A world where magic must be hidden from mankind is a world where mages have no reason to exist. Zara was one of them--a young woman forced to spend her days in confinement, to lessen the risks of outsiders discovering the truth. She was not human. She was, as they say, a living embodiment of a thousand year old curse upon the Kingdom and humanity as a whole. And the only way to handle a curse, is to get rid of it--which is precisely what the Kingdom has proceeded in doing for centuries--eliminating any being that contained even an ounce of enchanted blood. Zara's lived most of her life with the threat of death hanging over her head. Though this never averted her heightening curiosity about magic, nor the abilities innate within her. And when a powerful, enigmatic Sorcerer comes to her with a proposition, Zara finally sees her chance to embrace the curse she was born with. It was a chance laced with precarity and destruction, but a chance nonetheless...

"Deleted Scene" in Once Upon a Time's 5A finale of Rumplestiltskin telling Belle French the truth about him taking back his power and becoming the Dark One again. This starts off with the canon scene of Rumple sitting in his shop after taking back his Dark powers from Hook's sacrifice. His mind then wanders off to Belle and how he would never see her again..until he hears the door to his shop open. In comes Belle French, ready to forgive and forget. Rumple thinks what she doesn't know won't hurt her...but is he really going to lie to his true love again? Or finally tell her about his decision to take back dark magic? Originally posted on Tumblr during the hiatus between Season 5A and 5B of Once Upon A Time. This was for all the Rumbelle fans who were upset with the 5A finale. Hope this story makes up for the terrible writing of Once. Enjoy :) Some of the scenes and dialogue are taken from Once Upon A Time S5E11 and belong to the original writers of Once Upon a Time. I do not own any of the dialogue whatsoever.

REVISED 2018 Skinny, awkward, and plain ugly. That's what most people would describe Eva Farrow, a 15 year old girl yearning to be accepted and loved by her family, peers, and most of all: her best friend Vincent Parker. Unfortunately for Eva, Vince has already fallen head over heels for the beautiful brunette, Lissa Fox--who also happens to be Eva's tormentor. After witnessing the boy she loves asking her nemesis to be his date to Ball Night, Eva decides to ditch school and run away. She dashes through the woods near her neighborhood and comes across a small cabin she had never seen before. Inside, is a strange old ghastly woman who agrees to give Eva just what she wants: beauty and love, but for a price. Eva accepts, thinking the lady just wants her money, but she soon realizes exactly what she had bargained for...and it's anything but pretty. For the #JustWriteIt #OnceUponNow writing contest. (2016) Highest rank- #218 in General Fiction. Thank you to everyone who supported me in this contest. And thanks to @Fantasydreams32 for helping me come up with the title :)