a/n ok so I know I've never done one of these but I wanted to for fun. First off I'm sorry I'm not updating as much but to be honest I started tis off when I had a lot of time on my hands, now I'm back to my usual schedule, not to say I haven't been neglecting this which I am SO sorry about but I do have reasons for the sudden drop in updates. Secondly I want to thank everyone for reviewing, favoriting and following, it makes my day every time you do. I love to hear your opinions. Obviously you all know where this is going and yet you still read it, keep reading and reviewing, thx

-grace

I lay there with her in my arms looking down at her sleeping face, I could have easily taken advantage of her tonight, I had done it with dozens of other innocent young girls to get what I wanted… and yet couldn't even fathom doing that to her, Rapunzel was so… innocent, and I cared about too much.

Two weeks ago I would have scoffed at the idea of caring for someone, but two weeks ago I wouldn't have believed that there could be a girl with magical glowing hair who could understand me.

Carefully, I disentangled myself from her and walked away to a spot on the other side of the camp site, I knew it was probably better not to tempt fate, maybe someday, if I was lucky, I could be there as more than a friend for her and then… I cut the thought off, Rapunzel was good and kind and innocent and I was greedy and selfish and an utter fool, I would never deserve her.

I grunted sliding onto the ground to sleep, I rested my head on a rock knowing I would have slept much easier if I had stayed with Rapunzel over by the fire, but I didn't deserve such a comfort.

Rapunzel reached down and brushed the hair off of my forehead, "For the record," she murmured softly, "I like Eugene Fitzherbert much more than Flynn Ryder."

I sighed contentedly sound asleep wishing my dream was real, but I would never deserve Rapunzel, how could she fall for a guy like me? The only reason she was spending time with me was because she needed a guide. After this whole thing ended she would probably leave me to go discover the world on her own.

But, then again, she would need a guide for that too wouldn't she? And maybe I could be that guide, because you know, I would just conveniently be there, and maybe she isn't into the honest and rich type, maybe just maybe, she would settle for Eugene Fi-

My thoughts were cut off by something wet and disgustingly slimy dropping onto my face, it had a remarkable likeness to the consistency of dirty water and smelled suspiciously of horse, I twitched my nose trying to get rid of the stuff, I mean seriously can't a man daydream about his gorgeous companion in peace? Wow, wait gorgeous companion, where did that thought come from-

Another slimy droplet fell onto my cheek cutting my thoughts off. I opened my eyes blinking against the daylight. I was in a forest and my head was lying on a rock. I blinked disoriented confused. What the-

I suddenly noticed a shadow beside my head and the sound of strenuous breathing hovering over my head. I muttered as I looked above me to see who had waken me up from what had been an amazing sleep. Seriously this person was gonna pay.

Oh.

Oh no. Gosh darnit! Wait, since when did I say gosh darnit? How is that manly? Ok so not the time.

Above me dripping wet from his recent "bath" courtesy of a giant damn in a canyon breaking and practically drowning us was the Captain of the guard's horse. Yes, the white one, the one that nearly killed me when it trotted onto a branch I was precariously hanging from causing it to break. Great, just great.

The horse looked pissed, he was huffing and his eyes had gone cross eyed just so he could glare at me up close. The water dripping off his nose was the source of the suspicious drops that woke me up. I looked up at him irked for disturbing me.

"Well I hope you're here to apologize." I muttered to him before settling back down onto my "pillow".

There was one more drop on my face and then I was being forcibly dragged from where I was sleeping by my boot. The stupid animal had bitten me, bitten me on the shoe and was now dragging me away.

I screamed out in annoyance desperately trying to grab onto the ground and at least slow down my speedy progression away from where Blondie and her little frog were napping.

I continued to struggle yelling at the damn horse to just let me go when I noticed a streak of purple and blond, a LOT of blonde dashing towards me.

Blondie grabbed a hold of my hands trying desperately to stop the horse from taking me away to god knows where, well actually, I do know where, prison.

In a strange turn of events I had a horse and a teenage girl with seventy feet of hair playing tug of war with, well me.

"Gimme him." Blondie demanded huffing as she used all of her body weight to heave backwards trying to pull me from the damn horse's grip.

There was a few moments of pain in which I was stretched forward by Blondie and backwards by the horse until all of a sudden I was catapulting through the air over the young girl's shoulder. I landed uncomfortably in a heap beside her, she too had fallen backwards.

I glanced down to see that my right shoe was missing, it must have come off in the struggle. I looked sat up uncomfortably propping myself against the mosey base of a tree behind me only to hear the enraged neighing of a not so happy horse.

The stallion was now charging towards me hell bent on capturing his prisoner my shoe comically hanging from his mouth.

Rapunzel leapt up from her spread eagled place in front of me her purple skirts whooshing as she went to block the path of the crazy horse.

"Whoa, whoa!" she shouted putting out her hands, what was she thinking?! By some insane miracle the horse managed to stop just in time to not trample her to death. I found a teeny tiny part of me was glad she was okay, I then diligently tried to squash that part of me with a frying pan- yes a frying pan- the word you should take away from that statement was tried.

