A Curse that can't be Broken

The Clock Tower

Katie opened her eyes and sat up rather quickly. Looking around her living room remembering the last few minutes before she passed out. Rushing to her feet she ran around her apartment in hopes to find the other her. She made her way back into the living room and paused. She stood next to the kitchen counter and started to slowly retrace her steps. She made it to her wall and turned around. She frowned deeply when she noticed her mirror in the corner of the room.

She probably just spooked herself. It wouldn't be the first time. And yet this time was greatly different.

She swore that there was another her in this room.

Katie didn't understand. It felt so real... She looked down at the books on the floor and found that one was missing. She picked up the others and placed them on her coffee table. She looked back to the floor and started to crawl around looking for the missing book. She checked under the couch, under the coffee table, on the counters in the kitchen. She made her way back to the coffee table and counted each book.

She paused, "Where's the sword in the stone?" she questioned to herself.

A day or two had gone by and no sign of Morgana nor the new stranger who attacked Gold. Emma stood in Gold's shop looking about with Killian and her father. Each one slowly yet carefully shifting through the destroyed shop.

Emma felt a bit over whelmed at this point. No clues and no real direction for them to go in. "Anything?" She asked David as she made her way over to him.

David shook his head as he stood up holding some burnt item. He placed it down and looked about.

Emma and David both looked to the main door when someone walked in. "Everything ok?" Emma asked when she spotted Belle.

Belle swallowed and slowly nodded. "I'm just getting a few things before heading back to the hospital." She mustered out.

Emma could tell Belle had been crying day in and day out. Her voice alone was weak and saddened.

"I wont take long." She brushed past them and headed to the back.

Belle stopped half way and spun back around to face Emma, "Did you guys find anything?" she asked with a hint of hope in her words.

Emma shook her head. "But you'll be the first to know when we do." She assured her.

David gave Belle the best smile he could find, "We'll find a way to wake him up." He told her.

Belle nodded feeling her hope walk out the door. She had never seen him like this before. She never really meet anyone that could do something like this to him either. As far as she knew and the others, there was no one who could defeat the Dark One.

Belle was right when she said it wouldn't take her long to gather a few things. To be honest with herself, she didn't really want to leave the hospital in the first place. As she left Gold's shop she stood on the sidewalk and looked about the slow moving town. Her eyes drifted about and then landed on the clock tower where the library was at.

She sighed deeply as she looked over the building. She felt a little surprised when she noticed someone trying to look in the front doors of the library.

As she made her way across the street the figure turned around to reveal that it was none other than Katie. "Katie?" Belle questioned.

"Belle." Katie smiled with a slight chip in her voice.

"I wanted to return these and hoped to pick up the others I wanted from last week." she Told Belle holding out the books. "I stopped by the past few days and saw that the library was closed. Is everything ok?" she asked.