Chapter Text
The silver moon shines down upon a path of pointy, black rocks in the dirty yellow dirt. A young woman with tan skin, long braided golden hair with a pink bird clip, green eyes, freckles, wearing a purple short-sleeve shirt, a black tank top with dark red lining, a dark red belt with a silver buckle, a magenta skirt that parted out to reveal a dark purple skirt underneath, Rapunzel looks down on it. A young man with brown hair and eyes, a goatee, tan skin wearing a white shirt, a dark blue shirt with golden buckles over that, brown shoulder pads, a brown belt, black gloves, brown pants and boots, Eugene, comes up behind her and puts his hand on her back. A young woman with short, black, curly hair, pale skin, gray eyes, red lips wearing a gray shirt and black pants and boots, Cassandra stands on the other side of her. “Thanks for healing our ribs!” Cassandra tells her.
“No problem… I just wish people would be kinder.” She replies.
Rapunzel walked into a big, blue room with a white bed. A man with brown hair, tan skin, blue eyes, wearing a suit with red and blue columns, Frederic, her father, was sitting on a white bed. She walked over to him. “It's going to be okay, Dad.” She told him.
“This is all my fault, the rocks, Quirin” He began.
“What is he talking about?” She wondered.
“As you know, Gothel attacked your mother, giving her preeclampsia. We cared for her for six weeks, but, despite our best efforts, it developed into eclampsia, and your lives became endangered. She lingered between life and death for two weeks. So your older sister and I sought out the miracle of the Sundrop. But, what I never told anyone besides Cassandra, there was more to the story. You see, earlier that night, I was warned, warned that if I removed the Sundrop I would release an ancient curse, by Quirin. But, we had no choice. But, here's the weirdest part: his eyes were glowing blue. So, I don't think he meant harm to your mother”.
Rapunzel feels a shiver down her spine. "Blondie, you okay?" Eugene questions. She snaps into focus.
"Yeah, Eugene." She replies as she clings to a strand of her hair. Frederic walks over to them.
"So this is goodbye…".
"Cheer up, sweetie. We'll see each other again here in a year or so." He replies, smiling. Rapunzel smiles.
Meanwhile, A young brunette woman with hair in an updo, tan skin, green eyes, pink lipstick wearing a white pearl necklace with three pink jewels in the middle, a purple and white renaissance dress with slanted columns and purple slippers, and a purple belt with a pink outlined-heart buckle, Arianna and boy with tan skin, freckles, black hair with a blue streak in it, wearing brown goggles in it, blue eyes, and an aquamarine shirt, brown shoulder pads, brown, baggy pants, and a brown buckle, Varian jump at each other. They tackle each other and land with a bang. Rapunzel, Eugene, Frederic, and a young woman with short, black, curly hair, pale skin, gray eyes, red lips wearing a gray shirt and black pants and boots, Cassandra turn around.
"Yeah, they are going with you." Frederic speaks.
Arianna and Varian sit with their arms crossed on a blue bench with a purple cushion in a blue room, glaring at each other. Suddenly, a purple flash goes down Varian.
"YOU DRANK THE MOOD REVERSAL POTION!?" She questions, her voice raised.
What's going on? Varian wonders.
"Apparently," He responds.
"Why?".
"... I thought it was grape juice.". How can kids be so smart and yet be so dumb at the same time? Arianna wonders.
"What if that was poisoned?".
"Then I'd be dead?". Ugg. She sighs.
"Varian, you can't just drink anything you find in the stream. I know that you were alone, and I'm sorry. It's just... everything was so busy after the storm. Wait... everything was so busy?" She starts. That makes no sense. She silently criticizes herself. "Never mind. It's just I'm sorry I forgot about you.". She presses her hand against the bench and looks away from him.
"Hey," Varian starts as he touches her hand. Arianna looks at him. "I'm sorry that I hurt you.". They hug.
