Recap
Jack Frost frowned, "Rapunzel? What about her?" He turned back to Toothina and gave her a questioning look. She let out a soft sigh, "That's why we're here…We have reason to believe…Pitch Black may be after her."
This caused anger to shoot through the invisible boy, "What? Why? Why haven't you stopped him yet?"
The Tooth Queen frowned more, "Jack…we don't know why. Manny had just told us, but we needed to let you know." She stood beside the boy and put a hand on his shoulder, "She's in danger…just, be careful…" Jack frowned and shrugged off her touch of sympathy, "Don't you think I know that?"
Flynn tilted his head and then closed the gap between their lips, making his own mold against hers. His free arm wrapped around her tiny waist and he brought her closer. Rapunzel was sure her heart stopped but she loved this new feeling. She slowly kissed him back and wrapped her arms around his neck. The brunette felt himself get aroused. He didn't lie, Rapunzel was really good on the eyes, and he hadn't been with a woman in quite some time. He leaned her back against the log, her legs parting a bit. He pushed the skirt of her dress up as he felt up her leg. That touch sent a weird, tingling warmth in between Rapunzel's legs, causing her to gasp a bit. She pulled her lips from his, "F-Flynn? What are you doing?"
"Shh, it's okay Rapunzel," he said, trying to calm her. He kissed the column of her neck, speaking between kisses, "I want to make you feel good…it's all natural…" He found her soft spot and started sucking.
As soon as he did that, reason seemed to flee and get taken over by lust. A sound that Rapunzel never made before left her lips as she gripped onto Flynn's hair. As he continued, her legs locked around his waist as she gave a simple, "Oh…Flynn…"
At this moment, Jack finally came rushing back to her aid only to find the intimate seen between the two. A mix of emotions filled him at once, but he wasn't sure which was most dominant. But because of this, he was losing his control over his powers which caused it to start snowing, hard. The wind picked up greatly and with an agonizing scream, the winter spirit shot up into the air, high above the trees and from the two. He wasn't sure where he was going, but he wanted to get away from there.
Flynn pulled back at the sudden chill and looked up, "Snow?" He shivered a bit and rubbed his arms. Rapunzel blinked a bit as she sat up. The flurries fell on her cheeks and she continued to look up in confusion. As the brunette beside her went on about how could it be snowing in the summer, she started to fade into thoughts, or were the memories? Images of her tower flashed in her mind then white hair, blue eyes before Flynn captured her attention again. "It's cold, we should find shelter Blondie." Rapunzel blinked a few times as those puzzling images moved to the back of her mind and she nodded, "Yeah….shelter…" She got up and wrapped her arms around herself.
As they were trying to find an inn of some sort, Rapunzel could feel her toes getting numb and starting to hurt. She looked down at her feet sinking into the snow and frowned a bit. "Frost bite…" She mumbled to herself as she recalled something she had read in a book. She had a nagging feeling again as the word 'frost' started to eat at her. Her expression puzzled up because she didn't know why such a simple word could start troubling her so much.
Tooth fluttered after Jack quickly as he left Sandy and her. She saw the scene that made Jack go berserk. As snow covered her wings she watched the winter spirit disappear in the storm he created. "Oh Jack…" She glanced down at Sandy who returned her gloomy expression. Then the Sandman pointed back at the two that caused Jack's agony, trying to get the Tooth Fairy to look back. Toothina turned her head and saw that the two had separated from their intimate position. She flew over just in time to hear 'frost' come out of the blonde's lips and then a puzzled expression to fall on the young face soon after. As the two humans disappeared out of sight, the female guardian's mind was racing. The more thoughts that came together, the faster her wings started to flutter. "Oh Sandy!" She quickly turned to her fellow guardian with a bright expression, which only got a golden question mark in return. "I think…I think her thoughts, her memories may have been triggered a bit! There may be hope for Jack yet!"
The golden man seemed pleased with this possibility and hope. He made a plane with his sand that would shield them from the emotional blizzard they were in. He motioned for Tooth to get in and then headed back to North's place.
Little to their knowledge though, there was another pair of eyes on them. The owner of those eyes did not show the same delight as guardians before they two went off to another area.
