Chapter 1 family

It had been 7 years since King Maurice's castle. Belle and Rumple were happy, now they were married and had a beautiful daughter called Arya. The wedding was held a month after they came home and the Mad Hatter (Jefferson) held the ceremony then 9 months later they had a child. Around about the same time as Belle, the mad hatters wife had a child that was born a month before, no one knew who the mother was all they knew was that she died in childbirth when she gave birth to a daughter named Grace.

As Arya was growing up, no one wanted to be her friend because of who her father was. Most of the time, Belle and the Rumple kept Arya on the grounds of the castle, so that no one would take her. Being the daughter of the dark one did come with grave danger.

Arya looked exactly like her mother, apart from her eyes. She had big brown eyes that Belle had only seen once on Rumple but she knew that their daughter had his eyes. Grace was Arya's only friend and Arya was hers, it was quite sad because both girls were caring, gentle and truthful but because of who their fathers were, everyone was scared of them.

One day, the Mad Hatter and his daughter came for a visit like they do nearly every week, so the girls don't get lonely. They walked through the door and straight away, the two seven year olds ran to each other. Before anyone could say anything, they ran passed the mad hatter as he said "hey, Arya" he stared at Rumple and Belle and said "those two are inseparable".

Rumple laughed because he was right and then he said "hey, Hatter".

"Hey, Rumple, hey, Belle".

Belle was as still as a statue as she had a piece of paper in her hand. Rumple said "Belle, what's wrong?"

"It's from Snow. She has just met the prince...the future is coming true fast".

"Yes it is and we better be ready for it when we go". Rumple said

"Go...go where?" the Hatter said

Rumple stared at the Hatter and said "in a year or so, the evil Queen will release a powerful curse that will send us all to a new land and we will forget our loved ones".

"What, why didn't you tell me?" Hatter said frustrated.

"Relax, Hatter, there is hope" Rumple walked over to the table where Belle was and continued to speak as he placed his arm around her waist "the child of Snow white and her Prince Charming will be the savour".

"Why don't we just kill the Queen now, so we don't leave?" the Hatter moved closer.

"Because in killing her now, some parts of the future, which is bright, will not happen".

"Will...will I forget Grace?"

"Yes" the Hatter looked like he was about to cry "don't worry I am working on a potion that will help us remember. If the potion works then I, you, Belle and the girls will remember".

"Will the Queen remember?" the hatter asked

"Yes because she will be the one who set the curse".

They talked for a while about the curse and then they talked about the girls but what they didn't know is that, when they were talking about the curse the girls were listening.

Arya said to Grace "I don't want to leave".

"Arya, it is okay. We will be with our family and if your papa manages to get the potion to work, we will remember".

"Hopefully". The girls went into the garden to play but while they were playing hide and seek, Grace ran into someone.

"Hello, my dear, and who are you?" a tall woman asked.

Grace shouted "Arya". Whenever she was at the dark castle, visitors sometimes came by but this woman didn't look like she was expected. Grace stepped away from the woman and Arya came behind her.

Arya shouted "Grace, get away from her" she quickly went to stand by Graces side.

"Who is she?"

"Regina...the evil Queen" Graces eyes opened wide as she had never met the evil Queen before but neither has Arya. Arya knows her from the stories her mother and father told her when she was little and they told her to be weary of her.

The evil Queen laughed then said "well hello, Arya, I don't believe we have met".

"I never wished to meet you" she said with a strong tone she got from her father.

"My dear you don't even know me" she tried to walk closer but every time she did the girls moved further back.

"You stay away from us" Arya snapped as Grace looked scared.

The Queen laughed and said "I'm not scared of you" she smiled because they were just children.

"You're right, you're not scared of me but you scared of my father". Arya and Grace had smiles on their faces.

The Queen stopped smiling and said "don't worry I will have my revenge on your family" purple smoke gathered around the Queen then she was gone.

The girls smiles had gone and Arya said "come on, we have to warn papa".

The girls ran as fast as they could to the house. When they got to the main room both of their parents were laughing until they noticed the girls. Rumple had noticed Arya was out of breath so he said "Arya, Grace what is the matter?"

Grace was still in shock that she was stood before the evil Queen. Arya said "papa, the evil Queen was here...she spoke to us". All three of them stood up and ran to their own child. The Mad Hatter and Rumple had picked up their daughters and Belle was stroking Arya's hair to make sure she was okay.

Grace said "we're fine, she didn't touch us but_" she looked at Arya to tell the rest of the story.

Arya said "she said that she was going to get revenge on my family".

All three adults looked worried, even the Mad Hatter. The Mad Hatter might not have been blood but to Belle, Rumple and Arya, him and grace were close enough to family "What are we going to do?" The Mad Hatter said.

"Hatter, I think you should take Grace home" Rumple said with worry in his voice.

"No were not leaving here until this is resolved...Rumple, you know we are apart of this family, even if were not blood".

Everyone was silent because they all knew it was true. Arya then said "well this family is messed up". They all stared at Arya like they were saying why. Arya's continued to say as they were still staring at her "we have two girls, a Mad Hatter, the dark one who is the most powerful being in all the realms and a princess". They all laughed because hearing someone say it sounded mad.

After they finished laughing Belle stared at everyone and said "we may be messed up but we are a family and we will protect each other no matter what" they all went silent and smiled because they all agreed.