There it was again. Eugene's voice! He was somewhere close by. I wanted to jump out of that window to land into his arms. But escaping wasn't apart of Gothel's plan. She had me chained to the staircase with a white cloth around my mouth to keep me quiet. I couldn't call out to him, I couldn't go to him, I couldn't do anything. I glanced over at her grabbing my hair and flinging it out of the window so he could climb it. My hazel green eyes widened, she was one step ahead of him. She held the knife in her left hand as she backed into the darkness waiting for the right moment to strike. I turn to look at the window, seeing the top of Eugene's head and part of his green vest. I muffled his name, telling him to leave.

"Rapunzel! I thought that I would never see you again." He looked right at me, seeing the gag against my chapped lips, "Huh?"

I looked at him before I saw Mother Gothel come up behind him with the knife.

"Look out!" I cried, my voice being covered by the cloth.

Before he had a chance to react, Gothel forced the knife into his left side. Eugene fell to the ground, holding his new wound.

"Now look at what you've done, Rapunzel." She paused, "Oh don't worry dear. Our little secret will die with him!"

My eyes widened, I didn't like the sound of that. I felt her yank on the chains, dragging me, but I fought back by struggling against her.

"As for us, we will be somewhere no one will ever be able to find you again!" She yelled.

I noticed Pascal trying to stop her. She felt him tugging at the hem of the bottom of her red dress. She glared down at him before kicking him away.

"Pascal!" I cried again, but my voice was blocked by the gag.

"Enough Rapunzel! Give it up already!" She yelled right as I turned to glare at her as she began pulling me down towards the stairs, but I struggled against her, "Stop fighting me!"

"No!" My voice was finally able to be heard, the gag had fallen off my face, "I won't stop, for the rest of my life I will continue to fight. I won't stop trying to get away from you!"

I turned to look at both Pascal and Eugene, seeing how hurt they were. I turned my focus back on Gothel.

"But, if you let me save Eugene." I paused, "I'll go with you willingly."

~Author's Note~

I am so sorry that it took me this long to update on this fanfiction! I had a huge writer's block and I couldn't figure out what to do to start closing up this story. I hope you guys like this chapter and hopefully the next chapter will come in by late October or early November. Now that I know how to end it, there will be five more chapters. Two of last chapters are gonna be in the point of view of the King and Queen reacting to seeing their baby girl all grown up. Again, I'm sorry that it took me a long time to update. Thank you guys so much!