NOTES:
Due to dyslexia I stopped writing 4 years ago, now I don't care XD I love telling stories so if you are going to leave mean comments about me miss spelling words, go ahead I wont care :) 3

Chapter one; It was enchanting to meet you

Belle is walking down the stone corridor; it looked more like a cave to her with the round shape of the walls and ceiling. Torches placed on the walls lit her way, the yellow light flickering around her as she moves deeper down, she could feel it getting colder and she was happy she didn't forget her cloak. The Queen had given her the rights to see her husband before the curse came over them, she was holding on the parchment that she had signed to show the guards watching him like it was a lifeline, like if she dropped it she would fall in to the abyss to spend eternity alone fighting to get out to see a single ray of light. She continues to walk; it feels like she had been walking for hours though if she turned around she was sure she could still see the door leading in to the dungeons, it had been a thick wooden door, painted black and it took two men to open it. Suddenly she can see the guards, they move towards her as they spot her in the dark corridor, her mind is spinning, their golden armors frighten her as they raise their swords against her;

"My lady you may not-"

"I may, and I will" she said handing over her parchment to them, they read it and then look up and move aside, she looks down the long corridor, it's like she can feel him, waiting down there for her, for them.

"You should go home, the curse will be here soon" she walks past them almost ready to pray that they would follow her advice, everyone deserves to be with their loved once tonight, even the dark one and his wife. She spots his cadge, it was a big cell with bars that look like giant bones stretching from the floor to the ceiling,she knows her is dangerous but how can they just put him in a wicked cadge like that and she could feel the strong magic casted over it. She walked faster towards him, she wanted to see him, to touch him and have him kiss her skin softly.

"Well hello dearie" his voice rings out as she gets close, placing her hand on the bars and looks in, she can't even see the end of the cell it's so dark in there. She moves slowly closer, even if they were married she knew to be cautious around him.

"Love?" she asks, and then he comes out in to the weak light from the torches, he looks the same, his green gold skin, big dark eyes and his curly hair. He was wearing the same cloths as he had the day they captured him, the day she had been left alone. His hand reaches out between the bars and touches her belly, smiling wickedly as he does.

"It's a boy"

"You have been wrong before" she smiles, placing her hand over his just so she can keep his hand there to comfort both her and the child resting inside.

"Ah yes, but this time I am not" she smirks up at her, placing his other hand by her cheek;"You took your time" She smiles and fights back the tears, she had promised not to cry at this point and not even she would break a deal with the dark one.

"It was hard to get Snow to trust me, after all I am the wicked witch who was corrupted to birth the dark once children" he snorts and lets out a wicked giggle;

"You corrupted me love" he whispers and places a kiss on her skin, avoiding her lips as they both knew what would happen.

"We don't have long, I have done everything you asked, Rose is safe at home, she will sleep through the curse like you instructed" she feels the tears wanting to come more and more, the thought of her own child sleeping for twenty eight years was killing her, but she trusted her husband.

"Good, I am sorry I had to ask this of you" his voice is changed; it's his calm voice that he spoke in only to her, to his wife. She leans her face against his hand, his fingers stroking over her cheek as he watches her.

"I don't know what to say…"she whispers, closing her eyes as she continues to rest her head against his hand, she wanted to hold him but the Queen would not let her inside the cadge.

"Then don't speak, just let me watch you now, when I remember you" he strokes her belly, making their child kick, he jumps as he feels it and looks down;"Oh?" he says sounding surprised, she opens her eyes and smiles at him.

"He misses you" she giggles as he places both of his hands on her big belly;"It's almost time now" she continues as she watches him, he looks so fascinated, almost as if it was his first child.

"He will be strong" he says after a moment, letting go of her and looks back up at her;"Like his mother" his smile is wicked and she can't help but to giggle again, this was the man she loved, the man who could make her smile and laugh when a dark curse to end all happy ever after was knocking on their door.

"I love you" she whispers, almost afraid to say the words, it seemed so final to say them like this, with her tears not far away.

"It's not goodbye love" he whispers back, their heads are now resting against each other. Belles eyes are closed, she is just standing there breathing slowly as she tries to fight the urge to cry. She decides that the deal she made about not crying here was the worse one she had ever made; her body is shaking as she holds back the tears with all her power.

