This is going to be a prequel/sequel of Tangled. This story will try to adhere to the Tangled movie and the Tangled series, but there will be some changes, nothing major though.
"Hey Flynn, help me out with this lock. This should lead to the vault."
"Alright Lance, just watch my back."
Normally, Flynn would never trust anyone to watch his back. I mean he was a thief after all, and he had his fair share of betrayals both by him and against him. But Lance was different, he trusted Lance with his life. He was the only one who he would sacrifice his life for, since he was his best childhood friend.
"Hand me the crossbow then. They don't call me Strongbow for no reason."
"Trust me, i'm a much better shot than you."
"Alright let's settle this after we hit the jackpot."
As Flynn toyed around with the vault door lock, he felt the pins click into place, as he opened the door. Inside the vault was a lot of chests filled with gold and valuables, but in the middle of the room was a beautiful tapestry that looked out of place. It had the picture of the Corona sun symbol gracing the bottom of the tapestry, and above it was a sewn portrait of the King and Queen holding a little blonde haired girl. Hmm, who is that? I never seen that girl before.
"Yo Rider, you gonna keep staring at the picture or are you gonna help me?"
"Relax, no one knows we're here yet. Plus, we need to figure out what the most valuable
things are. We can't carry everything."
"Dunno bout you Flynn, but i'm ready to carry a buncha chests outta here," he said as he
struggled to hoist up a medium sized chest filled with gold.
"You ain't carrying that far. Let's grab diamonds and jewels instead. They are much
lighter."
As they picked up as many jewels as they can, they heard a guard's clanky armor approaching them.
"Oh this ain't good Flynn, we need to leave NOW."
"Right ahead of you."
Flynn went out the vault, carrying his small satchel of diamonds and jewels, with Lance following behind. They heard guards panicking, after they figured out that the vault door was open.
"Too many guards Lance, we can't go through the hall"
He looked up and saw a small open vent in the ceiling.
"Lance, boost me up and i'll pull you"
"You think I can fit in there Rider?"
"Sure you can."
After they entered the small cramped vent, they made their way through it, and found themselves over a small room, where a woman and man were talking.
"Hold on Lance, what are they talking about?"
"Wait a minute that's the king and queen, it must be important."
"You're right, we must be over their bedroom."
There was a sweet feminine voice, "Sweety, I know you're still upset about what
happened 18 years ago, but the annual lantern show must go on."
A masculine voice that had a hint of sorrow replied, "Yes, I know dear. Every year I just
hope that Rapunzel would follow the lights and return. But would she even remember us?"
"I don't know, but we need to try. The lantern show will be in two days and we need to
make preparations."
"I'll try my dear"
Oh, so that's what the tapestry was about. That's the long lost princess we all heard about. Well sucks to be them I guess.
"Alright Flynn, we heard enough, let's get outta here"
They followed the vents until it opened up to the roof. They stepped out and by that time night was coming, and the sun just set.
"Hey!"
Dangit they have guards on the roof too? The guards ran up and surrounded the two men.
"Put your hands up, you guys are coming with us."
As the guard closed in on the two, Flynn made a run for it, slipping underneath the two slow guards and vaulted over a small ledge on the roof. He ran across the sloped shingles on the roof until the roof ended.
"HEY, you got nowhere to go. Now come with us and no one gets hurt."
With this, Flynn had no choice. He spotted a small hay cart on the floor. Flynn looked at Lance who was being cornered by two guards. Lance gave him a smirk and a quick salute. Sorry Lance I promise I'll come back for you. He was about 40 feet up, but he knew he had to jump. So he jumped and landed directly in the hay, and running away on the ground, leaving the guards on the roof speechless.
Flynn returned to his local tavern, where he spotted the Stabbington brothers, Patchy and Sideburns. They were both red-haired twins that were well known for their violent tendencies and their successful crimes. Flynn saw their wanted posters everywhere, and he felt kinda jealous of their notoriety. But eventually, Flynn gained his own notoriety as word of his heist spread across Corona and his own wanted posters popped up around the kingdom. The guards had successfully captured Lance, but they still needed to capture Flynn, so they put a large bounty on his head.
"Hey Rider, we heard about your heist." It was the Stabbington brothers.
"Oh hey what's up Patchy, or was it Sideburns? I forget."
"Cut the crap Rider, we just want to ask you something."
The two twins smiled at each other and exchanged glances.
"We were wondering. Since you got into the castle, we might need you to help us with
our heist."
"Forget it guys, I was almost caught and ain't gonna risk it again."
Patchy glanced at Flynn's satchel, and grabbed it.
"What's this Rider? Your loot?"
"Loot? This stuff is worth more than your bounty."
"You think this is good? We were thinking about taking the royal crown that's out in
preparation for the crappy light show they have every year. That's worth at least ten times
more than your jewels."
Then the redhead tossed the satchel back on Flynn's table.
"Ok Patchy, i'm listening."
"I was thinking about a heist tomorrow morning."
"Morning? Are you crazy?"
"Nah you see Rider, they got less guards in the morning cuz they don't expect people to
try to steal stuff then," he said with a grin.
"Ok i'll help you guys only if I get a cut of the money you get selling that crown."
"Don't worry about it Rider, we'll have more money than we need in a lifetime."
"Alright then, but the guards will be tight tomorrow after what happened today."
"That's why we need your help. You can get us around the guards and find us the best
way in. Deal?"
"Deal."