"Noo! Shaun!" Sofia knelt down to her lifeless husband, Rapunzel still crying in her arms.

Sofia then cried. A deep, emotional cry. It seemed as though the mainland could hear her howling. Then, finally, she stopped.

"Why?" she whispered to herself, the man just furrowed his brow, "What?"

Sofia sighed, "Who sent you?" still looking down at her cold husband's body.

The man chuckled quietly, but sort of hysterically, "What?"

"Who sent you?" she said again, louder.

"I can't tell you. I told you, he will kill me."

"But," she whimpered, looking down at Shaun,

"Why did you kill him?" She looked up at him, tears welling in her eyes again,

"It's.. my job."

Sofia let out a small sob, as if to say, why is life so difficult?

She sniffled, "Who do you work for, then?"

"Listen, ma'am, I don't think you understa-"

"No! I do understand."

She took in deep breath, eyes closed,

"Tell me his name."

"No." he would regret saying that.

Sofia's whole face flared, "TELL ME!" she screamed, making Rapunzel's cries louder.

"No!" Sofia's eyes widened at his bravery.

He ran a hand through his hair.

"You really don't understand, he will literally kill me."

"Please." her eyes watered, pleading for the answer,

"Please tell me the name of the man who sent my husband's killer."

The man gave in, "Okay." He took a deep breath in, and out, "He is referred to a-"

Suddenly, a police car's siren wailed, setting off the man's senses. He scampered over to the balcony, stuck his head out, then bolted to the door.

Sofia crumpled her face, as if she was about to cry, "Wait! Tell me his na-!"

But it was too late, the man had already left.

Sofia then wailed louder than the sirens, holding Rapunzel and her dead husband close to her.

A few weeks later, the police came back with no trace of the killer, or his employer. Sofia had to do something.

She turned to crime. She stole, she kept it under wraps, and, when she had enough money, she spent it all.

She bought a large house on an abandoned island to keep her daughter safe. Rapunzel. Her daughter was the one person she couldn't let get away. She had no other family. She loved her too much to let her go.

She then changed her name to, Gothel, to protect her identity. But that wasn't enough.

From that moment on, Sofia Bassinger did everything in her power to track down her husband's killer, and she would not let anything or anyone get in her way.