Chapter 1

AN: For those of you that know me either on here or tumblr, you know I've been wanting a TruMar Tangled AU since the movie came out. And finally, I've decided it's time to make it happen! It's gonna be 11 Chapters! I hope you all enjoy this as much as I do, and as always, reviews are greatly appreciated! :)


Long ago, in the vast land of Kame, a drop of sunlight fell from the sky and into the dirt, deep in the forest, growing into a beautiful gold flower full of magic properties. No one knew if this magical flower really existed, they only heard rumors of it. Many people have gone looking for this flower, wanting to possess it's mysterious abilities, but none have come across it.

Until one day, an elderly woman named Mai stumbled upon the flower while traveling to a neighboring kingdom. She couldn't believe it, she actually found the magical flower! Mai took time to study the plant, to figure out it's magical abilities. Her one true wish, was to be beautiful and youthful again, and to stay that way, immortality, and she just knew this flower could help her achieve that.

Without hurting the plant, she eventually unlocked the power of this flower and regained beauty and youth, just as she wanted for so many years. All she had to do was get the flower to glow and tell it what she truly desired.

Let your power shine

Bring back what once was mine

Mai was overjoyed at this power, but she soon realized she was still aging, so in order to stay youthful, she had to keep going to the flower and use it's magic. Mai decided to do just that, but she also made sure to keep the flower hidden. She didn't want anyone else coming across the magical plant, she was afraid someone would take it and she'd never see it again. She weaved vines and leafs into a large basket and covered the flower, her flower.

Years and years went by, and Mai was still using the flower's abilities. Rumors of the flower still floated from kingdom to kingdom and Mai did her best to discourage people from believing in it, the flower was hers and only hers. But her efforts weren't enough to convince everyone.


In the Kingdom of Kame, King Krillin and Queen Lazuli were expecting their first child. Everyone in the kingdom was ecstatic at the news. But later in the Queen's pregnancy, she fell ill, and the King was afraid his Queen and child would die. Queen Lazuli was due to give birth in just a few days and the King was getting desperate. King Krillin himself took to the streets of Kame and asked for aid, but unfortunately, no one could help in a medical crisis such as this.

But, many of the kingdom's people suggested to Krillin that he should seek the magical flower, rumored to cured any illness along with other powers. Krillin knew that at this point, this magical flower was his only hope.

"Goku, I need you and your men to find this flower for Lazuli and our child," Krillin said to his lead guard, "they need it more than ever."

Goku nodded, he knew how much Lazuli and this child meant to Krillin, and the people of Kame needed their King and Queen. Goku made finding this flower his top priority. The Lead Guard rounded up his men and made it clear that they needed to find this flower as soon as possible.

"Everyone will search for this flower with your designated teams in the designated areas," Goku said, "if the townspeople are willing to search as well, bring them along with you, we need all the help we can get."

"Sir yes sir!"

Goku's eldest son, Gohan, stood among the guards in the crowd, this was only his second day on the force, he was still a trainee, and he was very nervous. He didn't think his first mission would be something as serious as this. Gohan prayed silently that one of them would find this magical flower, he couldn't imagine how Krillin or the kingdom would take such a loss.

"Alright men, let's go!"


The guards and townspeople searched far and wide for the magical flower. At this point they had been out searching for almost two days, but Krillin and Goku refused to give up. There was still time to save Lazuli and the baby and that was enough motivation for them and the rest of the guards.

It was nightfall as Gohan and his team were moving to their next designated spot much deeper in the forest. He felt very tired but he still felt that he had enough in him to keep going a little more longer.

"Gohan, take two others and check towards the east," his commanding officer said.

Gohan nodded and looked to the other two guards that pretty much have been looking in the same areas with him throughout the journey so far. The three cleared some vines and tree limbs and began looking around. Gohan strayed a little from the other guards and walked through some more vines, and then he saw it. It was a large basket upside-down with a bunch of leafs and vines on it, but through the small cracks, he saw something glowing.

"Guys!" He called out, "check this out!"

The other two guards stopped looking and walked towards Gohan, "what is it?" one of them asked.

"Look at that," Gohan said as he pointed to the basket, "I'm not seeing things, am I?"

"No," the other guard said curiously, "Gohan, I think that's it, I think you found it."

"Holy shit..."

Gohan ran towards the basket and turned it over, revealing the magical flower. "Fire the gun!" Gohan yelled, "We found it!"


Mai watched in disgust from behind some bushes as a bunch of the guards uprooted her flower. 'Why was I so careless?' she thought. She was certain that the guards wouldn't be able to find her flower this deep in the woods, especially with all the bushes and vines. But it was her fault, she had just used the flower's power right before Gohan found it. He found it because it was still glowing.

Mai knew she should've waited until the Queen died before going back to the flower... but she couldn't stand the way she looked, she needed a top up. She told herself it would be quick, and it was, she just didn't expect the guards to be so close. Mai thought the area was clear, she thought the guards wouldn't be able to cut through so many vines.

"I need to get it back," she said quietly to herself, "it's mine."


