Angel: Wow, didn't think I'd get two reviews about Varian's mother's name XD Just so you guys know, I did not make up that name. That name was from the wiki of the show before they took it off for some reason. Maybe they just decided to leave it off, but I saw her name from that page probably about two months ago. And so I just decided to leave it as Scarlett instead of coming up like a different one. But shout out to anyone else named Scarlett or who remembered that her name is Scarlett XD
Just for guests to know, I allow votes for my poll on reviews XD So far I only have ten votes. Rise of the Guardians is in the lead!
This episode is one of the reasons why I didn't give Harmony the moonstone. No need to tell you the details. Just read XD
"Alright Eugene," Rapunzel and Harmony meet him in front of a hallway in the guards' area. "Agenda us." Lance and Varian join their side.
"Okie dokie, we're gonna start off with what promises to be tons of fun. The Semi-Annual Wheat Crop Report."
Rapunzel holds up a paper. "Already reviewed. And I know you were kidding, but believe it or not, it was fun."
"Varian was a big help too," Harmony smiles sweetly at her boyfriend and he returns the sentiment.
"Next, you've gotta approve the design for the castle's new footbridge."
"Did it this morning," Rapunzel hands him a scroll. "And while I was at it, I designed a few more footbridges, or would it be feetbridge...?"
"Footbridges, definitely. And I also approved the design for a new library," Harmony smiles, and they hear the shocked noises of Eugene.
"What? I'm used to getting a lot done by 7:15," Rapunzel explains to the former thief.
"And I have a lot of experience since...well, you know," Harmony shrugs lightly.
"How about breakfast?" Lance smiles as he sees a maid walking past with a plate of croissants.
"Breakfast? I eat motivation for breakfast." She smirks and Pascal gets a croissant for her. "Well, and cherry croissants. Thanks Pascal."
"I prefer a nice apple," Varian replies as he holds one out to Harmony. She takes it into her hands and has a bite.
"Being a crown princess gives me a lot of multi-tasking during the day," She muffles from the bite.
"You know, I gotta say, girls, even I-" Eugene screams at the punching dummy with his face painted onto it.
"Cass' sparring dummy?" Rapunzel eyes it closely.
"Oh, that's rich. Cass isn't even here and she still finds a way to annoy me," Eugene deadpans, the three looking up ahead to see all of Cass' things in the hall in front of them.
"Mrs. Crowley, what are you doing with Cassandra's things?" Rapunzel asks defensively.
"Meh. She's gone, so now it's junk," She takes a guard's helmet in her hand.
"Now, just a minute. I have faith that Cass will return, so...kindly put her things back where you found them."
"Sure. While I'm at it, are there any beds you want me to unmake? Or trash that needs to be brought back in, your highness?" She replies sarcastically.
"No, no, I guess I'll just do it..." The blonde pouts in defeat, realizing how much time the woman must've spent taking it out of the room.
"Help yourself," She hands Rapunzel the helmet. "I'm on my break. The rest of her stuff is in the storage vault."
The acting queen frowns at the helmet in her hands.
In the storage room, Rapunzel tosses a book to Lance, and then a few other things which he thankfully catches.
"Cass' stuff has gotta be here somewhere...aha!" She steps forward and moves away a frame that has the Corona symbol. A weird hourglass with two different colors of sand is touched, and it glows for a brief few moments.
Rapunzel opens up the chest and sighs. "It's Cass' things, alright...Look, her shield, her mace...oh, her lucky halberd head."
"Look, I know you love Cass, and I can totally understand why you'd want her back in your life. But don't forget that she betrayed you and Brownie," Eugene tells her, both sisters tensing up.
"She's still a friend..."
"I just don't wanna see you get hurt anymore, that's all. It's time to put yourselves first and let her go."
"Oh no," Harmony winces at this statement.
"He didn't," Varian sighs at this.
"Eugene, friends don't leave friends behind. Okay? I need you to understand that," Rapunzel defends, staring at him in the eye.
"Rapunzel...she's the one who left you."
Rapunzel stays silent, and the two teens could just feel the tension between the two.
"Hey!" Lance decides to break the silence, holding up a target with Eugene's face on it. "Look what I found. Ha, for once, they even got your nose right. Not to mention that this..." He looks forward at the couple. "Is so very awkward," He ducks away, the two teens stepping back.
"It's okay, guys," Rapunzel turns to them. She places down the crate and things from the other side of the wheelbarrow go flying.
"I-I got it, I got it." The rest rush off to help, and they don't notice the strange hourglass falling into the crate. Rapunzel looks at the goblets that fell.
"I think I'm gonna go outside, get some air," Rapunzel walks off with the crate. "And reorganize this stuff."
She walks past Eugene without a word, and he earns a glare from Harmony. "...I was too hard on her, wasn't I?"
"Ya think?!" She flicks his ear, hands on her hips. "Eugene...I don't exactly like the fact that she turned against us either, but my sister doesn't want to believe that Cass is gone forever. That's just who she is, and I don't blame her. I want Cass back too...but understand it from Rapunzel's perspective. She lost a friend..."
And with that, she follows after her sister with Daisy, who narrows her eyes at Eugene. He frowns sadly, realizing that he might've gone too far.
The two sisters and pets are sitting near the café. The older sister sighs. "I remember painting this, guys..." She holds up the framed picture that Cass had in her room of the two women with one arm around each other. Harmony is between them with a big smile, Eugene's part partially ripped off. "All these things have their own story..."
She looks at the Owl plush and finally notices the hourglass. "Wait, what's this? Mm? This isn't Cassandra's. Do you recognize it, Harmi?"
