9

A nameless guard leads snow white and Prince charming to rumplestiltkins cell in the enchanted forest. He holds up a torch as his knee high boots Trunch in the mud. The torch making moving shadows on the walls. The flame flickering here and there. The walls and the cell bars as dark and sinister as the person held captive behind them.

The guard who had been beside the couple the entire time stopped them a few metres away from the cell to give them some advice. " When we reach the cell, stay out of the light, and whatever you do, do not let him know your name. If he knows your name, he will have power over you."

He then turns to the cell and calls out "Rumplestiltskin.... Rumplestiltskin! I have a question for you.!" he says. The message repeating itself as it bounced off of the cave walls.

Rumplestiltskin laughs and Climbs down from cell bars like a monkey making the two gasp and step back.

"No, you don't. They do. Snow White and Prince "Charming"!" he does his insane little cackle and looks at them. "You insult me." he holds his right hand over his heart and droops his mouth into an ' o ' shape as if shocked and his eyes looking up to the roof as of mortified. He pretends to be offended. " Come into the light, and take off those ridiculous robes. " The couple glance at each other. He arrest knew theirs names and so we not. They do as they are told only to hear a roaring laughter from rumple. "Ah, ha-ha ha... that's much better."

Prince Charming using a series and deep tone steps forward "We've come to ask you about the--"

Rumplestiltskin shushes him with a shake of his hand. That conveyed the same texture as a crocodile. "Yes, yes, I know why you're here! You want to know about the Queen's threat."

Snow White deciding not to let her husband do all the taking speaks up "Tell us what you know." knowing that rumple always had an answer for everything.

Rumplestiltskin mutters "Ohh! Tense, aren't we? Fear not: for I can ease your mind! But. It's gonna cost you something in return." he says honking up his index finger besides his head as he looks at the couple with his piercing green eyes. Only a few shades brighter than his skin.

Prince Charming was keen to leave as he knew no good could come of this visit. "No. This is a waste of time."

Snow continues "What do you want?" she however was very keen to stay and much needed this visit to help ease her mind.

Rumplestiltskin looks around the cell as if something and his eyes land on her stomach. She shrugs and moves his hands around his body in a careless manner as if showing his expression. "Oh... the name of your unborn child?" he asks. Rumples voice saying the last part of the question on a high tone of voice.

Prince Charming bellowed and places a hand on his sword. "Absolutely not!"

Snow White grunted and was in her own little world and conversation with rumple. Tuning out her husbands furious voice as if it was clear and loud music playing and becoming a Background noise. "Deal! What do you know?"

Rumplestiltskin smiles glady and says these next few sentences with pride. "Ah. The Queen has created a powerful curse. And it's coming. Soon you'll all be in a prison, just like me, only worse! Your prison--all of our prisons-will be time. And time will stop. And we will be trapped, someplace horrible, where everything we hold dear, everything we love will be ripped from us while we suffer for all eternity, while the Queen celebrates, victorious at last! ...No more happy endings."

Snow White feared the worst and she had been right to do so. The Queen really had meant what she had said that day. She looked at rumple "What can we do?"

Rumplestiltskin laughs amd sighs as if the answer was obvious "We can't do anything!"

Snow White tilts her head at him glad that her husband had quietened down for now. "Who can?" she asks desperate. She would do anything.

Rumplestiltskin Reaches hand beyond bars and points to snows stomach. His hand only centimetres away from touching the royal. "That little thing. Growing inside your belly."

Prince Charming growls and moves forward quickly he Draws sword and slaps Rumplestiltskin's hand with it carefully. Rumple whimpers and pulls his hand back down by his side "Next time, I cut it off." charming says clearly to the prisoner.

Rumplestiltskin looks to Prince Charming "Tk, tk, tk, tk, tk. The infant is our only hope." he then looks to Snow White. "Get the child to safety. Get the child to safety and on its..." he closes his eyes in concentration"...twenty-eighthbirthday, the child will return. The child will find you-and the final battle will begin!" for the second time that night rumple does his little laugh that many people find is his way of encouraging people.

Prince Charming sheathed his sword " I've Heard enough. We're leaving. " he grabs snow whites arm gently amd takes her away.

Rumplestiltskin whoops and cackles With a deranged scream "Hey! No! We made a deal! I want her name! We had a deal-I. Need. Her. Name! I want her name!" he says. Grabbing the bars and trying to shake them, slamming his body against the bars.

Prince Charming keeps walking without turning back "Her? It's a boy."

Rumplestiltskin shakes his head madly. All his body actions becoming fanatic now and his speech. He smiles even though he was going crazy at the thought of someone breaking another deal with him. " Missy, missy-you know I'm right. Tell me. What's her name?"

Snow White pulls away from David and faces rumple "Emma. Her name is Emma."

Rumplestiltskin nods greatful that one of the charmings had sense to do what was right. " Emma." he whispers over and over again