This idea has been driving me crazy lately! So I thought I would ask what you think. Anyways I hope you enjoy this little story that takes place after the end of the movie Tangled. *WARNING: May Contain Spoilers. Do not read if you had not seen Tangled. Read at your own risk*

I do not own Tangled, it's characters, or it's magic flowers.

The Flower and the Council:

There are two sides to every coin, two versions of every story, and two sides of every person. This is another side of the story of the Lost Princess.

The story goes: "Once upon a time a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens, and from this drop of sun grew a magic golden flower." What was never told in the kingdom of Corona, perhaps because it was never known, was that the sun was not the only part of the sky to release a drop. On the day the drop of sunlight fell the sky dropped another drop as well. This drop was a tiny drop of darkness, a shadow, a drop of the night sky. The two drops became separated on their way down and the night drop fell deep in a forest, sprouting a small black flower; sinister and shriveled in appearance the flower thrived completely untouched by human contact for centuries. Until one day…

"… and so the handsome, debonair thief gave up his life of crime all because one girl asked him to. The lovely Princess Rapunzel changed him and turned him into a boring, upstanding, but still handsome, citizen, and they both lived happily ever after." The cocky man finished.

Rapunzel green eyes flashing in amusement smiled at him. "Oh, it was such a pain to change your life for me, hmmm." She said.

"Did I say pain? More like a nightmare!" The brown eyed ex-thief exclaimed.

"Eugene!" The lovely brunette princess chided.

"All right, all right, it was worth it." He said swooping in to gather the princess in his arms and spin her around. Both froze at a subtle sound coming from the library doorway. The King of Corona was watching with amusement the lovers at their antics. Eugene quickly placed the king's daughter back on her feet and made a quick, albeit clumsy effort to bow.

"I am sorry to interrupt," the King began, "but I'm afraid the princess is needed for a dress fitting for the upcoming ball."

"Coming, Father." Rapunzel answered respectfully then she looked back at Eugene before allowing herself to be led away by one of her many seamstresses.

After the Princess was out of earshot the King turned to the ex-thief turned future prince. "Eugene, there is something that has come up with the War Council and I would like you to attend the meeting with me. It seems rather important."

"I would be honored." The younger man answered slightly in awe. Six months ago he had been running from palace guards and now he was attending meetings of the War Council with the king, it was almost too much to take in.

The two men made their way through the many corridors to the large room where most of the various councils met. The arrival of the king was the signal to begin the meeting. All the council members rose and bowed respectfully before they began.

"This emergency meeting of the War Council has been called to order due to some suspicious activity occurring to the north border." The oldest gentleman in the room spoke first. "It appears that there is a black fog surrounding the entire ocean border between Corona and our northern neighbor the kingdom of Vedette."

Dun dun dun! What do you think? Let me know if you love it, hate it, think it's the worst thing ever written (I hope not!). Tell me please. What will happen next? Is this chapter foreshadowing things to come? (Why yes, yes it is.). Enjoy and Review!