My second fanfic. I like the story of Rapunzel, except for the relationship, but it will change. This could be a bit of a challenge, but I'm gonna try. I don't anything all right go to those who own the Rapunzel story. Review!
Once upon a time there was a couple who was very poor. They lived in the lower part of a run down town in a one room apartment. Even though they both worked all day and made very little, they were happy. Except for one thing. A child.
For years they tried, until their wished was granted. Both were extremely excited. And after a few months, the wife began to stay at home. She spent her time out on the balcony looking into the garden below. After days of watching, she began to grow a strange craving for the rampion that grew in the garden.
Everyday when the husband came home, she would ask if he would bring her some. And each day he declined. Every day he said no, she would grow weaker, until she threaten,
"If I don't have some rampion soon, I'll die!"
Not wanting his wife to die, but not being able to afford any rampion. He had no choice but to steal it.
Now the garden was owned by an old crone. She hardly ever showed herself and those who saw her, said she was an evil and spiteful creature. (Though it could have been the weed.) So when the husband climbed the wall, he was anything but calm. He hit the ground hard, scanning for any danger, he made a beeline for the rampion. When he had filled his arms with rampion, he ran back for the wall.
As soon as he reached home, he made his wife promise to never ask him to go in that garden again. She eagerly agreed when she saw how much rampion he had brought. For the next few weeks, the wife eat nothing but rampion. She ate in stews, pies, and sometimes with a little chocolate. Finally she eat the last piece of rampion.
She still sat out on the balcony, looking over at the garden. And after she had eaten the last rampion, the craving grew even stronger. Forgetting she had promised not to ask again, she began to beg for more rampion. But the husband still said no. Until she was forced to threaten again,
"If I don't have some rampion soon, I'll die!"
So the husband climbed the wall yet again. But this time he spent too long gathering the rampion. He didn't hear the animal's warning calls. He was so focused on gathering rampion that he didn't notice a figure standing over him,until they tapped him on the shoulder. When the icy hand touched his shoulder, his blood ran cold. He whirled around to find a beautiful woman standing over him, with a sour scowl. She had chocolate brown hair, that went down just past her shoulders. Her face radiated youth. But her eyes were an stern onyx color. If looks could kill, he would have been dead the moment he stepped into the garden. She wore a long black robe, covering a plain black dress.
"So!" she sneered "You're the thief! The one who been stealing all my rampion."
"Please forgive me!" he cowered "I need the rampion."
"And you think I don't need it! Why?" she asked.
"My wife is going to have a baby! She has been craving nothing but rampion!" he cried lowering his head. "Please, just let me take this rampion back to her. Then you can do whatever you want to me."
"A baby?" she questioned, her eyes softening. After a moment of thought, she said " You will not be punished, physically. Your wife could not possibly raise a child on her own. So for taking something precious to me..."
"The rampion is precious to you?" he interrupted
"Yes it's precious to me," she mimicked, now circling him. "This garden was my mothers'! She planted that rampion, and it's all I have left of her! But I am willing to look past it. In exchange for the rampion, I want your child."
"My child?" he asked shocked
"Yes, I was never able to have a child of my own and I always wanted one," she said
"I couldn't give you our child, it would break my wife's heart!" he exclaimed "Please I give you anything but the child."
"Well, what about this, then?" she countered "You and your wife work for me. Day and night, through sun and snow. No rest or water. Not until every vegetable in this garden is planted, tended and harvested, a hundred times over!"
"You will both be nothing but pack mules." she said, as she flicked her finger.
The husband felt his body bend. Hair shot out all over his body. His mouth and nose stretched out. His hands and feet turned into hooves. He tried to scream, but all that came out was a shrill bray.
"So, will you work as a mule with your wife, or will you give me your child?" she asked, bending down to eye level. "I can promise you that the child will be treated like royalty."
She flicked her finger again. And the husband became normal. Though with a slight twitch.
"What is your answer?" she asked, sweetly.
"Yyy you can have the child, just don't hurt me or my wife." he pleaded.
"So glad you came to your senses," she smiled "Take the rampion and feel free to take more, if she needs any."
"I thought the rampion was precious? It was your mother's." he said, confused.
"Yes except, I hate my mother." she said, with a smirk "I'll come for the baby in good time. Now get out of my sight!"
"Thank you!" he said, scampering away to the wall.
"A baby, " she whispered "A precious baby girl."
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On a gray foggy day, the baby was born. She was a tiny thing. She had soft skin and shining gold hair. The parents were thrilled, to have her. Though the husband was worried. He had not told his wife, what had happened in the garden. And he knew the witch was due to arrived any day now.
A week after the baby was born, the witch came. She threw open the door, leaving it hanging on its hinges. Along with the witch, a cold breeze entered the room, chilling the couples blood.
"I'm baaaack," the witch sang. "And I'll be taking what's mine."
"What is she talking about?" asked the wife, trying to comfort the baby who had begun to cry.
"You never told her?" the witch asked.
"What?" the wife asked "Tell me what? What is going on?"
"I made a deal with her," the husband whispered. "She would give us all the rampion you needed in exchange for our child."
"How could you!" she exclaimed "Your own daughter for some greens!"
"You could have died. You needed the rampion. If I had said no we could have been mules, working in her garden, or worse." he said
"I'd rather be a mule than see my child in the hands of her!" the wife screamed "I won't give her up!"
"But that isn't your decision." the witch interjected "The deal has been made and I have brought up my end. Now your end needs to be paid. Give me the child."
"We can't. We would miss her too much." the husband said
"How touching," the witch said, snapping her fingers. The couple froze, the child still wailing. "But I really don't care. Now listen closely. I am taking this child and at first you will be sad. But as time passes you will forget her. You will have other children, as many as you want. But this golden hair beauty is mine. My Rapunzel."
And she took the child from the mother's arms. As soon as she held it, the baby stopped crying. Just before she left, she snapped her fingers. The couple slowly broke free from their spell.
When outside, the witch transported herself and the baby, to a small city, just outside the old town.
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Years passed, and true to the witch's words the couple had many children. With every child and every day, they began to forget their first. Never did they think that their golden hair beauty, now named Rapunzel, was living happily with the woman who took her from her home.