Hey there! Hope you're having a great day. Okay, I'll be honest: At first, I didn't show much interest in Tangled: The series, but I decided to give it a chance and it really impressed me. Varian is my favorite character, villain or not. And the story, as you read in the summary, is about him. Keep in mind also, that this is an AU and there will be Ocs. Either way, I hope you'll enjoy the story! I own nothing.

Chapter 1

The sun started to rise, painting the hills with its luminous rays. Through an open window, it reached Varian's room and as he felt the sun's warmth on his face, he woke up. Rudiger, his raccoon friend, jumped on him to tell him good morning and smiling the boy stroked the little critter's fur, before getting up. He got down the stairs and as he reached the main room, he noticed his father's figure looking outside the window. But something about him felt different...

"Uhh...Dad? Is everything okay?" Varian asked walking closer.

Suddenly the man's figure melted away and in his place appered a large shadow with glowing amber eyes. Varian stumbled and fell on his back, shocked by the creature before him.

"I know where you are... And I know who you are...I probably know you better than you know yourself..." The monster said in an intimidating tone, as it was moving towards the boy threateningly.

"No! Get away!" He yelled backing off, but the monster kept getting closer and closer. It nearly looked like the boy wasn't moving at all.

"You've got something that's mine... I want it back... I'M COMING FOR YOU,VARIAN!" The monster yelled and lunged at him.

Varian jolted awake from his nightmare, waking up Rudiger, who was sleeping next to him. He looked outside his window. The moon was still up. It was still night. He let out a long sigh as he ran his fingers through his black hair. Rudiger walked up to him, making a worried chittering.

"Sorry I woke you up, Rudiger. But I had the nightmare... again." Varian muttered, still shaken up from the dream.

At times, like everyone else, he would have nightmares. But this specific nightmare, was haunting him ever since he was little. He didn't believe in what people were saying, about dreams having a meaning, however, whenever he was having it he couldn't help but feel that... it was real. And he wasn't having it at a specific day or for a specific reason. For at least two years he hadn't had it. He actually had started to think that it wouldn't bother him again. But apparently he was wrong. He laid back to sleep, but the sleep wasn't coming easy. At the same time, he could hear a sound fading in the distance. The sound of a horse's gallop.

The next morning Varian woke up, still feeling a little tired. He threw a some water in his face and with Rudiger resting over his shoulders he went downstairs.

"Good morning, Dad." Varian said waiting to hear his dad's answer. But all that he heard was silence. "Dad? Dad?" Varian called a little louder.

He was surprised his Dad wasn't there. He usually was already up at this time of the day. Rudiger then jumped on the table and got in his mouth a piece of paper that was there. He turned to the boy, to give it to him.

"What's that?" He wondered aloud, took the paper from his friend and read what was written on it. " 'Problem at job. I left at night to see what happened. I'll be back by noon. Dad. P.S. Please clean the house a bit while I'm away and don't do anything stupid. You know what I mean by that.' Of course I do..." He muttered annoyed and placed the letter back on the table as he walked to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

It wasn't like he had many choices to choose from. Just bread with some ham or jam. Varian though, never complained about it. He had plenty of other things to complain about. But before his thoughts could ran to any of those things, Rudiger's chittering was heard, like he was asking if he could get some ham too. Varian smiled and gave him some. The little raccoon ate it from the boy's hand, purring to show his satisfaction and appreciation towards his friend. After they were both done, they went for the chores.

Like any other kid, Varian hated doing chores. Especially when he knew that he could finish them a lot earlier...if he was allowed to do them his way. With that thought on his mind, half-hearted and bored he started sweeping the floor, when he noticed something, or rather someone outside. It was a girl his age, that Varian knew, but only from afar. She had blond hair tied up in a bun and bright eyes that were a combination of blue and green. She was nothing but a scullery maid in the house of a rich man that lived in the village, but she looked like a princess in Varian's eyes. As soon as he noticed her he dropped the broom and rushed to the window to see her. She was holding a basket full of clothes, so she should have been going to the fountain at the plaza to do her lord's laundry. Varian was always watching her go, and sometimes he was seeing her in the town. At the fountain, at the tailor's shop, at the grocery store...but always from afar.

He never really had any friends besides Rudiger. He never actually bothered to make any, because he and his Dad were constantly moving. Either because of his Dad's job or...because of Varian. But he wanted to be friends(or maybe something more) with her, to trust her, to tell her his secret. A secret about himself, that he so despised to keep and longed to tell someone.

"Hey, Rudiger, how about we go for a stroll in town? Cleaning can wait a bit." Varian said as he made his way to Rudiger, who was lying on the table.

The raccoon wasted no time and jumped on the boy and rested around his shoulders. Varian then walked outside towards the town.

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