Disclaimer: I do not own Rapunzel.

It all began about ten years ago. I had just finished my training as a witch and had decided to settle and practice my magic in the small town of Delvern.

It was a pretty town, if not the most welcoming, but what had really drawn me to it was the fact that Delvern happened to be one of the few places you can grow rapunzel- one of the most important plants in magic. Delvern was the only town for miles which had both a flat landscape and just the right amount of rain for it to grow.

Needless to say I was ecstatic when I easily found a home for myself and was able to start planting right away.

There was only one slight drawback: my neighbors. A man and a woman, both maybe about twenty. The woman was the most loud, demanding, high maintenance, obnoxious person I have ever had the misfortune of meeting. The man was a coward. He did everything his wife asked no matter how unreasonable. He never questioned her, never defended himself, never did anything, really- other then what his wife told him to do. That was enough to keep him busy.

To make matters worse, the woman (whose name, I believe was Lydia) was pregnant. So, like every other woman, she started getting cravings for the most unreasonable things. And as you probably guessed, no matter the cost, her husband (David) got it for her.

This didn't effect me (at first) other then having to hear her yelling at her husband every day- which really ruins the effect of a nice garden, let me tell you- but one day Lydia decided she wanted rapunzel.

Now, technically you can eat rapunzel- it has many healing properties and- when cooked properly- can cure almost anything. However, if you eat it raw it can cause sickness- and sometimes even mutation.

Well, what do you think David did? He snuck into my garden- three times!!!- and stole handfuls of my precious rapunzel. The fourth time he was caught in the act.

Now, I was not a feared witch yet, but it was common knowledge that I was a witch and was therefore capable of doing horrible things to people. Of course I didn't plan to do anything- just yell at him a bit- but he jumped to the conclusion I was going to turn him into something terrible- in fact I think he was convinced I would turn him into a frog…- and started begging me to spare him.

He offered me his house, his money-even his wife. Though I tried to tell him I wasn't going to hurt him I'm afraid he was beyond reason. Finally he offered me his unborn child.

At first I – of course- refused this like everything else but… I had to admit, the idea of those two raising a child… there was no way they could be good parents. They had no common sense whatsoever. Still, I was not going to just take their child away from them. So I made a deal with David: he and his wife could keep the child, but under the condition that once a week she (for I had for seen it would be a she) would spend a day with me.

I had thought this was perfect, this way I could oversee how she was being raised, make sure she was being treated properly, and even teach her a thing or two about gardening or cooking, or something else practical her parents were bound to forget about.

So the last month of Lydia's pregnancy went by and on a summer evening, much like the one today, Rapunzel was born. It was a smooth regular birth, and the midwife told the new parents she was in perfect health. There was only one odd thing about the baby: she had no hair. Now I know what you're thinking: newborn babies never have hair-but they usually do have just a little bit. Rapunzel had none. She was completely bald. The midwife assured David and Lydia that the hair would surely appear in a few weeks.

A few months later, the Legumes were forced to except that their daughter would never grow any hair. Lydia was devastated. She locked herself in her room, refusing to come out and see her baby. Rapunzel grew weak because if Lydia wouldn't see her, she also wouldn't breast feed her. David was desperate-he didn't really see what all the fuss was about- after all it was just hair- but his wife was scaring him. She wasn't bossing him around and his daughter was getting weaker and weaker everyday.

Finally, he came to my house and sadly handed over Rapunzel as my own. Then he and Lydia moved away, leaving me to raise his daughter as best I could.

A/N- Sorry this took so long but homework has been crazy. I will keep updating but don't expect it to be too frequently. So, tell me what you think. I realize the ending was abrupt but I couldn't think how else to end it. I will do my best to update soon! Toodles!