Chapter Ninety-Four: The Lanterns of Corona

The next morning they all slept on the grass in their camp as water dripped on Flynn,

"Hmm, what?" Flynn awoke to see a dripping wet Maximus glaring down at him, "Well I hope you're

here to apologize."

"AHHHH!" Flynn screamed waking up Jason, Max and Rapunzel as they saw Maximus dragged Flynn away.

"No, no put me down stop it! Let me go!"

"Grab his arms!" Jason yelled as he and Max grabbed Flynn arms with Rapunzel as they pulled

"Give me him!" Rapunzel said as Flynn foot slipped out the boot Maximus had as they all fell back as Flynn came at them.

"Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy boy, easy, calm down. Easy boy. Easy" Rapunzel said as Maximus settled down, "that's it."

Maximus then noticed Pascal on her head who made a 'calm down bro' gesture.

"Now sit" Rapunzel said as he resisted to sit "Sit" she said again as Maximus sat down.

"What?" Flynn said.

"She good" Jason said.

"Good, now drop the boot" she said as he glared, "Drop it!"

Maximus then dropped the boot as Jason and Max smirked.

"Oh, you are such a good boy. Yes you are!" she said petting him as his tail wagged, "you all tired, chasing the bad man all over the place?" she asked as he nodded.

"Excuse me?" Flynn said.

"Nobody appreciates you, do they?" Rapunzel said hugging him, "Do they?" she said as he nodded.

"Come one, he's a bad horse!" Flynn said.

"Aw, he's nothing but a big sweetheart isn't that right?" she said as he whinnied as she read his collar, "Maximus."

"You've got to be kidding me" Flynn said as Maximus glared at him.

"Look, today is kinda the biggest day of my life and I need, I need you not to get him arrested" she said as he frowned, "just for twenty four hours and then, you can chase each other to your hearts content, okay?" she said as Flynn sighed and held out his hand as Maximus glared and looked away.

"Tough horse" Max said.

"And it's also my birthday, just so you know" she said as Maximus sighed and then shook Flynn hand as they heard bells.

"What is that?" Jason said as he and Max followed her but didn't see Maximus punch Flynn in the gut as he grunted and fell over and Maximus smirked.

"Wow!" Jason said as they ran to the bridge to look at the castle ahead of them.

"This must be the kingdom!" Max said as they walked across the bridge as Maximus and Flynn began to fight again as they heard Jason clear his throat as they saw Pascal on his head make a 'I got my eyes on you gesture' as Jason tapped his foot and the two broke up.

"Come on" Max said as they entered town square to see all the decorations for the festival.

"Rapunzel!" Jason said as she looked back to see Flynn, Max and him hold wads of her hair, "we can't go through town with her hair dragging like this!"

Flynn then looked over to a fountain where he saw four sister braiding each other hair as he whistled to get their attention as they looked over to see Flynn hold up his wad of hair as the sister all gasped.

Soon Rapunzel sat on the road and the sisters got to work with braiding Rapunzel hair and once done it only hung to the heels of her feet and now had flowers decorated in it.

"Thank you!" Rapunzel said as Jason, Max and Maximus noticed Flynn smile as Maximus smirked at him as he pushed the horse away as Jason and Max laughed.

They then began to walk through the village as Rapunzel approached a mural of the King and Queen holding their blonde hair daughter the princess as a baby as flowers were down below.

"Excuse me? What are these flowers for?" Jason asked a girl.

"It's the lost Princess" she said.

"Lost Princess?" Jason repeated looking at the baby with green eyes and blonde hair, "could it be?" he said looking to Rapunzel as she danced in town square with a band playing as she began to pull people in to dance then gestured for Flynn to join as he shook his head and Maximus shoved him in as they began to dance.

Later Rapunzel did a chalk mural, followed by visiting the library, then finish the dance in town square and the village clapped.

"To the boats!" a man yelled.

"Come on!" Jason said as they ran to get a boat and soon Rapunzel and Flynn road in their own boat and Jason and Max paddled their own as they looked to Maximus on the dock.

"Hey Max" Flynn said.

"Yes?" Max said.