"It's almost time" he whispers his hand reaching outside the bars to strokes her hair;"Keep your eyes closed, until you can't feel me anymore" his words almost break her, but she is strong and she had promised not to let the tears fall. His hand keeps stroking and his forehead is still pressed against hers, their life would change forever in a matter of minutes. She moves her arms inside of the cadge and finds his other hands, holding it tightly as she takes a deep breath.

"I'll see you soon love" his words are nothing but a soft whisper, and then she can't feel him anymore, he is gone, or maybe she is the one who is gone? She is pulled away, swallowed by the darkness.

Five years earlier

The sound of war, or was it a storm that thundered outside it had become hard to tell the difference. Inside of Belle's room the sounds sounded the same, ogres fighting or lightning striking, it was all the same in her ears. She was laying on her bed, face down in the pillow trying to block the sounds of the world, she was so sick of it hearing her people dying in hundreds, thousands every day. Her father sent out more soldiers in to a war they all knew they could not win, a pointless effort that only took more lives. Her dreams have hunted her lately, memories from her childhood when she was told about the man who could make anything happen, for a price. Rumpelstiltskin, a name the parents would use to scare children at night so they would behave, lately he had been on her mind and moved in to her dreams. He looked different each time though, sometimes just a very old man who used a cane to move around and other times he was a twisted monster with claws and fangs. She had heard stories of him for so many years that he started to feel unreal and yet, she knew he was very much real. The idea had been lurking in her mind for a while but she had never spoken out about it, until tonight. Her father had told her that he would rather see his kingdom fall then ask the Dark One for help, Gaston had ignored her as well. So now she was here, on her bed, thinking about how her kingdom would soon burn and how she would go down in the flames with it. What would she be ready to pay? That was the question; many stories involved him wanting a child, could she do that? Give him her firstborn child to save the kingdom? She didn't know what to think, it was her responsibility to keep the kingdom safe and yet here she is, not doing anything.

"I can't stay here and do nothing" she whispers in to her pillow, feeling like she was going to burst at any moment.

"Then make a deal dearie!" the voice is high pitched and makes her jump, she spins around and finds a man sitting in the chair by her window, he is dressed in fancy clothing most of it is in leather, high collars and strange patterns. The more Belle watches him the less of a normal man he looks like, his skin is dark and greenish, traces of gold covering his face and the small parts of his neck she could see.

"W-who are you?" she asks, moving out of the bed moving along the wall to keep her distant. He gives her a wicked smile and stands up watching her;"I am your savior, knight in shining armor!" he squeals and makes a quick hand movement that makes Belle twitch as if he had launched to attack her.

"Don't worry dearie, if I was here to harm you believe me you would know" he stands up, his voice changed, got a bit darker as if he was almost angry with her for being cautious. Belle watches him move over to her bed, stroking the bed post and then turning quickly towards her.

"I am here to suggest a deal!" his squealing voice has returned and he makes another fast but yet graceful movement and grins at her, she tilts her head and watches him as she moves towards the other wall to create more distance between them.

"I would like to know who I am making this deal with" she says, she has a good idea of who he is but she keeps her guard up and stays away from him as he moves again.

"Ah well I have many names, the Spinner" his voice turns dramatic and make a small jump towards her and she then realizes she is trapped in a corner of her room;" The Dark one! Rumpelstiltskin!" he bows for her as he says his name, Belle watches him, taking in more of his looks. He has a rather big nose but it suites his face, his eyes are big and look twisted and his hair is curly and about shoulder length. He takes a few more steps closer to her and takes her hand in his, his nails a long and sharp looking, the strange gray color made them look like claws.

"And you are Lady Belle" he says and kisses her hand, his lips feel dry and she can't understand why but his light kiss makes her blush, she keeps looking at him as he smirks up at her;"now back to the deal!" he jumps up and spins around and walks away from her and spins around in a dramatic way.

"You my dear, will leave this castle with me tonight, in return I will save your people" she watches him as he turns to look out the window, almost as if he was suddenly avoiding her gaze.

"You will come with me, live at my castle, share my bed" he says rather quickly and Belle freezes up, watching him as he turns to her again;"I am in the need of a child" he says, he is so straight forward that it sounds like he is stating what the weather is like.

"A child?" she asks watching him, he is no longer grinning at her, more like he is gazing at her with a slight plea in his eyes. She watches him as he moves around, his fingers twitching and it now looks like he is studying the painting hung on her walls.

"Why do you need a child?" she asks, it looks like it was not what he expected to hear, he looks surprised and then he grins at her as if he is enjoying himself.

