Welcome back readers! I appreciate all the favorites, follows and reviews I have been receiving. It really motivates me to write more. To answer the questions a few guests have been asking me in the reviews, I will definitely write a story based on Big Hero 6 and Frozen since I did say I was going to write stories about Disney movies that may appear in Kingdom Hearts 3. Anyway, let us begin the next chapter.

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Chapter 3: Meeting Gothel

The gang were hiding inside Rapunzel's room after hearing someone climb up to the tower. The gang obviously know they can take this guy on in a fight, but it is still best if they stay by Rapunzel's side.

Everyone took a slight peek through the curtains to Rapunzel's room to see who is coming up without being seen by the stranger.

The window doors opened and the person stepped inside the tower and closed the person was a man with brown hair, a small beard on his face, a white shirt with a blue vest, brown pants and brown boots and he was carrying a bag with him.

Everyone saw the man and had suspicious looks on their faces.

"Who the heck is this guy?" Donald whispered.

"I don't know. He must be some kind of criminal." Sora said quietly.

Rapunzel stepped out slowly. "Rapunzel, what are you doing?" Kairi asked quietly.

"I'm gonna try to knock him out with my frying pan." Rapunzel said holding her pan.

"What is he sees you." Goofy said quietly.

"I'll take him by surprise." Rapunzel said as she began to nervously sneak up on the stranger.

Rapunzel went behind the stranger who seemed to be busy looking inside his bag. He let out a sigh of relief. "Alone at last." He said.

Suddenly Rapunzel hit him in the back of the head with her frying pan knocking him out. Rapunzel let out a cry before running back to everyone.

"You ok?" Sora asked feeling a bit worried about Rapunzel.

"I'm fine." Rapunzel said catching her breath.

"Let's get a close look at this guy and see what he is." Donald suggested.

Everyone nodded and they slowly crept up to the stranger. They examined him closely looking at his clothes and features. Rapunzel was the most cautious out of everyone there.

"Hmmm. This guy doesn't look like he's dangerous." Sora said.

"Even so, he still snuck his way inside here unannounced. I don't think he can be trusted." Donald said.

"You may be right Donald." Rapunzel said cautiously looking at the stranger.

Everyone continued to look at him when suddenly he opened one of his eyes.

Everyone let out a cry and Rapunzel knocked him out again with her pan.

"Ok. I still don't trust this guy." Donald said crossing his wings. "Not one bit."

"We'll have to interrogate him." Sora suggested.

"Good idea. But we'll have to keep him somewhere until we do so." Kairi said.

"Let's put him in my closet." Rapunzel suggested.

Everyone nodded and Rapunzel wrapped her hair around him and dragged him to the closet.

"Ok. A few of us out him in and the rest will close the doors." Rapunzel said and everyone got to work.

Sora, Donald and Goofy lifted the stranger up and the girls opened the doors. They put him in but they were struggling to balance him in order to stay in the closet.

Sometimes he fell back out and sometimes his position was crooked inside the closet.

"Ok. How about we keep him in and when we say now, the girls will shut the doors." Donald suggested.

"Ok good idea." Goofy said.

The boys positioned the stranger and the girls were ready.

"Ok ready?" Sora asked and everyone nodded. "One. Two. Three."

"Now!" The boys shouted and the girls shut the doors.

Then Donald dragged a chair to the closet and placed it in front of the doors to keep them closed.

Everyone backed off a bit and Rapunzel pointed her pan at the closet.

"Okay, okay, okay, I've got a person in my closet." Rapunzel said.

"I've got a person in my closet." Rapunzel repeated herself before liking herself in her mirror.

She then started to feel a bit excited. "I've got a person in my closet! Haha! Uh!"

"Too weak to handle myself out there, huh, mother? Well… hmm-hmm…tell that to my frying pan–" Rapunzel said excitedly before hitting herself in the face with her frying pan.

"Ok. Slow down Rapunzel. Don't get too excited." Sora said calming Rapunzel down.

"Sorry Sora." Rapunzel apologized. "This was my first test at handling myself. And I passed."

"Good going Rapunzel." Goofy said before Donald spoke up.

"Hey guys." Donald said with Kairi by his side.

"What is it?" Sora asked.

"We found something in this bag." Kairi said.

