Once upon A time, in an enchanted forest, lived all the characters we know…
And some we don't…
These are their stories….
Nestled In the cozy little town of Storybrooke, Maine lives all of the fairytale characters you know and love.. and some you have yet to meet..Cursed by the equil queen to this land without magic, will these characters find their happily ever after?
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OC HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE 2025: DAY EIGHTEEN: Beast & Beastly
Today is for monster horror! Have them hunted by Godzilla, werewolves, Moth Man, or any other beastly entity!
In Storybrooke, Marlena’s flower shop is a haven of beauty, until envy twists one of her coworkers, a witch, into casting a dark spell upon the roses. When Edward Wright, once cursed to live as a bear, unknowingly buys the enchanted blooms for his beloved Bianca, their fragile petals carry a terrible price. Slowly, Edward begins to slip back into his old curse, but this time the transformation is darker, crueler, and more savage than before. Marlena is horrified, knowing her shop has become the curse’s cradle, and her husband Lester, Edward’s steadfast brother, is torn between protecting his wife and saving his sibling. As Edward spirals into a grimmer version of the beast he once was, Bianca clings desperately to their love, while Lester and Marlena search for a way to break the witch’s spell before it destroys both their family and the fragile peace of their town. Together, the sisters, the husband, and the beloved must unravel the witch’s malice before Edward is lost forever to the monster within.
Yay! I did it! Here's your gift and all my love dear Anna!! Your OUAT ocs are one of the reasons of why I started the show in the first place, so ofc I had to do something for them! Rip Luke Silver, I love you with all my heart but I couldn't find enough about you to make an aesthetic also for you, I am so sorry baby!
Full Name: Cornelia Ruth Vogel/Odette, the Swan Princess
Birthdate: July 15th, 1965
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Grey
Species: Human/Swan (spelled)
Family: King William (Father, deceased), Prince Derek (Future Husband), Curtis Vogel (Son)
Love Interest: Prince Derek (Griff Maxwell)
Friends: Caspar Seyed, Felicity Ray, Carmen Flores, Vanessa Mills, Renee Booth, Luke Silver, Ashley Boyd, Belle French, Merida, and Anna of Arendelle
Likes: Strawberries, music, swimming, food, riding her bike, hanging out with her son, walking by the beach, rats, reading, baking
Dislikes: Feeling held back, being talked down to, secrets, horror movies, violence, being left out of the loop, apple sauce
Phobias: Being kidnapped, being stuck in her swan form for the rest of her life
Style: In the enchanted forest, Odette wears lots of white dresses and corsets but generally doesn't love wearing healed shoes; she also loves necklaces and always wears at least one. Connie will tend to go for simpler outfits—jeans, sweaters or shirts, sneakers, etc. She always wears a necklace with a ring.
Speech: American accent, very soft spoken until she's captured, then her voice gets more firm; she doesn't mind swearing but will try not to do it too much, especially in front of her son
Physical Quirks/Scars: After the curse is broken, Connie sometimes has a feather growing from her body as a malfunction of the curse.
Personality: Guarded, creative, witty, sweet, protective, secretive, loving, observant, hard worker, diligent, romantic, control freak, rebellious, optimistic
Background: Born in the enchanted forest to a king who lost his wife early on, Odette had always been meant to marry the prince of a neighbouring kingdom, Derek. But Derek doesn't love Odette for her; he loves her for a looks, and she will not abide by that. When sorcerer Rothbart kills William and turns Odette into a swan by day and traps her on Swan Lake, Derek is determined that Odette is not dead and is ready to find and rescue her. To make a long story short, Derek finally kills Rothbart with the help of Odette, and the two marry and have a child, ready to start over in Rothbart's castle. Then a curse sweeps the nation. Connie Vogel, a young mother with a fraught relationship with the boy's father, works at a record store with her best friend to make ends meet, trying to keep from people the relationship she's been having with the guy from the trailer park on the outskirts of Storybrooke. Things are not easy for Connie. Her secrets are starting to eat her up, and things only get tougher when Emma arrives in town and Connie begins to feel an itch underneath her skin.
