This will be my first attempt at a multi-chaptered thing. This intends to be Tangled with more Grimm Elements.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tangled or any characters created by the Walt Disney Corp.

"There. It never happened." The last flower that had been painstakingly put into her flaxen hair floated into the basket next to her bed. Her mother began to rattle on about dinner and soup, but Rapunzel barely even noticed as the woman exited the room. The day before had been so perfect, so full of adventure, so full of life that now being back in her tower seemed like an imprisonment. But the thought of Eugene betraying her weighed heaviest upon her heart. Mother had been right; the world was cruel and deceitful, and she had no business being out there.

"But think of all the things she was wrong about," said the little voice of doubt inside her head.

Rapunzel looked down at the cloth that she had been clutching. If her mother had seen it, she would've thrown that out with the flowers. The golden sun design had been hand woven into a rich purple cloth and she couldn't help but feel like she had seen it before. Long forgotten memories flooded back to her as she stood up and surveyed the room. That sun design was everywhere; why hadn't she noticed before? The mosaic in town, the crown in the satchel, the floating lanterns calling to her; everything pulled together with one crystallizing thought.

It's me. I'm the lost princess. The realization caught her off guard and off balance as she stumbled into her vanity.

"Rapunzel, what's going on up there? Are you all right?" her mother asked

"I'm the lost princess" Rapunzel said softly in disbelief.

"Speak up Rapunzel; you know how I feel about the mumbling."

"I'm the lost princess aren't I." Rapunzel said loudly "Did I mumble mother? Can I even call you that now?" she said through clenched teeth as the older lady was rendered speechless with shock.

" It was all you! All my life you said people would use me for my hair, and that you were hiding me for my own protection. What you really meant is that you were keeping me all for yourself mother!" Before her eyes, the woman who had raised her became a manipulative stranger who had kidnapped and controlled her. She turned towards the solitary window of the tower, determined to leave. If she had lied about everything, then maybe…just maybe she had lied about Eugene too.

"He won't be there. As we speak the boy is being hanged for his crimes against the crown. Now listen to me and everything will be alright."

"No! You were wrong about the world, and you were wrong about me! I can take care of myself and I don't need you. I will never let you use me or my hair ever again!" Rapunzel said defiantly. With one last look of contempt, she turned and walked to a separate area of the tower.

The old woman could not believe what had happened. In the span of a minute she was helpless against the sands of time. This traitorous teenager would not get away with this, and if that beau of hers managed to survive he too would know her wrath.

tbc...