"No..." Harmony eyes it and it starts to glow purple.
"Whoa!" Rapunzel drops it and it breaks, emitting blue and purple smoke. "Harmi!"
"Rapunzel!"
The smoke clears and Harmony is suddenly gone. "Ugh. Well, I can't say that wasn't weird. Wait, where's Harmi?" Rapunzel looks around for her sister, gasping at the sight in front of her.
Harmony's dress is on the floor, but it seems to cover something up. And the teenage girl is nowhere to be seen.
"Why is my dress bigger than me?" A child-like voice asks as something wiggles around inside the dress. Once she peeks out from the skirt, she looks up at Rapunzel. The blonde queen, Pascal, and Daisy all look at her wide-eyed, mouths dropped. "Why are you so tall? And why are you guys looking at me like that?"
"Umm..." Rapunzel glances away, unsure of how to say this. She gets out of the dress. "Little sis...I think you should see this...well, you," She grabs a nearby water bucket that just happens to be laying around and hands it to the girl.
"Why? What's..." She looks into the water bucket and sees her reflection. She drops it, gasping sharply and patting down her body. The water spills onto the street, but that's the least of her problems. Harmony is in her dress, but a smaller size as she is now at least 6 years old. Her hair is at medium length, stopping at her shoulders. It's in the same style that she has currently as her older self, and she's at least half Rapunzel's height.
"I'm-I'm...look at me! How did this happen? Why did this happen?" She holds her hair.
"Thief!"
A voice calls out from the jewelry store nearby as two people in cloaks slide out the entrance.
"Hey, careful! That egg's priceless!"
"Come on, Burnsie, you're gonna get us caught!" The one with a diamond in hand pushes Rapunzel.
"What?"
"Go, go, go, go! Oh, nice job kidnapping the princess!" He smirks at the little girl, who stares at them in confusion.
"Who's Burnsy? And I didn't-"
The boy pulls them forward into the alley. "Stop! Thieves!" The shopkeeper calls out, the guards chasing after them.
They stop in the alley, looking up ahead to see the guards run past. "Now just hold on! Okay?" Rapunzel stands up, dusting herself off. Harmony gets onto her feet. "You had better tell me who you are right-" Her eyes widen as they removes the cloaks. "Now...?"
Harmony's mouth goes wide open as they're looking at a teenage Eugene! He has pimples, and his hair is in a ponytail, but it's definitely him.
"Uhh, w-w-what are you staring at, Burnsie?" He glances to a teenage Lance, who has a mustache growing and no hair.
"Am I finally growing facial hair?" Lance rubs his chin.
A horse whinnies and they get out of their stupor to see a white teenage horse behind them, snorting. He chases after the group.
"Oh, not him again," Eugene takes Rapunzel's hand and runs off. Lance grabs the little girl and throws her over his shoulder.
"Put me down!" The girl hits his back repeatedly.
"Lance, apple pie!" Eugene calls out as they turn the corner.
With one hand, Lance tosses apples into the alley. "Oh yeah."
The horse trips on them and falls, followed by the other guards. He takes a bite from the apple.
"Quick, in here!"
They hide in a costume shop, the two teen thieves throwing off their cloaks. They find hiding spots as the guards run past the shop. The horse lingers for a moment before running after them. Eugene sighs in relief, laughing at the blue diamond-encrusted egg in his hands.
"No more gruel for us!" He kisses it. "Tonight, we eat lobster! Not to mention, we'll finally be able to pay off the Baron!"
Their mouths go wide as they blink. "This is crazy! A young Lance and Eugene? It can't be!"
"Who's the man?" Eugene admires himself in a mirror. "You're the man!" He chuckles, adjusting his hair doing...something with his lip.
"Uh, what is wrong with your face?" Lance joins his side.
"I-It's just a little something I've been cooking up. I call it...the blaze."
"Blaze?" Lance laughs it off. "That's barely a smolder."
"Yep, that's them, alright," Rapunzel sighs a bit. "And either they found the fountain of youth, or..." She turns around and sees...a missing poster for herself. "Pascal! Harmi, Daisy! That's the poster from when I went missing! We just went back in time..."
"What?!" Harmony whispers in alarm, looking at herself. "But why did I change into a kid?"
"Wait..." Rapunzel rubs her chin. "It's because you weren't born yet when I disappeared! So...this is well after Gothel took me!"
"And because we're in the past, I'm 6 years old here..."
"Aww, look at you being all eloquent with your speaking," Rapunzel bends down to her, cooing. "I just wanna tickle you and eat you up!" She leans forward and starts tickling the girl.
"No, stop!" Harmony giggles, falling onto the floor and wiggling around. Rapunzel just continues, smiling. "Raps, you're embarrassing me!"
"Sorry," The older sister stands up. "You're just so cute!"
Luckily, Eugene and Lance weren't paying attention to notice or hear them. "But why do they seem to know us...? They keep calling me Burns-" She looks at the window and sees herself as the young Sideburns, while Pascal is the young Patchy. Rapunzel gasps, Pascal falling off her shoulder in surprise. Harmony squeaks in absolute shock at the reflection, covering her mouth with her hands. Daisy flaps her wings in alarm.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!" Sideburns, in his form, is panicking as Rapunzel.
"Burnsie, shh! Keep it down!" Eugene tackles the duo onto the floor.
"I heard something this way!" A guard runs off in the other direction.
"Okay, so apparently, we're trapped in the bodies of the teenage Stabbingtons?!" Rapunzel whispers to her sister. Pascal shrugs at her. "I don't know, for now, we...go with it? And try to remain calm till we can figure out what's happening."
