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Elsa wandered the streets of Storybrooke, electrified with emotions. Her sister had still not been found, Elsa didn't know where to look next. She couldn't even remember anything about what happened before she was put in that jar. She was suddenly released and found herself in this strange little town, Storybrooke. She had taken it upon herself to search for her sister, though she had tried some crazy means to get that done. Her sister was still not found, however.

The people of Storybrooke were kind, for the most part. The Charmings and Captain Swan took her in after some awkward fighting situations, due to Elsas impulsiveness. She really thought she could be happy there... but there as no being happy while Anna was still out there somewhere, probably wondering what had happened to her sister. Elsa sighed, running her fingers through her bangs as she tried to decide where to head next.

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Mr. Gold was trying to change for Belle, but he guessed that he would always be at least partially a villain, and there really was no changing that. He always had to look out for himself, do stuff that some people may find unsavory, yet stuff that needed to be done. Gold didn't think anyone should blame him for wanting to break the hold that his dagger held over him, the fact that it was the one magical object that could control or even kill him. After the events with Zelena, no one would argue that he would be best served getting rid of the dagger once and for all.

But how? He knew of some black, dark magic that could possibly help him with this, but it would require betraying a lot of people first. So for now, instead of following through with that sort of plan, he would try to explore other avenues first. He then spotted Elsa walking about the town and he watched her briefly. She was still clearly very worried about her sister. He wasn't sure how possibly helping Elsa find her sister could possibly help him, but to make an ally with someone as strong as Elsa, couldn't hurt. He approached her, standing in front of her. "Still looking for dear little sister, dearie?" He asked her with a small smile.

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Elsa jumped a little when Mr. Gold was suddenly in front of her. He had guessed her troubling thoughts and hit them right on the nose. She sighed, folding her arms. "I've run out of options, not that you can be of much help," she didn't mean to sound rude. She just felt, truly, that Rumple wouldn't be able to help anymore than they had already tried. Granted, trying to get help from him for things always came with a price and she knew that... and maybe there was a part of him that could help? She wasn't sure.

She sighed, running her fingers through her bangs again, "I just don't even know where to look next. I feel like I'm just wandering around wasting my time. I shouldn't be. I should be using every second I have to get her back."

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He smiled at her. "I assure you, perhaps if you had asked me for help sooner then maybe you would of found her already." Gold replied to her, his lips twisting into a toothy grin. He knew why she didn't come to see him, for one, she probably thought he had something to do with her being locked in the urn, as it was found in his vault after all, and another thing, no doubt Miss Swan and the Charmings warned her to stay clear of The Dark One.

"Strangely enough, I know how you feel dearie." Rumple responded to her when she said that she felt like she was wasting time. That was exactly how Rumple felt every day that he couldn't find Baelfire, that he should be doing something at all times to find him. Perhaps Rumplestiltskin is one of the few people who does truly understand what Elsa was going through. He pulled out a tiny bottle of liquid.

"I doubt your sister is in Storybrooke dearie, but it doesn't hurt to check. Do you have an object that belongs to her?" Rumple asked her, but of course he knew the answer, Elsa had Anna's necklace already. "Pour this on the object, and if she is in this realm, the object would lead you right to her, if not... well we will cross that road when we get to it dearie." He added holding the vial out for her to take.

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Of course Mr. Gold had to be sassy. Elsa had thought about coming to him, but for all the wrong reasons. She hadn't thought about  asking for the best way to find her sister. She cocked an eyebrow at him, folding her arms across her chest, "Are you implying that you indeed have ideas as to how to find my sister, Mr. Gold?" she asked with a cocked eyebrow. If there was one thing Elsa could compete with The Dark One on, it was sass.

Elsa wasn't sure how he knew how she felt, and she wasn't sure she liked him trying to relate to her. But, he didn't seem to be mocking her or lying. There was truth in his eyes. Elsa cocked an eyebrow as he described what the contents of the bottle were supposed to do for her. She bit her lip, trying to decide if she was willing to try it. She took a deep breath and nodded, gently wrapping her fingers around the vial.

