Later one night as Alexis is sleeping just outside of corona castle walls beside a bush she soon gets woke up seeing Rapunzel in the distance in a cloak as she sneaks into the castle through a small grate.
"What on earth? I thought Rapunzel left? I better follow her." Alexis says as she goes into the grate.
*Timeskip*
"Well look what I found." A voice says as Alexis is walking through the dungeons in wolf form and sees a man.
"Oh boy." Alexis says before taking off running.
"Get back here mutt!" The man shouts as he chases Alexis.
"Alexis!?" A voice asks revealing to be Rapunzel.
"Rapunzel? Varian?" Alexis asks as she stops and sees Rapunzel and Varian in a cell.
"Got you!" The man shouts as he grabs Alexis.
"No! Let her go!" Varian shouts before the man opens the cell door.
"Oof!" Alexis says as she is thrown into the cell before it is closed.
"Looks like you'll have some company. Enjoy it while you can." The man say as he walks off.
"Okay ow. That did not end the way I thought it would." Alexis says as she stands up.
"Alexis what are you doing here?" Rapunzel asks.
"Following you. What else?" Alexis says before she looks at Varian and growls.
"Whoa! Alexis easy! Varian isn't gonna hurt us." Rapunzel says as she gets in front of Varian.
"Rapunzel you saw-" Alexis then gets cut off by Rapunzel.
"I know but I promise he's changed." Rapunzel says.
"He changed hmm? Yeah. I last remember me pleading for him to not do what he did and yet he kidnapped me alongside your mom then hit me with his robot." Alexis says angrily before Varian steps forward.
"I'm sorry. I know you probably don't trust me right now." Varian says.
"That's understatement." Alexis says annoyedly.
"Alexis please just listen to him." Rapunzel says as Alexis looks at her.
"Rapunzel I cared about him and he betrayed me on top of attacked me." Alexis says angrily.
"Look Alexis if we make it out of this alive you can hate me all you want afterwards but just know that I didn't once stop thinking about the time I spent with you. I really missed your company. You and Rapunzel were the ones I wanted to earn trust from the most. I made mistakes. Please just let me try and make up for them." Varian says as Alexis looks at him.
"I don't know Varian. I honestly don't. You lied to us before. I don't know trust right now is something I can give you. Not until you proof you can earn it back. Action speaks louder than words, inventions, and potions. You want me to believe you than act like it. Don't just say it." Alexis says.
"Trust me I will." Varian says.
"Okay this is very sweet but honestly I'm offended. I can't believe you were going to break into something and you didn't even ask me. It's kind of my thing." A voice says revealing to be Eugene as he unlocks the door.
"Thank goodness you're here!" Rapunzel says as she runs over and hugs Eugene.
"And where do you think you're going little man?" Lance asks as he stops Varian from leaving the cell.
"Guys we're going to have to trust him." Rapunzel says.
"After everything Hair Stripe here has done you're going to trust him?" Eugene asks.
"Yes. He's the one that made the formula that the Saporians are about to drop on Corona. We need him." Rapunzel says.
*Timeskip*
"There's enough Quirineon on that ship to destroy Corona ten times over." Varian says as the group watches from behind some crates as things are loaded onto a balloon ship.
"Can you do anything about it?" Alexis asks.
"If you can get me on that ship I think I can neutralize it." Varian says.
"Eugene I need you guys to free my parents." Rapunzel says as she sees her parents being taken away in a coach.
"You heard her boys. Let's go." Eugene says as everyone leaves but Alexis, Varian, and Rapunzel.
"We have got to get on that ship." Rapunzel says as the ship begins taking off.
"But how?" Alexis asks.
"I got an idea." Rapunzel says as she smiles.
"Why does that worry me?" Alexis asks before the group uses Rapunzel's hair to get onto the ship and stop a barrel from falling onto the kingdom before getting on board.
"Drop something?" Rapunzel asks as the crew sees the group.
