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early morning cuddles🥰
#look at my precious babies#the fact that it’s canon that they both sleep on the right side of the bed#but rumple probably let’s her have it#and she stubbornly does the same#or on a more sad note he slept on her side when she was lacey to be closer to her#rumplestiltskin#once upon a time#rumbelle#rumbelle art#belle gold#once upon a time fanart#ouat#belle french#digital art#my art
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Make Me Feel Alive Again - a Rumbelle Secret Santa 2023 gift for the delightful and talented @kelyon || Rumbelle AU where Rumplestiltskin never let Belle go, and thus canon runs a little... differently... || When Regina meets Belle in the Dark Castle, she harms Belle in a way only Rumplestiltskin can save her... || 14567 words || COMPLETE || Read the story here || Listen to the fanmix here
#rss#rumbelle secret santa#rumbelle art#rumbelle fic#rumbelle secret santa 2023#mine#ouat#thank you for the wonderful prompt kelyon!#you have a delightful tumblr it was really hard not to click 'follow' the moment I saw it to keep my identity a mystery!#hope you like the gift!
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It's CCA time!! A time of year that I'm always excited for, because it comes with the excuse of reading and re-reading copious amounts of fanfic in the name of nomination research.
Here's a neat little masterlist of my fics and my videos, if you are in need of a thing or two to pad out your nomination form. 💙💜💙
"The Finfolk's Bride"
a series (currently) consisting of two fics; "Tomorrow" & "Ad Astra".
In which Rumplestiltskin is a mischievous Fin and Belle is his ever-adoring human companion.
(2/?) ∣ (3.4k)
[possible noms]: Best Creature, Best Date, Best AU (Original)
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"Portrait of the Heart"
a 'Skin Deep' prologue
Rumplestiltskin's heart beats with a singular purpose – to reunite with his lost son. But his heart only has so many beats left before it fully gives into the Darkness. An enchanted locket known as The Heart's Caretaker may be his only chance to save what little light still burns within him. He just needs it to reveal to him the one person in the realm destined to banish his shadows and bring love back into his world.
(5/5) ∣ (12.7k)
[possible noms]: Best First Meeting, Best Rumbelle Secret Santa, Best Belle, Best Dark One Rumple
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"Lacey and the Tramp"
a golden lace one-shot
Gold and Lacey acquire a new furry companion...much to Gold's chagrin. Ft. Gold's mental agony of being haunted by Belle every time he looks at Lacey.
(1/1) ∣ (1.5k)
[possible noms]: Best Golden Lace, Best Comedy, Best Lacey
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"Pages of Reverie"
a dark castle one-shot
From a tome within the dark castle library, Belle unleashes a strange sleeping curse that forces her to confront her heart's deepest desire. Ft. Belle having a make out session with a dozen different fairy tale versions of Rumplestiltskin.
(1/1) ∣ (2k)
[possible noms]: Best One-Shot, Best Dark Castle
"Belle French & The Dork One" - Rumple & Belle
Three minutes of pure Rumbelle goofiness (with corresponding goofy editing).
(2:55)
[possible noms]: Best Video, Best Fluff Art
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"Mary on a Cross" - Gold & Lacey
“Your beauty never ever scared me”
(1:18)
[possible noms]: Best Video
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"Autumn" - Rumple & Belle
“You’re the sweetness in a warm cup of tea. When the world around us quiets, and it’s just you and me.”
(2:46)
[possible noms]: Best Video, Best Fluff Art
(+ here are links to my scant few gif sets and image edits)
#would have made so many rumbelle gif sets last year if i wasn't so GOT-brained#hoping to make a metric ton this coming year......despite the chronic ongoing GOT-brain#the chipped cup awards#chipped cup awards#chipped cup awards 2024#tcca#for your consideration#fyc#rumbelle#rumbelle fic#rumbelle fanvid#rumbelle art
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Well, it's that time of year again. What time of year, you say? Oh, hello there, Rumbelle newbies, I see you there, busily working away on filling out the ballot for the Chipped Cup Awards and flailing happily if some of your fics were nominated. Congratulations, and good, you should be in the right mood.
