She felt a tenderness in her body as she sat up in her bed the next morning she forgot about what had happened last night until she looked over next to her and seen Val's bare chest rising and falling next to her.
His muscular body had surprised her she knew he was in shape, but she had no idea that he was that built. She let all the memories of the previous night come flooding back to her mind as she laid back down next to him and felt a throb of pain (she also hadn't realized that he was so "muscular" there). She felt him stir and rise up in the bed and then look over at her. She pretended to be asleep and listened to him.
"Aw shit, what have I done?" he muttered under his breath. "God I'm an idiot!" he said some swear words to himself and held his head in his hands. He felt like a jerk, he felt that he had just used her even though he didn't; he felt an extremely strong surge of affection for her. And even before what had happened last night he felt more for her than he did Rose.
Rapunzel walked next to Val on their way to school. They entered the plaza, in front of the school, which was packed with soldiers from the country of Partreich, Val's Country. At first Rapunzel thought that they were there for a seminar for the boys' school but after a while it seemed evident that they were there for something much more important and informative. She knew what was happening, they were looking for Val. He never came back home last night so his parents were probably worried sick. She left Val and asked the nearest girl what was going on.
"Oh, no one knows for sure, there are rumors going around," The bubbly girl answered. "Someone said that they heard the soldiers saying that this was an unexpected call and urgent something to do with the prince." She continued. Rapunzel felt her face go white with fear. "Others say it has to do with a problem with some of the princesses at the school. I don't know what to think." She finished, Rapunzel softly and quickly muttered thanks before running off to find one of her friends.
She found her friends Ella and Snow sitting down around the edge of the big fountain in the middle of the plaza shared by the schools. She also found their new courtiers, Val's friends, which meant she would soon find Val again, which was something that she didn't want right now. Prince Charming Ella's "friend" was sitting next to Ella and laughing. Snow and Dap were sitting next to each other Snow grinning from ear to ear, as usual, and Dap was in a deep conversation with her.
Rapunzel stood there for a while, lost in time, staring at her friends watching them laugh and carry on with their merriment so unaware of the future, unafraid, and unknowing of what could possibly happen. She knew what would happen to her she knew from the beginning of time she knew that she would graduate from this prestigious school and then go on with her normal life. The one that was already planned out for her, the one that she wanted desperately to change, the one that she begged and pleaded with her witch mother to change for her and every time she would say "It's not going to change anything" as she cast the spell.
It burned in her soul every time, every time. She felt the longing and the urge to do something, anything to change what she knew was already fate. The anger rose up within her to a level it had never reached before, and before she even realized it she was screaming at her best friends.
"What the hell is wrong with you people?!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Her friends turned to look at her as if she were deranged, and then their faces changed when they realized who was screaming at them, they became compassionate. "Don't look at me like that, look at you! You're all freaking laughing!" Her eyes burned form the tears welling up in them. She hadn't lost her mind, just her heart.