Angel: I'd choose frooom...Cherami Leigh, Kelly Sheridan, or Kimberly Brooks for a voice actress for Harmony. I think I'd pick Kelly Sheridan (she voiced Sango in Inuyasha!). And for a singer...uh...either Natasha Bedingfield or maybe Angelica Hale XD
I suck at choices with this so much lol
And to be honest, I'm still trying to figure out exactly what to do with Varian for the second season. I have yet to seen Beyond the Corona Walls again ever since it aired, so first I need to watch it again, along with the other two specials. I just know that they will take me days to finish XD Writing Before Ever After alone took me almost two weeks...but I've finished the season finale! Now I gotta get through another special...someone just shoot me XD
Oh, and I found out something else too! According to the Rapunzel's World book, Varian's last name...
Is Ruddiger.
But then it was dismissed because apparently, whoever wrote that book had incorrect information, which I don't know how that's possible. I know that some fanfics give Varian's last name as such, but officially, he has no last name. Honestly, last names aren't brought up that often for the characters. We only know four people with last names, after all: Eugene, Lance, Feldspar, and Crowley. So glad that's not his actual name, because I would've laughed my butt off if they gave Varian's last name from his freaking raccoon XD
Wish we knew what happened to his mother, though...
It's dark as the lid to a box is being rubbed. "You're late," A deep voice growls as a woman approaches him. "Did you find it?"
"Remember lass...heed the warnings."
"Yeah, warnings," She takes the box, "Totally got it."
He grips her arm. "Pay heed! For once you open this box, your life will never be the same..."
"Sure thing. It's not for me, though," She walks off. "It's for someone very special," She smiles over her shoulder.
"Happy birthday, Mom," Rapunzel tells her mother as they're having breakfast together with Eugene and Lance.
She opens up the gift from Rapunzel to see a golden small telescope. "Oh, a telescope!"
"Yeah, we can use it to watch all the falling stars during the Empyrean Shower tonight!"
"Oh, such a good idea, dear! Thank you," She smiles at Rapunzel happily.
Harmony stands up as she sees someone in the distance. "Wait right here, Mom. Vari's coming with your gift! But don't look."
"Alright, sweetheart," She smiles a little as the princess runs up to Varian, hugging him.
"Hi," He smiles bashfully, hugging her waist. She smiles back in the same manner since they're in public. "How's your day been?"
"Better now," She giggles a bit.
"Same here..." He glances at the onlookers and then to her. They could both mutually agree that they could kiss each other later, mostly because of Rapunzel and the others. So he settles for the top of her head, planting a kiss there.
"Oh," She laughs up at him. "Do you have it?"
"I have it," He chuckles a little, putting it into her hands.
"Great," She takes it from him and slides to a stop next to her mother. "Alright...open your eyes."
Arianna opens her eyes to see a custom-made bow and quiver. "My very own archery set?" She gasps a bit. She can see the tips of the arrows all engraved with her initial.
"You always said you wanted me to re-teach you," Harmony smiles a bit. "I thought maybe you could have your own bow to practice with."
"Thank you, Harmony, I love it," Arianna smiles happily at her daughters. "Both of your gifts."
"Happy birthday, your highness," Varian bows to her.
"Please, join us, Varian. It'd be an honor," Arianna gestures to the table.
"W-Wow!" He stammers in surprise. "Thank you," He takes a seat next to the king, Harmony sitting across her sister.
Lance laughs as he holds out a box. "Open mine next, Ms. Queen!"
"Lance," She takes it into her hands. "You didn't need to get me a-" She opens it up, seeing a fly get away. Lance had given her his tent, but his name is crossed out in favor of hers. "Tent...thank you so much."
"It's for camping! Queens go camping, right?"
"Not usually," She gives him a small smile, though she didn't want to accept it.
Lance gasps suddenly, "Hey, speaking of camping, Eugene and I are making a whole night out of watching the shower. We're actually gonna camp out overnight. It's kind of a tradition." He places his arms behind his head. "Hey...think I could borrow your tent?"
Eugene clears his throat, standing up. "Lance...it's time we have a discussion about royal appropriate conversation," He guides his friend away, who's smiling the whole time. Harmony rolls her eyes at him. Way for Lance to be inappropriate.
"And we better pack for our big night at Mount Saison. Right Mom? Come on, guys."
The three stand up, the princesses kissing their mother on the cheeks and hugging their father. "It was nice joining you," Varian waves to them as Harmony takes his hand, following after Rapunzel.
"They're certainly excited for your trip," Frederic smiles after the two girls.
