Hi, I decided to go ahead and start on this chapter because I'm probably going to be busy again with projects, Christmas, and other things. In this chapter, Eugene is still confused from last night and Katherine realizes something that she hasn't realized before.
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Chapter 5
Six year old Eugene ran home to tell his mother how his teacher said he was a huge help today in class. He ran inside the straw house and when he went inside, something felt off.
"Mom? Mom? Where are you Mom?" shouted the six year old as he searched the house for his mother. He finally found her in her room and she looked awful. She was sweating like a pig, her skin was red and peeling, and she was burning up. When he saw this, he panicked and ran to find the neighborhood doctor and it brought attention to Eugene's neighbors.
"Eugene, what's wrong?" asked Mrs. Talia, his mom's best friend as she dropped her basket filled with fresh apples from her tree and ran across her front yard to see her best friend's son.
"It's horrible Mrs. Talia! It's my mom! She's sick! She's sweating, burning up, and her skin was peeling off!" exclaimed Eugene.
"I'll be right with you Eugene," gasped Mrs. Talia who was shocked by the symptoms that were described to her. She then ran in her house and yelled, "Jerry! Get Dr. Norman!"
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A few moments later, Mrs. Talia got her husband, Jerry, to get Dr. Norman. Dr. Norman was the neighborhood doctor and everyone in the neighborhood relied on him to help cure the diseases that anyone had acquired. But for Dr. Norman, Eugene's mother was the worse he'd ever seen.
"I'm sorry Mrs. Talia and Eugene, but it seems like Miranda has acquired scarlet fever," explained Dr. Norman. This came to a shock to the son and best friend of his patient.
"Scarlet Fever?" exclaimed Mrs. Talia.
"Is that why Mom's skin was red?" asked the curious six years old.
"Yes Eugene, but this type of scarlet fever that your mother has is serious and she might not make it," warned Dr. Norman.
"You mean she might…" interrupted Mrs. Talia as the doctor nodded and Mrs. Talia gasped in horror.
"No," gasped Eugene when he realized what they were talking about.
"Yes," sighed Dr. Norman.
"No!" exclaimed Eugene.
"Yes!" insisted Dr. Norman.
"No! No! No! She cannot die! No way! She's can't die!" Eugene denied as he refused to believe his mother was at Death's door.
"Eugene…" addressed Mrs. Talia.
"No Mrs. Talia, she can't die! What you're saying is a lie! She won't die! Why doesn't anyone ever care about me?" shouted Eugene as he ran off to his room where he slammed the door and cried the hardest he's ever cried in his entire life.
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A few hours later, he was trying to get himself to sleep. He had a frown planted on his face, his nose and eyes red as his mother's skin, and there were tear stains on his cheeks. He was rolled on his side so no one could see him. Mrs. Talia then came in the room to check on Eugene.
"Hey Eugene, I brought some of my famous apple pie to make you feel better," explained Mrs. Talia as she tried to show Eugene a plate with warm fresh apple pie. Eugene still didn't turn over and he knew that nothing, not even apple pie could get him to ignore the fact that his mother was dying.
"Mom's going to leave like Dad, is she?" Eugene choked out.
"No Eugene, I don't know, I never met your father," sighed Mrs. Talia because she didn't have a good point. At that point, Eugene turned over to face Mrs. Talia.
"Mom told me he was a selfish lord who likes to get drunk and abuse her," explained Eugene.
"Eugene, even though I have no idea who your father is, I know he probably wouldn't be this selfish to not to try and help you and your mother," explained Mrs. Talia.
"You think he might help?" asked Eugene.
"Sure, and I can help you write the letter to him. But I'm probably sure I have all the time in the world to do that since you're staying with me and Jerry," explained Mrs. Talia as she whispered the last part.
"Excuse me?" asked Eugene.
"You see, the doctor says it would be best if you stay somewhere else for now so you won't catch your mom's disease," explained Mrs. Talia.
"No, I want to stay here!" exclaimed Eugene.
"Eugene, this is for your own good! So you won't get sick and…" explained Mrs. Talia before she was interrupted.
"I don't care if I get the plague from my mom; I want to stay here where I'll be able to help her! Her and my Aunt Katherine and my Dad are the only family I have left and I will not let her die and have myself know I didn't help her at all!" Eugene argued back.
"Eugene, do you want to die?" asked Mrs. Talia.
"No," replied Eugene.
"Do you want to get sick?" asked Mrs. Talia.
"No," piped Eugene.
"Then you must stay with me and Jerry to be safe," explained Mrs. Talia. Eugene groaned as he started packing his things in his satchel and left with Mrs. Talia.
