Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons: Change of Fate

The moon shines bright on the day it moves closest to the earth. The sparkling light falls gently on a tower, where a young lady sleeps. It is five days before her 18th birthday, and though she sleeps, something deep inside her feels a change. A spark flies in the sky for a single second, and a part of the girl decides to change her future.

Stirring in her sleep, Rapunzel wakes up to get some water. "I have such a boring li- I can't even consider it a life, it's nearly nothing" she whispered, then came a squeak of protest. "Except for you Pascal, I didn't mean it that way. Without you and mother I don't think I'd be sane. "She looked out the window and saw the huge, shining moon. The radiance and diamond light was hitting the tower at the perfect angle, and Rapunzel saw a shape in the light. It looked like a tall woman with flowing hair, the color of the night sky. "Whoa... I don't want to forget this," she said as she scrambled looking for the best paint that matched the color of the shape.

Rapunzel woke up with blue shades of paint on her fingers, underneath a blanket on the floor, next to the fireplace. She looked up drowsily and saw the curtains above the fireplace pulled back, and on the wall, there was a painting of a girl that appeared royal, like the princess of the moon. Not remembering the last night, it struck her odd because most of her paintings were very bright and having to do with the day. This painting was dark, but not dark in an evil way. Just dark as in the good of the night. She suddenly remembered her chores of the morning, and got them done, never taking her mind off the girl she had painted.

That evening she watched the moon rise, not as radiant as the night before, but cooler. A light shone, that made Rapunzel look away and rub her eyes. She turned around, opened her eyes, and a light shone just as bright, only inside the tower. A deep bass sound hurt her ears, and dimmed quickly, turned into a chorus harmonizing to a tune the people of 2013 U.S.A might recognize as similar to the Lord of the Rings. She opened her eyes, about to yell at the top of her lungs, " what in the world is going on here?!" When she choked as a woman stood before her. "Wh-wh- who are you?" Was all she could stammer. "Hello, dear child. I meant not to frighten you. I have come because this part of you has been especially sad, and I, as your guardian, must do my best to change this," she spoke in the softest, calmest, yet most regal voice Rapunzel could never have imagined. "You can do that?" She nods. Rapunzel pauses, "Hold on, my guardian?!" She whisper shouted, even though the two were entirely alone (mother was away). "As part of the sun, it is the task of the spirit of the moon, my task, to watch over you. Such as it is the same with the sun watching over a part of the moon."

"I'm a part of the sun?" Rapunzel was being loaded with too much important information at once." I suppose since you are not, well, yourself, I will tell you." She told her of how from the sun, a single drop fell, and became a flower. She explained how this lead to her, and Rapunzel forgot everything else she told her, becoming angry at her "mother." "Rapunzel, she no longer matters, I, Luna, the Spirit of the Moon, have come to change your fate. I will send you to different times and places so that you may choose the best new fate for your new self." Not that Rapunzel wasn't totally willing to take her up on that, something Luna had said struck her odd. "I love this idea, but what do you mean this part of me?" Luna's face suddenly went from basically neutral to serious. "You are not the full Rapunzel. You separated from her. You both possess the same other traits, but the full Rapunzel is submissive, and slightly weak. You are the part of her that is incredibly strong, stubborn, and brave. You could not take waiting and living your life in here. You broke away from her." She clenched her hand, held it out, and unclenched it. She held a locket, with a sun engraving that Rapunzel found all too familiar. She hesitatingly took it from the tall lady's hand. Only now had she stopped to look at her visitors flowing hair and dress. They were a midnight and navy blue with a lighter blue-violet highlight in her hair and trimming of her dress. Not to mention her skin was flawless, and her eyes as perfect and kind as the light of the moon itself. The perfect specimen for the spirit of the moon.

She opened the locket, and inside was a picture of herself, and on the other side, a small key stuck out. She turned it, and felt the mechanism inside slowly moving, and the side opened to reveal another picture of herself, only other pictures started to flow over it, and they moved. She watched herself wake up and do her chores, be done well before noon, and watched as a handsome man appeared in the clearing. It stopped right on that picture, and Rapunzel looked up at Luna for guidance. "I will allow you to see more, as you discover this part of your destiny."

"How does this work? How and what will you do?" Rapunzel asked the beautiful lady. She replied, "I shall send you to different times and places of this world. I decide where, you basically just make a small choice of whether you want to meet several friends or one first. There are three routes. One is going to sleep and waking up there, two is me leaving you in the wild to find people yourself, with my guidance. Three is I take you to our destination, and as the time moves it to what it should be, you watch kingdoms build and desolate. I shall give you the highest position I possibly can where you stay, and you have my promise you won't look conspicuous." Rapunzel was half-asleep, yet she felt she understood everything that was said.

"So, I inexplicably trust you now, where are you going to send me? I don't know why, but I'll take number two first." "Depends. Would you rather meet one of your lifelong friends, or two of your lifelong friends?" Rapunzel, still a bit dazed from the whole situation, said, "One, just to warm me up."