This is a fairy tale fandom, so let me tell you a story. Once upon a time, in the early times of the fandom, some of the Rumbelle writers looked at each other and said "Let's make all the Rumbellers cry". This challenge was taken up, and the Rumbelle War commenced, in which works of great angst and darkness were written. Readers cried and cursed the writers, who cackled evilly as they collected the broken hearts which were flung at their feet, and tucked them away in boxes and bags and old wooden card catalog drawers (because Rumbellers are big on libraries).
But because there must be light to balance the darkness, a new event was created -- FLUFFAPALOOZA.
Fluffapalooza is when you write and draw and gif the fluffiest fics/art/scenes you can think of. Haven't got the time or spoons to do any of that but you've got ideas? Post them as prompts, or headcanons! Or if you want a challenge, make a post announcing that you want to play "Fluffify this!" and invite people to send you angsty-sounding prompts in the form of sentence starters, which you will then sneer at and say "Not today! Today is for fluff!" and write a little prompt fill in which you turn that prompt into something fluffy. (See an example here.) Or maybe you just want to rhapsodise about Rumbelle and talk about their chemistry, or what the ship means to you and how it affected your life. Maybe you want to reminisce about how we started adding silly Rumbelle captions to every picture of a croc or gator or lizard that crossed our dashes. Anything goes! Tag everything with #fluffapalooza if you want it reblogged here!
Oh boy, you're saying (I hope), it sounds like fun! When is it? FLUFFAPALOOZA IS FEBRUARY 12, AKA SKIN DEEP DAY, THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR SHIP. THIS IS OUR HIGH HOLY DAY, GUYS, LET'S KEEP THE LOVE FLOWING AND CELEBRATE IT RIGHT.
(Oh yeah, and I believe it was in that contract you had to sign when you entered the fandom (you DID sign that scroll of parchment you were sent, yes?) that you have to reblog Love Is Purple and Love Is Still Purple at least once a year as part of the Anniversary Rites.)
#rumbelle#rumbelle fic#rumbelle art#fluffapalooza#skin deep day#skin deep#once upon a time#ouat#belle french#rumplestiltskin#rumpelstiltskin#mr. gold
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Chipped Cup Awards - Voting is LIVE!
Before we get started, we would like to thank every member of this fandom. Whether you create, enjoy, reblog, comment, or vote, you are the driving force behind this fandom. Without each and every one of you, this event wouldn’t be possible.
We had a great turnout this year, and we really hope that you enjoy the wonderful works of fic and art on the ballot this year. As a reminder, you may only submit this ballot one time, so make sure to make it count! In order to allow you to peruse this year’s offerings, a complete list of all nominated works is under the Read More cut.
Voting goes on from now until February 8th, so make sure to get your votes in. Without further ado, here is the ballot form!
