A/N: Here's my update. Hope you like it.
Rapunzel was shocked at Alexandra's revelation and she nearly collapsed on the floor. No way did she ever want to believe it. But after consulting with her parents her story is truth: Rapunzel and Stephan were engaged to married at birth, their parents had arranged them to visit every summer until they both feel madly in love. But that was long before Gothel took Rapunzel, and now her parents only wished for their daughter's happiness.
"I can't believe this!" Rapunzel nearly stormed towards her room as she collapsed on her bed. "I just can't believe this," she muttered.
"Well you don't have to marry him," Alexandra pointed out as she walked in the room. She hated her brother's strange view of helping their Kingdom it made absolutely no sense just to marry someone off instantly. "It's your choice not his," she soothed.
"Maybe so," Rapunzel said. "But I'm never going to get him away from me." She buried her head in the sheets.
"Just ignore my brother," she said as soothingly as possible. "At least you have a choice," she muttered.
Rapunzel quickly apologized, reminding herself of Alexandra's situation. It must be hard being forced into doing things you don't want and Rapunzel's learned that lesson first hand. Being forced into things and thinking that you're doing it for the better are two things that Rapunzel spent eighteen years of her life and she truly believed that they were for the better. But Alexandra thinks that she can try to improve without these seemingly unnecessary embellishments and hopes to build a better future with her own sheer determination.
"You don't need to apologize," Alexandra said. "But I don't see why you need to worry about my brother. It's your choice, after all."
"Maybe because I don't want to disappoint my Kingdom," Rapunzel began to explain," They've been waiting for this wedding for years and I…"
Rapunzel began to break down and Alexandra and Pascal tried to comfort her, the best they could, but it all seemed pointless. The security of the Kingdom is very weak- even with Maximus' help- and this alliance was the best possible way to secure its future. If both the Kingdoms of Corona and Cassiopeia are united, then Corona's safety is best assured.
"They always think marriage is the best way," Alexandra complained. "I don't see why we could just come to an agreement."
Rapunzel raised her head, her red from the crying. "Like?" she managed to ask.
"Well…" Alexandra placed her index finger to her chin. "You could start small like a trade, a certain amount of resources and riches in exchange for a few extra soldiers or something."
Rapunzel smiled at the idea. "And they say you're useless. Why don't you suggest this to your parents or mine?" she suggested.
"Firstly, my parents are only interested in marrying me off." Alexandra argued. "Secondly, Stephan will just try to interrupt me when I'm talking to your parents." She let out a sigh, longing for the day she'd be heard.
The two princesses had a lot on their hands and somehow they would solve it. However, Rapunzel felt a bit annoyed when she found out that Rapunzel accepted Prince Stephan's invitation to visit Cassiopeia.
Eugene was even more frustrated then before, when he heard the news. It didn't seem fair. Rapunzel and Stephan were destined for one another at birth, and- try as he might- this proved to him more that he didn't stand a chance against the prince. All that he could think off was how was going to give the necklace now. Even Maximus striking out with Aphrodite didn't cheer him up. Everything seemed so hopeless now.
Nightfall came, and sleep was a luxury that had trouble making its way to Eugene. All he could think about was Rapunzel and Stephan. The picture invaded his mind like a parasite. The moment he fell for her everything felt perfect, but when he found out that she was a princess, his hopes and dreams began to fade away. And when sleep finally rose, the nightmare began:
He was in the tower again. Lying on the floor, dying, and running out of time. He tried to struggle for Rapunzel's sake, but it was no use. Then he heard her plea and pledge: to remain trapped forever as long as she could heal him. He tried to fight her attempts, but it was too late, she had already healed him.
He held Rapunzel close to him, before she could move, so she couldn't leave. He wanted to see her free from the clutches of the crazy woman, free to live her own will, free to live her own life. But no matter how hard he tried, Rapunzel was able to break free from his grip and trapped within the grip of the old woman. He struggled through his bonds to try to get to her, to see her beautiful eyes glimmer in the light, her wonderful smile and to feel the touch of her small hands.
He tried his hardest to get to her, crying her name at the pointed where his voice nearly choked. He was able to escape his bonds and rushed down the hidden passageway. Once outside, he was shocked to see not Gothel, but Stephan. He was holding a tight grip on her wrist. And Rapunzel, unresisting followed him deep into the woods where she simply vanished.
Eugene called out to her, but there was no reply, just the wicked laughter of an old woman and a prince, all felt lost. Until he saw her, a beautiful girl with ridiculously long blond hair, lying down on the floor, her chest faintly rising and falling.
"Rapunzel!" he cried as he tried to reach her as fast as he could.
But at the point where he got to her, two large, pale and frail old hands reached from underneath her, covering the girl like a bird in a cage, slowly dragging her underground. He wanted to set her free, at all costs, he wanted her to live, but the hands dragged her away before he could do anything and at that moment, he knew he had lost her forever.
"No!" Eugene woke up from his nightmare, hoping that a nightmare was all it was.
The thought of the arranged marriage consumed him. But consciousness finally broke free, when the King and Queen entered his room, escorted by a couple of guards
A/N; So what are your thoughts?.