Moving On Out

AN: Not much to say really except thanks for all the kind reviews and favourites/follows. Just to say I'm going to complete this story before I start on ROTBTD because I haven't quite figured out how that will all go down. So thank you for your patience and sorry I haven't updated in a while. Also check my new story "Doctor Who Afterdeath 11".

"It's today! It's today!" Rapunzel shouted as she danced around the tower, "It's today at ten! Pascal! I'm so excited! I can't wait!"

Pascal sighed as he tried to go back to sleep. Rapunzel had made to get up extra early in order not to miss Jack's visit which had cost him a proper sleep. He was happy for Rapunzel and to see her so happy was a rare occurrence, he just wished that times
/like these would happen when he didn't need a lie-in.

Rapunzel checked the clock mounted on the wall and sighed in annoyance when it read eight o'clock. She had spent her entire morning preparing for her trip. So far her hamper included a couple of sandwiches for lunch, a frying pan (because who knows when
/you'll need a frying pan), a blanket, her sketchpad and a rock for Pascal. She still thought she would need a little more though, considering that her hamper was less that half full. She checked around her work area for anything else she would like
/to bring.

"Hmm," she thought aloud, "Pascal, what do you need, honey? What about your dress?" Pascal gave an unimpressed grunt. "Aww, but what if you get cold?" Pascal simply shrugged and lay down on the table as if to say 'I'll risk it'.

Rapunzel smiled as she packed everything that she needed into the hamper and closed it. She turned back to clock and groaned as she saw that only five minutes had past since she last checked.

"What am I going to do with myself for two hours?" she asked as she slumped into a comfortable armchair. Rapunzel reached for the nearest book and started reading, hoping that the minutes would pass by. She started with the first sentence and slowly scanned
/the page. After what felt like an eternity of staring at the page she looked up and read the time: ten past eight.

"Uuurrggghhh!" Rapunzel shouted, "I can't do this, Pascal! I want to go now!"

Suddenly she heard the window shutters behind her being force open and hid behind the chair as a compete stranger climbed in through the widow. The man shut the window and looked around. He sighed with relief and held a small satchel in his hand.

"Still got it, Rider," he said in triumph. Rapunzel then proceeded to whack him over the head with her frying pan, knocking him out cold.

"Argh!" she screamed as she hid from the man in case he got back up. When it was obvious that the man wasn't getting up, she edged closer, frying pan still in hand. Pascal, now fully awake, found his spot on her shoulder and glared at the body of the
/intruder. Rapunzel ran to window and opened it before poking her head outside.

"Jack?" she called, "Jack! Can you hear me? Hurry up!"

"Everything alright?"

"Argh!" Rapunzel screamed as she heard Jack's voice appear suddenly beside her. Jack laughed as Rapuznel smacked him on the shoulder, "You nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Hey I was bored," Jack said, "It's been a slow morning."

"Yeah, well not for me it hasn't," Rapunzel said pointing to the intruder in her floor. Jack's eyes widened.

"Did he...?"

"I'm fine, Jack. I knocked him out with this frying pan!"

"Well, what do you know? Those things really can come in useful."

"What do you suppose we do with him?" Rapuznel asked.

"Well, first of all, why is he here?"

"He looked like he was hiding from someone."

"Why would someone need to hide all the way up here?" Jack asked as he noticed the satchel, "What's this?"

"He was carrying that when he came in," Rapuznel explained. Jack opened it as looked inside. The satchel contained a peice of paper with a picture of the intruder and a name in bold at the top; the satchel also contained-

"What the-" Jack said as he pulled out a silver glistening tiara, "What's this doing here?"

"It's beautiful," Rapunzel gasped as she stared at it, "Can I..."

"Can you what?"

"...Try it on?"

Jack chuckled as he handed it to her.

"Of course you can."

But his smile faded as she placed it on her head. He had never seen someone more suited to wearing a tiara than Rapunzel. Somehow it fitted flawlessly onto her head, accentuating everything that made her face so beautiful. But the best thing of all was
/the adorable smile that she had as he stared at her.

"How do I look?" she asked as she gave a small twirl.

"You look...wow..."

Rapuznel blushed.

