You try to lock up all the feelings inside of you so they don't hurt you, but after one incident it finally breaks and you don't know how to deal with it, so you just sit in the dark till something comes and awakens your troubled mind. -disclaimer- Part of the Ponder Series

Christmas is supposed to be a happy time of year, but for the characters in Storybrook, that isn't usually the case. Oddly enough, the one who's had the worst Christmas's makes someone else's the best.

she doesn't know how to be a mother.

Things have always been the same in Storybrooke. But there is one boy, only one, who is capable of changing. And Henry is determined that everyone will get their happy ending.

A few days after rescuing Henry from the mines, Emma receives a call about a trespasser on the site. Fate, and Regina, have a few surprises in store for her.

What might have happened as to why they are the way they are. Regraham implied. I didn't name Graham in Fairy Tale Land because we don't really know his name yet. I will probably come back and re-edit once Episode 7 airs.

Snow White and Prince Charming must cross a cursed forest, yet no one knows the route except a seventeen year old girl whom agrees to bring them across the cursed area at a price.

Regina has allowed herself to become complacent, to assume that her own happy ending would come if she just waited long enough. Post ep for 1.05.

Prince Charming wasn't supposed to wake up because the Queen wanted Snow White all to herself.

Everyone deserves at least one "real" Christmas experience. Emma is making sure that Henry gets that, but he's not the only one in need of a traditional Christmas. Read and see! Rated T out of precaution due to mild language.

Mr. Gold accidentally spills a drink on Ruby at work, she rushes to the laundry room and he goes to apologize. He didn't think he would encounter her partially undressed.

Ruby and Gold make a certain type of tape and one of them leaks it.

Even in the occasional public place, Ruby and Gold can't stop themselves from having a bit of fun.

And she thought wolves were the only danger in the forest...

A fic from two perspectives: Charming misses Snow, David misses Mary Margaret.

Before casting the curse, the Queen decides she'd rather not play Rumpelstiltskin's game.

They told her not to go into the dark of the woods but she was never good at listening. Then again, what kind of story would there be if she had? Takes place in both worlds. My take on Red Riding Hood's story. Features Ella/Ashley but NOT a slash fic.

Mary Margaret has had the ring for as long as she can remember.

When baby Emma arrives early, James must pack a lifetime of fatherhood into a few short minutes as he races to save his little girl. Spoilers for 1x01, Pilot.

Henry is a brat . Stealing Mary's credit cards, running away constantly, climbing into a dangerous mine...so it's kind of fitting that Graham plays daddy for him, and more than a bit ironic that the Huntsman is the one to finally get through. AU

The one who created the Dark Curse is the only one who can break it, and the only one who knows that is the imp Rumpelstilskin, and he isn't telling…not after he's waited all these years for her to come back...and nothing will stop whats coming...nothing

"David Nolan" pays Mary Margaret a visit.

After the mine incident, Archie considers a new approach to Henry's condition. Spoilers For episode 5

It's dangerous for David Nolan to be falling in love with Mary Margaret Blanchard when he's married, but he doesn't care. Mary Margaret/David. Spoilers and speculation for "The Shepherd".

A response to my claimed prompt table at Once Upon a Prompt. 20 prompts total with multiple characters. Ch2/Prompt11: Roses - Ruby tries to find her wolf.