PLEASE READ! AN: Surprise! I'm an OUAT fangirl too! Bet you wouldn't have guessed that, huh? Anyway here's a story I've been dying to do since forever! So, I doubt that you know that my favorite OUAT pairing is rumbelle! Rumple and belle for you newbie's out there ;)! And this is a story I wrote about rumple's adopted daughter, belle isn't here yet! But don't worry she'll be in the story too! Anyway enjoy! NO FLAMES! This is my first OUAT fanfic! However suggestions are allowed!
Chapter 1: Welcome to Storybrooke, Ella!
Mr. Gold sat at the adoption center office twiddling his thumbs. He was nervous, today-after months of paperwork and home inspections- he was about to get his new adopted daughter. So many questions rang through his mind: will he be enough for her? What will she think of him? And most importantly: will she mind not have a father and a mother? She deserved both.
He practically jumped out of his seat when the social worker opened the door and walked up to him.
"she's all set" said the social worker "you just have sign one more document." She handed him a clipboard
"Of course" he said taking the clip board and signing the bottom.
"Very good" she said to him "ELLA!" she called loudly behind her.
A five year old girl, very small for her age, came in through the door. She had curly dark brown hair with sweet mocking green eyes. She wore a long sleeve pink overall dress with a rose pattern on it and black Mary Jane shoes. She toted a blue Barbie suitcase behind her and held a story book under her arm.
"Ella, this is Mr. Gold, he's going to be your new father" said the social worker.
Her eyes widened in shock and her tiny rosebud mouth was in the shape of an O. "you mean I have a daddy?" she asked.
"Yes" answered the social worker.
Ella let out a shriek of glee and ran over to Mr. Gold and hugged his leg.
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"Are we there yet?" Ella asked sitting in the backseat of Mr. Gold's car.
He chuckled "almost."
"What's Storybrooke like?" she asked curiously "is it like a story book?"
"In a way, yes" he said "I run a pawn shop there- do you know what a pawn shop is?"
She nodded.
"Alright" he smiled.
She opened the book she had under her arm back at the orphanage and looked through it.
"You like fairy tales, I see?" asked Mr. Gold.
"Yeah! My favorite one in here is rumpelstiltskin!" Ella said happily.
His jaw almost dropped. "I would have guessed sleeping beauty?" he said smiling.
She laughed.
They drove a few more kilometers and they were in Storybrooke. Mr. Gold looked into the rearview mirror to see that Ella had fallen asleep. He got out of the car at the pawn shop and went to the back seat to carry Ella in. he stopped short when he caught sight of the illustration of himself in her book that was left open. He reached over and shut it, he unbuckled her and took her up to her new bedroom.
He set her down on the bed and covered her in the pink velvet blankets. He stroked her hair and kissed her forehead.
"Welcome to Storybrooke, Ella" he whispered in her ear.
AN: well, that does it for chapter one! Hope you guys liked it! Tell me what you think by reviewing! Stay magical, oncers!