"My business" he says pointing at himself with his sharp nails and grins and Belle shakes her head at him.

"No, if I am going to carry you no our child I need to know why" she surprises herself how she manages to sound so, confident; she is facing the Dark One, the most powerful man in the world. To her luck he seems to continue to enjoy her strange reactions to him.

"I will not harm it, do you need to know more?" he grins at her again, she moves away towards the window and looks out, there is a fire in the distance, was that what he had been watching? He moves over to her and points outside;"in a matter of hours, everyone will be safe" he looks at her, still grinning;"just take my hand, and accept my deal" she watches his hand and then looks up at his face again.

"I need to be sure that I will not be harmed…"she begins and he makes a strange laugh and a puff of purple smoke appears and makes her jump back away from him. He is holding a pieces of parchment and he hands it over to her, she takes it and looks at it and then back at him with a questioning look.

"It's a contract" he explains, sounding almost like he is talking to a child, she looks down and scrolls it up and starts to read. The title is very off putting; Breeding contract she looks up at him after reading it but he is no longer watching her, instead he is over by her bookshelf and looking over her books, he seems to be almost a bit like a child himself unable to stay still and wait, for someone who is immortal he is rather impatient. She looks back down and reads the first part of the contract;

You will not be harmed in any way, you will have basic comforts and your life will be protected. You will never go hungry or thirsty or be humiliated.

She nods to herself, that looks all good and well she looks over at him again, he is still watching her books, his long claw looking nails poking the back of one of her books. For a moment she wants to scold him for touching that one with the tip of his sharp nails but she doesn't, maybe she would be pushing it if she started to scold the Dark One. She looks back down to start reading the next part of the contract;

After the child is born, you will stay as a mother to the child; never do abandon the child for any reason apart from death. You will be good and soft mother to the child, never using hitting as neither punishment nor neglect the child.

Of course she wouldn't! She would never neglect a child no matter what, and she would be the mother to the child, no need to write down that she will stay and be one it's only natural for her that she would stay with them. She looks over at him again; he is now poking the bed post and watching the carvings in it once again, letting his finger move along the carvings. As she watches him she gets the feeling that this is hard on him, waiting for her answer like this.

You may never lay with another man or woman again.

Short and simple and yet makes Belle blush like a moron, she doesn't look up at him this time and just reads the line over and over again, to make sure it's real. She shakes her head softly and continues to read;

You will keep me updated on your bleeding periods, during this time I will not lay with you, I have no wish to give you discomfort. Though you must not lie to me on this part or use it to deny me for other reasons.

She was happy with this, Belle had never shared a bed with a man before but she was sure that doing it while she was bleeding would not be something she would like. So this meant that she had to tell him when her bleeding begins and stops, she could do that she has to tell her chamber lady that anyway so it didn't seem to be anything strange to her.

I will never do anything that will harm you, but you may never deny me unless it's during a bleeding period or are sick. If you are you must still share my bed, this will not change unless I say otherwise.

She looks after him again and sees him now sitting in the chair again, she realizes that she had never heard him walk around; he moved quiet like a cat and she moves so she can lean her back against the wall. She knows it's unladylike but so is everything she has so far read on this contract so she doubts that he is looking for a fair lady.

You may not leave the castle without my consent, this is for your own safety, I have many enemies and they could go after you to make a point to me.

She sits down on the bed as she reads it; would going with him put her in danger? Though one part of the contract was that he would keep her safe, so as long as she did as he said she would be safe? There was only one last part left written on the parchment, and it was the most confusing yet.

You may not remove anything covering a mirror

"My lord, why may I not remove anything covering a mirror?" she asks looking over towards the chair, but he is not there, she turns her head and finds him standing next to her, she jumps up and moves away from the bed.

"Let's just say that mirrors can be dangerous" he says, his voice a bit lower than it had been before, she watches him move away from the bed keeping his distance.

"So if I do this" she says nodding towards the contract;"you will keep my family safe?" he gives her a low bow.

"You have my word" she looks at him and then the contract she has to do it; she has a way to save everyone, to be a hero.

"Then you have mine, I will go with you" he looks up and makes a small jump off happiness and squeals as he watches her.

"Deal!" his squealing laugh rings out through the room and he moves quickly over towards the door;"pack one back dearie, then meet me with your father in one hour" and then he is gone, leaving Belle to stand in the center of her room staring at the spot he had just been standing at.

What have I done?