"You!" The man shouts.
"Varian get your alchemy belt and neutralize the Quroneo-" Rapunzel then gets cut off by Varian.
"Uh Quirineon Rapunzel. Say it with me Quirin-" Varian then gets cut off by Alexis.
"No time Varian. Just move!" Alexis shouts as the group begins fighting with the crew.
"Bubbles?" Alexis asks as she stops seeing bubbles before seeing Varian is being held over the edge by one of the men.
"Traitors to Saporia pay with their lives." The man says.
"That's what you think!" Alexis shouts as she lunges at the man and tackles him causing him to drop Varian on the ship before Alexis knocks him over the edge with some of Varian's bombs.
"You saved me?" Varian asks.
"Course I did. Just because I don't quite trust you doesn't mean I don't still care about you." Alexis says as she looks at Varian.
"Wait so you like me again?" Varian asks.
"Didn't say that. Me liking you and caring about you are still different in my opinion at the moment." Alexis says.
"Didn't hear a no." Varian says happily.
"But didn't hear a yes either. Ah!" Alexis says as a woman tries to hit her with a sword only for Pascal to hit her and knock her out with the rest of the crew.
"Nice shot." Varian says as he frees Pascal from a bubble as Rapunzel comes over.
"Well that wasn't so hard." Rapunzel says.
"Oh we're not done yet. Time for Corona to go boom!" The man says as he throws bubble bombs at the other crew and slices the ropes to the balloon as he and his crew float away as the ship hangs by a few ropes.
"That single burner cannot generate enough heat to keep this ship in the air. If it crashes it will destroy all of Corona." Varian says.
"What if we use the Quirineon?" Rapunzel asks.
"Yes! Yes! Heating the Quirineon will increase the temperature enough for the balloons to rise. We just have to get it high enough so that when it explodes it doesn't destroy the city. You need to get off the ship. Rapunzel, Alexis I've gotta clean up my own mess." Varian says.
"No way! We can't leave you." Alexis says.
"No! You do not have a shield of magic hair that will protect you when this thing explodes." Rapunzel says
"What are you doing?" Varian says as Rapunzel wraps him and Alexis in her hair.
"It's your mess but it's my kingdom." Rapunzel says as she uses her hair to land Alexis and Varian safely on a roof.
"No! Rapunzel!" Varian shouts.
"Rapunzel! No!" Alexis shouts as she and Varian watch as the ship explodes before she hugs Varian crying.
"Alexis look!" Varian says as Alexis looks at the sky.
"She's okay." Alexis says happily as she and Varian see Rapunzel land safely in the distance.
*Timeskip*
"Once I start this incantation I won't be able to stop it. And it could seriously harm you, your father, and Alexis. So I'm trusting you to snap me out of it once your father is free." Rapunzel says as Varian is holding a bucket of water.
"You can trust me Rapunzel." Varian says as Rapunzel begins doing an incantation and changes her appearance in the process.
"It's working Varian." Alexis says as Rapunzel's dark hair is melting the amber.
"Dad!" Varian shouts happily.
"Varian!" Alexis says as the group tries to wake Rapunzel with the water with no luck.
"Wake up! Ahh! Rapunzel snap out of it!" Varian shouts as he touches Rapunzel only for his gloves to melt.
"Rapunzel?" Alexis asks fearfully.
"Rapunzel. Rapunzel? You didn't give up on me. I'm not giving up on you." Varian says as Rapunzel snaps out of it.
"You okay Rapunzel?" Alexis asks as Rapunzel nods.
"Thank you. Dad! Dad! You're alive!" Varian shouts as he runs over to his dad and reunites with him as Alexis smiles.
"Who is she? I know the princess but I do not know her." Varian's father says as he looks at Alexis.
"Dad I want you to meet Alexis. She's my friend. A very amazing friend. One I hope to never lose again." Varian says as Alexis comes over.
"And you won't." Alexis says as Varian smiles.