Thank you so much @ginger-grimm!!! 💕 Tagging the Once Upon a Time moots @rose-of-oz and @manyfandomocs!! 💕
Marlena looks in a flower shop in Storybrooke, where her bestsellers are red roses and sunflowers. When the curse is broken, and Marlena regains her memories, she and her sister Bianca work together, where Marlena sells her flowers, and Bianca sells her cakes.
Anne Pevensie and Prince Caspian (Narnia) in a Modern/Once Upon a Time AU that I will actually write one day.
febuary 11th - across the universe. let's put those guys in situations. how would their love story play out in a sci-fi setting, a gothic vampire tale, or just a good old college au?
Nicknames: Mav, Gene, Genie, Shepherd, Little Brother
Height: 5’11
Age: 34
Birthplace: The Enchanted Forest
Friends & Family
Brothers: Liam & Killian Jones
Sister In Law: Emma Swan
Friendships: David Nolan, Snow White, Regina Mills
Surrogate Nephew: Henry Mills
The rest of Storybrooke gang
Seasons: 2-7
Face Claim: Aaron Taylor Johnson
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Romance: He has dated before, having fell in love with an old friend once. Other than that, he hasn’t found his true love yet. He’s a Jones, he falls quick if he likes you that long.
Sexuality (if anyone cares): Bi
The titles he’s taken on: Pirate, Prince, Thief, Bartender, Knight
His most notable titles is: Flynn Rider.
Yes, Eugene as a child was made to play and read books, while his big brothers went on to scrap for food after their father sold them away. So there was this one book, The Tales Of Flynnigan Rider, an amazing swordsman who traveled across the land in search of riches, great with the people he met and secrets to discover. And for a kid who had nothing? Well, he dreamt about it and took on that idea for himself. It inspired him to take onto that journey in the future and read those stories to all the children.
Relations: Worked for Evil Queen whenever she needed someone to do something for her. Him and Regina had some…chemistry going on as well. Once due to his behavior to steal a stunning pearl, he found himself in Wonderland where he was captured by The Queen of Hearts and forced to surrender to her bidding. On the bright side though, he escaped with Jefferson Hatter.
None-Relations: Yes, he doesn’t like Rumple. The man took off his big brother’s hand and killed the love of his own brother! Heck, Eugene saw Belle from a mile away and thought to himself, he’ll be a great boyfriend for her instead of that crocodile of a man, just sayin’.
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Personality 📺
Eugene “Flynn Rider” Jones is a rather charming, impulsive rogue with wit and a heart of gold. Yes, he can often get caught in trouble, his loyaly to his family and friends comes out on top. He is someone who’ll do anything to protect those he loves even if it means putting himself at risk.
He hold a playful and laid-back nature that hides a deeper vulnerability, shaped by loss and responsibility. When he does let that vulnerable side be showcase, he will often appears moody and a bit smug or harsh, but he’s often times trying to not let it show.
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—Backstory ⚒️
After everything with their bastard father, the brothers Jones were founded apart of the The Royal Navy. Due to Eugene being the second youngest one, he was forced to take on jobs with Killian on the ship meanwhile Liam decided to be the overachieving big brother and take on jobs that should’ve been left alone.
Eugene often mumbled and rolled his eyes at his eldest brother’s role, however admired his bravery to take control. Killian however, as much as he loved his big brother, hated how he never listened to him and was too stubborn for his own good. Which unfortunately led to Liam’s death, after going to Neverland due to the royals back home wanting a plant from that island, not knowing or caring about what dangerous situation they sent their own men towards.
Due to Liam Jones’s death, both Killian and Eugene made a very important decision to never return to the navy again or that blasted island. The Crown Jewel Of The Realm became The Jolly Roger overnight. Captain Jones and Lieutenant Jones. They were consider as pirates to many other sailors that passed through, including the places they sailed to and the people they met.
Despite the presence of their pirates to their crew, in reality, Killian was just a big brother trying to do his best to protect his only family he had left. So that’s why it bothered him at first glance when Eugene announced that he wanted to travel the land without him being involved. Killian was hesitant at first, he knew his little brother was a bit foolish and tend to get himself into some sort of trouble, but he didn’t want to act the same way Liam was towards him. Eugene had a good heart and a great intentions, it also helped that he was skilled with a sword—so with a soft smile, Killian let him go.
