Corona's Diary
A/N: After hours of searching, I am making the executive/Author's decision to have Rapunzel's birthday be July 14. This diary/one-shot (might turn out to not be like one shots at all but have many different storylines) starts with Rapunzel and Eugene going back to the kingdom after the death of Mother Gothel. A few more things: The progression of the story will not always be one day at a time (you'd have a hundred chapters by Christmas time) and, depending on the chapter, you will have a different point of view (first person, third person ect.) Enough of my rambling! This is only my second Fanfic but I hope you like it! (As with any fanfic author, reviews = faster updates.
Another A/N: I apologies in advance for any typos, grammar mistakes, and flaws in the original story plot. If you wish to critique me for it, i will be glad to hear it so i may further my advances. oh and I am pretty sure I am not Walt Disney in any way shape or form so i do not own tangled or the story or the characters presented to you in the movie. i do however, unofficially own any tangents to the story, new parts of the story, names not mentioned in the movie, and any new characters. If you wish to use anything from my story, feel free to ask, I'm sure I wont have a problem I just want to know when my stuff is being used (if it is used that is.)
Chapter 1: July 15, year 0
Rapunzel's mood the whole way back to the kingdom mimicked their first time to the kingdom. Good thing they had Maximus to slowly trot them back home or else it would have taken forever to get back if she stopped every time her mood changed. Her emotions were battling each other the whole. One minute she's super excited cause she's finally meeting her real parents the next she's crying over almost losing Eugene. If it wasn't that it was the fact she witnessed the death of someone she knew for her entire life.
Eugene couldn't quite figure it out. How could she be upset that the person who kidnapped her and held her in that tower her whole life had died? Shouldn't she be happy? Eugene decided to put the thought away when he noticed her starting to cry again. He didn't like it when she cried.
"Hey," he started, trying to comfort her. "It's ok now."
"I know it is… but…" she began to say, unable to finish as more sobs came out.
"But what?" he asked, trying to cohort the answer to his question out of her.
"I knew her my whole life." She managed to get out between sobs. "True I wanted to never see her again but I didn't want her to die…"
"Rapunzel… you amaze me."
"What?" she questioned as she turned around to face Eugene who was sitting behind her on Maximus with his arms raped around her stomach.
"I mean, after all that woman put you through, you still didn't want her to come to harm. That is either the stupidest thing I've ever heard or the most wonderful thing I've ever heard." He told her. It was true though. What Rapunzel told him showed him that she had the best heart in the kingdom. She could never wish harm on anyone no matter what they did. Sure, she could hate someone with a fiery passion but she wouldn't want them to come into harm's way. It was… remarkable really.
"You think I'm stupid?" she asked, with a hint of sarcasm involved.
"No! Of course not!" he exclaimed, obviously not hinting at the sarcasm.
"Oh calm down silly, I was being sarcastic." She noted before he got upset. "You know, for being the world's most notorious thief, your very vulnerable."
"You have a way of lowering someone's guard."
"Or perhaps just your guard?" she questioned, with a loving smile on her face. Eugene didn't know how he did it but he pulled her out of a low mood point straight into a high mood point in mere seconds. He didn't even have to use the smolder!
"Just mine." He grinned back, leaning in to give her a kiss. Rapunzel is still trying to get used to the whole kissing thing. She knew that it happened, Gothel kissed her cheek a few times but it was nothing like this. She felt warm and fuzzy inside. After the initial euphoria of their first kiss in the tower, she had thought perhaps she was sick. Eventually she realized this feeling to be a very good thing. After all, why would something that felt so good be bad for you? She really liked this kissing thing.
For the last couple of minutes before they reached the kingdom, Rapunzel just laid back on Eugene as he stroked her hair. Once the kingdom came into view, the sweet surrender didn't last long as new emotion reared its ugly head: fear.
"Oh no…" she mumbled. "I can't do this. What if they don't recognize me? What if they don't accept you? What if they cut my hair! Oh no…"
Eugene sat in shock after everything she just said. She talked faster than Maximus could run and her voice was filled with doom.
"Don't worry. They will recognize you, I rescued the lost princess, and your hair's already been cut." He said, trying to calm her down. She had a hard time realizing she didn't have 70 feet of hair anymore.
Upon reaching the gates of the kingdom, a squad of soldiers walked by and instantly recognized Eugene from the wanted posters. This didn't sit well with him considering the level of artistic prowess invested in the poster. But before the guards could do anything, Maximus held them off. Rapunzel told them she was the lost princess and Eugene had rescued her. Thanks to Maximus' persistence, the guards didn't apprehend Eugene. Perhaps Max was warming up to Eugene. Or, more likely, he had just rescued Eugene from execution and he didn't want it to go to waste.
Rapunzel and Eugene sat at the entrance to the palace for what felt like forever, at least for Rapunzel it did. Neither of them spoke a word but just glanced at the kingdom. A few passerby's below noticed Rapunzel and her striking resemblance to the queen and people started to stop and stare. Whisperings could be heard as a large crowd started to form. Suddenly, the squeak of the palace doors could be heard and Rapunzel slowly turned around. The encounter could not be described in words. If it had to be, it was a mixture of a dream come true, years of sadness washed away, and all the happiness in the world combined into one single moment in time.
The King and Queen decided to let the kingdom know on the spot so that preparations could be made and so that the kingdom could share in the wonderful moment as well.
"People of Corona!" the king bellowed to the massive crowd that gathered below. "yesterday we set off the lanterns in great sadness for the lost princess. But next year, we set off the lanterns in great happiness for the princess has returned!"
Eugene was caught off balanced by the deafening roar of the kingdom as the all simultaneously cheered for the princess' return. She was waving to everyone in the crowd, happy as she could ever be. And Eugene just watched her in all her stunning beauty and amazing personality. She truly was a princess worth waiting for.
another another A/U: Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of MANY. I will be working on the subsequent chapters for the entire weekend so expect more soon. and like i said above, reviews, good or bad, mean faster updates.