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In the world we know, the unforgiving training of the Royal Naval lingers in James Flint. He treats his crew as expendable; they're not more important than the mission. Not more important than his all-consuming crusade to fulfill Thomas Hamilton's dream for a free Nassau. He has Miranda for safe harbor. All his love and devotion go to her.
In another world, when a beaten but not broken James McGraw is told that Thomas and Miranda are dead before he is even transported to the colonies, piracy is what saves him. His crew is his safe harbor. There is no one waiting for him at home in the interior. And when a man whose passion and rhetoric can ignite a war against the civilized world starts thinking about building pirate alliances that much sooner...the world changes.
Or, the sweeping Pirate versus Britain war AU that no one but James Flint asked for, full of angst, suffering, brotherhood, and of course, sea battles.
Eventually, James Flint will find peace. But not without taking back his freedom first.
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- Part 1 of In the Darkness, There Be Dragons
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Set in the In the Darkness, There Be Dragons verse. Hal Gates brings his captain home more than once, because James Flint is a little broken and needs friends, even if the idiot won't admit it. Somewhere along the way, it starts to matter.
You don't have to have read Freedom, Illuminated for this to make sense, but it does help. Here there be Hal Gates & James Flint, stumbling into friendship.
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- Part 3 of In the Darkness, There Be Dragons
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James McGraw was in love with two remarkable people until his life was ripped away. Stripped of his naval rank and thrown into prison at the Earl of Ashbourne's orders, he faces conditions he never thought existed...and he must find a way to survive.
The harsh and unforgiving backstory for James McGraw in Freedom, Illuminated.
Mind the warnings. This is dark. There is torture, rape, and heavy angst. This is not the most graphic story on this site, but it is not for the faint of heart.
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- Part 2 of In the Darkness, There Be Dragons
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Rumplestiltskin is the Dark One, but Fiona knows that his fate was meant to be different. When she learns what has become of her son, she grows determined to restore the destiny she cut away—whether he wants her to or not. When Belle makes a deal to become the Dark One’s maid, she never expects to find his mother encouraging her growing relationship with Rumplestiltskin.
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Sirius Black remained the Secret Keeper and everything he feared came to pass. Ten years later, James and Lily live, Harry attends Hogwarts, and Voldemort remains…yet the world is different and nothing is as it seems.
A Marauders-centric fic originally posted on FFN, now updated and edited for AO3.
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- Part 1 of Unbroken Universe
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Belle French volunteers to save her best friend from the 71st Hunger Games, and finds herself dragged into a terrifying world were even the victors are not winners. Her only companion is District Twelve’s pariah, the bitter and damaged Rumple Gold, who tries desperately to save her from the hell that comes after winning the Games.
A very dark story featuring the Once characters in the Hunger Games universe.
Winner of Best Book AU in the 2016 TEAs.
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“Think of me as your guide, but only until you've learned to embrace your powers.” But the Dark One lies. That voice, that presence never truly leaves—no matter how you try to fight it. Rumplestiltskin knows that better than anyone: he listened to it for 300 years.
This 'verse is open to prompts!
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The one where Rumplestiltskin's mother shows up at the Dark Castle shortly after Cora breaks his heart, changing the course of future events forever. Years later, when Belle makes a deal to become the Dark One’s maid, she never expected to find his mother living with him.
Winner of Best OC for Morgan le Fae in the 2017 TEAs. ---> On hiatus.
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After Emma declares that Gideon is beyond saving, Belle and Rumplestiltskin have a talk about the "hero" view of a black and white world. Truths are shared, and decisions are made.
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Malcolm had always been a bit of a rake, but he shouldn't have been able to get a famous sorceress in his bed. Yet she wound up there all the same, only to find her arms full of a too-human child nine months later.
Or, the story of Rumplestiltskin's conception and how he ended up with his father. AU.
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- Part 2 of Ruins & Battles
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Bae has to make a quick stop for a friend while on a trip to Boston. No big deal, right? The problem comes when his not-quite-girlfriend’s rather innocent father wants to tag along to a porn shop. Not that David knows what that is.
An outtake from around Chapter 94 of "Ruins of Camelot", but this crack makes just as much sense if you haven't read ROC.
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- Part 7 of Ruins & Battles
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Alternate Season 5. Merlin is long dead, Camelot destroyed. Emma is the Dark One, without an easy answer. Rumplestiltskin becomes the Sorcerer, but magic alone cannot save her. An age-old war against darkness revives in Storybrooke, in which the fate of all the realms will be decided forever—and the final battle begins.
CS until about chapter 50, after which it will shift towards slowburn SwanFire.
Winner of Best AU!OUAT, Best Season Rewrite, and Best OC in the 2016 TEAs.
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- Part 1 of Ruins & Battles
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Princess Belle inherits the dagger, only to find that the Clerics trusted with keeping the Dark One "controlled" have treated him terribly. She sets out to earn his trust and help him heal, but doing so turns out to be much harder than she expected.
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- Part 3 of The Power Of - Series
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Rumplestiltskin keeps trying to propose to Belle, but someone interrupts every time he tries. He wants to create the perfect romantic moment, but Storybrooke has other ideas.
AU where Pan and Henry never swapped bodies, no second curse.
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True Love cannot be denied, despite Rumplestiltskin’s best intentions to keep Belle safe by staying away from her. He tried to make sure that his cursed self and hers would be far apart in Storybrooke, but never counted on the way they would be drawn together.
Cursed Gold and Cursed Lacey fall in love despite the obstacles in their path. Mostly fluff with some angst.
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- Part 3 of Freeze on the Stones
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The Highest Bidder by Robin4 for Crafteroftheforesthearth
Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)
13 Jul 2016
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Maurice sells Belle to the highest bidder. Rumplestiltskin brings gold, but not because he’s looking for a maid. Nothing goes as he expected, of course.
From the RCIJ prompt “Maurice sells Belle to Rumple”
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Awakened from the Sleeping Curse, Belle returns to Storybrooke with Rumplestiltskin. There, the heroes welcome her and expect her to be on their side—as usual. But when they ask for her help, Belle is not quite charitable as they expect.
Or, the one in which Belle and Rumplestiltskin make short work of problems and villains because they’re working together (for once).
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Henry convinces his father and grandfather to have a Harry Potter movie marathon. Rumplestiltskin is not certain why he agreed to this, but he does know that "Lord Voldemort" is a rather ridiculous Dark Lord. Meanwhile, Baelfire just wants his dad to take his damned tie off and relax a little.
*Works as a standalone from the rest of the series
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- Part 6 of Ruins & Battles
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Morgan le Fae may have abandoned her last son, but that doesn’t mean she could turn down the opportunity to help him when the chance presented itself. So, when a healer speaks of a contract he’s just gained for a second-born child, she acts.
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- Part 3 of Ruins & Battles
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An epilogue to Original Powers. Belle lived a long life for a human, but in the end, Rumplestiltskin had to let her go. Now, having passed his power on to their daughter, he prepares to follow her—but not without one last encounter with his old foe, the Black Fairy.