I don't own Tangled! end/AN/
Azure ran, pumping her legs like pistons.
Blair and Finley were right behind her, slower but still going at breakneck speed. They were not about to get captured, especially after stealing something so precious as a crown.
"Move it! Don't slow down!" Blair roared, clearly mystified as to why Azure was coming to stop.
But Azure was not confused; instead, she was staring at the wall of cliff in front of her, mind racing to find a way out. "Quick, boost me up, and then I'll pull you both up!"
Blair let out an unamused laugh, saying, "Hand over the crown first, and then we'll boost you up."
"Aw, come on, don't you trust me?" Azure smiled prettily, almost as if that could convince them to leave the bag containing the crown with her.
She was met with bluntly untrusting stares, as Finley held out her hands for the bag.
"Fine, but I am hurt!" Azure gasped, as if it truly hurt her feelings. It didn't; it was more annoying than hurtful. There was no time for further conversation, and Finley stood on Blair's shoulders, while Azure climbed on top of the two of them.
It was a rough reach, but she caught the edge, and hauled herself up. The weight of her whole body put a strain on her arms, and she let out a sigh of relief as she sprawled on her back for a moment.
"Pull us up, Blue!" Blair always referred to her by her last name.
But Azure grinned, and leaned back over the edge, dangling the bag she'd snagged. "I'd prefer if we broke off our partnership. See you!"
The enraged yells were easy enough to ignore, as Azure laughed to herself at her own cleverness and ran ahead. Really, it was just too easy sometimes; people would always be easy to trick, and read, and manipulate.
Never had there been a person that was hard to understand, or even genuinely good. Everyone would turn on each other, if they had the chance; Azure had yet to meet anyone, in her adult life, that she would stick with even if they weren't good for her at the moment.
Now, someplace to hide… Azure dashed along, sure that leaving the Stabbington Sisters behind had at least nabbed her a good ten extra minutes…
Tulip looked down at his bare toes, feeling a little despondent. While there was always next year, it felt like next year was too long, too far away. It was hard being turned down for something you wanted, and Tulip had really hoped this time.
In fact, he tended to put his whole heart into things; there was no reason not to. If you didn't care about anything, then what made life worth living?
Tulip cared about his mother, his painting, seeing the lights someday, and almost any project he put his mind to.
Absently, he brushed his hair, though only the ending tips at this point. It was a lot of work to keep his hair knot free, though his mother had often mentioned, in envy, how his hair seemed less likely to tangle than hers, even though it was so long.
She'd said it had something to do with the magic.
Tulip looked out the windowsill, and wished he was strong enough to leave. If Mother said he wasn't, then he must not be, but if he only were… then she would let him leave.
It would come, some day. He would be big and strong, and able to take on any of the pointy-teethed men that lived out in the rest of the world.
They were right behind her!
The clomp of horse hooves was audible, and the racing of the men behind the man on the horse was evident from their heavy breathing and stomping boots.
It was supposed to have bought more time! Azure frantically tried to think of a way to lose them, ducking through trees and feet pounding through the dirt and underbrush. That was when she pulled back a large branch, and let it go behind her- thwack!
She looked back at the sound, and saw that the captain had been demounted. Yet, however, the horse continued on with the same fury, as if he himself were out to get her rather than the captain.
She wasn't looking when she fell, right off of the edge of a cliff.
Screaming, she hit a branch, holding tightly to it. The horse came flying after her, landing on the same branch.
The men were all crowded around the edge, trying to figure out what to do.
That was when Azure realized the precious bag was hanging off one of the smaller branches, and she began to carefully climb towards it. She couldn't go through all this and have nothing to show for it!
But the horse saw it too, and began to fight his way towards the bag too.
"No, no you stupid horse! Get away from that!" She was fighting a horse. A horse, for crying out loud! But the horse had the bag in its mouth, and she tried to tug it away.
"Give it! Give it! Bad horsey!"
They began to struggle, shaking the branch badly. The horse was angry, and when the bag tore free of its mouth, it bit her.
"Ow! You dumb horse!" So she shoved it.
It grabbed onto her, though, and quite suddenly, there was a loud, cracking noise.
"What was tha- AAAAGGHH!"
The branch started a freefall, then hit the side of the cliff, sliding down it like a sled of some sort.
Azure screamed, air hitting her in the face like an unfriendly lion roaring at her. She was going to die, she was going to die, she was going to die!
She might have hugged the horse, had she had any willpower to do anything other than clutch the branch like lifeline.
However, quite suddenly, the fall was over, they hit the ground, and were both sent flying.
"Ow ow ow!" Azure complained, feeling an imprint of bark on the side of her face. She wasn't seriously hurt, however, as she did a quick checkover. Bones intact? Yes. Skin still on body? Yes. All five sense working? Yes.
The horse was nowhere to be seen, but that didn't mean she wasn't being chased.
Azure ran ahead, and broke into a clearing. In the clearing, there was a tower, that very well could have been abandoned ages ago.
She grinned. Perfect place to hide; this clearing was totally out of the way.
It was quick work to climb up the side of the tower; strangely enough, there was no door anywhere. As before said, Azure was like a squirrel.
As she hoisted herself over the ledge, Azure looked into the bag, smiling at the sparking crown within. "You're going to make me rich-"
Pain exploded in the back of her head, however, with a loud klonk. Azure was out like a light.
/AN/ Sorry about not updating for so long… this story's been harder to write than I thought it would be.
Also, explanations:
Azure is Flynn as a girl. Tulip is Rapunzel as a boy.
The reason for the name Tulip, I feel I should explain. The word Rapunzel is a kind of plant; in the original folk tale, Rapunzel was named as such because her father had to give her to the witch because he took the plant from the witch's garden.
I wanted to do a plant name, but it was hard to find one that fit. I went with Tulip because, out of any flower or plant name, this one seemed the least feminine. Granted, still fairly feminine, but I thought it would work out. Really, Rapunzel is a pretty unusual name.
The reason for the name Azure Blue is because I figured the name would be flashy if Flynn were a girl. Maybe a little flashier than Flynn Rider. Also, both are real (but not common) names, with Blue being an English surname, and Azure being an English (rare) name.
I hope you liked this chapter, and found my explanations satisfactory.