Chipped Cup Awards Voting Ballot
FLUFF
Family
“To Drive The Dark Away” by @bibliosauruswrecks
“An Unconventional Gift“ by @shadowedoracle
Comfort
“The Dark One Doesn't Get Sick” by @shadowedoracle
“In Sickness and in Health“ by @jackabelle73
“A Present of Love“ by @reolf
“The Bedroom Chronicles” by @serenalyon
“Illness” by @peacehopeandrats
Reunion
“The Other Fork In The Path“ by @jackabelle73
“Finding You” by @silwenworld
SMUT
Kink/BDSM
“Like An Open Book” by @serenalyon
“So You Want To Build A Sex Room” by @peacehopeandrats
Romance
“Memory” by @peacehopeandrats
“Come Together” by @abovethemists
Best First Time
“Red Lights” by @rufeepeach
“Curfew” by @emospritelet
PWP
“Sunshine” by @peacehopeandrats
“Rack 'Em Up“ by @eirian-houpe
“All the Poisonous Thoughts“ by @serenalyon
“One Word, Many Meanings” by @peacehopeandrats
ANGST
Death
“In the Shadows of Others” by @peacehopeandrats
“Things Unknown” by bellegold
“Strong For Belle” by @desperatemurph
Hurts So Good
“Beyond the Door“ by @jackabelle73
“Field” by @peacehopeandrats
“Received” by @peacehopeandrats
“Ritual” by @peacehopeandrats
Misunderstanding
“Unexpected But Not Unwelcome” by @tickletorso
“On Our Way to Fall” by @nerdrumple
ROMANCE
Best Date (Overall)
“How to Date a Librarian” by @peacehopeandrats
“Lost and Found” by @peacehopeandrats
“The Worst Date” by @jackabelle73
Best Courtship
“One Thing Forever True“ by @deliriumsdelight7
“Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere” by @chick-with-wifi
Best First Meeting
“Click” by @jackabelle73
“Midnight Flowers” by @serenalyon
GENERAL AWARDS
Best One-Shot
“Amends” by @shadowedoracle
“And Then, One Thursday Night” by @jackabelle73
“Awakening” by @eirian-houpe
“The Angel and the Devil” by @peacehopeandrats
“The Golden Fleece” by @eirian-houpe
“The Weakness Inside Him” by @tickletorso
“Warming the Chill” by @peacehopeandrats
“Gilded” by @eirian-houpe
Best Series
“Beauty...” by @eirian-houpe
“Golden Dreams” by @peacehopeandrats
“Growing Up” by @peacehopeandrats
“Lover’s Leap” by @eirian-houpe
“Precious Moments” by @jackabelle73
“The Language of Flowers” by @eirian-houpe
Best Novel Length
“Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things“ by @peacehopeandrats
“Witness Protection” by @eirian-houpe
Best Short Fic
“Warming The Chill” by @peacehopeandrats
“Babysitting” by @timelordthirteen
“Distractions” by @shadowedoracle
“Family Photos” by @shadowedoracle
“Rain, Ruin, Roses” by @kelyon
Best Holiday-Centric
“Snow Bunnies” by @peacehopeandrats
“Comfort and Joy” by @emospritelet
“To Drive the Dark Away” by @bibliosauruswrecks
Best Remix
“Those We Left Behind” by @peacehopeandrats
“Our Masks” by @lotus0kid
Best Crossover
“A Blade for Belfrey” by @eirian-houpe
“The City That Never Sleeps“ by @peacehopeandrats
Best Dark Castle
“Amends” by @shadowedoracle
“An Unconventional Gift“ by @shadowedoracle
“Distractions” by @shadowedoracle
“Marble” by @peacehopeandrats
“Snow Bunnies” by @peacehopeandrats
“Storm” by @peacehopeandrats
“The Dark One Doesn’t Get Sick” by @shadowedoracle
“The Weakness Inside Him “ by @tickletorso
Best Storybrooke
“Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere” by @chick-with-wifi
“Golden Thread” by @chick-with-wifi
“Mountains, Streams, and Magical Things“ by @peacehopeandrats
“Beauty And The Beast“ by @peacehopeandrats
Best “Missing Years”
“An Unexplored Realm“ by @jackabelle73
“Unconventional” by @peacehopeandrats
“The Tent of Infinite Adventure“ by @peacehopeandrats
“Pop Ins” by @peacehopeandrats
“The City That Never Sleeps” by @peacehopeandrats
“Leaving Storybrooke“ by @peacehopeandrats
SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Best Golden Lace
“Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses“ by @kelyon
“The Angel and the Devil“ by @peacehopeandrats
“Rack ‘Em Up” by @eirian-houpe
Best Woven Lace
“One Word, Many Meanings” by @peacehopeandrats
“Morning” by @peacehopeandrats
Best Woven Beauty
“Prima” by @eirian-houpe