Kairi pulled out of the bag what looked like a crown.

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed in awe looking at the crown.

"Where did this come from?" Sora asked awestruck.

"I don't know." Kairi said.

"May I see it?" Rapunzel asked.

"Go ahead." Kairi said before Rapunzel took the crown.

Rapunzel examined the crown wondering what to do with it.

First she hangs it on her forearm. Everyone shook their heads in disapproval. She then used the crown as a magnifying glass. Everyone shook their heads again.

"Uh. I think you're supposed to wear that crown on your head." Sora said and everyone nodded.

Rapunzel looked herself in the mirror again and then she slowly place the crown on her head. Everyone had astonished looks on their faces.

"Wow." The gang said in an astonished tone.

"You think maybe?" Sora asked the gang as they continued to look at Rapunzel astonished.

"Nah." Everyone said thinking there something special between Rapunzel and the crown, but they figured it was nothing.

"Well. It does look beautiful on you Rapunzel." Kairi said.

"Thank you." Rapunzel said.

Suddenly everyone heard a woman's voice ring out from outside the tower.

"Rapunzel!" The voice called out.

Everyone turned to the voice. "Who's that?" Sora asked.

"That's Mother!" Rapunzel said. "This may be our only chance to convince her to let me go with you. You go to my room and I'll call you down to meet her."

Everyone nodded and hid themselves in her room while Rapunzel made her way to the window.

"Let down your hair!" Gothel called out.

"One moment, mother!" Rapunzel called out before letting down her hair.

Gothel grabbed the hair. "I have a big surprise!"

Rapunzel started to pull Gothel up. "Uh, I do too!"

Gothel got a bit excited. "Oo, I bet my surprise is bigger!"

"I seriously doubt it." Rapunzel said to herself before Gothel entered the tower.

"I brought back parsnips. I'm going to make hazelnut soup for dinner, your favorite–surprise!" Gothel said excitedly to Rapunzel.

"Well mother, there's something I want to tell you." Rapunzel said before Gothel spoke up again.

"Oh Rapunzel, you know I hate leaving you after a fight especially when I've done absolutely nothing wrong." Gothel said putting down her coat and the parsnips.

"Okay, I've been thinking a lot about what you've said earlier (and)…" Rapunzel spoke but Gothel cut her off.

"I hope you're not still talking about the stars." Gothel said sternly to Rapunzel.

"'Floating Lights', and, yes, I'm leading up to that, and…" Rapunzel said before Gothel cut her off again.

"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." Gothel said.

"Wait, wait. I'll show you that I can handle myself out there. And I have a few friends I like you to meet who will help me." Rapunzel said making Gothel look surprised.

"What do you mean 'you have friends'?" Gothel asked surprised.

"I'm glad you asked." Rapunzel said before turning to her room. "Sora! Kairi! Donald! Goofy!"

After hearing Rapunzel call them Sora, Kairi, Donald and Goofy came out of her room and revealed themselves to Gothel.

"Rapunzel? What is this?! Who are these four?!" Gothel asked worried.

"Wait! Wait!" Sora exclaimed. "We don't mean any harm to Rapunzel and we don't want her hair. We're her friends."

"That's right!" Donald exclaimed. "We found the tower after running from a tough battle with bad guys." Donald said.

"Bad guys?" Gothel asked. "You mean thieves, criminals and evil rulers?

"Something like that, but the bad guys are dark and evil creatures." Sora said. "We were fighting them off trying to protect this place in case it was in any danger."

"Are you sure? I still don't trust you four." Gothel asked.

"Positive." Kairi reassured Gothel. "We were battling bad guys to protect this place from danger. But they overwhelmed us and we found Rapunzel's tower."

"We got to know Rapunzel and she trusts us." Goofy said.

"Really?" Gothel asked.

"Yes mother." Rapunzel said. "If I didn't trust them, then would I even call them by their names and have them come down to meet you?"

Gothel thought for a few moments. She then began to gain trust in the four friends.

"Ok you four. I believe you." Gothel said to the four.

"Thank you." The four said smiling.

"I'm not sure if you four already know me thanks to Rapunzel, but I'm her mother, Gothel." Gothel introduced herself to the four.

"Nice to meet you Gothel." Sora said. "I'm Sora."

"I'm Kairi." Kairi introduced herself.

