"I have this strange feeling that no matter where I go I clean." Ella says to herself as she mops the floors of the Queen's castle. "I know I'm good at it and all but still. At least this is a pretty castle." She gets bored and whistles.

"Help! Unhand me vile creature!" A female voice calls out. The voice had a slight accent to it.

"Hm, did the Queen get another poor unsuspecting girl?" She mused to herself. "Might as well look."

She walked over to the throne room and sees a girl with dark hair being held by two guards.

"You have disappointed me." The Queen says, a bit angry. "I thought for sure, you would become his weakness."

"What do you mean?" The unknown female says.

The Queen growls in anger. "Take her to the dungeons!"

The guards do as she say. The Queen slumps back in her chair. Ella knocks on the door. Ella pops her head out.

"What do you want, Ella?" The Queen addresses her.

"Just here to clean. Do you need anything?" Ella asks nicely, as she brings in her bucket and mop.

"Just tired. Nothing to concern yourself."

"But I should."

This comment made the Queen's brow rise. "Why?"

"Because, you took me in." Ella smiled. "You gave me the opportunity of cleaning this beautiful castle. I feel like I got promoted. Also I care for you. Most people think you're cruel and are afraid of you, but I feel that you are kind and ruling fairly."

"Has anyone told you, you are really odd?" The Queen smiles in amusement.

Ella blinked and chuckled. "Of course, a lot of people has said that. That's part of my charm. So if you ever need to talk to someone, I'll be here for hmm, well until you get sick of me. Anyways you can trust me."

"Okay, well, I tried to bring down a nefarious being, by trying to turn one of his servants against him, but that didn't work." The Queen then looked at her in pity.

"What?" Ella looked a bit bewildered at the Queen's expression.

"How much do you truly know about Rumplestiltskin?" She asks.

"I met in him in the dungeons and he's really kind. He taught me how to read and he listens to me." Ella smiled fondly.

"Dungeons? What do you mean? He's in a castle over yonder."

"What?" Ella said surprised. "No, that's not possible. He was in the dungeons of the King's and the Prince's. The last time I saw him."

"Was there any magical enchantment?"

"I don't see how.."

"If there wasn't any, that means he was only pretending to be captured."

Ella became speechless. She looked down. The Queen couldn't see her face. Ella started trembling.

"Don't start cry-"

"I'm going to kill him! Which way is this castle?"Ella roared in pure fury. She felt betrayed. He lives/owns a castle and she's stuck cleaning, still!

"Huh, I didn't expect this reaction from you." The Queen replied amused. "Well, don't kill him. Ella, I have a proposition for you."

Ella leaned against her mop and looked at her.

"Why don't we join forces? It appears he has a soft spot for you and wants to protect you or else he wouldn't have sent you here. Right?"

Ella furrows her brow. "Why do want to hurt him?"

"Why? Well, because I want to be the only powerful person throughout the land." She replied and smiled when she said powerful.

"What do you mean? Magic?" Ella asked, surprised, and then she realized it. "He can use magic."

"Yes, one of the most powerful beings in the land. He uses a specific type of magic. Dark magic."

She widens her eyes. "He's really powerful then. Why would he have an interest in me?"

The Queen shrugged. "I do not know. Maybe kindness stemmed from ignorance."

She looked at her confused. "Okay?"

"So, Ella, do you want to get revenge?"

Ella nodded.

"Then I first have to tell you about Snow White."

After The Queen tells everything to her, she dismisses her to go on to her duties.

Ella steps out with her mop. "Wow, that was a doozy. Rumple must be right about how I attract strange people. The Queen is nice though. Putting up that act was harder than I thought. Well, I'm a bit mad that he didn't tell me everything but still, I love him."

She clutches her heart. "So that person I met was Snow White. Interesting. But what to do now? I have to protect him but now I want to protect the Queen too. Oh what a dilemma." She thinks a bit and smiles. "I got it. I'll do both. It'll be difficult but if I put my mind to it, I will succeed. I hope.

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