Rapunzel stared at her reflection in the mirror and smiled. She frowned almost immediately and tried smiling as she tilted her head. Once again she dropped her smile and cleared her throat. Inhale, exhale, smile….. and once again she felt like she was staring back at a fool.

"Agh! I'm never going to be able to impress Jack if I keep on smiling like an idiot!" she said hastly as she turned to face Pascal. The little chameleon simply looked at her with a confused look on his face. "Arrrrgh!" she yelled out in a dramatic manner,

"Honey, are you in there?" a familiar voice whispered. Rapunzel whirled around and saw her father standing at the door,

"Daddy! How is everything? Is he here yet?" she asked hurriedly, "I'm not even ready yet! I don't have a dress and I haven't done my make up or my hair or my nails and I can't even smile without looking like I've had too many drinks!" she said in an exasperated tone.

"But dear, I told you an hour ago the dress was being brought from the castle as soon as it was ready and you don't even own any make up or nail polish! And how many times have talked about your hair?" The king said with a smile on his face, "And no, he has yet to arrive. They will arrive at exactly 5 pm and it's barely 3 so there is time dear. Besides, the whole party is for you, nothing will begin without you." Rapunzel sighed and gave her father a hug,

"I know father, I'm just so excited and nervous! How do you think it will be?" Rapunzel asked, her father simply chuckled lightly,

"Your mother and I met in the same way you know? It was an arranged marriage," he said,

"Really? I didn't know," Rapunzel said innocently,

"Yes, and I was very excited but I could barely stand up straight without my knees buckling under me! But when I met her and kissed her hand and saw those green eyes I knew it would all be alright, and look at you now! It really was all good," he said as he hugged her close. "And believe me love, the moment that man sees you smile he will fall head over toes in love with you."

"Thanks dad," she said with a laugh. Suddenly the door of her room flung open,

"Princess Rapunzel! We have brought you your mother's dress!" one of the servants said loudly. They filed in carrying a huge case with a dress inside. When Rapunzel looked inside she thought she might faint. The dress was green and silver. It was strapless but a pair of silver long gloves sat next to the dress. The dress was long and held an emerald at her right side of her hip where the material led to with elegant folds.

"Oh my god, it's beautiful!" she screeched. Her slender hands ran over the dress lightly. She pulled it up slowly and admired it,

"It was your mother's but now it's yours," he said. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror holding the dress against herself.

"I'll be ready in a few minutes," she informed her father. He smiled and walked out of the room followed by the servants. Rapunzel smiled once more at her own reflection and this time, she didn't stop smiling.

…

The ride to the Aristocrats land was loud and obnoxious and driving the Clauses nuts. They had taken the old fashion sleigh pulled by reindeers that flew over the deep blue ocean. North was directing the reindeer and Mrs. Clause had the front seat. She had learned from her two boys that people called that seat "Shotgun" and now every time they ran to the car she would be the first one there, already seated and shouting, "Shotgun"! The seats were barely enough for the whole family. North was wearing his completely black Christmas suit with white and red figures of Christmas on it and his signature black Russian hat and a Russian scarf. Mrs. Clause had her white dress on with red and pink lace at the ends and tracing patterns throughout the whole material. There were six people behind them. In the front were the two Jacks and Emma, and in the back were Sanderson, Bunnymund and Tooth.

"Jack," Tooth whined, "Jack, give me your music box," Jack was trying to concentrate while listening to music in his little golden device that Sanderson had given him for Christmas.

"Use your own one!" Jack answered,

"It ran out of sunlight and I don't know why! I'm going to get sick any moment so please give it to me!" Tooth hissed,

"Emma, are those honey snacks?" Jackson asked,

"Mno…" Emma said as she tried to talk with her mouth full of the sweet and crunchy substance,

"Emma! Those are mine! You finished yours off a while ago!" he yelled,

"Oh will ya stop the yelling," Bunnymund said flatly. He had been sick the whole time, how he hated to ride on the sleigh. Jackson had a grand time making fun of the poor Bunny.