"I think it's because time would be greatly affected if it was you, but younger. That must be why Daisy didn't change and why I'm not in someone else's body. This is just great," Harmony pinches her nose. "We have to make sure no one sees me and thinks that you kidnapped me. Papa might increase security if he knows I'm gone at this point."
"Hmm...aha!" Rapunzel sees a black cloak for a child, which isn't that impossible since they're in a clothing store. She leaves the money for it on a table and drapes it over Harmony's body. She then puts the hoodie over her hair. "Wear this...even though you do look adorable!"
Harmony pouts as Rapunzel adjusts the cloak so that it's snug. "I'm supposed to be in hiding, stop calling me cute..."
"We know you boys are in there!" A guard calls out from outside the window. "We have the building surrounded!"
"Alright, nobody panic, we can get out of this if we all work together..." Rapunzel finds herself alone with the three. "Great, they ditched us."
"They never liked the Stabbingtons, did they?" Harmony rolls her eyes. The guards storm in, Harmony making sure to cover her head.
"Where are the other two?" The guards surround them, pulling the little girl away.
"Uh, to be honest, I don't even know where I am right now, so-"
A guard pulls her up, and she's reminded by the mirror in front of her that she's somebody else.
"Take these wise guys to the wagon. We'll find the others. The little girl needs to be taken back home." One of them snatches up Harmony into his arms and walks off.
Eugene and Lance are actually hiding as displays, wearing dresses.
"Ah, the old mannequin shenanigans. Works every time," Eugene smirks, fist-bumping Lance. They then share a secret handshake.
"You think we should, uh, help with the Stabbies?"
"You know the rule, Lance. Every man for himself. Besides, I'm sure they're fine...true, they took our hostage, but we'll get her back!" Eugene waves it off as they fist bump, walking off in the dresses.
The little girl herself is standing near the prison caravan while the guards are trying to figure out where her 'home' is. Thankfully, they haven't noticed that she's actually the young princess who's supposed to be in the castle. And it seems that her dad hasn't noticed that she's gone...either that or no one's checked in on her for the past hour or so.
Daisy sees something and gets the girl's attention, chirping as she lightly tugs on her hair. Harmony turns around and gasps, seeing a familiar kid. And she knows that it's him, because of what happened at the House of Yesterday's Tomorrow with that spinning top. She'd know that outfit anywhere.
"Vari!"
He walks up to the caravan, seeing Patchy, or Pascal, hit his head against the bars. Harmony pulls her hoodie over her head so that he doesn't see her. Varian watches them with that emo look still on his face like it was when he was a kid the first time. He licks his lollipop and starts to leave.
It's surprising that he's seemingly all alone at the age he is, but then again, he's responsible…
Lance peeks around the corner as he was looking for the princess (he needed his get-out-of-jail free card), and notices the boy. Then he comes out of hiding and snatches the lollipop right out of Varian's hands, running off.
Harmony gasps at the action as the little Varian stands there, looking at his empty hand. His eyes fill with tears as he starts crying. Harmony clenches an angry fist, running after Lance, who's not too far away from the boy. She leaps into the air and kicks him in the head, knocking him onto the ground. She holds out a hand and catches the lollipop. Varian, who had seen all of this, could only stare.
She huffs towards Lance and walks back up to the boy. He's still looking at her as she places the lollipop in his hand. "Here."
Varian blinks and finally notices her, the tears drying up. He drops the lollipop in shock for what she did. "Wow..." He murmurs in awe of her.
"Umm..." She feels very awkward now since she knows that it's him, and yet she's talking to her boyfriend in the past...
"H-Hi," He stammers at her and she rubs her arm.
"Hi."
"Umm..." He glances around, trying to figure out what to say. His heart beats a little and despite his young age, he's smart enough to know what's going on with him. He knew what this was, and that he wants to say something to her. He just can't find the right words…
His eyes land on the lollipop on the ground and he picks it up. "Like butterscotch?"
She giggles at him, easing up a bit. He's her boyfriend in the present; she should be able to talk to him. After all, she's seen him as a child before...
"I'm Varian," He introduces himself.
"I'm Harmony," She realizes what she said and covers her mouth with her hands. "Oops."
Dang it, Harmony! Time travel was supposed to be less complicated!
His eyes blink rapidly as he inspects her closer. A look of realization hits his face. "Princess H-"
She covers his mouth before he could finish, shushing him. She looks around rapidly, and thankfully, no one heard him. She lets go of him. "I'm only out here to be out of the castle for a change," In actuality, she's just trying to get home, well, the right time, but she figured that'd be the only reason why she's in town. "You can't tell anyone! Pinky swear!"
"Okay Mona," He smiles sweetly, holding out his pinky. She blushes at the nickname and locks pinkies with him. She's heard it a lot of times, but this time felt different. Maybe because of the fact that they're talking to each other at a young age—notably younger than when they first met, that is.
"Umm..." Varian digs around in his pocket, holding out a piece of un-melted dark chocolate. "Here. Uncle Monty gave me some chocolate, and I heard that you like chocolate too!"
He didn't really know if she did, but it was chocolate. No kid would turn that down.
"Thank you!" She takes it into her tiny little hands and has a bite. "Nom!"
"Aww. So cute," Rapunzel clasps her hands together at the moment. To her, it was like the two were in school, if Harmony had attended.
"Why are you hanging around these two for?" Varian looks up to Rapunzel and Pascal, or in his eyes, the teen Stabbingtons.
"It's a long story that you'll hear about in 10 years," She states to his confusion.
"Huh?" He raises a brow, wondering what that meant.
"You'll understand! Here's something to remember me by," She leans in and kisses his cheek. "Mwah."