"It's strange," she said as she examined herself in the mirror, "It feels like I've seen this before."

"How do you mean?"

"I don't know, I just..."

"Just a hunch?"

Rapunzel nodded, deep in thought.

"Well, the main question is what's he doing with it," she said as she pointed towards the unconscious stranger on the floor.

"I sincerely doubt it's his," Jack said.

"Do you think he stole it?"

"Well it would explain why he decided to hide up here. And I doubt he has the money to buy this kind of jewellery. He probably stole it from the castle nearby."

"He's a thief," Rapunzel gasped, "Is everyone like that in the outside world?"

"No," Jack replied, "Definitely not. But his type do crop up every so often."

"Why we would he want to steal something so beautiful?"

"Probably to sell it."

"But this belonged to someone. To its owner, this is probably priceless, and he stole it!"

"Yeah," Jack sighed, "Well, I guess we'll have to take him and this with us when we go outside."

"Why?"

"So we can return this tiara and make him serve his punishment."

"What will they do to him if they catch him?"

"Depends on wether this is his first time or not. If it is then probably a long time in a gaol. If not then they might even execute him."

"We can't let him out if he's going to be killed!"

Jack turned to Rapunzel to see concern in her eyes.

"You're the one that was so shocked that he stole it."

"Yeah, but no one deserves to die for stealing a tiara. Not even him."

Jack sighed agitatedly but Rapunzel put on her best pout. Suffice to say, it worked.

"Fine! Fine! We won't hand him in, but we certainly can't leave him here."

"You're right. Mother will flip if she finds out about this."

"We're gonna have to take him with us...unless..."

"Jack?" Rapunzel asked as Jack was consumed in thought, "Unless what?"

"I could ask the Guardians to keep an eye on him..."

"Who are the Guardians?"

Jack looked at Rapunzel and smiled.

"Just some friends of mine," he said as he picked up the tiara, placed it carefully in the satchel, rushed to window and flew out.

"Wait! Where are you going?" Rapunzel shouted after him. Jack turned around in midair.

"To the North Pole!" he replied, "I'll be back in five minutes!" And with that he flew above the clouds and sped off towards the North, leaving Rapunzel alone with the stranger. Rapunzel sat down on a wooden chair with Pascal still on her shoulder.

"Hmm," Rapunzel said, "What should we do with him, Pascal?"

Pascal smiled and gently thrust his fist into his palm whilst sporting an evil smile.

"I've got a better idea," she said as she moved to pick up a chair from the corner.

"Jack!" North greeted as Jack flew through an open window an into the workshop, "I thought you were meant to be with your girlfriend."

"She's not my girlfriend," Jack replied, "And something's come up. Well, two things actually."

"And what's that?"

"Well," Jack started, "Some guy broke into her tower-"

"Oh my! Is she alright?"

"She's fine, she had a frying pan," Jack explained earning a confused look from North, "What I'm here to tell you, however, is that he was carrying this." Jack pulled out the tiara from the satchel he had been carrying and showed it to North.

"Whose is it?" North asked.

"I think it's from the castle in Corona but I'm not sure."

"Why did you bring it if it's not connected to Rapun...You think this might be a lead to her parentage?"

"I don't know," Jack replied waving his hands above his head, "I just have a hunch."

"Well, we can investigate it when we've done searching the tower," North concluded, "Speaking of which, Bunny! It's time we move out!"

Bunnymund quickly came running into the room.

"Why are you here? Aren't you meant to be on your date?" Bunnymund teased.

"She not my girlfr-"

"He's here because...," North interrupted but hesitated, "Well I'll explain on the way, we really should be going. Now, to the sled!"

After a relatively quick but bumpy sled ride, in which Bunnymund was thoroughly brought up to date, they landed just outside Rapunzel's tower.

"OK," Bunnymund groaned as he struggled to stay on his feet, "Next time, I'm taking my tunnels."

"It wasn't that bad, was it?" North replied as he hopped out of the sled.

"That doesn't matter now," Jack said, "We need to get into the tower before that thief wakes up."

As Jack was about to fly up to the window North held onto his hoodie and pulled him back down to the ground.

