Hello, this is my first fic on OUAT and I have to say that in here, Belle is actually dead, killed by the Evil Queen. This is after Belle and before Cinderella and in Storybrooke is before Emma came to town. I own nothing but my OC and some parts of the plot. Have fun reading and don't forget to review :*

The village was silent, the night thick around it, imprisoning it in complete darkness. Suddenly, a tremendous growl came from inside the woods, a sound that could freeze even the most courageous of men, a howl of death and illness, a curse that hit the small town every night. Trees were falling and the ground was shaking from the force of this being, a terrible monster, a beast that could not be stopped by any force other than magic. As it flew over the village, fire was spitting out of its mouth, burning everything in sight. The villagers ran and screamed, cowering in the cellars of their home. All the villagers were out of sight and safe, except two of them, the young girls of the village, Arina and her older sister, Abigail. They were just returning home from the woods, where they picked up some mushrooms and Arina hunted some pheasants for dinner, when the dragon came out of its hiding.

"Abigail, hurry, we have to hide. The dragon is out again, we have to get home!" Arina said as she started to run towards the village only to be grabbed by Abigail.

"We can't sister, we would never make it, the dragon will see us. We would be dead before we would enter the village. We have to hide in the caves and return home in the morning." Abigail said as she pulled Arina towards the caves.

As the two girls were heading towards the mountains to hide in the caves, the villagers were having a different kind of discussion with a very powerful and cunning person, the Dark One, also known as Rumpelstiltskin. The village council decided that they had enough of this fowl creature destroying the crops and houses, ruining lives and killing more people than any plague, so as a last resort, they agreed to call the powerful imp for help.

"Rumpelstiltskin, I summon thee, I have a deal to make." The chief of the council said and soon enough with a poof of purple smoke, the creature showed his face.

"A deal you say? What could that be? Maybe get rid of a tiny pest or a plague; maybe find your twoo wuv?" The imp said giggling, his eyes searching the man's soul.

"I wish to make a deal...I want you to get rid of the dragon that is hunting and slaying my people every night. Can you do that, Rumpelstiltskin?"

"If I can do that?" he asked laughing "I can certainly do. The question is, what can you give me?"

"Anything, I will give you anything. Gold, jewels, cattle, anything." The desperate man said preparing himself for what the imp might ask of him.

"Anything, you say? Alright, I want, what I want is the youngest girl of the village, delivered to me, tomorrow, before sunset. Then, I will give you the secret to defeating the dragon. Do we have a deal?" Rumpelstiltskin giggled and laughed as he saw the pained and frightened face of the man in front of him.

"My daughter?! You want my daughter? Arina, my youngest one, or the village, is that the choice I have to make?" The man asked with tears in his eyes.

"Yes! Now do we or do we not have a deal?"

"We do, we do..."

"Sign right here, chief and your daughter will be mine and the village safe." As the man signed, the imp was almost bouncing in a fit of giggles.

The next day, after the dragon returned to its layer, the two girls arrived home after spending the night in a cave. When they entered, they saw their father lying on a chair, his face in his palms, looking like death itself. When the sisters saw him like this, they ran to him, kneeling next to him and trying to find out what made him so desperate looking.

"What is it, father? What happened that made you so upset?" Arina asked taking her father's hand into hers as Abigail took the other.

"Oh, my dear, I made a deal, an awful deal with the devil himself. I summoned Rumpelstiltskin last night and what he asked of me in exchange of the dragons death, I don't think I have the heart to give. He asked for my youngest daughter, that is you Arina. The deal is done, I have to give you to him today, before nightfall and he will tell me how to kill the beast." The man said, his voice breaking and tears streaming down his face.

"Then I shall go. If the deal it's done then I should pack my belongings before he comes for me." Arina said, the news seeming unreal to her.

"NO! I cannot let you go with him, Arina! Can't you give him something else?!" Abigail said tears streaming down her face as she held her sister in a tight hug.

"That is what he wants, Abi. He will not settle for anything else and I do not want the blood of my father's people to be on my hands." Arina said hugging her sister.

When the sun started to set, he came for her, a smile plastered on his golden-green skin.

He approached her, his face in front of her, his nose almost touching hers. Arina was frightened, almost terrified by the creature in front of her, while Abigail was disgusted and wanted to rip the being apart with just her glare.

"Well, are you ready to go, dearie?" the imp asked tilting his head to the side and giggling almost madly.

"Yes, I am. I just have one question, when I go with you, what will you do to me?" Arina asked as she looked down to the ground, the man in front of her making her feel inferior to him.

"Well, you will be my slave, so I will do anything I want to you!" He said smirking at her, the innuendo clearly heard.

"Why you despicable monster, if you touch just one hair on her head..." Abigail started but was stopped by her father who looked empty, almost vacant.

"The deal was made, my darling daughter, there is nothing that can be done."

"I am ready to go then, master!" Arina said, her voice almost dripping venom when she said master.

She was so scared of how her new life would be, of what he will do to her and even if he was such an awful creature , she found him interesting and quite intelligent. Maybe, just maybe, her new life won't be that bad.

So this is the first chapter, I will try and post daily until the 1st of October when I will start posting once a week. I love reviews so please don't be shy, just don't flame me, I write for the love of writing and if you don't like it you can tell it in a nice way.