Me: I don't own Tangled, Rise of the Guardians, Sleeping Beauty, Hercules, How to Train Your Dragon, the Black Cauldron, Pocahontas, Brave, Treasure Planet, Aladdin and Avalon High.
Note: Everything will be in Rapunzel's POV! Unless I switch it to Hiccup's, John's(or Aurora's), Merida's or Jack's POVs. Or if it's in normal mode aka no one's POV.
Chapter 3:
Rapunzel's POV:
I walked to school the next day, went to my locker, got what I needed, closed it and went to class. I sat down in my seat and Mr. Moore was teaching until class ended. "Okay. Tomorrow, we'll be talking about sewage systems in King Arthur's day. So, if I were you, I'd plan on eating a light lunch." He said. I got up after I got my stuff ready and was heading out the door when Mr. Moore called my name. "Rapunzel?" He asked.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Were you able to find some information of the Order from your parents?" He asked.
"True to form, they had a dusty, 50-pound book about it." I said. I didn't notice Taran peaking out from the door.
"Fascinating! Ha! Did you read the prophecy?" Mr. Moore asked.
I nodded. "Mmm-hmm." I said.
"What did you think?" He asked.
"I don't know. The whole "reincarnation of King Arthur" thing is a little far-fetched, don't you think?" I said then asked.
"It's only far-fetched if it isn't true." He said.
I laughed a bit. "Don't tell me you believe in it, too?" I asked.
"Oh, absolutely! You're a very lucky girl to be able to read the prophecy firsthand." He said.
"I could bring in the book for you, if you want to see it." I said.
"Oh, no, no, no. I couldn't ask you to do that. A book like that must be so fragile. I'd be afraid of damaging it! Yeah. It's probably just best to leave it right where it is." He said.
"Just thought I'd ask." I said, leaving.
I was walking and didn't notice Taran coming up to my side when I heard him talk. "What did he want? Are you in trouble? I don't want to be friends with a troublemaker." He said.
"Taran, are you finally admitting we're friends?" I asked, walking with him.
"I admit nothing." He said. We were heading for lunch. "Just tell me what Moore wanted." He said.
"He just wanted to talk about the Order of the Bear." I said.
"Wow. Informal, post-class chit-chat. Way to pull the Teacher's Pet spot out from underneath me. Some friend you turned out to be." He said.
"Bye Taran." I said, smiling a bit.
"Where are you going?" He asked, standing there.
"The cafeteria." I said, still walking then turned around and faced him. "Do you wanna come with me?" I asked.
"Okay." He said, smiling and caught up to me. We walked into another hall when I heard a girl laughing. I turned around and I saw Hiccup and Merida at the stairs. They saw me looking at them and I looked away while walking but I would look back every once in a while and I saw them separate.
The rest of the school day went kind of fast and I even went to practice. I finished and left for home. I went out running to the park again. As I was running, my hat blew away. I went through the branches to look for it when I saw Jack, sitting against a tree. I went over to him. "Hi." I said.
He took one earbud out of his ear with one hand and was holding my hat with the other. "Is this yours?" He asked.
"Yeah, it blew away." I said, smiling.
"Right to me. Must be fate." He said, smiling and taking some leaves off of it then handing it to me.
"Thanks. So, what are you doing out here?" I asked.
"Running, thinking. Running and thinking. This is obviously the thinking part." He said.
I chuckled. "I figured. Okay. Well, I'll leave you alone then." I said, starting to walk away.
"No, it's okay. Stay." He said. I went to a branch that was close to him. "You know, most people just run right by this part of the forest, but it's great in here. Listen, hear the wind in the trees. It's like music." He said as I sat down, holding my hat. The wind gently blew around us and I listened to it blow gently through the trees.
"Football players aren't supposed to talk like that." I said, smiling a bit.
"You're making fun of me?" He asked. He looked hurt.
My smile fell. "No, no. I didn't mean to." I said.
"No, hey, it's just...It seems like all people can talk to me about is football." He said.
I nodded softly as I realized that he hated it when people only talk about football all the time and not anything else but football. "Okay. Well, what else do you want to talk about?" I asked.
He chuckled. "See? That's the problem. I can't think of anything else." He said. I laughed softly as I smiled again. "Can I tell you something?" He asked. I nodded. "Football used to mean everything to me. I loved the game. But now everyone's counting on me to win the championship, and get my scholarship." He said.
"You're getting a football scholarship? That's amazing!" I said, smiling.
"I don't have one yet. But I need one, or no college." He said.