Varian's face turns red at the contact and he literally faints right in front of her. She bites her lip, feeling bad.
"It was the only way I knew how to get him from asking further..." She rubs her neck.
"As adorable as that was, why did you tell him your name?" Rapunzel stares at her, slightly not pleased by that.
"I panicked!" Harmony hisses quietly as she turns around to her. "Remember that I'm a six-year-old. Anything could come out of my mouth." She sighs slightly, looking around for something. "He needs a new lollipop, where are my coins?"
She finally catches sight of them...rolling away. She looks at her bag that has a hole in it and sighs. Harmony reluctantly looks up at Rapunzel.
"C-Can I have some money?"
"Aww. Of course you can!" Rapunzel smiles as she slides forward to the bars. Harmony cups her hands together, holding them out to the bars. She places the coins into the tiny hands and watches the girl rush off to Monty's shop. "I know we're in a crazy situation right now, guys..." She looks to Pascal and Daisy. "But sometimes I wish that I could have seen her like this more...and that we could have been like this when she was younger..."
The two pets look to where Harmony left, feeling sympathetic for the two sisters. Neither of them got to see the other grow up because of their...drastically different and yet somewhat similar childhoods. Pascal tries to get out again, to no avail.
"Relax, okay? Breathe. I can get us out of this. I am well-versed in Corona laws, so, hm...we'll probably only be detained for a night."
"You two scrubs are wanted in all seven kingdoms!" The Captain speaks up, and they look towards him. "You're going away for a long time..." He locks the door and leaves, to Rapunzel's dismay. Harmony returns to the caravan and leaves the lollipop into Varian's hands.
"Hopefully us being here won't dramatically change the future," Harmony sighs, crossing her arms.
"That can happen?" Rapunzel asks in surprise.
"Put it this way," Harmony starts off. "If anything life-changing happens here..."
"Then our present won't be the same when we get back," Rapunzel finishes for her. "Ah, I get what you're saying. But you do still look adorable!"
She reaches out her hands and Harmony backs away from her. "Get away from me with those fingers," She points to her sister in a warning tone. "No tickling!"
Rapunzel pouts sadly and upon seeing it, Harmony sighs lightly.
"...Okay, maybe later."
The same horse from before walks towards Pete and Stan. Surprisingly, Pete has the mustache. He nudges Stan and looks up ahead.
"Looks like somebody wants to help haul the wagon, doesn't he, Stan?"
"He sure does, Pete," Stan smiles in amusement. Rapunzel looks up as Harmony turns to the little Max. She beams at the sight.
"Max!"
Pascal smiles at him and Rapunzel crawls up to him. "Aw, teenage Max was so cute!" Rapunzel coos, but the horse just sees Sideburns' weird smile. Max disregards them and Harmony pats him on the head.
"Aww, I remember sometimes that he'd come up to my room and play with me before Daisy," She digs an apple from her cloak and hands it out to him. Max whinnies and eats it from her hand. Then he notices the blue peeking out from the sleeve, looking up at her in shock. Harmony's eyes go wide as she holds her wrist, shushing him.
"Max, please don't tell anyone that I'm here! It's a...complicated situation," She glances to the two inside the caravan. He stares up at her, a little skeptical as she clasps her hands pleadingly. Then he nods in agreement and she bends down, giving him a hug.
"Thank you!"
He whinnies happily at the contact and Rapunzel coos again. Max walks up to the two horses, ready to be mounted to the wagon.
"Aw, it's okay, Max. Maybe one day, you'll be big enough. Who knows? Maybe even a horse in the royal guard," Stan pats him on the head and Harmony rolls her eyes at the irony.
"We've gotta get back to our own time, but first we've gotta get out of here," Rapunzel glances around the caravan. "Harmi, can you use your black rocks?"
"No, that'd give me away," She turns around to her sister. "I don't think you'd want the guards to lock me up back in my room if they know I'm here. And while I can see you as Rapunzel, I don't think you can use your hair if you're in the body of Sideburns."
"Hm...I think I know what will do the trick," Rapunzel gets onto her feet. "Hey Patchy, we might be behind bars, but I'll tell you what the real crime is. That guard's mustache."
Max, Pete, and Stan turn to Sideburns. Harmony raises a brow at her sister. "You know, I'll tell you who should have a mustache? His partner. Now that guy has a stache face."
Max seems to agree as Stan turns to Pete. "I told you I should be the mustache guy!" Stan hisses to Pete.
"Nobody said you can't."
"Nah, you can't both be the mustache guy," Rapunzel smirks a little as they stand in front of her.
"You know, he's right. It's just ridiculous!"
"You're ridiculous," Pete stares at him.
"I'm sorry, but your face and the mustache, they just don't go together!"
Pete gasps sharply at this. "How dare you, I'm-"
Stan slaps his hand away and they start fighting each other, well, flinging hands at each other. Harmony pinches her nose at this as Pascal snatches the keys from Pete's waist. He runs up to the door and Rapunzel unlocks it.
"Cut it out! Ow, ow!"
They sneak out of there, Harmony running after them.
"Nice one, Rapunzel!" She winks up at her.
"Okay," They hide around a corner. "Xavier has all kinds of books on mystical stuff, so if there's a way to get back home, this is where we'll find it."
They run up to the blacksmith's shop once he's left for a break. Rapunzel makes sure no one's watching, looking at his reflection from a cauldron. He sees himself as Patchy and squeaks in fear, running off. Rapunzel's head hits something above.
"Ow! Forgot that I'm a foot taller."
"This isn't going to be easy to do if you're in somebody else's body," Harmony murmurs at her sister.