But made sure Eugene knew to always come back to him and reach out, if he needed anything. He nodded with a grin and gave his big brother a light hug before rushing off to pack his things. Killian rolled his eyes with a grin at his baby brother’s cheerful expression. Eugene Jones was always a big kid at heart with such a profound sense of humor and passion, despite his silliness or lack of self awareness at times. However it made him charming, in his own right.
Sometimes it made Killian wonder if his baby brother would ever survive without him, or live to see the day he’s old and grey.
After Eugene left for his travels to explore the land—read to children the tales of Flynniagn Rider, fight against the odds creatures in the forest, steal a thing or two, give to the poorest people, end up in a bit of trouble himself, drink and dance with the lovely folks in town, etc—Killian didn’t think he’d see his younger brother for a while until The Evil Queen brought both brothers to do her dirty work and much more.
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~ Years Later When The Dark Curse Broke ~
(Also known as Eugene Jones’s Arcs each season)
Season 2 ~ ♟️
Eugene met Emma Swan, Snow White, Cadence Nolan, Elionwy Llyr and others in The Enchanted Forest. He hasn’t seen Killian since the curse came into effect, he had no clue what happened to his brother and assumed he was a goner, so when he found Snow White, Mulan and Aurora, he decided to accompany them for a while.
He had recently been on his way to the taverns for shelter, and escape from The Stabbington Brothers, when he spotted them. He went as far as to ask what happened to them beforehand and recalled how The Enchanted Forest has taken recently to the years of being stiffened in time.
Emma asked, “So who are you supposed to be exactly?”
Snow scolded her softly, “Emma, be nice. But you didn’t give us your name.”
“Flynn Rider.” Eugene said with a soft smile.
Which of course, his real name was revealed later on in the season as Eugene Jones, after he sees Killian again. Back in Storybrooke, he relentlessly accompanied his big brother and the blasted Queen Of Hearts to their revenge. Eugene just wanted The Dark One to pay for what he’s done, after it’s revealed in a flashback, Rumple harmed his old love due to a payment that wasn’t sealed and stole the pendent that belonged to him.
He just wanted his pendent back in his hands. Later, he even met Baelfire, also known as Neal Cassidy, taking a liking to him and grew a short lived friendship. Oh! Eugene’s surprise to this ever growing Family Tree—Henry is The Dark One’s grandson?! Regina has a daughter named Theresa and her adoptive son Henry is also the child of The Savior?! It was a very long yet odd day for him.
Eugene wondered what mess did he get himself into? But he didn’t actually think he could leave this journey now, because he unexpectedly got roped into the family drama.
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Season 3 ~ 🍃🧚🏼♀️✨
Return to Neverland! To say, Eugene was happy to return back to that island was a lie. He wasn’t sure if he could survive reliving the past again, once he saw Peter Pan. But to help save the young boy, Henry Mills? He was willing to take the risk!
While he was there on Neverland, after insisting to Pan’s rules of the island with the others and realizing they needed help. Killian smirked at his younger brother who scoffed and gripped the pendent in his hand with an uttering smile.
Tinkerbell. Eugene old friend and once upon a lifetime love. After Regina and her daughter Theresa Mills, tracked her down, the two shared a few glances before a soft embrace.
“Rider.” Tinker said with a light smile.
“Lady Bell.” He repiled with a grin before holding the pendant out to her. “I believe this is yours.”
“My pendant? You found it? But I thought it was lost at sea and fell into the wrong hands…”
“It took some effort and a fair amount of patience, but I got it back for you.”
During the rest of the session in Neverland, David and Eugene somehow managed to get along, even if Charming wasn’t a big fan of his brother. Even rolling his eyes at Killian and Emma possibly being together one day, knowing Neal Cassidy was still in the picture.
Returning to Storybrooke, with Henry in hand, resulted in a few moments of uncertainty within the town as Pan decided to enact another dark curse but Regina was able to stop it sending everyone back to The Enchanted Forest. Expect for Emma and Henry, of course.
A whole year passed, and everyone was suddenly shocked to return back to town with new friends along with a curiosity of who did it. Tinkerbell was gone after she believed in herself again, so everyone parted ways with her. Robin Hood and his Merry Men were brought with them this time around, and let’s just say Eugene rekindled a friendship twice!