When they finally found a rundown inn, Rapunzel quickly entered with her tour guide. She stood on the hard wooden floor, shaking as Flynn talked to the innkeeper. The blonde started to scan her surroundings as her teeth chattered loudly and noticed that this inn was part of a bar and all the men around her looked like the villains from her books and ruffians her mother warned about. Though Pascal was curled close to his owner's neck for the warmth, he shot little glares at the ones taking in Rapunzel's features.
Rapunzel could feel the stares of the men, not that she knew exactly why or what they were staring at, she could feel it on her though. She grabbed one of her long strands of hair, something she normally did when nervous. Then she felt someone lift some of her hair and she spun around to see one of the goons having her golden locks in her hair as he said, "That's a lot of hair." A frown came to the blonde's lips as she gently tugged her hair from his grasp, "Yes…now please don't touch it." She wrung her hair as her nervousness grew higher.
It seemed that just as her soft voice spoke up, it was going to get shut down. A big, bald guy with a hook for a hand, stood up from his seat at a table and walked over to her. Her green orbs widened as she swallowed hard, looking at them man. He held up his hooked hand and gently ran the edge down her jaw. A gasp came from her and she took a step back only to back into a person behind her. She turned around quickly to take sight of a muscular man with a seemingly knight helmet on that had horns on top of it. She was shaking where she should, really wishing she had never left her tower now.
Flynn, having exchanged the funds with the tavern clerk, had just turned and witnessed the scene. He ran his hand down his face and walked over. "Hey, hey boys! Now why would you scare this young lady right here?" He put on his fake smile and wrapped an arm around her. "We paid our fair just like you, so we're all good right?" Rapunzel had never been as glad as she was then to see her brunette prince. She huddled to him as she watched the men. They didn't say a word but backed off as music filled the stale air. She looked up at her hero and smiled softly, "Thank you, Flynn."
He gave his fake smile, "Anytime, Blondie. Now, you must be famished. Let's grab some grub at the bar." His head nodded over to it. Rapunzel was unsure, but was so trusting in his judgement, she didn't put up much of a fight. She sat on the stool and pulled her hair into her lap, even though plenty still pooled around her on the floor. Flynn ordered for them, also getting himself a beer. The blonde eyed it curiously, having not seen a drink like that. She tapped Flynn's shoulder, "Flynn? Can I try it?" He looked at her then his drink and laughed bit, "I dunno if you're gonna like it, Blondie." She pouted a bit, "How would I know if I don't try it?" He shrugged and held the giant glass up to her lips. She took a sip and her face quickly twisted in disgust as she turned to chug her water. He patted her back, "I figured as much. Don't worry, it's not for everyone. In fact, it's mainly a drink that males drink." Rapunzel simply nodded before eating her greasy food as it got there.
As the night went on, the storm just got worse. This caused for all the ruffians that didn't leave about the time Rapunzel and her guide got there, to be trapped in the Snuggling Ducking for the night. Many were raving about how it was strange to have a winter storm in the middle of spring, but as the alcohol kept being poured into their system, the fact that it was strange or that it was even spring was soon out the window. Flynn had moved from the bar to chat with some of the guys. This had left Rapunzel alone, messing with a dirty napkin.
Her eyes were focused on the paper cloth in front of her until she felt two presences take the seats beside her. She glanced back and forth to see the hooked hand man and the one with the knight helmet. The hooked hand man held up his real hand, "We're not here to cause trouble. Plus look, Attila made you a cupcake." Rapunzel blinked and looked over at the one in the knight helmet, she assumed was Attila, and he held up a cupcake with a little cherry on top of the icing. She smiled softly and took it, holding it gingerly. "Thank you," She said, taking in the sweet scent of the pastry.
She then looked at the man with the hook for a hand, "If he's Attila…who are you?" He chuckled a bit, "Name's Hook Hand. Whatta 'bout you?" She smiled softly at him, "Nice to meet you. My name is Rapunzel." She looked back at her cupcake, "I'm sorry for getting so scared before…I just…have heard stories of ruffians all my life." Hook Hand gave a reassuring grin, "Well, stories are probably true. That's only if you get on our bad side." Rapunzel didn't need to hear that, but she kept her smile for the two. Hook Hand's face became serious, "So, Rapunzel….what do you know about the guy you come in with?"
