Author's Note: Hello World! I AM still alive! I am SO very, very sorry for keeping all in suspense for such a loonnngggg time! I've been bracing myself against one of the worst schoolwork storms (if there is such a thing) there's been in a long time for me! Right now, I'm in the eye of the hurricane (so to speak), and I caught a glimpse of the worst part of the storm on the horizon. So, I've decided to hurry and put up another chapter in Rapunzel's Diary, before the worst part of the storm comes. Enough poetry and wisdom for one day, though. However, I must give a big THANK YOU to all my readers and followers, who check on this story daily, and wait patiently for the new chapters. I get so glad and giddy when I get a new review, or a new follower. It means to world to me.
I'd let you guys know, that after this one chapter, we'll get to where "Tangled" begins! Haha, I can't wait to write about it, and I know you guys will love it. By the way, I would like to ask you guys something. If you've been to my profile page, you've seen that one story I want to do is, "The journal of Eu-Flynn Rider." It's a journal about Eugene, and his life before and after he meets Rapunzel. What I'd like to ask is: Would you guys like it if I began the journal now, instead of starting it later on, when I'm almost done with Rapunzel's Diary? Let me know what you think in the reviews! I might make a poll about it, so let me know what you think! I love to hear from you guys! Anyways, happy reading! Don't forget to review!
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Dear Diary,
Summer is finally here! The weather is warm again, the sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and the wind is rustling every blade of grass and leaf on all the trees. I've never been more happier in all my life! The only stipulation to this is that I can't go outside! I just cannot understand what is so harmful out there! Mother insists that the outside world is dark and wicked. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why she can go out, and stay safe, and I can't! She thinks that I'm still a little girl that she took care of almost 18 years ago: a helpless little girl who can't' do anything for herself.
Anyway, it's only a week before my 18th birthday! That's right! In exactly one week from today, I will officially become an adult! It's so exciting for me as I will insist that I see the lanterns on my birthday, and no one will stop me. I've waited for almost 18 years to know what they are, and I will see them, even if Mother says no! Nothing and no one will stop me. I've waited too long and too hard, and I need to be free. I can't be sitting cooped up in this tower just because I have some dumb magical power!
I'm sorry, I sound a bit harsh there. It's just that – well, - it's so hard and almost unbearable to be cooped up in this tower, and never ever have a chance to see a world that's bursting with life! Don't get me wrong, it's not as if I hate my life here. It's just that after years of being inside, I want to run and jump, sing and laugh, enjoy myself out there. My life here is sometimes boring, and I like to have a chance at a real, fun life. It's like a droning schedule, one day after another, the same thing, each and every day. There's never a change of pace, and things aren't ever exciting. After Mother leaves for town, I sometimes look out the window, gazing at the little cave that Mother passes through to get to the town. Sometimes I've even thought about sneaking out, and spending a day out in the meadow below the tower, but I've been too scared to do it. Supposing some ruffian like the ones Mother says there are, comes and snatches me up, and Mother comes home to find no one at home? What will she do then? I did try it once, but when I heard a hawk's piercing, blood – curdling cry, just as I was getting ready to jump out. I nearly fell out of the window and had a heart attack. I was so scared, I ran back inside, and stayed in my bedroom, with the sheets pulled over my head, and I double – bolted my bedroom door, and the main window outside. Later, I contemplated n that hawk's cry. It seemed to be telling me that I shouldn't have been disobeying Mother, and going out when I wasn't supposed to.
So I decided not to try going outside without someone to go with me, if it can't be Mother. As it's only a week before my birthday, I've tried different methods about how to break my thoughts to Mother. I've tried them on Pascal, and he's been giving me some very helpful hints! I've tried talking to Mother about it, but I keep losing my nerve, and forget what I'm trying to say. Although, I have been dropping some hints about seeing the lanterns. I haven't gotten a response; she just keeps sewing a dress, or looks away absent – mindedly. Anyway, about breaking to her. I have decided that the day before my birthday, I will approach Mother, and tell her about the lanterns, my star chart, and how I know for sure the lanterns aren't stars. Then, I'll tell her that they're very important to me, and that they're the only present I want. Maybe she'll hear me out if I explain things well, and plead my case, she'll give in, and let me see them (after all, it is my birthday!). I just hope that Mother will let me see them. If she doesn't, I've been thinking of ways to see them in person. I've figured that the only way to see them if she won't let me, is to somehow get her out of the tower, and go see them while she's gone. But, most of the time, Mother is at home on my birthday, and she never, ever goes into town if she can help it. Although last year she had to go into town and work on a dress. So I don't know how I'll get her out of the tower. I'll think of something though. I'm going to see those lanterns, and with Pascal's help, I might be ready to challenge Mother, and she'll let me see them!
~ Rapunzel