"Not as much as I am. My first birthday with both of my daughters, and it just happens to coincide with a star shower that only comes once every nine years? It's too perfect," Arianna grins happily, taking her tea into her hands. "But mostly, this is our first trip together. Everything's been so hectic since Rapunzel's come back, and I'm looking forward to some nice, quiet, mother/daughters time..."
"Where's the birthday girl?!" A loud voice booms, causing Arianna to spill some of her tea.
A woman who looks a lot like Arianna is standing in the hall, but has a more colorful, chaotic, and non-royal look to her appearance to coincide with her much more adventurous and suppressible spirit. She has long messy brown hair tied in pigtails with different colored hairbands. She has one pigtail behind her left shoulder and the other in front of her right. She has dark green eyes like her sister, and wears aqua color eye shadow. She wears a puffy sleeve yellow top with an orange corset, and knee length pants. She wears numerous bracelets on both her arms and on her right ankle. Around her neck are two necklaces, one with four blue dangling pearls and an emerald gem in the middle. She travels barefooted, much like her adventurous nieces, and carries a blue handbag.
"Ah...Nigel," She examines his suit. "Looking good as always." She notices Stan. "See, Stan? I told you a mustache would look killer on you." She gasps upon seeing Friedborg. "Friedborg! Radiant as always. I hope you haven't been boring everyone with those crazy stories about all the trouble you and me used to get into."
Arianna stares at the woman in shock. This was her sister Willow, who she hasn't seen since her youngest daughter was 8.
"Ah, she's such a chatterbox..." She squeals upon seeing her sister, giving a bear hug and spinning her around. "There's my older sister!"
"Oh, Willow, I had no idea you were coming," Arianna says in a strained way from the hug.
"And miss your birthday?" She releases the queen.
"Well, you have missed the last 6, but who's counting?"
"Huh...has it really been that many?" She then notices Frederic. "Big Fred!" She hugs him, squeezing him a bit. "You always gave the best bear hugs."
Even though he's not even hugging her...
"Willow!" He chuckles at her, feeling a bit of pain. "What a delightful surprise."
Arianna couldn't help but feel a little bothered by Willow's sudden presence. "Uhh...your majesty," She laughs a bit. "W-What gives? It's the queen's birthday. These folks should have the day off to celebrate!"
"...I suppose there is cause to roister."
"Really, Fred," Arianna whispers to him. "There's no need to shut the whole kingdom down-"
"Did you hear that, everyone? You get the rest of the day off!"
All the staff cheer, running off to go enjoy their day. "Ari," Willow holds up the box she got. "I got you something very special."
"Oh Wilhelmina," Arianna smiles up at her. "You shouldn't have-" She opens it and exclaims in surprise as she sees a tiny creature holding a rattle in its tiny hands. Arianna catches it and cringes. "Uh...it's...uh..."
"It's an UUmlaut," Willow explains to her sister. "And she's extremely rare. I found her on my travels through the Neserdian Empire."
The creature starts shaking the rattle in its hands. "And what's this?" She raises a brow in confusion.
"Her rattle. Oh, the guy who sold it to me said to make sure that she has it on her at all times. I don't know. Must be a comfort thing."
The Uumlaut coos, jumping onto the queen's shoulders. "Well, this is very..." It suddenly drops a hairball on her hand. "Oh...thoughtful..." She finishes in disgust.
"Now..." Willow glances at a picture of the family. Rapunzel has her long hair into a braid while wearing her tiara as she sits between her parents, Harmony wearing hers as she stands in front of her father with a smile. "Where's my long-lost niece and my other niece?"
"You never wear shoes either?" Rapunzel asks in surprise as they show their bare feet to each other.
"I've always said how can you know where you stand in the world if you can't feel the ground beneath your feet?"
Rapunzel smiles happily as Harmony knocks on the open door lightly. "Hey, Punzie, Mom told me to come over, said I needed to see som-"
"My little Harmi!" Willow gasps, pulling her into a hug.
"A-Aunt Willow?!" Harmony blinks in shock, Varian leaning against the wall next to her. "I haven't seen you since I was 8! What are you doing here?"
"I'm here for Ari's birthday! But I also did want to see my nieces! And wow..." Willow examines the girl. The last time she saw her, she had her hair in a bun, didn't have the bangs she does now, and she was definitely not barefoot. "You've changed a lot since then! I love it."
Daisy flies around the woman, the woman holding up her finger. "And who's this?"
"This is Daisy. She's been there for me through being stuck in the castle for so long."
"Well, it's definitely incredible to meet you," Willow smiles, nuzzling Daisy's head with her finger.
"I've definitely changed. It's all thanks to Rapunzel," Harmony smiles at her sister. "Oh! Varian, this is my Aunt Willow. Aunt Willow, this is Varian."
