A Complicated Ever After

Chapter 1: Surprises

In shock and ecstasy Rapunzel threw her whole self over Eugene holding onto him tightly. And the next thing she knew she was putting her lips on his in a kiss.

"What are you doing!" her head screamed in surprise, "You don't know how to kiss! ...Not a boy, anyhow." But the joy of his living, not to mention the thrill of the kiss, overrode any anxiety for the task.

Eugene seemed perfectly capable in his abilities, and she gladly allowed him to take the lead, deepening the kiss. It was dizzying, the kiss made strange and wonderfully new feelings bubble up in her stomach and created an intoxicating euphoria. It was almost too much. She tried to clear her mind, but it was near impossible, so much had happened and so much was yet to come, she really began to hyperventilate, and broke the kiss, surfacing to catch her breath.

Her eyes opened, to a bemused Eugene, disappointed that the kiss had ended, and very weary, she was prepared for quip about dying taking a lot of out of someone, but instead he remained silent, only moving his hand slightly on her cheek to smear a tear away from her skin. She hadn't even realized she was still crying, until she blinked and water blurred her vision slightly. She moved her eyes around the tower. What had once felt like home, now she only saw a prison, thinking of the lies she had lived by…but then thought of the home awaiting her, and hope renewed her soul. One more deep breath and then Rapunzel suggested, "We should go," Jumping to her feet, a bit too quickly. Her balance was more off center then usual, she wobbled in a circle long enough to catch a glimpse of herself in the shattered mirror, momentarily not recognizing the brunette in her dress. And from there she her eyes followed the brown snake of hair, lying still on the floor, s-curving its way up to Eugene.

Rapunzel's eyes grew wider then Eugene had ever seen, as she wheezed out, "Oh my gosh…my hair."

"'punzel? You alright?" Eugene groaned, hesitantly lumbering up to his feet, impeded by the iron cuff connected to the wall.

"Yeah…yeah," she replied, literally feeling light-headed, as the world spun rapidly for mere moments, then black.

So what do you think? I've been publishing this on DeviantArt and everyone there has been very kind so I'd like to know what you fishies in this pond think! I hope you all like this first little snippet of the story I'll be posting uniformly every weekend if I can stay ahead of the posting and writing like I have so far! Please review and hugs will be distributed amongst those that do!

Disclaimer: Begrudgingly I deny any claim over these darling characters Disney has blessed us with! Eugene/Flynn and Rapunzel do not belong to me.