"No pressure there." I said. He looked sad and got up. I watched him then got up too. I followed him, stuffing my hat into my jacket pocket. "You're a great athlete. Everybody knows that. And all great athletes have pressure on them all the time. You can't be afraid of it. You have to embrace it." I said as we walked then we stopped and faced each other. "And the way to do that is to remember what victory felt like, that feeling when you lead your team to glory. And if you can live in that moment and want it again with all your heart, nothing can stop you." I said, honestly, seriously, sincerely and truthfully.
"Wow. That was...Thank you." He said.
I smiled. "I don't know where that came from." I said, walking with him again.
"What if I lose?" He asked, looking at me while we were walking.
"Then maybe State wasn't meant to be." I said."Not the answer I was hoping for." He said.
I laughed. "Sorry. I just mean...Maybe everything happens for a reason." I said.
"You think so?" He asked.
"I didn't, but I'm starting to." I said. A phone rang and I watched him pull out his phone. Merida was calling him. I noticed he rejected the call. "Wow. You guys have been together for a while, huh?" I asked.
"Almost three years. Don't ask." He said.
"Ask what?" I asked.
"Why I didn't answer the phone. Hey, want to run some more?" He asked.
"Sure. Oh. Uh, wait. I forgot. My dad's making burgers for dinner." I said.
"Burgers, huh? Sounds good." He said.
"Yeah, they are. Yep, my dad makes some pretty good burgers there. Oh, wait. Did you want to come over for burgers? Just as friends. So, it'd just be like...Like a friend-burger." I said.
We laughed. "Yeah, I would love a "friend-burger."" He said and walked to my house. We went to the backyard.
"Ah. Perfect. There we go. Good." My dad said. I was helping my mom with the table while she was in the kitchen.
"Oh, I got that, sir." Jack said, closing the lid of the barbecue.
"Oh, yeah. Ohh. Thank you." Dad said.
"No problem." Jack said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Dad said.
Mom walked over with a small bowl in her hands. "Jack, you're welcome here any time. You're wonderful." Mom said.
I looked at her. "Mom, please!" I said, tossing a napkin onto the table that was by the pool.
"What? He's class president, the quarterback and Homecoming King. He's very impressive." She told me then looked at him as he was holding a plate with a smile. "Very impressive." She said, sitting down. I sighed and smiled softly as he handed me a plate.
"One of the professors told me you really helped turn the team around. Not to mention bringing a lot of pride back into the school." Dad said, sitting down and placing the plate of burgers onto the table.
"His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd; On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode; From underneath his helmet flow'd His coal-black curls as on he rode..." Mom said, looking at us then at dad while holding his hand.
"As he rode down to Camelot." Dad said, kissing mom's hand. I couldn't believe they were doing this here and now.
Mom looked at us. "It's a poem about how Arthur became the leader Britain needed. Seems like Jack did the same thing for Avalon High." She said.
I laughed a bit nervously and looked at Jack. "I don't know how things are at your house, but around here, dinner just isn't complete without a King Arthur poem." I said. All four of us laughed a bit.
"Excuse me." Dad said, getting up and going over to the barbecue.
"Would you like some lettuce?" Mom asked Jack. We jumped as dad used the fire extinguisher on the burgers.
"We're all good. We're all good. Try some of the potato salad. Mom made it." Dad said, using the extinguisher again. We ate and the both of us got up because Jack said that he had to go.
We walked to his car. "Thanks for dinner." He said.
"Anytime. You know, if you're out running and get hungry or whatever." I said. I didn't notice my parents coming out onto the porch.
"There's a party at my house after Friday's game. You should come." He said.
"Sure. I'd love to." I said. His phone rang again and he pulled it out. Merida was calling him again.
He looked at me. "I'd better go." He said.
"Yeah." I said. We smiled and I watched him as he walked off.
He answered the phone. "Hey, Merida. How are you?" He asked as he walked to his car.
I walked back to the house and my parents ran back into the house. They each picked up a book and pretended to look through them. "So? Did he ask you on a date?" Mom asked.
I turned around. "No! We're just friends. Those were friend-burgers!" I said.
"Okay. Sure. Just friends. Got it." Dad said.
I didn't believe him. "Seriously! I just gave him a football pep talk, that's it." I said.
"Well, if you say that's it, I guess that's it." Mom said.
"Good. Okay." I said, going up the stairs. I got ready for bed and woke up the next day, which was Friday. Day went pretty fast. I didn't have practice today so I got home at 3:00. I had dinner, got ready and went to the game with Taran. We watched the game. Jack and the team won the game since one of his teammates scored a touchdown. We cheered. Jack looked at me and we looked at each other. I smiled and nodded. He smiled back and looked straight as he saw Hiccup go over to him.
I smiled and didn't know that Taran noticed until he slightly leaned over to me. "What was that all about?" He asked.