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After three days, the letter Eugene and Mrs. Talia wrote for Eugene's father was finished and ready to be delivered. The letter said:
Dear Lord Herbert,
If you're curious who this is, this is your son, Eugene Fitzherbert. My mom had just gotten sick and has something called "Scarlet Fever". We need your help so bad! We need a better doctor, more money, and a few other things. Please help! This isn't just for Mom, it's for me! I cannot let her die and I know somewhere in your small heart that you cannot let her die either! So please help, not just for Mom, but for me, your own son!
Sincerely,
Eugene Fitzherbert
After two weeks, Eugene had found his mother completely unconscious. The disease had gotten worse. She was paler, weaker, and sicker than ever. Mrs. Talia went to get Dr. Norman, but by the time she got back, it was too late. Miranda had passed away and the only thing heard in the house was the sound of Eugene crying.
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"Dad?" Eugene had heard as he tried to wake up. "Daddy?" said the voice, but Eugene didn't respond. The voice was high pitched and sounded like a little girl. "Hmm…do you think you can wake him Pascal?" asked the voice as a squeak was heard. About a few seconds later, Eugene was fully awake because of Pascal's tongue.
"Gah! Elizabeth, will you please tell Pascal to stop doing that?" Eugene asked as he tried to get as much saliva as possible out of his ear and wiping it on his shoulder which was covered by his nightshirt.
"Sorry, Mommy says you're late for a little meeting with the guards," explained Elizabeth.
"What?" asked Eugene as he checked what time it was. He completely forgot about the meeting he had with the Captain and other guards and he was supposed to get there at 9:00 and it was almost 10:00. He groaned as he quickly threw on his clothes not caring that he didn't take off his nightclothes, but it was good that he didn't take them off because he had to get dressed in front of his daughter who was sitting crisscross applesauce on her parents' bed. He ran out of the room as he quickly buttoned his clothes on the way to the meeting.
He finally made it to the meeting room where he got a lot of stares from the guards. The Captain was the most furious by him being late.
"Rider, where were you? Did you think you could sleep in when you knew you had a meeting?" the Captain barked as the guards watched as their leader was fussing at the seemingly late prince consort.
"Sorry, I overslept and I forgot about the meeting because I had a really busy night last night," groaned Eugene as he took his place.
"Rider, I have seen a lot of foolish things in the past, but this tops them all!" shouted the Captain.
"At least I wasn't drooling over a guest," remarked Eugene as he reminded the guards of what they did last night.
"If it makes you feel any better, I wasn't drooling over that lady," piped Conli who was right next to Eugene.
"You weren't?" asked Eugene because he remembered seeing all the guards staring at Ms. Katherine like that, but he didn't see if Conli was doing the same thing.
"Of course not Mr. Fitzherbert, why would I be interested in a fifty-something year old lady?" asked Conli.
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While the meeting was going on, Katherine was walking through the palace where she saw Elizabeth hiding behind a plant.
"What are you doing?" asked Katherine as she walked up to the five year old.
"Waiting for Daddy so I can surprise him," Elizabeth replied as she tried to be as inconspicuous as possible. Katherine smiled until she heard the yelling coming from the door.
"What's going on in there? Are they fighting or something?" asked Katherine as she heard the loud yelling.
"No, Captain Mustache likes to yell at Daddy before meetings start," replied Elizabeth as they both heard the familiar voices of the Captain and Eugene.
"Oh, what are they arguing about this time?" asked Katherine.
"Who knows? But I always like to know what's going on," explained Elizabeth, "You want to help?"
"Sure," chuckled Katherine as the two tried to listen to the loud yelling coming from the room.
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"I am so upset!" exclaimed the Captain.
"What happened? Did Ms. Janice throw a table at you?" remarked Samuel, a new recruit. He was typically a snarky teenager forced to join the soldiers by his parents who wanted to get rid of him. He was often doing things like saying very smart remarks, getting other soldiers in trouble, hitting on women while on patrol, taking naps on the job, and so many other things that drove the Captain insane. In fact, a lot of the soldiers thought he was like Flynn Rider in some ways.
"No! We stopped fighting years ago!" exclaimed the Captain as Samuel rolled his green/brown eyes. "It's that lady you soldiers were staring at!"
"What did she do?" asked William.
"She accused me of doing something I have no idea of doing and threatened me!" groaned the Captain.
"Why are so mad at Ms. Katherine? She only did one thing!" shouted Eugene. He didn't even know Katherine was eavesdropping along with Elizabeth. She was glad Eugene was defending her.