"It's nice to meet you," Varian holds out his hand, but Willow hugs him instead.
"Any friend of Harmi's is a friend of mine!"
"That's...great," He wheezes a bit and she releases him.
"Are you still doing archery?"
"Yeah!" Harmony beams a little. "I practice whenever I can. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't even be so good."
"Wait," Varian chuckles, glancing between the two. "She's the reason why you're good at archery?"
"Gave me my first bow and arrow," Harmony smiles proudly, hands on her hips.
"And it took a lot of convincing," Willow nods at them. "She used to be like Ari! Not that I don't love her. But now I can see that she's taken my spirit!"
"Huh. Complete 180," Varian murmurs to himself. Harmony used to be like her mother, but now she's gotten to be like her aunt and her sister. And both sisters are the same with being adventurous, even though Harmony is younger like Willow is with Arianna.
"Oh! I almost forgot. Here, since I missed your birthday," Willow pulls out a journal, giving it to Harmony. "My whole list of ideas. Maybe there's something in there you'll love to invent."
"Wow! I've wanted this since I was 5! Thank you, Aunt Willow."
"Punzel..." Willow notices the mural on Rapunzel's wall. Arianna follows close behind. "These are ah-mazing~!"
"Aw, thanks Aunt Willow."
"And..." Willow gasps, seeing Harmony's intricate system for peeling apples. "Oh, I have to have one of these, Harmi."
"Thank you. It's my latest design," She smiles, gesturing to the machine.
"Yes. Rapunzel is quite the artist, and Harmony quite the inventor. Harmony does some painting as well," Arianna smiles a little.
"Obviously, Ari," Willow looks up to the painting of Pascal. "I mean, this one says so much..."
Pascal turns pink bashfully. "Sometimes when I paint, I tell myself I'm not painting a picture, I am-"
"Painting a story!" The three say in unison.
"Right?!"
"Oh my god, yes!"
"I paint too," Willow gestures to herself. "And sometimes I invent ways to help me travel."
"Well, that's funny," Arianna chuckles a bit, looking between the three.
"You do?"
"You three have so much in-"
"You know what my favorite thing to paint is?"
"If you say dreams right now-"
"I was totally gonna say dreams!"
Varian couldn't help but notice Arianna's deep frown as the two look on during the whole conversation. The Uumlaut rings its rattle from her shoulders. "Umm, your highness? Are you okay?"
She clears her throat, smiling a bit. "I'm fine, Varian. If you'll excuse me," She leaves the room.
It's still ringing as she sits at her vanity. "I'm not angry..." She takes a scroll, squeezing it tightly. "I'm irritated." She turns around to Frederic. "I love Willow. She's fun, she's silly. She's really outgoing. But she can also be loud, inconsiderate, and a little-"
She had accidentally placed the Uumlaut in the bag, and it squeaks loudly. Arianna opens the bag and offers her arm, the creature jumping back up to her shoulder.
"Obnoxious..." She gets back onto her feet. "I just wish I knew she was coming. I-I could have mentally prepared," She walks up to the portrait of her and Frederic with baby Rapunzel, looking to the one next to it of the two with baby Harmony. "At least I'll get a little break from her tonight...Willow will just have to understand that my daughters and I made these plans to watch the Empyrean Shower together a long time ago."
Frederic places his hands on her shoulders, causing the queen to smile up at him. He smiles back, looking back to the portraits.
"Besides, she won't even know we're going, unless-"
Rapunzel and Harmony burst into the room. "Mom! Guess who wants to come to Mount Saison with us?" They gesture to Willow, who appears in the doorway with a wink and thumbs up. Arianna gives a look of horror, the Uumlaut ringing the rattle again. She grits her teeth in annoyance.
She loves her sister, but sometimes she can make her really angry...
"Bye Vari," Harmony hugs the alchemist, kissing his cheek.
"I'll see you later, Mona. Though...I think you should talk to your mom." She pulls back, giving a look of confusion. "She didn't look too happy while you and Rapunzel were talking to your aunt."
"I'll try my best," She sighs, glancing over her shoulder. "It's just been so long since I've seen Aunt Willow...I almost thought she wouldn't remember me," She chuckles a little, giving him one final wave before following after the three.
The four walk down the path that'll lead them to Mount Saison. Arianna looks over the map, putting it down to see the mountain not too far away from them.
"So the best place to visit the shower is the southern ridge at the peak of Mount Saison," She tells Harmony and Rapunzel.
"Then the southern ridge it is!"
Willow's playing with the Uumlaut. "Who's a good Uumlaut? Who's a good Uumlaut?"
