I am really happy with the way this turned out, so only positive reviews are allowed! This is the last chapter in the series, so I hope you really enjoy it. But don't be sad now! I've got a lot of spare time on my hands, as I finished the last of my exams today. So I will start on a new series as quickly as I can!
Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Tangled. I have watched the movie a thousand time over, if that counts for something? Thought not.

Being here revives a lot of memories of the Lantern day, the last time I was here. Really the only time here I can remember. Good memories and bad ones, mostly good though. Of course, there aren't as much decorations as there were back then. But it feels as if this is the kind of place where you can always see some. It's almost as if there's a buzz in the air. Everybody is going about their normal, everyday business. Not knowing that their Lost Princess has returned. Which is just as good really, seeing as we do not want to attract any attention before we get to the palace. Still, it's almost impossible for me to shake of the lively vibe. No, it is impossible. I am not going to wallow in my worries. I am going to make the best of this. Besides, a positive outlook on the world can make good things happen. Everybody knows that. And if it doesn't, you still get to have a nice day with a lot of extraordinary discoveries of ordinary moments. Such as when Eugene gave me the small flag with the Sun. I really liked the way he was leaning over me then. I want him to be like that again. I wish I could make his worries go away. I can almost see them, buzzing around his head, leaving no room for anything else to think about. I know how that feels. The only cure I know against it, is reliving happy memories. So here goes.

"Hey Eugene, look!" He froze.

"Did you spot some guards? Where?"

"No, relax. I didn't see any guards. Just look over there, at that little square."

"What about it?"

"Isn't that where I made the chalk drawing?"

"Hmm, it does look like it."

"I wonder if it will still be there…"

"I don't think so Rapunzel. I mean, it was beautiful of course, but you don't know how many people have walked over it this morning, as they do every day. I think we should head for the palace as quickly as possible." This wasn't going according to plan. I had to put on the heat a bit more.

"You know, that was one of the moments that made me fall in love with you."

"Really? But I didn't do anything. I just stood there watching you."

"Exactly. That's exactly what you did. And you know what? You couldn't have done anything better."

"How do you figure?"

"Well, it's not that you weren't doing anything. You were observing me. You knew that I liked doing the drawing. And even though you knew it could take a lot of time to finish it, you didn't mind. I think you liked to watch me do what I liked best. You were looking over me, or looking after me. Whichever. Both, probably."

"And that made you fall in love with me?" I think it's working. He could still be worrying, but at least I got him distracted enough not to mull over it with his whole mind. Just keep it up now, and get headed for the palace again.

"It was one of the moments. A lot of them happened here."

"Oh yeah? Which ones?" Uhm, oops? It's not that there aren't enough moments to choose from, I just have to pick the right ones. Get him involved.

"You see over there, the street with the bell tower?"

"I guess. You didn't do anything there, did you? At least not that I can remember."

"Well, this time it was a bit the other way round. You did something."

"Uhm, okay. Let me think. I know this game." Head full of holes, of course. Figures.

"Oh, Eugene! You made me fall in love with you a bit more, and you don't even know how you did it? That's not really the ladies' man, now is it?"

"Come on Rapunzel. You know as well as I do that I don't have to do anything to get the women infatuated with me. They just have to look at me." Not really the response I had expected, but at least he was getting into it.

"Right, yes. Of course, of course. And once you give them The Smoulder they are hooked for life, I suppose?"

"I can't help it that it didn't work on you! Though, if you think for a moment. You are hooked for life, aren't you?" Uh-oh. I don't think I'm going to like the way where this is headed.

"Humph. I suppose you could say that."

"So it did work! It just took a little longer." Just as I thought. Men. "And that's probably because I was the first man you ever saw in your life. You weren't ready to take in all that much at once. It had to work its magic slowly."

"Uhuh. Wouldn't you think, with me never having met a man before, finally seeing one wouldn't have more of an impact? Shouldn't it be helping your Smoulder?"

"Nonononono. You got that all wrong. Anyway, what about the street with the bell tower?" I have him now. But I should let it go. This is going in the right direction.

"Well, that's where you bought me the flag with the Sun."

"Oh yeah, that's right!"

"So you did something for me. But now that I think of it, it was also a bit like the drawing. The way you were standing over me, I liked that. It was, I don't know, a bit protective, a bit loving and definitely happy. It made me feel wanted, welcome. So that was another moment that made me fall in love with you a bit more."

"You know, I also have some moments that made me fall in love with you here."

"Really? You do? Which ones?"

"Well, there is our time in the library. It was hard for me to imagine how little you knew about the world. Showing you all the different classics, looking at all the different maps in the atlas. It made me feel like I was helping you, or taking care of you. And I liked that feeling. I had that feeling a lot that day. And the more I had it, the more I wanted more of it. Plus, leafing through all the books, I got to understand you more. What you liked and didn't like. Your opinion on all sorts of things. It was like I was discovering you. And I liked what I saw. A lot. Enough to be here, now." Oh Eugene. You really are the best. I almost feel as if I don't deserve you. I can even see that you still have worries in your head, but I think this helped. I hope it did.

"Oh. Look!"

"What? You remembered another moment?"

"No. No, look. Ahead!" And then he saw too.

"The palace… We made it? We made it!"