AN This fic was recommended by the wonderful booksarelife12345, and I highly recommend you read her fics, they are amazing. Thank you for giving me this idea, BTW.

This is a Wessa fic based off of Disney's Tangled, with Tessa as Rapunzel, and Will as Flynn. Oh, also starring Mortmain as Mother Gothel. Hehe, that's hilarious, I made him fill in for a girl. Anyway, enough of my useless banter, here's the chapter.

Tessa

"Tessa!" I jump at my father, Mortmain's, voice. "Tessa! Let down the rope!" Ugh, again with the rope. I always have to stay locked up in this damn tower because the outside world is "too dangerous." If it's so dangerous, why does father go out?

"Just a second, father!" I let down the rope and pull him up, after hiding my cat, Church. I'm not supposed to have him, but I found him in the tower one day. I still don't know how he got in. I've always searched for that one spot, until I remembered I shouldn't go outside. It's too dangerous. Sometimes I agree with father that it's too dangerous, other times I think he's just paranoid. Sometimes paranoia is good, though. Maybe. I don't know what to think anymore.

"Guess what?" my father says. He doesn't wait for me to reply before he says, "I'm making hazelnut soup for dinner. Happy birthday!" Oh, that's right. It's my birthday. I've always thought that someone out there was looking for me because every year on my birthday, there are these weird floating lights that appear. My father doesn't know about them, though. Every time I bring them up in a conversation, he acts like I'm crazy and says it's just stars. I don't believe him, though.

I force a smile as I remember what i wanted to talk to him about. "So, father, about my birthday..." I trail off, not exactly sure how to say this.

"Yes?" He stands there, impatient. That's another thing I forgot to say. I have special powers that let me change into anyone or anything I want. I know it's weird and sounds painful, but it actually isn't as bad as you think. Well, aside from the fact that it's the reason I can't go outside. People would either use me for my powers or burn me at the stake, accusing me of being a witch. My father has me change every day so he can see his father. Someone murdered him shortly after my father was born. I think it's quite reasonable.

"I, uh... I wanted to, um... So, there are these... floating lights that I see every year on my birthday, like I've told you before. I wanted to uh, you know... maybe venture out to see them?" I keep tripping over my own words, still not sure what to say.

He looks at me in confusion. "You mean the stars? Why on earth would you want go out for that? You know how dangerous it is and how many people would want to use you." Yep, there we go again with the using thing. And I know they're not stars.

"Father, I know we've talked about this before, and I know you think they're just stars, but they can't be. These are too big, and, besides, stars are always there. Stars will never change. These 'floating lights' are only in the sky on my birthday. I want to go out to see them. Maybe they're sent for a reason. I want to know that reason."

He just sighs and sits on a chair. "Tessa, I'm sorry, but I can't do that. It's too dangerous and something might happen to you. Do you understand?"

I sigh in defeat and even though I don't mean it, I say, "Yes, father."

"Now, come give me a hug." He spreads out his arms and wraps them around me in an embrace. "I really am sorry, Tessa, but you know why I can't let you out." I nod and he goes on. "Now, let's go make dinner," he says and gently pushes me away.

"Okay, father," I say and follow him to the kitchen.

AN Okay, so that was the first chapter. Thanks for reading, and don't forget to review. Another huge thank you to booksarelife12345 for giving me the idea for this fic. I love you all, and I'll see you later! (PS I skipped the intro Will (Flynn) would have done. I just had a hard time coming up with something. Oh, and I'm not going to be updating as often as I did the other one, because I'm also writing a DP fic.)