Chapter 1 first day

The dark shadowy cloud had cleared and what was once a forest was now a small town called storybrooke. The people of storybrooke were awakening but only a few knew of their past, only a few knew of happily ever after. The evil queen woke up and she walked over to her window and smiled at the people who were walking in the streets knowing she had caused this; she had caused them unhappiness.

The queen had kept her end of the deal and kept Rumpelstiltskin and his family together. Belle was the first to wake. She looked down at the soft purple silk, she wore then remembered. She looked to the right hand side of the bed and there she saw Rumple. He was stroking her back with his fingertips and smiles grew on both their faces. Before either of them could speak, Belle lent down and placed a passionate kiss onto his lips. When they parted, he had to make sure she still had her memories so he said "Belle?"

She smiled and nodded "Rumple, the potion worked".

They kissed again but the next thing they heard was Arya shouting "MAMA, PAPA, UNCLE HATTER".

Both Rumple and Belle jumped out of bed but noticed that Rumple had a limp. Belle asked "Rumple, are you okay?" Rumple could see the concern in her eyes but he just nodded and grabbed the cane that was at the side of the bed. As fast as they could, they made their way to where the noise was coming from.

When Belle and Rumple got to the room they saw Hatter embracing the girls and their smiles grew even more. Eventually, they all embraced each other and went downstairs for breakfast. They each had a set of memories in their heads from this land. As they were eating breakfast, Belle and Hatter kept on exchanging glances at Arya and Rumple noticed. He said "is there something I should know?"

Belle shook her head and whispered "I'll tell you later".

Hatter then said "so I am guessing we have to follow our daily routine that we have in this world".

Rumple nodded and said "yes...we have to act like we don't have our memories".

Grace quietly said "what if Regina comes up to us?" both Arya and Grace were scared.

Rumple said "you have to try and act like you don't know about magic or your past lives".

Arya and Grace still had their necklaces and so did Belle. Arya said "wont these protect us?" she held her necklace for everyone to see.

"I'm sorry Arya they won't. There is no magic in this land, so even if they worked, they would be useless".

Grace placed her hand on Arya's and said "don't worry, Arya. They can still be a symbol of our friendship" everyone smiled.

Arya then turned to her father and said "papa, what do we call each other here?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean here, I am not called Arya I'm called Elena Gold-" Grace interrupted.

"Yes and I'm not called Grace, I'm Paige Gold".

Both the girls stared at Rumple as he said "well here we have different names and we have to learn to call each other by them" everyone nodded as the all knew what their new names were. Rumple went round the table and pointed to each person beginning with Arya and said "you are Elena Gold, you are the daughter of Isabella gold and Richard gold" he then pointed to Grace "you are Paige gold the daughter of Jefferson Gold" he then pointed to Hatter "you are Jefferson gold, my brother in this land. You and I also own a business together". Finally he pointed to Belle "you are Isabella Gold, your maiden name is French and you are the town's librarian".

Grace then said "I'm guessing that I have to call you Uncle Richard now?"

"You can call me that or Uncle Gold".

"I like Uncle Gold best".

"When we are alone, we can call each other by our real names but we have to be careful". Everyone nodded and then they all talked about the memories they have and Rumple told the story of why he needs a cane.

As they were all busy talking Arya said "if we are meant to follow our schedule, shouldn't me and Grace be getting to school?"

Belle looked at the clock on the wall and said "we all have half an hour before we have to be a work or school. Arya, Grace, go and get ready". All the family went upstairs to change and within twenty minuets they were out of the door.

Hatter and Rumple went to the shop while Belle dropped Arya and Grace off at school. When they got to school, outside they saw Snow White talking to some of the children. It took Belle a few moments to find a name for Snow. As they made their way into her sight, she shouted "Izzy, how are you?"

It took Belle a few moments to remember that in this land people called her Izzy. Belle said "I'm fine, just dropping the girls off. What about you?"

"I'm fine" the school bell rung and Mary Margret, who was Snow's alternate name, looked down to the girls and said "come on girls, I'll walk you in". The girls said bye to Belle then went inside.

Belle now had to get to work. Belle had just walked around the streets and ended up at the library. She had been awake for less than two hours and she felt like she knew the town like the back of her hand due to the planted memories. She reached into the bag she had been carrying since she left the house and got the library keys. She opened the door and sat down at her desk. She tried to remember everyone that she knows in storybrooke and their real names. She could remember Snow White who was Mary Margret Blanchard, she could remember Red who she only met once at the council meeting but in this land she was known as Ruby. Ruby and Mary in this land were her closest friends. She knew that after she dropped the girls off at school, she would work till noon then meet Hatter and Rumple at the diner. Then she would go back to work till 5.

The day couldn't of gone fast enough. She had already been to lunch and it was now 3 o'clock and the girls were due to finish school soon.

At the shop the men felt that the day was going slow and they couldn't wait to see the rest of their family. Rumple and Hatter were just having some tea when the door to the shop opened.

Regina stormed into the shop and walked up to the counter where Rumple and Hatter were drinking tea. She said "I'm not happy".

Hatter looked between Rumple and Regina and said "isn't the shrink's office that way?" he pointed out the door.

"I don't want to talk to him, I want to talk to you" she pointed towards Rumple.

"Very well, madam mayor, what do you want to talk about?"

"This town...this isn't the deal we made".

"I'm sorry, I don't know what you talking about".

Regina sighed and said "you don't do you? I was supposed to be happy here".

Hatter said "forgive me but your the mayor, the most powerful woman in town. What is there to be unhappy about?"

"Everyone in this town does exactly what I want them too".

Both men laughed and Rumple said "and that's a problem".

"They do it because they have to, not because they want to...it's not real".

"I'm sorry but what exactly is it you want".

"Nothing you can give me" she looked between the men and said "either of you". She walked out of the shop slamming the door behind her.

Hatter looked at Rumple and said "even after you give her the curse, she still wants more" both men laughed.