"Did I ever tell you I got a thing for brunettes?"

It was amazing how big a difference so few words could make. For me, it was everything I needed to know that my new dream would be coming true as well. In my excitement I couldn't help but just fall on top of him. And through that hug I knew it. He is it. The real deal. And what better way to express this, than to finally kiss the man I loved? So I did. It was amazing. It was the real true love's first kiss, the way it's supposed to be.

But I had a secret. It wouldn't be a secret for long, but still. I wanted to share my happiness with him. Even though it meant giving up a little current happiness. So, sadly, I pulled back.

"Eugene?"

"Hmm?"

"I want you to meet my parents."

"Really? I mean, I am thrilled, but this soon? … Wait, but.." I saw understanding dawning on his face, so I went on.

"Mother Gothel wasn't my real mother."

"She was not?"

"No." It was getting very hard to keep the jubilant tone out. I wanted it to be a surprise. Though he wouldn't have guessed it anyway, but I wanted to keep him in the dark, having him flabbergasted when I would tell.

"That's good right? It's not like she did her best by you."

"I know. And I even found out who my real parents are!"

"Really? Rapunzel, that's amazing! When did you know?" O. Haven't quite thought this through as much as I should have. This was going to hurt a little.

"Well, you know, when I thought you had abandoned me and took off with the crown?" He cringed. "I know it wasn't your doing! You wouldn't have come back if it was. But you did!"

"Just… Just please continue." I could see how it hurt him that he had broken my trust, even though it had been done unwillingly. So I quickly took up my narrative again.

"Okay. Well, Gothel showed up."

"Huh?"

"Yeah. She said she had followed me from the campfire, where she had given me the crown." Oops. No, really haven't thought this through.

"When she gave you .. the crown?"

"Yes. I am so sorry I didn't tell you, but I was afraid. I told you that, remember?"

"Yes, I remember. And I understand."

"Thanks. So, that's how she knew where I was. She knocked out those really big brothers with a log or something. When I saw … When I saw that she cared so much as to take them on, I knew she loved me. She would take care of me and keep me safe. So.. so I went with her." I left out several key factors in this decision, such as seeing him being carried away by the little boat, and not trusting the world enough anymore to leave Gothel and instead go away on my own. I had the choice, then. But I think he knew anyway. And I think he appreciated that I had kept this out. He understood why I really went back to the tower, so he didn't ask. I also didn't tell him about Gothel taking all the flowers out of my hair. Everything that they had represented, everything that had happened in the past few days, it had washed away with them. It was all I could do not to start crying at the memory. "When we got back, I just lay on the bed, staring at my ceiling. I felt that I had been keeping a cloth in my closed hand. It was the Corona flag. When I was going to put it away, I noticed something odd with the murals."

"This is still connected to your real family, right? Because I am getting a little confused here. The Kingdom flag, the ceiling…"

"Yes. Bear with me. You'll understand. You see, I saw familiarities between the two. The longer I looked at the ceiling, the more suns I could make out in the murals. Hidden."

"Suns like the one on the flag, I take it?" Was he looking … apprehensive? I didn't know him that long yet, certainly not long enough to know how he showed all his emotions. I was probably wrong. "That's right. And then it all came flooding back. I remembered. I saw two people, my mother and father, standing over me, and they looked exactly like two of three people I saw on a mosaic in Corona. I tried to zoom in on that third person, a little baby girl. Which just led me to looking back at myself in the mirror, wearing the tiara. Those two persons, they are my real mother and father." This was it. What would his reaction be? Would he be as thrilled as me? I found my parents! They were king and queen! I WAS A PRINCESS! I was anxious to know what he thought, but also a little scared. This was a major change in perspective.

"No … way… There is just no way. This cannot be happening!" I'll admit, he was scaring me now. "I am… in love… with the Princess of Corona?"