Chapter 18: Flower Gleam and Glow
Erza's group ran through the forest trying to find Rapunzel.
Erza: Gajeel! Laxus! Do you still have their scents?
Gajeel: Yup! We're in hot pursuit!
Laxus: It will be easy to rescue her, since Gothel isn't a fighting person when we first meet her.
Suddenly, dozens of Reaper Nobodies appeared in front of them, blocking their path.
Lily: I guess this is what Marluxia meant by 'guarding' them.
Erza: (requip into her Heaven's Wheel Armor) Get ready, we need to finish this as quickly as possible!
(with Flynn)
Flynn was pacing around his jail cell very anxiously.
Flynn: (thoughts) Darn it, I need to get out of here!
Flynn then heard the entrance to his cell opening. He turns and saw the captain at the entrance.
Captain: Let's get this over with, Rider.
Flynn: Where are we going?
The captain stood in silence. Then Flynn realized where he was going.
Flynn: Oh... (put his hand on his neck)
(with Rapunzel)
Back at the tower, Gothel was undoing Rapunzel's braid while Rapunzel looked down at the floor with a sad look.
Gothel: There, it never happened.
She took the last flower out of Rapunzel's hair. She then started to exit Rapunzel's room.
Gothel: Now, wash up for dinner. I'm making hazelnut soup.
She then faced Rapunzel, who was still looking sad. Gothel sighed at this.
Gothel: I really did try, Rapunzel. I tried to warn you, what was out there. The world is dark, and selfish, and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine. It destroys it. (closed the curtains)
Rapunzel, who had her palms together, open them up and hold the Kingdom's flag in her hand that Flynn gave her during the festival. It was all purple with a golden sun at the center. Pascal came up to her and laid next to her for comfort. She then laid down on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She then noticed something and lifted the flag in the air to examine it. She then put the flag down, got up from her bed, and examine the ceiling really closely.
She then saw a golden sun appearing on the ceiling and saw that more suns were appearing too. Eventually, the entire room was covered with golden suns. Rapunzel then remembered a blurry vision of two figures: a man and a woman. She then remembers those people were on the princess' memorial. She then remembers putting on the crown that Flynn stole from the Kingdom. Rapunzel gasped, lost balance and crashed into her nightstand, breathing hard.
Gothel: Rapunzel? Rapunzel, what's going on up there?
She continued to breathe heavily until she got up and headed for the curtains.
Gothel: Are you all right?
Rapunzel opens the curtains with both hands.
Rapunzel: (mumbles) I'm the lost princess.
Gothel: (sighs with annoyance) Oh, please, speak up, Rapunzel. You know how I hate the mumbling.
Rapunzel: (louder) I am the lost princess. Aren't I?
There was shock on Gothel's face and she widened her eyes.
Rapunzel: Did I mumble, mother? (sneers at her) Or should I even call you that?
After a short pause, Gothel chuckled and headed towards her.
Gothel: Oh, Rapunzel, do you even hear yourself? Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?
Rapunzel: (angry) It was you! (pushed Gothel away from her) It was all, you.
Gothel's expression darkened at this.
Gothel: Everything I did was to protect you.
Rapunzel angrily pushed her aside, and went down the stairs.
Gothel: Rapunzel.
Rapunzel: I spent my entire life, hiding from people who would use me for my power.
Gothel: Rapunzel!
Rapunzel: And I should have been hiding..... From YOU!
Gothel: Where will you go? He won't be there for you.
Rapunzel: What did you do to him?
Gothel: (smirk, evilly) That criminal, is to be hanged for his crimes.
Rapunzel: (gasps) No.
Gothel: (gentle tone) Now, now. It's all right. Listen to me. All of this is as it should be.
She then was about to place her hand on Rapunzel's head. But before she could, Rapunzel grabbed Gothel's wrist and held a firm grip of it.
Rapunzel: No! You were wrong about the world.
Gothel struggled to make her let go of her wrist, but Rapunzel refused to let go.
Rapunzel: And you were wrong about me. And I will NEVER let you use my hair, again!
Rapunzel tosses her at a nearby table, making it fall and crashing on the floor, with broken glass shattered in that area. Rapunzel then walked away.
Gothel: (dark tone) You want me to be the bad guy? (a dark aura began to circling around her body) Fine. Now I'm the bad guy.
(with Flynn)
Flynn, with his hands bound, was escorted by two guards to the execution stand. As they walked, Flynn noticed the two men from before sitting in their cells.
