What the hell had he been thinking?! Married?! He had no business getting married again, the only reason she even agreed was because her kingdom was in danger, if he had come onto her without the threat of the ogres, she would have run for the hills. He would hate him, there was no away this marriage would or could work.

But gods, she was supposed to be his true love, they were supposed to be together, weren't they? Well, he had already done this, he couldn't turn back now, could he? He decided to get a room together for her, since he knew that she wouldn't want to stay in the same room with him, let alone the same bed. He set up a blue and white and golden room with a balcony and a large fireplace for her, he hoped she would like it…

He sat at his wheel quietly, not even spinning, just thinking. Married. He was going to be married again… He didn't have a ring to give her. Coming up with an idea, he began to spin, turning straw into gold. When he had enough, he began to weave the gold threads together into a ring, and he placed a red jewel on top, using his magic to weld it all together. He held it up and looked it over. He hoped she liked it…

Belle felt faint. There was so much to do on such quick notice, she had to get a dress and ultimately everything was left up to her to decide everything, how it was to be decorated, where it would take place. The problem was that she didn't know what her soon to be husband would like. Or did he not care and would be happy with whatever she chose. She was tempted to call for him and ask his opinion many times but she restrained herself whenever she did. She was a grown woman, about to be married, she had to make decisions for herself.

She had decided the gardens for the wedding, it was to be a short ceremony, only the servants would be invited really, but word would spread quickly throughout the town and the kingdom. She was doing this to save them, so they would no longer have to suffer at the hands of the ogres. She was doing the right thing, like her mother had told her to always do.

At the end of the day, she was exhausted and she headed to her bedroom, ready to sleep. And then she realized, she didn't have a ring to give him. Would he even want a ring? He hadn't said anything about it… Still, he was going to be her husband, he should get a ring from her. She had a small box of her mother's jewelry under her bed, and in the box was some of the old kings rings as well. A moment later, she found one that she liked. It was a gold band, and it was set with a large sky blue stone, she hoped he would appreciate it. She had seen that he wore a lot of dark colors, but blue was her favorite color and maybe change would be good. She put the box away and she sat on her bed, looking at the ring. She was going to give this to her future husband, she was going to be married. And it wasn't to her fiancé Gaston. Perhaps she should have been happy about that, but all she knew is that she was being moved from a brute's embrace to a beast's. She wanted to give Rumplestiltskin more credit, after all of hid kind words in the throne room… She hoped that this would go well.

She placed the ring on the nightstand next to her bed and she began to undress, getting changed for bed. Suddenly the door flew open, and standing in the door was Gaston. She gasped and tried to cover herself.

"Gaston, get out of my chambers!" she shrieked but the man only closed the door behind him.

"I heard about what happened today," he growled as he approached her. "How dare you think you can just marry some monster instead of me."

"I did it to save the kingdom!" she said. "Now get out of my room!"

"You shut up," he growled and he grabbed her shoulders. "You may be marrying this beast, but you're still mine. And I'll make sure to make you mine before the wedding is over. Who knows, maybe I'll give you a son tonight and you'll be useless to that beast." He shoved her down onto the bed and climbed ontop of her.

She was shaking, terrified. No, he couldn't mean this! He couldn't do this! "Gaston no! No please!" she cried. He ignored her trying to push him away. She became desperate, and one thing popped into her mind.

"RUMPLESTILTSKIN!" She screamed.

Rumple had just finished his ring for her when he heard her scream his name. He panicked, and without even thinking he located her and appeared in the room she was in. His eyes widened when he realized what was going on, and anger filled him. He grabbed Gaston by the back of his head and dragged him off of Belle to the ground. Then grabbing his lapels of his jacket, Rumple slammed the man up against the wall, thankfully his magic made him strong, otherwise he'd never be able to take on this brute who was almost two feet taller than him.

Gaston was shocked and speechless, a first. Belle grabbed a robe and covered herself, her eyes wide as saucers. Rumple met Gaston's eyes, his own eyes full of rage and hatred towards this man who would dare lay a finger on the fiancé of the Dark One.

"Don't. Ever. Touch her again." He growled at the man. "Understand?"

Gaston nodded, his eyes wide, and Rumple let him go. The brute scrambled away, running out the door. Once he was sure he was gone, Rumple turned to Belle, his anger cooling. She looked so scared, so shaken. He turned to her but didn't take a step forward.

"Are you alright?" he asked softly, letting her know she wasn't in any danger around him. She swallowed thickly and nodded.

"Yes… Thank you," she said, sitting up and holding the robe over her to cover herself. "You saved me."

"Ofcourse I did," he said. "Can't have my future wife get hurt like that, now can I?" he said. "Now, I'll set up some protection spells around your room so he won't be able to get in again, how does that sound?"

She nodded again. "Thank you… so very much." She said softly. He half smiled and nodded.

"You're very welcome. I'm… I'm glad you remembered to call me." He said. She nodded to him.

"It just… popped into my head," she said. "…Alright, thank you for helping me, but I've had a long day and I really need some sleep before the wedding. Good night, Rumplestiltskin."

"Good night Belle," he said and to be playful he gave her a little bow before he left the room, closing the door behind him. Waving his hands he cast a few protection spells over the room, so he knew she would be safe. He was going to keep his future wife safe. And hopefully him saving her would help her see that he wasn't all monster, at least for her.

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omg whaaaaaaaaat i'm still aliiiiiiiive? well here i am! now that the first book of daughter of darkness is done, i'm going to be trying to work on my other fics for a little bit before i start writing the second book (mostly because it's not finished yet, if you wanna help, pm me.)

anyways! fairy dust! rumples awesome! this chapter got a little dark, i hope it wasn't too much for anyone, i'm trying to expand my writing style and i've been turning to darker themes recently, i kinda like it. however my stories on here will be mostly the same, cute fluffiness and drama.

please leave a comment, you know i love my feed back. thank you eveyone who has been so patient while you wait for my fics, being in college doesn't leave a whole lot of time for me to do stuff, but my fics are still here and i will still update them no matter how much time passes between uploads.

also, check out The Dark One, by DruidKitty, she and i wrote that story together, and we would both appreciate it if you checked it out.

ok, enough rambling.

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