Chapter 4 A Meeting with Destiny

Author's Note: Hey guys! How is everyone? Wow! It's the first day of November. Where did the time go? In honor of the start of the new month I decided to update at least one of the my stories. I'm planning updating all my fanfics this month, including posting up some new ones.

Dude, I am happy beyond words that Once is back. I am loving season five so far. So much has happened. It's interesting see Emma as the Dark One, or Dark Swan in this case. But I want her back to her old self. I don't like her keeping Rumple hostage and making Merida her minion because she has her heart. And don't get me started about what she did to Henry's little girlfriend. I expected that kind of thing from Cora but not Emma! I mean, she ripped out the heart of a 13-year-old girl and told Violet to break Henry's heart. WTF? Even Rumple as the Dark One would never harm a child or purposely hurt his son.

Now on to some of the new characters, like Arthur and rest of the gang from Camelot. I've heard so many stories and seen so many different versions of Arthur in movies and television and he was always described a good and just ruler. But on Once he's totally shady. In episode 5x04 'The Broken Kingdom' you see Arthur's backstory. He pulled Excalibur from the stone but the sword is broken (and it turns out that the piece is the Dark One dagger) and then spent the next few years obsessively trying to find the other half. I felt so bad for Guinevere that Arthur was neglecting to rebuild Camelot and neglecting her. The jerk forgot her birthday! No wonder she turned to Lancelot for comfort. Lancelot treated her way better than Arthur did. But despite how much he loved her, he did the honorable thing and left because he didn't want to break up their marriage. When Arthur found out in a desperate attempt to keep his wife from leaving him he used the magic sands that Rumplestiltskin gave her to "fix" their marriage and "fix" Camelot. Everything about Arthur, his kingdom and his queen are fake. I was so happy they freed Merlin and the actor that plays him Elliot Knight, super hot!

I can't believe I reached over 1,000 views for this story! This is awesome. I honestly didn't think I would get a lot of response for this story but I'm very happy how everything turned out.

To the people who left a review:

Lady Artimes Blaine-I agree with you. I love Rumple but he really is an idiot at times. As for the woman in the purple dress that's the feeling I wanted to give when you first meet her. This chapter is a bit longer than the last one.

Grace5231973-That's cool to hear about your doctor. I only know a few words in Tagalog but my relatives sometimes act out or make motion with their hands if they want to explain so I get the gist of what they're saying. I was so happy for the Rumbelle moments toward the end of season four. Yes! Rumbelle lives! Now I have to wait for season five.

Selyne Nightshade-In this chapter you'll see Rumple's reaction to the winter finale and it aren't pretty.

Lady-During the season finale I was so happy for the Rumbelle moments. Both in Storybrooke and the other reality. I just wanted to give you a heads up that there won't be any Rumbelle moments any time soon in this story. At least not for a few chapters. But I promise there will. Trust me!

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Valerie watched as her new 'customer' took a sip of the Perfect 10 she made for her. She looked to be in her early 20's with long dark brown hair and brown eyes. She was very pretty. If Valerie was a guy at a bar she would buy her a drink.

"Thanks. You're a peach," she said cheerfully.

"Your welcome. Now who the hell are you," Valerie snapped.

"Straight to the point. They picked the right girl," she commented.

Valerie waited until she put down her damn drink.

"Let's start with introductions. My name is Destiny."

Valerie looked at her with raised eyebrows and gave a look that clearly said, seriously.

"I know. I know. I didn't pick the name. My mother did but please call me Desi."

"Okay...Desi...what do you want," she asked her.

"I'm here to help you with your wish," Desi simply said.

"My wish," Valerie asked confused.

"Yeah, the one you made last night, about wanting to help Beauty and the Beast with their happy ending. Which is why the Dark One is crashing on your couch," Desi broke it down for her as if she were stupid.

"Okay, why me?"

"Because you wished for it," Desi stated the obvious.

"Well, people wish for a lot of things! Like winning the lottery or a free trip to Paris. Hell, I wished I've gotten into the Arrow's panel this year at Comic Con and meet Stephen Amell but that didn't happen. What's so special about me," Valerie demanded.

"Because you believe in them and their love. And it's true that you're not the first fangirl to obsess over a fictional couple but your feelings are real and genuine. You're the one we've been waiting for," Desi declared.

"What's that suppose to mean," she asked confused.

Instead of answering her Desi turned her head toward the ceiling, as if someone was calling her name

"I'm sorry, but I got to go. But here's a parting gift for you," Desi said getting up and touching her shoulder.

As soon as she touched her Valerie let out a yelp, like she just burned her. Soon Desi was heading for the door.

"Hey! Wait a minute!" Valerie cried out.

She chases after her, but as soon as Valerie steps outside she nearly bumps into a man walking his Chihuahua.

"Hey! Watch it!" he growled.

"Oh! I-I'm sorry," Valerie quickly apologized.

The man just gives her a mean look before dragging away his little beast that wouldn't stop yapping at her

It took Valerie a moment to realize that time was back on course. Everyone and everything was moving again, completely unaware of what happened. You would think with all the sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV shows she's watched, she would have seen this coming. She searched through the busy street for Desi but there was no sign of her.

As much as she wanted answers she knew she wasn't get any at the moment, but she knew she'll see her new so-called friend again. Mysterious guardian types with magical powers and cryptic messages usually show up again. Usually.

As she went back inside she saw where everyone left off. Customers eating their meal. Goatee guy on the floor sporting a nasty handprint on his face and Blondie storming off. She looked to see the short bartender, Alan, trying to pick up the broken glass on the floor. As she walks over to him he looks up at her, confused.

