"Pst Blondie" Flynn had been waiting outside Rapunzel's window for the last 15 minutes, needless to say he was getting bored.

"Flynn? Is that you?" He sighed in annoyance.

"No it's the Easter Bunny. Yes it's me!" He hissed, and Rapunzel rolled her eyes.

"Well get up here already!" Flynn huffed

"Oh yes I'll just climb up this nice invisible ladder..." Just then a rope ladder came clanging down and almost landed on his head. Climbing up he mutter something about a scary blond girl, and how the innocent looking ones were always the most frightening.

As he heaved himself into her room he glanced around. The ways were all painted in pretty swirly ways, and her bedspread had a yellow sun framed with royal purple. Her desk was made out of the same wood as her dresser.

He then studied Rapunzel herself. Her amazingly long blond hair was tied back so the front was up out of her face but the rest was down. She wore a purple long sleeved shirt, with shorts that had little suns dotting them, and her slippers had little chameleons on them.

"Nice slippers." She blushed slightly.

"Thanks my mom got them for me..." There was an awkward pause and then Flynn clapped his hands.

"Well lets get down to business shall we? You obviously need something from me so what'll it be?" He said taking a seat on her bed Rapunzel nervously braided and unbraided a section of her hair.

"Well, every year around my birthday my favorite bad comes to Corona." She said naming a town about a days drive away. "They're called the Lights? Maybe you've heard of them?"

"All female, got a jazzy indie thing going on. Like a mix between Florence and the Machine and Gin Wigmore, promising career ahead of them." Flynn said.

"Well I would like nothing more than to see them, but my mother will never let me go! So I was thinking-"

"That I would take you there?! That's like a days drive there and back alone!" Flynn said loudly, Rapunzel shushed him.

"But they perform on Saturday! My moms going on a business trip that weekend and she thinks I'm staying with Ariel for my birthday! All you have to do is drive me, watch the concert, and take me home! I already have the tickets!" Rapunzel pleaded "and you owe me remember?" Flynn rubbed his temples.

"Urg Blondie, couldn't you ask for something simpler?" She shook her head. "Alright I guess I could do it-"

"Oh thank you thank you thank you !" She tackled him in a huge hug.

"Whoa personal space Blondie."

"Sorry I'm just so excited! I've never been outside of this town! And this is my first chance to finally do something!" She sighed wistfully. Flynn just looked around awkwardly, was she going to burst out in song, or just stare into space some more? Because either one would be really awkward. Though if she did start singing that might be just a bit more awkward.

"Uh look I have to go do some...stuff. When is this concert thing?"

"Two weeks from today! Pick me up here at 4:00 after school that Friday!" She said her voice getting higher and higher with excitement. I better get going before she explodes... Flynn thought to himself.

"Well okay see you then..." He said already halfway out the window, Rapunzel didn't seem to notice she was so caught up in her daydream.

"Uh huh bye..." She waited until the window clicked shut before she let out her excitement. She bounced up and down and let out an 'eeeeee' of happiness. She was going to see The Lights! Only her most favoritest, bestest, greatest bands EVER! Granted she did have to lie to her mother and she was going to spend a whole weekend alone with a practical stranger, but it was worth it!

Rapunzel quickly picked up her purple cell phone and typed a quick text to Ariel.

*you'll nevr blieve what just happnd!*

It was only a few seconds until Ariel responded.

*Im going 2 see the lights!*

*EEEEEEE! ur moms letting u go?!*

*well...not exactly...*

*Punzel what r u up 2?*

*long story tell u on monday!*

*humfff y cant u just tell me now?*

*because...*

*please?*

*no*

*pwetty pwetty please?*

*nope*

*urgggg y u have 2 be so mysterious?*

*its bcause I wuvs you*

* le sigh I wuv you too Ra :)...will you tell me now ;)*

*No! :)*

*urg I hate you sometimes...*

* :P*

*-.-*

Rapunzel giggled at her friends faux annoyance. Rapunzel and Ariel had been fast friends all the way back in 6th grade. They had one or two mutual friends in elementary school but had never really hung out. That all changed the day Rapunzel walked into homeroom and saw Ariel sitting there. Nervous and without a friend the two had latched on to one another for dear life, and had never really let go. Which was lucky for them because after some major drama in 7th grade Ariel had been left as Rapunzel's only friend. That was until Mulan and Jasmine met the girls and the rest was history.

*will you tell me now /puppy dog eyes/ . *

*haha fiiiiiiine it all started when...*

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Belle had been sitting there for the last half an hour. All she could do was stare at her pale hands. The scene from earlier that morning played in her head again and again, like an annoying song that got stuck in your brain and played over and over and over. Except this was much worse.

"How do you keep beating me?" Belle laughed as she sunk down on the plush couch. After six round of Just Dance she had not even come close to beating Jasmine.

"Talent honey, some people are just born with it, and I've had a lot more practice than I would care to admit." She laughed collapsing next to Belle.

*KNOCk KNOCK KNOCK*

"DADDY THE DOOR!" Jasmine yelled as her father came from upstairs.

"Coming, I'm coming oh-" He stop short when he saw who was at the door. A pretty woman in her mid-thirties wear a charcoal grey suit stepped in, flashing her badge.

"Excuse sir, I'm Detective Miss from the city police department. You can call me Bianca, this is my partner Bernard. I believe you are looking after a girl by the name of Belle de Ravin this weekend?" The woman had a soft look in her eyes. Jasmine and Belle walked into the entryway.

"Yes, that would be me. Is something wrong?" The woman took a deep breath.

