I'm so sorry it's taken so long to get out to you! I've had a terrible case of writer's block!

As always, keep in mind the fan art challenge! Shannon, I'd like you to work on this, too, in your spare time. Maybe next week! Just pick a favorite scene, put your imagination to work, and draw! Please PM the links to your drawings to me. Something all you artists out there can do for me, since my disease has made my drawing basically null. Here's a big thank you in advance!

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, besides this story, a Flynn/Eugene and Rapunzel doll, Rapunzel costume, and a plush Pascal!

As Eugene walked down the corridor to Dr. Miller's office, he bumped right into a woman the guards were escorting in.

"I am so sorry, miss?"

"McCormick, Katherine McCormick. I'm the nanny you wanted for princess Annaliese."

"That's right!" Eugene snapped his fingers. "Thank you for coming. My soon-to-be wife, again, will, also, be very appreciative."

"Soon-to-be, sir?"

"It's a long story. The bottom line is this: the queen had us divorced while we were still on Drakko Isle." He brought his sleeve up to his mouth as he coughed to cover it, reminding him where he was going and why. "So, if you'll excuse me, Ms. McCormick, I have a doctor to see." On his way down to the office, Eugene began feeling more and more exhausted. He hoped Dr. Miller's antidote would help. He reached the doctor's door and knocked as loudly as his body would allow him, which wasn't much.

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Miranda Miller was behind some beakers when she heard a quiet knock, so she decided to investigate.

She opened her door and called out a sweet, "Yes?" but there was no one in sight. So she closed the door and wandered back inside, silently thinking, "Hmm. That was odd." As soon as she sat down before her beakers, she realized that there was a body, slumped over, next to the office door. She ran back outside to see who it was. She saw the body of Prince Fitzherbert lying in a heap, bumps all over him.

"Prince Fitzherbert! Prince Fitzherbert, please wake up!" She lit a candle and put it in its holder. Then, proceeded to pry Eugene's eyes open and peer into them, as well as try and get a pulse from his wrist. She felt one – a very faint one – but a pulse, nonetheless. By the looks of his features, he had Smallpox, too. She looked up and to her right, "Guards," she called to two burly men in Coronian uniforms, "please help me get Prince Fitzherbert onto one of my tables."

The guards looked at each other, shrugged, and got to work hoisting Eugene's body into the medical lab and onto a table. "Thank you." The guards left and pulled the lab door closed behind them. "Now, Eugene, to see what we can do for you." Eugene's face looked like he had swallowed a beehive filled with bees, who'd just unleashed their fury on his face.

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Rapunzel was busy preparing for the wedding. She and Eugene had decided it would be best if it was just them, her parents, and a few friends from The Snuggly Duckling. Since that was the case, the princess wanted to have it outside in the gardens. She was certain that Eugene wouldn't mind. He would wear his normal clothing and she would wear a simple white dress. She might even have someone braid her hair and put flowers in it, to reminisce her birthday with Eugene and the 'floating' lanterns.

"Just one tier to the cake this time, okay?" she reminded the caterer, as she walked by the royal kitchen. "And not too much to eat. We only have a few guests this time." Of course she'd invited HookHand, BigNose, and Attila's cupcakes were sure to be a hit. "Let's see, I'd like roses, red, of course, with babies' breath and do we have any rosemary? I'd like that, too. And maybe some small orchids. Oooh, and add some jasmine in there, as well." Rapunzel was chattering off the flowers she wanted in her bouquet to the local florist beside her. "Now, to my room for the dress fitting," she announced holding the front of her gown up while walking up the stairs to her room.

The princess stood up on the step stool and tried several extravagant gowns on before deciding on one that wasn't too simple, but was way less elegant, for her taste. Her long blonde hair was piled on top of her head, curled under and pinned in every direction with sparkling suns.

"Has anyone seen Eugene?" Everyone either mumbled a 'no' or shook their heads from side to side. "Well, I'm going to look for him." She slid the gown over her head and off her slim figure. Putting on her lavender dress, not upsetting her hair from its curl, went down to Dr. Miller's laboratory.

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Rapunzel knocked loudly on the door that led to Miranda Miller's office.

Dr. Miller had just drawn out a full vial of Cowpox, twice the dosage given to his son, when she heard the knocking. The doctor put down the syringe and went to answer the door.

"Oh, Princess Rapunzel! What brings you here?"

"I'm looking for Eugene. Did he come down here?"

The doctor led Rapunzel by the small of her back, while speaking, "Yes, he did. I was just about to inject him with some Cowpox, when you knocked."

Rapunzel let out a huge gasp at the sight of the ex-con, bringing her hands to fold together across her mouth. "Oh, Eugene," she walked over to where his body lay. "Well, they do say 'for better or worse' for a reason." She smiled, took Eugene's hand in hers and kissed it. "After the doctor gives you your medicine, we'll marry."

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