A Rose In Between Thorns

A Change In Plans

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A plan was now place, and the group was now ready to return to the castle with complete confidence that they could defeat Zelena once and for all.

Walking through the palace doors, smiles upon everyone face, their friend Grumpy was the first to come and greeted the travelers. Whom did not share the same happy expression.

"Your highness, how did go? Did you find a way to stop the Wicked Witch?"

Smiling at her husband, she answered her dwarf friend. "We did. We have now to defeat Zelena. We believe it's going to work."

While thrilled to have one thing off the hero's journey had been a success, Grumpy could still not shake the dissatisfying look on his face. Noticing the dwarf's still distraught look, Charming asked, "Grumpy what's the matter?"

"Sorry. While it's great to hear your good news, I'm afraid I have some bad news on my part. Belle," Saying his friends name to get her attention. "Someone's here to see you, and I can't say they're happy."

Right as Grumpy finished his sentence, a loud slam came from behind him. "Belle." It was none other than Sir Maurice, Belle's father. Her traveling companions took a step back to let the man have moment with his daughter.

"Father." The brunette didn't know what to think. Belle wrote to him at the very beginning of her pregnancy telling him he was soon to be a grandfather, and how she and Neal were planning to bring back the dark one. But now he showed up? She held her stomach slight fear, since this was the first time of him seeing her pregnant and she wasn't sure what her father would do.

"So it's true?" He slowly stepped forward to examine her small baby bump. "You are carrying the dark one's spawn?!"

"Baby father. It's a little baby and yes Rumplestiltskin is father. I wrote you months ago though telling you all of this."

"Yeah. So with all due respect sir; why are you showing up now rather then when she first told you she was pregnant?" Tinkerbell spoke up placing a hand on Belle stepping in front of her. She didn't know this man was here now and then, but like Belle she had a very off feeling about it.

"I didn't come because I didn't wanna believe it!" It appeared both ladies were correct. "But clearly I see now it is true. Belle how could you do this to yourself?! You just gave yourself that beast like some common whore! What were you thinking!?

"Alright everybody keep your heads. Maurice there is no need to shout like this. Belle has been through enough as it is. I speak for all of us when I say she is going to make a wonderful mother. And right now needs you more than ever." Snow White stuck up for her friend. As a parent herself she could speak so cruelly to a child Emma, nor would Charming. Even Regina despite the mistakes she made with Henry never spoke to him like that.

"I'm not going to be a be grandfather to a monster. And I'm certainly not going to let anyone be a mother to it either. I'm taking my Belle home and finding a way to free herself of this bastard thing."

As he tried to pull his daughter along, Belle fought against him in screaming protest and the pain of her father's tight grip. She wasn't going to go anywhere with him. They may have failed this time to free Rumple but she wasn't going to quit. Once they defeated Zelena they would find a way. She certainly wasn't going let her father take her and kill her baby.

Breaking up the family squabble, Robin Hood and Prince Charming held the man in place preventing him from taking another step closer as Snow and Tink put there arms around Belle both as a sign of comfort and protection to her and her child.