"I wonder why you can't see me as Sideburns," Rapunzel rubs her chin.
"Might have to do with the fact that we time-traveled together. I guess Daisy and I are the only ones who know that you're...well, yourselves? Even though you're technically not? Time travel is so confusing."
Pascal goes flying from a falling halberd. He and an axe land near a shelf and the chameleon falls down onto the ground holding a book. Daisy covers her eyes with her wing out of embarrassment.
Pascal looks up to see the same hourglass on a page, pointing to it. "Pascal, you genius! Okay, okay, the hourglass, blah, blah, blah, has great power, yada yada, it will send any who fall within its mist forward or backward in time ten years?!"
"Hurry up, mustache man, they went this way!"
They gasp as they hear the guards approaching. "Quick, the secret passage!" They run up to the fireplace.
"Again with the insults?" Pete asks his partner.
"How is that an insult..."
"How did he open this again...?" Rapunzel pulls on a horseshoe and they slip inside.
"I know sarcasm when I hear it!"
Harmony rolls her eyes at the two guards arguing.
"Now I see what you mean on why we're the Stabbingtons!" The two walk down the steps, the older sister walking in front. "And why you're 6! They must have been the two people closest to where we traveled through time! And you turned 16 during our trip because of your birthday!"
"October 8th. It's a blessing and a curse," Harmony smirks lightly, crossing her arms.
"So does that mean you're older or younger than Varian?"
"Well-wait, Rapunzel, focus," She stops herself.
"Right. Okay," She closes the book. "We gotta break into the castle and steal the hourglass so we can get back home, guys."
Pascal hands her a marker. "True. If we're gonna pull off a castle heist, we're gonna need some help."
"From people who can get me through the castle undetected..." Harmony crosses her arms. She already knows that if she's seen, they're done for, and there's no way they could do this on their own...
Eugene laughs as he and Lance inspect the egg. "Now that we don't have to split the profits with the Stabbingtons, I'm gonna take Stalyan out on a really fancy date!" They're hiding in a cave. "I'm talking a place with tables and napkins and utensils? You know, a nice place."
"Hello!" Rapunzel and Harmony suddenly come out of nowhere.
"W-What?!" Eugene stammers as he falls off his chair.
"Um, I mean, hello, jerks," She storms up to them like Sideburns would, and the little princess had to bite back a laugh. "We have another, um...opportunity we thought you two might be interested in."
"Nah, we're all set," Eugene stands up. "Besides, I'm surprised you came back. We left you and Ugly high and dry back there. But you did bring back our get-out-of-jail-free card, so thanks for that."
"Me and Ugl-Who's Ugly? He's not ugly, he's adorable," She pokes at Pascal's head, and the two look on as the two brothers are being weird. "Who's adorable? You are. You are, buddy, that's right, my little buddy."
Harmony clears her throat, and they turn back to the duo. "Uh, you feeling okay, Sideburns?"
"Oh, right!" Rapunzel keeps forgetting that she's not in her own body. "Nah, he's ugly. And tough. We're both tough. Nothi-nothing but a couple of tough guys over here," She punches Eugene in the arm, and the egg goes flying. Suddenly, a red one lands in his hand and Lance gasps at this.
"You told me there was only one egg!"
"There was..." Eugene hides his hands behind his back. "After I...took the first one."
"You tried to cheat Lance?" Rapunzel points at him accusingly.
"Ha! I should've known. You were always trying to cheat me, Flynn," Lance crosses his arms.
"I'm not always trying to cheat you, Lance," Eugene defends himself. "Alright, let's call it 70/30."
"You're a selfish jerk!" Lance points at his nose. "You know that?!"
"Yeah well, being a selfish jerk is how you get ahead in this world!" Eugene retorts back.
"Ohh, that's it!" Lance tackles him and they start fighting. The four could only stare, the eggs breaking.
"Lance!"
They stand up, some egg pieces on them. Eugene clears his throat. "After some spirited discourse, Lance and I have decided we'd like to partake in your opportunity as we have come into some...rather...let's call it, unfortunate financial limitations. I wonder what we could get for the princess?" Lance wipes off the glass from Eugene's head.
"Nothing," Harmony smacks his hand away. "Because I'm coming with you."
"What?! We'll get caught if they see that we have the princess!" Lance gestures to her.
"Who said we'd get caught?" Eugene replies in a cocky tone. "We'll be fine. Who knows, the kid might actually have a good time?"
"Wise choices, boys," Rapunzel lays down a map of the Corona castle.
"So what's the mark?"
"The royal vault," Rapunzel smirks a little.
"Come again?"
"You say what now?"
"Once it's dark, we'll creep in through a small crack in the curtain walls surrounding the castle. Then, we'll make our entry here," She makes an X.
"Uh, that's the guards' tower. You know, where all the guards hang out? We'll never be able to sneak past them!"
"We won't have to sneak past them. We're gonna sneak under them," Rapunzel elaborates and when it's nighttime, she opens up the secret tunnel.
"Wait, how do you know all this, Sideburns?" Eugene couldn't help but ask.
"Quiet, Flynn! Let the man talk," Lance tells him.
"From there, we take the west corridor."
"But that's the long way around." Lance pulls Eugene away from a goblet.
"Yes, but it's closed for cleaning at that time, so it's virtually empty."
They sneak right past Crowley, who pays no mind to them. She turns around and walks down the ladder. The face part of the helmet falls to reveal Rapunzel's eyes. She glances around as Lance and Eugene are pretending to be part of a painting. Crowley glances at them and walks off. Lance falls, bumping into a vase full of flowers. Eugene thankfully catches it in time.
