Author's thanks: A big thank you to those who liked my story! Also a big big thanks to 4-eva-bookworm and Samantha for reviewing the first chapter of Hoofprints! Thanks once again for all the support, you've made my days! And don't forget that reviews are always welcome!

Disclaimer: To my dismay, I don't own Tangled.

Chapter Details:

This takes place when both Max and Aeris are yearlings, and they have already been weaned. Maybe i'll make a story out of that, if you guys want..

"You'll never catch me! HAHAHA you palace guards will never catch me! Not in a million years!" The famous thief Black Jack proudly announces while showing off his latest thievery to all of his so-called captors who have tried to capture him around 20 times but have still failed in the process.

"We will catch you today Black Jack! You can be sure of that!" A strong voice calls out.

"Even you the great and famous Argus Apollo, captain of the Kingdom's Palace Guard could not capture me! So BOO-HOO to you! HAH!"

"That may be so, but we have someone who will!"

"Oh, and who may that be?"

"My son, Maximus" he proudly announces

(epic entrance music suddenly plays)

Light shines behind me as I step into view, and I do a little mane flipping in slow-mo.

"Prepare to meet your doom, thief!" I say with confidence.

"Like I will horsey, catch you later!" Black Jack cackles before he runs off towards a cave.

"Follow me men, and -uh steeds!"

I race after Black Jack with the whole platoon following behind. Just as we near the cave opening I spot a hidden entrance. And an idea pops into my head at that moment.

"Half of you go the other way, the rest follow me!" I go towards the hidden entrance and reach the destination before the thief does. He spots us and tries to escape using the way he came from, but he stops as the other half of the platoon comes.

"Nowhere to run now Black Jack! Your time of thievery is over!' I proclaim

He glares at me, but his face shows defeat. Three guards get off their mounts, and handcuff Black Jack.

"You got me this time but next time, you won't!" he says while being lead away

Then they cheer and whinny "Maximus, wake up"

I shake my head as they say wake up.

Whoa there! Back it up a bit. "Wake Up?" Why would they say that?

The scene starts to distort and warp. I groggily open my eyes and I see my mother.

"Wake up, Maximus. It's time for our morning walk." She says in a gentle yet commanding tone.

Good bye to another awesome dream. Why can't I ever finish on, or rather why won't mom let me sleep long enough to finish the dream?

"Give me five more minutes mom" I replied before slumping back on my pile of hay

Mother sighs and shakes her head.

Guess she really won't let me go back to sleep, which makes my chances of finishing the dream null, nada, zero percent.

"Your father is already outside waiting for us. Now come on" She nudges me softly, to make me stand up. Knowing that she wouldn't take no for an answer, I stand up.

"Alright, alright, I'm up mom." I said as I stood up, shook of some of the hay that was stuck on my coat, mane and tail.

"Okay then. Let's not keep your father waiting for too long." I followed behind as she took the lead, as we walked to the stable exit.

As we exited the stable, dad trotted over to us. First he and mom greeted each other a 'good morning', and then it was my turn.

"How're you doing champ, ready to go catch some thieves?' he said as he playfully nudged me.

"I'm ready dad!" I replied with enthusiasm as I cantered around him in circles

"All right then let's go!"

We were starting toward the small hills which were our usual route, when a voice shouted

"HEY MAX!"

It was Aeris. She cantered towards me and my parents.

"Hey Aeris!", I replied,

"Why are you up so early? You usually sleep till the afternoon."

"Well, I actually woke up early this morning coz of Benny. You know how cranky and noisy he can be sometimes."

"Yeah."

Benny was her younger brother. He was just born late last winter, so he was just a foal of about 2 or 3 months. Just like his older sis Benny had a sleek chestnut coat and four white socks.

"Would you like to come with us on our morning walk, Aeris?" My father asked

"I'd be glad to sir Argus!" she gaily replied

"Hahaha Uncle Argus is just fine Aeris, I've told you that before right?"

Aeris nodded in agreement. Then we all started on our morning walk in this order:

Dad beside mom

Me beside Aeris

Mom and dad arranged us in this order. They said it wasn't everyday that you get a chance like this.

Truth be told,I honestly do not know what they were referring to because we walk every morning in the same route...so I wonder what the 'chance' they were referring to was.

Along the way me and Aeris chatted about many things, mostly on our goal of becoming part of the Palace Guards and becoming squad captains just like our dads. As we neared the last hill on the route, Aeris suddenly asked a question,

"Who do think will be the first one to become a captain? Me or you?"

Its been quite a while since I rode on a horse...

That was random.

Is Corona really the name of the kingdom in Tangled? Because I've read fanfics with that...

That was random again. But really, what is the kingdom's name?

And this is my first document using LibreOffice! It works wonders for me since i'm new to it. Maybe i'll try neoffice or openoffice or maybe I won't. I don't know yet...

That was the last random thing I'm going to say. Promise.

I was feeling random today so yeah I wrote some random stuff here...

That was the super last random thing. I-cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die promise.

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