really good so far. are you going to have the clerics capture and torture belle again, cos i think that would work, and then have rumple come in and save her? anyway - just a thought. :P

I love love love this story. Its so great and different and I love how you write Belle. I really hope you are able to update soon cause i cant wait to see how this story is going to turn out.

Poor Belle! I'm glad you made her and Ruby friends, i always thought they were similar in the series. please write some more!
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Omg I love this story, it's sooooooo good! The secrets in your story are so well done. I can't wait for the next chapter!

Is Rumple going to get his magic back soon?

This is the best OUAT fic I've ever read. I love your writing style and your ideas on how the dual identities affect the people of Storybook now that the curse has been broken. Rumpelstiltskin not getting his magic back is an interesting development that is supported by the season final, since the purple cloud never actually touched him. It's also different from any other post final fic I've read, which is a plus. Does the fact that Rumpelstiltskin and Belle kissed mean that he'd never get his power back? I like how emotionally complicated you made Belle's relationship with her father. Please explore the subject of religion in Fairytale Land and the Clerics role in it more. I especially like Belle's budding friendship with Ruby/Red – you set it up beautifully. Is Ruby still affected by the full moon in this world? I wonder what will happen if Ruby were to smell something of Bea's with her super-sensitive nose; I believe that Bealfire is Henry's father, and that their scents should therefore be similar. Whichever direction you choose to take this story, I look forward to your next update.

I LOVE it!

Please update soon.

Oh dearie, that is not good. I cannot believe how pig-headed and short sighted people can be. This is wrong on so many levels, however I do love the RumBelle moments. Red was adorable after apologizing to Belle, and she is a monster with a good heart. I think that Belle should let Rumpelstiltskin have a go at her father for what he did to her. Sorry but Daddy Dearest FUBAR-ed, big time. That was a near fatal error for Belle and he needs to face and face what he did to her. Until the next update dearie!

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Loved it! The whole Ruby and Belle friendship is perfect! I could so see them becoming friends. :D

I'm really enjoying this fic and that Ruby came through. They REALLY need to find her cloak, though, just in case. And I loved what Belle said to Ruby about preferring so called monsters with good hearts to regular people.

Ruby introduced herself as Ruby Howell (as in 'howl' - I love it!) then Rumpel calls her Ms. Lucas. Which is it?

Enjoyed the story loved the interaction between belle and ruby it choked me up for a moment feeling belles pain. Love the hot kisses.

I now desperately want Tub!Sex. Maybe Belle IS a little bit crazy. She want to give up sharing Gold's and getting to ogle him in the tub to go stay with her father? Who left her to the clerics? ARE YOU DAFT, WOMAN? I mean, if she's such a good person she wants to give him a second chance, fine, but she didn't have to move in with him.

Having the Clerics be in Storybrooke was a really great idea. It certainly opens a lot of doors and raises a lot of questions. After all, the curse was supposed to get everyone.

the clerics are going down, i refuse to believe anything else, if they had anything resembling powers that could take down rum then they would have used it long before the blue fairy helped cinderella get out of her deal by roviding the means to trap rum

i'm glad that belle has a friend and i really like how you portray her so far, she's smart and sharp and fairly awesome as well as incredibly forgiving, i'm glad that she saw through ruby's would be attempts to get information

snow and charming should pay less attention to rum as a threat and more to the queen, rum, in the end, did help charming and snow get together after all, even if he did make the prince work for it, the queen was the one who worked to keep them apart

again, lovely chapter, looking forward to what you come up with next, are you going to deal with the idea of bae?