I looked at him then at the field. "What was what?" I asked then smiled as I took a sip of my drink. My parents dropped me and Taran off at the party.
We walked. "Tell me again why I'm at a party with a bunch of meathead jocks?" He asked.
"I'm a jock, Taran. Am I a meathead?" I asked.
"No, but this party is the first step." He said as I turned to him. A jock looked at us; mostly at Taran, scoffed and walked away.
"Fine, then don't come in." I said then I noticed him looking at someone. I followed his gaze and saw a girl with blonde hair and a very thin headband. The girl looked at him, smiled softly and walked off towards the house.
I looked at him him when he spoke. "Maybe I can make a quick appearance." He said, still looking at the girl. I scoffed a bit, shook my head, grabbed his sleeve and pulled him with me to the house. We walked into the house.
We passed two boys. "Hey." One of them said.
"What?" Taran asked. I closed my eyes and sighed a bit then looked at him. "See? People hate me." He said.
"Taran, try to smile and be friendly. Just this once. See what happens." I said. We stopped walking as we saw the girl from earlier. They smiled at each other. "See? Now go talk to her." I encouraged.
"Talk to who?" He asked.
"Taran, give it up. You obviously like that girl." I said.
He looked at her then at me. "She's so pale. It's weird. She's probably a vampire. Teenage vampires are, like, everywhere these days." He said.
"So, you're not gonna go talk to her?" I asked.
"Nope." He said.
"And this had nothing to do with you being afraid of being rejected?" I asked.
"Why should I care if I'm rejected by a vampire?" He asked.
I sighed. "I give up." I said. He smiled nervously when we heard a scream. We all went to the backyard. We watched as the girl put something down. She must've been the one that screamed.
I saw Jack following Jim. Jim must've done something. "Hey, what's going on?" Jack asked.
"Your friends are wimps." Jim said, looking smug. Jack looked around at everyone then back at Jim when he spoke. "We seem to have a slight pest control problem." Jim said, picking up a fake spider off of the plate that had hotdogs on it.
"Then I guess we'd better get rid of the pests." Jack snapped.
"Mmm." Jim said.
"Dude, you're ruining the party." Jack said.
They looked at Jack's jock friends then back at each other. "Need your little goons to save you from the scary candy bugs?" Jim taunted, eating the candy spider.
"No, I need them to stop you from doing something I'll regret." Jack said.
"The only thing I regret is my mom marrying your dad." Jim said. They had a stare down then Jim scoffed and looked at his friends. "Let's go, guys. This party's a dud. They even let the uber-nerds in." Jim said, walking towards us to walk past us.
Jim's friends walked past us as Taran turned around. "Oh, yeah. When I'm at Yale and you're in jail, I'll be sure sure to tell everyone how cool you are." Taran told Jim, sarcastically. We walked out to the backyard when Jack walked over to me. Taran turned around and looked at us.
"Hey, Rapunzel. Sorry about that. Jim, he's complicated." Jack said, crossing his arms.
"What's his problem, anyway?" I asked, looking at the direction that Jim had gone to leave then I looked back at Jack.
"He's just really angry. That his dad died five years ago, that his mom married my dad, that I'm..." He trailed off, putting his hands slightly below his waist.
"I can tell why he might be a little jealous, Jack. You're kind of perfect." I said. I realized what I had just said and my eyes widened slightly. "I mean, your game was perfect." I said to cover myself up.
"Hey, I only got through that game because of what you said. Thank you." He said, smiling. We smiled at each other for a bit. "I really should go find Merida." He said.
"Yeah. Of course." I said. We heard Taran groan and looked over at him. "Taran!" I said, going over to him with Jack.
"You okay, man?" Jack asked.
Taran looked at him. "Yeah, I'm okay. Fine..." He said, sighing. "You will be, too." He said, patting his shoulder.
Me and Jack looked at him weirdly. "Uh, thanks. I think." He said, looking at me then back at him. I looked at him then at Taran. We looked at each other again. "See you later, Rapunzel." He said, smiling.
I smiled back. "Bye." I said and watched him walk into the house. I looked back at Taran. "What was that all about, Taran? Are you really okay?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just...Socializing makes me dizzy." He said.
"Well, I'm gonna go try to find a bathroom, okay? Don't faint or anything id someone says hello. I'm starting to worry about you." I said, backing off then turning around and walked into the house. I looked at the stairs then went up . I opened a door and looked into a room. I looked around it and my eyes landed on a crown. This must be Jack's room and that crown must be the Homecoming King crown. I had a flashback to when I was waking up then turning a page in the book then I had another daydream of someone putting the crown on someone else's head.
I gasped as I was brought back to reality then my eyebrows furrowed. I took one last look at the room and closed the door.