Characters are not owned by me, but by Disney.

Plot: Flynn Rider was given a choice. Join the army, or stay in prison. He chose the army. After many attempts to stay alive, after seeing men, woman and children dying, he finally returns to England with a picture he found on the side walk in his breast pocket. Because of this picture, he finds himself face to face with a tortured brunette, and soon learns of her scarring past. In an attempt to help, Flynn pushes her past her limit. For once, he craves forgiveness, he craves love. The question is... will he get it?

"Prologue

Do you know what prison is like?"

Those words echoed in his head as he held his musket tight to his chest, unable to sleep unlike the rest of his comrades. He had been separated from his platoon with a young, silver haired man named Maximus, who insisted it was his real hair color; though Flynn had his doubts, and a strange, mute boy named Pascal, who Flynn had named Frog because of his unusual obsession with nature and being outside.

Flynn sighed, running a hand through his dark hair.

He pulled out a picture of a house on the shore. It stood among tall grass, white with blue print frames. He had found the picture on the street when he was getting off the bus. The only reason he kept it was because there was a a girl, almost perhaps 10 years younger than him, that had bumped into him as he got off the bus. She had a think braid of blonde hair, and bright green eyes. When he helped her up, she nodded a small thanks before she ran onto the bus, hugging her sketch book and pencils tight to her chest. Flynn, standing on the side walk, couldn't help but stare after her as the bus drove away. He went to step off the side walk, when a small rustle sounded from beneath his feet. He moved his foot, looking down and saw the picture. For some reason, he kept it with him. He couldn't place why, he just wanted to keep it.

When Flynn awoke the next morning to Pascals shaking, he could barely hear Maximus' words over the planes ahead. None the less, he knew what Maximus was saying.

"We have to go. Planes above. Leave before they drop any bombs."

Flynn grabbed his gun and the picture and ran outside with Pascal on his back. Pascal had recieved a piece of shrapnel to his thigh and was having a hard time running, so Flynn carried him even though Maximus was the faster runner and stronger than him. Flynn wanted to keep them going. He wanted to go back to Corona.

They ran into a field and Maximus took Pascal from a tired and worn Flynn. Flynn winced slightly as Maximus and Pascal continued on. He lifted his shirt a bit of shrapnel embedded into his abdomen. He sighed before fixing his shirt and moving on. Planes passed up ahead, but Flynn tried hard not to pay them any mind.

He had one rule for himself: live. He planned to follow that rule, no matter what.

A/N

Hi everybody ^^ I haven't touched in a while, and because of that, I wanted a new beginning.

Hopefully enough, people will like this. Even a few. I got the idea while sitting in the hall way on my free and I just started writing. Because of that, this happened. I did about two attempts on the prologue before I got it this way, and I'm prouder of it than I was before hand.

All the characters in this fanfic are owned by Disney, except a few that I'll be creating to keep the story going, of course. Max and Pascal have been changed to humans in order to fit into the story better. Horses were killed during the evacuation, so I couldn't leave Max a horse and have him live. That would be giving you false facts! So, both Max and Pascal have been changed in order to keep them minor characters through out.

Avarice means Extreme Guilt, if you didn't know. I chose this because of what Flynn shall feel later on, toward Pascal, Max and Rapunzel. And act of betrayal, lying, and ruining people's lives is not so easily forgotten.

For the time period, this takes place during WWII, this scene specifically during the Dunkirk invasions. Which, if you have watched or read Atonement by Ian MacEwan, you will know what had happened and the dangers facing the troops. I am not one for stories of the military, but Atonement caught my eye. I don't have much knownledge, so if you find a saying or something that is incorrect, don't be afriad to point it out.

Next chapter, you will meet Rapunzel.

DarSasu