Arianna silently rolls her eyes. "I thought we'd take this trail. Girls, oh my goodness, the view is breathtaking!"
"I can't wait, Mom!" Harmony clasps her hands together. She was only 5 when the last one occurred, and there was no way her father would've let her go back then. So she was only allowed to see it from the barred window, but it wasn't ideal as it was so far away. So this would be the first official time that she'll get to see it.
"Who's fancy? You're so fancy!" Willow continues playing with the creature.
"Now, I timed it out so we should-"
"I love you! Yes, I do!"
She grits her teeth a little. "Get there just before the shower begins." She squeezes her eyes shut at the cooing, looking over her shoulder. "Willow!" She sighs at her tone, placing a hand on her forehead. "Are you ready to go?"
"Always. Uh, Ari...look who you left behind," She holds out the Uumlaut. "Our little Uummy-wummy peanut!" She hands it back to Arianna, where the Uumlaut rings the rattle.
"Thank you, Wlllow..." The queen glances at the creature. "I almost forgot..."
"Oh my gosh! I didn't realize we were so close!" Willow looks at the map with a smile.
"To where?"
"One of my favorite places in the world!" She cheers, running off. Arianna slowly follows after them, gritting her teeth at the ringing.
"You okay, Mom?" Harmony asks her in concern.
"I'm just fine, sweetie," Arianna hides her frustration with a small smile. "No need to worry about me."
She couldn't help but feel like her mother was lying, though, just to save face and allow the two girls to enjoy it...
Frederic looks at an empty dark hall, sighing slowly. He walks through the hall of rooms, stopping at Eugene's.
"Pascal, you're gonna love this camping trip with the guys!" Lance is laying down on the bed, Varian checking his things. Ruddiger is on his shoulder, looking into the bag.
"The Empyrean Shower is gonna be scientifically astounding, you guys!" He smiles up at them. "I've waited a long time to see them."
"Yup," Eugene tosses away a blanket. "It's gonna be just like old times."
"Out in the woods. No need to worry about rules, manners, or anything!" Lance smiles happily as Pascal crawls up the headboard.
"I'm sorry, were those concerns of yours before?" Eugene replies sarcastically, Lance and Varian laughing. They both stop when they see Frederic coming into the room.
"Oh! Your majesty!"
"Uh, hello, your majesty," Eugene greets nervously, wondering just how much he heard. Varian bows to him, smiling sheepishly.
"Ah, getting ready for the big trip, I see," He sees all the camping supplies and bags.
"Yeah! Seeing the Empyrean Showers. It's just this little thing we do. We decided to invite Varian and Pascal with us."
"Yeah! My dad already gave me permission," Varian smiles, going back to his packing.
"Little thing?!" Lance laughs at Eugene's wording over the tradition. He stands up and wraps an arm around Frederic. "It marks the first job we ever pulled as kids, your majestic one. You know how easy it is to pick someone's pocket when their eyes are on the sky?"
"Lance!" Eugene hisses at him. "Remember our discussion about king-appropriate stories?" He pulls Lance's arm off him.
"Looks like fun," Frederic picks up Pascal in his hand, putting him on his shoulder. "A lot of fun...yup." he sighs sadly. Everyone has their own thing to do today, what with the staff having the day off and the girls already having left for their trip. Leaving him all alone...on his own... "Everyone's having fun..."
"Hey! How 'bout you come with us?"
"What, me?" Frederic grins at the offer, Eugene shaking his head behind the man. "No, no, no, no." The former thief gives two thumbs up, Varian glancing at them over his shoulder. "I mean...well sure, I could use the fresh air. I'll get my things!"
Eugene crosses his arms once the king has left, glaring at his friend. "What? I thought you liked the king."
"Oh, I love the king, Lance. He's the king, and if I'm lucky, my future father-in-law, so if he's coming with us, we have to be on our best behavior. And by we, I mean you. And by our best behavior, I mean your best behavior because you cannot be a total slob in front of the king! That means you too, Varian. No experiments in front of him."
"Oh, trust me, Mona gave me that warning already," Varian waves it off. "Relax! I can behave. And besides...I can get to know him better," He smiles a little.
"Relax, buddy," Lance throws his finished chicken leg over his shoulder. "King or no king, it'll just be a bunch of guys camping, but if it makes you feel better, I'll be a paragon of eti-" He lets out a burp. "Quette."
"I'm sure you will," Eugene deadpans at him.
"So, I looked at Arianna, and said to the guy, 'You keep the monkey, I'll keep the fez'!" Willow is telling the thugs at the Snuggly Duckling stories, and they all laugh...well, everyone except for Arianna. She just stares at them blankly. "But the most ridiculous thing that ever happened to Ari and me?"