"Next, we'll lower you down the walls to the vault level, so you can pick the lock."
"Flip to see who goes first? I call heads!" Eugene flips the coin and moves his hand to show the coin. "Sorry, buddy."
Lance grunts a little and Harmony narrows her eyes suspiciously. Something wasn't right about that coin. Eugene drops it and it rolls over to Pascal. He picks it up with his mouth.
"Better luck next time," Eugene chuckles as the dumbwaiter appears. He starts to roll Lance down and Pascal hands him the coin. "Picking it up with your mouth was an odd choice."
"Pst," Harmony tugs her sister's skirt, pointing to the coin. Rapunzel notices it.
"But thank you?" Eugene finishes in confusion.
"Hey, that's a double headed coin!" She snatches it from him. "You cheated Lance again, Eugene!"
Harmony's eyes widen as she looks between her and Eugene. "Rapunzel," She whispers quietly so that the teen doesn't hear her.
"Oh come on!" He waves it off. "He's fine. In fact, he's the one who gave me this coin." He gasps as he realizes something, releasing the lever. "Wait a second! How did you know my real name is Eugene?"
"Ah, I-I didn't say Eugene. I said you're mean."
"That's so not true, Burnsie," Eugene crosses his arms and they hear Lance crash. They peek around the corner as Max comes in, running towards them.
"Come on! Dive for it!" Rapunzel snatches Harmony and jumps, Eugene and Pascal following. Max comes into the room just as Daisy flies inside. He looks around and runs off, the others landing on top of the dumbwaiter. They crawl onto the floor. "Sorry," She starts to pull Lance up. "We had to make a quick exit."
Lance stumbles onto the ground, Harmony wincing at him. "Hey, I think you guys crashed into me and stabilized my voice," He gestures to his throat as he sounds exactly as he does now. "I sound incredible!"
"Well, in that case, you're welcome," Rapunzel pushes him away.
They run up to the vault door and Eugene picks the lock with ease. "Voila. Beauty and brawn, am I right?" He holds open the door for them.
"I don't get how either of those things helped you crack the lock."
"Just get in there," Eugene points inside, embarrassed as he hears Harmony's giggling.
"Would you look at all this stuff?" Lance asks as Rapunzel slides a ladder in front of a shelf. Harmony looks up at her.
"Where do we start?!" Eugene exclaims as Rapunzel notices something.
"Oh no, it's not here!"
"Where was it when we time-traveled...?" Harmony rubs her chin.
"Hey, what is that?" Lance points up ahead to the sundrop flower. Rapunzel stares at it.
"Oh, that's nothing," She waves it off.
"Not really worth anything anyway," Harmony scoffs towards the two.
"There's nothing here," Rapunzel slides down the ladder and notices a chest nearby. "But the kingdom's priceless treasures," She pushes the chest towards them with her foot.
"We'll take it!" They open it up eagerly.
Daisy chirps at them, pointing to Pascal. He gestures to the hourglass on a shelf. "Yes, yes, you found it!" Rapunzel whispers happily.
"Nice job, you two," Harmony smiles, kissing Daisy on the forehead. They hear something and look towards the entrance.
"You know, I am really starting to hate that horse," Eugene states as Max sniffs around outside, looking up and seeing them. His mouth opens once he sees Harmony and he charges towards the door. Eugene and Lance close it and the horse hits the door.
"Whoa! That was close. I think we're safe."
Max hits the door with his hooves. "Uh huh, sure. But one tiny thing: we're trapped in here now!" Lance tells him.
"Uh, so I guess we just move in," Eugene looks around. "It's not that bad." Max hits the door again. "It's got some nice archways, exposed brick."
Something shuffles in front of them. "Guys, get down here," Rapunzel whispers to them.
"What in the what?!" Eugene exclaims as the two crawl down a ladder into the tunnels. "Again with the secret castle stuff?!"
"Uh, let's just say I'm a history buff?" Rapunzel chuckles a little.
"And I live in this castle, thank you very much," Harmony calls out from the tunnel.
"You're only 6," Lance deadpans at her.
"Come on. And don't touch anything," Rapunzel joins her sister's side. They're going into the exact same tunnels they visited with Varian. The two follow the four inside as Max gets ready to ram the door. He slides into the room, only to land on where the secret entrance is. He huffs angrily and runs off to go get the guards and the king. This time, he thinks that they kidnapped Harmony, since she's supposed to be in bed.
They reach the end of the ladder. "What is this place?" Eugene wonders as Rapunzel hands Harmony the hourglass.
"No time for questions, boys. Just keep it moving," They run into a hallway.
"I think we lost him," Lance looks around.
"Uh, you thought wrong," Rapunzel points to her left as they can see Max's shadow.
"Hurry, this way!" The blonde leads them to the right, Harmony holding up her skirt as Lance runs through a spider web.
"Abandoned, spider webs?!" He sounds exactly the way he did before all of a sudden. "Oh no, my voice crack is back! Why is everything awful?!"
"This path feels familiar..." Rapunzel whispers to the little girl. "That silver brick springs a trap, so watch your step."
"You don't have to worry about me! I'm light on my feet," Lance brags to them from behind. "In fact, they call me the Sweet Feet Cham-" He steps on the brick regardless and a wall appears in front of them. "W-w-wait, Flynn!"
Eugene turns around and runs up to him. "Help, come help!"
He tries pulling on the bars, but they're made of steel. Max whinnies from behind as a light approaches Lance.
"Sorry, Lance," Eugene frowns a bit. "You know the rule, buddy. Every man for himself."
And with that, he leaves Lance behind. "Eugene! Wait!" Lance calls out in shock that his friend would do that to him.
