Rapunzel and Eugene were going to have a nice double date with Anna and her current beau (Holy crap, continuity). However, Eugene learns that the past sometimes come back to bite you with the present providing even sharper teeth.

Tales of Grudges
It was your normal night on the Corona-Arendelle border as a reindeer ran passed the scenery carrying a sleigh that held two people in it. One of the people was the very excited Anna. She could not have stopped bouncing around even if she tried and even when she almost fell out of the sleigh. The other person was a large mountain man that Anna proclaimed to be her boyfriend, Kristoff.

"Oh my gosh!" Anna squealed. "I'm so excited. Are you excited? This is my first double date. I get to have a double date like a normal girl. I always figured that I would have doubled with Elsa. But I don't think her pendulum swings that way…. or at all… Wait…"

She suddenly stopped her rambling. Kristoff wasn't as excited about this double date. For starters, the restaurant Anna and this Rapunzel girl selected was very high class and Kristoff was a humble ice picker. He could already feel the snobbish eyes staring down at him before he even walked through the door. But if this would make Anna happy, then he was not going to complain. From what Anna told him, Rapunzel was a sweet girl and her husband had a shady past but thankfully he reformed himself.

"I just hope this won't turn out to be a complete disaster," the mountain man admitted.

"Pshaw, don't worry if any stuff nobleman will give you the stink eye for courting me," Anna said as she side hugged Kristoff. "Just be yourself."

"But do you think that I look okay?" Kristoff asked. He did not have much in the name of formal wear as what he was currently wearing could be mistaken for casualwear.

"You ALWAYS look good," Anna smiled. She was wearing a gown similar to the design of her coronation dress but without the frills at the bottom

The couple said nothing afterward, simply enjoying each other's company. Meanwhile, Rapunzel and Eugene were already in the restaurant waiting for the rest of their party to show. The restaurant, which was currently almost full of customers, looked fancy, as two purple and gold colored fountains lay in the center of the building and Eugene wondered if he could have ever stolen those fountains to make a quick buck.

"Is this even us, Blondie?" Eugene asked, wearing a purple royal suit fit for a prince. "I mean, neither of us were raised in highbrow society."

Rapunzel knew her husband was right and quite frankly agreed with him. She primarily picked this restaurant because she knew that Anna was high society. It was also the one of the few restaurants that met the King Corona's seal of approval and Rapunzel had no chance of convincing him to allow a more humble diner or even the Snuggly Duckling. But at least they were granted permission to go without the need of bodyguards since Rapunzel and Eugene were masters in the art of frying pan fighting.

Rapunzel told Eugene all about what she knew about Anna's boyfriend. he apparently helped Anna to try and get Elsa to restore summer and became the Royal Ice Deliver as a reward. Eugene did not think that was really a thing. As a person, Anna's boyfriend was a loner, a bit a snarky, and was raised by trolls.

"Trolls?" Eugene blurted out.

"Eugene, we know a horse who commands the Corona Castle guards," Rapunzel countered. "Someone being raised by trolls should not be too hard to believe."

"If you say so."

"Besides, we're finally having a double date with a couple who aren't my parents," Rapunzel dreamily said. "Isn't it romantic? Will Anna find this romantic?"

"Didn't Anna admit that she was engaged to this guy after like two minutes?" Eugene wondered while smirking.

"Eugene, be nice. Besides, that was her last boyfriend. She's taking it slower with her current boyfriend."

"So they're gonna be engaged six minutes after they meet?" Eugene chuckled.

"Eugene!" Rapunzel sternly said.

"Fine, I'll be on my best behavior," Eugene let up. But he still had one more thing to ask. "Say, you think the boyfriend is a retired thief as well? You know, so we can have something to talk about."

Rapunzel groaned and as if on cue Anna and her boyfriend showed up to the table. Eugene thought that Anna's beau was staring at him suspiciously but he thought nothing of it. Though he did look familiar Eugene thought to himself. Rapunzel got of her seat and went to Anna and held her hands.

"Cousin Anna!" Rapunzel said. "You look great!"

"You look more great… well not great but greater and…." Anna rambled until she realized that she was. "And meet my boyfriend, Kristoff."

"Hello," he said pleasantly to Rapunzel. And when he faced Eugene he said in a more grumpy tone, "Hello."

Okay, Eugene knew something was wrong with this guy. And yet he still couldn't place his finger on what it could be.

Rapunzel was too excited and obvious to Kristoff's tone and Eugene. "Hey, Kristoff. I'm Rapunzel and this is my husband, Eugene."

"How you doing?" Eugene asked.

"I'm fine…. Flynn Rider!" Kristoff replied.

Rapunzel's eyes went wide and Eugene slouched a bit. This guy apparently knew Eugene back during his days as the renowned thief of Flynn Rider.

Even Anna was flabbergasted when she asked her trademark, "Wait…. What?"

Who is Flynn Rider? You mean that one guy in a book Mama used to read to me? Why would Kristoff think Eugene is Flynn?

"Do I know you?" Eugene wondered.

"Remember, Flynn? Five years ago? In the mountains? Something about medicine for reindeer?"

Anna said to Kristoff "What are you talking about?"

Rapunzel turned to her significant other. "What IS he talking about?"

All eyes were now on Eugene as he felt even more helpless than the time Rapunzel tied him up with her hair. "Beats me…"

Then he had an epiphany, "Oh I remember now. I scammed some shmuck who talked for his reindeer by giving him reindeer medicine. But it was really nothing more than leaves and dirt grounded up into a liquid."

Eugene laughed very hard recalling that story. As far as he thought, it was one of the better schemes he ever cooked up as it was so simple yet the payoff was amazing.

