Chapter 2:
Jack slowly opened his eyes and shook his head which made him feel worse. He stood up from being huddled into himself and noticed it was dark and Jack wondered where he was. He then noticed the sliver of light that allowed him to see outside of the small space he was in. He looked into the light and could see that there was a girl with the longest golden hair he had ever seen in all his 300 years, talking with an older woman with curly black hair.
"I hope you're still not talking about the lights, because I thought that we had dropped the issue." The older woman said and the girl with the golden hair began, "No, Mother, I'm just saying that you think I'm not strong enough to handle myself out there…" The older woman cut her off saying, "Oh, darling, I know you're not strong enough to handle yourself out there." The girl tried yet again, "But mother…" The older woman grew annoyed, "Rapunzel we're done talking about this." Jack realized that the older woman was the girl's mother as the girl put her hand on a chair that seemed to be the only thing keeping Jack in. The girl begged, "Trust me, I know…" and again the mother abruptly interrupted the girl yelling, "Enough with the lights Rapunzel! You are not leaving this tower, ever!" Even Jack was taken back by the woman's outburst.
The girl slowly moved her hand from the chair and Jack felt sorry for her, for she barely got a few words into the argument. The mother slumped into a chair and said, "Great, now I'm the bad guy," Jack scoffed at the woman's demeanor. The girl sighed sadly and said sweetly, "All I was going to say, Mother, is I know what I want for my birthday now." Jack saw the mother roll her eyes and say, "And what is that?" The girl held her arms and continued, "Paint, the paint made from the white shells you once brought me." And again the mother seemed annoyed, "Well that is a very long trip Rapunzel, almost three days' time." Jack had a bad feeling about the mother and simply didn't like her.
"Well I thought it was a better idea than the...stars." The mother groaned and stood up walking to her daughter and asked, "You're sure you'll be alright on your own?" They came together and hugged and the girl said, "I know I'm safe as long as I'm here." Jack wondered exactly what it was she was supposed to stay safe from, as they moved out of his range of view. He leaned back on the space he was in and wondered how he was going to get out of there. He also wondered how he got in here. All he remembered was he was walking through this house then he blacked out. After a few minutes of silence he heard rustling outside and leaned towards the crack of light. He saw the girl staring intently towards his direction, "What is she…?" He whispered to himself. Suddenly she grabbed some of her extremely long hair and flung it towards him and next thing he knew he was falling to the ground.
"Ah!" He heard the girl yelp grabbing the chair and keeping it between them. "Ow…" He mumbled standing up slowly and looked up at her. He was finally able to fully see her face and noticed that along with her extensive golden hair, she had huge olive green eyes and soft pink lips, and she had some type of green animal on her shoulder. No doubt she was beautiful but then something hit him. She was looking at him, not through him like everyone else did.
She pointed a frying pan at him and said, "I know why you're here and I'm not afraid of you." Jack stared at the girl completely awe-struck at the fact that she was talking to him. "Wait, wait, hold on. C-can you s-see me?!" Jack asked excitedly and she gave him the most puzzled look. She looked him up and down and said, "Yes…I can see you…but who are you and who sent you?" Jack gave her an equally confused look, "What do you mean who sent me? I found this place myself. My name is Jack Frost, how can you see me?" He asked her back and she cocked an eyebrow, "Jack Frost? The one who nips on your nose, huh? Yeah like I'll believe that, now who are you really?"
Jack raised his eyebrows in surprise. The first person to ever see him and she doesn't believe it's really him. "Oh so you don't believe I'm me huh?" She gave him another perplexed look and he shrugged, and realized something else. "Whoa, wait, where is my staff?!" He asked getting anxious. She stood tall and said confidently, "I've hidden it, some where you'll never find it." He rolled his eyes and looked around the room. He held out his hand towards the curtains and his staff flew right to his hand. She looked a little defeated but still tried to play it off. "Fine you don't believe me? Watch this."
He raised his staff and his free hand to the roof and suddenly snow flurries fell down. The girl looked up in amazement and her jaw dropped. The little chameleon changed color and was now white. Jack chuckled and watched as some snow landed on the girl's button nose. "Jack Frost…" She whispered and smiled, "It really is you." Jack shrugged and said happily, "In the flesh." She smiled admirably and said, "Winter has always been my favorite season, so I guess that's why I always believed you were real, Jack." Jack smiled sweetly and she pulled some hair behind her ear, blushing a tiny bit. "I'm Rapunzel." She stated and Jack liked the name, it seemed to have a certain ring to it. The chameleon turned back to his normal shade of green and Rapunzel gestured to it, "And this is Pascal." She held out her palm to Pascal and he climbed onto it. "It's nice to meet you guys." Jack felt so content and blissful that he was finally able to say that.