Flynn then butt heads two of the guards in anger, went up to their cell and grabbed one of them by the collar.
Flynn: How did you know about her?! Tell me, now!
Man: It wasn't us! It was the old lady!
Flynn: Old lady?
Flynn was then grabbed by the two guards and they forced him to continue on.
Flynn: Wait, no, wait! You don't understand, she's in trouble! Wait!
Flynn continued to struggle out of the guards grasp as they made their way to the execution platform. As they made their way to the entrance, Flynn noticed a tiny unicorn toy on a window and looked curious.
Suddenly, all the doors in the hall were immediately shut and locked, leaving the guards and Flynn in the hallway.
Captain: What's this? (banged on the door hard) Open up!
The small window on the door opens, revealing Shorty from the Snuggly Duckling.
Shorty: (still, drunk) What's the password?
Happy: (flew next to him) You gotta say it!
Captain: What?
Shorty: (chuckles) Nope. (closes the door)
Captain: Open this door!
Shorty: (opens it) Not even close.
Happy: It's really not. (closes the door)
Captain: You have three seconds! One...
When no one was looking, a hook appeared behind a guard and took him away from Flynn. Both Flynn and the other guard took notice
Captain: Two...
Before the other guard could speak, he was suddenly grabbed by someone.
Captain: Three...
The captain turned and saw Flynn alone in the hallway with a shrug. The captain looked stunned. The door behind him then opened as Attila appeared and hit the captain with a frying pan, knocking him out.
Flynn: Frying pans. Who knew, right?
Natsu: (came from the door) How was prison, buddy?
Lucy: Not now, Natsu. We got company.
The door at the other end of the hallway burst open, and the guard came running in. Everyone then headed for the side exit and ran fast in the castle. Before they could catch up, the guards were stopped by Ulf who was imagining he was trapped behind a wall, making the guards stare at him in confusion. The mine then looked at another hallway. The guards turned and saw Vladimir charging at them with a battle cry. The guards screamed as the man plowed them, making the mine give a shocking expression.
Natsu: (laughed hard) That was pretty funny!
Happy: Come on!
Flynn, the men, and the wizards made it outside into the courtyard, where they saw dozens of palace guards coming after them.
Natsu: Get out of the way!
Natsu blasted fire from his hands at the guards, crashing them into the wall.
Gray: You're not stopping us! (fried ice lances at the guards)
Lucy: Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo! (summons Virgo) Virgo, stop those guards!
Virgo: Yes, of course!
Virgo dug holes under the guards' feet, making them crash into the holes. Hook Hand then placed Flynn on a cart.
Hook Hand: Head down.
Flynn: Head down. (move his head down)
Hook Hand: Arms in.
Flynn: Arms in. (put his arms in)
Hook Hand: Knees apart.
Flynn: Knees apart. (confused) Knees apart? Why do I need to keep my knees apar-
The large man jumped into the air and landed on the cart, launching a screaming Flynn into the air and landed on Maximus outside the courtyard.
Flynn: (shocked) Max. You brought them here?
Maximus smiled.
Juvia: We kinda help. (the other Fairy Tail Wizard join her)
Gray: Yeah. You are our friend.
Flynn: Thank you.
Maximus shrugged at him.
Flynn: No really, thank you. Uh, I feel maybe this whole time we've just misunderstanding one another. And we're really just.
Lucy: (lose her patient) Hey, we're still in big trouble!
Flynn: Yeah, you're right. We should go.
(with Wendy's group)
They then heard some hard pounding on the ground. They turned and saw Flynn riding Maximus while Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Juvia, and Happy ran after them.
Flynn: Whoa, Max! (made him stop) Whoa, boy.
Donald: You're all right?
Natsu: Yup. Piece of cake!
Juvia: (walk over to Sora with a worried look) Darling still hasn't woken up?
Flynn: Is Sora okay?
Donald: We don't know.
Goofy: We keep callin' his name and shakin' him, but he won't open his eyes.
Donald: Sora!
Goofy: Wake up!
Flynn: Hmm... Unresponsive sidekick...
Gray: No duh! And would you stop saying sidekicks!
Donald: Now's not the time!
Juvia: (think for a second) Oh! That's it! I know how to wake, darling!
Lucy: What is it?!
Juvia: (put her hands on her cheeks while blushing) It's like a fairy tale! He will awaken with a kiss!
Lucy and Wendy: (blush) Huh?!
Juvia: (blush) Yes, he is like a princess or in this case, a prince under a deep spell waiting to awaken with a kiss. (stars in her eyes) And I'll be the one to awaken him with it!