Suddenly, they feel the caravan stop. "Stretch break!" Rapunzel announces. Rapunzel, Eugene, Cassandra, Arianna, Varian, a man with brown eyes, black skin wearing a red shirt, gold hoop earrings, black pants, and boots, Lance, a heavyweight man with dark tan skin and black hair wearing a brown tee-shirt, a black belt with a silver skull in the middle, a black boot on his left foot and a sliver Hook Foot, girl with tan skin, brown curly hair, green eyes, pink lips, wearing an aquamarine dress in a brown, wooden wheelchair, Natalia, a girl with tan skin, blue eyes, and black hair wearing a yellow dress, Sara, a girl with tan skin, freckles, red hair in long ponytails, green eyes, wearing a pink dress, Catalina, and her sister, Kiera, who had tan skin, freckles, red streaks running down her face, short black hair, green eyes, and a black shirt and yellow pants get out.
“I wanna break every rule and throw myself on every line”
Arianna sings as she runs ahead.
“I wanna show all the stars how stars oughta shine”
Rapunzel sings as she looks up at the white stars in a dark blue sky through a golden telescope. A shooting star flies across the sky.
“I wanna do as I please and knock the world to its knees
And go wherever the breeze is going”
She rolls down the hill in the day.
“Next stop: anywhere
Got a whole wide world to see, nothing's stopping me”
She spins.
“Next stop: anywhere”
She runs ahead.
“'Cause there's so much waiting, I know it's waiting
I feel it waiting out there
Everywhere”
She climbs on top of the yellow caravan with a purple top and frame and stands.
Eugene climbs on top of the caravan with a dirty yellow map with black squiggly lines. He goes over to Rapunzel. That was exhausting. He thinks. “Blondie, wait up! Do you know how hard it is to keep up with you out here?” He asks her.
“Com'on Eugene, this is my first trip outside Corona! Aren't you excited to follow the rocks?!” She asks him. Uhh, not really! He thinks.
“Excited? To follow a bunch of creepy rocks?” He replies. Seriously?! She thinks.
She looks at him. “Of course, I'm excited! I'm with you!”. They climb down.
“We're gonna toss out the maps and follow the sun”
He sings as he tosses the map.
“We're gonna place our own path and go on the run”
She sings as she runs forward. He follows her.
“We're gonna get out and do what nobody's done”
He sings as he puts his hand on her shoulders.
“There's so much out there to do, we've barely begun”
She sings as she spins.
“We're gonna take every dare”
They sing as they lean into each other, shimming.
“And feel the wind in our hair
With no one telling us where we're going”
They sing as they look up.
“Next stop: anywhere
If you're there I'm gonna be where I wanna be
Next stop: anywhere”
They sing as they put one arm around each other and spread the other out.
“And the world is calling, it keeps on calling
Just think of all that we'll share
Everywhere”
They sing as they lean into each other, shimming.
“Hey, Rapunzel, where’s your mom?” Eugene asks his girlfriend. I don't see her. He thinks as he looks around. Oh no, we lost her. Rapunzel panics. Arianna runs up behind them. Her lungs burn and she coughs. She leans down and puts her fist up to her mouth.
“Mom, are you okay?” Rapunzel askes, worried. Is she sick already? She worries.
“Yeah, I inherited a genetic autoimmune disorder from my dad when I was born. So, I basically have been sick all my life.” Arianna explains, putting her hands on her knees. She is faster on a horse. He thinks.
“Anna, you should get on Fidella.” He suggests. That's a great idea! Arianna thinks.
“Yeah!” She agrees. She mounts a brown cydlestail with a black, braided mane wearing a brown, leather saddle.
“Next stop: anywhere
Got a feeling things'll be happening suddenly”
Arianna sings as she whips Fidella’s reins. Her horse ran into a stampede of tan, yellow, and brown horses in a desert.
“Next stop: anywhere
Gonna chase my destiny, find the best in me”
Rapunzel sings as she runs ahead. She walks over to Eugene, who kneels down next to a dirt hole in the grass. She kneels down across from him.
“Next stop: anywhere
'Cause it's time we went to be where we're meant to be”
Eugene sings as he drops a dirty yellow pebble in the hole. Red, blue, and green butterflies fly out.
Rapunzel and he go over to Arianna who is riding Fidella in front of the caravan.
“Next stop: anywhere”
Rapunzel sings.
“And the world is waiting”
Arianna sings.
“I feel it waiting”
He sings.
“It's all just waiting out there”
Rapunzel sings.