"Jack, I'm going to be sick any moment now," Tooth warned,

"Be sick, I'm not the one sitting in front of you," Jack answered,

"Hey!" Jackson yelled,

"Oh my god you rascals," Bunnymund complained,

"Jack the music box!" Tooth yelled. Emma gulped hard and loud,

"The reason he's using his box is because he wasted all the sunlight in yours this morning," Emma accused. Tooth let her jaw drop open,

"Jack!" She screamed,

"Emma! You were not supposed to say that!" Jack whined,

"Can I keep the dollar you gave me to keep quiet?" She asked as she stuffed her mouth again,

"Did you keep quiet?" Jack asked sarcastically,

"Emma those are mine! Where the hell do you even keep them!" Jackson said as he searched around Emma.

"Jack I swear the fruits I ate before I left are going to be all over the place any minute now!" Tooth yelled. She looked greener than usual,

"Oh krikey don't even, I'm having enough of a hard time maself," Bunnymund said as he slouched more and more into his seat. He was looking quite green himself.

"Emma stop eating!"

"JACK ITS COMING UP!"

"Im not eaffing anyfing!"

"Just shut up you show ponies!"

"GET YOUR OWN ONE!"

"ENOUGH!" North boomed so loud even the reindeers stopped in mid air causing everyone to halt and tumble forward. Jackson's honey snacks flew out of Emma´s dress when she fell face-first on the floor. Jack managed to stay floating and barely let the little golden music box fall off the side of the sleigh. Tooth flew forward and crashed into Jackson who slipped off his seat and landed buttocks first into the honey snacks. Bunnymund managed to hold on to where he was sitting and Sandy simply smiled at the whole scene. North waited for a moment as Tooth and Bunnymund ran to the sides of the sleigh and were noisily sick.

"We are ready to be quiet and go on?" Mrs. Clause asked,

"Oh god I hope that doesn't fall on any poor fish," Tooth said with a sigh as she pulled herself back in,

"Mom, my pants are ruined," Jackson complained loudly,

"Aw, the snacks," Emma whined as she saw Jackson sitting on the big mess of sticky cookies,

"I said WE ARRE READY OR NOT?" North screamed. Everyone silently went back to their seats without a word. Mrs. Clause searched in her bag and threw Jackson a pair of new pants. She knew the boys well enough to always carry an extra change. North whipped the handles and the reindeer once again started pulling the sleigh. Jack sighed loudly and looked over at his brother who gave him a reassuring smile. Jack felt miserable today. He had been given his father's best suit he had worn at his age (cut to fit him of course) and he had to say he looked quite fantastic. The suit was a tuxedo that was a deep and dark blue with a long tail and he wore silver shoes and gloves. His cold skin made patterns of frost all over his shoulders and back. Everyone in the family looked great. Emma wore a white lace dress that made her look like a little angel and had a crown of non-melting snowflakes he had made for her. Jackson wore a similar suit to Jack except it was not covered in frost and it was black and white, typical tuxedo colors and so were his shoes and white gloves. Bunnymund looked handsome as well and had his own green tuxedo with small patterns everywhere representing the colors of spring. He wasn't the guardian of spring but since Easter fell around that time it was natural for him to relate to that season. Sanderson had his robe which he wore on special occasions and a small golden crown for formality. Finally Tooth was absolutely breath taking. She wore golden bracelets and a golden choker that had little golden chains running down from it with emeralds at the bottom. Her dress was green and purple and yellow combined into a long piece of silk that she wrapped around her body and held together with her golden belt. She had her sword at hand since it was a tradition that the eldest had to carry the sword to protect the family. Truly anyone who saw the family would not doubt in the slightest that they were royalty.

"Father, how long until we arrive?" Tooth asked.

"Well, since we took the snow globe I would say we arre prretty close right now and shud arrive in about five to ten minutes," North said simply. Everyone sighed when they realized they were so close. Everyone except Jack of course, he simply stiffened and looked out trying to distract his thoughts from everything.

