Belle ran through the woods for what seemed like forever. All the trees seemed to be closing in on her as dodged the sharp branches that reached out like claws to grab her and rip her delicate skin. The evil Queen had set her will against Belle's father for his Kingdom and when King Maurice had not relented Regina had killed him with one fatal stroke of her dagger. The Evil Queen had laughed at Belle's attempts to avenge her Papa with a sword she could barley lift. Belle knew this was a fight she could not win, so she fled the castle. She had made a dash for the woods, she was quite familar with them having played in them as a child but something was very wrong, it seemed the Queen had done something to them, they looked very different, in fact everything looked the same, no matter how far she ran, she would come back to the same clearing.

Belle finally stopped, she could run no further and it was getting her no where, darkness was closing in fast and she was obviously lost in some spell, either way she was trapped, she plopped down on a fallen log she had run passed several times and tried to regain her sences.

The forest was luminious and the trees tall and crowded, very little sun light filtered through leaving Belle in shadow. Since almost no light hit the forest floor that meant little or no grass grew, so the ground was hard with very little growth, that meant if she was to spend the night out here there would be nothing to keep her warm. Belle sighed as she rested, trying to formulate a plan for getting herself out of here.

"Having trouble dearie?" A shrill voice caused Belle to jump and spin around in shock at the little man sitting on the same log as she. "Who are you" Belle asked, jumping up from her seat to face the creature before her.

"Why I'm here to help you of course, the name is Rumplestiltskin" he said with an overly magestic bow. "And who might you be my pet?"

"My name is Belle, from Avonlea" Belle gave a slight curtsy to the strange being before her. she had never seen such a person, she had heard tales of the mysterious Rumplestiltskin, a great sorcerer that knew all and saw all. He wasn't as tall as she would have thought, but he looked like he could be quite menacing if need be. He stood before her all dressed in black leather that left nothing to the imagination. His skin was an unusual color, a mixture of green and gold with what appreared to be scales all over, His longish hair hung long around his face that held a gleeful smile like he knew something no one else could have ever geussed.

"You my dear are in the infinate forest" as he said this his whimsical hands did more of the talking than he did as he gestured around them. "No one gets out of here, well, no one except me" he snickered at this like it was his own private joke. Belle didn't see anything funny, she frowned at him. "Well, I will" She said with her chin held high, her determination was quite sweet thought the sorcerer as he sat back down on the log and watched her stomp off, but all too soon she came back around the other side. "What is this place" she said as she stared at him in shock, "How did you get there when I just left you back there" she pointed behind her in amazment.

Rumple could barley surpress a giggle of glee at the confounded look upon the beauty's face as she marched right up to him with no fear. "You are in this with her aren't you" Belle accused, wagging her finger at him. Rumple widened his eyes in his innocence,"Of course not dearie, I'm only here to help ."

"Right" Belle said , as she began to realize her grave situation. "Well, what do you have in mind?" Belle sat on the fallen, rotting log as she began to pull up her skirts to examine the scraps that ran up and down her legs. She was exposing way more of her creamy flesh to Rumple than she should have which was having quite the effect on the man. Rumple almost began drooling as he beheld the display before him, with out a second thought he already knew the price that he would set for this woman to be free of the forest, no question about it, he knew.

"A deal of course" Rumple said sounding just alittle too sinister as the words slid out of his mouth. "A deal, what kind of a deal?" Belle asked, her curisioty peaked. "The kind that benefits us both" he said with a smile.

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so what do you think? Is it worth my time to pursue this story? What do you think the deal is that rum has in store for our Belle, should it be something naughty?