Lucy: No way! I want to kiss to break the spell!
Juvia: You?! I shall wake my darling up! Not you! Besides, he and I meant for each other.
Wendy: No, I want to do it since I haven't had my first kiss with him yet!
Soon, the three of them began to argue which one would kiss him, while the other sweat dropped at this.
Happy: (sweat drop) Well, Sora's certainly a magnet for women isn't he?
Flynn: Wait a minute. I know how to fix this!
Happy: How?
Flynn: Max, give him a wash!
Maximus then went up to Sora and licked his face. Sora then let out a groan and opened his eyes. He saw Maximus over him while Donald and Goofy came up to him.
Donald and Goofy: Sora!
Flynn: Well, that did the trick. Nice work, Max!
The girls looked depressed at this.
Lucy: (depressed) A horse.....
Juvia: (depressed) ...kissed him.....
Wendy: (depressed) instead of....
Girls: (depressed) US.....
The girls immediately went to a corner of the surrounding area and began to become depressed at this fact.
Sora: Umm... did something happen while I was sleeping?
Donald: You don't want to know.
Girls: (depressed) Dumb horse....
Sora: Okay I'll take your word, but still (stand up and hold his head) how did I end up... (remembers what happened) Oh no! Flynn, Rapunzel's being held prisoner! (Donald and Goofy nod)
Flynn: That's right. In her mother's tower. This calls for a rescue. (smiles down at Sora and extends a hand) Are you with me?
Sora: (small laugh) Yeah.
Flynn pulls Sora up onto Maximus with a proud cackle. Donald jumps up onto Sora's shoulders, and Goofy tags along on Maximus. However, this puts too much weight on Maximus and makes him slide down a little.
Goofy: Uh-oh!
Carla: (sigh) One of you has to get off.
Maximus's legs buckle, struggling to hold them all up, but his face changes to one of determination. He lets out a whinny and stands straight up.
Happy: That is one hard core horse.
Lucy: Erza, Gajeel, Laxus, and Lily have already gone ahead. They're probably fighting Nobodies, according to what Marluxia said.
Natsu: Don't want to keep them waiting, right?
Flynn: (smile) Right. Let's go, Max.
Maximus then lifted his two hooves in the air and galloped into the forest.
Wendy: Vernier!
Wendy cast her Sky Magic on the rest of her friends, and they all ran at a fast speed. They continued into the forest until more Nobodies appeared in front of them. Flynn immediately stopped Maximus.
Flynn: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, Max!
Juvia: I thought they defeated them?
Gray: (annoyed) Man, they're persistent!
Sora, Donald, and Goofy get off of Maximus and summon their weapons.
Sora: (take a battle stance) We'll take it from here, Flynn. Go help Rapunzel.
Flynn: Thanks! (takes off with Maximus)
Natsu: Fire Dragon Wing Attack!
Natsu lunged his arms forward and sent several waves of fire as he eliminated some of the Nobodies, while Sora propelled himself forward with his Keyblade and slid forward, then brought out his Keyblade in front of him and slashed through the non-burnt ones.
Gray: Ice-Make: Lance!
Gray fired some ice lances at some Dusks.
Wendy: Sky Dragon Roar!
Wendy unleashed her breath attack that blasted at Lucy, who was in Cancer Form. It pushed her towards some Reapers, and Lucy sliced them when she came close.
Juvia: Water Nebula!
Sora: Water!
Juvia and Sora blasted a strong column of water and destroyed all the remaining Nobodies in the area.
Donald: I guess that's it.
Sora: C'mon. We need to get to the tower! (run off)
Everyone: Right
(with Erza's group)
Flynn: (sees Erza's group) Erza!
Erza: Flynn! (slice through a Nobody) It's good to see that you're alright. We cleared a path for you!
Gajeel: These pests are still coming! (slice through a Nobody)
Laxus: We'll prevent them from getting in your way! (strike a Nobody with a lighting bolt)
Flynn: Thanks!
Flynn as he rode into the secret passage into Rapunzel's tower. Some of the Nobodies noticed this and tried to stop him.
Erza: Heaven's Wheel: Pentagram Sword!
Swords in the style of a large pentagram-shaped target were sent toward them, destroying them.
Gajeel: Iron Dragon Sword!
Gajeel sliced through some Nobodies. While Laxus punched a Reaper and Lily stabbed another with his sword. Another Reaper appeared behind her. But before it could attack her, Sora sliced through it.
Erza: (surprised) Sora!
