I did it! Chapter one has been rewritten!
One day, eighteen years ago, the sun shone bright. Brighter than it ever had before. As if it was closer to the world, minutes away from colliding, yet still at the same distance, far away. Some would even have said it looked as though there were rays of the sun actually coming down to the earth...but no, that was impossible. The kingdom of Corona, saw this most clearly, as it was an especially bright day for them, in a less literal way. The kind king and queen, Fredric and Arianna, were missing for weeks prior, evoking the citizens to feel as though they never cared for any part of their kingdom. Though, this morning, they arrived, yet again, to show their people they cared.
They announced, in front of a crowd larger than usual, that there was to be a new member of the royal family. The queen was pregnant. Though, as much as the people of Corona trusted one another, this caused more problems then it solved. The queen was known, to those who had been around long enough, to be sterile. Unable to bear children. The news of this contradiction traveled quickly, far and wide.
With the combination of the sun shining bright, the birds almost singing a familiar tune, and the news of an actual miracle, the kingdom began to grow anxious. In the stories, the kingdom was born of a curse, a punishment that later became its own miracle. Magic was never a good sign to the people of Corona. It was wicked. unnatural. Nothing like the start should ever have occurred, and it would never occur again. Not on their watch.
Most left the royals alone, believing it was just a mistake, she was never sterile. It was impossible. No. The kind royals couldn't be that kind of...Evil. Though, not all thought this way.
Soon after the announcement of the new curs-miracle...The palace was invaded. The woman, in a cloak black as night, with hair the same, was a trusted friend to the queen. This trust was sadly misplaced. The woman, once left to her own devices in the night, made her way to the queen, and slit her throat. No regrets. No turning back.
The question then, what of the child? That poor, innocent, four week old child? They never had a chance...until they did.
Hours after the death of their dear queen, Corona gained a new member of their royal family. A baby girl. One who looked much, much older than four weeks, with her green eyes shining at every little things they looked at. And her hair. Her hair which reached down to her knees, yellow as the sun...How? No one knew...except one woman. One woman with hair dark as night, and cold, olive eyes.
Gothel offered to take the child, as the king wanted nothing to do with a new curse...and he accepted, thanked her for her offer in more gold than the wealthiest Corona citizen, and she was gone by nightfall.
Gothel brought the young Rapunzel to her home in Old Corona, where she would spend the next eighteen years of her life being raised as a commoner.
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Finally, lets hope this works properly from now on!