Gabriella never knew the real mother she was adopted when she was born but not in this world and till a few weeks ago she believed she was just a normal child. She was far from a book worm as possible.

She was head cheerleader at her school and she dated the quarterback but one day while clearing out her grandmothers attic she stumbles across a mysterious book with her name on which transports her to a world where every fairytale is real.

Where she meets rumpleskiltskin a powerful man but he is named in his realm the dark one a man who is feared by everyone and everything he helps her return home but not for her but so he can see his true love again.

But when she finds herself in a strange town called Storybrooke where ever fairytale is real and all of the characters are real except a curse is keeping them from knowing who they really are so they are separated from those they love the one who casted the curse is The Evil Queen.

Gabriella is taken under the wing by Mr Gold little does she know is actually rumpleskiltskin after strange things begin to happen in the town after Emma Swan arrives who is actually the saviour Gabriella begins to dig into the secrets of the town.

And its very own mayor which lands her in deep trouble but once Emma gives Henry true loves kiss the curse is broken and she meets her mother who turns out to be belle.