Before I begin this magical journey of writing, I just wanted to say Hello, I'm Megan. A little background on me is that I am 15 years old, In 10th, and have only seen Tangled once. Yes, only once, and that was a while back. I wrote this first to kind of break down what happened at the ending so It may seem much slower than it was in the movie, but I just wanted to pour some details and write the panic that occurs when somebody is dying in your arms- somebody that you love dearly. My writing skills aren't as polished as most the writers on this site but I've been inspired and wanted to embrace it.

Yes my friends, this is going to be a continuation of the ending that fills in the blanks between the ending and the true ending. I know, I know you're probably sick and tired of these stories, but I just felt like I wanted to write it in my own way. I haven't read more than two or three of the other fan fictions on here that are direct sequels and not just about the palace life or after they reunite with Rapunzel's parents, so if things seem similar it's just a coincidence. I'm sorry in advance if you feel my story ends up with something similar to your own.

So with this, let's begin! :)

Alive

By SOSMeganSOS

Prologue

For a moment, all Rapunzel could do was stare out the window. The room was getting smaller with every second and she could feel herself suffocating. Soon the poor girl was nearly gasping for breath- that is until she noticed that all she could hear was the sound of her own body searching desperately trying to grab a hold of some oxygen. Realizing just how quiet things had suddenly gotten, Rapunzel scrambled to Eugene's side, trying to keep him from drifting away from her. "No, no, no," She panicked as she rolled Eugene's body over onto his back so she could get his attention. "Eugene?" Rapunzel called his name as he coughed slightly. Eugene, who once spoke with the sarcastic tone of Flynn Rider, couldn't speak. He couldn't find the energy inside of him, which only made Rapunzel panic more.

There was no way that she could bare to lose him, she wouldn't be able to stand to lose the person who had shown her the world - no given her the world - and had made her feel alive for once in her life. But, she knew time was running out for him. She knew, but wouldn't accept it - There had to be a way to stop this. "Hold-" She stopped what she was about to stay and picked his head up and began to stroke his silky brown hair from his face. "Look at me, Look at me! I'm right here with you," She wasn't going to get him slip away from her like this. Not here, not after he had freed her. "Don't leave - Stay with me Eugene,"

Quickly, Rapunzel assessed her choices on what else she could to help him. She could drag him to town to go and get help, but that'd take too long and she knew deep down that she'd never make it back in time. She could always just use her hair-

Flower, gleam and glow

Let your power… shine

The tears refused to hold back and she found herself choking up as she attempted to speedily sing her healing incantation. It was no use, she knew that her hair had been chopped off but it was so hard to grasp the fact that she was now and forever hopeless. There wasn't anything she could do to save him and yet Eugene continued to hold onto that little bit of life that he had left in his body. He tried to speak, but he found himself only to be quivering his lips and stuttering. Finally, he mustled a faint call out to the distressed girl who had replaced his once youthful, cheerful, and naïve girl he once saw, "Rapunzel…"

Make the clock reverse

Bring back what once was-

"What?" Rapunzel cut off; cringing from the tears she was fighting off. She opened her eyes to look once again at Eugene. He was barely breathing, let alone moving, and his eyes were closed shut. If anybody else were to look at him they'd say he's dead, but Rapunzel felt him last bit of warmth from the back of his head along with the coolness of his blood soaked shirt. He was still there, and you'd think that it would have made her happy to see that Eugene was still in fact alive, he held on for her.

"You're… my new dream," Eugene said in a voice so low that Rapunzel almost couldn't hear his final words. Never before had Rapunzel heard something so wonderful and so painful at the same him. She was indeed his final dream, the dream that would never come completely true, and the dream that he'd die with in his heart. It is hard to explain how it feels to lose somebody close, but it's even harder to explain what dying feels like. Eugene imagined that it would have hurt more, but after a while the world became numb to him Vision blurred, noises became long and drawn out sounds, and he knew exactly what was happening. It was like what happened when he'd pass out from drinking, except for the fact that he was in a girl's arms and that he knew in fact that this time around he wouldn't wake up to a hangover and maybe a few scribbles drawn across his face reading vulgar insults. This time he wouldn't wane up period.

