Children of The Dark One: Rumbelle

Blaze

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Belle sat on the edge and cried. Rumple had just walked in after finally getting the kids asleep.

He walked over to her and re-adjusted her so she was laying down. Her sobbing slowed, but didn't stop. He tucked her in. The lay down on his own side. "I love you Belle. We can do this."

She soon fell asleep, but he did not. His dreams where filled with nightmares. Nightmares of a child. A dark child. How could he be so careless to have another child as the Dark One, let alone multiple.

Then he began to pray aloud, "God, please help me. Belle needs me and so do Blaze and Hazel. Please help me." He began to cry.

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The next morning Rumple woke to the sound of a scream come from down the hall. His eyes darted open and his hand shot out searching for Belle. Nothing.

He got up and ran down the hall. The door to the nursery was open. He began to panic as he approached the door.

Inside Belle stood with her Bach against the wall pointing at Blaze's crib. Rumple cautiously approached the crib, but when he look in all he saw was Blaze. No baby dragon, no missing baby, just Blaze smiling up at his father.

"What is it dear?" He questioned Belle.

She walked up behind him and pointed at Blaze's little stomach. There was a spot, some kind of rash maybe?

"It, it looks like Dark One skin." Belle muttered.

Rumple waved his hand over it, but nothing. "Belle, dear don't worry. Just keep an eye on it. Okay?"

Bell shook her head yes.

"Make sure no one sees this though. It may scare someone who doesn't understand it." Rumple said sadly as he remembered all the times he had been judged when he had skin like this.
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The spot grew bigger and bigger until they couldn't cover it any longer. They kept him inside. Soon people became suspicious.

Rumple walked into Granny's dinner and walked past where Emma was sitting. As he walked past he grabbed her sleeve and pulled her along behind him. They walked into the hall in the back of the restaurant.

"What do you want Gold?" Emma asked obviously not impressed.

"Blaze is developing," he fumbled his hands around trying to figure out what to say, "a skin condition."

"Like" Emma started.

"Yes." He cut her off. "He is in perfect health, but I don't know how people will react to the situation miss Swan."

"Really Gold? You have never really been the type to care what others think."

She was right. He was done be cowardly.

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Rumple sat in his shop with his son. He was going to let anyone who walked in see the boy. It was time they saw anyway.

Then he heard the bell. He walked out the the Blaze in his arms. "Hello?" There wasn't anyone there.

"Hi." A little voice rand in the small show.

Rumple soon noticed a young boy, probably four or so, standing in his shop on the other side of the counter.

He walked around to see the boy. "Hello. Where is you mother?" He said as he crouched down next to the child.