Disclaimer: As you read Andromeda's Tale, please constantly remember that this story contains fictional worlds, societies, story lines, characters, and no relation to our common day society. This story may seem to get very, VERY, VERY weird to you and bizarre but please I must insist, don't murder the author. If you don't like it or if it gets too weird for you, you can stop reading. I won't mind. I wrote this for fun and because I love this show and it's characters. Now without further adieu, let us begin our story.

Andromeda was not happy with her father's choice of apprentice. Regina was annoying, lazy, and a wimp. Daddy was never going to get through to her. Andromeda's father was Rumpelstiltskin, or The Dark One, as he was known throughout the realm of the enchanted forest.

Andromeda, the Dark One's daughter was a gorgeous 8 year old girl with long vibrant pink colored hair. She had pale flawless skin and crimson red eyes. All of the realm knew how much the Dark One loved his only daughter. Everyone also knew how spoiled she was. The whole realm feared Rumpelstiltskin, but they feared Andromeda more because they knew how much she meant to her father. She was like the beloved princess of a dark and evil king.

However, despite everyone's beliefs about her, Andromeda had a good heart. However, she could be domineering and powerful in her own right. She did not take crap from anyone and quickly could form strong opinions about people on first meeting them. First impressions were important to her like names and deals were to her father.

This is why she hated Regina so much. Regina was the daughter of a woman named Cora and a Prince named Henry. Regina had just married King Leopold and was now a Queen. Andromeda thought that Regina was not deserving of this title at all. Shortly before the wedding, Regina had called on Andromeda's father. Regina wanted a way to get rid of her mother. For some reason, Rumple made a deal with Regina. Now when Andromeda's dad makes one of his infamous deals, he always wants something in return. Rumple simply told Regina that someday she would do him favor; whatever favor that might be. Rumple had given Regina a mirror to push Cora into to send her to another realm. So, on Regina's wedding day, she did just that. Cora, unbeknownst to everyone, except perhaps The Dark family, had been sent to a place called Wonderland. Later, Regina had gone to return Cora's spell book to its true owner, Rumple.

"Leaving are we?" said Rumple as he stopped Regina while she was traveling on the outskirts of the kingdom. "That was always the plan," said Regina, dismounting her horse. Regina pulled out the spell book, "Here, a gift. I don't want it." "Uh, can't be a gift, it was mine to start with," joked Rumple. "BEFORE ya go! Answer me this, how did it feel?" "I love my mother..." replied Regina. "That's not what I asked, dearie. How did it feel, to use magic?" Rumple asked. "It doesn't matter, I will never use it again." replied Regina. "Why not?" Rumple inquired. "BECAUSE I LOVED IT!" Regina said in a shamed tone. Rumple giggled. "You've discovered who you are! You can do so much now…"Rumple said as he looked Regina over, "if you let me show ya how!" "Through magic…?" gasped Regina. "Through many things" replied Rumple. "And what do you get out of it?" asked Regina. "Someday, you'll do something for me. Let me guide you." Rumple handed Regina the book. Regina put her hand on it as if to take it back, "And I won't become like her?" she queried. "THAT dearie, is entirely up to YOU" remarked Rumple. Regina took the book and looked him over.

So now here we are. Rumpelstiltskin has been training Regina for a few weeks now, while Andromeda's loathing of the woman gets more intense. Rumple senses his daughter's distress but doesn't pay it much thought.

"She won't be here for long, Andrea darling," he assured, "This is just something that I must do. I must train her because the cards have something much more in store for us, if I do." That was all he ever said on the matter whenever she brought it up. No matter how she prodded, he was always mum on what exactly was in store, or what he was REALLY up to.