“Gift” by @peacehopeandrats
Best Afterlife Fic
“Morning” by @peacehopeandrats
“Awakening” by @eirian-houpe
Best Drama
“The Monster in the Storm” by @peacehopeandrats
“The Spirit of the Trees” by @woodelf68
“Ad Lucem” BY @reolf
Best Supernatural/Sci-Fi/Horror
“Live Wire” by @kelyon
“Mortuus Loqueris Ad“ by @jackabelle73
Best Comedy
“The Rare Books Crises“ by @tickletorso
“The Third Wheel“ by @tickletorso
Best AU - Original
“Two Could” by @eirian-houpe
“Rain, Ruin, Roses“ by @kelyon
“Wild” by @peacehopeandrats
Best AU Based On Other Media
“A Full Imagination“ by @peacehopeandrats
“Hatter” by @eirian-houpe
“In The Shadows Of Others“ by @peacehopeandrats
Best Creature
“Fallen” by @eirian-houpe
“In The Moonlight Deep” by @jackabelle73
Best Unexpected Twist
“The Rare Books Crises“ by @tickletorso
“Inheritance” by @eirian-houpe
Best Trope
“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73
“Beauty Compelled” by @eirian-houpe
“Wounds and Scars” by @peacehopeandrats
EVENTS
Rumbelle Secret Santa
“Come Talk To Me” by @serenalyon
“Deck the Halls” by @eirian-houpe
“The Best of the Season” by @lotus0kid
CHARACTER AWARDS
Best Belle
“Beauty Enlightened” by @eirian-houpe
“Compromises” by @tickletorso
“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73
“Unexpected But Not Unwelcome“ by @tickletorso
Best Dark One!Belle
“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon
Best Lacey
“Hot Cocoa and Stolen Kisses“ by @kelyon
“Stroll” by @peacehopeandrats
“Wax” by @peacehopeandrats
Best Spinner!Rumple
“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon
“Outside In” by @lotus0kid
Best Dark One Rumple
“Compromises” by @tickletorso
“Inheritance” by @eirian-houpe
“Gilded” by @eirian-houpe
Best Mr. Gold
“The Third Wheel” by @tickletorso
“Missing Person” by @eirian-houpe
“Received” by @peacehopeandrats
Best Detective Weaver
“Forgery” by @peacehopeandrats
“Doppelgänger“ by @celticheartedfangirl
Best Baelfire/Neal
“Dark Mistress” by @kelyon
“Welcome to Storybrooke“ by @peacehopeandrats
Best Gideon
“The Visitor” by @jackabelle73
“Looking In From the Almost Outside“ by @eirian-houpe
“A Christmas Present For Mama“ by @shadowedoracle
“Monster In The Storm“ by @peacehopeandrats
Best (Worst) Villain
“The Dance of Love” by @mellkat1986
“Requited Love” by @mellkat1986
“One Thing Forever True” by @deliriumsdelight7
Best BFF/Wingman
“Wounds And Scars“ by @peacehopeandrats
“How To Date a Librarian” by @peacehopeandrats
ART
Best Graphic Art
“If Alternate Universes Exist“ by @jackabelle73
“Rumbelle Mr. Nobody AU“ by @serenalyon
Best AU in Art
“Ally Craig and Nicholas Rush AU“ by @serenalyon
“Rumbelle Mr.Nobody AU“ by @serenalyon
“Rumbelle EF AU“ by @serenalyon
“PrisonerBelle!AU“ by @serenalyon
Best Fluff Art
“Girl, Tell Me All of Your Secrets“ by @serenalyon
“Rumbelle x Cockblock Brigade“ by @serenalyon
Best Angsty Art
“I Kissed Someone It Wasn't You“ by @serenalyon
“You Can Hate Me If That Helps“ by @serenalyon
Best Video
“Dance Me To The End Of Love“ by @jackabelle73
“Rumbelle x AO3 Tags“ by @serenalyon
“Lachacey“ by @serenalyon
“Rumbelle Wedding“ by @personinthepalace
“Rumbelle and Whofaldi Parallells“ by @personinthepalace
SUPERLATIVES
Best New Artist
@serenalyon
@personinthepalace
Best Author
@eirian-houpe
@peacehopeandrats
Best New Author
@serenalyon
@chick-with-wifi
@tickletorso
Best Rumbelle Fic
“Beauty and the Beast” by @peacehopeandrats
“Skin Deep” by @bookwormchocaholic
“In All Things” by @timelordthirteen
“Love and Happiness” by @jackabelle73
Best Anyelle Fic
“(In)discreet Math” by @eirian-houpe
“Manifesto” by @emospritelet
“Passions Made Of Nothing” by @killingkueen
Rumbelle Lifetime Achievement Award
@jackabelle73
@peacehopeandrats
@deliriumsdelight7
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My rewrite is actually so precious to me and it's been a huge impact on my writing and creativity. I just love it and the characters I started it for in the first place. My beloveds!!