"I am afraid so. Your father has gone missing. We are under the assumption that he was kidnapped."

Again and again the scene played in her mind. Bianca had given Belle her phone number in case anyone tried to contact her. Jasmine's father had agreed to let her stay as long as she needed. They would let Belle know the details as they became available and on and on and on.

After Bianca and Bernard had left Belle had sat down at the table and hadn't moved. Her father was missing. Taken. Gone. The only family member left The pain was almost too much, like the time her mother died, or when her grandmama passed, it was just like that except worse. Then she knew that her father was going to be there. That there would be someone to watch over her, she didn't know that now.

She felt Jasmine's arms around her squeezing her tight in a hug. She looked up from her pale, shaking hands and meet her own eyes in the reflection off the fridge. Her skin looked translucent, her normally shiny hair was flat and lackluster, and her bright eyes looked hollow and dead.

"You are going to be alright, do you hear me?" Jasmine's voice was firm in her ear. "They will find him, you are going to be fine." Belle just moved her head a tiny bit. "You're going to be fine." Jasmine repeated softer this time. "We have people getting some of your stuff from your house so you'll feel more at home okay?" Belle just moved her head up and down.

Tragedy was an old friend of Belle's. They usually got along pretty well. She could deal with most of the things life threw at her. It was one of her strengths. All of her life she had lived with death and unhappiness looming close behind her. She had found her sanctuary long ago, books. They had always been there, but for the first time maybe ever the idea of picking up a book seemed like too much to handle. She didn't want to read she didn't want to do anything.

She wanted to fall asleep and never wake up.

"We're going to make it through this." Jasmine whispered, and pulled Belle back to the real world. This was life. Life sucked, boo-hoo. People died, so what? Fathers went missing, too bad. Belle wasn't going to give in this time. She never had given in, so why start now? Sure shit happens, but y'know what you can't let it destroy you.

Belle sat up a little taller. Yes, it was going to be extremely hard now, but her father, wherever he was, wouldn't want her to give up. She was Belle, Belle Cosette de Ravin, and life be damned she was not going to give up that easily.

XXXX

"Do you have any job openings?" Belle had been searching the city all day, trying to find a job. No one was hiring. She figured that even if Jasmine's family wasn't going to accept payment for keeping her she might as well be working just to do something. But sadly no one seemed to be looking for workers. She had finally gone into Cogsworth's and was now asking Mrs. Potts.

"Let me see if I can find something for you to do," she winked at Belle and headed back. There seemed to be some sort of argument but after a few minutes Mrs. Potts came back with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Well, the bosses son doesn't like it but he isn't in charge now is he." She replied smartly. "Now, what time works best for you?" Belle looked around confused.

"Um aren't you going to look at my resume? Is this an interview?" Belle was wasn't a normal job application. Mrs. Potts waved her question off.

"No you have the job, don't worry about it darling." Belle still looked confused.

"But-"

"You, have the job. We haven't had anyone apply for a job since we opened four years ago. When can you work?" Belle still looked unsure.

"Well...I can work Sundays and some day after school, uh 4-7?"

"How about Tuesdays and Thursdays and Sunday 10 to 1?" Mrs. Potts asked.

"Works for me, do you want me to start now?"

"Go right ahead you can work the register. You do know how to work a cash register?" Mrs. Potts asked. Belle nodded.

"Of course." Mrs. Potts stepped out from behind the counter.

"Well I'm going on break have fun! And don't let Adam push you around." With that she was gone.

"Wait Adam as in-"

"What are you doing here?!" Spinning she turned and came face-to-face with the boy who had yelled at her just the other day.

"Working, I work here now. What are you doing here?" She shot back hands over her chest.

"My father owns this place. As well as most of the other cafe's in town." he snapped.

"Well good for you. Now if you don't mind, I believe I have a customer."

Now, in all honesty the day might have gone a bit differently if the customer Belle was referring to had been someone else. As luck (or really bad luck) would have it was the one and only Gaston LeGume.

"What are you doing working babe?" He leered at Belle over the counter, causing her to step back. "Girls shouldn't work, they should leave that to the men."

"Excuse you?" She replied offended. She had, had a few unfortunate run ins with Gaston before.

"Why don't you sit down and I'll get something for ya." He said reaching towards her.

"In case you haven't noticed, " she swatted his hands away "I'm working."

"Well that's just too bad. Get over here-" he now reached across the counter and tried to grab her.

"Dude what the crap no!" She pushed away, "what's your problem?"

"Why you little-" Gaston was cut off by Adam stepping in between.

"What is your deal? Knock it off she's working!" He pushed Gaston back

"Belle. Is. MINE!"

"When Hell freezes over!" Belle called from behind Adam. "Now get out before I call the police!"

"You heard the lady out!" Adam pointed to the door. Gaston snarled as he walked towards the door.

"You'll be sorry Beiste." And with that he slammed the door shut.

A/N: Kinda a depressing and short chapter, sorry about that :( We have some more with Rapunzel and Flynn and Belle and Adam though! I really like Rapunzel and Ariel's friendship, it's very closely based off of me and my best friend so they will probably have a bunch of sis-mancing scenes (like bromance but with girls?) Nevermind. And I KNOW I promised Aladdin and Jasmine please don't kill me. They will be the FIRST thing next chapter! I also think I'm going to add Hercules and Meg (just because I love Meg so much and Hercules reminds me of my little brother) and some *drum roll* ATLANTIS! It's on Netflix and it's one of my favorite movies so it's going to show up at some point if you guys are okay with that :) Just let me know. Sorry for the long note and short chapter I just wanted to get something up. 3 comments until I update again :)