Sora: You all right Erza?
Erza: I should be asking you, but (smile) I'm glad you're alright.
Sora: Yeah, though for some reasons, when I woke up the girls were depressed for some reason?
Natsu: I thought you said you were taking care of these guys.
Gajeel: (annoyed) Well excuse us if they keep reappearing.
Lucy: Stop it! We gotta save Rapunzel!
Erza: Right. Let's go!
(with Flynn)
Flynn climbed onto Rapunzel's hair to reach her window.
Flynn: Rapunzel! I thought I'd never see you again.
But when he saw Rapunzel, her hands were bound behind her back with chains, and she saw a cloth gag covering her mouth. She tried to tell him something, but all she could make was muffle sounds.
Gothel then appeared behind Flynn and stabbed him in the back with a dagger. He grunted in pain and collapsed on the floor while Rapunzel screeched in horror as blood dripped from Flynn's wound
Gothel: (dark tone) Now look what you've done, Rapunzel. Oh, don't worry, dear. Our secret will die with him.
She then walked past Rapunzel while she struggled to reach him. Gothel grabbed the chains that bind her and pulled them, making Rapunzel being pull towards Gothel.
Gothel: And as for us? We are going where no one will ever find you, again.
Pascal ran up to Gothel and grabbed onto her dress with his mouth. Seeing this, Gothel kicked Pascal away from her, and he landed on the floor.
Gothel: Rapunzel, really! Enough already! Stop fighting me!
Rapunzel, pulling back, causing her to lose her balance and fall over, the cloth gag came off of her mouth in the process.
Rapunzel: NO! I won't stop! For every minute of the rest of my life, I will fight! I will never stop trying to get away from you! But...if you let me save him, I will go with you. (Gothel raises an eyebrow)
Flynn: (weak) No! (struggled to get up) No, Rapunzel...
Flynn attempts to crawl on the floor towards her, but the pain was too great. Pascal looks at this helplessly.
Rapunzel: I'll never run...I'll never try to escape. Just let me heal him...and you and I will be together-forever, just like you want. Everything will be the way it was. I promise. Just like you want. Just...let me heal him.
Listening to her request, Gothel removed the chains on Rapunzel's wrist and put them on Flynn. She then leaned him against a wood pillar.
Gothel: (to Flynn) In case you get any ideas about following us.
Rapunzel: (then ran up to Flynn) Eu...Eugene!
She then touched his wound and let out a small yell.
Rapunzel: Oh, I'm so sorry. Everything is gonna be okay, though.
She then grabbed a piece of her hair and was about to place it on Flynn's wound.
Flynn: (puts his hand on her hair) No...Rapunzel...
Rapunzel: I promise, you have to trust me.
Flynn: No...I can't let you do this.
Rapunzel: And I can't let you die.
Flynn: But if you do this... Then you...will die.
Rapunzel: (whispers) Hey. It's gonna be alright.
Flynn: Rapunzel, wait...
Flynn put his right hand on Rapunzel's cheek for comfort. Both of them smiled, and they were about to embrace each other. But, Flynn grabbed the back of Rapunzel's with his right hand, grabbed a piece of broken glass with his left, and in a swift motion cut her hair off. Flynn's hand collapsed onto the floor and let go of the glass.
Rapunzel examined her hair and saw it was turning dark brown from where it had been cut to the end of the hair.
Rapunzel: (surprised) Eugene, what-
Gothel: (horrified) No!
Gothel desperately grabbed the pieces of hair that were still blond, but they too started to turn color.
Gothel: Oh no. No...
Gothel looked at her hand and saw that it was turning pale and wrinkly, along with her entire body. Her hair then changed from black to white.
Gothel: (furious) What have you done? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!
She then collapsed and crawled to the broken mirror table, where she saw her transformation. Horrified, she covered her entire face with her hood and began to walk backwards towards the window. Pascal grabbed a piece of Rapunzel's hair that was near the window and pulled it, which Gothel tripped on. Rapunzel was about to grab her, but she had already fallen out of the window.
Gothel screamed when she came out of the window as the group came towards the tower.
Natsu: What is that?
Lucy: Is that...Gothel?
Erza: Somebody catch her!
Laxus: Wait!
Gothel turned to smoke and ashes, only leaving her cloak as the rest arrive to see her cloak fall slowly down.
Sora: Whoa... did she actually-?
Gajeel: Turn to smoke and ashes? Then yeah, she's dead alright.
Meanwhile, Iblis and Marluxia watched from a distance and saw what happened.
