Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. Here, we're gonna find out what kind of poison Eugene got hit with. And gonna introduce a new character that might show up often. An OC. So, enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Tangled.

Chapter 02: Poisons

Rapunzel is with room, sitting on a chair with her hand in her husband's hand. She facial shows a lot of fear and worry while Eugene look sickly pale. With them, is a doctor named Herbal Sherman, the man short cut black hair, dark brown eyes, and glasses. He's also wearing a white doctor uniform on.

After Eugene fell on the floor, Rapunzel and the children immediately came to his side, with Rapunzel calling for help. One of the knights there went to get Doctor Sherman, while two others helped Rapunzel carry him to his room. Now, here they are.

"How is he?" Rapunzel asked him, her voice clearly expressing her worry. "Did you know what happened to him?" The doctor is silent, examining the blood he taken from Eugene, before looking up to Rapunzel.

"One thing I know for sure is that he got poison princess." Sherman told her, making Rapunzel's heart constrict. "With what, I'll need a little bit more studying to find out. I'll get more info once I study his blood and when it wakes up."

"How long will that take?" Rapunzel questioned, her voice small.

Sherman look at her with sympathy and understanding. "Not long princess. A few hours at the least." He reassured her. "As soon as I find something useful, I'll let you know."

"Thank you." Rapunzel told him gratefully. "I just hope Eugene can hold on long enough for you to help him."

"You know I'm lying right here." The two snap their heads to see Eugene looking at them, his eyes barely open. "I appreciate if you stop talking like I'm not."

"Eugene!" Before she knew what she was doing, she launched herself at him and gave him a tight hug. The pain cry coming from his mouth made her get off of them in a flash, looking shock and guilty. "I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Eugene smile at her weakly. "Don't worry about it. No permanent damage."

"How are you feeling Prince Fitzherbert?" Sherman asked him. "Anything else happening to you? Any symptoms I should know about?"

"Well for start, I can barely move my body." Eugene said weakly. "It hurts whenever I make any movement, a feel a sharp pain in my chest, I can barely breath right now, and everything right now is blurry. Very blurry."

The doctor wrote everything down on the clipboard he's carrying. "From the description you gave me, your in some type of painful paralysis, as well as chest pain, possible lung failure, and blurriness. It's a miracle you can still move at all."

"I'm stronger than I look doc. You know that." Eugene said to him. Sherman nodded in agreement.

"Indeed." Sherman said in agreement. Then he narrow his eyes. "Do you know what cause you to get poison? Anything you ate or drank? Or did anything pierce your skin today? Perhaps breathed in anything strange?"

Eugene furrow his eyebrows in thought. "I know it wasn't anything from the feast." Eugene said. "Unless anyone else got poisoned?"

"No. Just you." Sherman told him. Eugene nodded gratefully.

"...I can't think of any time I could get poison." Eugene finally said. "I don't remember getting cut anywhere, and I haven't smelled or breathed in anything else."

Sherman sighed. "With nothing to go on to find the source of the poison, we won't be able to find the poisoner." The doctor said. "We'll just have to focus on finding out what kind of poison is it and make an antidote for it."

Rapunzel nodded to that. While a bit angry that the assassin won't be caught, she's still glad that Doctor Sherman can do something about this poison.

"Where are the kids?" Eugene asked his wife.

Rapunzel smile at him reassuringly, though the worry is still in her eyes. "They're at their rooms. All of them are very worried, after you collapse." She then turn to Sherman. "Will they be able to visit him?"

Sherman nodded. "I don't see any problems with it." He told Rapunzel. "Just make sure they don't cause any rapid movements from him. We don't want to risk the poison to spread any faster."

"No. Definitely not." She'll make sure Thomas and Hazel aren't running around the room.

The doctor then get up. "I better go. I'll need to study this as soon as possible." He told them both. Then he focus on Eugene. "Try to hold out for as long as possibly Prince Fitzherbert."

"Doc, I told you to call me Eugene." The man groaned. "You know that I don't like formal names."

