Okay, so I just want to thank you all for sticking with me all this time. I really appreciate your support for this and I feel that you all deserve the best chapter that you could ever read. Since we have a snow day today (who knew right?) I have all the time I need to finish it up. So, here is the last official chapter, the epilogue will be up at the same time. I will be writing a sequel soon, but again, Alice in Wonderland has my brain tied up so… yeah. Here's Chapter 15.

Chapter 15: To Hell and Back

Eugene

It was black… pitch black. I had no idea where I was or where I should go. My chest didn't hurt anymore, and I could tell that something was up. I looked around and saw nothing but the inky darkness surrounding me.

"Hello?" I called out. "Is anybody here?" nothing… no sound, not even the echo of my own voice was heard. I began walking one way, but there was nothing. I turned and walked the other way. I appeared to be going nowhere in the darkness. Had I died? Was my life over? I fell to my knees and sighed, wishing that something would show, some sign would come about that told me where I was supposed to go. While I pondered these thoughts I was suddenly blinded by a flash of light. I blinked at the floating light, and saw in it the image of Rapunzel the day we met, it flashed between events, our dates, and then it flashed to a girl with short blonde hair crying over a body. I reached out and could tell what was going on. That was Rapunzel, and she was crying over my dead body.

"Eugene Fitzherbert?" a voice came from behind me. I turned my back to the light and saw as a man emerged from the darkness, he held a clipboard in one hand, and a glowing blue orb rested in his other palm. I gulped back all of my fear and stepped towards him.

"That's me…" I said nervously. He stepped forward and moved his head to imply that I was to follow him. I did so and suddenly all of the blackness was gone, and we were surrounded by ominous gray clouds. A large staircase appeared in front of me and I began to climb them. It was a long climb, and part of me felt like it would pass out, but the other part urged me forward as if there was a great gift at the top. I kept going on until I stumbled up to the top. I landed on what I thought was a cloud, but I could have been mistaken. The man from the darkness stood looking down at me.

"There was an escalator you know," he stated. I groaned, brushing myself off. "Follow me Mr. Fitzherbert." I did as I was told and followed him into the growing mist. We emerged at a gate, and on the other side was a pit. I figured that I wouldn't get that second chance now. "Welcome to judgement day. It's very simple really," the man began. "The Man will tell you what he feels should be your punishment. However, he believes that people deserve second chances. So you get to explain your case and he just might reincarnate you as something else. Or he might give your life back, or not at all. Depends on how he feels," the guy said. "I believe he's expecting you. Good luck." I stopped before entering the gates. I turned back and sighed, then entered what would surely be my end.

"Eugene Fitzherbert… I was wondering when you'd arrive," a man who looked similar to the man outside said. He wore a stunning white suit and sat in a big chair. He hopped down and approached me. "Take a walk with me Eugene, we need to have a chat," he said. I couldn't help but be nervous. He led me down some very well kept streets where people were happy and smiling. I couldn't help but like what I saw. "Liking what you see?" he asked suddenly.

"Very much," I said with a hint of sadness in my voice. We stopped and he stared at me.

"What's wrong Eugene?" the man asked.

"Well sir, it's very nice here… but I feel like I don't deserve any of this," I told him. He gave a low chuckle and we kept walking.

"Truthfully Eugene, no one here does. But anyway let's keep going," he led me through a passage and I saw that everything turned red. It wasn't nearly as nice as before. I looked around skeptically, saddened that if I couldn't convince the man of my need to be with Rapunzel, then this is where I'd end up. I saw Odessa chained to a pillar in the distance.

"Sir… is that?" I asked.

"Odessa Linkhart, yes sir. She was caught by the Phillips guards and she killed herself to avoid anything else." As we passed she looked daggers at me. The man made me turn away as we kept walking. We ended up back where we started. He climbed back into his chair. "So Eugene, let's pull up your file," he stated, pulling out a thick manila folder. I gulped. "Hmm, Eugene Fitzherbert… age 22, sex male… yada yada yada, parents both dead… no siblings… fair amount of mistakes, I notice that you were a thief until you met this Rapunzel girl, am I right?" he asked.

"I was sir. For the first part of my life I did it to survive. But as I got older I found myself doing all the wrong things. Then I met Rapunzel, she turned my life around sir," I told him honestly.

"I see, and is that Rapunzel who's crying over you right now?" he asked, showing the image I saw earlier. I nodded in confirmation.

"It is sir. I love her, she needs me!" I said. The man closed the folder and stared at me.

"I know…" he said slowly. "She needs you, and you need her. Am I correct that you died, for her?" he asked. I nodded. I had indeed died for her. It was all for her. And he knew it as well as I did. He climbed down from his chair and approached me again.

"You know Eugene, every human makes mistakes. I understand that. But what I understand most about you is that you really are in love with her. There are select people who will take a bullet for the one they love. So you don't need to convince me that you deserve a second chance at life. I'm very well convinced. I'm going to give it to you, free of charge."

"Y-you are? I-I can go back to Rapunzel?" I stammered in disbelief. He simply nodded as the man from before appeared with the blue orb. He handed it to me and I took it, suddenly feeling a shock.

"Don't waste your second chance kid… I'll see you again in the future," the man said, waving as I rose into the air. My head rushed through cloud after cloud, until finally it went black again…

Rapunzel

It had been well over an hour since he left me. I cried over him, hoping that some miracle would bring him back. Amanda came in and I refused to budge again. Suddenly, I heard a beeping noise. I raised my head and looked at the heart monitor. It was beeping again… he was alive. I gasped and moved my damp hair from my eyes, hoping that it wasn't some fluke.

"Eugene?" I gasped, almost at a loss for breath. My heart pounded as he opened his eyes slightly, and then all the way. He stared up at me and smiled.

"Hey there," he said. I gasped and attacked him in a hug, this time his arms wrapped around me and held me close. I cried into his hospital gown and he held me tighter. We broke our embrace and I kissed him with all my might. He was alive! He was here! He was kissing me back! He sat up and I sat on the edge of his bed. I whacked his arm, hard. "What was that for?" he asked, rubbing it.

"For leaving me!" I cried, bursting into tears. He put his hand on my cheek and wiped away my tears, staring at me with his crazy brown eyes. "Where did you go anyway?" I sniffed. Eugene only laughed.

"For you? I went to hell and back," he said before closing his lips over mine once more.

And scene! No, just kidding! There's one more part! Which should be up now! So before you click the next button, click the REVIEW button. It's the magicalness of the review button that gave this story such amazingness. So review then read the REAL ending to the story. Thanks for reading!