"What... how can I repay you, sir?" she asked with respect. She knew that his magic was powerful, and she couldn't disrespect that. Plus, Elsa could often be overly trusting of people who had magic. She felt like that was a strong connection that she couldn't look over. Like they were family, in a way. That was how she got into a lot of trouble, though...

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"There are ways. Ways few people possess, even I have my limitations in these matters. But, yes, I know how to look for her, rather or not we find her depends..." Mr. Gold told her in response, actually admiring her courage to show him some sass right back and not back down from him just because he was the Dark One and she had probably been told to stay away from him. "...Depends on you, and Depends on rather or not she wants to be found." Gold told her smiling as she took the vial from him.

He stood there and shook his head "No" when she asked how she could repay him. "This spell is simple, and I hardly imagine it would work, seeing as I do not believe she is here in Storybrooke. So this cost's you nothing. A gift, of good faith that you would trust me should it not work and we have to try... more desperate measures. However, I must warn you, desperate measures often mean costly." He continued.

"I am secretly working on a spell, it would allow me to see anything or anyone I wish... for a time. I had other designs for the spell, but it would allow us to look in on your sister, if she can be seen from wherever she is. We won't be able to contact her, but we may be able to find some clues of her whereabouts." He wasn't about to tell her what that spell would cost her. He didn't even know what he would want from her, and part of him was sympathizing to much with her, which was the main reason he gave her the locator spell for free in the first place, and he was close to giving her the 2nd spell as well.

"So lets try the locator spell. If it works, then I am just happy to reunite you with your sister. If not, come by my pawnshop later this evening so we can prepare the other spell." He told her.

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"Well, then we should be able to find her in that case, Mr. Gold. Because I will find her and I can assure you that she wants to be found," Elsa spoke confidently, though a small part of her questioned her words. What if Anna was perfectly happy wherever she was? No. There was no way Anna would be happy with losing Elsa. They meant too much to each other... right?

Elsa nodded slowly at his next statement. "I have a feeling that you are right... I don't think she is here." she sighed, leaning her head back to look up in a silent moment of prayer. She did not want to have to resort to desperate measures...  but... "Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. No price is too high for my sister." She said firmly.

When he began explaining this spell that he was working on, Elsa paid attention in full. It sounded... ludicrous, and risky but it just might be worth trying out. She nodded as he suggested that she arrive at the pawn shop later in the evening if the spell didn't work. "I think that would do just fine, sir."

She started at the vile in her hand and blew some air out of the side of her mouth, whisking the hair away form her face. "So, you've used this locator spell before, then?"

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"In that case, we should have no problem then." Gold responded to her, but he knew when a person wasn't as confident as they seemed to be. He could tell that she was doubting her very own words even as she spoke them. Doubt was a powerful factor in a lot of spells, however, her doubt wasn't strong enough to ruin the chances of finding her sister. He smiled as she said that no price was to high for her sister. He had once upon a time felt the same way about Baelfire and his efforts to try and find him.

He nodded as she agreed to meet him in his shop if this initial spell failed as he projected it would. "Very well Dearie." He responded, she then asked if he had used the locator spell before. "Many a times dearie, I am one of the few capable enough to make it. It does come in handy when you are in my field of work." Mr Gold responded to her. He then wondered if she even had the necklace, or was it in fact missing. "You do have something of your sisters, don't ya dearie? I can not provide that bit for you." He told her honestly. She had yet to produce the necklace in question, seeing as she took it from his shop when she arrived here, he knew she had it.

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"I look forward to doing business with you," She said slowly, nodding her head. Hear she was standing in the middle of the sidewalk, making deals with the Devil. She shook her head and found herself chuckling. After a moment she looked back up at him, "I'm sorry Mr. Gold. I've just been warned against doing business with you."

