IS IT TRUE LOVE? | Rumpelstiltskin/Mr Gold

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"So what do you think?" he asked as I started myself in one of the mirrors he uncovered for me. My mouth was slightly open as I couldn't believe the person I looked at was really me. I was dressed like a real princess, for once in my life I looked beautiful. My eyes drifted to Rumpelstiltskin who stood behind me with a smirk. When he saw I looked at him, his smirk widened and he stepped closer to my back.

"No man will resist you if you wear that dress, especially the prince." he told me and I turned around, looking at him confused.

"How is an expensive dress going to help me?" I asked him and he chuckled before making his way back to his cabinet of weird shaped little bottles.

"You ask too many questions." he said, the one thing that he keeps repeating to me. "This dress is enchanted. When the prince will see you in this he won't be able to take his eyes from you. He will forget everything and you will be stuck in his head." he explained and really I didn't believe him much. But I was eager to leave his castle, not wanting to spent another moment in here, god knows what he can do to me.

"Fine." I said with a confident tone making him look at me. "We have a deal." I finished and his smirk widened.

"How lovely." he exclaimed and appeared in front of me out of some purple smoke. "Now, give me what's mine." he said, his tone getting serious. I quickly took out of my bag a small leather purse and offered it to him. He took it, opened it and looked inside. When he was sure it was what he expected he closed it again and smiled at me. "Happy doing business with you, miss Rose. I hope the royal life is all you expect it to be." he said and with that, before I could say anything, I appeared in the castle's yard, surrounded with princesses and guards. I looked around and smiled.

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I sat on the couch, watching some TV since I had nothing to do this morning. I kept thinking of what Mr Gold told me, about that woman. The fact that I'm actually a detective made it impossible not to overthink this. He said they told him she was dead. Who is they and does this mean this is a lie and they lied to him, or he suspects it's a lie but he doesn't know if she's alive or not. All these questions filled my head making me dizzy and probably deaf.

''Rose, the door.'' Mary Margaret told me and I came back to reality.

''Sorry, I didn't hear it.'' I apologized as she went to answer. She opened it and we saw Emma standing there with a smile. Mary Margaret quickly told her to come in and go and sit with me on the couch as she makes hot cocoas.

''Sorry to come uninvited, I just need a favor.'' Emma said as soon as Mary Margaret came to join us with our drinks.

''What kind of favor?'' Mary Margaret asked her curious.

''I need you to read the book to the person you go and see at the hospital.'' Emma said and I looked at her confused.

''The John Doe in a coma?'' I asked her.

''You want me to read to a coma patient?'' Mary Margaret asked her.

''Henry thinks it will help him remember who he was.'' Emma explained.

''And who does he think he was?'' I asked.

''Prince Charmirng.'' Emma said and my smile grew.

''And if I'm Snow White...he thinks me and him...'' Mary Margaret said.

''He has a very active imagination, which is the point.'' Emma said and I chuckled, earning a confused glare from the girls.

''He doesn't have active imagination. It's just he knows that Mary Margaret can't find a guy that she likes so it's reasonable he thinks that guy is in a coma. To comfort her.'' I joked and Mary Margaret threw me a look.