"Ooh! Ari," Hook Foot glances at the queen, who bites her lip, knowing exactly what Willow's talking about.
"When we were kids, I had this idea for this giant cape slash kite, I could use to fly. Harmi, you should build this someday."
"Oh, Willow!" Arianna steps up. "We should probably be on our way."
"I was 98 percent sure it was gonna work!" Willow ignores her sister, continuing the story.
"What about the other 4 percent?" Attila asks curiously and Harmony facepalms at him. She would correct him, but she won't bother. It's just like him with confusing letters.
"That's what big sisters are for. Am I right?" She chuckles a little. "Back then, I called her Dare-ianna. Because she was so eager to impress, she'd do anything I dared! Long story short. Dare-ianna tried it...but crashed into our dad's carriage!"
The pub thugs laugh as Harmony winces a little, glancing up at her mother. "So much for my cape kite."
"Ha ha ha. Just another one of Willow's hare-brained failures, huh?" Everything stops as she looks to see everyone staring at her.
"Awkward..." Shorty sings a little. Willow looks a little upset for the remark while the Uumlaut rings the rattle, the attempt at breaking the tense silence futile. Willow just stares at her older sister, looking a bit annoyed now.
She didn't mean to say it. She's just...really unhappy that Willow barged in on her day with Harmony and Rapunzel.
"Uhh, we should get going. We don't wanna miss that shower," Rapunzel walks off with Harmony.
"Bye, Dare-ianna!" Hook Foot calls out as the others wave to her. She looks up towards the ceiling, silently wishing for this day to end as she walks away.
"We'll see ya!"
It's now night time as they're just about to reach the southern side as Arianna looks up towards her daughters with Willow.
"I mean, don't get me wrong. I love Corona."
"What's not to love?" Rapunzel smiles a little, cringing as she remembers Harmony had been stuck there for 14 years. "Ooh, sorry sis. I didn't mean...I..."
"Hey, I'm fine, sis," Harmony smirks a bit towards her way. "I mean, I did sneak out a few times here and there...no offense taken."
"It's just once you've seen so much of the world, it's hard to settle down in a place like this. It's too...not fun," She leans in towards the two. "I don't see how anyone could."
"Okay!" Arianna pushes the two apart, pulling Harmony to stand next to Rapunzel. "We're coming up on the southern ridge."
"Woohoo!" Rapunzel and Harmony both cheer. "The Empyrean Shower, here we come!"
"We're gonna go scope out a good spot!" The blonde runs off with her sister. Arianna sees their happy smiles as the two look towards each other. She and Willow used to be like that...until it all went sour with her recent visit.
"Southern ridge, huh?" Willow replies slyly.
"Yes," Arianna narrows her eyes, clenching her fists. "Why?"
"Well, if you really want them to see the shower, you ougta go-"
"I oughta do what, Wilhelmina?!" Arianna suddenly exclaims. She thought she'd be able to keep her feelings in for the sake of her children, but she could no longer help herself. Willow turns to her in confusion. "Please...enlighten us. How can we best view the shower? Should we travel to the Mystic Cliffs of Gushombai?!"
"Ari..." She starts off slowly. "Is something wrong?"
"You know what? Yes! As a matter of fact, something is wrong, Willow. You roll in like a cyclone, appropriate my birthday. You embarrassed me in front of my family and subjects." The Uumlaut rings the rattle again, causing her to groan in frustration. "And give me this...Oo-Uumm-"
"It's an Uumlaut," Willow corrects her.
Arianna growls at her sister, the ringing coming to a stop. "And I thought you'd like it."
"No! No no, no you didn't, Willow! You just like what giving me a cute, little exotic thing in front of everybody says about you! Did it ever occur to you that maybe a pet isn't the best gift?"
"I found a great spot!" The princesses come back, only to see the argument.
"I'm guessing not, because not only would that take forethought and restraint, but it would also require a grasp of what having an actual responsibility means! ...I need a minute," She leaves them there as she goes in the opposite direction.
Harmony stares after her sadly. She knew that something was wrong, and her mother tried to hide it as best as she can...only for it to take a toll on her...
"...Umm, let's hope Lance, Eugene, and Varian are having more fun..." Rapunzel smiles weakly.
"Pork chop?" Lance offers the king, but it looks moldy. "I kept it warm in my boot."
Eugene crawls over to him, holding his foot. "Lance, I thought we agreed that because we were in front of certain company that we were going to be on our, I mean your, best behavior?"
"Uh, what do you mean?" Lance wonders cluelessly, taking a bite out of the pork chop...which starts to catch flies.
"Excellent question. Just remember, before you say or do anything, take a second and ask yourself, 'Is what I'm about to do or say inappropriate'?"
