Rapunzel awoke in her dark tower. She smoothed her hair on top of her head and walked slowly to her window. The shutters closed tight, keeping out the light. She pulled them in letting the sun blind her, and warm her skin. Blinking until her eyes adjusted, she peered out the window, as they focused she began to realized nothing out this window was familiar. She had memorized every tree, and stone, none of these were 'her' trees or stones. Everything was different. Before she could see a tiny castle in the distance, and now there was the thickest forests she had ever seen. It was dark with crooked branches, and a feeling of evil in the air. Not like the forest she had come to know. "The dark woods? What?" She leaned farther out of the window looking left and right, seeing her tower attached to an eerie castle. "Who? Who did this?"

She ran to the trapdoor in the center of her room, opening it revealed stairs. Rapunzel ran down the stairs that circled down the tower, passed her modest library, her kitchen, her fireplace room, her bathing room, down to the very bottom of the tower. She got to this unused part of the tower, and found a door. This door had never been there before. This large arching door that was made of solid glittering gold with beautiful sun flower designs. Rapunzel took the handle and pushed open the door. She marched through the unknown castle looking for its owner. She finally came to an immense library, where the DarkOne sat at a spinning wheel, with straw in one basket, and gold threads in the other. " Afternoon Dearie." he chimed at her.

"What have you done?!"

" I don't know what you mean." He smiled not stopping his spinning.

"You moved my tower! Put it back!"

" Well now it looks like I have something you want now." he giggled.

" Why did you bring me here?"

"I didn't bring you. I brought the tower." He corrected. "I felt it made a beautiful addition." He explained, standing as he did so. "If you prefer your old forest, I'll make you a deal." He smiled then walked about the library. "Show me and I will set your tower right."

"Show you what?"

"Why your magical of course. Show me how and what you can do. Only then will your tower be returned to its former place."

" No."

"No?"

"No. I will just go pack my things and leave. I don't need to make a deal!" she started back out of the room.

"Wait! I'll make a new deal." pranced over to her.

"I don't want your deal DarkOne."

"Aw now you'll like this deal." his smile somehow stretched wider than it had before. " I will place your tower back where it was, if you say my name."

"Well what is your name?"

"You tell me Dearie." He laughed a bone chilling laugh.

"I'm leaving this place." she stated unwilling to play his game.

"Oh come now. You won't even try to win back your tower."

"The tower is useless to you. Why keep it?"

"Why does it matter where the tower is if you never leave it?" he argued. She didn't know how to respond to that, but she didn't want this man to be right. "Come now Darie, wouldn't it be a fun way to spent a time? What is there to do in that tower all alone? Brushing hair?" He made to touch her hair, but she grabbed his hand.

"Please don't do that."

"My greatest apologies." he bowed, but she knew he was more teasing she than apologizing.

"Very well. I play along for now."

"Do you have a first guess?"

"Yes I believe so."

"Well? Let's hear it." He said delighted with his game.

"Is your name... DarkOne?"

"...Seriously?..." He asked in disbelief. "Do you really believe my parents named me DarkOne?"

"If you always looked this way 'yes'." He shook his at her.

"Madame that is not my name. If you have any other guesses, please feel free to bring them to me." He paused for a moment thinking. " And feel free to wander about the castle. It may aid you in your guessing."

" Is there a clue here that will tell me your name?"

"No, but sense you're going to be here awhile, you might what to familiarize yourself with the castle."

"There has to be something here with your name on it." Rapunzel made her way out of the oversized room.

"Good luck Dearie." He called to her as she trailed away. The DarkOne watched Rapunzel's long golden hair flow after her. Her presence not truly leaving the room until the hair had.