“Everywhere”
They sing.
“Everywhere”
He sings.
“Everywhere”
Rapunzel sings.
Rapunzel and Cassandra walk up a grassy hill. An Asian woman with white braided hair tied with golden ribbons, a little black triangle earring in her right ear, and a golden hop in her left. The left side of her face is covered in red war paint. She is wearing a black kimono with a golden lining. Over that, she is wearing red shoulder pads with a golden lining. Over that, she is wearing a gray, sleeveless dress with a fur collar and golden lining. She is wearing a black belt with a golden bear paw symbol on it surrounded by columns of silver buttons. A red scarf is thrown around her waist. She is wearing white arm guards with three gray buttons. She is wearing black pants. She is wearing black boots with fur lining and a black line running down and three lines running across. "Who are you?" Cassandra aggressively questions as she puts her hand on her breast. Okay, this is awkward. The woman, Adira thinks.
"Okay, first thing: I don't like people touching me." Adira tells Cassandra. She grabs her wrist and spins. Cassandra flies back. Did she seriously just throw Cass? Rapunzel thinks.
"I don't know who you are but you don't get to do that to my older sister!" She announces. She runs at Adira with a black cast-iron frying pan. Adira dodges Rapunzel. Rapunzel spins and falls on her tushie.
Meanwhile, Arianna is standing on a nearby grassy hill with a book with a red cover. She sees the scene below. An old woman with curly, black hair, bluish-gray eyes, pale skin, wearing a red renaissance dress with yellow stitching and a black cloak, Gothel pops into her head. She shutters. She runs to the fight. She smacks Adira with her book on the back of Adira's head. Adira falls forward. She rolls over. Uh oh, that's probably Mom she thinks as she sees Arianna. “Lemme guess, you’re Mom.” She asks her. "Yes," Arianna replies. "and you should know the last woman who threatened my daughters got thrown out the window.".
Oh no… Adira thinks. Mom is awesome! Rapunzel thinks. Mom is awesome! Cassandra thinks.
"Ma'am, I didn't mean to harm your daughters," Adira explains, holding her hands up in front of her. She notices Arianna and Rapunzel. Those are the Sundrop girls. Adira remembers. "You're the Sundrop! You should've led with that! I would've not attacked you if you were more powerful!" She exclaims.
"Yeah," Rapunzel replies, clinging to a piece of her hair.
"Queen Arianna, Princesses Rapunzel, and Cassandra, I am Lady Adira of the Dark Kingdom." Adira introduces herself.
"The Dark Kingdom?" Arianna questions. Arianna wonders.
"Where the rocks are from." Adira explains.
Quirin lied! Arianna thinks. Her eyebrows furrow. Rapunzel looks at her. Is she okay? She worries.
"Mom, are you okay?" Rapunzel questions.
Arianna snaps into focus.
"I'm fine. Just thinking." Arianna tells her.
"Okay."
Meanwhile, Eugene leans down and opens up a purple, wooden compartment at the bottom of the caravan. It is empty. Oh, com'on! He thinks. He stands. "Guy we're out of supplies and need to go into town." He announces to Varian, Lance, Hook Foot, Natalia, Sara, Catalina, and Kiera. Everyone gets in. Eugene looks around. Where are Rapunzel, Arianna, and Cassandra? He wonders. "Hook Foot, go get Rapunzel, Arianna, and Cassandra.". Hook Foot gets out.
Hook Foot runs up to Rapunzel, Arianna, Cassandra, and Adira."Time to go!" He announces. They get in the caravan.
Eugene opens a tiny red ring box and kneels down on the floor. "Okay, Eugene you just got to say…" He starts. "Marry me". Just then, Rapunzel opens the door. Uhh… She thinks. They just stare at each other. He sweats nervously.
"Eugene, did you just ask me to marry you?" She asks him. Say you were talking to your deceased dog. He thinks.
"Noo… I was talking to my old dog, Laramie. Laramie! Here boy!" He calls as he pats his hip. Okay… He's being weird. She thinks
"I'll be in front." He says. He goes out and sits on the front bench and drives.
