The Miracle

A/N: In this chapter Eugene learns how to heal…

A/N#2: This story "kind of" follows my other stories, so you might recognize a few of my OCs here that are still awaiting their full development there… I am also providing this spoiler alert. That said; I hope not to spoil things too much.

A/N#3: This is my own tear transference story. I hope you enjoy it. And, oh yes, I do not own Tangled or its primary characters, though I do own mine and the idea…

Chapter Six: The Tactic Learned, Part 1

"Well, Eugene, it is quite simple. You have the power of the sun within you."

"I have the…, WHAT?!" Eugene shouted, completely surprised and rendered speechless by it all, before unceremoniously fainting into the waiting arms of the similarly quite shocked, yet very quick reacting royal couple of William and Catherine.

"Oh, dear. I can only imagine how Rapunzel would take these episodes if she was here to witness them." Catherine sighed as she helped her husband William to catch the unconscious Eugene as he unceremoniously dropped towards their waiting arms.

"Yes, I do believe that she might not take it any better than Eugene, under the circumstances. I also believe that he has had enough excitement for today. Let's get him back to his room so he can rest and then see if his appetite has returned." William offered.

"That is a good idea, William. He will need his full strength and wits about him as I suspect the events he has envisaged will soon begin, if not within the next few days to a week." Amanda replied as she and Catherine led the way from the shore and back towards their rooms within the private wing of the palace.

"Do you think that he will be able to make more sense of the dream or visitation if he has another?" Catherine asked, wondering how the future course of events will play themselves out.

"I hope so, Catherine." Amanda replied as she pondered that very thing.

Eugene, back in his private bedchamber, was contently napping, dreaming not of the sick, but of his new dream Rapunzel and regaining his strength when he heard a loud thwack against the window of his room. Waking at the loud report, he quickly rose and walked to his private balcony. He cautiously opened the door and looked around; trying to see if he could see what had made the noise. At first he didn't see anything and thought he might have been imagining things, until he used his ears instead of his eyes and moved towards the faint chirping of an obviously injured bird.

Meanwhile, in another part of the palace, Amanda and Rupert were having a conversation about everything in general and nothing in particular when they both sensed that someone or something had just been injured on the palace grounds. As they both reached out, they located the source of the pain; Eugene's balcony.

"This could be it, Rupert! This could be where he learns how to use his gift!" Amanda exclaimed as they both rushed towards Eugene's room, gesturing to William and Catherine as they blazed by at a full run. The two monarchs, never ones to question the actions of Amanda, Rupert or Eugene, took off after them, ever eager to see what was to come.

Having located the source of the sounds, Eugene soon discovered a small swallow with an obviously quite injured if not broken wing. As he tried to keep himself calm for both his and the bird's sake, he gingerly lifted the bird and carried it into his room and over to his desk. He closely examined the bird and noted the obviously broken wing. The tip of the wing stuck out at a strange angle.

"Relax my little friend." Eugene softly cooed as he somehow willed the little bird to end it struggle to free itself and instead looked up at the bright hazel eyes of its savior.

"Can you sense it?" Amanda asked as she and Rupert quickly made their way to the wing of the palace containing the private rooms of the royals and their guests.

"Yes, Mandy. I can sense that Eugene is beginning to become more in tune with his environment; and, something more." Rupert replied, trying and failing to hide the perplexing feelings of somehow knowing something momentous was about to happen yet again to both Amanda and Eugene.

Amanda, not really paying attention, completely missed on Rupert's feelings of awe.

Meanwhile, back at his room, Eugene smiled as the bird seemed to understand him and calmed itself and allowed Eugene a closer examination.

"Now, let's see, how can I…" Eugene began.

"…save this little creature, Eugene?" A familiar voice softly replied.

Eugene, recognizing the voice, somehow remained calm as he replied. "Yes, Katelyn, that is exactly what I was about to say."

"I see you know who I am now." Katelyn contentedly replied as she materialized before him.

"Yes. You are Mistress Katelyn, sister of Lord Andrew of Avandell and the mother of one of my favorite people, the amazing and kind Amanda MacIntyre."

"Yes, indeed. You have moved closer to becoming one with that which surrounds you."

"I just do not know how I know of you." Eugene added.

"I would not expect you to remember, Eugene, but I am your Godmother."

"My GODMOTHER?!"

"Yes, my dear Eugene Fitzherbert."

"But…"

"I was there when you were born, and watched you grow into quite the rambunctious toddler before leaving Avandell for Corona when you were eight."

"Oh, Tia Katie…"

"There is more, Eugene."

"There is?"

"Yes. You see, there is another here to see you; another to help you."

"What?"

As Eugene stood there, and as Amanda and Rupert, with the royal couple bringing up the rear, arrived right outside the door of his room, a second figure materialized beside that of Katelyn.

At first, Eugene did not believe his eyes, for standing there beside Katelyn was a second woman; but, not just any woman. No, this woman had the kindest hazel eyes and both a familiar smile and facial features as well as a similar brown hair color. Needless to say, both Eugene and the couples of Amanda and Rupert and William and Catherine, who had surreptitiously opened the door and snuck in, were absolutely shocked as they all took in the spectral sights of Eugene's and Amanda's mothers.

"Mama?" Eugene and Amanda both quietly sighed as they took a step towards them.

"Yes, my darling child." Both Katelyn and Kimberly, Eugene's mother, replied.

"How are you…?"

"We have always been with you. At your darkest times, you were never alone even if you might have felt that way."

"Amanda, I am so very proud of what you have become." Katelyn kindly said with the brightest smile; a smile that shone as brightly as her blue eyes and was the perfect match of that gracing Amanda's features.

"As am I, Eugene." Kimberly replied.

"But…?" Eugene asked, wondering how anyone could be proud of the terrible life choices he had made in the recent past.

"I know, Eugene. You feel that I should not be proud of you for some choices you made. Yes?" Kimberly asked.

"Well, yes." Eugene sadly stated, tears beginning to stream down his cheek at a steady rate.

"What you did in the past, Eugene, pales to what you have accomplished in the last eight weeks. You totally vindicated your past self with the selfless act of returning Rapunzel to her rightful place and then defending her, even at the cost of something so dear to you…" Kimberly said, before stopping as she saw what was about to happen, as did Katelyn and both Rupert and Amanda and William and Catherine.

As Eugene stood there, speechless at the kindness that still managed to find itself his way, the injured bird still cradled in his strong hands and held tenderly to his chest, a single tear; a single gold tinted tear finally reached the line of his jaw and dropped unwaveringly towards the injured bird.

What was to happen next was to leave everyone completely flabbergasted…, and then some!

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