Belle Gold (nee French)

Present History: When the curse hit the Enchanted Forest and whisked them away to Storybrooke, Maine; her life was turned a little upside down. She became careless and cold. She felt trapped in her own skin. She had no recollection of who she was, where she had been, or what she had done. A complete blank slate, like someone had wiped her memories and forgotten to put something back. She had simply only been given a name to go by. 'Lacey.' She was just a pawn to one day be of use to Regina and so was never given a complete cursed identity. She had no family, no background. At least, to her own knowledge.



At first, she was locked up in the Storybrooke Asylum, until one day, she was mysteriously released and she wandered. She was soon reuinited with Rumpletiksin, and soon after that, the spell over Storybrooke had broken and her memories and true identiy had returned. Belle and Rumple's rekindling relationship retains it's rockyness through the next severaly years, and they work through many a hardships. However finally, they were able to reconsile, get married, and have a child.


But of course, nothing is ever sane in Storybrooke. Apparenly something has gone awry and she finds herself waking to her child, now 30 year old, in her present time... she was getting really tired of the swiss-cheese memories.


Fairy Tale History: She is the only daughter of Sir Maurice (Moe French). During the Ogre wars that ransacked her township, her mother, Collette, sacrificed herself, while Belle was pulled away by some guards. To help her with her grief, her father gives her a memory potion to make her forget her mother's death, and awakens to find her curiously gone from the her home. Belle was engaged to be married to the arrogant Gaston before a deal was struck with the Dark One, Rumpelstiltskin, in exchange for the safety of their township. She did not even get to see her kin delivered from the path of the ogres before she was whisked away to the Dark Castle. Here, she became Rumple's caretaker and companion, though it wasn't long before she realised she was falling in love with the man who held her captive.



One evening, she was feeling rather home sick, Rumple inquired to her down mood; she explains that she misses her father and wishes she could see him. Rumple allows her to do so via a mirror, which she only has to tell it to show her what she wants to see. She requests to see her father, and finds him falling ill. Rumple decides to let her go. Belle realised in part that he cared for her enough to set her free. In joy, she confesses how she felt for him through True Love’s Kiss. Though he complied initially, the realisation that he would lose his power - and the deep-seated paranoia that no one could ever love him - forced him to push her away. When Rumple cast her out, Belle realised that not only was he too afraid to love her but unable to accept the fact that she loved him too.



She travelled aimlessly afterwards, drifting in and out of taverns before signing up onto a quest to defeat the dreaded Yaoguai. With the help of Mulan, Belle tracked down the fabled monster and neutralised it only to find that it was a cursed prince. After saving Philip from his curse and hearing of his determination to be reunited with his True Love, Belle swore she’d return to Rumpelstiltskin. Instead she was captured by the Evil Queen, Regina.