If you have read my Revelations, this chapter will ring a bell. Revelations was all done from Rapunzel's point of view. It wasn't supposed to be at first, it just happened. I was toying with another idea in my head at the time, you can find hints to that in Chapter 1 of Revelations: Telling Him. This is going to be that same chapter, but from Eugene's perspective. It's going to start the same way as Revelations, but it will change at some point. It's a bit me, trying to discover how much power an author really has. It's the same setting, the exact same conversation. But somehow, it is all going to end in a completely different way. Exciting, isn't it? Hope you enjoy this first chapter! Please review ^^
Disclaimer: the rights to Tangled belong to Disney. Lucky them.

I was alive? How could I be alive? Never mind that, anything - *everything* - was possible with Rapunzel by my side. Now then. Something to sweep her off her feet. It had to be roguish, captivating. It had to tell her I would be there for her. Somehow.
"Did I ever tell you I got a thing for brunettes?" Hopefully it was the right thing to say. It seemed to be. She was so happy to hear my voice, she lost her balance in her excitement and fell on top of me. That was a good way to start my new life. And it got better with every second. Because now she was planting her lips on mine. How long had I been waiting for this moment? You'd think it would have been during the time we have spent on our little road trip. But kissing her, I realised I have been waiting for this moment all my life. I have spent all my days chasing after treasure, only to find that you can't find the real treasure. It finds you. Wait, she was pulling away. Why was she pulling away?

"Eugene?"

"Hmm?" I was still flabbergasted by that kiss. It was one of the best I have ever received. Screw that. It most definitely was the best I have ever received.

"I want you to meet my parents."

"Really? I mean, I am thrilled, but this soon? … Wait, but?"

"Mother Gothel wasn't my real mother."

"She was not?" That was a strange turn of events. In the tales Rapunzel told me, it seemed as if the woman really had been keeping her prison in this tower. So I think this is supposed to get a happy reaction. Then again, she has also been Rapunzel's mother for almost all her life, for all her life as far as she can remember. This had to be handled delicately.

"No."

"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!" Oh-hooo. Now that most definitely was a good thing. We weren't going to trample all over the world on a quest to find her parents it seemed. My feet will be very happy to hear that. Kidding! Kidding. Of course I am happy that Rapunzel found her parents. That's big. Great, even!

"Really? Rapunzel, that's amazing! When did you know?"

"Well, you know, when I thought you had abandoned me and took off with the crown?" Ouch. That one hurt. I tried to keep still under it, but it must have shown on my face, because the next thing that she said was:

"I know it wasn't your doing! You wouldn't have come back if it was. But you did!" I really hated myself for making her believe I had left her. How could I have been so stupid as to believe that the Stabbington Brothers wouldn't have some trick up their sleeves? I betrayed them, for pity's sake! Any thief would want to get back at me for something like that. And I thought I could just walk away? How stupid can you be? I can't begin to imagine what that must've done to Rapunzel. Especially after our time on the lake. Aaargh! How thick can one man be? Okay. Breathe in. Out. That's it. Now then. Her parents.

"Just… Just please continue."

"Okay. Well, Gothel showed up."

"Huh?" Huh? That woman she had believed to be her mother? How had she found us? This didn't seem to be going in the right direction.

"Yeah. She said she had followed me from the campfire, where she had given me the crown."

"When she gave you .. the crown?" There you have it. It seems as if this Mother Gothel-woman is around every corner in this story. How did that happen? Wasn't this supposed to be our story?

"Yes. I am so sorry I didn't tell you, but I was afraid. I told you that, remember?" Oh yeah. The whole 'I'm starting to'-thing. That was one of the grandest gestures in my entire life. Putting that crown away. But hey, who can blame me? Rapunzel is obviously worth a thousand of those crowns.

"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." That must've happened around the time that blasted boat was carrying me away from Rapunzel. Right at the moment when she had needed me the most. To protect her from Gothel, from herself even. She probably had never doubted me a second when I told her there was something I had to do. She trusted me. And then she saw me floating away from her, crown in hand. Of course, Gothel had to decide to show up at that exact moment. Rapunzel at her weakest, with her guard down. I was getting a feel for that woman.
"When we got back, I just lay on the bed, staring at my ceiling. I felt that I had kept a cloth in my closed hand. It was the Corona flag. When I was going to lay 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?" Suns? How did suns get into this whole mess? The Corona-sun, of all suns to choose from. The sun that represented the royal family. And this was connected to her family? What the hell was going on?

"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." No way. No. Crap. What?

"No … way… There is just no way. This cannot be happening!" Okaay. Whoa! Whole new perspective here people! Okay, no time to think. Thinking will come later. Now it's time to do what men are best at. Adjusting to new and unexpected circumstances. Right now, she probably needed to know that I would be there for her. "I am… in love… with the Princess of Corona?" Good job. Now for some thinking.