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So at the request of Musicprincess1990 This chapters Prompt is the colour Brown.

I will be honest; it wasn't that I didn't have any ideas….it was that I had too many! About 30 if I remember correctly….but I did not go for the obvious choice of the Pub thugs…or 'Punzels new do :P I went for something a little more challenging….hmmm.

"Genevieve what am I supposed to do" groaned the tired king.

"Jonathan stop being so dramatic! He'll be fine. We just need to have faith in the young man" His wife reprimanded in her teasing tone. The king looked aghast.

"Dramatic! I am not being dramatic! Genevieve this isn't some royal tea party! We have one hundred and fifty eligible princes and seventy young - unmarried- kings arriving here tonight for her official placement as future Queen! Once wrong move tonight and they'll either think I've gone mad or Rapunzel has!" By this point the King stopped his pacing and slumped into his throne.

"Jonathan, darling, you seem to think he's going to be the Court Jester tonight! You've seen him at previous engagements and he's perfectly polite and charming."

"I know." he sighed " I know dear, it's just I don't want anyone to have an excuse for them not to marry. If the kingdom appears to have chosen a weak successor, war could break out and we would be forced to arrange a marriage between Rapunzel and another strong kingdom."

The king stood again and walked over to the window. Over looking the garden he could see his beloved daughter stood amongst a grove of trees. Rapunzel was stood with her sketch book, busily drawing her chameleon as it perched on top of Eugene's head.

"Our daughter has barely entered this world Genevieve. I don't want the first year she spends with us to be filled with War and us forcing her to take an unwanted husband."

The Queen walked over and placed a hand on her husbands shoulder.

"It won't. Look at how much she trusts him, they love each other darling. I'm sure he will be outstanding. How do you think I know?" She looked over at him with a smirk; one he was beginning to notice their daughter had inherited. "They look at each other the same way we do"

-The Ball-

The King overlooked the room from the height of his throne.

Prince Kdahh of the Kamaric Islands was wearing a gawkish golden cape with his equally golden outfit. Quite a few of his guests had chosen to wear such regal colours. Prince Fredric of the Colestuine Kingdom was wearing red and the young King Charlton of Opeamene was wearing his navy blue royal robes, as well as his crown, the King thought grumpily whilst adjusting the slightly less showy crown atop his own head.

His wife and himself had chosen to wear Purple, not only for its regal properties but for its symbol of the kingdoms united front. Rapunzel had chosen herself to wear a silver dress and begrudgingly wore shoes for the occasion. Eugene had yet to appear but promised Rapunzel that he would be their to be her partner for the first dance before she was whisked off.

As the King continued to servey the room he noticed everyone slowly quiet down and face the entrance way.

In that door way stood Eugene Fitzherbert, reformed thief, rescuer of his daughter and, the King hoped, his future son-in-law. There was only one thing wrong with the picture.

"Who in Gods name allowed him to wear BROWN!" The king thought panicing.

Brown wasn't royal. Brown wasn't Important like gold! Why didn't he wear Blue like he usually does? He recently went in for a fitting for black robes why didn't he wear that!

The mumblings began again and the king knew just what they were saying.

"Commoner", "Filth", "Outlaw", "Inferior". This was definatly not good. And Genevieve told him he was being dramatic! He now knew he had reason.

Rapunzel, who had not noticed the sudden change in atmosphere, raced out of her seat and into Eugene's arms. Eugene, on his own half, seemed to have not even noticed the silence or the whisperings and grinned when Rapunzel politely asked for some music so she could dance with him. Jonathan was thankful for the music as the tension seemed to be slowly dieing out as his guests began to dance.

That was until Prince Kdahh himself in all his glittery goldness decided to push Eugene out of the way and grab his daughter. Jonathan stood to reprimand the action but his wife held him back and gestured to the group.

"Excuse me your highness but I do believe that I was dancing with her majesty" Eugene said calmly, speaking with a regality the King had never heard from him before.

"Why don't you just go and wait in the kitchens peasant I'm sure you'll be well accepted there" the Prince sneered still gripping Rapunzels wrist tightly.

"Eugene, ah, he's hurting me" she mumbled as tried desperately to release her arm from his clutch. Eugene grinded his teeth as he fought to keep his cool.

"Your Highness, she has already exampled that she does not wish to dance with you. I would also like to point out that your hurting her so I demand you release her immediately."

"Or what you filthy little commoner? We all know who you are Flynn so why don't you just go back to the streets you come from!" quicker than the King could antisipate the Prince grabbed a sword from under his cloak ready to strike Eugene.

Just as Jonathan believed there would be screams from his beloved daughter he heard gasps from the other guests. The prince, who was wearing a face full of both shock and fear looked down at the arm holding his sword. As the King looked he noticed his arm being held by the strong hand of the former thief so tightly the prince was forced to drop his sword on the dance floor.

"Prince Kdahh your behavior here tonight has not only disrupted the night of the other guests here, threatened to take my life and hurt a young innocent woman but you have showed the King and Queen of this Kingdom such disgusting regards to their hospitality that I wouldn't be surprised if you were never allowed back into this Kingdom again. So now I want you to apologise to my friend here, firstly for disrupting our dance together but also for acting in such an ungentle-manly manner. Then I want you to apologise to their Royal Highnesses for ruining part of this great occasion. Can you do that sir?"

The prince shakily nodded as his arm was released. The room was deathly quiet as he turned to Rapunzel, who was now clinging to Eugene's arm in such a manner she might have hurt him.

"I apologise for my behavior your Majesty and I also apologise for interrupting your dance." The prince now creeped towards the thrones.

"Your Majesties, I'm dreadfully sorry for disrupting your festivities and will leave tonight to ensure our kingdoms remain as dependant on one another as they were before this…incident." The King nodded and the prince bowed and quickly made his way out of the ballroom.

The tension immediately left the room and the other Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses began an applause. Eugene, still stood in the centre of the room, looked at the King sheepishly, who grinned and winked at the former thief as he too joined with the applause.

"Genevieve, I think I'm going to give him a Knighthood." His wife grinned.

"He will make a great ruler of this Kingdom one day" The King smiled knowingly as the music started up again. Eugene's eyes shined against Rapunzel's silver dress. They complimented each other perfectly. His daughter had unceremoniously thrown herself of the young man as the smiled lovingly at one another.

"Yes. But he will make an even better husband"

SO what do you think? Sorry its such a late post ( 2:45 am here in blistering Britain!) but it took me soooooooo long to write! ^_^ Calling the King Jonathan is kind of a personal joke; my Performing Arts teacher Jonathan is amazing! My classmates fondly call him the God of theatre ;)

So like last night please Review and leave me a colour for tomorows chapter! Im having lots of fun writing these and enjoy getting your input! Lots of love (hope your not all to ill from post-Christmas eating!) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx