Chapter 11

Next morning, Flynn Rider woke up, as he felt that something dropped on his face. The man slowly opened his eyes, and then immediately crawled away, as he saw Maximus's face; the horse was angry.

The horse grabbed the man by his boot, and started to drag him. "What's going on," spoke Anna as she woke up. She then quickly woke up Rapunzel.

The two girls then saw Flynn's predicament, and grabbed his arms.

"Maximus?" asked Anna as she looked at the horse. The horse dropped Flynn Rider, and looked at the girl in surprise.

"Come here, who is a good boy," spoke Rapunzel as she hugged the horse's neck. Maximus sat on the grass, wiggling his tail.

"You have got to be kidding me," spoke Flynn Rider.

"Maximus, I can see that the two of you don't like each other. But Flynn Rider promised to show me the lanterns. Please release him, if only for today. Did I tell you it is my birthday?" asked the girl

The horse looked at Flynn Rider with suspicion; Maximus was still seating on the grass.

"Good boy, just don't get him arrested for today, and then you two can chase each other anywhere," spoke Rapunzel, as the three humans walked towards the city, with the horse walking next to them; the chameleon was sitting on Rapunzel's shoulder. A few times Flynn Rider and Maximus hit each other, only to be met by a glare from Pascal.

The three humans finally arrived to the Town Square, where they first hid from the guards. After the guards left, the trio began celebrating the day. They saw that many people were dancing in the Town Square.

Rapunzel was happy. She began dancing as well. Once, she slipped, and fell, but then quickly stood up. Rapunzel looked around and saw a boy around seventeen years of age, who wore a blue shirt. She ignored the boy and continued dancing.

"Did she just saw me?" thought Jack Frost, "Nah, that's impossible. She probably just checked whether anyone made her fall. She could not have seen me,"

With sad thoughts, Jack Frost rose in the sky and jumped on a roof, observing the ceremony. He liked that day of the year, as the Kingdom of Corona liked to celebrate the day with dances and laughter, things that strongly appealed to the Spirit of Winter.

Anna sat on the bench, looking at her friends. The girl smiled, she liked that the two were enjoying their time together. Anna sighed, as she knew that this day would soon end, and the three friends would have to separate. The girl promised herself that she would forever cherish the happy moments of these friendships she formed in the last few days.

An hour later Rapunzel sat on the bench. While the girl was sweating, she was smiling. "This is so good. I wish I could stay here forever. But, tomorrow I would return to my tower, and spend the rest of my life there," spoke Rapunzel.

"No! I don't want you to! Please, don't go to her. When all this is over, please go with me to the castle. I will ask my father to take you in, as he knows that I never had any friends after my sister Elsa got put in her room, likely due to her also having some sort of magical power," spoke Anna

"But your parents, they will ground you!" protested Rapunzel

"Only for a month or so, not for the rest of my life. I cannot make your life miserable, especially knowing that I could have done something to make it better," spoke Anna as the two girls hugged.

"Interesting. This Princess Anna has a sister, who maybe a magical person," spoke Pitch Black, as he observed the scene. The man then disappeared in smoke, soon appearing next to one of the tallest Arendale towers.

"Common Elsa, conceal, don't feel," spoke Princess Elsa, heir to the throne. Ice stopped spreading, and the girl sighed.

'Splendid. She could help me someday. I just need to see how powerful she truly is," spoke Pitch Black as he quickly disappeared from the view.

As the day was ending, the three friends were sitting in a large boat; Rapunzel was facing Flynn Rider. Both of them had lanterns they recently acquired.

A single lantern rose in the sky. More followed, and Anna send her lantern into the sky, with two more following shortly later. The couple looked at each other and smiled. For that one moment, Anna, Rapunzel, and Eugene were at peace.

Before the couple could make a kiss, Flynn noticed two familiar bandits, who stood on the creek, before they disappeared from sight.

"Lets spend the last night of this wonderful adventure on the beach," spoke Flynn as he brought the boat to the creek.

"Yey, we will tell each other ghost stories," spoke Rapunzel, as the girl climbed out of the boat excitedly.

"I have some unfinished business. I will be back, I promise," spoke Flynn Rider as he took the crown.

"What are you doing?" asked Anna

"I don't need this crown anymore. I will give it to my former partners, and they could get it, " spoke Flynn Rider

"Fine, it's just a piece of jewelry," spoke Anna as she then hid behind a tree, watching the scene unfold. Only when the girl hid behind the tree did she realize that she left her sword next to the campfire.

"Dammit," spoke Anna, but could not move, as she saw movement, and decided to stay low for a few more moments.

"Guys, here is the crown, get it, I don't need it anymore," spoke Flynn Rider as he dropped the crown next to the two bandits.

"Hello, Rider," grinned the two bandits, as they quickly approached the man, holding ropes.

"What are you doing?" Asked Flynn Rider as the two bandits quickly knocked him out, before tying him to the small ship, sending the vessel back to the castle.

"Why is Flynn Rider getting away?" asked herself Anna. The girl could not see clearly what Flynn was doing, as it was rather dark. The only thing she did was the silhouette of Flynn Rider, who stood on a boat, sailing away.

"No, you could not hurt my friend like that! And to think I trusted you!" thought Anna.