Andrea was not stupid however. She had SOME inkling of what her father was doing. You see, the Dark One has been around for centuries. With that being said, Rumple was not always the Dark One. Many years before he had Andromeda, Rumple was married to a woman named Mila. Mila was Rumple's first wife. After her, he never married again. Mila had been cruel to Rumple, from what her father had told her. Rumple had told Andrea that he had been drafted to fight in the ogre war. A seer he met had told him that Mila and he were going to have a child. However his actions on the battlefield, would leave his child fatherless. He told Andrea that he injured himself so he could return home to his family. Once he had gone home, he tried to explain to Mila that he had done it all to be with his family. Mila had turned on him and called him a coward.

Andrea had been told not to repeat this story to anyone else. She obeyed her father because she loved him, and hated Mila for breaking her father's heart. From what she knew of her father, he was definitely not a coward! Who was this woman to call him that after he risked so much to be with his family? If anything happened to her father, Andrea would be lost. He was her whole world, she was only 8 years old!

Her father had continued his tale by telling her that Mila cheated on him with a pirate named Killian. One night he went to a tavern, where he found Mila drinking and gambling with Killian and his men. He had begged Mila to come home to him and Baelfire, their son. She did for a while, but eventually ran off with Killian. He said at that moment he did not have the means to go and try to get her again. So he returned to Baelfire at home. He then told Andrea how after many years, he obtained the Dark One's dagger and gained the power of the Dark One to help protect his son. Through some unfortunate events however (Andrea has never been able to get her father to explain these events), Bae got sent to another realm and Rumple has ever since been looking for a way to find Bae.

Andrea assumed that whatever Regina's true purpose was to her father, it had to do with finding Bae. So she put up with the wench as best she could.

Wait a minute. Andromeda has a brother? So does that mean Mila was her mother as well? No, no, no. Let's set this straight. Many, many years after he lost Mila and Bae, Rumpelstiltskin happened to find himself in a far off part of the Enchanted Forest called Nysa. Here nymphs would frolic, and gods and goddesses would spend off time from their busy lives. He had had a business deal with one of the nymphs and while he was there he met a goddess by the name of Celestia.

Celestia, in her human form was a tall beauty. She was dressed in a gorgeous white and gold dress and had her multi-colored hair cascading in ripples down her back. One of the first things anyone ever noticed about Celestia was her striking eyes. Her irises were white and her pupils red. The next thing they noticed was how voluptuous and curvy she was. She was every man's dream of a beautiful woman. She and Aphrodite constantly competed against one another. Celestia was a ruling goddess and ruled over many realms. The enchanted forest was not one of them, she had just come to Nysa for a little visit. As Rumple finished up his deal with the nymph, he was heading out of Nysa when Celestia crossed his path.

"Well hello there Dark One, leaving already are we?" Celestia purred. Celestia, even though not a ruler over the Enchanted Forrest, had heard tales from fellow gods about the infamous Dark One and how powerful and ruthless he was. The power and ruthlessness had perked Celestia's interest. She had over the eons grown tired of her many suitors and wanted some new fellow to play with. She had come to Nysa to try and see if she could catch the fly in her web.

"Yes, yes dearie. I am done here and am on a strict time schedule, I must be on my way" snipped Rumple. He blandly brushed her aside. Celestia's eyes widened. Who was this man who dared push her aside? Celestia who's beauty and seductiveness rivaled Aphrodite? "Now I MUST make him mine" she thought. She grasped him by the arm and their eyes met. "Are you certain you must leave? I am sure whatever you had planned most certainly," Celestia ran her fingers through Rumple's hair and down his chest, "can wait." Rumpelstiltskin suddenly had a dumbfounded look on his face. His eyes softened. "Well…well..I…suppose." Whatever this goddess wanted, Rumple decided, it would probably be best not to deny her. He was powerful, but he knew he was nowhere near able to rival the gods.

Slowly, Celestia turned Rumple around and backed him deeper into the forest. They came upon a little thicket with fairy lights, low trees, and a babbling brook. Rumple's eyes had a blank look like he was under a thrall. Celestia had hungered for Rumple for a while and was ready to pounce. Rumple however still had some sense about him and was thinking quickly. "Now, my lady I realize that I may be, what's the term…unattached? But I am not really all that interested in what…."

