Disclaimer: Once Upon a Time does not belong to me! All characters and references to the show belong to ABC and Channel 5

This urban legend doesn't belong to me either. Thank God.

Urban Legends-Fairytale Style

For my first chapter of this fic, I figured I'd go for what is definitely the most well known urban legend out there...

The Calls Coming From Inside The House!

Settling back on the worn couch of the sitting room, Ruby Lucas picked up the T.V remote and switched on the device, preparing herself for the long night ahead. A couple of hours ago, Michal Tillman had called her and asked her if she could babysit Ava and Nicholas, apparently, someone's car had broken down just outside of Storybrooke, meaning that he'd had to go and tow them to his garage. He could take a while.

Ruby had been reluctant at first, as she didn't really know how to babysit kids, but once Mr Tillman had offered her $20 for her services, she had quickly accepted the task.

And now, here she was, mindlessly watching TV on a Saturday night, while other people her age were out there partying, drinking, dancing-

Ring ring! Ring ring!

Ruby jumped, startled out of her thoughts when the phone on the table next to the couch started to ring. Laughing quietly to herself, Ruby leaned across the couch and picked up the phone.

"Hey!" she said cheerfully, thinking it was Mr Tillman calling to check on her.

But, instead of hearing Mr Tillman's voice on the other line, all she could hear was low, heavy breathing, right in her ear. Ruby frowned.

"Hello?" she said "Who is this?"

There was another few seconds of breathing, and then Ruby could hear nothing except the dial tone. Whoever had called her had hung up.

Well...that was weird she thought to herself, feeling nerves pool in her stomach, she wondered if maybe she should call Emma, the towns new hard-ass sheriff, but then shook herself for her paranoia. It was probably just a prank caller!

Feeling slightly calmer, Ruby settled back on the couch again, loosing herself in the television programme. Half an hour later, she went to check on Ava and Nicholas. Still sleeping soundly.

As Ruby headed back downstairs, she heard the phone start to ring again, and once again Ruby picked it up, sitting back on the sofa as she pressed it to her ear.

"Hello?" she said into it, and once again, all she could hear was nothing but heavy breathing, but this time it was louder, ragged...not quite human.

"Who is this?!" Ruby said angrily, not in the mood for some idiot prank caller "Look, you little moron, this isn't funny! I know the sheriff and I can have her track you down and throw your ass in jail in five seconds!"

Ruby heard the caller chuckle, it was a low, mocking sound that sent chills up her spine, she heard him whisper something, so low she couldn't hear it "W-what?"

"I said" replied the caller, his smooth, deep voice so clear and loud that Ruby almost yelped in shock and fear "Have you checked the children yet?"

Ruby gasped, a feeling of raw terror coursing through her as she looked over at the staircase where Nicholas and Ava rested in the rooms above. She swallowed, and spoke to the caller again.

"Yes. I have. Now who the hell are you?" but once again, she was met with nothing but the dial tone.

Ruby wasted no time. She immediately dialled the number for the sheriffs station, the seconds between each ring seeming to take forever until Emma finally picked up the phone.

"Hello, sheriffs station"

"Emma! It's Ruby!" she cried into the phone, not bothering to hide the fear in her voice.

"Ruby?" Emma responded, sounding concerned "What's wrong? Are you O.k?"

"No!" Ruby shook her head "Listen I-I'm babysitting for Michal Tillmans kids and this...this weird guy keeps calling me! He keeps breathing really heavily into the phone and he asked me if I'd checked on the kids and-and I'm really scared-"

"Ruby! Calm down!" Emma said, and Ruby forced herself to stop fearfully babbling "Look, I'll check out the calls and see where they're coming from, O.k? But in the meantime you have to stay calm. If this guy calls you again, call your Granny, alright?" she said, her tone reasonable, calming.

"A-alright, thanks Emma!" Ruby agreed, and set the phone down. After that she checked on Nicholas and Ava again, this time going right up to them to make sure they were definitely O.k. The twins were still sleeping soundly, unharmed.

Sighing in relief, Ruby went back downstairs. She tried to keep her focus on the TV but couldn't help glancing at the phone nervously, and when it rang again, ten minuets later, she let out a sound that was a mix of a whimper and a sob before slowly, hesitantly, picking up the receiver.

"W-what do you want?" Ruby whispered.

But instead of the mystery callers heavy breathing or taunts, she was answered by Emma's voice, and it sounded urgent.

"Ruby, it's Emma!" she said, and the tone of her voice automatically made the babysitter tense "Listen, you need to grab Ava and Nicholas and get out of the house, now!"

"W-what?" Ruby stuttered, terror heightening her voice "W-why?"

"Listen, I looked into the phone lines, about the phone calls you told me about"

"Yeah, and?"

"Ruby, whoever called you used a land-line phone, and the records indicate that the calls made and the calls received came from the same place!"

Ruby whimpered, her hands shaking as Emma spoke her next words:

"Ruby! The calls have been coming from inside the house!"

From upstairs, Ruby heard Ava scream, and she immediately threw down the phone and charged up the stairs, but before she could get to the girls bedroom, the door was flung open, revealing a tall, black clothed man in a black balaclava, a giant, bloodied carving knife in his hand.

Poor Ruby never even had time to scream...

So, as you can see this was clearly an urban legend (because I love them) wrapped in Once Upon a Time clothing. Now, I'm relying on your reviews to tell me whether or not I did it justice, and if there are any other legends you would like to see OUATised, please PM me with the plot :)