Chapter 5: Don´t freak out!

Hello again! I´m so sorry for the long wait, I know I left you all with a big cliffhanger but I´ve been really busy and I hardly found time to write. But here it is, finally I´ve finish the new chapter! I´m not particularly happy with this chapter, I hope it´s not as boring as I think, but here I´m going to explain why Rapunzel´s hair is magical again, and I have a big surprise for you at the end of the chapter. As always thanks for your lovely reviews, the ones that have added this to their favorites and alerts and the ones that are reading this.

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Now she knew what Eugene should have felt when he saw for the first time her hair glowing. She was freaking out, but it wasn´t because of her hair glowing, it was because her magical long, golden hair was back. She was sure that when Eugene cut it, it had lost all its powers and would never be magical again. But here she was, trying to suppress another high-pitched scream because she had blond hair again.

Rapunzel barely had time to think about this when suddenly her bedroom doors burst open and more than a dozen of guards entered her room attracted by the scream of the princess that occurred a few minutes ago. They started to inspect the whole room in signs of the source of Rapunzel´s scream. Behind them came her parents, both with worried expressions on their faces. They immediately launched themselves to the side of their daughter and hugged her. Apparently they hadn´t noticed the great change of look of the young woman. They were more preoccupied for her safety than anything else.

"Rapunzel, dear, are you alright?" asked the Queen worriedly, still hugging her daughter.

"What happened?" asked the King concerned, also embracing the princess.

Rapunzel then turned to the door at the sound of an argument taking place in the entrance. There, standing just behind her door was Eugene trying to get through the guards that were holding him back.

"Oh please! What do you think I´m going to do to her? I just want to see if she´s alright!" said Eugene more than annoyed and trying to get a glance at Rapunzel. She saw that he might have been the first one who noticed the extremely big change of her hair, because as soon as he saw her his eyes widened and his mouth hung open. He was so impressed that it seemed that his eyes were going to literally pop out of his head.

The guards must have found Eugene´s expression strange because they turned and saw the once brunette princess with now ridiculously long, blond hair. They all started muttering in surprise.

The last ones that seem to notice this were the King and Queen. They must have heard all the shushing sounds so they pulled away from their daughter and immediately had shocked expressions on their faces.

"Rapunzel! What happened with your hair?" asked the Queen shocked.

"How did it changed like that?" asked the King

Before Rapunzel could answer she noticed that Eugene took the opportunity that the guards were distracted to make his way to her bed. When he got there he still had that ridiculous shock face and began babbling.

"Y-your h-hair! W-w-what ha-happened? Oh no, not again!" he said completely shocked.

"Eugene don´t freak out!" it was hard for Rapunzel to say because she herself was freaking out. She didn´t blamed Eugene if he just fainted in that very moment, which was probably going to happen because he looked pale and had the same shock face that he had at the campfire when he almost screamed when he learned about Rapunzel´s magical hair.

"Rapunzel what happened?" asked again the Queen now sounding more desperate.

"I-I-I don´t know! I was sleeping when suddenly I woke up because of a bright, golden light and before I knew it, I had my long, golden hair again!" Rapunzel said.

"Again?" asked the King confused. "What do you mean?"

Of course! She had forgotten that she hadn´t told her parents about her magical hair. Neither that that was the reason why she had been kidnapped by Gothel. She wanted to tell them, but she was really confused. She just woke up and had discovered that she had long, blond hair again and she didn´t even knew why. Then, more than a dozen of people entered her room and now she had to explain something that she wasn't even sure how had happened. Besides, the story of her life with Gothel and her magical hair wasn´t easy to explain, she still wasn´t ready to tell her parents about it. She knew that it probably would make her cry horribly when she mentioned Gothel and her betrayal. All those years of believing that she was her mother, that the world was horrible and cruel, that she was just trying to protect her… it was just too painful for her to tell.

The King and Queen noticed the distress look on Rapunzel´s face, they told the guards that everything was just fine and asked them if they could leave. After that every single guard bowed and left the room, leaving the royal family alone. Eugene figured out that the King and Queen might have wanted time alone with their daughter so he decided to leave them alone and return later or the next morning. He was about to leave when suddenly the Queen got hold of his arm. He turned a little surprised and with a confused look on his face.

"She probably needs you here now." Said the Queen softly. "Edward, why don´t we give them some time alone? Rapunzel might want to talk to him first. He already knows her story after all."

The King looked hesitant at the fact of leaving his daughter and her boyfriend (who was a former thief) alone in the same room at night, but he finally nodded and stood up. Then both royals left Rapunzel´s room, leaving the young couple completely alone.

Rapunzel turned to see Eugene; she still had that distressed look on her face. Eugene went to sit next to her on the bed and took her hand softly.

"Do you want to talk about this?" asked Eugene gently.

"I… I just don´t know what happened. I was having this strange dream where I heard G-Gothel´s voice singing the healing incantation a-and…" her voice broke as tears began to form in her big, green eyes. It was still painful to talk about Gothel and hearing her voice again was really affecting her. Eugene knew how she must felt; he hugged her tightly and whispered comforting words in her ear. After a few minutes she calmed enough to start talking again.

"When I woke up, I already had my blond hair again. I really don´t know what happened." She said in almost a whisper.

Eugene had no idea of how he could help her. She was the one who knew about the strange power of her hair after all.

"Are you sure that your hair didn´t had the ability to be magical again after it got cut?" he asked, though he pretty well what the answer would be.

"Yes! That´s what she always told me, that if I cut my hair it would lose its powers! It doesn´t make any sense!" Rapunzel replied.

"And what about your tears? You never knew they could heal too until I got stabbed. Maybe you just didn´t knew that your hair could be magical again after it got cut." Eugene said trying to find a logical explanation about all of this. But it was really hard. There was nothing logical about having magical hair!

