Chapter Ninety-One: Welcome to the Kingdom of Corona
"Hmmm" Jason said looking around a bedroom they stood in.
"Where are we?" Jason said as they looked to the mural drawn on the walls and roof.
"Wow! These are really beautiful" Max said as he got whacked in the back of the head with a frying pan and fell over with a thud.
"Max?" Jason said looking over as a frying pan hit him in the face before falling over out cold.
"Two more?!" Rapunzel said looking down the stairs to Flynn Ryder out cold on the floor.
Later Rapunzel dragged the three and began the hard process of stuffing them in a closet then used a chair to hold the doors shut.
"Okay, okay, I got three guys in my closet" Rapunzel said holding her frying pan out pointing to the closet, "I got three guys in my closet" she said looking at her reflection in the mirror, "I got three guys in my closet!" she laughed.
"Too weak to handle myself out there, huh Mother? Well, tell that to my pan here" she said spinning it in her hand and hit the side of her head, "OW!"
"Huh?" Rapunzel said looking at Flynn satchel on the floor and pulled a tiara out and looked at it.
"Huh?" she said putting her hand threw and looked to Pascal the chameleon who shook his head.
"Rapunzel then looked through one of the diamonds at Pascal who shook his head again as Rapunzel looked to the mirror and place it on her head as Pascal shook his head again.
"Rapunzel!" Mother Gothel called from below the tower as Rapunzel gasped and hid the tiara and satchel in a nearby pot then ran to the closed window, "Let down your hair!"
"One moment, Mother" Rapunzel said lowering her hair down.
"I have a big surprise!" Mother Gothel said.
"Uh, I do too" Rapunzel said pulling Gothel up.
"Oh, I bet my surprise is bigger!"
"I seriously doubt it" Rapunzel mumbled looking at the closet where she stashed the three men.
"I brought back parsnips I am going to make
hazel nut soup for dinner, your favorite! Surprise!" Gothel said getting into the room.
"Well mother, there's something I want to tell you" Rapunzel said.
"Oh Rapunzel, you know I hate leaving you after a fight, especially when I've done absolutely nothing wrong" Gothel said approaching a table to set the contents of her basket on it.
"Okay, I've been thinking a lot about what you said, earlier" Rapunzel said.
"I hope you're not still talking about the stars" Gothel said.
"Floating Lights and yes I'm leading up to that" Rapunzel said approaching the closet.
"Because I really thought we dropped the issue, sweetheart" Gothel said.
"No Mother, I'm just saying, you think I'm not strong enough to handle myself out there" Rapunzel said.
"Oh darling, I know you're not strong enough to handle yourself out there."
"But if you just..."
"Rapunzel, we're done talking about this."
"Trust me, I..."
"Rapunzel."
"know what I'm."
"Rapunzel!"
"Oh, come on!"
"Enough with the light Rapunzel! You are not leaving this tower, EVER!" Gothel yelled as Rapunzel removed her hand from the chair holding the closet doors closed, "Oh, great. Now I'm the bad guy" Gothel said sitting in an armchair as Rapunzel glanced at her newest mural of the Floating Lights.
"All I was gonna say, mother is that...I know what I want for my birthday, now."
"And what is that?"
"New paint. That paint made from the white shells you once brought me."
"Well that is a very long trip, Rapunzel almost three days' time."
"I just thought it was a better idea than, stars."
"Uh you sure you'll be all right, on your own?" Gothel asked approaching.
"I know I'm safe, as long as I'm here" Rapunzel said hugging her.
After packing Gothel a basket of foods for her journey, Gothel put on her hood and Rapunzel handed her the basket.
"I'll be back in three days' time I love you very much, dear."
"I love you more."
"I love you most" Rapunzel said lowering Gothel down the tower and watched her leave the hidden valley threw a cave and when Gothel was out of sight Rapunzel ran back inside and approached the closet and armed with her frying pan as she removed it as she took a deep breathe.
"Okay" Rapunzel said using her hair to grabbed the handles and pull them open as Flynn, Jason and Max fell out hitting the floor hard.
"Hmmm" Rapunzel before looking around.
Later with all the windows shut and a single light coming from the roof, Rapunzel used her hair to pull three chairs where Jason, Max and Flynn were tied to their chairs by her hair and pulled them in the light.
Pascal then slapped Flynn face to wake him up but saw they weren't working then he stuck his tongue in Flynn ear.
"AHH!" Flynn yelled waking up.
"Ugh! What hit me?" Max groaned.
"Felt like I got hit in the face by a ton of bricks!" Jason groaned.
"Wha..?" Flynn said looking around as Jason and Max as they saw they were tied to their chairs.
"Uh..." Jason said realizing it was not rope tied to them but blonde hair.
"Is this...hair?" Flynn said.
"This is weird" Max said as they tried to get loose.
"Tough hair" Jason said as they followed it to a beam on the roof where a figure hid in the dark.
"Struggling...struggling is pointless" Rapunzel said.
"Huh?" Flynn said.
"Yeah we figured that" Jason said as the girl jumped down.
"I know why you're here and I'm not afraid of you" Rapunzel said still standing in the shadows.
"What?" Flynn said.
"Uh I think you got the wrong idea" Jason said as he realized something, 'her hear! A heart of pure light! Another Princess of Heart!'
Rapunzel then began to step into the light with frying pan in hand.
"Well now we know what she hit us with" Max said.
"Who are you, and how did you find me?" Rapunzel asked.
"Ah hah" Flynn said.
"Who are you, and how did you find me?" Rapunzel asked again ready to hit them with the frying pan again.
"Oh uh I'm Jason this is Max and...we have no idea who that dude" Jason said as Flynn clears his throat.
