AN- Okay this is the 2nd chapter to Once Upon a Time! Hope you like it! And thank you 4-eva-bookworm for pointing out that, I hadn't thought about it. Disclaimer: I do not own Tangled! On with the story!

This is when Flynn/Eugene is caught by the guards after the boat ride. This will be in 1st person in Flynn/Eugene's POV.

Chapter 2

I wake up when I feel something bump into something else. "Rapunzel… Rapunzel!" I remember leaving her in the boat.

Guards are surrounding the boat, which I realize I'm tied to. A guard says, "Look! The crown."

Oh no.

The guards untie me and grab my arms tightly. "No, wait, guys!" I yell, hoping somehow one of them has a heart. "Rapunzel!" I shout.

I'm taken to the kingdom's prison, a place I've managed to escape for most of my time as a thief. Soon, I'm trailing behind the Captain, a man I've outsmarted many times, two guards closely behind me. "Let's get this over with, Rider," he says, his voice showing no emotion.

"Where are we going?" I ask, curiously.

The Captain gives me a stern look. I know whatever his answer is, it won't be good. I understand though. "Oh." My hands go to my neck. I'm to be hanged.

We stop short at a dank, cramped, and dirty cell and I'm thrown in, left to wallow in my own thoughts.

Rapunzel…What have I done? I should have never of left you. The thought of leaving her there all alone, is so sad, so painful, I begin to cry silently. But my time crying is cut short as two guards and the Captain come to collect me. One of them handcuffs me and I begin to take the walk of death.

Out of the corner of my eye, I spot the Stabbington Brothers locked up in a cell, much like mine. Anger surges through me and I overpower the two guards and grab one of the Brothers by the shirt. "How did you know about her? Tell me now!" I scream at him, my eyes making eye contact with his. He's frightened, but responds, "It wasn't us. It was the old lady." I break the contact, pondering what he said. "Old lady…"

The guards apprehend me once again, and I figure out who the 'old lady' is. Mother Gothel.

"Ah! Wait! No! Wait! You don't understand. She's in trouble! Wait!" I yell at the guards. I give up but something catches my eye. A ceramic unicorn? The Pub Thugs! The door up ahead closes and the Captain exclaims, "What's going on? What is this? Open up!"

A familiar voice says, "What's the password?"

"What?" The Captain asks.

"Nope!"

"Open this door!"

"Not even close!"

"You have three seconds. One."

Guards are disappearing behind me, the work I know to belong to the Pub Thugs.

"Two."

By now the few guards left are gone, and the one holding me is gone too.

"Three!" The Captain turns around and sees me, the last thing he'll see in a while because Attila hits him with a frying pan. I smirk. Who knew frying pans could be so useful! The Pub Thugs devise a plan and the rest of the guards in our way are taken care of. I reach Hook hand and he instructs to me, "Head down."

"Head down."

"Arms in."

"Arms in."

"Knees apart."

"Knees apart. Knees apart?" I'm sprung into the air, somehow managing to land on Max on a roof. "Oh. You brought them here?" I ask him. He neighs in reply and I thank him. I make the thank you longer than needed and Max lets me know. He takes off and we're off to save her.

We're off to save Rapunzel.

AN- Ok so I couldn't quite remember if Flynn/Eugene was wearing handcuffs or not when he was captured, and I don't own the DVD yet... Soooooo…..hope you liked it! Review please! I tried my best with this one; I don't think it's the greatest.