When Rumplestiltskin acquires Belle as a maid, he brings her back to the Dark Castle where he begins running down a list of chores she will tend to during her stay. As he does this, the beauty pours him a cup of tea, but she is startled by the Dark One when he jokingly tells that she will skin the children he hunts. Because of this, she drops the cup, chipping it, and though Belle is initially afraid of how Rumple will react, the Dark One brushes it off as it's "just a cup". Rumple starts to fall in love with Belle over time, but is unable to believe she'd feel the same way. He pushes her away, locking her in the castle dungeons, and in a fit of rage, he smashes his tea set against the wall... all but the cup Belle chipped. He eventually kicks the maid out, but some time later he is visite