After a few minutes of traveling, a man with long, orange hair, wearing a black witch's hat with a gray rim, a brown shirt, a black vest, a brown belt with a square golden buckle, black pants, Anthony the Weasel, and boots Eugene off. That's not good. He thinks. He goes over to the caravan and opens the door. Cassandra sees him as he steps in. Isn't he supposed to be driving? She wonders. "Hey, pretty boy, aren't you supposed to be driving?" She asks him, placing her hands on her hips.
"I got booted off." He replies. Huh? She thinks. She goes over to the window and looks out. She sees Anthony and screams. Is something wrong? Rapunzel worries. She goes over to the window and looks out. She sees Anthony and screams. "Anthony hijacked us." She breathlessly announces. I should've locked him up. She silently criticizes herself. Everyone slams against the side of the caravan. That happens several times before it finally stops.
They are thrown in front of a bulky European man with blonde hair and facial hair, a ruby locket with a gold chain and frame, a blueish-gray puffy handkerchief, wearing a blue ruffle shirt with three golden buttons, on top of a dark blue vest with black lining, an open dark blue coat with three golden buttons with a black inside, blueish-gray pants and black boots, Baron in front of a cream-colored palace. A girl with dark red hair in an updo, tan skin, blue eyes, tiny golden horseshoe earrings, a black coat with golden lining, a magenta bocce, a black belt with a golden horseshoe buckle, a black skirt over a dark magenta skirt and black boots, Stalyan is standing next to him. Oh no Eugene thinks. She sees him and Lance. “Hi Flynn and Lance!” She pipes up as she waves. Baron clears his throat. “Rider, you walked out on my precious Stalyan years ago.” He starts. Seriously? This again? She thinks. “... So I will make you follow through with your promise.”.
Baron opens his ring. A black spider with red on top crawls out. Lance starts sweating and shaking. "What's that?!" Lance questions.
"A venomous Kai spider. It causes fever and hallucinations. Only when she has a swollen throat, you know time is running out." Baron replies as he lets the spider climb on him. She? Rapunzel wonders. The spider climbs on Arianna. Aww, little spider. She thinks. It bites her collar. She blacks out.
"No!" Rapunzel and Stalyan jinx. Rapunzel uses her shoulders to break the ropes. Stalyan uses her dagger to free Rapunzel's friends. Rapunzel picks up Arianna. She's already freezing. She notices. She looks at Eugene. Goodbye. Their eyes water.
Arianna wakes in a pink bed in a pink room. Rapunzel, Cassandra, Varian, Lance, Hook Foot, Natalia, Sara, Catalina, and Kiera surround her, exchanging worried looks. Her skin is pale, her face sweats, she shivers, she is breathing heavily, and goosebumps cover her. Her bandage. Rapunzel remembers.
“Cassandra, please sit her up so I can undo her bandage.” She tells Cassandra. Cassandra nodes. Okay. She thinks. She grabs Arianna and sits her up. Confused, Arianna wraps her arms around Cassandra's. Cassandra strokes her hair. Rapunzel unties it. She grabs a bronze bowl of warm water and a pale pink cloth. She dips it in. She wipes the blood off her mother's collar. Cassandra lays her mother back. “Thanks.”.
“No problem.”. They pull the cover up. Cassandra grabs a bronze bowl of ice water and a pale pink cloth. She dips it in. She pats it on her mother's forehead. Arianna shivers. They pull the covers on her. Rapunzel takes her hand in hers. Arianna opens her eyes. She sees Gothel in the corner of her room smiling deviously and tapping her fingers together. She hoarsely screams and tries to sit. Rapunzel takes her in her arms. She strokes her hair. Arianna falls asleep. Rapunzel lays her back. She looks up at the moon. Wish I had that moment back. She wishes. “Raps, the Rapunzel I know wouldn't sit here feeling sorry for herself." Cassandra tells her. They look at each other. “Let's go crash a wedding.” They jinx.
Rapunzel stands outside the caravan in a big, black suit covered in skulls. She is standing with Cassandra, Varian, Lance, Hook Foot, Sara, Catalina, and Kiera. They are all dressed in black. They run towards the palace. The palace is decorated with black streamers for the wedding. There are circular tables with black tablecloths and with water and Queen of Nights. Stalyan and Eugene stand in front of the palace. Baron stands behind them.