"Oh please. Not interested? Really? Are you sure?" Celestia coyly asked. Interrupting his babble, she backed him up to a tree and pressed her body into him. He felt her large breasts slide up against his chest and her thin arms slide around his back. Rumple tried to think straight and freeze her with magic.

"Can we at least discuss these matters first, my lady?" he requested. Celestia easily broke free of his magic and Rumple realized he would not be able to stop her by those means.

"Talk? Why talk? Why waste energy making words with our mouths when we can do something much more….." Celestia stopped talking and pressed her full lips against Rumple's.

For a minute Rumple gave in as Celestia pressed her tongue against his mouth and forced it open. Rumple started to deepen the kiss further. He slid his hands down her waste and then put one in her hair entangling his fingers. Then he opened his eyes, regained himself, and broke the kiss. He pushed her off of him.

"Now see here madam," he walked away from her, "before we go any further, let us discuss the matter of what is going to happen. I am a man in the market of making deals. Do you honestly think I am just going to stand here and let you have your way with me?" Rumple actually had been enjoying their physical contact and was more joking around than serious. He REALLY did not have any pressing matters to attend to and he had been very lonely recently. A good fooling around may be just what he needed. So if he was going to screw someone, why not a goddess? Come on, could he really do better? No.

Celestia folded her arms under her chest so that her assets were more prominent. "Discuss what?" she said tensely as she shook out her long hair. "I am a goddess who has picked you, mortal, as my lover. You should consider yourself one of the luckiest men alive."

Rumple smiled coyly, "Oh I do madam, however I may correct you in the fact that I am indeed immortal. There is no known way to kill me. I also know of my luck that a goddess has chosen me. HOWEVER! I know of you Celestia. You are a fertility goddess among the other talents you specialize in. Which means, it is very likely that should we continue you will conceive, and I am in no position or want at the moment to be a father. So unless you have some miraculous way of preventing yourself from becoming in such a state, I suggest we end this now." With that Rumple began to walk off.

"It would not necessarily be of a concern to you if I conceived" replied Celestia coolly.

"Excuse me?" said Rumple.

"Any child I bear will be mine and mine alone unless you wish otherwise," she explained, "No strings attached for you, unless you wish to be in the child's life. You like making deals, Dark One. Why not make a deal where we both receive pleasure and iron out any consequences that may become of that pleasure?" Celestia began to walk towards him again suggestively.

"I know why you don't want to be a father, Rumpelstiltskin. You are already a father who failed. Believe me if you will, when I say to you, this child could possibly be your redemption at the same time you are still searching for the one you failed." She gazed at Rumple through slitted eyes. "I will be more than happy to come up with…some sort of agreement. I grow impatient with this chatter so let us make haste," she said.

Rumple within the last few seconds had gone from being angry to being taken aback. "Fine" he said stiffly.

So Celestia and Rumpelstiltskin agreed upon a deal. They would engage upon sexual activity, however should a child come of that activity, the actions would be as follows: The child will stay with its mother until its 3rd birthday. On that day the mother will take it to its father for a 6 month visit. During those 6 months, the father will decide whether he wishes to be in the child's life. If he chooses to act as a parent, the child will be able to stay with him in the Enchanted Forest. If otherwise, the child will remain with its mother on Mount Olympus. The child of course will be a demigod, half god and half human. This also will need to be taken into extreme consideration.

Once the deal was signed and sealed, Celestia and Rumpelstiltskin made love to one another.

So this brings us back to the present. Andromeda is the second child of Rumpelstiltskin. Also as seeing she is living with him at 8 years old, Rumpelstiltskin decided to keep his daughter. Andromeda and Celestia still have contact, but for the most part, Rumple is her parent and guardian. As stated in the deal that was made, Andromeda is half god and half human. This would explain her pink hair and red eyes.

Now let's continue from the beginning of the chapter…..