Author's Note: 2 follows and 1 review telling me to keep going! That's a good beginning, right? Anyways, here's the next segment in "Rapunzel's Diary." From here on out, the next couple chapters will be before "Tangled" takes place. This here's a short one, but the next few chapters will have multiple diary entries combined into one chapter. As always, please read and review! Your comments are appreciated!
Disclaimer: Disney own "Tangled," and all its characters. If I owned "Tangled," I'd be crazy rich. :)
Dear Diary,
As yesterday was my birthday, I watched the lanterns again. I watched them as they lit up the night sky, and floated towards my tower. One thing I forgot to mention in my last entry was that every year on my birthday, for as long as I can remember, lanterns have somehow appeared in the sky after darkness falls. I noticed them a long time ago, when I was 3 years old (I was supposed to be asleep, but I couldn't fall asleep). Yesterday, I told Mother about the Lanterns, and that I would like to go see them. Going and seeing them would be my Birthday present. But Mother said no. She still keeps saying that the world is dark, and dangerous, and I'm too small, and weak to handle myself and protect myself. At the very end, she told me that those lanterns are really no different from the stars that I see every night. She says that each year; around the time I was born, new stars and constellations appear in the sky. However, I don't think that's the case. So that's why I've come up with a plan.
This year, I'm going to make a resolve to chart the stars that I see from my tower window. I'll chart the stars from now until my 15th birthday, which will be an entire year. That way, I can see what the stars look like during different seasons and different years. I've also made a resolve to not tell Mother about this because she'll only laugh at me and tell me that I'm doing something foolish. Mother sometimes thinks that projects like these are nothing but wastes of time. I have talked it over with Pascal, however, and he thinks that it's a pretty good idea. That way, when I try to ask Mother again, I can have some proof that the lanterns are not stars, and that I should see them. I use the tower as my base point, and I'll watch and chart the movements of the Sun and Moon, along with the stars. I'll also mark major constellations in the sky on my chart too, so I can know where they are. And also, I'm going to chart the stars on the high wall in the main room of the tower. It's hidden among the rafters, but can only be seen if the little window on the top of the tower roof is opened, and the light shines down on the chart. That way, Mother won't see the chart until it's time for me to unveil it. I hope that this works and that by doing this, I can show Mother the truth about the stars.
~ Rapunzel