Disclaimer: I do not own Disney nor do I own Tangled
Rapunzel awakes to a different sound than she is used to. She hears people singing outside. Pascal Iis still asleep but Rapunzel scoops him out of his tiny bed and places him on the window sill.
"Listen Pascal, the townspeople are singing. It's so beautiful. What a great sound to wake up to" Rapunzel says. Pascal uses his tail to point outside.
"You're right Pascal. We should go outside and sing with them" Rapunzel gets dressed in the first dress she sees in her closet and then she places Pascal on her shoulder and she races downstairs to the front door. She's just about to open the door when she hears a voice behind her.
"Your highness, where are you off to? You're forgetting your winter clothing" one of the maids says
"Oh right" Rapunzel giggles.
The snow is so deep that it almost covers the top of her boots. As she's trudging through the snow she feels something hit her shoulder, a snowball. There is only one person who would dare hit the princess of Corona with a snowball, and that person was Eugene Fitzherbert.
"Eugene, I know it was you! Come out, come out wherever you are!" Rapunzel calls. Another snowball hits her, this time it hits her back.
"Eugene! I'm warning you!" Rapunzel yells. Eugene comes running up behind her and picks her up into his arms.
"Well look what I found. A princess and her frog" Eugene says.
"Eugene, I know it was you who threw those snowballs" Rapunzel crosses her arms.
"Prove it" Eugene smirks, "Now, what are you doing out here in the cold all by yourself?"
"I could ask you the same question" Rapunzel smirks back at him.
"I was out here grooming Max. What about you?"
"Well, I heard singing and it was the most beautiful sound. I wanted to see who it was" Rapunzel says.
"You must have heard the carolers in the village" Eugene places Rapunzel's feet back on the ground.
"Can we go see them? Please? I would love to sing with them, and well I'm not supposed to leave the castle grounds alone. So I need a guide, and you're going to be my guide. I'm a princess so you must obey my orders" Rapunzel says.
"What's the punishment if I don't abide by these orders?" Eugene questions.
"No kisses for you" Rapunzel says simply.
"No kisses? That is way too cruel. I guess I have no choice" Eugene bows, "Princess Rapunzel, right this way to the village" Rapunzel laughs and takes his hand. As they venture further into the village the singing gets louder. The caroler's are singing Silent Night and Eugene starts to hum along.
"You know this song? I've never heard it before" Rapunzel ponders.
"It's a Christmas song. It's called Silent Night" Eugene explains.
"Christmas even has it's own songs?" Rapunzel asks in wonder.
"yes, people sing them to spread Christmas cheer"
Rapunzel sees the carolers outside the bookshop and she runs towards them, dragging poor Eugene behind her.
"Excuse me, your singing is really quite lovely, but would you mind if I sang with you? " Rapunzel asks the carolers when they finish their song. The carolers invite Rapunzel to join them. Rapunzel waves her hand to Eugene, asking him to join them, but Eugene shakes his head. Rapunzel struts up to Eugene and pulls him over to the carolers. Rapunzel thinks that Eugene has the most amazing singing voice, in her opinion he doesn't sing often enough. One of the carolers hands Rapunzel their song book so she can sing along. They sing Deck the Halls which Rapunzel thoroughly enjoys. Her favourite part is singing fa la la la la. Each time that part comes up, Rapunzel sings it at the top of her lungs. They sing" the Twelve Day of Christmas" and "We Wish you a Merry Christmas" as well before the carolers have to leave.
"I guess we should head home now" Rapunzel shrugs.
"Wait, there's one more thing we have to do" Eugene says. He takes Rapunzel' hand and leads her to the bakery. Eugene orders them each a gingerbread cookie then they head to the little alleyway where they once shared cupcakes on her birthday. Rapunzel inspects the cookie for a few minutes.
"It's so cute. It's a little man. I think I'll name him Flynn" Rapunzel says.
"You don't name gingerbread cookies, you eat them" Eugene laughs.
"Well, you should" Rapunzel says.
"Fine, I name mine Blondie" Eugene smiles. Rapunzel breaks off one of her cookie's legs and gives it to Pascal.
"This is delicious Eugene. I wish I knew about these cookies when I was in my tower. I would have baked them all the time"
"Well, I do have great taste" Eugene replies.
As they are walking home Rapunzel is deep in thought.
"I was thinking about that song we were singing, the twelve days of Christmas one. You're my true love, so am I supposed to give you all those things in the song for Christmas? The pear tree and the birds and the drummers and such?" Rapunzel asks.
"No, it's just a song. No one actually gives those things as gifts" Eugene says.
"Oh, so what should I give you for Christmas? What do you want?" Rapunzel asks. Eugene stops and turns to face Rapunzel and takes both her hands in his.
"Rapunzel, I don't need anything for Christmas. I have you and that's all I could ever ask for. You're my Christmas present" Eugene kisses her forehead.