"Jack how are you feeling?" Mrs. Clause asked,

"I'm fine mom, I'm happy," He said finally. The parents smiled contently as Jack sighed once more and closed his eyes.

"Houses!" Emma yelled suddenly. Everyone ran over to the right side of the sleigh where she was standing and almost tipped the huge thing to the side. They all smiled and laughed in relief when they saw the island nearby with little lights on them.

"Finally," Bunnymund said with a relieved look.

"Yeah… finally," Jack muttered. A few minutes later they were going over the top of the town houses. People underneath them wowed and pointed at the flying sleigh and how fantastic and magical it was. The castle was in plain view. It was enormous and covered most of the mountain because of how huge it was.

"Jeez, the amount of money these guys have is ridiculous," Jackson said. Jack was starting to look more like Bunnymund with every second that went by. He looked like he was ready to barf. North yelled something in Russian and soon the reindeers descended and landed right in front of the castle. There was a crowd of people ready to greet them. It seemed like the whole kingdom was there united outside the beautiful castle. Suddenly the doors of the castle opened and everyone was silent as they moved to reveal the red carpet set awaiting the guests.

"Welcome my dear friends!" a polite voice said. The voice was tender but at the same time powerful and full of authority. The family looked up to see the king and the queen standing side by side. They looked young and dominant.

"Ah! My dearest friend," North said with a beaming smile. The family of spirits bowed to greet their hosts. The hosts responded likewise.

"And which of these two handsome young men is to marry our daughter?" The queen said with a smile as she realized Jackson and Jack standing next to each other. Jackson smiled politely and separated with Jack elegantly as if motioning his brother was the one. Jack felt like punching for that but instead he simply kept his posture and smiled back. Everything inside of him was fighting this. It wasn't his nature. It was like he had been turned into an ice statue. He wanted to run around and relax like freshly fallen snow, like winter breezes but instead he was using all his will to stay still and look collected.

"It is truly an honor to meet you two today," Jack said in his most polite voice. He walked swiftly to them and took the Queen's hand to kiss it lightly, leaving frost patterns over her skin. She gasped lightly but then smiled in amazement. The king also seemed surprised yet pleased at what he saw. Jack smiled a bit in a modest manner; he usually loved showing what he was capable of but today was a different story. The queen on the other hand took this reluctance to show his powers as modesty instead. She was amazed that such a boy with such power was so unassuming of his capacity. At this moment she knew that this was the right boy for her daughter. She looked at the king and gave him a reassuring smile as the king took an inner deep breath and stepped aside. Jack looked up and saw as the queen did the same and realized they were opening the doors. This was the moment of truth. The woman behind those huge doors was the person he would have to spend eternity with. It took all the will power in his body to not collapse in that very moment.

…

Rapunzel stood silently waiting behind the doors. She wore her mother's dress and was nervously playing with her fingers. What if he didn't like her? What if he hated her and she ashamed the whole kingdom? The thought of it tormented her. She had been a princess all her life, sure it was a gift but on the other side the few responsibilities she had were huge. This was the first one. She had to be able to captivate a prince to ensure her throne. She breathed in and out a couple of times before she had control of the situation. She lost all of it when she realized the doors were opening though.

"Oh god, oh god," she whispered as she stood tall and saw as the light began pouring in from outside. She felt like running away into her tower and staying there forever. But she held her place and made sure to put on a serious and powerful face like her father did. Remember to smile; she could almost hear her mother whispering to her in her mind. She smiled almost without thinking as the doors finished opening and she was almost blinded by the huge lights they had put up to celebrate the arrival of the prince. She counted to five before lightly walking out into the cold night. She looked around and first spotted her mother and her father who gave her reassuring smiles. She then looked around and spotted him. The first thing she saw where two perfect orbs of ice blue. Her heart stopped right there and then. She felt her legs start failing and she realized the moment her eyes traveled down his snow white cheek and across his flawless jaw line that she was doomed. She felt as her weight distribution which she had worked so hard on making sure to keep stable and walk like a lady failed completely and she almost collapsed. But she caught herself just in time before anyone even noticed she had lost it in the first place. She was on the edge right now. She looked up once again into his eyes and felt like even thought they were ice cold that they were melting her heart. Jack on the other hand was in an even worse state. His breath failed him and if he wasn't immortal he perhaps would have run out of oxygen right there and then. He felt his stomach burst into a tingly sensation and something inside of him swelled up until it felt like he was going to burst. That golden flowing hair, that sun crisp skin all so different from his own and those eyes, those grass green eyes that looked like someone had taken spring and put it in her soul. He was afraid of closing his eyes. What if he opened them and it was just a dream? What if he woke up and he was staring at a horrible creature from the aristocrats. This just wasn't possible. How did they have such a pure child? Could it be true? Jack didn't doubt it in fear that it might not be true. He just let his jaw drop open lightly before he let out a breathless, "Wow,"