"I know not who you are. Nor how I came to find you but may I just say, hi!" Flynn smiled as Jason and Max reside an eyebrow "how you doing? The names Flynn Ryder, how's your day going, huh?"
"Ugh! Who else knows my location, Flynn Ryder? Jason? Max?" She said pointing the frying pan at them.
"All right, Blondie" Flynn said.
"Rapunzel" she corrected.
"Gesundheit, here's the deal. I was in a situation, Gallivanting through the forest I came across your tower and..." Flynn said as his eyes widen.
"Yeah Max and I found it be accident by the way nice drawings!" Jason said.
"Ho, ho no, where is my satchel?" Flynn asked.
"I've hidden it, somewhere you'll never find it" Rapunzel said as Flynn looked around.
"It's in the pot, isn't it?" Flynn said looking to a nearby pot.
Three loud clangs were then heard again as Flynn groaned and looked to see Pascal tongue in his ear again.
"AHH! Would you stop that?!" Flynn said whipping his ear on his shoulder.
"Ow! Rapunzel next time you want to hit us, warn us at least!" Jason said.
"I think I have a concussion" Max said.
"Now it's hidden where you'll never find it" Rapunzel said with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.
"Hn" Flynn grunted.
"So, what do you want, with my hair?" Rapunzel asked.
"Excuse me?" Jason said.
"To cut it?" Rapunzel said.
"What?" Flynn said.
"Sell it?"
"No!" Flynn said.
"Say what?" Max said.
"Wait...you think we want you hair?" Jason said.
"Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair, is to get out of it! Literally!" Flynn said.
"Same here! Why would we want hair?" Jason said.
"Wait, you don't want my hair?" Rapunzel said.
"Why on earth would I want your hair? Look, I was being chased, I saw a tower, I climbed it, end of story" Flynn said.
"And were looking for the Keyhole, long story short it's something we need to find urgently" Jason said.
"You're, telling the truth?" Rapunzel asked.
"YES!" Flynn said.
"We swear were not after you hair, nothing else" Jason said.
"Hmmm" Rapunzel said as Pascal moved from her shoulder and to the end of her frying pan to glare at Flynn in the eye before pointing his tail back to be pulled back by Rapunzel.
"Okay?" Jason said as Rapunzel went to talk to Pascal alone away from them.
"I know, but they're someone that can take me" Rapunzel said as Pascal made several squeaks, "I think they're telling the truth" she said as Jason, Max and Flynn looked over in confusion and Pascal made more squeaks, "nothing I think, but what choice do I have?"
"Uh, okay Flynn Ryder, Jason, Max, I'm prepared to offer you a deal" Rapunzel said setting Pascal on her shoulder.
"Deal?" Flynn said.
"What kind of deal?" Jason asked.
"Look this way" she said pulling the hair to make them spin as they all fell over with Flynn on his face Max with his back to Rapunzel and Jason on his said looking up at her pulling a curtain away from her new mural.
"Do you know what these are?" she asked showing them it.
"Fireflies?" Jason said.
"I can't see!" Max said.
"You mean the lantern thing they do for the princess?" Flynn asked with his face on the floor.
"Lanterns...I knew they weren't stars" Rapunzel said to herself, "Well, tomorrow evening they will light the night sky, with these lanterns, you will act as my guides, take me to these lanterns, and return me home safely. Then, and only then, will I return your satchel to you. That is my deal" Rapunzel said.
"Uh how dose that help with our problem?" Jason asked.
"Oh uh, oh! While escorting me I shall help you both find this Keyhole" she said.
"Sure" Jason said.
"Yeah, no can do" Flynn said turning himself on his side "unfortunately, the kingdom and I are not exactly, simpatico, at the moment. So I won't be taking you anywhere."
Rapunzel then looked to Pascal as he made and fist to palm gesture as Rapunzel jumped down from the fireplace and began to pulled the three to her.
"Something brought you three here, Flynn Ryder." She said helping their seats up "Call it what you will, fate, destiny."
"A horse" Flynn said with an annoyed expression.
"So I have made the decision to trust you."
"A horrible decision, really" Flynn said.
"But trust me, when I tell you this you can tear this tower apart, brick by brick but without my help, you will never find your precious satchel!" she said as Flynn cleared his throat.
"Wow this princess knows who to be intimidating" Jason whispered to Max who nodded.
"Let me just get this straight. I take you to see the lanterns bring you back home and you'll give me back my satchel?" Flynn said.
"I promise" she said as he gave her a look, "And when I promise something, I never ever break that promise EVER!" she said as Pascal nodded.
"All right, listen, I didn't want to have to want to do this, but you leave me no choice here comes the 'smolder'." He said giving her his smolder look as Jason and Max raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah it's not working pretty boy" Jason said.
"This is kind of an off day for me this doesn't normally happen, fine, I'll take you to see the lanterns!" Flynn said.
"Really!" Rapunzel said making him fall over on his face again, "Ooops."
"You broke my 'smolder'."
"Hey uh Rapunzel has there been any weird little creatures coming here? Small ugly vicious and with strange symbols on them?" Jason asked.
"You know about them?! They've been coming to my tower everyday trying to get up here to me!" Rapunzel said.
"Figures, hey can you untie me, I want to show you something" Jason said as she untied him from his hair as he summoned both his keyblades as she gasped.
"What are they?" She asked.
"My keyblades, the only weapon that can vanquish them and they are targeting you" Jason said.
"Me? But why?" she said as she gasped "They want my hair don't they?!"
"...Yeah, that's it."
"Oh no what should we do?!" Rapunzel asked.
"Well since you asked me to be your escort I will be able to keep those things off us and get you to see those lanterns and back here safely" Jason said.
"And as promised I will help you find your keyhole" she said.
"As promised" Jason said holding out his hand and shook it with Rapunzel.
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