Hey! Chapter 3 of RE: Shattered Memories, already? Yeah, pretty much. Not much to say, let's start the adventure!

Chapter 3 : How did I get Tangled up in this?

World 1 : Kingdom of Corona

Atlas got to the tower and walked around it, only to see no entrance. "How did people get in this tower?" He said to himself.

He then started to climb it and reached the only window of the tower. Looking inside, it was dark except for the center that was lit by a sunroof and sees a man tied up in what looks like... hair? The hair was wrapped around him and the hair was long enough to leave a trail up to somewhere in the ceiling. He then quickly entered inside and saw the chair scoot more into the light, where he then sees a chameleon on his left shoulder. He slowly moves away from the light in the window to hide behind a nearby mirror as the chameleon starts hitting the man. After four small hits, it then fired its tongue into his ear, waking him up. He then sees that he is tied up and tried to struggle out of it, only to realize that it is hair.

"Is this... hair?" The man said to himself as he follows the trail up to the rafters.

"Struggling... struggling is pointless." A female voice said from the rafters.

The man sees the female climb down from the rafters, "I know why you're here, and I'm not afraid of you."

"Huh?" The man said to himself before the female walks into the light.

"Who are you and how did you find me?" She asked as she was holding a frying pan as a weapon.

The man didn't respond, which she then repeated herself. "Who are you and how did you find me?"

The man hesitated a bit before answering, "I know not who you are, nor I came to find you, but let me just say... hi."

The girl look a bit confused before he continued, "How ya doin? The name's Flynn Rider. How's your day goin? Huh?"

The female snapped out of it and moves the frying pan closer to his face, "Who else knows my location, Flynn Rider?"

"All right, blondie-" The man, now named Flynn, started.

"Rapunzel." The female, now named Rapunzel, corrected.

"Gesundheit. Here's the deal. I was in a situation, gallivanting through the forest. I came across your tower and..." He then started looking in a panic, "Oh! Oh, no. Where is my satchel?"

"I've hidden it. Somewhere you'll never find it." Rapunzel said as she crossed her arms.

Flynn then started looking around again until he landed his eyes on a small pot nearby, "It's in that pot, isn't it?"

Next thing he knew...

Clang!

After a few moments of watching Rapunzel hiding the satchel somewhere else, her chameleon friend then woke up Flynn the same way as last time.

"Would you stop that!?" He exclaimed as the chameleon fell off and he rubbed his left ear on his shoulder.

"Now it's hidden where you'll never find it." Rapunzel said before walking around him.

"So, what do you want with my hair? To cut it? Sell it?" She questioned.

"What? No! Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair is to get out of it, literally." Flynn answered.

"You... wait. You don't want my hair?" She asked.

"Why on earth would I want your hair? Look, I was being chased, I saw a tower, I climbed it. End of story." He answered.

"You're telling the truth?" She asked with a bit of a stammer.

"Yes!" He answered.

Then, the chameleon went across her arm that hold the pan and arrived face to face with Flynn, staring at him. After a little bit, it pointed its tail to go back and did some gesture as the pan went away from Flynn's face, which was confused. Rapunzel then had a little discussion with her chameleon friend as Flynn tried to struggle to get the chair over to the window to escape.

"OK, Flynn Rider." Rapunzel started, getting Flynn's attention. "I'm prepared to offer you a deal."

"Deal?" Flynn repeated.

"Look this way." She said as she pulled her hair to turn the chair towards the fireplace, only for it to fall over and hit his face on the floor as she climbed on top of the fireplace.

"Do you know what these are?" Rapunzel asked as she moved the curtain to reveal a painting of the lights she is talking about.

"You mean the lantern thing they do for the princess?" Flynn corrected with his voice a bit muffled, due to his face on the floor.

"Lanterns? I knew they weren't stars." She said to herself before continuing her offer, "Well, tomorrow evening, they will light the night sky with these lanterns. You will act as my guide, take me to these lanterns, and return me home safely. Then, and only then, will I return your satchel to you. That is my deal."

Flynn pushed up on his chair, moving it to the side as he speak. "Yeah. No can do. Unfortunately, the kingdom and I aren't exactly 'simpatico' at the moment. So I won't be taking you anywhere."

Rapunzel looked at the chameleon on her shoulder, which it responded by pounding its fist into its palm. She then climbed down from the fireplace and started pulling her hair, moving the chair back up to its upright position.

"Something brought you here, Flynn Rider. Call it what you will: Fate, destiny..."

"A horse." Flynn interrupted.

"So I have made the decision to trust you." Rapunzel said.

"A horrible decision, really." Flynn commented.

"But, trust me when I tell you this." She then pulled a bit, making the chair lean forward a bit before she caught it.

"You can tear this tower apart brick by brick, but without my help, you will never find your precious satchel." She said.

Flynn cleared his throat a bit, "Let me get this straight. I take you to see the lanterns, bring you back home, and you'll give me back my satchel?"

"I promise." She answered, which lead to him looking at her in disbelief.

"And when I promise something, I will never ever break that promise." She mentioned.

"Ever." She emphasized, with the chameleon nodding in agreement.

Flynn looks at the chameleon, then at Rapunzel. "All right, listen, I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the 'smoulder'."

He then looks at her with a really weird face, which she and the chameleon looked at him with a stern look.

"What is he even doing?" Atlas said to himself in his head with a confused face.

