Princess Power!
Chapter 3: Just for Sidekicks
Well, this chapter will be dedicated to both Angus and Pascal, so it isn't really part of the story, but it's a part of it nonetheless. Anyway, enjoy!
After Rapunzel and Eugene had settled into the castle, they started to get into the castle's routines. At dinner, Eugene would feed the dogs a little bit of his chicken so they wouldn't jump on him. Rapunzel would wear the dresses that Merida absolutely refused to wear, confused as to why the princess didn't want to wear them. As for Pascal.. Well, he was doing his own thing… With the princess' horse, Angus.
They were first acquainted with each other when Merida was giving them all a tour of the castle.
"And this is the castle stable, with my horse, Angus."
Pascal had immediately given Angus the famous stare-down. He was surprised when the horse didn't shy away from his glare, merely tossed his head and snorted in annoyance. Probably thinking why in the world would a chameleon be trying to intimidate him. However, Angus didn't expect that Pascal would persist in his staring, until it just got downright creepy.
"Back off, lizard!" Angus snorted at Pascal.
" Why won't you fall for the glare?"
" Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because chameleons don't creep out horses."
"I think that you'd be surprised. These eyes have even managed to intimidate a military horse back at Germany."
"Yeah, don't care. Stop doing that."
Yet, the irritating lizard persisted in his stare-down. Neither one of the two was budging until Merida was done showing them around.
"Alright, now I will show you around the kitchens and introduce you to everyone there."
As Merida led everyone away, Angus realized that the lizard wasn't with them anymore. Feeling slightly unnerved, Angus began to chew on the hay that Merida had left for him. Suddenly, he gave a whinny of fright as a tiny, green head poked out of his food.
"Look into my eyes, weak mammal."
Rolling his eyes, Angus grabbed the lizard's tail in his teeth and tossed him out of his stable. The lizard shrieked as he hit the ground. Angus could've sworn that he gave a growl, as he turned and walked the other way.
A few hours later, Merida was just putting her saddle on Angus, when a squeak sounded from the saddle. Confused, Merida fumbled around until she revealed Pascal clinging on to the saddle.
"Oh, there you are, you little sneak! Rapunzel's been looking all over for you. Go on, run along now."
That's when Pascal gave the most pathetic eyes Angus had ever seen, straight at Merida. Eye contact only lasted for five seconds, before she finally gave in.
"Oh, fine! You can come along, I guess."
Squeaking with happiness, Pascal crawled up Angus' leg, much to his discomfort, and propped himself up on his head.
"Will nothing get in the way of this lizard?" Angus thought, irritated that Pascal still wanted to bend him to his pathetic lizard will. Angus was glad when Merida jumped into the saddle, crying out with joy, as they barreled out through the castle gates into the forest.
Angus loved these times. He never felt so free when they were riding together. Angus even forgot about Pascal, until the stupid lizard tipped his head down to make eye contact with Angus.
The fact that Pascal's face appeared out of nowhere, triggered one of Angus' deepest instincts: RUN! Merida actually screamed with fear, as Angus barreled through anything, just to get away from those big orbs of death that were hanging above his face. When he finally came to a stop, they were at the creepy stones in a circle. This familiar sight once again triggered his instinct to run, run, run, as fast as he could possibly go.
"Angus, stop!" Merida screamed, as branches whipped past her face and caught in her hair. Even with all of Merida's pleading, Angus didn't dare stop until he had reached the safety of his stable. He collapsed in his stall, breathing heavily. That's when he realized that he could hear other deep, hoarse breathing as well. Angus nearly got back up to run again, until he realized that it was only Pascal, who had been traumatized by Angus' sudden reaction to his face up close.
That's when Pascal swore to himself that he would never try to intimidate the horse ever again.
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What did you think? Did you think it was funny when Angus went berserk? If you did, please send me a review! Hope you enjoyed!