"Let go of me!" Jack growled.

"Hold your horses," North replied as she brought him over to the side of the tower where a decaying door was situated, "It seems there might be more than one entrance to the tower."

"Alright," Bunny said as he lined himself up to the door, "I'll break, you enter." Bunny reared his back feet and in one strong kick sent the door flying off it's hinges.

"And some people think you're some cute fluffy bunny rabbit," Jack chuckled as they climbed the steps.

"I used to be," Bunny sighed.

"Really? Send me pictures!"

"Never, frost boy!"

"Could you two please shut up?" North said as they ended up and the top of the steps. Bunny lifted the trapdoor that was blocking the way and hopped inside.

"So this is where your girlfriend li- what the...?"

Jack turned around and saw what had made Bunny hesitate. In the five or ten minutes he was away, Rapunzel had managed to tie the intruder to a heavy oak chair with her golden hair. Once she saw that she had company, Rapunzel waved at them.

"Hi," she greeted.

The three of then just stared at her then towards the prisoner then back to Rapunzel.

"It's just precautions," she explained.

"Right," Jack said," Anyway. Rapunzel this is the Easter Bunny, or just Bunny, and this is Santa Claus, or we call him North."

Rapunzel looked positively starstruck as she shook hands with her childhood fairytales.

"This is amazing!" she squealed.

Jack smiled at her adorableness.

"So this is our intruder?" Bunny asked as he strolled over to the chair.

"Mmhm," Rapunzel nodded.

"Any chance we can wake him up?"

At that moment Pascal, who was sitting on the stranger's shoulder, stuck his tongue in the man's ear. The man started awake.

"What the-!" he shouted as he realised his predicament, "Is this hair?"

"How many people are in this room?" Rapunzel asked.

"What? Who are-"

"How many?"

The man looked around the room expectantly.

"Umm, one? No, two! Me and you! Did I answer correctly? Does this buy my freedom?"

Rapunzel sighed and turned to Jack.

"He doesn't believe in you," Rapunzel said apologetically.

"Don't worry," Jack replied, "I didn't expect him to."

"Err, who are you talking to?" the man asked uncertainly.

"Jack Frost," Rapunzel replied.

"Yeah, right," the man scoffed, "Be serious, honey."

"Why don't you prove it, Jack?" she offered. Jack smiled mischievously as he tapped his staff on the floor and set forth a burst of snow.

"Why is it snowing?" the man asked, fear creeping into his voice. The snow kept on falling until one tiny snowflake landed on the top of his nose and melted there. Suddenly the man's eyes widened. "OH MY GOD, IT'S JACK FROST! AND A HUGE BUNNY THING! WHERE
/DID THEY COME FROM? WHO ARE-"

His rambling was ceased by Jack freezing his lips together.

"That's enough of that."

"So he sees us then?" Bunny said.

"No," Jack replied, sarcasm coating his voice, "He was talking about the other huge bunny thing. Can we go now? We've already wasted enough time today and I don't want to miss the lights."

Rapunzel's eyes widened as she remembered what day it was.

"Oh yeah! Can we go now? Please?" she said excitedly.

"Sure go ahead," Bunny said as he started looking in a draw, "Don't let us keep you from your date."

"It's not a-"

"Yeah, you better not disturb us or you'll have me to deal with," Rapunzel said as she picked up her hamper and Pascal. Jack blushed.

"It's not a date," Jack said as he picked up Rapunzel so he could fly her to the ground.

"Isn't it?" Rapunzel asked.

"No, at least...I don't know. Let's decide that later," he said, "Now hold on tight, 'cause it's a long way down." He then took a deep breath and jumped out the window. They fell about thirty feet, with Rapunzel screaming with excitement all the way,
/before he started to slow down and settle them on the grass. She opened her eyes and looked around at the open field that was around her, smiling with amazement. Rapunzel anxiously put one foot on the grass and then another and then start to walk
/slowly, as if she were on thin ice.

"Wow," she gasped, "It's even more soft than I imagined."

"You've never felt grass under your feet before?"

Rapunzel shook her head.

"Well," Jack said, "Looks like today is gonna be a day of a lot of firsts."