Hi guys! For the record, I started writing this chapter the day of the premiere of Tangled: Before Ever After. It hasn't aired yet, but I might include a mini review at the end of this chapter, because it looks really good. I won't spoil anything, It's just after I watch it I'll probably go into fangirl mode. And if you're wondering why this is significant, you'll find out it a second!

Amy's POV

When we first woke up, we were in a strange, and somewhat familiar place. I got up and looked around. Grassy hills, trees, and other things one would typically see in a forest. "Why do I feel like I've seen this place before?" I asked as the the others got up. I walked ahead and found some hanging plants that seemed to be hiding something. Now I knew I had seen this before. I pushed them aside and walked ahead, and when I saw what they were hiding, I stared in shock. Rapunzel's tower.

"Uh, guys? You might wanna see this!" Everyone had the same reaction I did when they saw the tower. "If this is a dream, don't wake me up." Alex said as she looked at the tower in amazement. "But, where's Eugene?" Pete asked. "Maybe he's not here yet." Roxy suggested. Nathan shook his head. "I don't know. Mickey did say that a dark force was threatening the Disney World, so maybe the events of the movie have been altered." Laurel nodded. "So it's up to us to set things right! Let's get up there!" She ran over to the tower.

"HEY RAPUNZEL! LET DOWN YOUR HAIR!" She shouted. Rapunzel came to the window and looked down. When she saw Laurel, she panicked and ran away. "Great job, Laurel, you scared her off." Nathan complained. "Well, how else are we supposed to get up there?" Laurel argued.

That was when I remembered something. Mother Gothel built a secret entrance to the tower. There was a hidden staircase that led up to the top that no one, not even Rapunzel, knew about. I started to try and remove the bricks, but being the wimp that I am, the task at hand was almost impossible.

"Amy, have you lost your mind?" Alex asked. "There's another way in, but it's behind these bricks." I told her. "Amy's on the right track, Mother Gothel does have a secret entrance." Nathan added. Everyone pitched in and we opened the secret entrance that led to the staircase. We all walked upstairs and pushed the tile up. Rapunzel gasped and ran to the corner of the room, holding out a frying pan.

"Back off, I'm armed!" She shouted shakily. "We're not going to hurt you, we're here to help you." Pete said, trying to calm her down. "Mother says that you have pointy teeth and you want take my hair for yourselves, but you won't get away with it!"

I stepped forward, Alex stayed behind me so she could catch me if Rapunzel hit me with the frying pan. "We don't want your hair. We...uh, we came because we need your help." Alex gave me a confused look. "Where are you going with this?" She whispered. "Just follow my lead." I replied. "You see, our friend Flynn Rider is being chased by the royal guards, and he may have been imprisoned, and we need your help to save him." Alex sighed. "We're doomed." She said under her breath.

"How did you find me? How did you even know I exist?" Rapunzel asked. "It's hard to explain, but we really need you to help us save him." She glared at me. "And why should I help you?"

I thought about it."Because, if you come with us and help save Flynn, we'll... take you to see the floating lights!" Rapunzel gasped. "How did you know I wanted to see the floating lights?" Alex decided to cut in. "Look, we can't explain everything, but we need you, and you need us. We can give you exactly what you're looking for, if you're willing to trust us."

Rapunzel lowered her frying pan, breathing heavily as she walked towards us. Pascal, who was perched on her shoulder, shook his head. Still, she came closer. "Alright, let's go." Nathan motioned as he got ready to go back down the stairs. "Wait, what about Mother? She's coming back later, and, I could never disobey her. She specifically told me I'm not allowed to leave the tower." Rapunzel told us. At that moment, outside the tower, a familiar voice called: "Rapunzel, let down your hair!" She looked around. "Hurry, hide in my room and don't make a sound!" She whispered. We all ran upstairs to Rapunzel's bedroom and closed the door.

After Rapunzel got rid of Mother Gothel, (who luckily, didn't notice that the secret entrance was exposed) we ran downstairs.

"She's gone, we're ready to go." Rapunzel told us. We started to walk towards the tile the hid the staircase and Rapunzel followed us. "Uh, why don't you go out the window? Your hair's long enough." Pete suggested. "Ok... sure!" Rapunzel replied, slightly suspicious. We all looked at Pete. "What? I love this part!"

We ran down the stairs and looked up at the tower. Still standing by the window, Rapunzel started to sing.

Rapunzel: Look at the world, so close, and I'm halfway to it. Look at it all, so big, do I even dare? Look at me, there at last! I just have to do it. Should I? No. Here I go!

At the moment, she threw her hair out the window and slid down, but she stopped herself before she touched the ground. Hovering just above the grass, she slowly lowered her feet, nervous. The second she realized that it wasn't dangerous, she lied down and kept singing. We couldn't help but join in on the fun.

Rapunzel: Just smell the grass! The dirt! Just like I dreamed they'd be!

Pete: Just feel that summer breeze, the way it's calling me!

Both: For, like, the first time ever, I'm completely free!

Rapunzel: I could go running!

Nathan: And racing!

Laurel: And dancing!

Alex: And chasing!

Amy: And leaping!

Roxy: And bounding!

Rapunzel: Hair flying!

Pete: Heart pounding!

All: And splashing! And reeling! And finally feeling! That's when my life begins!

Far from the tower, life was much more miserable than the cheerful start of our adventure. "Flynn Rider" had been captured and thrown in the prison, along with the Stabbington Brothers.