#once upon a time#ouat au#ouat rewrite#mr gold#ouat#ouat fanfiction#ouat fandom#rumbelle#rumplestilskin fanart#belle french#rumplestiltskin#rumbelle fanart#rumbelle au#rumbelle fanfiction#rumbelle art#ouat belle#ouat rumple
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RSS 2022 Schedule
Seasons greetings to all you lovely, amazing Rumbellers! It’s the end of October, and you know what that means: it’s time to start thinking up prompt ideas for the Rumbelle Secret Santa!
Here’s this year’s schedule, which I’ll update on the RSS page when I have an opportunity to log into my fun laptop and mess around with the page:
Sign-Up Period: Saturday, November 12th - Thursday, November 24th.
Assignments Sent Out: Friday, November 25th.
Gifts Due By: Monday, December 26th.
Last year, some people asked if we could do a staggered release schedule, like was done in previous years, so we’ll go back to that practice. Gifts can be posted from Friday, December 23rd to Monday, December 26th. Once we get closer to the due date, I’ll contact all participants to ask what day they’d like to post on.
I’ll post a reminder on sign-up instructions as we get closer to the sign-up date. Here’s to another great RSS event!
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Seven Sentence Sunday
The first of these in a very long time, since before Camp Nano, I believe. I finally ‘broke ground’ on chapter 41 of Disparate Pathways last night, and these sentences are from that fic.
It was a disused brewery where they could keep their merchandise and no one would ask any questions. Jefferson could only guess at what the problem might be.
Running a stop sign, and crossing oncoming traffic, Jones threw the car into the The Brewery’s yard. This was the place they kept the girls when they first arrived. Jefferson cursed under his breath as he hung on to the handle above the door to keep himself from being thrown around. If the yard hadn’t been mostly dirt and broken blacktop he was sure Jones would have screeched to a halt.
The thought died in his mind as he saw the source of the trouble. Anthony Keith.
Remember, these are from the draft and may change when posting happens.
If you have questions, please hit up my ask box.
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Belle helps prepare Jasmine for her wedding - in the meanwhile, Rumplestiltskin prepares his own surprise for Belle.
Start reading this fanfic from the start
Take me to Chapter 48
Chapter 48: The Wedding
That morning, Rumplestiltskin dropped Belle off in front of the door to Jasmine’s chambers, dressed in an outfit that was very similar to Jasmine’s usual one: blue loose pants and a matching top without sleeves. Rumplestiltskin had already voiced his approval of the outfit, and had hardly been able to keep his hands off Belle, but he knew how important today was for her and did not try to distract her too much from what she had come to do.
“Now, when you are dismissed, just say my name three times,” Rumplestiltskin said softly, curling a lock of Belle’s hair between his fingers while he looked at her with a smile. “I will whisk you to the ship then, and I intend to spoil you all evening long.”
Belle felt nothing but excitement at the prospect, her stomach jumping at the idea of spending the evening with her love. They shared a sweet kiss in the corridor before Rumplestiltskin squeezed her hands and whisked away again, leaving Belle alone in the royal palace.
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first post on ouat tumblr because i can’t get enough of these two and have to brand out.
