A young girl meets the Queen, Regina, after her life is torn to pieces. But she has no idea that this chance meeting will change her and the life of the queen forever.

Chapter 1: Aftermath

Daniele's POV

As the dark clouds rolled in I knew that the Queen's curse was about to take us all to this new land she had spoken of at Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding. This new land with no magic, no happy endings, and no hope. A land where all would do as she says, when she says it. Where all would live to serve and please her.

Now I'm different in that unlike everyone else in this land I am not afriad to go to this new land. Quite the opposite actually. I am excited and ready to be out of this horrible land that has taken everthing from me. My name is Daniele. I have no last name just Daniele. I was left on the doorstep of a farmer's wife when I was an infant. I never seemed to fit in with the other kids. I was picked on and bullied to the point of wanting to run away and live in the forest on my own. But I could never leave my "mom" and "sister". They were the closest thing I would ever have to family. Jaquline or Jack as I came to call her was not only my "sister" but my best friend. We promised eachother that one day we would live in a castle and marry handsome young men. At least that is what I thought. When I was 9 years old my world came crashing down all around me.

Jack had been hanging out with this boy named James a lot and one day he asked her to come to his kingdom with him. She came home to say goodbye to mother and I. She promised to return in a weeks time with food and money to save our farm. I never saw my sister again.

Four months later we were about to loose our farm when the King offered to buy it from us and put us in a fancy cottage near his castle. Mother and I were surprised at the genrous offer but I thought better of it. The young man by King George's side was that horrible filth James that my sister ran away with. I told my mother and we turned down the offer. The king was very displeased with us for turning down his offer and did not try to hide his anger. A few days later when I came home from the market I found my mother unconsious and she had no pulse. No where was she wounded or even scratched. Then I saw the bottle. There was an empty bottle that was lying on the floor. It smelled foul and looked a dark greenish purple.

I buried my mother by the edge of the woods. She had been all that I had left. I was on my own now and I was not ready for that. I decided to live in the woods as I had dreamed about when I was a child. All I had was a bow, a quiver of arrows, a sword that belonged to Jack, and a few changes of clothes. I slept in trees and sometimes on the ground covered in my spare clothes. One day while looking for food I was confronted by some soldiers on the road. Behind them was a balck carriage. A woman stepped out and stared at me. The look on her face was a cross between shock and horror. She suddenly snapped to attention and invited me into her carriage for a ride.

"You must be getting tired of walking and very cold, you are not exactly dressed for this weather." she said

" Yes I am, May I ask your name my lady?"

"My name is Regina, I'm the Queen!" she smiled

" I beg your pardon my queen, I did not know that you were..."

" It's fine dear. Tell me where is your family?"

I didn't know what to say. I couldn't sound weak to the queen. Plus if she was anything like the villagers said she was dangerous and I should run for the woods. " They are away at the moment, but they should be back soon." hopefully she would buy that.

" Dear why are you lying to me? Are you scared of me? You don't have to be, you know that right?"

" I'm sorry your majesty, I am just ... I am all alone and have been for a while now. My mother died not that long ago and my sister ran off with some boy and never came home."

She looked like she was contimplating something. " What is your name dear?"

" My name is Daniele mam."

" Well Daniele, I have a need for a young servent to care for my horses and help me around the castle. Would you be interested in the position?"

I didn't know what to say. I had only dreamed of lliving in a castle. Now I was being offered a job working for the queen and I got to be around animals. I wanted to accept but the small voice in the back of my head was telling me not to.

" I will even teach you to ride if you'd like."

I had no where to go and she was giving me a place to stay, a job, and something to live for. " I would love to take the job, thank you your majesty. That is very kind of you."

And that brings us to where we began. The queen cast a curse that will take us to another land

"Daniele! Daniele where are you? Get out here.. Hurry up!" I didn't recognize the voice but I went any way. When I walked out of the stables there was no one there. I turned to head back into the stables to finish last minute details when a bag flew over my head, I was bound and thrown onto a cart. I heard a weridly evil laugh and then he spoke. " Don't be frightened Dearie, the queen won't even miss you."

This is my very first fanfic. Reviews and commets are great an If you see and gramatical errors let me know. I am a grammer nut. I hope you all enjoy the story and will be posting chapter 2 soon... hopefully. I am out of school for the summer so we shall see. Thanks for reading and Long Live the Evil Queen.