Chapter 2 Ketsia

It was half three and the girls were finishing school around now. Belle knew that the girls would come straight to the library after school and she couldn't wait for all her family to be together. Not having all of her family around her, broke her heart, it broke her heart when Rumple was captured, it broke her heart when Hatter went on business trips, it even broke her heart when she couldn't hear the girls laughter.

Belle stopped thinking about all the troubles in the world when the library door opened. A group of children walked into the library and headed for books. But when Belle looked around she couldn't see Arya or Grace, or as they were known in this world Elena and Paige. She was about to ask the children have they seen the girls when she heard Grace "it wasn't that bad".

Grace and Arya walked into the library as Arya said "oh really...then why didn't you talk to anyone?" Grace looked down to the floor "thought so".

They walked up to Belle's desk and she said "How was your day?"

Arya rolled her eyes and said "we'll tell you later when we haven't got others around" she pointed to the group of children.

Belle nodded and they were silent till it was time to close up.

When it was 5 o'clock Belle had to close the library so she asked everybody to leave. When the library was closed Arya, Grace and Belle all walked to the pawn shop. As they were walking to the shop, Ruby also known as Red shouted "Hey, Izzy wait up".

The girls stopped walking and looked at Ruby. It took them a few moments to think of her name in this world then Belle said "hey, Ruby".

"I was wondering when we got a chance to talk. I saw you in the diner before but we didn't get a chance to talk" Belle nodded "anyway me and Mary Margret are going shopping later. Do you wanna join us?"

Belle looked at the girls and then back to Ruby and said "sorry I can't, I'm busy tonight".

Ruby sighed and said "its alright we'll do something another time". Arya couldn't keep her eyes of Ruby and she noticed. Arya began to move further away from her then Ruby said "are you okay, Elena?"

Arya nodded and then Belle turned to Ruby and said "Listen, we have to go but I will talk to you later".

"Okay, see you later". All of them said bye as Ruby walked to the diner.

As they were walking to the pawn shop, Belle looked at Arya and said "what wrong?"

She shook her head and said "nothing".

They all froze and Belle said "don't lie to me...tell me what's wrong".

She sighed and said "back when we were talking to Ruby I saw...I saw".

Grace said "spit it out".

"I saw a wolf".

"A wolf".

"Yes, Paige. An animal that has fur and sharp teeth".

Belle shook her head in confusion and said "how did you see it?"

"It was like a ghost right next to her. Every time she moved, it moved with her".

"Listen, I will talk to your father about this but don't tell anyone. Do you understand?" she nodded and then all of them continued to walk to the shop.

As they entered the shop, they saw Hatter and Rumple still sitting at the counter drinking tea. As the girls entered the shop, they both shouted "Papa".

The girls went to embrace their fathers as Belle just smiled. They all stayed at the shop till 6 o'clock then they all went home for dinner.

As they were sitting down for dinner, Rumple had noticed that Arya had not talked much. He whispered to Belle "what's wrong with, Arya?" because they were in the house it was okay to call everyone by their real names.

Belle looked at him and said "I'll tell you, when the girls go to bed".

Rumple looked at the table and smile at his family. He looked at the girls and said "how was school?"

There was silence for a few moments then Grace said "It was okay...we have Snow white as our class teacher".

Rumple smiled and then looked at Arya and said "what about you Arya, was it okay?"

She was playing with the remainder of her food and she looked down to her lap and said "I hate it".

"Why?"

She looked at him and said "It's not the school it the kids" they all gave her confused looks "think about it. I and Grace have to go to a place nearly everyday, where people pretend to like us when really they are afraid...if we get use to it then when the curse is broken it will all fall apart".

They were all silent then Grace turned to Rumple and said "Uncle Rumple, how is the savour going to come here? I mean it's not like one day she is just going to decide she wants to come to a small town called Storybrooke".

He smiled and said "in 18 years the savour will produce a child. She gives up her baby and Regina adopts him. 10 years later with the help of you two" he pointed to Grace and Arya "he will find her".

"How can we help?" Arya said.

"When the boy turns 9, you two will tell him about the curse then a year later he will find his mother then bring her here".

Hatter said "wait, we can't let Regina get her hands on a child. Who knows what she'll do".

"That is a chance we'll have to take". They talked for a while about future plans then Belle put the girls to bed.

As she was tucking them in like always they asked for her story. When she finished the story and she had kissed Grace's forehead she kissed Arya's then stared into her eyes. She could see worry and she said "Arya, what's wrong?"