Iblis: (sighs) I told ya choosing an old hag who was on the verge of death was a terrible idea.
Marluxia: (scoff at her) Well.... I suppose you were right, she sought the gift of her immortality, she should have found a another way of using the power.
Iblis: But still, it looks like she got ahead of herself. She should have really thought this out more.
Marluxia: Yes. Fallen to darkness...,\ We can't allow her near our pure light now. Her presence would only cast a pall over it.
Marluxia swung his right arm and white thorns wrapped around his arm. Gothel's cloak stopped in the air and was surrounded by pink rose petals.
Gajeel: Rose petals?
Suddenly, darkness exploded from the cloak and created an orb of darkness.
Wendy: What's happening?
Branches then came out of the orb and landed in front of the group. The orb disappeared, revealed to be a monstrous tree-like Heartless, then it roared at them as it stood up on its tail.
Sora: It turned into a Heartless!
Erza: And I think I know who did it. (she turn to see Marluxia and Iblis standing afar)
Iblis waves while smirking as she and Marluxia exit through a dark corridor.
Sora: Those two!
Donald: Forget about them, we have to stop that Heartless.
Lucy: Look out!
The Heartless known as Grim Guardianess swung its fist towards the group. They all dodged before it could hit them.
Sora: What happened up there? (summon his Keyblade)
Erza: We'll find out as we take care of this!
The Grim Guardianess continue to smash its fists near the group, but they kept on dodging.
Juvia: This is getting annoying!
Natsu: Fire Dragon Roar!
Natsu blasted fire from his mouth and burnt one of its arms.
Natsu: Got him!
Erza: Destroy the arms!
Gray: Ice Make: Cannon!
He formed a bazooka out of ice. He shot a massive ball of ice that soared at the Heartless
Wendy: Sky Dragon Wing Attack!
She waved her arms to send two large whirlwinds at the Grim Guardianess.
Lucy: Star Dress: Sagittarius Mode! Star Shot!
Lucy went into her Sagittarius Mode and fired a series of homing arrows as Gray, Wendy, and Lucy destroyed the remaining arms with their attacks.
Erza: Sora, now!
Donald fired a freezing spell at the Heartless, and Goofy threw his shield and hit the Heartless with it. Sora then charged at it and hurled his Keyblade at it like a boomerang, slicing it.
Gajeel: (grin) Alright!
Suddenly, flowers appeared next to everyone in the area without them noticing. Thorns then came from the flowers and wrapped around everyone.
Sora: What the?
Laxus: Where did they come from?
Black birds then came from the Heartless' mouth and flew straight at everyone, hitting them with their bodies and making them collapse onto the ground.
Lucy: We gotta get out of this! (struggled to get loose)
The Heartless then charged at the group and plowed them over, freeing them but flown into the air. Gray, Gajeel, Happy, Juvia, Donald, and Goofy crashed into a wall while the rest landed on the ground.
Natsu: Dammit!
The Heartless then made its way up to Rapunzel's tower and summon cages thorn around everyone.
Sora: You guys!
It then launched berry-like bombs into the air that landed near everyone, making them yell in pain and covering the area in black smoke. The Heartless stopped its attack. It then saw a figure rising from the smoke. It was Erza in her Black Wing Armor, carrying Sora. The two of them charged at the monster in the air. The Heartless fired the black birds again, but they easily dodged them.
Erza: You are going to pay for what you did here! (threw Sora)
Sora headed towards the Grim Guardianess and then when he got close to it, he began to moonsaults while holding out his Keyblade unleashing a barrage of aerial slashes, when he landed on the tower roof, he leapt up and then unleashed a powerful horizontal spinning attack that finally knocking it off the tower.
Erza: Moon Flash!
Erza rushes past the Heartless and finishes it off by slashing it in a cross pattern. Making it vanish in a mist of darkness. As it did, the thorns disappeared as well, freeing the others.
Natsu: (annoyed) I wanted to finish it!
Lucy: Shut up!
Sora: We'll go check on them.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy ran towards the tower.
(Inside the Tower)
Rapunzel: (crying) Don't go. (grabbed Flynn's face) Stay with me, Eugene.
Rapunzel grabbed Flynn's hand and put it on her head. She then desperately sang her song, but her hair was not glowing.
Rapunzel: Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse...
Flynn: (open his eyes) Rapunzel.
Rapunzel: Bring back what once was mine...
Rapunzel: (touch her face) Hey. Rapunzel.
Rapunzel: (hold his hand) What?
