Ella Stiltskin-Winter (1st book)

Rescued

Rumple

It was finally Midnight and Red and Ella were already awake. "You ready?" Ella asked, me. "Of course." I said.

So then, I poof us outside of her castle. "Father, we needed a plan first." Ella said quietly. "Ella it's fine. Red could you maybe scare those guards way? And I got magically poof Ella and I inside?" I ask. "Sure." She said. She took off her Red cloak and turned into a wolf. She then ran at the guards, and started to attack. I held Ella's hand and we proofed, into her dungeon. She only had one floor, for a dungeon so it should be quite easy to find Belle.

Ella was keeping watch when I walked down the hallway, most of the dungeons were empty, except for the one at the very end. My Belle, was sitting there in a white, hospital gown, her brown hair was all tangled and, she was all cradled up into a ball.

As I got there I opened the cage, with my hand. She finally looked up at me with her beautiful ocean blue eyes. "Belle." I sighed. She did not stand up, she just sat there starting at me, for the longest time. I slowly walked over to her, and wrapped my arms around her. "Belle." I whisper in her ears. "It's me." I say. "Your safe." I say.

She then traced her hand on my cheek. Then she nuzzled into my chest. "I thought I was hallucinating." She said: "No, your not. I'm real, and I'm here. Let's get you home." I proofed us back home, including Ella and Red.

My arms were still around her back and her head was still resting on my chest. I started to rub her back slowly. She broke apart from me. And walked over to Ella and Red, "Thank you. So much, the both of you, really. Thank you." She said while giving the both of them a hug. I smiled.

Ella and Red both nodded. She made her way back over to me, and I brought her upstairs, to my bedroom. We both sat, and the edge of my bed. "So it's true? You love me?" She asks. I look at her and smile. "Of course, I love you Belle. It's just, I was afraid of getting hurt again. Everyone who had ever loved me, had either left me, or died. I just, couldn't loose you Belle. I thought letting you go, was the best choice, I clearly don't deserve you." I said. "Rumple," she cupped my cheeks with her hands and my face turned towards her, our foreheads were almost touching. "You do deserve me. Everything you have been through, you've been through a lot of pain, which one man should never have to go through." I sighed and looked at her with cold and sad eyes.

"Hey, I'll never leave your side. I promise." She said. She then traced her hands all the way from my face down to my waist. She looked at me with her ocean blue eyes.

I closed. I closed my eyes and laid down on the bed, she did the same. I covered my arm around her waist, and she continued to look at the ceiling. "I love you." I sighed, "I love you too, dearie."

Ella

I sighed in thinking my father was finally happy for once. Red, shared a glance with me, I knew it was time for her to go. "I'll see you again soon, Red. Tell Granny, we saved our friend and to tell her I said hello." I said. "Will do." Red replied. We both hugged and then she left. In a few more days, my sixteenth birthday, I wonder if my father remembers? My mother? Eh, just forget about it. It's not like anyone actually cares, you don't have a prince and shining armor to save you from your father's grasp. It's just a remembrance of the day, Milah got held captive and my father was tricked. I know my father loves me to death, but, I need someone to hold on to forever, and to know that, that person, loves me for who I am.

Then, the earth started to rumble and I saw, purple smoke covering the sky, The Dark Curse, is here. The Evil Queen, defeated us.