The king of Corona had kept his word about sending a message to the king and queen of France. They had replied that they'd love to have a visit from them and to meet Rapunzel. So the king, queen, Rapunzel and Eugene set out for Paris.

Rapunzel was fascinated the whole trip there. She loved the boat ride to France and the carriage ride to Paris. Everything she saw was the most fascinating and wonderful thing in the world. She had to ask questions about every little thing, but luckily her parents and Eugene loved her enough to answer each one to the best of their knowledge. She often worried about Maximus, since he was the one pulling the carriage, but her parents assured her that Max was a strong horse and didn't mind.

When they arrived in Paris, Rapunzel marveled at the architecture of the city. Then she saw the massive cathedral that is Notre-Dame.

"Eugene!" she exclaimed, "Eugene, that's the place! That's the place from my memory dream!" Eugene peered out the window.

"Notre-Dame?" he asked.

"Yes! That's it!"

The queen looked at the cathedral too. "It's quite impressive, isn't it, dear?" she asked Rapunzel.

"I love it," Rapunzel sighed dreamily. "Isn't it great, Pascal?" she asked the chameleon on her shoulder and he whirred positively in response. "I can't wait to explore it! I hope the red-haired boy is still there!"

Finally, they arrived at France's royal palace. The king and queen stood at the bottom of the palace stairs to greet their carriage. A servant helped Corona's royal family out of the carriage and the queen immediately went to greet Belle.

"Belle!" the queen exclaimed.

"Maria!" the other queen said as the two kissed each other on both cheeks. "Oh it's so good to see you!"

"It's been too long," Queen Maria agreed. King Adam shook hands with the king of Corona.

"Charles! It's nice to see you again, my friend," he said and King Charles agreed. Then Maria introduced her daughter to them.

"Adam, Belle," Maria said, "This is our daughter, Rapunzel and the man who brought her back to us, Mr. Eugene Fitzherbert." Rapunzel curtsied and Eugene bowed. Adam and Belle did the same.

"It's very nice to meet you and we're so glad to hear of your safe return," Belle smiled. Rapunzel marveled at the queen's beautiful yellow silk dress and it took all her restraint not to reach out and touch it. So Rapunzel smiled a 'Thank you' and kept her hands clasped behind her back.

"Well," Adam stated, "Shall we go inside? We've got your rooms all set up and lunch is waiting for us."

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Rapunzel was anxious all throughout lunch, but tried her best to remain the polite princess she was supposed to be. When lunch was finally over she could barely contain herself. Queen Maria, ever intuitive, was well aware of her daughter's impatience and promptly dismissed Rapunzel and Eugene to roam about Paris. Rapunzel squealed a 'Thank you' and tugged on Eugene's arm.

"Oh, Mr. Fitzherbert?" King Charles' voice stopped them and Eugene turned towards him. "Keep my daughter safe." Eugene smiled and bowed at the king.

"As always."

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When they escaped the palace, Rapunzel let out a loud, exasperated sigh.

"Ugh! I like Belle and Adam, but I thought that lunch would never end! I just really want explore!" Rapunzel said. Eugene chuckled.

"I know, Blondie," he said.

The couple talked as they walked around Paris. Rapunzel wanted to give money to every beggar they saw, but Eugene insisted that it was a bad idea. As they headed towards Notre-Dame cathedral Rapunzel spotted another couple walking too. They were arm-in-arm and laughing.

"Awe, look at them, Eugene!" she said, "They're in love too!" Eugene nodded, not really listening, but then made eye-contact with the other woman and realized he knew her. The dark-haired woman recognized him too and walked towards him with a confused look.

"Flynn?" she asked, "Flynn Rider?"

"Esmeralda!" he exclaimed. The woman laughed and embraced Eugene in a hug.

"Flynn Rider?" the blond-haired man with Esmeralda asked. "Well I'll be damned!"

"Captain Phoebus!" Eugene said. "I didn't even recognize you without your uniform on! What are you doing with Esmeralda?"

"For your information," Captain Phoebus said sternly, "We're married."

"Really?" Eugene said, "Why Esmeralda, I never took you for the marrying type!"

"Well, there's someone out there for everyone," Esmeralda said, "Speaking of…" she trailed off, looking at Rapunzel.

"Oh!" Eugene said, "Sorry, Blondie! Where are my manners? Esmeralda, Phoebus, this is Princess Rapunzel of Corona." Rapunzel curtsied.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Rapunzel said, "And this is Pascal, my chameleon!" Pascal whirred happily and Esmeralda smiled at the small animal.

"You're Rapunzel? The Lost Princess of Corona?" Phoebus said, astounded.

"Well, I'm not lost anymore!" Rapunzel laughed. "Thanks to Eugene!" she said, beaming up at Eugene.

"Eugene?" Esmeralda raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Eugene said, rubbing the back of his neck, "I'm going by my real name these days. And that'd be Eugene." Phoebus covered his mouth, suppressing a laugh. Eugene frowned. "Oh, right! Like Phoebus is any better!"

"Touché," Phoebus said.

"So how do you know these people, Eugene?" Rapunzel asked.

"Well, Esmeralda and I had many a heist while I was in Paris," Eugene relpied.

"Good times," Esmeralda laughed.

"And as for Phoebus here, he arrested me a couple times. Well, tried to, anyway," Eugene smirked.

"Yeah, yeah," Phoebus waved off the comment.

"And what about you, Eugene," Esmeralda said, poking a finger at his chest, "How'd you land a princess? Never took you for the royalty type," she laughed.

"Well, it's a really long story…" Eugene trailed off.

"He accidently found me in the tower that Mother Gothel kept me locked up in and I made him take me to see the floating lanterns and then I thought he left me for the crown, but he didn't! He came back to my tower and saved me by cutting my hair, but that made him die! But luckily my tears healed him!" Rapunzel spoke very quickly. She always loved telling people her and Eugene's story. Esmeralda blinked a few times and Phoebus raised one eyebrow.

"Sounds… Very interesting," Esmeralda said. Rapunzel blushed.

"There's more details, of course, but that's just the basic story," she said.

"Huh," Phoebus said, then changing the subject, said, "So what brings you to Paris?" Rapunzel got excited again.

"We're here to find the funny looking red-haired boy I met when I was a baby!" she exclaimed.

"You're just full of interesting surprises, aren't you?" Phoebus chuckled.

"Wait," Esmeralda said, "Funny looking red-haired boy? You don't mean Quasimodo do you?" Realization dawned on Rapunzel.

"Yes! Quasimodo! I think that was his name!" she exclaimed.

"Phoebus and I know him!" Esmeralda said, "He's our friend. Would you like to go visit him? He lives in Notre-Dame."

"Wow! What a small world!" Rapunzel said, "Yes, I'd love to visit him!" And with that, the two girls headed off towards Notre-Dame, leaving Phoebus and Eugene a quite a few paces behind them.

"I can't believe you're married to Esmeralda," Eugene stated.

"Yeah," Phoebus said, "It's just something about green eyes."

"Tell me about it."

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A/N: So there's Chapter 3! It would have been up sooner, but I had my 3 hour World History class tonight. UGH! Anyway, I decided to name the king and queen of Corona because they needed names for the scene. I hope everyone's okay with these names. Also, many thanks to my lovely reviewers! You guys are awesome! Please review this chapter too! I'll get cracking on Chapter 4! Thanks again!