Authoress's Note: Sorry it's been so long, guys!!! I was outta school last week, and today I got ALL sorts of huge projects (such as an essay, research paper, and GIGANTIC timeline) assigned, on top of the srping musical (which I have practice for every night this month (or at least until the 23rd!)
But, loyal readers, I am sacrificing my little window of free time to update! (You can all thank chava, because of her review of "Everything I Ever Knew")
That's about all...oh yeah...kudos to: hemlock (you're close~actually, this was the way I first gave it to my friends: chapter by chapter, and smiling at *their* death threats...I do LOVE reviews, but I also love suspense! oh, and i'm posting BEFORE arpil!!! yipee!), fairy_true (i luv the turkey, too! Good questions! Yes, Gretchen WAS sheltered from men, and it's the words, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair" that cause her hair to grow like that. Do you still want to email me...or for me to email u? and i like her name, too!), ? (for your lengthy and detailed review), and Kara Angelle (mucho mucho gracias!!)
Well, darlings....enjoy "the rest of the story" teeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee*whew*heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....HAH!!!
Chapter Fourteen: In Which All is Lost
Mother was very excited after she climbed up my hair.
"Rapunzel, dearest, I have a surprise for you!" she exclaimed.
I told myself to stop shaking, as I was very nervous, yet glad that this would be the last time I would see Mother again.
"Rapunzel, I have a new dress for you!" she went on, showing me a beautiful sky-blue dress.
I immediately saw the waist, which was made to fall at my natural waist. I was absolutely terrified.
"Go ahead, try it on!" Mother urged.
Against my will, I went into my closet and tried it on. I hid my bulging waist as well as I could, but Mother instantly saw it.
"Oh, you wicked child!" she screamed at me. "How dare you! I thought that I had protected and hidden you from the evils of the outside world, but you have betrayed me!"
"No!" I wept.
"After all I did for you, and you kept this from me the whole time!"
"You don't understand!"
"Yes I do! I understand perfectly well that you are an ungrateful-"
"No!"
"-selfish-"
"It's not like that!"
"-little brat who denies that she is my daughter!"
"Please! Listen to me-"
"Oh, I've listened to you enough!" Mother yelled. "But now you and whoever you have been hiding are going to listen to me!"
I continued to weep, and she ordered, "Go out to your balcony and let your hair down."
I ran blindly there, let my hair down, and she cut the extra hair down to my regular-length hair, keeping the extra.
"Now, we will sit and wait for your prince." She knew that Tobin was a prince because she had forced it out of me after striking me a few times.
We waited for a very long time, and then we finally heard the anticipated, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair."
Mother threw me hard against the bed, and let down the hair she had cut off.
Mother had underestimated my ability to quickly recover from her throw. I scrambled up, ran to the balcony, and screamed, "Tobin! Run! It's a trick! Mother's here--she's found out! Run before she can-"
Here, I was grabbed by my remaining hair by Mother and pulled back. I heard Tobin galloping back, and I turned to look up at her from the floor and smiled a triumphant smile.
"You may have saved your prince," she hissed at me, "But that just makes it worse for you!"
"I don't care," I told her.
"Oh, don't worry, you will...you will."
ps~ HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it's short, so don't bother telling me in your review...but this is the...SECOND TO THE LAST CHAPTER!!!!! Yes, it's almost finis!!!!! *tear, tear* SOOOO...review, and i'll update as soon as I can (the more reviews, the sooner i'll update!!!)
Luv u all!!!
~Jenny the chica~
But, loyal readers, I am sacrificing my little window of free time to update! (You can all thank chava, because of her review of "Everything I Ever Knew")
That's about all...oh yeah...kudos to: hemlock (you're close~actually, this was the way I first gave it to my friends: chapter by chapter, and smiling at *their* death threats...I do LOVE reviews, but I also love suspense! oh, and i'm posting BEFORE arpil!!! yipee!), fairy_true (i luv the turkey, too! Good questions! Yes, Gretchen WAS sheltered from men, and it's the words, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair" that cause her hair to grow like that. Do you still want to email me...or for me to email u? and i like her name, too!), ? (for your lengthy and detailed review), and Kara Angelle (mucho mucho gracias!!)
Well, darlings....enjoy "the rest of the story" teeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee*whew*heeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheeheehee....HAH!!!
Chapter Fourteen: In Which All is Lost
Mother was very excited after she climbed up my hair.
"Rapunzel, dearest, I have a surprise for you!" she exclaimed.
I told myself to stop shaking, as I was very nervous, yet glad that this would be the last time I would see Mother again.
"Rapunzel, I have a new dress for you!" she went on, showing me a beautiful sky-blue dress.
I immediately saw the waist, which was made to fall at my natural waist. I was absolutely terrified.
"Go ahead, try it on!" Mother urged.
Against my will, I went into my closet and tried it on. I hid my bulging waist as well as I could, but Mother instantly saw it.
"Oh, you wicked child!" she screamed at me. "How dare you! I thought that I had protected and hidden you from the evils of the outside world, but you have betrayed me!"
"No!" I wept.
"After all I did for you, and you kept this from me the whole time!"
"You don't understand!"
"Yes I do! I understand perfectly well that you are an ungrateful-"
"No!"
"-selfish-"
"It's not like that!"
"-little brat who denies that she is my daughter!"
"Please! Listen to me-"
"Oh, I've listened to you enough!" Mother yelled. "But now you and whoever you have been hiding are going to listen to me!"
I continued to weep, and she ordered, "Go out to your balcony and let your hair down."
I ran blindly there, let my hair down, and she cut the extra hair down to my regular-length hair, keeping the extra.
"Now, we will sit and wait for your prince." She knew that Tobin was a prince because she had forced it out of me after striking me a few times.
We waited for a very long time, and then we finally heard the anticipated, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair."
Mother threw me hard against the bed, and let down the hair she had cut off.
Mother had underestimated my ability to quickly recover from her throw. I scrambled up, ran to the balcony, and screamed, "Tobin! Run! It's a trick! Mother's here--she's found out! Run before she can-"
Here, I was grabbed by my remaining hair by Mother and pulled back. I heard Tobin galloping back, and I turned to look up at her from the floor and smiled a triumphant smile.
"You may have saved your prince," she hissed at me, "But that just makes it worse for you!"
"I don't care," I told her.
"Oh, don't worry, you will...you will."
ps~ HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know it's short, so don't bother telling me in your review...but this is the...SECOND TO THE LAST CHAPTER!!!!! Yes, it's almost finis!!!!! *tear, tear* SOOOO...review, and i'll update as soon as I can (the more reviews, the sooner i'll update!!!)
Luv u all!!!
~Jenny the chica~