Rapunzel's face flushed, "Oh…not much. I mean, I met him today. But he's taking me to see the lanterns." Her face beamed when she thought about the floating lights, truly excited about seeing them. Then she frowned a bit as she looked over her shoulder at the window, snow still falling hard. "But…with this snow, I don't know if I'll still be able to see them." With that, she sighed and then turned her gaze back to Hook Hand, "Why do you ask?"
He frowned at the naïve girl. "Rapunzel…he's a thief." He pulled out a rumbled up flier. She frowned more as she picked it up. It had Flynn's face on it, though the nose wasn't right. She read the big words at the top: WANTED, DEAD or ALIVE. Her eyes went to under the picture where his name laid. She frowned more as she thought about the crown she found him with. Had he stole that? She looked at Hook Hand, "Why…why tell me this?"
Hook Hand rubbed his chin, "Well…you seem like a nice girl. Certainly don't need to be in a place like this. And definitely don't need to be hanging around someone like him." He turned and looked at her, "Rapunzel, you need to think about leaving his company."
Rapunzel looked back down at the flier, not wanting to believe it. She looked back up at Hook Hand, "Thank you Mr. Hook Hand. I will consider your statement." She folded up the flier neatly and then put it in the collar of her dress. The two ruffians sighed before they got up and went on their merry way. Flynn finally came back around, just over the line of drunk. He wrapped his arm around Rapunzel's shoulders. "Comeon, Blondie," He said, his words a bit slurred. "We're gonna go to bed." He pulled her off the stool a bit roughly. She frowned but followed the thief up the stairs to the room they rented. As they entered, there was only one bed.
Rapunzel had a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach as she was pulled to the bed and forced to lay down with the man beside her. He started kissing her jaw then her neck before he began sucking sloppily. The pleasure was there, but due to Flynn not being as romantic as last time, Rapunzel was getting lost in it. She started to push again him, "No…Flynn stop."
"Natural…remember Blondie?" He muttered as he got on top of her. He ran a hand up her leg, pushing her dress up. He gave her a sloppy kiss as he pressed against her. Rapunzel tore her face away, "No! Stop! I don't know what you're doing….but I don't like it!" She shook beneath him as she tried to push him off but failed. She started to whimper as she felt tears burn her eyes, "Flynn! Stop it!" She cried out.
Flynn failed to listen in his drunk stooper. He pushed her dress all the way up and his fingers curled around her thin panties. Rapunzel was sobbing at this point as she continued her attempt to fight off the man on top of her. The music and drunks downstairs made too much noise for anyone to hear her cries. Then, just as quickly as it had started, it stopped. Flynn passed out on top of her, fingers still curled around the rim of her underwear. She sniffled a bit and finally was able to pull herself out from under him. She fixed her underwear and dress, shaking. Hook Hand was right to warn her about him. She saw a wardrobe in the corner of the room and went over, opening it.
Once it was open, some abandoned clothes were there. One was hanging up while the rest just were wadded up on the floor of the wardrobe. She touched the cloth of the one hanging up, a cloak. It was a dark blue and it made her feel something in her chest. Flash thoughts hit her again; white hair, blue eyes; blue jacket; snow. She quickly shook her head, wondering what it was that kept hitting her. She pulled on the cloak and found some pants in there as well. She pulled them on, though they were a bit big on her. She found fuzzy wool socks underneath it all and pulled them on her feet.
Rapunzel walked over to the passed out thief and grabbed his wallet from him. She saw him stir and froze, only to see he was still asleep. She slipped out of the room and went downstairs. She went to the bar, put some gold coins on the counter, before slipping off into the blizzard that was raging over Corona.
I told you guys I made Flynn a bad guy... SO YES! After a year and a half, I finally updated. I'm really sorry. I go through like seasons of wanting to write or not. That plus school and work, I just didn't have time and the free time I had I spent with friends or drew. But I'm hoping to update all my stories soon. Hopefully I'll update them for a while before going on hiatus again. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!