#just look at them#have you seen two people more cluelessly in love#all i want to do is draw them#but i have too many ideas#rumplestiltskin#belle french#belle gold#mr gold#rumbelle#rumbelle art#ouat#once upon a time#digital art#once upon a time fanart#my art
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The last few months of 2023 were tough but 2024 is here and I'm determined to start drawing again. My first drawing of the new year -- a sketchy rumbelle :)
#rumbelle#rumplestiltskin#ouat belle#belle french#my art#my fanart#digital art#i hope 2024 is better
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OUAT Season 1 aired 11 years ago today and I really miss them...
Happy Anniversary!
#once upon a time#ouat#rumbelle#swan queen#rumplestiltskin#mr gold#robert carlyle#belle french#regina mills#evil queen#lana parrilla#emma swan#henry mills#the charmings#snowing#prince charming#snow white#my otps#fan art#milaeryn#i miss this show
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#rumbelle#rumbelle fic#rumbelle art#rumplestiltskin#belle french#fluffapalooza#skin deep day#once upon a time
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Chipped Cup Awards Schedule
Hi everyone! It might be a bit last-minute, but here’s our schedule for the event:
January 2nd - January 23rd - Nomination period. A Google form will be posted to this blog where you can submit your nominations. As always, you can nominate as many or as few works as you want for each category. Each work must get at least three nominations from different users in order to qualify for voting.
January 27th - February 8th - Voting time! All qualifying works will be compiled into a simple multiple-choice form. Only one form per Tumblr user may be submitted.
February 12th - Chipped Cup Awards Ceremony!
We hope you’ll join us for this continuation of a beloved fandom event. Writers, artists, and other Rumbelle creators, get your FYC posts ready!
Much love,
Chipped Cup Awards Mod Team
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Darkside Disney Princesses: Belle
(Edit-put my original picture for her under the cut)
(So this one does rely somewhat on the backstories made up for my DisneyVerse versions of the parents of both Belle and the Beast. But I think it still has good precedent because of the whole Belle and Rumplestiltskin thing that happens in OUAT)
In the Darkside version of Belle's tale, Felipe never makes it back to the village to let Belle know something has happened to Maurice, either he gets lost in the woods, or the wolves find him again. And so Belle waits patiently for him to return. Waits, and waits, and waits…
Finally a month has passed, and Belle is desperate to find out what's happened to her father. With no way to know where along his journey he went missing though, she has no way to know where to start looking. And the town isn’t too worried about chasing after “Crazy Old Maurice”, gone into the blue.
Her own circumstances are getting dire as well, without Maurice there to bring in their little income from helping repair the villages various items, her resources are running low. She's taken in sewing or whatever small work people might give her, but its a small town after all, and the people are used to doing their own labor, and couldn't pay her much besides.
The kinder townsfolk give her what they can, but with winter coming on they've got to look out for themselves and their own families
Of course, there's always Gaston's ready offer of marriage, but Belle isn't that desperate. Yet.
Her refusals don't stop him from coming over and offering nearly every day, and they certainly spur him into making sure the town gets the idea that Belle is "too proud to accept charity, don't bother giving her any supplies"
So the winter closes in, Belle finds herself colder and hungrier, and her firewood is getting low. Finally, she bundles up as warmly as she can, and braves her way into the forest to gather what wood she can.
And in the glamor of the sudden snow, she too becomes lost within the trees.
The cold closes in around her. Deep and biting. The trees seem to twist around her, and finally she trips and falls, losing her axe beneath the snow that's piling higher and higher. She has no idea where she is or where to go, as the darkness deepens
Then suddenly, a light. Just ahead of her in the trees, flickering like a flame. She manages to stumble towards it. Following the dance of the light as it seems to lead her onwards, almost beckoning. Every bit of her is numb, but at last she makes it to the door of a ruined looking old tower. And inside, lounging by a roaring fire, is someone, something, between a man and a beast. It bears the shape of a man, but it's skin is mottled green, like the stuffed crocodile she'd once seen hanging in a church as a girl. It's eyes are black as coal, save for the irises, which shine-- like it's hair--like burning gold.
