Chapter 1: Two against Two
Rapunzel's POV
"Eugene…." I started to breathe heavily. We stared at each other. His eyes looked concerned towards me, he held my hands close.
"Rapunzel, it's okay, I'm here for you. Just relax and it'll be over in no time at all!" he cajoled, he stroked my brunette hair and kissed my forehead. My pain did not cease, in fact it only became worse.
"Easy for you to say, you're not the one having the baby!" I screamed. Eugene laughed, realizing that even in this crazy situation I could bring humor to life. I let out another scream. Eugene began shaking and his hands were sweaty as they held mine. I was instructed to breathe in and out… in and… out. I was starting to fade out. "Push!" the midwife yelled. I did my best to do as told. Eugene was nodding his head.
"You're doing great Rapunzel, she's almost out!" he repeated over and over. I was fading and fading fast. The doctor on the other end started to nod faster and faster. A look of confusion crossed his face. Then he turned to Eugene.
"There isn't just one!" he cried. We both gasped. A wave of pain rushed over me. I used a free hand to grab my midwife, Eliza.
"Get it out!" I cried. Tears streamed down my face. I didn't know how to handle this. Eliza nodded and began yelling at me again to push. I did as told and a mere thirty-five minutes later, two babies entered the world. I felt like passing out. Eugene was in tears.
"Flynn, what's wrong?" I asked, exhausted and nearly out of breath.
"Nothing, I'm just so… happy," he muttered, taking one of the babies from Eliza. I took the other.
"This is Zephyr…" Flynn muttered, stroking her thin brunette hair. I looked down at the other baby.
"Misère, that's what her name is…" I said. She had my green eyes and Flynn's hair.
"Misère?" Flynn repeated.
"Is that okay?" I asked. Flynn nodded.
"Yeah, Zephyr and Misère, the twin heirs to the kingdom," he said. He started to laugh and held the baby close. "We're parents now Rapunzel…" he told me. "I'm a father, I-I mean, I never thought I'd see the day when I became a father!" I smiled at him. Misère began to wail in my arms. I rocked her up and down, side to side, but nothing seemed to calm her. Flynn traded babies with me and he did the same. But her wails didn't cease.
"What do we do?" I asked in a panic. Flynn shook his head as a sign that he didn't know. Then it hit me. "Flynn, we should try singing to them!" I said excitedly.
"Sing? Oh-no-no-no-no, I can't sing!" he began to stammer. I gave him a look.
"Yes you can! I've heard you!" I said. Flynn turned bright red.
"Come on sing with me Eugene! Please?" I begged. Flynn ran a hand though his hair.
"Fine, I'll sing with you," he mumbled. I smiled and pulled him so that he was sitting on the side of the bed. Both babies were now wailing. I hushed the one in my arms.
"All those days, watching from the windows, All those years, outside looking in, All that time, never even knowing just how blind I'd been, Now I'm here blinking in the starlight, Now I'm here, suddenly I see, standing here, it's oh so clear I'm where I'm meant to be. And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted, And at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted. All at once, everything looks different, now that I see you," I sang to Misère. Her wails turned to mere sobs, but Zephyr was still wailing. "It's working Flynn! Sing to her!" I told him.
"Okay, okay!" He said, stoking Zephyr's hair, "All those days, chasing down a daydream, All those years, living in a blur, All that time, never truly seeing, Things the way they were," Flynn stared at me and took my free hand in his. "Now she's here, shining in the starlight, now she's here, suddenly I know, if she's here, it's crystal clear, I'm where I'm meant to go…" he said. Zephyr's wails turned to sobs. We stared into each other's eyes. I threw my legs over the side of the bed and slid up to Flynn.
"And at last I see the light, and it's like the fog has lifted, and at last I see the light, and it's like the sky is new and it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted. All at once, everything is different, now that I see you," We sang together. We ended staring into each other's eyes; both babies had fallen asleep in our arms. I bit my lower lip. Flynn leaned down and kissed me. "Now that I see you…" he whispered romantically.
"Think we'll make good parents?" I whispered back as to not wake the babies. Flynn looked down at me.
"Keep singing like that and I'm sure we'll get by," he said.
Quick Author's Note from Mrs. Naara- Well, that's it for chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed both installments of our fanfiction. There will be 9 more formal chapters coming soon. So please review, tell us what you think. Suggestions? Or maybe you just want to say hey. Please review!
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