Hey, I'm back. I'm here with another chapter of Spirit's Return. In this chapter, they have to explain to the others what happened. And the way they react is unbelievable. The chapter song is "Little Wonders" from "Meet the Robinsons" because I recently listened to it and thought it would be a cute song for the end of this story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Tangled, just the twins I've created in my head along with the OC's in this story.
Spirit's Return
Chapter 13 Explaining and Celebration
"Where are they? It's almost five o'clock in the afternoon and they're still not back yet!" said the Lieutenant as he checked his pocket watch. "Maybe something happened. After all, we did hear some screams and yelling," said Mabel as she tried to shoo away a love bug that was flying around her all the time they were waiting. They then saw some people. They saw: Rapunzel, Eugene, King Henry, Queen Anne, Lord Herbert, the Captain of the Guard, Janice, Peter, and a girl with shoulder length brunette hair. They started to get confused by the brunette girl. What happened to Elizabeth? They all thought at the moment.
"Hello fellows, we promised we wouldn't leave you hanging," said Eugene. "Cut to the chase Rider, and tell us who's the girl and where's Elizabeth," said Hook Hand. "I'm right here!" said Elizabeth. Everyone at first looked at her in disbelief, but when Elizabeth smiled her crooked smile that she always had when she was in trouble, they noticed something familiar about that face. They all knew it was her because she did have her daddy's smile.
"Elizabeth, it is you!" said Vladimir as he hugged his tiny now brunette niece. "Of course it's me Uncle Vladimir," chuckled Elizabeth as she hugged him back. "What happened to her blonde hair?" asked Big Nose. "You see, something happened and it got cut," said Eugene. "Did you cut it Rider?" questioned the annoying guard from before. "Nope, cross my heart and hope to die," said Eugene. "Eugene!" exclaimed Rapunzel. "It's a figure of speech. It means you swear you're telling the truth and if you're lying, you would hope to die because you don't want to be a liar," said Eugene. He hoped Rapunzel understood his little definition of what he just said. Rapunzel smiled to show she understood what he said.
"Then who did it?" asked Hook Hand. "I did," said Lord Herbert. "What?" said everyone. "It was you?" asked Attila whose voice was echoed from his helmet. "The old hag stabbed Lord Herbert," said the Captain. They all gasped except for Ulf who had a shocked expression on his makeup covered face. "But I healed him," piped Elizabeth. "How? Your hair's gone!" exclaimed Mabel. "Not entirely," said Elizabeth as she lifted her hair to show the others her blonde streaks underneath most of her brunette hair. Everyone looked in shock at it.
"How'd that happen?" asked Hook Hand. "It wasn't a very good knife," said King Henry. "Let me see it," said one of the thugs. Elizabeth handed the thug her grandfather's pocket knife. The thug indicated a fallen branch and tried it on the branch. It took him about fifteen minutes to cut one single notch into the branch. They all looked confused and Big Nose informed them that this thug was one of the strongest out of all of them. "So it is true!" declared the Lieutenant. "Lord Herbert got stabbed," said Hook Hand. "He cut Elizabeth's hair," interjected Mabel. "But it wasn't a very good knife," added the annoying guard. "So when she sang…" interjected Big Nose. "He was healed," finished Vladimir. "Exactly!" replied Elizabeth. "What are we supposed to do now?" slurred Shorty as he pointed to the sun that was very low in the sky. "We could wait until morning to go back to the castle, but right now, we should get some sleep since we have a long day ahead of us," said the Lieutenant. Everyone agreed as some of them started to lie down and go to sleep.
The next day, they all went back to the castle. The funny thing was that Elizabeth and Peter slept through the entire ride back to the kingdom. They both rode with their father and mother on Maximus and didn't wake up once until they got back to the kingdom. Nothing, not even the Captain's furious yelling at his untrained horse made them stir. The only thing that woke them up was the bells from the church that morning. They both smiled when they realized they were back home and not in that dilapidated building their fake grandmother made them stay in. The people were happy to have them back and they threw a festival in their honor. It lasted an entire week and a funny thing was that neither Elizabeth nor Peter remembered most of the party since they were both exhausted from their entire experince over the last couple of days. But they were finally home with their true mother and father and grandparents and that's what mattered. They were so happy to be back, they didn't exclaim in disgust when they saw their parents kissing like they'd usually do. And they all lived happily ever after.
Sorry if this one isn't as good as the other ones, but at least I tried. And sorry for the long update, AGAIN! I do have some reasons for that even though I think they're not good enough reasons. My dog, Scottie, had recently died Monday and I was just too busy grieving him. And I also had tons of homework this week also! Thank god I have a four day weekend for fall break! I'll try to put up the epilogue ASAP! Also, please tell me what you think of this chapter. Hasta Luego (see you soon)!