Heyy! So have guys heard of a little book called Divergent? It's really good :D If you haven't read it, I totally recomend you do! I guess you know why I haven't been writing... Divergent craze and such :) I never want to give you guys anything less then my best so I always want to be in the best mood to write while I'm writing COAP! And I'm not even kidding, each review (especially the ones the come weeks after my last post asking me to update already!) motivates and pushes me! So big thank you to those who vurtually slap inspiration into me! And I'll admit I got held up thinking of what Eugene would say to Chuck and Red. HERE YOU ARE MY DARLINGS! :D
Eugene's POV:
Yes, I was given my freedom. Yes, I can leave Corona and continue being Flynn Rider in another kingdom. But is that what I want to do? I don't think so. I allow myself to think of what a really want, if there were no strings attached, just for a second. I want Rapunzel to follow me out the window so we can continue talking, for however long we feel like. My second is up! Back to not knowing what the hell I want.
After sneaking out of the palace, I walk lazily and aimlessly. If I had been locked up in anyone else's art room, I would have dived out of the window as soon as I assumed I felt a fray on the rope I was cuffed to. But Rapunzel is my friend and I've never had a friend as sweet, funny, kind... and pretty, as her... Maybe she'll want me to visit. I mean, who else can she talk to about how she's really feeling if half what she's feeling 'isn't becoming of a princess'? No. I can't just abandon her.
I find myself walking to the only place I know the directions to, other than the castle. What would I tell Chuck and Red? Should I even go back to them? I've only spent about a day with them, but they've, in that time, given me a nice, 'big brother vibe', no matter how wacky they may be. I look at the smoke coming out of the chimney of the little cottage at the end of the kingdom. Four eyes turn in my direction.
"Flynn!" call Chuck and Red when they see me coming. They run towards me and Red locks me in a bear hug and messes up my hair while Chuck is patting me on the back. They bring me inside and have me sit on the coach.
"We've been going banana's tryin' to find out where you'd been! Where you been at?" asks Chuck as he sits on a chair leaning on his knee and chewing on a single piece of hay.
Damn. While I was mindlessly walking around the kingdom, I completely forgot to come up with an alibi. I've been gone a full week, where would I go that would require me to be gone for seven days, then cause me to come back? As a thief, lying is something that should come naturally, in fact, everything these guys know about me isn't true. That doesn't mean I like this. I don't want to lie again to two of the three people in the world who trust me. Two of the three people who will probably ever trust me. But I made a promise to Rapunzel. There is no perfect way to deal with this situation, I got myself to deep in it.
I wrack my brain for something to say, I try to give a look, like it's obvious where I went, "Oh, come on guys. Where do you think I went?"
They look at each other, creasing their eyebrow and scratching their heads, thinking very hard about where I would have gone. Red finally speaks, "Uh, maybe you'd went out to test your leg or somethin'."
It's a start, "Yes. Precisely." Both their eyes travel to my leg. My perfectly good leg. "I'll get to that later!" I say quickly.
"Anyway, while I was walking around, I a dog –a big dog- came up behind me! He stole my satchel!" I say dramatically squeezing my satchel tightly. "I was chasing after him trying to get it back; of course, I can only run so fast with a leg like that,"
Chuck and Red gasp. I've only told them so many stories, but just now do I realize that they react the same way some of the ten year olds back in the orphanage reacted to my Flynn Rider stories. I suppress a smile.
"I chased him far. Deep into the forest, actually. I grabbed the satchel from him and he growled at me, so I picked up a stick and growled back."
"Oh no!" exclaims Chuck
"Yup! Scared the thing. I turned around to get back to the kingdom-"
"But you got lost?" asks Red
Thank you, Red, "Yes, and I had been look for my way out for two days when I saw somebody."
They look at me in awe, it's funny, really. I continue, "A little girl, couldn't have been older than seven. She had gold hair, green eyes and was wearing a white night gown. I tense for a second when it occurs to me that I'm describing what Rapunzel looked like when I met her, but relax when I see that it doesn't make them suspicious.
"What was her name?" asks Chuck
"When I went up to asks her, she just looked down. She took my hand and started pulling me somewhere. It turned out to be her house. Well, not really a house, more of a very big hollow tree."
They look enchanted, I almost forget I'm trying to come up with an alibi. Some might find gullible people annoying, but being a story-teller, I admit it's one of the reasons I like them so much.
"When we walked inside, there was a boy, maybe fifteen, breaking some bread with his hands. He looked up and his eyes widened, he looked just like the girl, except his hair was brown."
"Maybe it was her brother!" Red says excitedly .
"Maybe. Well, the boy gestured for the girl to come to him, she did. He whispered something to her, and then she whispered to him. After that he looked up, smiled at me and said, 'Are you hungry?', but before I could answer, the girl took the bread in her hands and gave it to me. I took it graciously and smiled at her. They each took a few pieces and we ate in silence. When I was done, I thanked them again and left."
"That was it for four days. And one morning, when I woke up –I slept in the middle of the forest- I saw the girl a few yards away picking plants. She looked at me and skipped in my direction, she was bubblier today than when I first saw her. She took my hand again and said, 'I can fix your leg for you, if you want.' She pulled me with her until we reached a lake. She made me sit on a log and dipped the plants she picked in the water, then lay them on my leg carefully. I looked at her for instructions and she said, 'Don't move it for two hours.' She began to walk away, but stopped on her heels and turned to me to ask, 'Corona, Renodon, Maldonia or Haldane?' so I answered Corona and she lifted her finger in the direction of the kingdom. I thanked her and she disappeared into the trees. Two hours later, my leg was good as new! It took me about a day to walk back here."
I end my story. Checking their faces, I think even they forgot it was supposed to explain my absence. They clap.
"Gosh Rider! That was best story I ever heard!" says Red
"Yeah, what nice folk they have out there in the forest!" Chuck laughs and gives me what would be a toothy smile, if he had more than ten teeth. Thankfully, neither of them asks any questions.
They both stand. Red walks out of the room and Chuck gives a loud yawn.
"We're glad you're okay, Rider." Says Chuck threw his yawn. Red comes back quickly with the familiar pillow and blanket in had on my first night here. I smile in thanks and arrange them on the couch. It'll be nice lying down after a week of sleeping while sitting with my hands tied above my head.
Chucks blows out but one candle and looks at me, "You know what, Rider? If you want to stay in Corona, you should try bein' a writer or somethin'. You're a good story-teller." I almost chuckle, never in my life did I ever consider working for real. He and Red walk upstairs. I blink once and look out of the window. I see the castle way off in the distance and ache to see Rapunzel, she'd like to hear the story about the little girl. I make a decision. I'll visit her soon. Just to check up on her.
Closing my eyes, one thought forms in my mind before I fall asleep: A writer, huh?