Elsa nodded, feeling much more confident about the fact that he had used the spell before. "I guess a lot of people lost family members when Storybrooke was created," she guessed. It made sense that people would ask for a locator spell more than once. And if the people of Storybrooke were anything like Elsa, they would trade anything for a locator spell.

She nodded at his next question, not sure if she wanted to get into detail. Granted, he probably already knew what she was planning to use. "I do," was her short and simple answer.

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"Yes, I do expect many would warn you against seeking my aid." Gold told her with a small shrug. He already knew that no doubt Emma, Charming, Snow and probably Killian even warned her not to accept help from Rumplestiltskin. They knew that his help often came with a price. They were right of course, he was considered a villain after all, so their warnings weren't entirely un-warranted. "Then why accept it, I wonder, dearie?" Gold asked her curiously. Why would she agree to accepting his help despite peoples warnings? He already knew the answer, she was desperate, and he was her last hope, a prospect that Gold would of taken major advantage of in the past.

He nodded. "They did, and I was all to happy to provide it for them." He responded when she mentioned that a lot of people lost, and found thanks to him, their family members. He helped most of them free of charge, because he knew that it would be better to have most of them forgive him for giving the curse that created Storybrooke to Regina in the first place. "May I see it?" He asked Elsa as she admitted to having something of Anna's.

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Elsa admired the fact that Rumple was good at just cutting to the chase. She didn't like doddling around subjects in order to get information. This respect for his methods, is why she answered his question with honesty. "Because Dark One," she smirked at the name, "I know what it's like to be considered the villain, and even villains deserve chances to do something good," she concluded.

Elsa cocked her head to the side as he admitted to helping people find their families and loved ones, "Well, in that case, why doesn't anyone trust you?" she asked, completely innocent. Elsa preferred to just come out and say what she was thinking, at least since she had started going out in public.

At his request to see Annas necklace, she hesitated. She had taken it from his shop, after all. She waited a moment before nodding and lifting the necklace up in front of him, letting the chain dangle from her fingers.

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"Very well put." Gold replied back, smirking at the fact that she used his nickname. She had a point after all, just because Mr. Gold was a bad guy, didn't mean he always had to be a bad person. Though he was quite amused that she would call herself a villain. "And you are quite mistaken dearie. You have never been a villain. A villain does not have people that care for her, no matter what." Gold replied, though he wasn't gonna tell her that this meant he couldn't be a true villain either, as Belle has always and will always care for him, no matter what he has done.

"Probably cause, if it wasn't for me in the first place, they wouldn't of needed my help to locate their families." Rumple admitted to her. Yes, he helped, free of charge, when people came begging for help finding their son, or their sister, or whatever they needed, but that didn't mean they trusted him. They came to him as a last resort, just as Elsa was doing here today. Finally however she showed him the item he had wanted to see and he looked intently at it. He knew she stole it from his shop, but perhaps it was hers to steal after all, so Gold wasn't to upset about that fact.

"Very well, would you like to use the spell in private, or would you want me to accompany you?" Gold asked her, he wasn't a fool, and he knew the necklace held certain magical properties, the likes that many wouldn't of realized, but he didn't know what it did or was exactly, and he had to wonder if Elsa knew that the only thing she had left of her sister was indeed a magical item? Perhaps not.

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Elsa cocked an eyebrow at him, "I'll have to disagree with you, sir. I think that the villains of the story often have someone who cares about them but they choose to ignore it. Especially before they even become a villain," she shrugged, "luckily, I trusted the person who loved me and never got to that point." The thought of Anna once again sent a sharp pain through her chest.

"Your fault?" Elsa had been here for a little while, but she hadn't heard the entire story about how the whole curse of Storybrooke came to be. Though, she couldn't be surprised that the Dark One had something to do with it. Dark spells kind of came with the territory of his title.

Elsa quickly snapped the necklace back and hid it away, trying not to look suspicious. He didn't call her out on taking it however, which surprised her. "I'll... have to think about that," she said slowly, not sure if she'd want him around when she found Anna.