"This is your fault, Rider!" Shouted the lead twin. "If you hadn't been so arrogant, we would've gotten the crown, but you had to go and ruin it for us!"

"My fault? First of all, this whole 'stealing the royal crown' thing was my idea, and I only asked for your help so it would be easier for me to escape...and I probably shouldn't have told you that..." They moved in closer, silent and menacing. "I take it back, that wasn't my initial plan, so you can just calm down and..."

The door to the prison slammed open, and the captain of the guards walked in. "That's enough. Rider, it's time." The Stabbington Brothers backed off. He opened the cell and grabbed "Flynn" by the arm, pulled him out, and slammed it shut. The rest of the guards entered and they walked him outside where he would be hanged.

"Ok, I'm not trying to rush you or anything, but can we speed this up?" Laurel asked Rapunzel. "I'm sorry, it's just, wow, the outside world, it's so beautiful!" She exclaimed, taking it all in. I smiled. Normally I wasn't an outdoorsy person and would die if I had no WiFi for long periods of time like the petty American girl I am, but something was just so amazing about this that I couldn't explain. I felt like a child again, going on an adventure with a Disney Princess. It felt like nothing could possibly go wrong.

And then things went horribly wrong. Let's take a look at the scores, Amy: 0, Cruel Misfortune: 532. Don't ask.

So, long story short, Rapunzel got scared by a bunny and ran back to her tower, and Alex made me go back and protect her while they went on to rescue Eugene and be great heroes while I'm stuck babysitting an 18 year-old who's afraid of her own shadow.

"Don't worry, Rapunzel, it was just a bunny, they're perfectly harmless." She was curled up in a ball outside her tower crying. "It was a bunny? I thought there were thugs coming to get me." I shook my head. "No. So, now that you know the world's not dangerous, let's go catch up with the others." She sniffed. "Mother wouldn't like it if she found out I ran away."

"So? This is good for you, there's a whole world out there, waiting for you, you can't just let parents keep you constantly locked away, you need to get out there, learn how the real world works, even if you're scared, and even if it feels wrong, you need to prove her wrong, because you're strong, and you can handle yourself. You have big dreams, and a good dream should never be wasted, so follow them."

And that was when I realized I should've given that advice to myself. I always like Rapunzel as a kid because she had an overprotective mother who never let her leave home and see the world. Ok, my parents weren't nearly that bad, they let me leave the house, as long as I was within three feet of them at all times. They were never like this with Alex, but since I'm the "baby" and the "good child," they think if they leave me alone for five minutes I'll somehow get corrupted and become even worse than my sister, and she's not as bad as they make her out to be, either. Sometimes I can't take it, and I have lied to them before about going out with my friends, saying there was gonna be adult supervision when there really wasn't. And I don't do it without guilt, either. I feel terrible when I do it, but I do it anyway, because I need to show them I'm responsible and mature enough to handle it, and if they don't see that now, they never will. I'll be stuck living with them for the rest of my life. They'll have to support me, I'll never get a job, I'll never get to college, I'll just be that freak that lives in the basement who will eventually snap and kill herself just to get out of there. That's why when Alex moves out, I want to go with her. She's been more of a parent to me than they ever have. She's protective of me, she cares about me, but she doesn't treat me like a little kid, she treats me like the young adult that I am. Sure, sometimes she tries to mold me into a mini her and judges my childish habits, but she at least knows me as who I am now, not as who I was as a kid, and takes interest in that and understands. I want her to teach me all the things I'll need to know for when I reach adulthood. Our parents don't remember what it's like to be young, she IS young, she can give me more information about the modern world than they ever could. I'm through with being a shell of a human being, and it's time Rapunzel joined in on our quest of youthful rebellion. Of course, her story comes first, she's more important than me, anyway.

As if reading my mind, Rapunzel snapped me out of it. "This is a weird question, but do you have magic hair too? Is that why you know all this, because someone tried to hold you back?"

"No, I just know what it's like to have overprotective parents."

"Then how is your hair blue?"

"C'mon, Rapunzel, we've gotta go catch up with my friends, Flynn Rider's waiting!"

Whew, finally finished this chapter! Sorry for the delay, my homework load has been intense! Oh my gosh, I'm loving the Tangled series so far! Before it came out, I actually wasn't expecting much, in fact, I was worried about all the ways Disney Channel could ruin it, but they didn't, it has the same feel as the original movie, the animation is really amazing, (It's always refreshing to see some cool 2D animation. Don't get me wrong, I love 3D, and it looks amazing, especially in the newer Disney movies, but it's always nice to see some 2D animation.) and I really like how the episodes seem to be carrying a continuation and they aren't just random. I wouldn't have had a problem if the episodes were random, but I think that was a really cool addition, as it adds to the storytelling, like with Winx. (Only without the episode previews at the end that totally spoil the next episode and ruin everything.) So yeah, hooked! I just hope it does well so Disney Channel will continue to add more cartoons and less live action shows, because they're honestly all the same to me. I really like where this is heading, and hopefully they'll give their cartoons more airtime on the main channel and not just dump them all on Disney XD, which not everybody has. Now we just have to hope that Ducktales and Big Hero 6 are also successful, and Tangled gets successful, then they'll realize what people actually want, and we might just see a new Disney Channel that has an equal amount of cartoons and live action shows so everyone's happy! Of course, this will be pretty unlikely, since Disney Channel's been "girly sitcom" heavy for as long as I can remember, and they probably won't change that anytime soon, but you never know.