Stalyan is dressed in a black gown and veil and is holding a bouquet of Queen of Nights. They look at each other. “Okay, Eugene, when my dad says ‘kiss’ I’ll knock him out and get the anti-venom, and then run to Arianna and save her.” She tells him. He nods. “People of Vardos, we join here together today to celebrate the joining of my daughter, Stalyan, and her finacè, Flynn Rider, in marriage.” Baron starts. The group arrives. “Now, if anyone has any objections…”
“I GOT A FEW!” Rapunzel yells as she takes off her disguise. She lassoes her hair on a nearby cream column. She swings and skips on the columns up to the palace.
Cassandra punches a big Irish man dressed in black. Varian throws down a pink ball. Pink smoke covers the area. Lance grabs a European man with brown hair and eyes dressed in black by the arms, pulls them behind him, and trips him with his foot. Hook Foot trips a heavyweight European man with black hair and blue eyes dressed in black with his hook. A European man with blonde hair and blue eyes dressed in black approaches Sara. She waves the brown wooden paintbrush she is holding in front of her. A puff of rainbow sparkles appears and pushes him back. An Irish man dressed in black grabs Kiera, and she drops to the ground and sweeps her legs under him, planting her hands under her for support. A European man with blonde hair and blue eyes dressed in black grabs Catalina. She punches him.
Rapunzel goes up to Eugene, Stalyan, and Baron. She lassoes her hair around Eugene. Baron grabs the other end of her hair. Eugene feels the hair squeeze him. "He's Stalyan's!" Baron declares.
"How would you know? You had to poison my mom to get them to marry!" Rapunzel replies. They tug back and forth on her hair a few times.
A green chameleon named Pascal climbs up Rapunzel's hair. What's a frog going to do? Baron wonders. Pascal sticks his tongue on his nose. Baron screams and drops Rapunzel's hair. Pascal climbs back on Rapunzel's shoulder. The spider bites Baron. "Ha! You just got a taste of your own…" Rapunzel starts. The anti-venom! I have the anti-venom! He remembers. He reaches into the pocket of his vest, pulls out a tiny purple vial, and drinks it. No! Rapunzel thinks.
"DAD!" Stalyan yells angrily.
"BARON!" Eugene yells angrily. Rapunzel begins to cry. Eugene hugs her.
Eugene woke in a tower with walls with paintings of a girl with pale skin and blonde hair in an orange dress. The walls were divided into sections by brown wooden beams. There was a kitchen area under the brown, wooden stairwell. "Eugene!" Rapunzel, who then had short brown hair and wore a purple dress laced up with pink ribbon cried as she hugged him. Eugene remembers.
"Rapunzel, remember how you healed me with your tears?" Eugene asks her. She nods. He wants me to heal mom with my tears! She thinks. Eugene, Rapunzel, and Stalyan run to the caravan.
They run to Arianna. She is bundled in blankets and breathing heavily. Natalia's rubbing her chest. Sara goes over and picks up a bronze cup of water from her nightstand and her head. She gives her water. Rapunzel steps out of the room holding a small black cup. Arianna stops breathing. Rapunzel cries. Arianna tries to sit. Cassandra grabs her and holds her. Rapunzel walks in the room. She sets the cup on the nightstand. Cassandra passes her Arianna. Rapunzel picks up the cup and helps her sip. Color returns to Arianna's skin. They hug.
That night Rapunzel and Eugene sit on a purple sofa in a blue room. “Hey, Eugene, I need to talk to you about something.” She starts.
“Of course, Sunshine, anything.” He replies.
“The night of the Sundrop expodenicen, Quirin warned my dad not to take the Sundrop…” She starts. They hear Arianna crying. “Just a second. It gets weirder”. It gets weirder than Quirin not caring about people… great. Eugene thinks. Rapunzel picks up Arianna. “It's been a long day. I know, dear.”. She takes Arianna to her room. She sets Arianna on the bed. She walks out. She sits on the sofa. “But, the weirdest part is: his eyes were glowing. So, I don't think he meant it.”. Eugene hugs her.
“Sunshine, if there is a darkness out for you and your mom, believe me, I will fight for you until the end.” He replies.