A lot had happened over the past few days, and it almost felt like something out of a book - something out of a Flynnagen Ryder book. Guy meets pretty girl, guy and girl go on an adventure, and in the end Flynnagen always wins the lady. Except, the adventure he was led on with Rapunzel was nothing like that. Yes, he had met a pretty lady, well more like a young girl. He had been sent on a journey full of danger and peril - and glowing hair with magical healing powers. Unlike Flynnagen Ryder though, Flynn wouldn't get the girl, but Eugene would. Eugene would be the one to win Rapunzel's heart he had hoped.

There was a few muffled sounds in the distance, the sounds of sobbing. "And you were mine," Rapunzel had replied to him, but he couldn't clearly make it out and with that he slowly slipped away. He's gone. He's… gone. Rapunzel sniffed as she allowed her tears to fall down her face. I lost him, h-he's gone. Eugene's face was peaceful and perfect like if he was sleeping peacefully and she stroked his beard a few times with her thumb. Soft, his face was soft and she couldn't help but gaze at him and take in his appearance.

Heal what has been hurt

Change the Fates' design

Save what has been lost

…Bring back what once was mine…

What once…was…

She gave up, lightly grasping his hair and began to sob again. Fate had been cruel to her, and she knew that nothing was going to change it. What once was hers was never going to come back. What once was her was now on the floor, cold and pale. "Mine," Her voice cracked and she closed her eyes, releasing a single tear onto Eugene's frozen cheek. For a moment she continued to sob silently, but then something began to flash in the near distance. Slowly opening her eyes, she glanced over to see what it was when she noticed a strange golden light seeping out of Eugene's stab wound. The light grew stronger and stronger, and soon heat was being swept across the room from the light, breezing past her trembling arms as she sat Eugene's head down softly, and moved to examine the light.

The light flooded out, swirling out of the wound and quickly making its way next to Rapunzel's face, sweeping her cheeks with the warmth. What is this… what's happening? Rapunzel's mouth dropped open as the light made the form a design of some sort. W-What is this? She went to go touch the shape nervously when she realized that the light had formed the shape of a flower. Flower… gleam and glow! Bring back what once- I-It's happening! It's really.. B-But… how? Rapunzel watched in astonishment as lights began to fade. She peered at where the light was until is finally disappeared, and then turned to Eugene. If what she was thinking was correct, then her healing incantation had come true! Quickly she examined Eugene's face to see if anything was going to happen, and at first nothing changed until she felt his body move slightly as if he had begun to breathe again. Then his eyes began to open, and Rapunzel's heart stopped. "R-Rapunzel…"

"E-Eugene?" She asked with her eyes as wide as she's ever had them. Somehow she did it, somehow what was hers was brought back! She didn't question much because she was just so in shock with what was happening. "R-Really?" She asked again, lifting Eugene's once limp head up so he could her better.

"Did I ever tell you that I have a thing for brunettes?" Eugene asked, and with that, Rapunzel couldn't only reply with a gasp. He was alive! Her excitement and relief was pounding, and she rolled on top of him and grabbed him by the collar of his now clean shirt and pulling him along with her, sitting in his lap. "Eugene!" She exclaimed with pure astonishment and she laughed in disbelief. Eugene sat up slowly, grasping Rapunzel tight, not wanting to let go until she pushed herself away and forcefully planted a kiss on him. Slowly the two of them fell back to the floor as Eugene's body was still slightly shaken up from being brought back from the dead. There, the couple continued to playfully embrace and giggle, until Rapunzel found herself to be drifting off in Eugene's arms.

Yeah, not the most original beginning, and honestly I do not care for this at all, but I felt like I just had to get this out of the way to lead onto my first chapter. It should be up in a day or so. I liked to play with describing emotions but I also find myself not being the best at using correct grammar so I apologize for all of that. I don't have a Beta, have no clue how a Beta works, and I'm checking it over myself. I should probably pay more attention to English class. eh? Darn that B-!

-SOSMeganSOS