"The point of the rook isn't power, but strategy. Having power isn't how you win; it's knowing how to use it."

Belle startled at the offending noise, and Gold laughed. When he spoke, his voice was low, rumbling and yet soft. "Gentle now, lass," he whispered, his lips brushing her ear. "She needs a soft touch."

Chopin's serene theme of Prelude's opus twenty-eight, number nineteen wafts through the house. For a time, there is a quiet sort of peace in the melody. Gold traces the rim of his teacup, waiting. Always waiting. Gold/Belle, drabble.

Birds of a feather flock together. He lost his family to war, She lost them to betrayal. In the Enchanted Forest, Robin is a young girl attempting to survive. In Storybrooke, Sara Lark is trying to protect her family. The last thing either of them needs is to make a deal with the Devil, so to speak. NOT a Rumplestiltskin (Mr. Gold) / OC story.

He knows, the second he took that dagger, he lost sight of why he'd wanted it in the first place. References to Rumbelle.

Emma finds Regina beautiful and so she lets her know in the way that makes most sense, with a song.

Archie might just have a chance with Ruby, all because of Nostradamus and his prophecy. Archie/Ruby

Prince Charming and Snow White are reunited once more. Can Snow remember the love she shared again? Flashbacks in reference to previous episodes mentioned. Set during episode 16, right after the Prince finds Snow after she has drunk the potion.

Emma's pov added. Spoilers for Heart of Darkness. David oneshot

A collection of oneshots and drabbles, rated everything from K-M

A mother and son vacation turns into a search for a lost little girl and discovery of a small town that shouldn't be there.

Takes place after 'Red Handed.' ends. Snow needs to get Red to a safe place, and Red is still traumatized by her killing of Peter. They go to Rumplestiltskin, and some startling truths emerge. Red/Rumple, obviously.

The once cold hearted beast can run from his feelings but he can never hide them from himself.

Mr Gold comes to meet with Mary Margaret in her jail cell, and Isobel French stops by to help out. AU where Belle is a Storybrooke character, and has never been in the asylum. Rumbelle, some MM/David.

Three times she "escaped" from a prison before she reunited with her true love. IMPORTANT BACKSTORY FOR CHAPTER 21 of THE IMPOSSIBLE TRUTH INSIDE. Review Please!

The Stranger takes an unusual interest in Ruby that borders on obsession but is she really as uninterested as she lets on? What is their connection and what are his secrets? But what happens when bodies start piling?

Her heart dies with him as he dies. Young Regina/The Stable Boy.

Challenge Fic: Something magical happens every Leap Year Day. Henry's POV

Regina/Emma. Maybe it was the start of something, maybe it was the end but a kiss between good and evil, shatters the realm of pretend.

There's just her and him and her enchanting smiles and the hem of her dress dusting his shins as they spin and the mirrors. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

What if after Belle left, the story became a bit more like the Beauty and the Beast we all know?

A one shot on how Ashley came to make her deal with Gold to give up her child.

Rapunzel has always longed for freedom. An unexpected visitor grants her wish for a price. She is to be his companion, but what he means by companion really means captive. She can never escape him. Will she learn to love or hate? Rumpelstiltskin/Rapunzel

Oneshot. The beginnings of a friendship between David and Regina.

Carefully she turns on her side so she will face him in her sleep. So he is the first thing she will see when she wakes up tomorrow. It is the only way she feels safe. .:Unabashed fluff. You have been warned:.