I'm so sorry I've been MIA for a year now. I've been going through a lot with my life. Finally getting back to my old ways. I wanted to take this time to say yes my story is a lot like 'Once Upon A Time' I know no one will believe me but I've had this concept since i was in middle school and I'm 23 now. Just try to treat this story as its own & try not to compare. 'Once Upon A Time' is literally my favorite show. I show no disrespect. There's my rant. I really hope youre enjoying the story I plan on keeping up with it this time. Please leave a review if you like where the story is going or if you have some ideas. Thank you & enjoy (: TW: mentioning of self harm.

Adelle woke up the next morning feeling strange. Her mind went back to last night, running through the woods, finding that castle, finding her birth parents. Her birth parents! She jolted right up in her bed and put her hand to her head, she felt dizzy and confused. She found them, she finally found them. She pushed back the covers and stepped out into the cold air and walked over to the large window seat and stared out to look at the castle grounds and thought to herself. What does this mean for her life? She found her birth parents, King and Queen of this foreign land which makes her a Princess. Adelle's stomach started twisting in knots, Adelle was scared. Living most of her life in poverty she felt she could never fufill her duty as a royal. Her thoughts were interuppted with a knock at the door, she shook her head of these dreary thoughts and bid whoever was behind the door to come in.

When the door opened she was greeted by an older british woman pushing a tea cart.

"Good morning, dear" The woman said

"Morning." Adelle smiled

"My name's Ms. Potts, Would you like a spot of tea?" The woman smiled motioning to her cart

"Yes, please." Adelle took the cup of tea and smiled greatfully "My name's..."

"Oh, I know who you are, love. We've been waiting for you for quite sometime."

Adelle smiled and looked to her lap "So I've heard." She let out a quiet chuckle.

"Well come now breakfast is waiting for you downstairs and i believe Belle and the master have more to talk to you about."

Adelle nodded and got dressed in a simple lavender dress and started wondering the halls in hopes to find her breakfast. Butterflies rumbled in her stomach while she was taking everything in. Portraits hung on the walls, lavish drapes and rugs around every corner, servants were walking by her bowing and smiling at her. She was bursting with happiness. She finally found her way to her breakfast as she entered the room she found Belle and Adam sitting at the table talking quietly.

Belle saw her first and smiled ending her conversation with her husband short. Adam followed Belle's gaze and smiled.

"Good morning." Adelle said as she made her way to the dinning table.

They both smiled at her. "How are you feeling?" Belle asked

Adelle pulled out her chair to sit down and let out a heavy sigh "I'm honestly feeling overwhelmed, it just still feels like this is a dream" She said as she was looking around the room. She was living in a fairytale.

Belle let out a chuckle "Well we have something to show you after breakfast to help you feel better I'm sure your head is spinning from all of this."

Adelle nodded and looked at her lap.

Adam frowned to see his daughter upset. He knew she was overthinking and having doubts of this situation.'I mean who would believe they were taken away from their parents to be cursed to a different reality and then come to find out you come from a royal family.'He thought to himself trying to put himself in his daughters shoes to understand.

He smiled at her "Just try to eat some food and everything will be sorted after breakfast, I promise."

Adelle gave him a shy smile back and went to eat some of her eggs. She was trying to focus on the conversation she was having with her parents but her mind wouldn't stop asking question after question.

After breakfast was over she was led by her parents to this long hallway full of statues and tall windows. She was admiring her parents walking in front of her as the sun peaked through the curtains still trying to process her new life. Lost in thought she then stopped to see her parents standing outside of a door at the end of the hallway.

Belle and Adam smiled at their daughter as Belle opened the door and motioned for her to step inside.

Adelle was stunned as she walked into a nursery full of presents. The room decorated in the prettiest of pale white fabrics with lace peeking through the curtain by the window. Her eyes then landed on a crib. A crib that looked like it was hand carved. As she walked closer to it she noticed the roses ingraved in the wood along with angels carved at the bottom to support the scructure. Tears began to form in her eyes as she realized something.

Adam spoke up as he walked up behind Adelle "This was your room we had prepared for you before you were born, I carved that crib myself and your grandfather; Maurice helped with putting it together." He let out a smile as Adelle ran her hands across the crib admiring its beauty.

"This was suppose to be your home. You didnt even get to spend one night. Adelle, we wanted nothing more than to keep you here and raise you ourselves. We can't apoligze enough for having you grow up without us." Belle said watching her daughter.

Adelle quickly wiped a tear away from her eye so they wouldn't see her cry.

"You really did all of this for me?" Adelle said as she turned around.

Belle and Adam both nodded.

Then anger started forming at the pit of Adelle's stomach. A feeling she had repressed for so long had made its way to the surface of her heart. Yes, she sees her parents love her very much and wanted nothing more than to keep her. But she couldn't help but be angry at the situation that left her alone for twenty one years.

Adelle's face must have shown her anger because Belle's stomach dropped at the sight of her daughter's sudden change of facial expression.

"Adelle, sweetheart. What's wrong?" Belle said slowly walking up to Adelle. Adelle quickly backed away from her making Belle let out a small gasp.

"I'm angry. Seeing this life I could have had." Adelle said gesturing to the crib and looking around the room. "I grew up alone being pushed around for being odd and teased about me being an orphan. I know you had no choice but to watch me be taken away but that doesn't change the fact the for twenty one years i was alone."

Adam tried to put in a few words of encouragement but Adelle cut him off her tone getting harsh.

"You have no idea what I've been through and what I've had to do to just get through the day. I've eaten food out of garbage cans, been beaten multiple times from my foster father over things that weren't even my fault. My life has gotten so bad to the point where I've had to hurt myself for a type of release." Her voice cracked as tears begin to fall down her cheeks. "I needed you and you just weren't there..." She is now sobbing from the burst of emotion and finally saying these words out loud. "..I needed you."

Belle tries to walk towards her to give her a hug to comfort her daughter. But Adelle just runs past her sobbing while making her escape.

Belle then turns to Adam with tears in her eyes from hearing how awful her life had been and hearing the news that her daughter has hurt herself.

"Adam she hates us. Did you hear what she said?" Tears started falling from her eyes as guilt sets in.

"Belle she's just overhwhelmed and has probably held that in for way too long. She doesn't hate us. Everything will be okay." he said as he wraps his arms around her. "We just need to give her time to calm down and we will go talk to her. Okay?"

Belle wiped a tear from her eye and nodded. Then Adam placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Let's go to the library. I'll send Ms. Potts to her room to give her some tea and to check on her. Then we can go talk to her."

Adelle ran untill she reached a door to get outside. She just needed some air. As soon as she made it outside she found a corner of the castle walls and slid down to where she was clutching her knees as she cried. She just needed to let it out.