I really love the character Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon a Time as you can tell. I know some of you don't like the movie version of Durza but Robert Carlyle is awesome and I've really been getting into that character too. So this is really for my own enjoyment but enjoy what you can. I'm writing her to be what I think a female shade would look like. Seductive, dangerous, and gorgeous. I have only seen the movie once and it's been a long time since I've seen it so bare with me for a while. I have never read the books but I will sometime in the future if I ever get the time.

Disclaimer: I only own Hecate(named after the goddess of witches, magic, wisdom, etc.)

Our village gets plenty of travelers because we are between a marketplace and another village.

My reddish brown hair looked almost fully red in the sun. No one in the village dare make fun of it. Why? Because my father is a shade. A very old one which is awfully rare. He had marked my mother when she was my age and took her as his own. Less than a year later she died giving birth to me.

My father taught me all the magic he knew. But that did not mean he cared for me. He taught it to me through torture. I had gotten the red tint in my waist length waved hair from him as well as my crimson tinted eyes. I got my body from my mother. Child bearing hips, thin waist, good sized chest, angled face with almond eyes, average nose and uneven lips. Hourglass figure and angelic face basically.

I was of the age 16 when I first met Durza. I had been walking down the dirt road to my village after gathering food from the forest when I heard horses approaching. I paid them no mind and simply stepped to the side of the road. The slowed to a stop beside me and I recognized the kings emblem on the side of a horse in the corner of my eye so I closed my eyes and turned bowing low as I was supposed to.

"You there." a harsh male voice called out. I heard him step down from a horse. He approach me. I felt strong dark magic in the air and tensed. He stopped in front of me. This must be the king's shade Durza I have heard about.

"Is there a man in this village by the name of Arod." he asked.

"Yes my lord." I answered. Keeping my head lowered and one arm out. The other holding the basket of food to my hip.

Durza turned to get back on his pitch black stallion but stopped and turned around. He pulled out his sword and turned quickly. I made no movement as it stopped an inch from my head. He then put it under my chin and lifted my head. I finally looked up into his crimson eyes with a defiant stare. His eyes widened for a moment.

Then, as if something took over him, he stabbed his sword into the ground beside him and put a hand to my throat causing me to stand straight and dropped the basket. His men stayed where they were as he backed me into a tree. Then he kissed me harshly. My eyes widened then I felt something take over me. It spread all over my body. I felt his arm slip around my waist and his long tongue force its way into my mouth.

He pulled away only to turn me around and slam me chest first into the tree. I reveled in the pain. He ripped my dress from my shoulder down to my mid back and place his palm on my bare shoulder. I then felt a burning pain and held back a scream. When he finished I collapsed kneeling by the tree panting. He chuckled harshly.

"I'll be back for you." he said huskily then grabbed his sword, got back on his horse, and rode away with his men. It took me a couple moments to compose myself. I gathered up the food that had dropped and not bruised and put it back in the basket. I walked back to the village with my head held high prepared to face the stares.

Only when I reached my village. It was burned to the ground. I saw no survivors. Only one house was left standing. Mine. I went inside to find my father gone and ashes on the floor. Durza had rid him from this world. I smirked. As I was changing my dress in my room I noticed a mark where Durza had put his palm.

A crimson winged dragon on a pentagram. Another pentagram was clutched in his claws only this one was upside down.

Durza had marked me as his.

Ok so that's the preview. Im gonna watch the movie more, work on my other stories, and get to know his character a bit more before continuing. Sorry it's short. R&R. Pics on my profile. Trying to find best on of Hecate.