The guards, Max, and the king run up to him. "How'd you little boil-brained barnacles know how to get down here?" The Captain demands.
"And secondly, who do you think has a better face for a mustache? Me or Stan?" Pete points between him and Stan.
"And where is my daughter?" Frederic demands, narrowing his eyes.
He couldn't answer two out of three, and the only one he could answer... "Mm. Stan."
"Lock him up," Pete says angrily.
Rapunzel opens up the door from the docks, crawling outside. Harmony crawls after her, hourglass in hand. "Whew, that was close. I am so winded. Sideburns really needs to...step up the cardio."
"And running in this tiny body is no easy task," Harmony coughs a bit, hands on her knees.
Eugene crawls out after them. "Wait a minute!" Rapunzel looks through the passage. "Where's Lance?"
"Uh, he, uh...sort of got a little bit arrested. B-but hey, he knows the deal. Every man for himself. That's just how it goes," He cracks his knuckles. "So let's split up the loot and, uh, get out of here."
Harmony gasps sharply at what they're hearing. "Eugene Fitzherbert!" Rapunzel shouts at him. "How could you?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Enough with the real names, Sideburns!"
Harmony points her bow and arrow at his face, narrowing her eyes. "Whoa! ...You've had that the whole time? I knew we should've tied you up!"
"Just listen to us. I know you better than you think I do. You say it's easier to walk away with the excuse ,every man for himself, but Lance? Lance is not just every man. He is a friend. He is your best friend. Like Harmi is mine. And friends don't leave friends behind."
"Wow, Burnsie, that was remarkably insightful, and so not like you," He looks away.
"You bet it was! And don't pull anything like that again or I will come after you," Harmony threatens him.
"And what makes you think you can, little girl?" Eugene teases her and yelps when an arrow goes flying past his head. "Got it, will take that message to heart, please don't hurt me!"
"Good boy," Harmony lowers her weapon. She takes the hourglass out of her quiver where she put it and hands it to Pascal.
"Take this to the woods and guard it with your lives," Rapunzel tells the two pets. "We'll be back soon. We've got a friend to save."
She crawls back inside, followed by Harmony. "Why are you even helping us?"
The little girl looks to Eugene, sitting on her knees. "We kidnapped you. We're thieves. You could easily tell your dad and get us executed."
"...Because my si—Sideburns has a point. You guys may have snatched me...well, in retrospect, not really, but you guys are friends. And I know how much you really care about Lance. Besides...being out in the open like this...it's what I've always wanted. Why would I put someone else's life in jeopardy just for that?"
His eyes widen at her and he watches the girl crawl after Rapunzel. He glances to Pascal and Daisy, both of them blowing a raspberry before Daisy grabs the chameleon and flies off. Eugene takes a slight breath, thinking about what the two said...
Lance and Shorty are sharing a cell. "What are you in for?" Lance turns to him.
"Oh, I didn't get arrested. I just like the food here," He licks off his finger. "Five star gruel!"
They hear clicking and turn to the girls. "Sideburns?! What are you doing here? And with the princess?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? Unfortunately, I don't know how to pick a lock."
"I don't either, but I know friendship when I see it," Harmony winks at Lance.
"Step aside, Burnsie," They turn around at the voice to hear Eugene approaching. "Let a real thief handle that."
"Flynn!" Lance shouts as the others smile. "You came back for me?"
"Ah, I guess I've got a new rule. Friends don't leave friends behind." He winks at the two.
"W-W-Wait a minute. Raise that eyebrow again. N-now, pucker those lips. Little more. More. Oops, okay, th-that's the duck face. Okay, no, right, there you go! That, Flynn Rider, is your blaze," He holds up the plate to show Eugene.
"Wow, you're right! It's exquisite. Although, I think I'm gonna call it the smolder."
Rapunzel smirks in amusement, crossing her arms. Harmony shakes her head slightly. "It's got a nice ring," Eugene fist-bumps Lance.
A whinny is heard in the distance. "Not again," Eugene runs off.
"What is it, Max? What's wrong?" Stan calls out.
"Uh, Flynn? Can you unlock me?"
"Oh, yeah! Sorry about that, buddy," Eugene unlocks the door within a second.
"Shorty, you coming?" Lance peeks into the room.
"And leave all this?" Shorty gestures to everything around him.
"Guys, come on, we gotta go!" Rapunzel cries out and they run off. Max reaches the cell with Pete and Stan.
"Shorty, what did we tell you about sneaking into prison?" Stan asks him.
"Sneak? How dare you! I just walked right in!"
Max looks up ahead and runs off. The two guards follow him.
"You first, bud," Eugene gestures to the exit.
"No, you first, I insist."
"No, I insist. You go ahead."
"Oh, I simply couldn't. You go-"
"Both of you get down here right now before I knock you into the middle of next week!" Rapunzel shouts in frustration, shocking Harmony.
"Ah, now there's the Sideburns I know!" Eugene comments and both of them try to go, bumping their heads.
"Ow!"
"Get in there," Eugene pushes Lance inside. Something stops him from moving forward. "Huh?"
Max is pulling at his coat. He screams, the end ripping from Max's mouth. They reach outside and Eugene closes the door. Max rams it open, and goes left, followed by Pete and Stan. Inside the tunnels, they try to chase after him, but the three get lost. Then Pete bumps his head against a plank.
"Ow! Who lowered that?"
The four run right past Pete and Stan.
"Halt in the name of the...oh..."
Max runs after the four.
"You know, walking is just as exciting."
