Chapter One: Not So Happy Ending
Rapunzel was trapped in Gothel's chains as she saw Eugene coming through the large tower window. Since she had a bandana over her mouth she couldn't warn him about her crazy mother.
She tried to make sounds with her tight lips closed and thankfully, it caught his attention. It was all in vain as Gothel appeared behind him and stabbed in with her sharp yet pointy dagger. He fell to the ground as she scrambled to get over to him.
Gothel undid the bandana as Rapunzel cried, "Please, let me save him and then I'll go with you and we can be together forever just like you want. Just let me save him please!" She pleaded. Gothel put a long chain on one of his wrists in case he got any ideas about following them.
Next she undid Rapunzel's chains and she scurried over to him. "Eugene!" She cried out of pure concern. She moved a trembling hand to look at his wound and seen the blood stained shirt on the inside.
"I'm so sorry." She said as she ran a hand through her hair and an idea popped up. "Here, everything is gonna be okay!" She says trying to hand part of her long blonde hair to him, but he continues to call her name.
"Rapunzel…I can't let you do this.." Eugene chokes out. You can hear the pain in his voice as he is trying to maintain his breathing.
"But I can't let you die." She replies.
"But if you do this—"Rapunzel cuts him off by gently "Shhhing" him. But he goes on to say, "Then you will die."
"Hey." Rapunzel gives sends him a look of contempt. "It's gonna be alright, I promise." A tight lipped smile sets on Eugene's face as he reaches up to stroke her cheek gently.
"Rapunzel, please." He pleads asking her once more not to do it. He reaches up farther and brings his body up as much as he can and cuts a large part of her hair off after her shoulders. His hand falls to the ground as he drops the jagged glass piece he used.
Rapunzel grabs her hair in shock and says, "Eugene, wha—"
"No!" Gothel yells as she watches all of Rapunzel's hair turn dark brown. She tries to pick up what is left of the blonde hair even though it also turns brown. "What've you done?" She yells grabbing her wrist as she begins to turn back into her true way older self.
Running to the mirror that has a ton of cracks in it, she is horrified to see her raisin wrinkled skin as well as her white puffy hair. She puts her cloak hood over her head in shame as she wishes she could turn back time.
She trips over something and falls to the floor of the bedroom while she rocks back and forth in disbelief. While Rapunzel looks on in shock, she quickly remembers about Eugene as she reaches out to pull him toward her.
"Nonononono, Eugene. Eugene."
He coughs letting her know that he is still hanging on to life, but his eyes remain closed. "Eugene, look at me." She says as she grasps his hand and places it on her head and starts to sing the healing song, but nothing happens.
"Rapunzel. You were my dream." He said. He couldn't feel his body anymore, it felt numb and cold.
Rapunzel's expression turns even sadder as tears began to form in her eyes, but she says, "And you were mine."
Eugene is now dead.
Rapunzel has just processed what happened, as she struggle's not to cry. She didn't notice a single tear drop fell onto Eugene as she placed his head gently on the ground and went toward her mother.
Gothel had stopped rolling and began to wonder why she wasn't dead as well. She was skin and bones, yet still living.
"Mother…no Gothel. Why did you hurt him? It wasn't necessary to keep me bound to this prison. If you didn't fatally wound him, he would still be here." Rapunzel's voice trembled, Her green eyes wide with sadness and hurt. She was grief stricken. She had lost Eugene.
"I had to do what I had to do dear." Was her non caring response. "Now come help me up." She stuck out her hand for assistance but Rapunzel didn't take it. She was on her knees crying her heart out. Suddenly, Gothel's expression changed to guilt.
Her eyes held a hint of sadness for only a moment before she scooted over to her "daughter". "Rapunzel, I—" The guilt was immediately replaced by a curious glance to her skin as one of Rapunzel's tears touch the back of her hand, and she felt a warming sensation.
Gothel had seen light glowing from behind Rapunzel, but her daughter didn't notice because she was crying into the palms of her hands. That beautiful flower that her daughter had drawn countless times had appeared around Eugene's wound, she narrowed her eyes as she could see his wound beginning to heal.
So she still has the healing powers through her tears… Gothel thought as she quickly reached for her dagger which was only a few inches away from her. She placed it directly over Rapunzel's heart on her backside as Eugene came to.
He instantly looked their way to see Gothel's menacing look if he said anything. He knew she would possibly do it, but who knows. He didn't understand how he was alive because he cut her hair. He didn't even move or at least tried not to for her sake.
Gothel then felt herself getting younger as that same flower appeared and Rapunzel looked up because she heard a loud clang behind her. Her mother had dropped the dagger she was holding.
"What's—" Rapunzel backed away and stood up and tried to make a run for it. But the window's shutters were closed automatically.
"Hahaha! Yes! Thank you dear, I'm now back at full power!" Gothel yelled in excitement. Black snake like trendals from the dark mist around her had gone after her and Eugene, who rolled out of the way. Rapunzel was caught.
Her eyes widened at the sight of him standing up fully alive. "E-Eugene!" She cried. He ran over there to her, but was caught as well. They both struggled to get free as Gothel brought them in front of her.
She smirked as she looked at Eugene; both young adults had worried expressions as they didn't know what she would do with them.
"Gothel, let Eugene go please! You have me remember!" Rapunzel tried to reason with her as the snake like mist around him began to cut into his flesh.
She wasn't listening, she just enjoyed looking at Eugene's painful expressions.
"Mother!" Rapunzel was crying now, she was so scared that she would lose him—again. That caught Gothel's attention as she stopped torturing him and with a snap of her fingers, a huge black metal cage appeared by Rapunzel's wardrobe.
She threw Eugene inside as she locked it up nice and tight. He looked severely injured as he was covered in several spots of blood. You could tell his left arm was dislocated or broken by the way it dangled by his side. He was currently unconscious.
"Please, leave him alone, he has nothing to do with this! Let him go and I'll stay with you forever. Just as I promised earlier, you know I do not break my promises."
Gothel put a finger on her chin in thought and then a moment later, she came to a conclusion, "Hmm…that would be grand, but I prefer to keep you both locked up tight." She put Rapunzel down as she commanded her to get the place cleaned before she returned that night.
"Do what I say, and I won't have to be the bad guy dear." She said in a stern but serious tone. Rapunzel didn't know what to do, she couldn't try to fight back without worrying about Eugene's safety. She had no frying pan as her weapon, but what good would that do against an all power witch?
As her so called mother jumped from the high story window, a black cloud was placed over the tower, blocking all possible exits from outside. Rapunzel tried to open the window shutters but they wouldn't budge.
But then she had made a promise to her that they would be together forever. But she was only thinking about Eugene and his safety. She felt Pascal as he climbed onto her shoulder and rubbed his head against her neck to try and comfort her.
Eugene was too far to reach as she stuck her arms in the cage several times. He was too far in the back and she was just glad that he was still breathing. She couldn't tend to his wounds just yet.
She began to start cleaning up, as she thought about what fate had in store for both of them. She didn't even sing or hum. She was still reeling from what happened earlier. Afterward she layed down on her bed with a heavy sigh.
Her precious savoir still hasn't awoken yet she looked at him one last time before crying herself to sleep. They were now prisoners, but she would figure out a way for them to get out of this somehow.