2 CHAPTERS MADE IN 1 DAY! WOO!

"Eugene? Are you okay?" Rapunzel asked Flynn, as she gave the ball back to a small boy. Maximus and Pascal looked at Flynn, tilting their heads. Flynn cleared his throat,

"No, Blondie, I'm fine."

Rapunzel studied Eugene's facial expressions for a few moments, then decided he was alright. One of the boys opened the front door of the small house, holding out his hand for Rapunzel to come inside. Rapunzel grinned, and stepped inside. Once Rapunzel was fully inside the house, she looked around to see... almost nothing. A table with a couple of broken toys on it, two chairs, some crates and boxes scattered around, and two lamps lit on the left and right side of the room.

Rapunzel had a curious feeling. This is where they live? Where are thieir parents? Where's the colour? The happiness? Just as Rapunzel was about to ask millions of questions, a voice came from across the room.

"Hello? Toby, where did you get those apples?" the voice said. It sounded sweet, yet croaky. The voice revealed itself as an elderly lady, around the tender age of 60. She looked surprized when she saw Rapunzel at the front door. "H-Hello... I'm Rapunzel..."Rapunzel said, looking quite shy. The lady smiled warmly.

"I'm Ms. Lily. Nice to meet you. Are you the one who gave the apples to Toby?" she asked sweetly, but still looking quite protective. Rapunzel laughed and retold the story of how she met 'Toby'. Ms. Lily chuckled, turning around to show Rapunzel the room. There were more worn out toys in the other side of the house, and... a drawing by a little child hanging on the wall. The drawing was a boy and his parents holding hands under the sun and flying birds. She looked at the drawing carefully to see who it was by. Rapunzel gasped as she read the name:

Eugene Fitzherbert.

Ms. Lily noticed her gasp. "Rapunzel... is everything alright?" Rapunzel quickly told Ms. Lily to stay where she was and rushed out the door, seeing an strangely sweating Eugene outside pacing back and forth. She quickly grabbed his arm without him noticing and dragged him into the house. Eugene tried to pulled himself away, but Rapunzel was surprisingly too strong!

Rapunzel brought him to Ms. Lily. She was talking to another little boy who was given money to buy something at the bakery. As she got up and turned around to face Rapunzel and Eugene, she gasped. Grabbing her glasses from the desk she examined Eugene closely. Eugene gulped and froze, not knowing what to do. He just wants to leave and go back exploring with Rapunzel somewhere else, yet he wants to stay and explore the house.

"Eugene? Lil' Eugene Fitzherbert is that you?" Ms. Lily laughed as she pulled Eugene into a hug. Eugene was still frozen, still not knowing what to do.

*Flashback*

"Eugene! What have you gotten into this time?" Ms Lily asked little 8 year old Eugene Fitzherbert, who was sitting in a stool.

"To be honest, I really don't know." he said, putting his hands in his pockets." Ms. Lilly sighed. "Eugene, please tell me what's wrong... why did you do that?""

Eugene started whimpering. "A-a boy in the streets made fun of me because he said I-I had no p-parents!" Eugene sobbed, covering his face with his hands. Ms. Lily brought Eugene into a hug. "It's okay, Eugene. You've got to be strong! You have me, and your friends here, right?"

Eugene, went to a quiet sob. "Ms. Lily, where are my parents?"

Ms. Lily looked at Eugene with warm, tender eyes. "They are in a safe place, just like you." Eugene started to smile a bit, but failed.

Ms. Lily, frowned, looking around to see if anything would cheer up lil' Eugene. She grinned when she saw a book laying on her desk. She got up and held the book in front of Eugene. Eugene stared at the book, then looked at Ms. Lily.

"Tales of Flynnigan Rider! It's a great book Eugene. Why don't you read it?"

Eugene hesitated at first, but grabbed the book and scanned through the pages. He started grinning once he read one page. Ms Lily went back to her desk, smiling at Eugene as she went back to her work.

*End of Flashback*

He looked at Rapunzel, who was encouraging him to hug her back. She finally pulled away and chuckled. "My, my Eugene... look how you've grown!" she exclaimed as she proudly looked at Eugene. Eugene relaxed more and smiled sheepishly. Rapunzel watched excitedly as the small reunion unfolded right before her.

"Your tall, your fit, my, your very handsome!" Ms Lily exclaimed some more. After hearing the last bit, Eugene melted from his frozen posture and smirked.

"Nice to see you too, Ms. Lily... I see you've met Rapunzel" he said, looking at her and Rapunzel. Ms. Lily chuckled.

"Yes, Eugene, your girlfriend's very pretty, too."

Eugene widened his eyes, with a huge blush forming.

"N-no, she's not m-my girlfriend..." Eugene said to Ms. Lily, shaking his head, chuckling absentmindedly. Rapunzel, not knowing what the term "girlfriend" meant, thinking it was a girl who was a friend, looked down ashamed. Eugene noticed this and began to sweat, playing with his fingers. Ms. Lily noticed this and apologized for the small joke. Rapunzel smiled a half-hearted smile, then saw a stairway to the second floor. She decided to go up and see more of the house, but Eugene stopped her.

"Woah, woah, woah, blondie.. where do you think you're going?" Eugene asked, stepping on the step above hers.

"I wanna see your childhood, you know, "Tales of Flynnigan Rider".."

"I just read that to you in the library!" Eugene exclaimed, trying to block Rapunzel's view of upstairs. Rapunzel then slowly backed down from the steps and looked down as if she was about to cry.

"Blondie, that's not fair." Eugene said, nervous.

But Rapunzel lifted her head up, looked at Eugene with puppy dog eyes, and pouted her lips.

Oh, no. No no no no no...Eugene thought as he saw Eugene do his signature move: The Smolder.

His hand twitched. Hesitating, but sighed, agreed to let Rapunzel take a look. She squealed wth delight and rushed upstairs. Ms. Lily chuckled. "Eugene, what have you gotten into this time?"Ms Lily asked Eugene.

Eugene shook his head and smiled at Ms Lily.

"To be honest, I really don't know".

:) R&R :)