Bromance all around at this point for Eugene. He wasn’t mad about it one bit and even made friends with Ruby. The man could’ve sworn he was checking her out once or twice, and who can blame him? Ruby Lucas was a lovely lady in his eyes. Of course, Emma and Henry returned, well Henry had no memory of his past but Emma did so they were on the hunt to figure out how to get his memories back, while also trying to figure out what happened during that missing year. Especially since they don’t know who cast the curse for them to return!
Eugene went out of his way to make sure no townsfolk panicked or threatened to cause any damage, chatting with Henry whenever he bumped into him, searching for clues about the missing years and a few other things. Also him and David took Henry out for a driving lesson—it didn’t go as planned but Henry had plenty of fun! Even if Emma and Regina were in shock at the news. At some point, Eugene tried to convince himself that maybe there’s a reason why those memories weren’t brought back with him, but a part of him was curious about what truly happened.
They all found who cast the dark curse and what exactly they were dealing with eventually.
“Seriously? The Wicked Witch Of The West? She’s real too…?” Emma asked in shock and disbelief, looking around.
Cadence raised an eyebrow and remarked, “Says the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming.”
As Elio and Eugene snickered to themselves.
Of course, after beating Zelena aka The Wicked Witch Of The West, Henry’s memories returned and whatnot, everyone headed back to the diner a few days later to celebrate. Henry was reading to Snow and Charming’s baby boy the story of how his parents met, in which Ruby and Cadence chimed in with their comments before Theresa and Elio arrived. Robin and Eugene were sharing a laugh over a drink with Regina while they watched the scene happen. It was good!
Killian accidentally let it slip that Emma was thinking of returning back to New York City, possibly with Henry in tow, in which left everyone in surprise. Henry exclaimed how Storybrooke is our home and Eugene added that maybe we should all discuss this privately. Regina didn’t even looked pleased with the idea, after wanting her son to stay with her and if anything, Emma should just leave. Eugene gave her a look at her idea as she shrugged.
Eventually, a few hours later, Emma returned in a new light with realization that Storybrooke is her home along with the friends and family in it. Among other events that occurred during that time.
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Season 4 ~❄️🪄🌙
Elsa came to Storybrooke. Robin Hood’s wife who was supposed to be dead retuned due to Emma’s actions, causing a rift between her and Regina. Killian and her decided to go a date. Eugene was on Team Let’s Have Maid Marian Be Gone, but Snow glared at him. Regina silently agreed with him at first but knew that it wasn’t right thing to do.
Eugene would never admit it, but he developed a fondness for Elsa and actually found her to be very nice, despite what Grumpy said. He just wasn’t a fan of The Ice Queen, no offense to Elsa and Emma. Speaking of Emma, he felt sympathy for her during everything, he couldn’t related to what she was going through exactly but he knew she must’ve been upset. He seen from experience, that one wrong decision, can lead to people not trusting your judgement or treating you like someone who should be kept an eye on instead.
At some point, Snow snapped and actually yelled at Emma for accidentally hurting her father. When Eugene knew that all David was trying to do was push Killian out of the way before he could even get hurt, so it an obvious accident. When they arrived at the apartment to discuss what happened, Elio was holding Cadence back from saying something she might regret or not.
But Eugene wasn’t them. So when Snow said to David that “we” failed Emma—that’s when Eugene let his tongue slip. The same tongue that usually got him in trouble according to Killian, telling Snow White off and that it wasn’t David’s fault for any of this—but her own.
You can already imagine the disrespect and annoyance after that. Snow and Eugene apologized to one another sometime later.
Of course, later on in the season, things slowly got into a better gear, as despite The Shatter Sight spell, the Darkness, secrets being revealed, the team separating into two different groups. Even the concept of good vs evil, heroes vs villains were taken center stage. So Eugene was faced with his moral compass and what side he stood on, he wasn’t considered a bad character or an amazingly good one either. He was seen at sometimes as an anti-hero by some and some kept their opinions to themselves. Nothing is truly black or white, anymore. And honestly? Eugene was okay with that.
Oh! Henry introduced him to Star Wars and Marvel Comics, who knew the kid had good taste? He was shocked to find out who Luke Skywalker’s father was and he became a fan of a few characters from the Marvel movies. The two of them bonded this season!
