Chapter 5: Mother Gothel's family part two
Mordu was running in the forest. He couldn't be late. He skidded to a stop at a cottage deep in the forest. There his wife was having his baby. Soon she came out with a tiny bundle of blankets. "Here," she whispered," be careful." Gently the bear took the bundle and slowly and carefully pulled the blanket off the baby's face. Looking up at him was a baby boy with a strong face. Mordu was realived the boy was human.
"He is almost human." She said. Mordu was puzzled. Almost? He pulled away the blankets and there was a boy with a bear's hands and feet.
"I named him Humus which means Earth in Latin." She wasn't sure what to do Mordu wasn't moving. Mordu placed the baby on the ground and began to pound through the forest. He saw a flash of red ahead and stopped. There was a young human child making her way through the forest on human legs. Mordu got ready to pounce. This child had everything his son couldn't. A wisp appeared and led her away. Patiently Mordu stalked the child.
When the child reached a clearing, she began to talk to her mother. Mordu raised his paw in the killing blow and the child screamed. Her mother ran to the horses and rode away while the father fought Mordu.
Several years later Mordu was killed. But, instead of grieving his family rejoiced for him. Mordu was free! It soon became clear that Humus could live forever. While he aged during his childhood, around the time of a young adult he stopped. He was a friend of nature and he took care of the forest.
One day a woman entered the forest to steal a magic flower. Humus confronted the woman who used her charm to get him to let her pass. Pretending he was fooled he let her pass. His mother, Gothel was the owner of the plant and he knew she wanted it to be taken. He freed her from the house when she was trapped and she asked him to prepare a grave. He did as she asked and when she died he laid her gently in the grave. He searched for the woman in the forest and when she wasn't there he decided to search a nearby village. He pretended that his hands were gloves and that his feet were boots. He found her and instead of killing her like she expected he thanked her. He told her that the flower was a curse. And once you used it you couldn't stop. The woman said that she planned to take the name Gothel but her name was Aureus. Aureas and Humus began to spend a lot of time together and soon they married. They had four children.
However, Aureas's flower was taken and she would die. Humus told her he would help her break into the castle where she could kill the baby the flower had healed. Aureas decided to sing the song of the flower as she killed the baby but as she did the baby's hair glowed. When Aureas tried to cut it, it turned brown and lost its power. So she stole the baby and Humus built a tower to hide it and raise it as her own. Humus visited the baby and when it was old enough, he showed Rapunzel a hidden room and a staircase Gothel didn't know about. Rapunzel hid all her secrets there and would go to the bottom of staircase open the door and stare at the world below.
When Rapunzel hair was cut, Aureas didn't die. Humus who was coming to celebrate Rapunzel birthday, caught her and nursed her back to heath. He took her to the witch and asked for an immortality potion. The witch reconised Aureas as her sister and agreed. The potion turned her into a small black bear but with human parts like Humus. They lived with each other for eternity and prowled the forest. Their children were raised in the tower but were aloud to leave and explore.
P.S Aureas' father died long before she was born and her mother abandoned her. Also, Mother Gothel looks like she has Astrid's eyes. I have a hard time coming up with the topics and as they are more narration they aren't long. However, I am also considering taking points of my timeline and writing short stories from the characters point of view. Kind of like this story. Thanks again for reading!