He finishes his bite. "I'm on it," He winks at his friend, but it does nothing to assure him in the slightest. Eugene gives him one last warning look.
"So, everything is going well in Old Corona? I haven't seen your father for a while."
"Oh, he's fine, your highness!" Varian smiles at him. "Thanks for asking."
Lance clears his throat, getting their attention. "So, your majesty, let me ask you, how much does a king pull down a year? After taxes."
Eugene yells, tackling him onto the tent. He starts beating him up for his stupidity, Varian cringing towards them. Frederic just takes a bite out of his sausage while Ruddiger and Pascal play cards. The two fall into a bush as Varian offers the two a sausage, the two knocking down the tent.
"See what you did to the queen's tent?"
Eugene yells again, continuing his assault. Varian just sighs at them.
The Uumlaut looks up at the queen as she sits on the path by herself. The other three have reached the top, looking up towards the sky. Rapunzel and Harmony glance back at the path in worry for their mother. They both sigh in unison.
"I'm sorry, Aunt Willow, but I really think we should go talk to our mom..." Rapunzel speaks up as they get onto their feet.
"You heard her, Punzel, Harmi. She needs a minute. Trust me, she'll be fine," Willow waves it off. "Don't let it ruin our night."
"But it's not...our night," Rapunzel looks away.
"Aunt Willow...no matter what, it's still her birthday. And she really wanted to see it..." Harmony tells her as she follows after her sister. Aunt Willow looks up and sighs, thinking about how angry Arianna was to her...
"Girls, wait," She runs up to them, placing her hand on their shoulders. Suddenly a star passes by and they look up at the sky as the shower is starting.
Arianna doesn't see it as her back is turned to the sky. The Uumlaut purrs up at her and she lets out a deep sigh. "You're right, little guy. This is silly. We can still salvage the night..." She gets onto her feet, turning around and seeing the sight.
Then she notices Aunt Willow wrapping her arms around the girls, frowning and sitting back down. That was supposed to be her moment with her daughters...She tries not to cry as the Uumlaut rings the rattle again. "Ugh! Would you give it a rest?!" She takes the thing and throws it away. It rolls down the stairs and out of sight onto a tree branch. Arianna hugs herself, not noticing the upset creature. She starts to twitch, growing angry.
"Mom!" Harmony and Rapunzel rush down the steps, followed by Willow. "We're so sorry you missed the shower!"
"And I'm sorry I didn't ask you further about how you felt," Harmony hugs her, the queen returning it numbly.
"And me too. If it's any consolation, Ari, you were right about the southern ridge. It was beautiful!"
She glares up at her, remembering the moment she shared with them. "Rapunzel, Harmony, can I please have a moment alone with my sister?"
Rapunzel takes Harmony's hand and walks off with her, looking at them over her shoulder with concern. Willow notices Arianna's face, and that it's still not happy.
"I said sorry. What else do you want?" She rolls her eyes.
"Willow, our whole lives, you've done whatever you could to show me up, and honestly...I've come to accept that. But you know what?! Not when it comes to my daughters!"
The two overhear this and step down further, feeling a bit guilty themselves. As they walk down further, they notice the Uumlaut all by itself, shaking.
Willow at this point is turned away, arms crossed with a scrunched up nose. "Tonight was supposed to be special!"
"Uh, it was special," Willow points out. "I'm not the one who stormed off seconds before the shower."
"I didn't storm off, Wilhemina!"
"What's wrong?" Rapunzel bends down to the creature. "Where's your rattle?"
The Uumlaut growls, turning to them while still shaking. "Uh oh," Harmony's eyes widen. "Ahh, Rapunzel, you might wanna stand back."
"Why?"
"I read about this. When an Uumlaut loses their rattle, it'll-"
The first Uumlaut pops out a second one. "Oh," Rapunzel recoils back at the sight. "I see what you mean..." They both step back a bit.
"I had a specific plan for tonight!" Arianna glares at her.
"Of course you did!" Willow whips around in annoyance, "You've got a plan for everything! You know, you think just because you've always got it so together, that everyone has to do whatever you say!"
The Uumlauts keep multiplying.
"First of all, I never tell you what to do, and even if I did, you'd ignore it and do whatever you feel like anyway!"
More and more arrive, the two princesses running back up the stairs.
"You don't think I would love to have that kind of freedom?" Arianna spits to her sister.
"Mom? Uh, Aunt Willow?" The two girls call out.
"What?!" They turn to the two in annoyance, seeing them arrive.
"We have a problem!" Rapunzel looks over her shoulder and they see a whole stampede of Uumlauts, which are multiplying more and more.