"I'm Donald." Donald introduced himself.

"I'm Goofy." Goofy introduced himself.

"It's nice to meet you four." Gothel said smiling.

"Well mother. Now that we got the formalities out of the way, we want to get back to what we were talking about before" Rapunzel said putting the subject back.

"Yes! That's right!" Sora exclaimed knowing what Rapunzel was taking about. "We want to ask you permission to take Rapunzel to see the floating lights."

"Oh, Rapunzel. Did you ask these four to help you convince me to let you go?" Gothel asked.

"Please mother. These four are able to help me go without getting hurt." Rapunzel said.

"Yeah that's right. We'll show you more proof that we can help her." Kairi said motioning everyone to the closet where the stranger was.

"That's enough you all. I already talked to Rapunzel about it and I said we're already done talking about it Rapunzel." Gothel said sternly to the group.

"But Gothel. If we can at least show you..." Sora said but Gothel cut him off.

"We're done talking about this." Gothel said becoming a bit angry.

"Mother, Trust me–" Rapunzel said but she was cut off.

"Rapunzel." Gothel said becoming angrier.

"I Know what I'm saying–" Rapunzel continued and put a hand on the chair but she was cut off again.

"Rapunzel." Gothel said.

"Oh, come on!" Rapunzel exclaimed.

"Gothel please!" The four exclaimed desperately trying to convince Gothel.

Gothel then snapped at everyone. "That's Enough! All of you! Enough of the lights! Rapunzel is not leaving this tower! Ever!" Gothel exclaimed angrily at everyone and everyone looked a little scared at her.

Gothel sat down on a chair and let out a sigh. "Ugh, great. Now I'm the bad guy."

Kairi approached Gothel slowly. "I still don't understand Gothel. We told you we can take care of Rapunzel and she trusts us. Why can't you do the same?"

Gothel took a deep breath and began talking. "Because Kairi. I'm Rapunzel's mother, and mother knows best." Gothel explained.

"That's true." Sora said with Donald and Goofy nodding in agreement.

"Even if it is true that you can handle Rapunzel, what if you encounter criminals that may be no match for you?" Gothel asked.

Everyone thought for a few moments and they thought that Gothel had a point.

What if they were guiding Rapunzel and powerful heartless or even the dark seekers show up and overpower everyone and kidnap Rapunzel in the process? None of them ever wanted that to happen.

Everyone let out a sad sigh. "You may be right Gothel." Sora said making Rapunzel gasp in sadness.

"No!" Rapunzel exclaimed letting out a few tears from her eyes.

"I'm so sorry you four." Gothel said sympathetically. "But my mind is made up. I will decide what is best for Rapunzel."

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you four to leave and return to where you came from." Gothel said. "I'll let you say your goodbyes."

Everyone sadly turned to Rapunzel who had a very sad look on her face. She just met the four and became great friends with them, now they have to say goodbye.

Sora approached Rapunzel. "I'm so sorry Rapunzel. But your mother made her choice." Sora sadly said.

Rapunzel sniffed sadly and leaking out a tear from her eye. "I'm going to miss you all." Rapunzel sadly said.

"We'll miss you too." Sora sadly said before hugging Rapunzel close. "Goodbye Rapunzel."

"Goodbye Sora." Rapunzel sadly said hugging Sora back.

Sora and Rapunzel let go and Kairi was next. "Goodbye Rapunzel." Kairi sadly said before hugging her close.

"Goodbye Kairi." Rapunzel sadly said hugging Kairi back.

Donald and Goofy walked up next. "Goodbye Rapunzel." Donald and Goofy said before hugging her close.

Rapunzel hugged both of them back. "Goodbye Donald. Goodbye Goofy."

Everyone started to sadly walk away from Rapunzel to the window before looking at Gothel. "Goodbye Gothel." The four said sadly.

"Goodbye you four. And thank you for understanding." Gothel said before motioning Rapunzel to let them down to the ground using her hair.

Then, Sora, Kairi, Donald and Goofy were lowered to the ground and began to walk away. As they were walking they turned back to the tower and saw Rapunzel looking at them through the window.

They waved to her goodbye and Rapunzel waved back to them.

Rapunzel then saw that her four friends have walked away and she began to cry. She continued crying until she felt Gothel's hand on her shoulder.