"Rider, she could've killed me with that sword!" yelled the Captain. "And I can't wait until the King and Queen find her a place to live so she'd be out of our hair!" Katherine frowned as she heard the Captain's cruel words.
"She doesn't even bug the rest of us! And for your information, she's here to find her nephew and I'm probably sure that he wouldn't like you making remarks about his aunt!" shouted Eugene recalling about how he thought of the possibility of him being related to Katherine and he didn't like it when people insulted his family; even though if this was his possible family member.
"I'm glad she didn't find her nephew because he would probably be a selfish, lazy, troublemaker!" shouted the Captain. Eugene groaned as he looked like he was about to give the Captain a piece of his mind (which would probably involve fists) as Conli grabbed his wrists and prevented the prince consort from literally beating the living brains out of the Captain for saying that. "And Rider, why do you care so much about her?" he continued.
"Because she is searching for her family! She has been living without a family for a long time and I know that because I lived without a family the same amount of years as her! And you wouldn't know that because you actually had a family! And for at least the thousandth time, my name is not Flynn Rider! It is Eugene Fitzherbert and that's all!" shouted Eugene as he removed his hands from Conli's grip and stormed out of the room.
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Katherine had heard every single word! She hadn't been that shocked since she found out Lord Herbert had left her sister, leaving her sister without a husband and Eugene without a father. She now had found out a very important thing! Eugene, the man who had kindly took her in at the palace, was her long lost nephew. She knew he looked like him and his name was the same as her nephew. But now she knows it's him after hearing his full name. After she had heard the argument, the pieces to her long confusing puzzle were finally put together and solved. She was so distracted by this, she didn't even notice Eugene opening the door to the room, slamming it, and walking away.
"Gosh, Daddy's really mad. What do you think happened in there Ms. Katherine?" Elizabeth had asked her. She noticed Katherine having the most shocked face ever. "Ms. Katherine, are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm sorry Elizabeth, but I have to go. I have to think some things over," sighed Katherine as she left.
"Why is everyone acting so weird right now?" the five year old asked herself before she left to find her brother and tell him everything.
Katherine ran into her guest bedroom as she flopped on the bed and closed her eyes as she remembered some memories of her sister and Eugene.
So now Katherine knows that Eugene is her nephew. And just in case you were curious by the first part of the chapter; that was a dream Eugene had about the death of his mother. And like I said before, the next few chapters will mostly be flashbacks involving Katherine, Eugene, and his parents and also some clues Katherine had found leading up to the discovery. If you have any suggestions on what I should so for the flashbacks, you can tell me. I still need song suggestions for the chapters coming up and sorry if I didn't have a chapter song for this one, but if you do have a song suggestion for this chapter, I'll go back and put it up. And for those of you who are curious about the villain, he'll be mentioned again after the flashbacks. I'm still trying to develop his character. And now for reply reviews:
BroadwayFanGirl91: Thanks for saying that about the previous chapter and I'm sorry, but I can't use your song suggestion because it has already been used in the first or second chapter, but thanks anyway.
Punzie the Platypus: Thanks for saying that about the song suggestions. And no, Conli wasn't one of the drooling guards, but after you read this chapter, you probably already know that. And like I said before, I'm still developing the villain's character, but he will cause something very awful that will separate Eugene and Katherine.
Wheels4TheOneTrueGod: They will reveal to each other who they really are after the flashbacks. And about the grandchildren thing, he's talking about Elizabeth and Peter who are Rapunzel and Eugene's twin son and daughter and if you read "Spirit's Return" you'll find out what he meant by when he said "they had just got them back".
Reverend Lovejoy: I'm glad you like Katherine, and to think about it, I really don't why I made Katherine threaten the Captain, but it's because she thought he was someone else and if you look back to the first or second chapter, you'll see who she thought he was.
James Birdsong: Thanks for saying that!
I. C. 2014: Well, I thought I should start slow and not rush into things when I was doing those chapters. And I'm glad you like the villain so far. We'll soon see what his little plot is. *mischievously grins and moves fingers in an evil way like my English teacher does sometimes*
Well, that's all I have to say, except I might be starting another story, but it's Non-Tangled. I got the idea after watching a movie and seeing videos on YouTube involving the movie. I will tell you one thing that it will be a crossover, so if you want to read it, I'd be much obliged for you to read it after it's published. I might put up a summary in my profile later. Also, who's your favorite other character out of all my stories? You can say your answer in a poll I recently put in my profile. And now that that's out of the way, Adios for now!