"Willow, what's happening?" Arianna looks at them nervously.
"I can answer that," Harmony nervously holds up a finger. "If Uumlauts don't have their rattles, then they continually reproduce by the mouth with no saliva. And without the rattle, there's no other way to stop them..."
"You know what? I'm gonna take the blame on this one," Willow raises a hand.
"I'm the one that threw the rattle. I can't let you take all the blame..." Arianna says sadly.
"Oh thank goodness! You wanna split it? 50-50? 60-40? Like you said, you threw the rattle."
"Not the time," Harmony replies quickly as she points to the creatures still duplicating.
"We have to get her rattle back to her," Arianna looks at the others.
"Where is it?"
Rapunzel pulls out the telescope she gave her mother and uses it. "I see it!"
"Great! Can we get it?" Willow asks her.
"Shouldn't be a problem," Rapunzel smirks a little.
They can see the rattle down below as Willow tries to reach for it. "Are you sure this doesn't hurt?" She looks up at Rapunzel, who's holding her by the hair, fastened to a tree.
"I'm okay! I'm okay, just hurry!" She calls out as Arianna and Harmony are holding onto her. In the distance, she sees a light in the middle of the dark forest. "Eugene, Varian, and Lance are down there!"
"Wow!" Willow looks around as she's right above the rattle. "The view from here is amazing! It reminds me of the Mystic Cliffs of Gushombai! Just not as-"
"WILLOW!" Arianna shouts at the top of her lungs.
"Oh, right, the rattle." She manages to take it. "Got it!"
Once she has the rattle, they jump over a small hole, running over to the mass of Uumlauts, which are running down the path. Arianna looks at her daughters, all three of them smiling at each other. She holds up the rattle and rings it, but it's not loud enough for them to hear. She cringes nervously as she tries again, but it does nothing.
"It's not working!"
"They can't hear it from here," Harmony looks to her mother in worry.
"We have a Plan B...right?" Rapunzel glances to all of them.
Varian has just finished fixing up the tent with Ruddiger's help. The others are sitting around saying nothing as an Uumlaut appears behind Lance. He yelps in surprise before smiling down at it. "Well hello there, look at you! Little cute-"
It suddenly goes crazy and he exclaims in fear. Then it turns into a scream as trees get knocked down up ahead by all of the Uumlauts. He lets out another girly scream as the others stand up, backing away in shock.
"Your majesty, come on!" Eugene leads him away.
"Uumlauts!" Varian exclaims as he snatches the raccoon and follows after the two. "The original must not have her rattle."
Lance yelps as he jumps away, running down the path. The Uumlauts are merely specks now as they're still multiplying. "Eugene, I want you to know, I will stop being so over-whelmingly ill-mannered."
"No, no!" Eugene looks at him. "I need to yell at you less when you think you're being endearing!"
"And I will try not to be upset with you, when you were yelling at me for thinking I'm being endearing!"
Frederic glances at Pascal, Varian, and Ruddiger. "This trip was a mistake," He says quickly. "This way!" he takes the lead, jumping up to a rock and climbing up it. "Quickly, up here!" The king loses his grip a little, the three looking back as they stampede closer. They rush to the rock, helping up Frederic when they get to the top. The Uumlauts jump past them, leaving behind the tent...
"Yeah. I think this is the worst camping trip ever."
"Eugene!" Rapunzel comes out of hiding from a bush at the top. "Thank goodness you're okay!" She hugs him tightly.
"Arianna, what is going on?" Frederic asks the queen.
"Mona!" Varian rushes forward and they hug as well. "Are you okay?"
"Me, what about you? I wasn't just chased by a bunch of Uumlauts," She looks up at him.
"I'm fine," He closes his eyes, hugging her close to his chest.
"The Uumlaut! I took her rattle away," Arianna glances to her left.
"Mom, uh, we might not have time for explanations right now," Rapunzel steps forward and they all see that they're heading towards Corona!
"Oh no...if they get to Corona, they could destroy everything!" Varian points forward. "Within minutes at the rate they're exponentially multiplying!"
"So what do we do? We tried to give her the rattle back," Willow speaks up.
"No, we tried to give her copy the rattle back," Rapunzel looks up at her. "Guys?" She turns to Harmony and Varian.
"We need to give the original the rattle back. The one that Mom had all day," She gestures to her mother.
"Once it has the rattle back, she'll swallow the duplicates up back into a hammerspace belly until the original remains," Varian explains to them.
"How are we gonna find that cute, fuzzy little thing? It could be anywhere!" Lance whimpers from behind.
