Sorry for the long wait!, its mid-term season and my brain turned into jelly for studying so much

Anyways, here is the new chapter, hope you like it and let me know what you think!

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"you'll serve me my meals and you will clean the dark castle" said Rumplestilskin at the head of the table

"I-I understand" said Belle nervously

"You will dust my collection and launder my clothing" He continued with a small hand gesture

"Yes" Her hands were shaking under her long gloves. The tea set shaking lightly while she poured some tea for him

"you'll fetch me fresh straw while I'm sitting at the wheel". At the frantic nod of her head, he thought of having a little fun with her "And you'll skin the children I hunt for their pelts" There, that should do it, he thought inwardly smiling

Holy Shit!, She thought at hearing that last sentence, I knew it! He really is a monster! And before she even knew it, she dropped the china tea cup she was holding. She stood there paralyzed with fear and praying not to cry

"That one was a quip, not serious" Damn, I should make this more often, her face is priceless!

And pretty too, another voice in his head said. With an unnoticeable shake of his head he disregarded that idea as soon as it was formed.

"Uh – Right" Breathed Belle while thanking the gods above that he had no t been serious. But all relief fled her face when squatted down to grab the fallen cup she had dropped. It was chipped. Hope he doesn't kill me for this. "Oh – Um – I-I'm so sorry, It's-It's chipped" she explained while showing him the cup "You can hardly see it" she added in hopes of walking out of this with all of her limbs unsevered and unharmed.

"Well, it's just a cup" said Rumplestilskin in a no-big-deal voice and expression, the smug look never leaving his face. Hmm, what else can I do to mess with her? He wondered. For now, I think I'll just let her get used to the castle, it's rooms and my personality. That should be enough to scare her for a while.

Relaxing into his chair while sipping at his tea, he began to notice her appearance. She was a good 5 ft 2, had long chestnut hair that cascaded gently around her face. A rounded face, accentuated by a lightly freckled thin nose and rosy cheeks, full lips and rare blue-ish eyes . Strange mixture, he realized, they are not completely blue but they are not green either. The one point he could affirm was that they were enchanting and alluring. Ok, this stops now, stop thinking about the maid! Am I really that lonely?! Well … yes, I am, but I have been for the past century, so why does this one girl affect me so much? Damn it! I met her just yesterday. Whatever, moving on…

Belle, now more at ease with her master, began her chores around the castle. It was a massive place, even for a castle. It was probably gonna take months for her to finish cleaning the whole dark castle. But she was surprisingly comforted by the idea. So many rooms, so many outdoor space where she could plant vegetable plants and flowers. So much more freedom than in her own home

And while she was still sad at the idea of being the Dark One's caretaker, she though he wasn't as bad as people say about him. Yes, alright, she just met the guy, but she has a sense with these sort of things, an intuition if you will, she could always see what is inside a person's heart, and she hoped that with time, she will be able to see inside his heart. Inside his heart? Am I going crazy? I met him yesterday and he is THE DARK ONE! Why the hell would I want to see inside his heart?

So enraptured in her musings she was, that she failed to see what she was currently dusting in the huge table at the Great Hall. It was a little snow globe but with no actual snow inside. Up until now, she had felt so at ease in the castle that she had forgotten the things she could do with her powers and while dusting, she was wearing her gloves.

She was used to them, they felt like a second skin and were very comfortable but not unnoticeable and Rumplestilskin never failed to comment on them, he would say "Shouldn't work while wearing gloves, you might drop more of my things", "why are you wearing gloves in here dearie? YOU are not going anywhere and its not cold in here" Certainly it wasn't, at least she didn't feel it, the cold never bothered her anyways (A/N: Couldn't resist). She would just reply that there were comfortable and matched her dress, at which Rumple would roll his eyes.

She never had any reason to worry about being without her only pair of gloves, but that changed once Rumple presented her with a lovely new blue dress, one with no gloves included. As soon as she touched the fabric, ice started to expand from her fingertips and the dress began to be covered by a thin layer of eyes

'Shoot, what should I do now? I'm so screwed'