Disclaimer: I don't own Tangled or any of it's characters. Though I really want to own Eugene :p
Christmas Eve has finally arived and everyone in the castle is working hard to decorate the ballroom and finish baking all the food. Rapunzel is practicing walking up and down the stairs of the ballroom preparing for her entrace that night.
"Rapunzel, your mother requires your precence in your bed chamber. Your dress is ready for the final alterations" one of the maids says.
"Thank you" Rapunzel says. First, she has a fvour to ask of Eugene. She makes her way over to the ladder that he is standing on as he hangs a huge Christmas wreath on the wall. She stares up at him with her big green eyes.
"hello Blondie" Eugene says
"Eugene, can you do a favour for me?" Rapunzel asks.
"Anything for you princess" Eugene climbs down from the ladder.
"Can you watch Pascal? I have To get my dress fitted for the party and get ready for my big entrance to the party and sadly Pascal isn't allowed to make my entrance with me" Rapunzel says.
"Fine, I'll watch the frog. I'll see you later I guess. I'll be the one standing at the bottom of the stares staring in awe at how beautiful you are" Eugene kisses her cheek.
"There you are sweetie, I was wondering where you snuck off to" Caroline says when Rapunzel meets her and the seamstresses in her room.
"I was just dropping Pascal off with Eugene" Rapunzel answers. The seamstresses undress Rapunzel and slip her into her new holiday dress. Rapunzel still hasn't gotten used to people dressing her, she could handle dressing herself. The skirt of the dress is A-line and white, extending to the floor covering her toes. The top is a red corset with long sleeves and white fur around the writs and neckline. In the mirror Rapunzel admires herself in her new dress. She thinks it's gorgeous.
"Oh Rapunzel, you look beautiful" Caroline says as the seamstresses make last minute adjustment.
"Thank you Mamma"
Caroline puts some red lipstick on Rapunzel's lips that matches her dress.
"There now you look perfect" Caroline says.
Meanwhile in his room, Eugene is getting dressed for the festivities.
"how do I look?" Eugene asks Pascal. Eugene is dressed in black pants, a black vest and a white shirt. Pascal gives him a thumbs up. Eugeen laughs at the fact that he just asked 'the frog' for approval.
"Now, you need to get dressed up" Eugene says to him. Eugene finds a ribbon and decides to tie it around Pascal's neck as a bow tie. Pascal doesn't like this idea and he makes Eugene chase him around the room. He finally chases Pascal into the closet where Eugene captures him and ties the bow tie.
The queen takes Rapunzel's hand and they meet the king in the hallway.
"There's my little girl" James says as he places Rapunzel's tiara on her head. Her parents walk down the stairs to the ballroom full of guests. Rapunzel takes a deep breath at the top of the stairs before she begins her descend. She keeps repeating "don't fall" over and over in her head. Rapunzel's nerves are calmed slightly when she sees Eugene smiling at her in the crowd of people with Pascal on his shoulder. Everyone bows to her as she steps of the stairs into the ballroom. The festivities begin. Rapunzel stands in the middle of the ballroom just staring in awe at the beautiful garlands, wreaths and bows hanging from the walls and ceiling. There are tables and tables of food lining either side of the room and in the corner is an orchestra playing beautiful Christmas music. Eugene dodges through the crowds of people to get to Rapunzel. He takes her hand and bows in front of her.
"My princess, you look absolutely breath taking" Eugene kisses her hand.
"Thank you Eugene" Rapunzel blushes, "You look breath taking too" Pascal crawls from Eugene's shoulder onto Rapunzel's.
"Hello again Pascal, you look really nice too" Rapunzel says. Pascal points to the food table.
"Are you hungry? Me too. I haven't eaten much today. I was too nervous" Rapunzel says. At the table there's a familiar face, well actually a familiar helmet.
"Atilla!" Rapunzel hugs him. Then she quickly releases him from the hug and curtseys
"Your majesty" Atilla bows, "I brought you a special treat"
"Cupcakes?" Rapunzel asks excitedly . Atilla nods and steps aside to show a huge platter of red and green iced cupcakes. Atilla's cupcakes are without question the best cupcakes that Rapunzel has ever tasted. Rapunzel eats a cupcakes then gives Atilla a kiss on the cheek.