"Well, you'd have to somehow get above them to find the original. And trust me, she'll stand out," Harmony looks back to the horde. Arianna takes one look at her sister, turning away and crossing her arms. Varian notices this and leans in towards Harmony.
"Talking didn't work?"
"Nope," She shakes her head slowly.
"Come on, guys. There's gotta be something we can do!" Rapunzel pleads with them.
"Actually..." Arianna notices something on the ground: the damaged tent. "There might be...hand me that rope. We don't have much time."
Together, they all rip up the tent, gather sticks, and roll around the rope. Arianna and Willow glare at each other, the boys tying up sticks together. The girls sew it up, and together, they've made Willow's cape-kite.
"I don't know what this is...but I know I'm not getting on it," Lance rubs the top of his head.
"Call it a wind-glider, if you will," Harmony gestures to it. "Only two people can fit, though."
Arianna holds up the rattle, shaking it a little. "I just hope we can get her to hear it..."
"Here," Rapunzel hands her the telescope. "Harmi and I made this." Arianna places the rattle at the end, amplifying the sound of the object.
"That'll work!"
"Heh...we owe you one birthday gift."
"Or two," Harmony hands her a crossbow with some sap on the arrow. "I modified it so that you can catch that Uumlaut...but you only get one shot."
Arianna smiles at the two, before giving a determined look. "Okay Willow..." She walks up to her sister. "It's a two-person job. One to steer, and one to shake," She holds up the telescope.
"You'd better let me do the flying this time," She smirks teasingly.
The two walk up to the top of the cliff, wearing the cape-kite. The others help them hold it up. "You ready?" Willow looks over her shoulder.
"Let's go," Arianna smirks back. They let go and start to walk. The princesses give their father some comfort, the family members smiling at them. The two start running and when they reach the edge, they jump off, flying into the air.
The boys cheer at them. "It really works!" Harmony smiles up at the sky.
Willow manages to steer perfectly as Arianna looks over the edge. "Oh come on, where are you?"
"There!" Her sister points up ahead, both of them noticing the large army. Arianna holds up the telescope, ringing the rattle. The original jumps up and down into the air as the others come to a stop.
"There she is! Take us in low!"
Willow does so, getting closer. "Okay sis...now it's all on you. No pressure."
"Thanks," She smiles, aiming the crossbow. Firing it, she catches the original Uumlaut, the arrow sliding back to bring her over. Arianna hands her the rattle, Willow flying away.
"Did she catch it?" Rapunzel wonders as they saw the drop-off. The two look over their shoulders to see her still holding it. The six all cheer for them.
"Nice one, Dare-ianna!" Willow grins a little as they head back to the others. "Would you look at that?"
Just like Varian said, the original sucks up all the duplicates, leaving only one. She shakes her rattle and Willow turns back around, Arianna catching her. They fly towards the sunset.
The next day, the bell rings in the kingdom, and it's time for Willow to leave. "Bye Aunt Willow," The two princesses hug her. "Please come back soon."
"It was...nice meeting you, Willow," Varian offers her his hand to shake, but she pulls him into another bear hug. "Or, you know, hugging works too!"
She releases him and chuckles towards her sister. "That was one heck of a plan, Dare-ianna."
"It wouldn't have worked without your hare-brained cape-kite," She smiles, stepping forward. The two hold each other's shoulders, smiling as they touch foreheads.
"Love you, sis."
"I love you too."
Varian and Harmony smile at the moment. The Uumlaut shakes her rattle. "Goodbye, my fancy pants," Arianna nuzzles her cheek with her finger.
Willow gets onto her horse. "Now off to explore new lands, tackle new adventures, and see new sights! And then, maybe I'll have a little lunch. Ta ta for now!" The horse stands up on its hind legs, taking off with the woman.
"I'm sorry your birthday didn't happen the way you wanted it too..." Rapunzel tells her mother.
"Yeah, and I'm sorry for not talking to you further about it..." Harmony rubs the back of her neck.
"Well, when am I ever gonna get a chance to fly a cape-kite again?"
"Which, was awesome, by the way," Varian smiles up at her.
"Willow can be a bit of a handful..." Rapunzel takes her mother's hand, Harmony doing the same. "But it was really nice to get to know Dare-ianna."
"I think I'll miss her," Harmony smirks a little.
Arianna smiles warmly. "You just might see her again..."
"And who knows? Maybe Willow will change. I mean, she did promise to take care of that Uumlaut."
They stop walking, eyes widening as they hear the ringing of the rattle. Looking at the ground, they see the very creature in front of them, which spits up a hairball on the ground.
"WILLOW!" The three call out and Harmony rushes towards the stable.
"Don't worry, I'll bring it back to her! Dang it, Aunt Willow! You did this last time with that goat Milton!"