"Where did you go," Alan asked her.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I remember bumping into you and knocking over the glasses and when I looked up you were gone. How did you do that," he asked.

Before she could answer she suddenly started groaning in pain.

"Val, are you okay," Alan asked concerned.

Valerie tried to answer but all she could was grab her stomach, hopping to make the bubbly feeling inside her go away.

What's going on? Why do I feel all dizzy and nauseous like I'm gonna... oh god!

Soon Valerie was making a mad dash for the women's restroom. She runs into the first available stall and throws up her breakfast and lunch in the toilet. This went on for about a minute until she finally couldn't barf anymore. She wipes her mouth and flushes the toilet. She slowly stands, still feeling a little wobbly, and carefully leaves the stall. Valerie walks over to sink where she takes a few sips of water, trying to get out the bad taste out of her mouth. Just when she thought she was all right, she felt this burning sensation on her right shoulder from when Desi touched her. She pulls back her shirt to reveal a burn mark in the shape of a star.

What the fuck, dude! First I feel like I just got back from a night of drinking and now I've been branded. Was this the parting gift Desi was talking about? Branding me like I was cattle?

"Valerie!"

One of the waitress, a tall skinny girl with glasses, came into the restroom.

"Hey Merline," Valerie greeted her.

"Are you okay? I saw you talking to Alan and then you suddenly ran in here. What's wrong," Merline asked concerned.

"Nothing. Everything is fine. It's just a little stomach bug, but I'm all right now. Really," she assured her.

Merline didn't look too convinced but she left it alone.

After helping Alan clean up the broken glass on the floor, everything went back to normal. Well, almost normal. The rest of the day Valerie couldn't help but feel... off. It was hard to explain it. She was felt depress, lonely, guilty and slightly queasy all at once. But they weren't her feelings or emotions. It was like she was feeling someone else's. Before she knew it, it was time to go home. She decided to pick up some sandwiches from Subway for dinner.

I hope Rumple likes roast beef, she thought.

As soon as she arrives home, the first thing she hears is the TV turned up really loud.

"Wait!"

"No, we're very close."

"Rumplestiltskin, wait."

What the hell?

Valerie makes her way to the den, where she finds a depress looking Rumple sitting on the couch drinking from a bottle of some kind of alcohol. She also noticed empty pizza boxes on the coffee tables and empty potato chip bags and candy wrappers on the floor. Oh how the mighty has fallen.

"Rumple, what the hell," Valeria demanded.

"Quiet! This is the best part," he declared.

She turns her attention to the TV. It was season one finale of Once Upon a Time and Rumple watching the scene toward the end where he and Belle are in the woods. Oh man!

Belle walks over to Rumple.

"I remember," she tells him.

Rumple holds his breath.

"I love you," she declared.

Rumple breaks into a smile and they embrace.

"Yes. Yes. And I love you too," he said happily.

Valerie turns her attention back to Rumple and he has tears in his eyes. Oh god! Poor Rumple. She wanted to hug the man but stopped at the last second because she reminded herself that she has to yell at him for first for making a mess.

Rumple was about to take another swig from the bottle in his hand until Valerie takes it away from him.

"Hey! I was drinking that," he announced.

"I think you've had enough. You look like shit and this place looks like a pig's sty! What did I tell you about behaving yourself?"

"You said I could help myself to the food in the house."

"Yes, but it doesn't mean you can turn in a slob," she pointed out. She looked at the bottle in her head and she felt her eyes turning red. "My tequila! I was saving this!"

Rumple was about to respond but suddenly bend over and threw up all over her shoes.

"Ah man!" she cried out.

As soon as Rumple done vomiting he quickly falls back on the couch and soon was out like a light.

Valerie stares at her puked covered shoes and than to the drunken fairy tale character passed out in front of her. The sight she saw was just plain sad. After quickly removing her shoes, she managed to clean up the den and wipe the some of the vomit from the corners of his mouth without waking him up. Of course from the way he was snoring she doubted an earthquake could wake him.

By the time Lea arrived home Valerie made sure everything was nice and clean. When Lea asked about Adam she told her that he had a long day and decided to turn in early. The last thing she needed was having her niece asking even more questions about their house guest. As they sat eating their sandwiches Valerie couldn't help staring at the unconscious man in the other room.

How was she suppose to help this guy get his happy ending when she couldn't even find her own?

Valerie was good at a lot of things, but unfortunately romance was not one of them. However, despite her repeated bad luck with men she still believed in love.

If she was gonna help Rumple and Belle get back together she's got her work cut out for her.

Author's Note: What do you think? I know I promise you a closer look into Valerie's past but I thought I would wait for the next chapter. But I did give a little hint about Valerie's "bad luck with men" trust me there's a reason for that. Also, what do you think about Desi? Friend or foe?

How crazy was tonight's episode?

I loved that we finally have some Rumbelle scenes. It's been too long. Even though I was sad that Rumple broke the chip (cries) but he had to escape somehow. And I knew Rumple would step up and save Belle and be the hero I knew he always meant to be. Although I wanted to smack Regina, Hook, David and Mary Margaret for not caring about Rumple at all. I'm glad Belle told them off. Also, what about all the evil stuff Regina and Hook did in their past? And what about the time Mary Margaret and David sacrificing Maleficent's baby to save their own child? This episode proves that Rumple and Belle still love each other and there's still hope for them. Rumple was right that Emma's biggest mistake was turning him into a hero because who better to fight the Dark One than someone who used to be one.

So next chapter I promise more Valerie's backstory and drama. Boy, there's gonna be drama. So leave a review and let me know what you think. Thanks you guys!