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Realm: Enchanted Forest/Storybrook

Fairytale: The Pied Piper/Robin Hood crossover

Description: A fugitive, forced into hiding after a spell-gone-wrong caused him to inadvertently take the life of a child, when a village refused to pay him for his work. Reclusive, deeply broken, but driven, the Piper works diligently to make amends for his actions by protecting the weak and downtrodden, knowing ultimately he can never really redeem himself of the actions that drove him into his life of seclusion.

Background: The Piper spent his days traveling from town to town, ridding the residents of vermin infestations, using a magical flute his great, great grandfather crafted from the limb of a mystical tree. Unbeknownst to most he encounters, the Piper works entirely to afford medicine and doctors for his ailing sister, of whom he is the soul caretaker. When the Piper takes a job in a distant village, he is tricked into performing, but never paid for his work. Upon arriving home, empty handed, he discovers his sister fell ill and passed away. Broken hearted at her loss and furious that the double crossing village denied him the chance to be with his sister in her last moments, the Piper vists a witch, who gives him a spell to enchant his flute - a spell she claims will give him his revenge.

The Piper returns to the village and plays the flute, which, instead of luring vermin... begins to lure the village children. Unable to stop the magic before it's too late, the Piper watches in horror as the children leap into a canal, as the rats would do under his command. He is able to rescue most of the children before it's too late, but one boy, who cannot swim, drowns and the Piper is blamed.

Despondent, he flees to the forest, where he becomes a fugitive, an outlaw... emerging only rarely to aid or protect travelers who happen upon his camp and defend them against the wicked, wearing a hooded cloak to disguise himself.

In storybrook, the Piper is still haunted by his actions... A recluse, he is rarely seen and known by none, but this changes when by pure chance, he happens upon Ruby, while she's out for a morning run and stumbles into a small canyon - After rescuing her, the Piper is short with Ruby, but she is determined to thank him and tracks him down again the following day. Initially furious, but unable to maintain his anger for long, the Piper invites Ruby inside for a cup of coffee. She asks him why she's never seen him before and he avoids the quesiton, explaining that it's a long, painful story and she wouldn't be so grateful to him if she knew the truth. Because she's Ruby, she comes right out and tells him her wolf dilema... Suddenly met with someone who was as much a victim of circumstance as he himself is, the Piper begins a timid, yet sure bond with Ruby, destined to blossom into a  romance capable of healing his long since shattered heart.

Actor: Josh Holloway... Why? Because he's Josh Holloway... Duh. (and because he does sad/brooding rather nicely).

That said *lol* I'd actually be pretty ticked off if the writers took this idea... cause part of it is from my novel ! 0_O...