The horse reared kicking up its legs forcing Blondie to jump backwards to avoid his powerful limbs and hooves. The horse tried to dive around her but the girl kept leaping from side to side blocking its path yelling "whoa" to keep its attention on her.

I scuttled back farther from the crazy beast scared of what on earth it would do next, I decided that Blondie could deal with it, if I got the chance I would bolt, I knew from experience this horse was insane.

The animal was still trying to get around her and she was yelling at it as I pressed myself further into the tree behind me, "settle down," she said her hands still raised in front of her.

The thing reared one more time before settling slightly and pacing on the spot, its eyes still locked on me.

"Easy boy," she cooed to him- I mean it- this thing was not a person, it was a crazy animal I could NOT forget that, "easy." She told him once more finally getting his eyes to lock on her and lose their crazy haze.

I was amazed, somehow she had managed to calm the beast. Still worried the thing was faking it I did not relax, I kept my distance because uh, didn't want to agitate it, ya Punzie had it no need to interfere.

"That's it." She said reassuringly to the horse like he was a common terrier.

"Now sit." She directed nicely, ok ya definitely treating the horse like a dog, "sit." She told him with more force when he only obliged slightly by bending his back legs, amazingly, the horse complied.

My jaw dropped in shock, "what?!" I exclaimed in astonishment, she had just made a bloody palace horse sit like a golden retriever!

"Now drop the boot." She told him, "drop it!" she said sternly, after a half second of her staring forcibly into his eyes the horse again obeyed her orders.

"Aw!" she cooed petting his nose. I watched flabbergasted as she jumped forward hugging the horse. "You're a good boy," she told him adoringly, "yes you are!" The horse's tail stared wagging up and down. Like. A. Dog's. I didn't know my jaw could drop so low.

She scooted closer to the horse now stroking his nose sweetly looking right into his eyes like he was her new bought puppy, "you all tired from chasing the bad man all over the place?" she asked in a stupid little baby voice that was annoyingly cute.

"Excuse me?" I yelled out in annoyance after realizing she was referring to me. The horse then had the nerve to nod sadly at her, I frowned annoyed as he got her affections, I had needed to spill my guts to actually get her to really talk to me, so. not. fair.

She swooped forward hugging the stupid horse's neck, "no one appreciates you do they?" she asked him still using that baby voice, "do they?" I wanted to yell that no one appreciated me either, but I wasn't, getting a hug! The horse then balefully shook his head responding a sad no to her question, and then he hugged her by wrapping his head around her tiny frame, he hugged her, he had chased me off a cliff and he hugs her!

The horse opened his eyes to look at me and Rapunzel did the same glancing over to me still leaning on the rocks, "he's a bad horse!" I yelled to her trying to make her see sense.

Blondie didn't listen to me and went back to stroking his snout, "oh he's nothing but a big sweetheart." She told me scratching his nose, the horse neighed in appreciation rubbing the side of his face against Blondie's. I glared at them peeved. "Isn't that right," she said scratching the horse's chin and then glancing at his collar, "Maximus." She called him. Uh oh, I thought, now the horse has a name and everyone knows if you name the pet you get attached and she was not allowed to get attached to him- I mean Max I mean IT! Ugh, it was an it not a he because he was- I gave up.

"You have got to be kidding me." I said crossing my arms as they continued to laugh together as she scratched his chin.

It was not fair! I mean when I me Punzie she knocked me out with a cooking device and he gets hugs and compliments?!

The horse turned to glare at me. Punzie grabbed Maximus's chin bringing it away and forcing him to look at her, "look," she said trying to get his attention and bending over so that her face obstructed his view of me.

"Today is kinda the biggest day of my life," she told him looking at him with her head bent upside down, Maximus glanced at her with big eyes now listening, "and the thing is," she said hesitantly backing up towards me, "I need you not to get him arrested." She told Maximus pulling me up beside her, Maximus whinnied in indignation. "Just for twenty four hours!" she pleaded, I glanced at her in annoyance, "and then you can chase each other to your heart's content! Ok?" she backed off a little as if expecting us to come to some form of an agreement, I glared at Maximus not planning on doing any such thing, but then she smiled at me with her big green doe eyes and I caved.

Heaving a sigh my head dropped and I put out my hand for the horse to shake, Maximus neighed and glared at my open palm before grunting and looking away.

I frowned at the horse annoyed that he could withstand her powers of cuteness- wow that sounded more stupid then I thought it would- better than I could.

"And it's also my birthday." She mentioned under her breath with an awkward smile, "just so you know." Maximus neighed in defeat and then turned back towards me, I hadn't moved from my original position my hand still in front of me waiting.

With a blank expression Maximus extended his front hoof and we shook, it was one of the most serious agreements I had ever made, and it was with a horse.

As we glared at each other Punzie had grown silent, she slowly walked through our handshake not looking at either of us, faintly I could hear the sound of church bells ringing. I watched her go transfixed by her pure amazement for such simple things.

Of course the horse took this as the perfect moment to sock me in the stomach with his hoof I doubled over and was on the ground in seconds Max neighing in laughter above me.