"Good evening, Prince Jack Overland Frost," Rapunzel said in her stunning and royal voice, "I welcome you to my home, my prince, and invite you to eat." She said finishing with a smile. She could not be prouder of herself. She was bursting in emotions inside but years of training kept them right inside of her. She wanted nothing more than to burst out jumping and twirling in her hair. Jack took a minute to take the last couple of words in. He was still mesmerized at the view of this perfect creature in front of him. Finally a loud throat clearing from his brother brought him back to reality. He straightened himself out and looked up at the princess with a look of ice, unmovable and cold with calculated emotions.

"Good evening Princess Rapunzel," he answered firmly, "I thank you for your hospitality, my princess, and gladly accept your invitation." He replied. It took all the restraint in the world for Rapunzel not to let out a squeal of emotion. He slowly walked up the steps and the family followed close behind speaking to their hosts with glee. As they meet at the top of the stairs Jack looked at Rapunzel's hand and hesitating before slowly reaching down and taking it to kiss it and leave frost curling around her skin. She gasped lightly but smiled at him when he suddenly realized her hair.

"Woah," he said out loud when he suddenly realized what he had said. "I mean, what a huge amount of hair!" he said with a chuckle. Rapunzel giggled a bit,

"It was a gift when I was a baby," she said softly,

"Looks useful," Jack answered.

"Oh it is," Rapunzel said quickly. She saw him analyzing her hair and prepared. She prepared for the questions that would probably come along. How did she manage, was it troublesome, would it get caught in her dress in the wedding. She had thought through every single scenario.

"It's beautiful," he whispered. Rapunzel froze,

"Excuse me?" she asked softly, Jack smiled,

"I said it is beautiful, and it suits you just right," he answered. Rapunzel smiled and the whole family went inside. They entered a huge white dining hall. It was decorated with marble statues and golden curls and lines everywhere as well as beautiful paintings all over the walls. They sat down and began talking about how things were doing with North and the king and all the siblings as well. Jack sat next to Rapunzel and they barely looked at each other. The family wasn't sure what to think, they seemed to get along fine but did they have chemistry? They weren't sure if the two had truly clicked together or not. As the whole family was wondering this and talking about casual subjects, Jack slowly moved his hand to his side loosely and making sure not to get any attention. He moved it towards his left where the blonde sat silently waiting for her food. But Rapunzel herself had been moving her hand the same way. She wanted to see if perhaps this boy would accept her feeling that were at the moment rampaging at light speed. She wanted to touch that cold skin and see what it was like and perhaps even warm them up if he let her. It wasn't possible here but even the slightest graze was enough to satisfy her. Their hands met in the middle and they both stiffened slightly but caused no alarm to the people around them. Jack's breath hitched and Rapunzel was closing her left hand nervously. Their knuckles were grazing lightly; just enough for it to feel like electricity was running through them. The food arrived and they pulled away reluctantly. As they began to eat they barely even exchanged looks but thought of no one else than each other. Jackson was smiling to himself as he saw the blushing couple eat. He knew his brother had found the one for him.

"Well looks like there will be no get away," Jackson sighed,

"What was that mate?" Bunnymund asked,

"Nothing," he said with a suspicious smile, "Nothing at all."