Epilogue

A/AN: Well we've finally made it to the end! Please enjoy the epilogue loves! Please send me your requests for my companion fic! :D

Nine Months Later…

"The courier just delivered letters from Avonlea my dear Belle." Rumplestiltskin informed her. He entered their bedchamber with letters in hand. He gave them to Belle who took them anxiously. One was from Johanna and the other was from Regina and Daniel.

Belle opened Johanna's letter first smiling brightly once she finished reading it. "What does it say?" he inquired curiously to his wife.

"Johanna is finally going to come visit next month, and she's bringing some of my mother's jewelry with her that we thought was lost. She found it hidden in Cora's old chamber one day while she was cleaning it." Belle informed him.

"It will be nice for you to have some of your mother's former possessions, and I know Mrs. Potts looks forward to Johanna's visit. They'll have loads to talk about." he chortled as she tore open the next letter.

"Regina says things in Avonlea are fairing well. They are building more housing for the peasants with the fortune Cora hoarded from the taxes she collected. It's good to hear my people are doing so well in such capable hands." Belle sighed, with a bit of homesickness lingering in her voice.

Rumplestiltskin caught on to it immediately, taking her hand in his, squeezing it tightly, "Do you miss your home Belle-of-mine?"

"Of course I miss Avonlea, but Regina and Daniel are handling things quite well. I'm not concerned at all when it comes to the betterment of my people. Besides my home is here in Albannach with you and Bae." she assured him, squeezing back in affirmation.

"I'm so glad you could find a home here with us." he smiled kissing her knuckles lightly.

"Yes I'm glad we could." she grinned causing him to raise a brow, "What do you mean 'we'?" he inquired pulling away slightly, giving her a skeptical look.

"We're going to have a baby." she smiled cheekily. He blinked in disbelief, letting her words sink in. He picked her twirling her around joyously, eliciting a girlish giggle from her lips.

"I'm going to be a papa again!" he exclaimed, laughing along with her.

"We should tell Bae…" Belle suggested after coming down from their emotional high.

"We will tell him once he returns from jousting lessons. I don't want him to poke Sir. Rupert's eye out." he advised while she laughed along with him.

"Yes we wouldn't want that now would we?" she smiled interlacing her finger's through her beloved's. They walked towards the balcony, their hearts full as they looked over their kingdom, reminiscing of how much had changed in just a year. They both had lost much but gained true love in the process and that made up for every loss they'd encountered.

Rumplestilskin and Belle ruled together for many years, and they lived a very fulfilling life. They had more children and watched Balefire become a renowned knight. Their kingdom became stronger than any in the entire realm because they ruled peacefully and lovingly with everyone. Belle had turned a bitter king's heart back into gold and secured the love her mother always wanted her to find. Together they were beautiful, brave, and true, and they both lived happily ever after.

The End