The guards rushed the flower back to the castle and Krillin burst into tears upon hearing they had found it, he couldn't thank Gohan enough. Goku brought the flower up to the King and Queen's quarters and gave it to the doctors. They crushed the flower up and grounded it into a glowing-gold liquid, then gave it to Lazuli to drink.

Almost instantly, Lazuli began to feel better and her vitals returned to normal. Everyone in the room was amazed at how quickly she recovered after drinking the liquid.

"Are you sure you're completely better?" Krillin asked, his voice full of concern, "is there anything else hurting that we need to be aware of? Please don't be stubborn now Lazuli-"

"I promise, Krillin, nothing is hurting and I feel completely fine now," Lazuli reassured him.

Krillin sighed in relief and gave Lazuli a kiss on the cheek, "I'm just so afraid of losing you and our baby, that's all."

"I know," Lazuli said, "we're okay, you don't need to worry anymore."


News of the Queen fully recovering with the help of the flower spread quickly throughout the kingdom. Everyone rejoiced and held celebrations that night, all but one. Mai had went into the town to hear the latest news, and she was crushed to hear that they had destroyed her flower in order to heal the Queen.

Of course she couldn't show that emotion, she didn't need anyone being suspicious of her. She had been plotting how to get the power of the flower back while on her way to the tower, deep in the forest where she lived.

Mai knew the queen ingested the flower, so maybe, just maybe, the Queen had the flower's power now. She looked up to the sky, asking any higher being out there to give her a sign that she had the right idea, and that's when she saw it, the lanterns in the sky. They were coming from the town.

'That's new,' she thought, 'probably the celebrations.'

But then it hit her, the celebrations... everyone in the town would be too busy dancing and drinking to notice her snooping around the castle. She could figure out exactly when she could find the Queen alone and hopefully get the power back. This is her one chance.

'Perfect!'

Mai ran back towards the town, looking up in the sky and seeing more and more lanterns being released. When she finally got there, she watched as a group of townspeople cheered "To the Princess!"

'Princess?' she thought as she walked towards the castle, the crowds getting thicker and thicker.

"To Princess Marron!" she heard from another group.

'Princess Marron...' she thought, 'oh god... the Queen gave birth already!'

Mai stopped in her tracks as she processed everything, 'this is why they released the lanterns...' she thought, 'she just had a baby... they'd be busy together, I wouldn't have the chance to get the Queen alone now, I'd have to wait til it's quiet... I'd have to wait til everyone's asleep!'

And Mai did just that, she celebrated and had fun with the rest of the townspeople, keeping an eye on the guard towers as well. She went from group to group, dancing and drinking, getting closer and closer to the castle.

Then, everyone began to wrap things up and turn in for the night. And that's when Mai took her chance. She waited for the guard's shift change and scaled up a part of the castle, going from floor to floor, looking to make sure the guard's attention was somewhere else, and finally, she reached the King and Queen's balcony.

She took a deep breath and quietly walked into their quarters, walking past the little Princess's crib and next to the Queen. The King, Queen and Princess were all sound asleep. Mai prayed her theory was true, she leaned in closer to the Queen and ever so quietly spoke:

Let your power shine

Bring back what once was mine

Mai looked for any sign of change on the Queen, any glowing, but then she realized, the Queen didn't have it... but when she turned around, she saw the Princess's crib again, and this time, in the crib, something was glowing. Mai walked up to the crib and saw that Princess Marron's blonde hair, was glowing!

'I was right!' Mai thought, 'Only the Queen didn't gain the powers, her daughter did!'

Quickly, Mai reached into her pocket and grabbed a pair of small scissors, she lifted one of Marron's locks and cut it! But, the piece that Mai had cut, stopped glowing.

'No!' she thought angrily, 'It only works as a whole...I'd...I'd have to take the child...' But Mai hesitated, taking a child? The Princess especially? It was mad! But... she was desperate, she didn't want to age, she didn't want to die, she needed to stay young and beautiful! Her beauty was all she had left in this cruel world... she found a way to savor it, and she wasn't going to let it go.

Mai sighed as she heard the Queen begin to toss and turn. "Then so be it."

Queen Lazuli sat up and rubbed her eyes, "Krillin did you hear some-" She stopped as she looked at the balcony. She thought she was dreaming.

"No." she said, then screamed as she hopped off the bed. Krillin jolted awake hearing his wife. But before Lazuli could do or say anything else, Mai jumped off the balcony and scaled back down the castle with Princess Marron in her arm, disappearing into the town.

Lazuli and Krillin ran out of their quarters and to the guards station, screaming for the guards to find their child, but by the time the guards were rounded up and set out, Mai was already too far gone. Taking the back routes of the town and into the forest, Mai finally got what she wanted, and she promised this time not to be so careless. She took Marron back to her tower deep in the forest.

Mai wasn't going to let anyone take her flower away from her ever again.


"Healing Incantation" From the Tangled Soundtrack, Composed by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater and sung by Many Moore and Donna Murphy.