Saw it today. Pretty good, particularly at avoiding the "oh good lord that would be too obvious" pitfalls.

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IN STORYBROOKE:

"Who’re you?" Emma asked the woman who was questioning the possible witnesses Emma hadn’t gotten to yet.
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**MEANWHILE:

"Wake, girl."

Belle opened her eyes once more. This time, she was in a grotto.
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IN STORYBROOKE:

“Can’t be an accident,” Gwen said.

“Has to be,” Ruby said. “He was waking up. People stretch when they’re waking up.”
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Belle stopped for breath, leaning against a tree trunk. The sun was behind her now, casting the trees’ shadows ahead of her. But where is mine? Belle thought with a start.
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IN ENCHANTED:

“What do you know of snarks?” Snark asked Belle.
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“It’s strange you never realized it,” Gold said to Henry and Mary Margaret. “You must have read that book how many times while it was in your possession? Did you never notice that Prince Charming’s mother says ‘True love follows the ring - I had it with your father, and then with you.’ And you were right, that true love can break the curse ( Read more... )

START OF PART TWO

"I don’t go with *any* wines!" Belle exclaimed as they crossed from the rocks and breakers into a field of roses and pine saplings. "I’m a human being!"
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IN ENCHANTED:

By now it was raining.
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IN ENCHANTED:

They had not been walking together when they encountered the Seven Swan Sisters. “We came to see if you needed our help again, and instead, you bring us gifts, Belle,” one sister said.

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