"Hello there Dearie", the being says, with a smile that glitters like a row of needles in the firelight. "Won't you come in? What is it that brings such a pretty young thing out into these dark and dangerous woods?"
Too numb with cold to feel fear, too desperate for warmth to think with caution, Belle accepts the offer, and lulled by the warmth of the fire and the being's careful coaxing, she begins to tell her tale. Her missing father, her growing desperation as Gaston drove away those who might have helped her, the dwindling food and firewood. And through it all the being listens, sympathizes, and finally, offers it's aid:
"For a price of course"
Belle is not put off by this caveat. She has read enough to know of Les Fées and the bargains they often make. She knows of the tricks and traps they lay. She also knows that at this point, she has little left to lose.
And so she agrees to make a bargain with this strange Imp
“You don’t know it, but there’s a power in you dearie. Flowing in your veins, deep down, like an underground spring. I can teach you to draw it up, so that you’ll never know weakness nor want again. You’ll be able to do all the things you ever dreamed of dearie, fulfill every wish—even finding your father”
The promise of this wished for dream above all lights a fire inside of Belle hotter than the one she sits by, but she asks warily: “And, what is it you get out of this?”
“Let’s just say that I’ll have the opportunity to pay something forward”
So Belle begins her lessons, she has always been a swift student. Drawing out the latent fairy magic that lies sleeping within her, waiting to be called forth. In another life she might have discovered it with the help of a more benign teacher. But that is not this life. And she learns to call forth her power through the lens of her fear, frustration, and anger over the willingness of that small and small minded town to so easily cast her and her father aside.
Time passes differently within the environs of the old stone tower. When Belle finally leaves, for her months have gone by, and yet as she reaches the edge of the forest, clad in a gown of midnight blue, her eyes dark as the winter sky above her, she perceives that less than a day has passed since she entered the woods, seeking wood to keep back the cold.
She has no need of warmth anymore.
She reaches out with the power she has learned to yield, seeking the bonds of blood and love that link her to her father. She sees them, feels them, faintly running through the forest. She follows them through the trees, unafraid of the wolves that once would have stalked her, and now slink away in fear at her approach.
She follows them to the gates of a vast and terrible castle, echoing with dying magic, a curse reaching completion she thinks, with the new arcane knowledge she holds. But she does not think on that, but on following the call. Through the door, along empty passages,up the winding stairs, to a jail cell atop a tower. Where lies the frozen body of her father, long gone.
Belle’s grief consumes her, feeding the cold flames of her power. She stalks through the halls, seeking the one who locked her father away, who left him to his fate.
She finds him at last, a snarling beast, crouched around a bell jar that holds a rose, with but one petal left upon it. Magic swirls about it, the center of the web that binds this place. Once Belle might have been curious, wished to learn the secrets of this place, and it’s strange enchanted inhabitants.
Now, she wishes only for revenge
The beast is strong and fierce, savage, the last vestiges of human thought quickly fading away as the curse nears completion, for he has never learned to love, nor earn love in return. But for all his brute strength, he is still only a mortal, and once more finds himself overpowered by a sorceress’s magic
When Belle leaves the castle, crumbling into smoking ruins behind her, she holds in her hands a staff, grown from the dying stem of a rose; once the blushing pink of hopeful love, hope that withered as its petals fell, now burst forth into bloom, the deep dark blue of a winters sky, of a heart gone dark and cold.
She walks steadfastly, resolutely towards the small town she had once called home. There are more scores to settle. Somewhere on the wind, she thinks she hears the echo of the Imp’s laughter…
#my art#disney#darkside disney princesses#darkside disney princess#dark Belle#her outfit was somewhat inspired by ‘Lacey’ in OUAT#beauty and the beast#Belle BatB#belle beauty and the beast#rumplestiltskin#disneyverse#rumbelle#kinda#it probably gets to that point in this timeline#only they’re both toxic this time xD#the beast#prince adam#Adam BatB#disney au#Halloween#spooky season#disney princesses#Gaston BatB#Maurice BatB#darkside disney
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