"Mama, what's happening to me?"

"What do you mean?"

"How come could I see a wolf, when I was looking a Ruby but no one else can?"

Belle sighed and said "I don't know but we'll find out soon".

"It's not the first time it's happened though".

"When has it happened before?"

"When I was at school today, one of the teachers at the school called Mr Uri had a unicorn next to him".

Belle stroked Arya's cheek and said "don't worry, Arya".

She wished the girls a good night then closed the door. She walked downstairs and saw Rumple sitting on the sofa alone while Hatter sat in an armchair.

Belle sat next to Rumple as he placed his arm around her waist and he said "now, are you going to tell me everything?"

She sighed and sat up straight. She said "Rumple, in the other land when we saw you in the cell, we also saw the Blue fairy in the castle".

"What!"

"Don't worry we went back home before it got out of hand".

"What do you mean out of hand?"

Belle looked at Hatter and he said "in the castle, the blue fairy said that she could sense great power...power that was stronger than the dark ones. She thought the great power was Arya and she wanted to take her".

"Don't listen to that fairy. Arya has never shown sighs of having power. She just wants to wreck my family".

Belle sighed and said "I think she was telling the truth". Rumple and Hatter had confused looks on their faces and she said "when me and the girls were making our way to the shop, we ran into Ruby or as she is known in the other land Red. We were talking but Arya was acting really nervous around her. I asked he when Ruby left what was wrong and she said she saw a wolf. She said it was like a ghost stood right next to Ruby and every time she moved it moved".

Hatter said "why a wolf?"

Belle and Hatter both stared at Rumple as he said "Because she is a werewolf, but how could Arya see her true form?"

Belle then said "that's not all. At her school she saw a unicorn next to one of her teachers".

Hatter's head shot up and he said "what if she is a Ketsia?"

Rumple was thinking then Belle looked at Hatter and said "what's a Ketsia?"

"A Ketsia is a legend in our land. It is said in our land that thousands of years ago there were children born more powerful than good and evil but didn't show power till they understood power fully. None were ever found though. If Arya is a Ketsia, then she has more power than anyone could ever imagine. Just like the blue fairy said, Arya's power is stronger than Rumple's".

Rumple interrupted "there is one part of the legend that only a few know" Belle and Hatter looked at him. He sighed and said "the Ketsia children were real but...but one time a child chose darkness and there were lands that were destroyed. All the magical creatures and sorcerers argued with Kings and Queens saying that they could control the children, if they were brought up right. They did not understand the power, so the Royals told the knights to kill all the children before they could control the power."

Belle looked into his eyes and said "how could they tell which children were Ketsia?"

"They couldn't but the fairies could sense their power".

Hatter sighed and said "are you saying that if the fairies find out about Arya they will kill her?"

Rumple rubbed his face with one hand and said "If they remember the full legend...then yes they will try".

Belle busted out into tears and said "we can't let them get to her".

Rumple wrapped an arm around Belle as he said "hey, hey, I wont let any harm come to this family. I promise".

Hatter looked at Belle and said "Belle, Arya is-"

He was interrupted by a noise on the stairs. Arya and Grace had been listening the entire time and were on the verge of tears. Rumple had told them to come downstairs and when they did. Grace sat on Hatter's lap as Arya placed herself between Belle and Rumple.

A few tears escaped Arya's eyes and she said "their going to kill me, aren't they?"

Belle rubbed her back and said "No, we will never let that happen to you".

Arya stood and said "you can't say that. Mama, I'm a freak".

Belle was about to talk when Grace spoke "Arya, you are not a freak. From what we heard on the stairs about you being a Ketsia, you are special. You are family".

Arya sat back down and said "what's going to happen to me?"

Rumple said "at this moment in time, nothing. When the curse is broken and I bring magic like we planned, we will train you to use your powers so that you are safe".

Arya looked at Belle and said "mama, I'm scared".

Tears were falling from her eyes and Belle embraced her daughter. She rubbed circles on her back and said "Its okay, Arya, we will protect you".

For the next 18 years they lived their life as normal as possible. Arya had become use to her power and she was not scared when she saw a wolf near Ruby. They tried to avoid people but when Henry came to Storybrooke, they kept a close eye on him. Henry was growing so fast and it was now his 9th birthday.

AN: sorry that I haven't updated in a while I had exams. The next chapter will be about Henrys birthday and how the girls break the news to him. Leave me a review and tell me what you think about Arya being a Ketsia.