The four turn a corner, the horse trailing after them. Stan and Pete walk after him in exhaustion. None of them notice the four hiding up in the ceiling, smiling towards each other. They exit into the forest.
"At last! Sweet, sweet freedom!" Lance calls out in relief. "The air smells so fresh, oh, the trees are so green!"
"Lance, you were in jail for 12 minutes!" Eugene informs his friend. Daisy flies Pascal onto a rock and he places the hourglass down. Rapunzel smiles as she takes it into her hands.
"Alright, Patches, show us what we got!" Lance rubs his hands, and she turns around to show the hourglass. "What the?! A junky sand clock?"
"Look, we promise we'll explain everything to you in about 10 years. I'm really happy we got to spend time with you as a teenager."
"Sideburns, what are you talking about?" Eugene asks as she holds it above their heads. "No, no, no!"
Rapunzel smashes it, the mist spinning everything around. "Great, you dropped it, Burnsie," They're looking at the real Stabbingtons. "If that thing had any sort of value, we could've used it to pay the Baron back!"
Sideburns drops his brother as the real young Harmony has fallen asleep. "Drop what? Where are we? We were just running away from the guards! How did we get here?"
"Don't worry, Flynn," Lance bends down to the broken hourglass. "We'll figure out how to deal with the Baron. We always do."
"That's true, buddy. Everything's a little easier with a friend by your side," Eugene smiles, placing a hand on Sideburns' shoulder. "Isn't that right, Burnsie?"
"Get your hands off me," He pushes Eugene away into Lance.
"Yeesh, this guy's dealing with some major mood swings today," Eugene rubs his arm.
"Teenagers," Lance scoffs and they hear Max behind them.
"This horse is getting to be a pain in my side..."
Max just smiles at them, seeing Harmony nearby.
"Gotta go!" The boys run off and Max can't go after them, because he has to take the little princess back home.
He nudges her slightly and she sits up, rubbing her eyes. "Max...? What happened? How did I get out of the castle...?"
The guards arrive, followed by the Captain. "Princess Harmony! Are you alright?"
"I mean, I guess..." She lets out a little yawn. "I'm tired. I wanna see Papa now..."
The Captain picks her up and starts to walk all the way back home.
"Pascal! Doesn't it feel wonderful to be back in our own skins again?" Rapunzel looks at herself in the water from the fountain. "And look at you! You're back to your adorable self! And Harmi, you're 16 again!" She hugs her sister, who smiles at her arms.
"Yeah, feels good to be myself again. Well, my current self."
Max walks up to them from behind. "Max! You are looking so grown-up today," She pets his snout and Harmony hugs him.
Eugene takes a crate into Cass' room, which is where Rapunzel finds him. "Eugene? What are you doing?"
Harmony peeks into the room, surprised to see all of Cass' things inside again.
"I'm bringing the last of Cass' things from the vault."
"But I thought you said we should leave Cassandra in the past...?" She asks slowly and he just laughs.
"Very funny. Oh wait, you're serious. Sunshine, did you forget? I'm the one who told you Crowley was trying to toss all of Cass' stuff."
"You did?" She smiles a bit, glancing to her sister, who smiles back. It seems as if their little adventure changed his perspective on things.
"Yes! I mean, look, as much as I dislike Cassandra's taste..." He cringes at the ax in his hand, putting it away. "You gotta put friends first. Especially if it's a friend like Cassandra," He places the portrait back where it belongs.
"Really?" She joins his side.
"It's like I always say. Friends don't leave friends behind."
She smiles up at him and Harmony grins. Later, she's in her lab, turning around to see Varian arriving.
"Vari!" Harmony sees him in relief.
"Mona," He smiles as she runs up to him. "I was actually just thinking about you."
"Huh? You were?" She tries to act normal since she's already seen him in the past.
"Well, the first time we really met, actually. You snuck out of the castle and you managed to somehow kick someone in the head," He chuckles at the memory, putting down a crate of tools. "And then when you gave me back my stolen lollipop, I pretty much embarrassed myself. I was so different as a kid. But...it was one of the memories I wanna remember for the rest of my life. It was because of you that I'm who I am today."
She smiles softly, pecking his lips.
"...Why were you standing there anyway?" He couldn't help but ask.
"Well...get ready for this, because I have a lot to tell you," She notices Lance walking past and narrows her eyes. "But first. Lance!"
"Hm?" He turns around, sweating at the angry look she's giving him. He had no idea if he did something, but he was scared now.
"You better apologize to Vari later for stealing his lollipop when you were a teenager!" She points at him, confusing them both.
"Huh? How did you—oh..." Lance snaps his fingers. "Because you were there! I remember now!"
"Wait, you were the one who stole my lollipop?" Varian points to the man.
"Yeah..." Lance rubs his neck awkwardly. "Sorry about that, little man."
"Oh, it's fine," Varian smiles as there doesn't seem to be any resentment coming from him. "Besides, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have met Mona for the very first time. And I could've missed out on who she really is..." He takes a hold of her hand and she smiles bashfully, her cheeks flushing.
Lance sniffles, wiping away a stray tear. "That's beautiful!"
Harmony giggles at him, turning to Varian. "Come on, I think this time you owe me a lollipop," She smirks playfully at Varian, who smiles. "And on the way, I'll finally tell you what happened."
She starts to tell the story as they walk off together, holding hands.
Angel: I kind of got the discovery of Harmony from the Princess and the Frog, where Tiana is turned into a frog. This episode was definitely a favorite, because little Harmony was adorable XD And so was Varian as a kid! And yes, that was one of the reasons why I didn't give her the moonstone. I feel like this opportunity would've been missed if I had gone through with that, and it was fun to write.