"Not you the horse" Flynn said tossing a bag of apples on deck as Maximus eyed him, "What? I brought them."

He said as Maximus began to eat a few "most of them" he said as Maximus eyes widen.

"Where are we going?" Rapunzel asked.

"Well, best day of your life I figured you should have a decent seat" Flynn said.

Soon night fell and they were in the harbor outside the kingdom to wait for the lanterns to begin as Rapunzel sighed.

"You okay?" Flynn asked.

"Yeah what's wrong?" Jason asked.

"I'm terrified."

"Why?"

"See any Unversed around?!" Jason said looking around.

"No, I've been looking out the window for eighteen years, dreaming about what it would feel like when those lights rise in the sky, what if it's not everything

that I dreamed it would be?" she asked.

"It will be" Flynn said.

"And what if it is? What do I do then?"

"Well that's the good part, I guess, you get to go find a new dream."

"Hmm."

"Look" Jason said as they saw the first lantern leave the kingdom as the kingdom began to light up with all the lanterns as all floating after out of the kingdom as Rapunzel moved to the front of the ship as the lanterns began to fill the sky.

"All those days watching from the windows. All those years outside looking in. All that time never even knowing just how blind I've been. Now I'm here blinking in the starlight. Now I'm here suddenly I see. Standing here it's oh, so clear It's where I'm meant to be and at last, I see the light and it's like the fog has lifted and at last, I see the light and it's like the sky is new and it's warm and real and bright and the world has somehow shifted all at once everything looks different. Now that I see you" Rapunzel sang as she looked to see Flynn holding two lanterns and Jason and Max had two in their boat as she sat in front of Flynn.

"I have something for you, too" she said pulling out the satchel "I should have given it to you before, but I was just scared and the thing is, I'm not scared anymore, you know what I mean?" Rapunzel asked.

"I'm starting to" Flynn said as he and Rapunzel pushed their lanterns up to the sky with the other lanterns all around them as Jason and Max pushed theirs.

"All those days chasing down a daydream. All those years living in a blur. All that time never truly seeing things the way they were. Now she's here shining in the starlight. Now she's here suddenly I know.

If she's here it's crystal clear I'm where I'm meant to go" Flynn sang taking Rapunzel hand.

"And at last, I see the light" they both sang.

"And it's like the fog has lifted" Flynn sang.

"And at last, I see the light" they sang again.

"And it's like the sky is new" Rapunzel sang.

"And it's warm and real and bright and the world has somehow shifted. All at once everything is different. Now that I see you. Now that I see you" they both sang.

"Kiss her!" Jason said leaning on the edge on the boat with Max as Rapunzel and Flynn were close to but Flynn stopped when he saw a lantern by the forest and Jason and Max looked over to see the Stabbington Brothers.

"Those two?" Max whispered.

"Is everything okay?" Rapunzel asked looking over to see them gone.

"Huh? Oh yes uh, yes of course I just..." he said as they pulled to shore by the woods, "I'm sorry, everything is fine, there's just something I

have to take care of" Flynn said taking the satchel.

"We'll be back in a sec" Jason said summoning his keyblades.

"Okay" Rapunzel said.

"I'll be right back" Flynn said as he Max and Jason headed down the shore as the fog began to form around them.

"It's all right, Pascal" Rapunzel said to her friend as Flynn and the other found one of the brothers sitting on a rock whittling.

"Ahh, there you are I've been searching everywhere for you guys, since we got separated. Hey the sideburns are coming in nice, huh? You gotta be excited about that" Flynn said as the man glared.

"Just give him the bag" Jason muttered.

"Anyhow, just wanted to say, I shouldn't have split the crown is all yours" Flynn said tossing the bag to the ground in front of the man, "I'll miss you, but I think its for the... best" he said bumping into the other brother

"Holding out on us again? Eh, Ryder?"

"What?" Flynn said.

"What are you talking about?" Jason asked.

"We heard you found something, something much more valuable than a crown. We want her, instead" he said.

"Rapunzel! You're not going to touch her!" Jason said as something hit him in the back of the head and he blacked out.

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