CHAPTER 6 – YOUR NAME

[A/N: So I just saw Beauty.. and omg.. SO MANY FEELS O_O . I've actually never been a huge fan of Rumbelle before mainly because of how annoying Rumplestilskin could treat Belle (i mean come on he was a douchebag) but after that episode I lowkey ship them! I love how they brought Up into the story as well, I think it fit really well!

Anyway, here I am with a new chapter. From this point onwards, I'm going to try and add a lot more OutlawQueen seeing as that's basically gonna be endgame in this so get excited my memers.

That's all from me – enjoy the chapter!]

|AROUND 16 OR 17 YEARS AGO, SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA|

The school bell rang, as it did before the final period every day, and Robin was once again ready to go to her next lesson. Just like every other day, the halls were packed with young children around her age, all screaming and laughing as they chased each other around every corner, and just like every other day she watched as the people around her smiled whilst she stared blankly.

There was always a part of her which felt different to the other children. Always a part of her which felt so much quieter than the screams of her classmates when they played with glitter or paint or whatever was around them. Despite the fact that she was surrounded by people who she was made to get along with, she still felt lonely.

Of course, times weren't always bad. Occasionally she found someone to talk to, and whilst she still felt so disconnected, those types of people still made her smile. But today wasn't one of those occasional days, or at least she didn't think so.

It was when she walked into her next period when she began to wonder about this though. It was a PSHE [a/n: don't know what the equivalent would be the in US] lesson, this time on families. Whilst every kid discussed what their mother and father and siblings were like, she just sat there confused.

And that's when she asked herself, who was her father?

She'd never really had the proper courage to ask her mother about him, and for a long time she'd even just presumed that she didn't have one. That she appeared like magic, and that was her explanation for feeling so lost in life. But deep down, she always knew that something happened to her father and it wasn't something her mother was really ready to discuss.

But when she walked home that day, she finally had the courage to confront her mother about it. And this time she committed herself to finding out the truth.

|PRESENT DAY, HYPERION HEIGHTS|

"Amelie? Why Amelie?", Lucy asked. They were both sitting outside again, right after Robin had left Roni's.

"Well, because you're right. It's too dangerous to use my real identity here and if it's true that Tremaine was the reason for my mother travelling back in time then I should probably be careful about it."

"I wasn't asking why you faked your name, silly.", Lucy responded in slight laughter, "I was asking why you chose that name. I mean, I don't remember there being anyone called Amelie in the book anyway."

Robin then remembered something she was meaning to ask beforehand. "Hey Lucy, do you mind if I maybe borrowed that book at some point? I'm genuinely getting more and more curious the more you talk about it."

"Of course!", Lucy smiled, "but please answer my question."

Robin sighed with her response. "You know that movie about that girl called Amelie with the metal box thingy?", Lucy shrugged.

"God, I should've known nobody would watch that old stuff nowadays. Well, I just thought that seeing as everyone else involved in this is considered to be a fictional character that it would be fun to throw that name into the mix."

Despite not knowing the story, Lucy still realised how cool the idea was and once again smiled at the girl beside her. "I get it!"

"I'm glad you thought it was a nice idea as well in that case.", she responded.

"So you just chose that name because it was from a movie?", Lucy asked.

"Well, yeah basically. But there's another thing."

|AROUND 16 OR 17 YEARS AGO, SOMEWHERE IN AMERICA|

Robin had arrived back at the tiny little apartment she'd known as home and found her mother in the kitchen.

"Hey there, little munchkin! How did you enjoy your day of school?", her mother, Zelena, asked. But Robin wasn't ready to deal with the same boring conversations with her today.

"Mommy, who's my father?", she asked.

Zelena's face suddenly turned from a smile to a worried look. A part of her never even expected Robin to be slightly curious about who her father was, but another part of her knew that this day would come someday. She couldn't hide this any longer. She had to explain.

She got Robin to sit down on the couch before wrapping her arm around her, beginning to explain what she was ready to explain.

"You see Robin, your daddy and I weren't exactly very interested in each other when I found out that I was having you, so we didn't really want to raise you together." Robin gazed up at her, interested to hear more. "But he was a very nice man, I can assure you of that."

"Where is he now?", Robin asked.

This was the one question which Zelena never wanted her daughter to ask. How on earth was she meant to explain that he was dead? That he was killed with the Olympian Crystal and that he would never come back?

And that it was her fault?

"Darling, your father isn't around in this world anymore and I don't think you'll be able to see him anytime. But I promise you, if he was here he would be very proud of you."

Robin started crying slowly. She knew what her mother meant when she said those words, but she wished so much that she had no idea.

|PRESENT DAY, HYPERION HEIGHTS|

It was during her lunch break that Roni finally sat down and began thinking about the way she felt earlier that day. Why did she react in such a way when asked about her relationships? She'd never been with anyone, not seriously anyway, so it didn't make sense to her at all and yet those words made her feel so sad.

It was only when she thought hardly about it when she begun to have visions, almost memories appearing in her head. Memories of holding someone's hand beside her. Memories of smiling at someone she'd always longed to have in her life. Memories of being happy, almost as if she were a completely different person. But it still made her so sad and she had no idea why. She couldn't even remember who that person was, or what they looked like, or how they spoke. But something about it was so powerful and so deep.

Despite not knowing who it was, or why she thought of them she still longed to find that person. Even it were to just know their name. The problem was, she had no idea where to start.

"There's more?", Lucy responded to Robin's statement. Robin thought about what she would say carefully. It was really complicated, but at the same time she knew the exact reason like it was the easiest thing in the world.

"Well, you see..

In the movie, Amelie always devoted herself to help others no matter what the cost, and even though I'm hopeless at helping other people.. that's almost what I want to be able to do. I want to help as many people in this town as possible, including my aunt, even if it does kill me or force me to risk my life. Because from what I was told, that's what my father would've done. He would've helped the people around him and he would've helped the people that he loved. And that's what I want to do."

[A/N: wow, that chapter was a bit long.. Anyway, I'm really enjoying writing this so far and I hope you guys are enjoying the story! Sorry for the minor plotholes, especially with how the Hyperion Heights curse started but I don't really want to get too far into that because I want to make the backstory as similar to what's canon as possible.

I'm actually leaving to go to a different country tomorrow, as of writing this, which is why I'm publishing multiple chapters in the same day. I could write some more whilst I'm abroad, but I wouldn't have my PC and I kinda hate writing on my phone .-.

I will consider it though, because I'm actually getting quite into this unlike the other fanfics that I've tried to start writing in the past and ended up failing.

I'll stop dragging this AN on now though, cause it's time for the next chapter 8) ]