"This is kind of an off day for me. This doesn't normally happen... Fine, I'll take you to see the lanterns." Flynn agreed.

"Really?" Rapunzel said in excitement, letting go of the chair, making Flynn hit the floor again. "Oops."

"You broke my smoulder." Flynn said in a muffled voice.

"That's gotta hurt." Atlas whispers to himself.

After waiting for her to untie Flynn and got ready to leave by the window, Flynn starts going down the tower with two arrows as Rapunzel looks down at the field below.

"You coming, blondie?" Flynn asked as he then continued to climb down.

Rapunzel then starts singing to herself as she looks down:

Look at the world so close, and I'm halfway to it
Look at it all so big, do I even dare?
Look at me, there at last! I just have to do it
Should I? No. Here I go.

She then hangs her hair on a hook in front of her, the long hair hanging down to the ground as she then slid down it. Atlas slowly got up to the window edge and waited as she was admiring the land. She then ran around as she sang and then ran all the way to the small cavern with Flynn catching up to her. Atlas then jumped down all the way to the ground, landing with a roll. He then quickly caught up to them, exiting the cavern through the hanging leaves.

"OK, that was interesting." Atlas said to himself as he caught his breath for a bit.

Atlas looks up to see Rapunzel sitting on a rock in a nearby pond, admiring a couple of flowers in her hands as Flynn stood near the shade under a tree. She then entered the cave for a bit before coming back out running around the trees.

"This is so fun!" Rapunzel announced in excitement as she ran by, kicking the pile of leaves near Flynn as she did.

She then climbed a branch and stood on it, admiring the view before leaning her head on the tree trunk. "I am a horrible daughter. I'm going back."

A few seconds later, she is doing cartwheels to a hill going down. "I'm never going back!" She called out in excitement as she then rolled down the hill, wrapping herself in her hair.

After she got out of her hair, she then went to lay face down in a patch of flowers as Flynn was sitting nearby. "I am a despicable human being!" She said in a muffled voice.

A few minutes later, Flynn is leaning against a huge tree trunk as Rapunzel is using her hair to swing around the tree. "Woo-hoo! Best. Day. Ever!"

"Why is she going back and forward with her moods?" Atlas wondered to himself in his head as she is now sitting near a group of rocks, sobbing a bit as Flynn came up to her.

"You know, I can't help but notice you seem a little at war with yourself here." Flynn pointed out.

"What?" Rapunzel said after she sniffed a bit.

"Now, I'm only picking up bits and pieces, of course. Overprotective mother, forbidden road trip. I mean, this is serious stuff. But let me ease your conscience. This is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure-that's good, healthy even." Flynn said as he then brushed off the chameleon who was suspicious of him.

"You think?" Rapunzel asked.

"I know. You're way over-thinking this, trust me. Does your mother deserve it? No. Would this break her heart and crush her soul? Of course. But you just got to do it." Flynn answered.

"Break her heart?" Rapunzel repeated.

"In half." Flynn said as he picked a grape off one of the plants on the rocks.

"Crush her soul?" Rapunzel repeated.

"Like a grape." Flynn said as he crushed the grape between his finger and thumb.

"She would be heartbroken, you're right." Rapunzel said out loud to herself.

"I am, aren't I? All right, I can't believe I'm saying this but, I'm letting you out of the deal." Flynn said.

"What?" Rapunzel questioned.

"That's right. But don't thank me." Flynn said as he picked up the chameleon and the frying pan. "Let's just turn around and get you home - here is your pan - here's your frog - I get my satchel, you get back a mother-daughter relationship based on mutual trust and voila! We part ways as unlikely friends."

"No! I am seeing those lanterns-" Rapunzel said before Flynn stepped in.

"Oh come on! What is going to take to get my satchel back?" Flynn complained before Rapunzel raised her pan to his face.

"I will use this." Rapunzel threatened before a ruffling sound came from a nearby bush. She gasped as she then hopped onto Flynn's back as she points the pan at the bush.

"Is it ruffians? Thugs? Have they come for me?" Rapunzel assumed as the bush continued shaking.

Then, a cute rabbit hopped out of the bush, making Atlas chuckled as quietly as he can.

"Stay calm. It can probably smell fear." Flynn joked as Rapunzel got off his back.

"Oh, huh, sorry. Guess I'm just a bit... jumpy." Rapunzel admits.

"Probably be best if we avoided ruffians and thugs, though." Flynn said.

"Uh-huh, yeah, that'd probably be best." Rapunzel agrees.

Flynn then got an idea, "Are you hungry? I know a great place for lunch."

"Oh, where?" Rapunzel asked.

"Oh don't you worry. You'll know it when you smell it." Flynn answered as he took Rapunzel's hand and lead her to the direction of the destination.

"Well, I'm kinda hungry myself." Atlas said as he then started following them as he hid in the trees along the way.

And there we are! Atlas arrived in the Kingdom of Corona of the movie Tangled as he then sorta meets Flynn Rider and Rapunzel. Why a lack of Atlas interacting with the two, mainly because I always enjoyed the parts of the movie that are in this chapter, the scene where they first meet and when Rapunzel leaves the tower, where she conflicts with herself. However, the next chapter will have Atlas officially meet the pair, as well as a few others. And for those who have watched the movie, you know what part is coming up and yes, there will be singing. Will Atlas be singing? Well, that's a question that will be answered next chapter. Until then, see ya later!