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Epilogue

The Best of Everything

Every Christmas, Danielle King Fitzherbert walked over the snow encrusted cemetery at St. Basil's with fresh cut flowers. This year though she decided to add a wreath. She searched the foot stones until she found the right ones. A tall headstone marked the section where the Fitzherbert family was buried.

Next Sunday would be Christmas, but next weekend they wouldn't be here on Corona. They were spending it with King's at their mansion in Charon.

Eugene, inherited the mansion on top of the hill where the Fitzherberts now made their home. They raised three children there. Rapunzel's childhood wish had finally come true.

Despite the cold and snow, Danielle knelt by the foot stones and placed the flowers by the graves of her mother and father in law, and then she searched for Greta Gothel. Even though she knew that there were no remains, she had the foot stone made up anyway and Olivia agreed. They even placed the foot stone in the family plot.

She was about to get up when her husband of 20 years knelt by her side. "Come on, Rapunzel, we've got a wedding to get to. It's not every day your first born daughter gets married."

"This is only the first, Eugene, we've got two more to go."

Eugene smiled. "We've got a few years to go before Eugene and Cora get married."

"You never know, Eugene." She changed the subject. "We've got one more to visit and then we'll get going," Rapunzel turned to look at him. "Did you pay your respects at least?"

"Of course I did," Eugene said, nodding. "I even included Greta in my prayers."

Rapunzel smiled. She turned back to the foot stone. "Merry Christmas, Mother. I paid my respects to Linus and Olivia; I always save you for last. We'll visit again soon." She stood up and joined Eugene, who was already standing.

"Come on," Eugene said, placing his arm around her shoulder. "I know just where it is."

The two walked silently until they reached the section that marked the Rider's section. The King's were right next to them.

Barbara and James were not there, they'd be at the wedding, waiting for them. Rapunzel finally accepted them as her parents, she even changed her name to Danielle, although to her fans and Eugene, she'd always be Rapunzel Gothel.

She also remembered that Stabbington's Private Investigations had grown in size. The King's case drew a lot of media attention and their small office became a worldwide phenomenon, thanks to celebrities and people in the private sector.

The necklace, given back to Rapunzel after it was examined for months, was returned. There seemed to be nothing unusual about it. It was just a plain beautiful necklace in the shape of a magic flower. But it seemed to have disappeared the night it came back. No one in the family wanted any part of it.

Rapunzel had been considering selling it and melting it down but she wasn't sure what would happen. And so she opened up a safe deposit box in The Bank of the Four Kingdoms on Charon. The necklace resides there, where no one can use it ever again.

Rapunzel knelt in the snow and placed flowers at the two headstones in the group. She smiled seeing the names in front of her and signaled to Eugene that she had found them. He handed her the flowers and the remaining two wreaths and she placed them in front of the stones.

She sent out a silent prayer as a gust of wind blew against her cheek. But it didn't feel cold, even though it was. It felt like a kiss and a sweet brush against her cheek.

And she heard a voice; the same soft female voice that she'd been hearing in her dreams for the last 20 years.

"Thank you, my children," it seemed to whisper. "Thank you for loving and remembering us."

Tears streaked Rapunzel's face as she stood up. Eugene wiped them away.

"You'll ruin all your makeup, Rapunzel, especially when you and your band, the Gothel's, perform at the reception tonight," Eugene said, helping her up. He brushed his gloved hand against her cheek.

"Yes, I know," Rapunzel answered, giving the headstones one last look before she turned forward again.

"Do you believe in magic, Eugene?" she said, as they walked toward their car.

"Of course I do," Eugene said. "It's all around us, even here. And I know that you do, don't you?"

And as they walked away, Rapunzel made her final turn to stare at the headstones again. Eugene did the same thing.

Danielle King Rider and Thomas Flynn Rider were standing there, side by side, watching them walk away. "Until next time, my children," the wind sighed.

Danielle smiled and turned to face her husband. "Of course I do, Eugene. I don't think I could have come this far without it."

Eugene smiled. "That makes two of us."

They reached the car and both got in. The two spirits were watching as they drove away.