A Deal of a Lifetime
"Just sign it, and all your problems will disappear." Rumpelstiltskin said with an evil grin upon his face, King Harold and Queen Lillian were starting to second guess their decision to come to him. Harold looked at his wife and saw her give him a reassuring nod. He then picked up the feather with the golden magic on the tip and began to sign his name. Lillian watched her husband's hand sign his name and hoped that they were doing the right thing as parents. After signing the deal, Harold and Lillian both looked up at Rumple, he smirked and sarcastically said "Thank you so much Your Majesty's. Have a nice day!" Harold suddenly felt like he was floating, he looked down at his body and saw it disappearing. He heard Lillian gasp beside him and saw the same thing happening to her. "Oh no!" Lillian screamed, before they knew it both of them had disappeared. Rumple looked at the king and queens crowns and said "I hope they are not claustrophobic… they'll be staying in a small cellar together for a long time!" he twirled the king's crown around his finger.
Harold sat up and rubbed his forehead, he looked around and got his barring's together. "What…what happened? What's going on?" his eyes squinted as there was little lighting in the small room. Harold saw Lillian lying on the floor feet away from him, he crawled over to her and rolled her onto her back "Lillian? Honey?" he whispered, she moaned and slowly opened her eyes "Harold, what happened?" she sat up with the help of her husband. They both looked around and realized where they were "We're…in a cell?" Lillian mumbled, Harold nodded and said "Yes. We're…in the castle. What happened? Why are we here?" Lillian held her ribs as she stood up "All I remember is Rumpelstiltskin and you signing the contract." Harold saw her hand on her ribs and said "Are you alright?" she smiled as she nodded "Yes, I'm alright. I guess it's the way I landed." Harold watched her wince when she sat down on the small, dirty bed in the corner. "Okay, so we're in a cell in the castle because you signed our kingdom over to Rumple. Perfect." Lillian said, Harold looked at his wife and said "This was your idea! You wanted us to do this!" he snapped "Oh he's highly recommended by King Midas." Harold mocked, Lillian rolled her eyes and brought her knees up to her chest. She didn't care about the pain from her ribs right now, all she felt was a tear rolling down her cheek. Lillian looked away from her husband and to the wall. Harold sighed and rubbed his eyes, he walked over to the bed and sat next to her. He wrapped his arm around her and brought her to lean against him. Lillian sniffled and whispered "What have we done? We-we signed our kingdom over to an evil little man. And we don't even know if Fiona is free." Harold kissed her temple and said "We'll find a way out. We're the king and queen off Far Far Away. We're the rightful rulers, not Rumple. We will get the kingdom back…one way or another." Lillian smiled at her husband. He was right, they were going to fight like hell to get it back.
"Wake up Your Majesty's! Oh wait! You're no longer king and queen." Rumple said with a smirk, Harold was never really asleep. He couldn't sleep, and he didn't trust Rumple. So he wrapped his arms securely around Lillian to make sure she was safe and sound. Lillian woke up and sat up, she looked at Harold then Rumple. "What do you want?" Lillian asked in a very angry voice, Rumple stared at Lillian. He licked his lips and said "Not what…it's who." Harold felt his stomach drop, he took a step to the side to stand in front of Lillian. "You are not touching my wife." Harold growled, Lillian then realized what Rumple wanted. When she gulped Harold heard it and clenched his jaw. "I am your king! And what I say goes!" Rumple yelled, he calmed himself down and said "Harold, you do not realize how beautiful your wife is. People have said that she is the most beautiful queen this kingdom has ever had. Which is pretty amazing since there has been many queens before her." Harold mentally agreed with Rumple. "Don't question my love for my wife. You don't know what we've been through!" Rumple snapped his fingers. Harold gripped Lillian's arm behind him as he watched the guards opened the cell door. Rumple walked in and Harold and Lillian looked down at the small man. "I actually do know what you've been through. See, when you live on the streets you hear things." he paused and eyed Lillian up and down "So I know that you were the frog prince, and she was the beautiful princess that you fell in love with. You made a deal with the Fairy Godmother to make you into a human so you could kiss the beautiful princess, which you did. You stayed a human and became the new king and queen of Far Far Away!" Lillian looked at her husband who was still glaring at Rumple. "You two have fought tooth and nail for each other's love. That's very sweet! Most king and queens marriages are arranged and they can't stand each other." Rumple pointed his finger at them "But not you two! You two love each other so much that you would do anything for each other." Harold then felt Lillian's hand on his back. Rumple snapped his fingers again and three guards entered the cell, they grabbed Harold out of Lillian's hands and one forced his sword against Harold's throat. Lillian was yelling for them to let him go. Rumple walked over to Lillian and said "Lillian, Queen Lillian! What would you do for your husband? What would you do to save your husband's life?" Lillian looked at Harold through her tears. Harold's arms were being held by both guards while the third guard held the sharp sword against his throat, Harold made eye contact with Lillian and shook his head. "So, what would you do?" Lillian looked down at Rumple and swallowed hard.