@Keb wrote:
Wonder if Gold will hear how Neal left and his undoing will be that he tells Regina and Emma to take Henry and Belle somewhere safe and try to find his son and -he- will deal with the silly rock. He hasn’t exactly been willing to sacrifice himself for anything since he became the Dark One, so that would be a pretty powerful thing for him to do.
But my money’s on Emma saving the day with her magic instead.
My money is on Emma as well, but you bring up a good point. I think for Belle to come back, Lacey is going to have to witness a moment of pure sacrifice on Rumple’s part. Giving her up and giving up his chance to change the prophecy might do that, or at least trigger Belle. Then Rumple can do what Slurpeez suggests and heals Chip and asks her to drink from the well.