Then he saw the faces of his wife and their guests and suddenly he felt ashamed.

"Did I mention that I'm a changed man?" Eugene countered. "I'm on the straight and narrow now."

Eugene could feel the rage Kristoff had for him. Thankfully Anna decided to cool down the tension.

"Guys," she started. "As my sister would sing: the past is in the past. Let it go."

So the guys gave each other a silent truce… for now anyway. Other than that, the date went okay. Rapunzel and Anna did all the chatting while the guys stayed quiet. They only spoke when one of the girls spoke to them but they neither dared to speak to the other guy. Rapunzel asked Kristoff what it was like to live with trolls.

"Think of it as living with a bunch of happy ants who do not understand personal space," Kristoff explained before taking another bite of roast chicken.

"So it's like the guys at the Snuggly Duckling?"

"I… guess?" Kristoff obviously didn't know about the pub. "So what's with the skillets?"

"These?" Rapunzel said. "Well thanks to us, Corona learned that frying pans are an excellent weapon. In fact, THIS frying pan is how I met my Eugene."

"And I still have the bump to prove it," Eugene said as he rubbed his head.

"She should have hit you a bit harder," Kristoff muttered.

But he wasn't quiet enough as Anna spoke, in aghast, "Kristoff! Are you crazy?"

Eugene heard Kristoff's comment as well, "Well it seems like you haven't gotten any smarter."

"You're the 'cheat ya' part in my Reindeers Are Better Than People song."

Eugene smirked as he saw Kristoff fuming, "Awww, you still have an unnatural love for your reindeer. You two should elope, societal standards be damned."

"EUGENE!" Rapunzel yelled. The other customers in the restaurant were beginning to stare in the direction of our… heroes?

"Well at least I didn't have to lie about my entire personality to get a girl!" Kristoff countered.

"Kristoff…" Anna said her head fell down onto the table. She could not believe this was happening. All she wanted was to have a normal double date like a normal girl would. Rapunzel and Eugene would meet Kristoff and all three would be the best of friends. And they would have continued double dating forever and ever until they were all old and wrinkly.

Sure that dream would assume that Kristoff and I would ever get married in the first place. But it's still a nice dream.

When Anna came to, she heard the argument still going on as she heard Kristoff speak in a rather goofy voice while looking out the window. "Kick the loser's butt twice for me, Kristoff!"

Oh God, not the Sven voice… NOW of all times!

Rapunzel was straight up confused by Kristoff's change in tone, but Eugene was giggling like a drunkard as he knew the voice.

"Oh is your first lover out there, deer boy?" Eugene laughed. He then turned to Anna, "Hey Anna are you actually willing to be seen with a guy whose first wife is a moose?"

Something snapped inside Anna. It may be due to the fact that she was full of fatigue, Eugene had been a jerk to Kristoff in the past, he was still being mean to him in the present, or that she was basically called the second wife to someone who loves his reindeer. Either way, Anna grabbed Rapunzel's frying pan.

"WILL YOU SHUT IT ALREADY?" Anna yelled as she swung the pan at Eugene who went out cold.

Every patron stared at the four friends. Rapunzel could have sworn she someone say "You go girl."

But after the adrenaline wore off, Anna began to panic.

Oh god, what if I accidentally started a war?! I mean I only assaulted the Prince Regent of Corona with a frying pan! Elsa's gonna kill me!

"Well I would say this has been a fun date," Kristoff said. "But I would be lying. Looks like we're about to be thrown out now."

"Rapunzel, I am so SO sorry," Anna apologized. "Eugene was being a big jerk. And I saw the frying pan…. And I thought he would be okay since you hit him in the head with it three times when you met and…"

"It's okay," Rapunzel interrupted. "This isn't the first time Eugene has upset someone to the brink of violence. He opens his mouth a little too big sometimes. I'll have a talk with him."

"You do that," Kristoff snipped. "We'll be somewhere else."

Kristoff got out of his chair and left. He would rather have a little bit of dignity left and walk out rather than be thrown out.

"Kristoff don't just leave in a huff…." Anna said, but he was too far away to hear. "Ugh, I'll have to give him extra kisses tonight to calm his tantrum down. Not to mention to convince him that there are still decent people out there."

"Yeah," Rapunzel answered.

"Well, good bye, Rapunzel. Oh and sorry again," Anna said as she also head toward the exit leaving Rapunzel and an unconscious Eugene.

It was all a blur for Eugene. One minute he was poking fun at Kristoff and the next minute he found himself back in his bed at Castle Corona. Oh and there was a chameleon sticking his tongue down Eugene's ear.

"What, Pascal!" he shouted. "How would you like it if I stick my tongue down YOUR ear?"

Pascal simply rolled his eyes and crawled to Rapunzel who was sitting at the edge of the bed.

"Anyway what happened…?" Eugene said, but seeing his wife's sad look he figured it out. "Oh no..."

"Oh yes," Rapunzel sadly said. Even though she was upset that Eugene was being mean to Kristoff, she needed to know something else. "Does this mean that you think I have an unholy love for Pascal?"

"No no no! That's different. You talk TO the chameleon. He was speaking FOR his overgrown goat. That's weird!"

It was not the answer she wanted to hear as she was now staring angrily at him.

"I guess this means no happy time, tonight?" Eugene joked.

The angry stare was still there.

But he knew an answer that would work, "Fine. I'll apologize to Anna and goat man… I mean Kristoff as soon as possible."

"That's good to hear," Rapunzel smiled. "But at least this night wasn't a total loss."

"How was it not a total loss?"

"Because you had something to talk about with Kristoff."

Eugene just looked utterly confused as he laid his head onto Rapunzel's lap and simply said "Please just…. hit me with the frying pan again. Don't hold back this time."