"That was delicious as always" Rapunzel smiles. The next stop on the food table is a gigantic bowl filled with a light yellow liquid.
"Eugene, what is this?" Rapunzel asks.
"It's egg nog. It's a Christmas drink" Eugene answers.
"ooh" Rapunzel pours herself a glass.
"Wait a minute' Eugene takes the glass from her. He takes a sip then hands it back to her.
"What was that for?" Rapunzel asks.
"Just making sure it wasn't spiked. The pub thugs are here, you can't take chances and you don't need alcohol" Eugene says. Rapunzel take a small sip then she quickly drink the rest.
"That was yummy. Christmas time definitely has the best food" Rapunzel says.
"I agree" Eugene says. Hookhand joins the orchestra at the piano and they start to play an upbeat song.
"Come on Eugene" Rapunzel pull him into the middle of the ballroom and they start dancing, despite the fact that no one else is dancing. That changes soon though as many of the guests join the young couple on the dance floor. The music slows down and Eugene pulls Rapunzel in closer. This was the kind of dancing he enjoyed where he could just stare into her gorgeous green eyes and hold her tight. That doesn't last long before the king taps Eugene on the shoulder.
"May I cut in?" he asks.
"Of course" Eugene kisses Rapunzel's hand.
"This is such a grand celebration. Does the kingdom celebrate like this every year?" Rapunzel asks.
"Yes, though the celebration has never been as joyous as tonight's. It was hard to get really excited without our beloved princess" James says.
"Isn't that cute, James told me every year at the Christmas eve party that he wished he could dance with his little girl" Caroline says to Eugene who has joined her.
"ya, Christmas time is a little hard when you're missing your family" Eugene says. The queen notices a bit of sadness in Eugene's tone.
"Come on dear, lets dance" Caroline says. She takes Eugene' hands and leads him out on the dance floor. Eugene loves to dance, though he wouldn't admit that to many people. He always imagined that his mom loved to dance and he inherited that love from her. This moment to him feels like he's dancing with his mother. Caroline was always so kind to him, even from the begining. Caroline and James were the closest thing he had ever had to parents, and they were more than better parents to him than he deserved.
At the end of the evening Rapunzel pours herself another glass of egg nog and she is about to climb on one of the tables to get everyone's attention but Eugene stops her.
"Princesses don't stand on tables" he whispers to her.
"Right!" Rapunzel grabs a spoon from the table and she taps her glass to get everyone's attention.
"I just wanted to make a toast to you all" Rapunzel announces, "Thank you for joining us in our celebration tonight and for being a part of my first real Christmas. Merry Christmas to you all!" Rapunzel lifts her glass.
As soon as the party is over, Rapunzel changes into her nightgown and prepares for bed, she's exhausted. She decides to stop in the parlour first though to say goodnioght to her parents and Eugene.
"I think I'm ready for bed. I just wanted to say goodnight" Rapunzel lets out a yawn when she sees them.
"Wait, there's one more thing we have to do tonight. We haven't hung our stockings by the fire yet" Caroline says. She leaves to go get them. Rapunzel assumes her mother is talking about hanging wet stockings by the fire to dry. She is a little surprised when her mother returns with dry stockings that are made of felt and are decorated with sparkles and Corona Sun's.
"Mamma, these don't look like stockings" Rapunzel says.
"These are Christmas stockings, they aren't actual stockings you put on your feet. You hand them on the fireplace and on Christmas morning there will be treats in them" Caroline explains. She hands James, Rapunzel and even Eugene a stocking. There's a tiny stocking that Caroline hands to Pascal. They hang them by the fire and then the king and queen hug their daughter, so happy to finally be spending a Christmas eve with her.
"You better get to bed, see you in the morning darling" James kisses Rapunzel's head. Rapunzel and Eugene make their way upstairs to their rooms.
"Goodnight Eugene" Rapunzel says as she's about to enter her room.
"Rapunzel, wait" Eugene says, he notice it is a few seconds to midnight. When the clock strikes midnight Eugene pulls out a sprig of mistletoe and gives her a soft kiss.
"Merry Christmas Rapunzel" he says. Rapunzel looks at the clock and smiles.
"Merry Christmas Eugene"