Things we should have said
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Belle trades one gilded cage for another when she agrees to live at the Dark Castle. Despite everything she’s heard, Belle finds herself drawn to him and he to her. Rumplestiltskin’s rejection of her love leads Belle onto the path of self discovery. Meanwhile Rumplestiltskin is utterly destroyed when he stumbles upon Belle’s diary. True love isn’t what it used to be.
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- Part 1 of Things we should have said
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Alternative ending that takes place after the events of chapter 26 “Things we should have said.”
After battling Rasputin, a critically injured Rumplestiltskin goes to Sherwood Forest to see Belle one last time. Shortly after a heartfelt confession he succumbs to his injuries. After releasing the anger she’d harboured against him for casting her out, Belle’s tears of true love revive him but the price for such magic is that he has no recollection of her.
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- Part 2 of Things we should have said
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Mr. Gold finds comfort in the monotony of his life. As the town pariah, he prefers a solitary existence. Everything changes the night a woman is pulled from the water near his cabin, her survival binding her irrevocably to his fate.
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- Part 3 of Things we should have said
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Takes place after the events of "Lost but not Forgotten" but before "Then there was you".
Based on J.K. Rowling's Mirror of Erised
Rumplestiltskin is consumed by his guilt over losing Belle.
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- Part 4 of Things we should have said