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Season 5 ~ 🌒🍂⚡️
The Darkness comes circling back! This could be summarized as The Gang’s No Good Very Bad Day (sorta). Cause Emma’s The Dark One sacrifice after not wanting to the darkness to come and get Regina, she sacrificed herself to become a part of it.
Theresa mumbled, “…why was that kinda gay?”
Eugene rolled his eyes sighing, while sharing a look with the others and Cadence snickered at her comment. Elio just put a hand on Theresa’s shoulder and shared a look, smirking. Killian tried to take the dark one dagger to summon Emma but it was no use, because she wasn’t in this world according to Regina.
Anyways! Off to Camelot!
Eugene spend a bunch of his time in Camelot basically being a knight with Elio and David, he actually enjoyed it. And yes, of course he danced with Belle at the ball after getting all dressed up, even flirted with her to cheer themselves up. Honestly, he said that he could live here and never return home a couple of times. Belle and Eugene read together to solve the mystery of how to resolve the darkness from Emma, shared a few drinks together, and went on an evening stroll.
But he hated King Arthur from the beginning and thought that David was replacing him in the bromance section, so he went off with Robin instead. Pff, he wasn’t jealous he had his best friend Robin Hood to accompany him, he was just concerned mainly for Charming’s safety.
During the rest of the season, they returned to Storybrooke suddenly with no memories of what happened as Emma went full Dark One and was hiding shit from everyone. Of course, they all got their memories back and Eugene wanted to murder Emma after finding out what happened.
His freaking brother was the dark one too?! Regina and Eugene tried to convince Dark One!Killian Jones, what kind of man he truly wants to be. Thankfully in the end, Killian made the right choice but sadly died in the process. Eugene dropped his sword and fell to his knees once he returned home to his apartment that night, letting out a silent sob.
He lost both of his older brothers to the fire…
A few short days later, Emma showed up at his door claiming that they’re going to drink Killian back. Eugene shook his head, last thing he wanted was to deal with dark forces after everything that happened and slammed the door in her face. It wasn’t until Regina and Elio convinced him, that’s when he joined.
Yay! Road Trip to The Underworld.
Eugene spends most of his time in the beginning a bit bitter, annoyed and tired. At first he directs it all towards Emma, just wanting all of them to get out of there as soon as possible and possibly get his big brother back. Robin knows his best friends is in a vulnerable state right now and suggests he waits for Killian to return back to them with Emma, instead of him doing something reckless. Reluctantly, Eugene agreed and decided to put his mind on other things while they were here, doing what can to make things better.
But that doesn’t stop a snicker towards Emma from him. As he comes across Rumple with his ex-wife, Mliah, and Emma in the street. As Milah says, “You’ve been with my former lover and my son?”
Eugene holds back a light smirk and pats Emma’s shoulder telling her, she’s on her own as he walks away. She sent him a soft glare in return, swearing that she saw Rumple smugness on his face.
During this time, Snow and Robin pull him away from the mess deciding to distract Eugene for his own good. They are going to help people find out their unfinished business, Henry suggested he comes along knowing he can do some good in The Underworld. Eugene hesitated before feeling a slight pang of sadness and guilt, he’s been acting bitter and annoyed—when he could be helping people! With a soft smile, he ruffles Henry’s hair and agrees to do so.
So Eugene and the others were willing to join in, did their best to help people in The Underworld. Going as far as teaming up with David and Snow to trick Cruella into getting the key. It was an awkward yet humorous moment, Cruella enjoyed it but David and Eugene did not.
He went to the loft afterwards to unwind and shake off that uncomfortable moment with Cruella. He told David he’ll meet up with him later on, but his plans got switched when the sound of the door open. Eugene looked up from his drink to see Emma walking in with Killian behind her. His expression soften at the sight. There was a silence that ranged between the three of them, nothing wild or strange, but familiar enough to send waves through their minds. Killian stepped forward pulling in his younger brother into a tight embrace, not even giving him time to react before returning the hug. Eugene glanced at Emma, reaching out his hand in which she took and gently squeezed.
A silent apology between the two of them was made, sharing a brief smile and sigh of sympathy.
They all knew the road ahead back home wouldn’t be easy, but it’s worth the risk to do so.
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Ahhh okay, yes I know I stopped at Season 5! But I didn’t know what else to write yet and I didn’t want to bore anyone into reading more about this story hahaha
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