora keeping his eyes of the baby.

"We never decided on a name yet."

"I was thinking, Zelina."

"Zelina? That is a very rare name."

"Yes, well it also means death, solemnity, and grave, and I think this child stared death in the eye a few days ago."

"Well then the name seems appropriate."

They stood there in the silence for a few seconds.

"The funeral for this child was already days ago. There is no turning back from where we are now."

"And rumors have already spread about me. I told them I was doing a favor for a friend, but that excuse can only hold for so long."

"There is no place for this child in either of our lives."

"So you do not want to join our lives together."

Cora turned around to look at Rumple with tears in her eyes.

"I can't go back to that life. The life where we are barely surviving, striving every single waking minute to live. I can't go back to that."

"This was your decision, and it will haunt you the rest of your life."

Rumple placed the child in Cora's arms before he dissipated into green smoke.

Cora looked at the child with tears.

She found a basket big enough to hold the child in and placed her in it.

She told everyone she was going for a walk and headed to a forest near their castle.

She put the basket down on the ground and looked at her child.

"I'm sorry Zelina. I just hope that someone will find you."

She kissed her on the forehead before leaving.

Present Day

Location: Storybrooke

Rumple's POV

I held Henry's wrists as I pulled a lever opening the door behind the bookcase.

I led him through the hallway and down numerous flights of stairs, until we came upon a single cell with chains attached to the wall.

I opened the cell and turned Henry around so he was facing me, then shoved him to his knees.

He hadn't been fighting back the past few days.

Shit. I thought.

When was the last time I fed him?

"Henry? When was the last time I fed you?"

"Uh…" He was swaying back and forth.

I fastened the chains unto his wrists.

"Henry!" He bent down and looked into his eyes, which were fluttering and half closed.

"Maybe… A few weeks ago…." Henry's eyes closed and his head dropped.

"No. I'm gonna fix this mess I've made."

I unchained Henry and poofed myself upstairs.

I shoved Henry into my car and drove to the hospital.

Since the darkness had been taken out of my heart, I've been feeling more, like a hero.

We arrived at the hospital, and I grabbed Henry's lightweight body.

I walked inside and saw who I really didn't want to see at the moment.

Emma, her boyfriend, with the outlaw's son sleeping on his lap.

"Gold? Henry!" Emma said running up to us.

She took a look at me then looked down at Henry with motherly eyes of sympathy.

A nurse came with a bed and I laid Henry down in it.

"What happened to him?" The nurse asked.

"He fainted." I said.

The nurse nodded and took Henry to the ER.

"What happened?! You kidnap Henry then show up at the hospital with him and act like you didn't do anything?!" Emma said angrily.

"In my defense, he was my payment in return for magic."

"So you're treating him like a piece of property?!"

"Emma, calm down." Her boyfriend said putting a hand on her shoulder.

The anger boiling within Emma dissipated, and she cooled down.

"Henry fainted, and I'm sure he's going to be fine. Now, I have business to attend to." I said and turned around.

Emma grabbed my arm and turned me around.

"Hey. Don't think this is over."

"I wouldn't dream of it."

I left the hospital, and headed for the forest.

Ruber's POV

I was very happily eating a turkey leg, when a messenger came running to me.

"What is it?" I said.

"Rumplestiltskin, your brother. He's approaching this way."

My face lit up and I threw my turkey leg to the dogs.

"Get the equipment ready."

All my men hustled around getting ready for his arrival.

He strolled through the camp, looking around.

"Hello? Is anyone here?" He yelled.

I signaled one of my men to tackle him, and they fell to the floor together.

I drew my sword out and proceeded cautiously.

Surprisingly, he wasn't fighting back.

I put the sword to his neck.

"I know who you are already, I can see the future."

"Oh? And who am I?"

"My brother."

A/N: Alright I know this is a pretty sucky ending but I got tired. I will try to post soon. Indigo out!