Herbal cracked a smile. "I know. That's why I do it." Eugene grumbled something under his breath while Rapunzel giggled.

Herbal has known Eugene for a long time. Before he became a doctor for the court, he helped out the man whenever got injured on a day of thievery. He's one of the few in Eugene's past that he could trust, and that list is very little.

Before Herbal left, he spoke to Rapunzel. "I suggest telling the King and Queen, as well as your children right now. The sooner they know, the better. But I'll let you stay here for as long as you need." With that, the doctor left the room, leaving Rapunzel and Eugene by themselves.

Eugene smile at his wife. "You better go do as the doc says." Eugene said to her weakly. He held her hand and gave it a weak squeeze. "Go on. I'm not going anywhere."

Rapunzel nodded before moving to give Eugene a light kiss on the forehead. "Just stay strong for us." Rapunzel pleaded, resting her forehead on his. "Don't die."

Eugene close his eyes and smile. "I won't. You would kill me if I do." Rapunzel smile weakly at that before going to inform her parents and her children.

As she walk, she couldn't hide the worry and fear on her face. Nothing like this ever happened before at Corona. At least, not for a long time. In the past, they were several assassins would try to kill Eugene for his past as Flynn Rider. So many that Rapunzel constantly feared for her love.

But it eventually slowly whittled down, until there wasn't anymore more assassination attempts. Rapunzel never felt so relieved in her life.

Now, the fear is coming back. Who would try to kill Eugene once again? Are there still those who hate Eugen so much that they would try to kill him? Someone in another kingdom? Maybe someone that was hired to do so?

She shook her head. Making guesses is gonna do nothing but make her worry further. Right now, she'll have to focus on breaking the news to her parents and her kids.

(Rachel's Room)

Rachel has been getting restless ever since she was sent to her room.

The young girl is laying on her bed, staring up at the ceiling and trying to forget the memory of her father falling on the ground, blood dripping from his mouth. And is failing.

She's been trying to several things to get her mind off it. Reading her books, painting and drawing, practicing her knitting, but none of it was working. Questions keep popping up in her head.

What happened to her dad? What cause him to cough up blood? Did he got sick somehow? Is it something else? Those questions keep popping in her head.

Just as she was about to decide to sneak into her parent's room, she heard the door opening. She turn her head to see her mom coming him. "Mom!" Rachel exclaimed, jumping off the bed and rushing to her mother. "Do you know what happened to dad?"

She saw her mother grimace, something that made her worry even more, before Rapunzel led her to the bed and sat down with her. "Your father is….poison Rachel." Her mother said. That shock the young girl.

"P-P-Poisoned?" Rachel stuttered, fear coming over her. She could barely say the next words. "I-I-Is he gonna die?"

Her mom quickly hugged the girl, who clung to her tightly. "No, he won't." She told her. "Doctor Sherman is gonna find an antidote to help him recover."

"How long will that take?" Rachel asked, tears already forming in her eyes. "And does grandpa, grandma, Thomas, and Hazel know?"

Her mom answered the first question. "I don't know how long it will take. But your father will stay alive long enough for the antidote to be made." She reassured her. "And I already told your grandparents. Thomas and Hazel, I haven't told yet."

Rachel look at her mom, tears threatening to spill out. "Why did somebody poison dad?" She asked, her voice filled with fear and sadness. Her mother winced.

"We don't know yet." She told her. "But right now, we're focus on healing your father." Rachel nodded before clinging onto her mother once again.

A part of the young girl couldn't believe that this was happening. That someone is trying to kill sweet and loving father. Just why would somebody try to do that? Why? That is the question being asked in the young girl's head.

And that's the end. I hope all of you liked the chapter, as well as the OC I made. For right now at least, he'll be pretty expressionless, as some doctors are like that, but have a sense of humor like Eugene. And he also involved in Eugene's past as Flynn Rider. So many things I can do with that.

Also, how do you guys think he got poisoned? Something put in his food? In his drink? Or something else entirely? Well, I'm not about to reveal that yet. Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.