"Now now flower. I know how you feel. But you must remember, I'm only doing this to protect you." Gothel said comforting Rapunzel.

Rapunzel whipped the tears from her eyes and looked at Gothel. "Yes Mother. I understand. I know I'm safe as long as I'm here."

Gothel kisses Rapunzel on the head and she begins to gather her things to leave. "I'll be back in three days' time. I love you very much, dear."

"I love you more." Rapunzel said before lowering her mother to the ground.

"I love you most." Gothel said to her before making it to the ground and leaving the tower.

After Gothel left, Rapunzel looked out of the window for a long time thinking about her new friends and how she will miss them.

Pascal walked up to Rapunzel and laid by her side turning his color to a sad blue.

"I know Pascal. I know. I miss them too." Rapunzel sadly said.

Meanwhile, Sora, Kairi, Donald and Goofy were walking through the forest still sad about what had happened. They all miss Rapunzel very much but they had to accept Gothel's choice.

But suddenly, Sora stopped walking and clenched a fist. "No."

Everyone stopped and looked at Sora. "What?" Everyone asked.

"No! I can't accept this!" Sora exclaimed. "I can't accept that Rapunzel can never leave her tower and that Gothel still wants her to stay even after we told her we can take care of Rapunzel!"

"But Sora." Kairi said.

"I don't care what Gothel says! Rapunzel trusts us to take care of her and that's all that should matter. It's true that mother knows best, but she should still listen to her daughter." Sora said.

"Rapunzel deserves to see the outside world and she deserves to follow her dream. And I will help her no matter what Gothel says!" Sora continued before walking back to the tower.

Everyone else has a surprised look on their faces and they thought for a few moments and they knew Sora was right. They all ran to catch up to Sora.

"Sora wait!" Everyone exclaimed in unison and Sora stopped to look at everyone.

"Your right Sora. We should help Rapunzel follow her dream." Kairi said smiling.

"Yup. And we'll go help you too." Goofy said smiling.

"You betcha Sora." Donald said happily.

Sora smiled at everyone. "Thanks guys. Let's go back."

Everyone ran back to the tower and made it to the base.

"Rapunzel!" The four called her in unison.

Meanwhile inside the tower Rapunzel was sitting on a chair with Pascal next to her when she heard Sora and friends call her.

"Rapunzel!" The four called her in unison.

Rapunzel gasped. "Is that them?!" Rapunzel asked with a mix of shock and happiness.

"Rapunzel!" The four called her in unison.

Pascal nodded happily. "It is them!" Rapunzel exclaimed as she ran to her window and saw everyone below her.

"You guys!" Rapunzel exclaimed happily lowering her hair to everyone and lifting them up to the tower.

"You came back!" Rapunzel exclaimed hugging everyone. Everyone hugged her back.

"Of course we came back!" Sora said happily before everyone broke away from the group hug. "We're your friends and we want to help you follow your dream."

"But my mother said..." Rapunzel said worried but Kairi cut her off.

"We know what she said, but if you trust us to take care of you, then that's what should matter more." Kairi said smiling.

"That's right Rapunzel! And you know what they say, 'That's what friends are for!'" Donald said smiling.

"You betcha Rapunzel!" Goofy said making everyone laugh.

"Oh guys! Thank you!" Rapunzel exclaimed and everyone formed another group hug.

"You're welcome Rapunzel." The four said before the group broke away again.

"Let's go see those floating lights shall we?" Sora asked but Donald cut him off.

"Wait guys. Before we go, what are we going to do about him?" Donald asked pointing to the closet.

"Oh yeah. Him." Sora said.

"We definitely need to ask him a few questions." Kairi said. "He may know about the floating lights and how to get to the kingdom where they come from."

"You're probably right Kairi." Rapunzel said. "He's definitely someone who would come from the nearby kingdom."

"Well. Let's get this interrogation started." Donald said.

Everyone made their way to the closet and brought out the stranger and placed him in a chair while Rapunzel tied him up using her hair.

Everyone was ready to interrogate the stranger.

Another chapter down! I hope you guys liked this chapter. I liked how I made things dramatic at first then I replaced it all with happiness. The next chapter we are going to interrogate Flynn Rider and we'll officially begin the journey to the kingdom.