"No, that couldn´t be. I had this lock of brown hair when I was still blonde remember? Someone cut it when I was a baby and it never turned magical again. Besides, I never tried to heal with my tears so it was logical that I never knew about… wait." She said and her eyes widened. Eugene looked at her curiously. "My tears! It must have been my tears!"

"What?"

"I had cried before I went to sleep. I cried over my pillow and then I fell asleep. Maybe my hair absorbed the remaining tears that were on the pillow ant their power made my hair be magical and long again!" she said.

"Wait. Wait. Wait. Why were you crying?" asked Eugene confused and also concerned about Rapunzel.

"Umm… it's… it´s quite of a long story." Said Rapunzel trying to avoid the subject. She couldn´t tell Eugene now the problem that they were in.

"Ok…" said Eugene obviously not satisfied with her answer, but he decided to ask again later. "So, how are you going to tell your parents about this? They don´t even know that your hair used to be magical and now it´s magical again because of your magical tears. Wow it´s even hard for me to understand all of this!"

"I know… but… I´m not ready to tell them, it´s even harder to explain than before." She said with a sad tone in her voice.

"Why don´t we figure out how to explain this to them later? You must be tired now; it will be easier to explain in the morning. Now you should go back to sleep." Eugene said before gently kissing her forehead and going to the door.

"Eugene?" said Rapunzel with a strange tone of voice. She was planning on telling him about the council´s decision now that they were alone, but she couldn´t find the words to tell him.

"Yes?" asked Eugene turning around to face her.

"Umm… I love you." She said with a sad smile on her face. She just couldn´t tell him. It was hard just to think about it.

"I love you too Blondie." Said Eugene returning the smile before heading out of the princess' room.

She laid back on her bed and turned to look at Pascal, but apparently he was too tired to stay awake thorough this entire situation. She pulled the covers on and fell asleep for the second tome that night, just with one last thought in her mind, had she really seen the shadow of a person disappearing through her window or was just her imagination?

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The next day at breakfast, everyone was very quiet, especially Rapunzel. She had had a bad time avoiding the questions of everyone about her hair, especially her personal maid, Monique, who had asked many questions since the moment he entered her bedroom. She was just one year older than Rapunzel and both girls got along pretty well, but Rapunzel didn´t wanted to explain to her the things that had happened last night.

Also she had gotten many shocked and surprise looks from the servants in her way to the dining hall. It was really annoying and uncomfortable so she practically ran to the dining room before anyone could ask what happened.

She was also waiting for her parents to ask her as many questions as the servants might have asked if they have had the opportunity. She was getting really nervous but suddenly, she felt Eugene holding her hand underneath the table and gave her a reassuring squeeze. She smiled up at him and barely nodded, and then she turned to face her parents.

"So, I guess you want to know what happened right?" she said with a nervous expression on her face.

"Just if you are ready to tell us dear." Said the Queen sweetly.

"If you feel like having to tell us, then do it. But if not it´s perfectly fine." Said the King with a kind tone.

"Well, you need to know it anyways. So…"

Suddenly the doors burst open and James, the short, fat man that Rapunzel had seen the day that the guards captured Eugene, came rushing through the dining hall and made his way to where the King was. He started muttering something to the King and the King mumbled something back. Then he bowed and, as soon as he entered the servant left the room, leaving everyone but the King very confused.

"What did he tell you dear?" asked the Queen with her usual soft voice.

"Um… the council has arranged another meeting. But this time they want Rapunzel and Mr. Fitzherbert to be in there." Said the King slightly nervous. They hadn´t told neither Eugene nor Rapunzel about what the council had decided. They were expecting to tell them today in the morning but with the strange events that happened last night they couldn´t.

"Oh… and… when does the meeting starts?" asked the Queen also nervous.

"Just in a few hours. Maybe you could help Rapunzel to get ready for the meeting." Said the King.

"Of course! Rapunzel, dear, do you mind if we get going? It´s better to start getting ready so to not be late."

"Yes Mother." Said Rapunzel standing up. "I´ll see you later Eugene." She said and gave him a small kiss on the cheek before heading out of the room with her mother.

"Eugene why don´t you get ready as well? The members of the council are very formal men so it would probably cause a good impression if you get well dressed for this meeting." Said the King politely.

"Of course your majesty. I´ll go to my room to get ready if you don´t mind." Eugene said before bowing and leaving the room.

The King sat there for a little while thinking about what the council might want if they needed another meeting with Rapunzel and Eugene. He was hoping that it would be for a good reason.

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Eugene was taking a walk in the great castle´s garden. It was a beautiful field full of every kind of colorful, smelly flowers. There were different kinds of trees, from short fruit trees to great oaks and willows. Eugene found this place perfect for sitting in the soft, green grass and think.

Why would the council wanted him in the meeting? Maybe they were going to give him a trial and then give him the sentence. He wasn´t sure but he knew that this could just mean one thing, they weren´t going to pardon him, even if he hadn´t done anything

Whatever was their decision he was determined to cause a good impression. He had already got ready. He was wearing his best clothes. A white shirt under a black vest, his usual brown pants and black boots. He had combed his hair until it was perfectly neat. He didn´t take too long to get ready so he decided to go to the big garden and there he was, leaning against a big apple tree, thinking hard about what he could to prove that he was innocent.

He was so lost in thoughts that he didn´t see the person that was approaching him from one side of the tree. He turned because of the shadow of said person but it was too late. The last thing he saw before he was hit over the head was a hint of red hair. Then, everything turned black.

Muahahahaha I´m very bad isn't it? Can you guess what happened with Eugene and who is this person that hit him? Well if you really want to know what will happen… please REVIEW! I´d love to know what you think :) So, hope you liked it and please review.