Hé hé! Hello there! ^^
So, I know it's a little late, but I put here my own contribution to the Tangledtober 2018! :D
Don't get me wrong, I did it just right in time, I even published one drabble every day for each theme...! But only on AO3. I forgot to publish it here too, here it is! x)
I regroup it into a three part story because I didn't want to make a chapter for each of them ! xD It would have took me too much time!
Still, I hope you'll like them!
(And, as I am not a fluent english speaker, I'm sure there's a lot of mistakes here, so if someone wanted to beta read this, I would gladly take your help! x'))
I own nothing, TTS/RTA belong to their original creators!
Enjoy! o/
1. Origin
Looking up at the burning light of the sun, Gothel let a harsh laugh escape her lips. Who could have thought that such a powerful, burning element could be able to create such a delicate flower?
The Sun might be a soft-hearted being after all.
Still, even if the light of the Sun was a good thing after a long, rude, winter, the woman still preferred the faint glow of the Golden Flower.
As powerful the Sun can be, only the Flower was able to grant her eternal life after all.
And she'll do everything needed to keep this precious gift only for her.
Everything.
2. Magic
Flynn Rider never believed magic exist. Magic golden flower able to heal illness and hurt? Pah! It was a fairy-tale-thing created only to help fearful children to sleep at night.
As for the Queen? No sense. She just had more chance than other people. She certainly had the best doctors in all the kingdom and she was the Queen, of course, she could be healed.
Not like the other people, those who died in the street every day because they were too poor to pay for a little bit of medicine.
So, even if the crown might mean a lot to the royal family, Flynn didn't give a care. It was his ticket toward freedom. If Royals could only think about themselves time to time, why couldn't he?
Like is tough, after all.
3. Crew
«Bre-Breathe! I can't breathe-! »
« Rapunzel, you should let him go before you kill him »
« Cassandra's right, Blondie. Let him go before he hates you once more for nearly choking him »
«He-help! »
« Well, I know how to practice a CPR so… »
« You're not helping, Lance. »
« Seriously, Rapunzel I know you're happy that things are better between you and Varian, but that's not a reason to choke him to death »
With some reluctance, the young princess loosened her grip on Varian.
« I know but… » tears gathered at the rim of her lids, « Now that everything is over, I really needed a hug… »
« Me too » murmured Varian, clearing his throat « But can we do it without killing ourselves? »
«Sure! Come on, guys! I want a hug from all of you! »
And a giant hug it was, indeed.
4. Little
« She's so tiny… » murmured Frederick while holding his newborn girl between his arms.
The child he almost lost a few days earlier.
After the birth, things had gone wild so fast that he didn't truly have the time to have a moment with his newly-extended family (mostly because he had to deal with Quirin and his warnings about the deed he just had made…)
Now, his sleeping daughter was in his arms, alive, and he felt his heart melt while looking at her.
« She is, isn't she ? » murmured Arianna with a soft voice, her head against his shoulder. He kissed her head in returned and let the peaceful feeling settled inside his chest. A peace he hadn't feel since a long time.
Everything was perfect.
5. Adventure
« Ready to let go? »
Rapunzel let a shuddering breathe escape her lungs, « Are you sure it's safe? »
« You know how to swim ? » a nod, « Then it'll be okay, I know it seems to be quite a fall, but for a few seconds, it's just like if you are flying in the sky » said Eugene with a small smile, « and then, the water feels like a soft cushion… » Looking down at her, Eugene chuckled a little
« You know, for someone who fights against rogues, malefic mother, black rocks, automatons, crazy-birds-guys and I don't know what else, I didn't think you'll be the kind to be afraid of a little jump.»
Her fiancee extended a hand at her, «Together? »
Her own hand fits perfectly in his larger one, « Together »
And so together, they jumped from the cliff toward the water below them, toward their friends who were already waiting for them, a laugh escaping their mouths.
6. Heal
« Oh no! I'm so, so sorry Pascal! »
The young human girl ran toward her friend, looking at the bad cut that she had accidentally caused. Tears gathered at the rim of her eyes.
« I… I didn't want to… » she murmured, but the chameleon stopped her with a soft cooing noise.
He didn't hold it against her. She was young, and she certainly didn't want to hurt him.
Rapunzel rubbed her eyes before enveloping her little friend in her hair.
Soon enough, the tower was filled with a soft glowing light and the beautiful tone of Rapunzel's young voice singing her secret-healing-song.
7. Sun
The Sun Goddess always thought that the humankind was a very strange kind of living being. With all their contradictory feelings, values or morals, it marveled her to see that the Humans were able of the purest deed as well as the worst actions she could ever think of.
So, one day, she wondered what would happen if she gave them a gift? A gift from her?
What would they do with it? Will they use it to do good things? Bad things?
If someone ever found it, will they use it only for themselves or share it with others?
The Sun Goddess knew the only way for her to know the answer was to give them something.
And so, she gave them a gift.
One of her tears.
8. Moon
The Moon God had watched how the gift the Sun had made to the Humankind had influenced the course of actions.
Now things were a little unbalanced, unfortunately.
He sighed.
He could understand his fellow curiosity, but would it have killed her to at least explain to him what she was about to do?
A soft chuckle escaped him. Of course not, the Sun Goddess was free-minded and reckless after all. And it was because of that he loved her so much, despite their obvious differences.
Still, he had to do something to keep the world balanced, so he gave to the Humankind one gift too.
A tear, just like his counterpart.
9. Alternate Universe
« Who are you, and how do you find me… ? » murmured coldly the boy in front of her.
Rapunzel could only blink in astonishment. He was a few years younger than her, with silver-colored hair and piercing blue eyes, but the most shocking thing about him was the seventy feet of…
Wait a second….
What was all this hair ?! How can someone bear having such a heavy thing attached to their skull?
Gosh, Flynn must have put something wrong in my orange juice this morning…
She just had hoped to find a place to hide after stealing the lost prince's crown and now, she was the prisoner of a strange looking boy ?!
This was just too much for her mind!
The strange boy didn't like her silence, he reaffirmed his hold on his frying pan ( ?!), « I say, who are you and did you find me? »
Rapunzel couldn't help herself but say, « What the hair ?! »
/SBAFF !/
10. Royal
Looking at the balcony in front of her, Rapunzel took a calming breath.
« It's going to be okay, Rapunzel, » said Cassandra in her military uniform next to her, « You're more than ready to step on the throne, you know? »
« I know, it's just… »
« Too soon ? » asked Eugene with a sad smile, « I know it's a difficult period for you, but you can't leave a void place where a ruler should stand… »
« Moreover » added Varian, « We'll all be here to help you and, yeah, even if you still miss them, they're somewhere watching over you, and surely, they're very proud of you.»
A tear escaped her eyes, « Thanks guys… » she murmured before puffing a little up her chest, taking all the inner-queen-grace she had in herself, and stepped on the balcony with, below it, the crowd waiting for their new Queen.
Like so many years ago, she stepped confidently toward her new future.