Flynn: Rapunzel... You were my new dream.
Rapunzel: (tears brewing in her eyes) And you were mine.
Sora then appeared from the window and saw, in shock, what happened. Donald and Goofy saw this as well. The three of them became sad and grieved with Rapunzel.
Sora: (worried) Get Wendy up here, now!
Wendy: (worried) What happened?
Sora: Flynn's hurt really bad. Use your healing magic!
Wendy: Ok!
Carla carried her to the window. Before Wendy could do anything, Rapunzel continued singing her song.
Rapunzel: Heal what has been hurt, change the fates' design, save what has been lost, bring back what once was mine...
She then placed her hand over his heart and leaned in closer, her face nearly touching his.
Rapunzel: (whisper) What once was mine.
As she finished, a tear fell onto Flynn's face. The tear then started to glow and disappeared. Everyone then noticed that Flynn's wound started to glow, surprising everyone. Golden lights spread from Flynn's body and lit up the room.
Wendy: Amazing.
Carla: Is this the flower's power?
Erza: What's happening? (Lily grabbed her and carried her to the window) What is this?
The light then returned to Flynn's wound and disappeared. Flynn slowly opened his eyes and looked at Rapunzel: As he did, Rapunzel's face was filled with relief.
Flynn: Rapunzel...
Rapunzel: (gasp) Eugene.
Flynn: (smile) Did I ever tell you...I've got a thing for brunettes?
Rapunzel: (happy) Eugene! (hugs him)
Sora: We did it!
Hearing this, everyone outside cheered and hugged each other.
Erza: You two alright?
Rapunzel and Flynn: Yes.
Carla: How did she save him without her hair?
Lily: My guess is the hair was just an easier way to use it. The real healing power was inside Rapunzel all along.
After a few minutes, everyone gathered outside Rapunzel's tower. As the warm sunlight bathes over them.
Sora: Wow, Rapunzel! You're finally gonna get to see your real home.
Rapunzel: I know! I mean...I can't believe it. I can finally be with my real family! I couldn't have done it without your help.
Donald: You're welcome.
Flynn: Well, from where I'm standing, the Kingdom couldn't ask for a better princess. And I couldn't have asked for better sidekicks!
Sora brushes a knuckle across his nose at his words.
Natsu: (annoyed) Stop calling us that!
Flynn: Thanks.
Rapunzel: Yes, thank you so much. Especially you, Erza.
Erza: (surprised) Me?
Rapunzel: Your kind words and bravery helped on my journey. You are a really good role model.
Erza: (blush) Oh! Uh...thank you.
Donald: Happily ever after.
Sora: (crosses his arms and nodded) Mmm-hmm.
Goofy: Now, Flynn, you and Maximus play nice.
Gray: Yeah, wouldn't want to get chased over cliffs again, right?
Flynn: (looks at the horse and they smirk) Fine. (holds Rapunzel's hand)
Sora: You're gonna be great.
Rapunzel and Flynn: Huh?
Sora: We haven't seen the guy controlling the monsters in a while, so that's one less worry.
Goofy: But there's still a chance that he might be around here somewhere.
Natsu: We're gonna look for that pink bastard and those Fiend Hand guys and take them down!
Happy: It's Devil Hand, Natsu.
Flynn: Okay.
Sora: Well, if they do come back and tries to bother Rapunzel again, then Flynn will keep her safe. And we three won't be far behind.
Donald: Come on. Rapunzel's the tough one, if you ask me.
Flynn: True. But nevertheless, I won't let her out of my sight.
Lax: Now that's true loyalty.
Rapunzel: (smile) Oh... Eugene.
Sora: "Eugene"?
Eugene: (chuckles) Oh! That's my real name. Eugene Fitzherbert. That's right. I never told you guys.
Donald: That's different.
Erza: I like it.
Lucy: Yeah, that's a really nice name.
Goofy: I think it's a great name!
Rapunzel: Hey! I thought I was the only one you were going to tell.
Eugene: Don't worry. I've saved plenty of Fitzherbert-y secrets just for you.
Rapunzel: Really?
Sora: (pointing to them) Hey! What are you two lovebirds talking about?
Eugene: Nothing!
Rapunzel: (giggles) Nothing.
Donald: Hey, you can tell us!
Goofy: Yeah, it's not nice to keep secrets.
Natsu: Tell us!
Eugene: This one is none of your business.
Sora: (chuckles) Maximus, get him!
Eugene: Huh?
Listening to Sora, Maximus stared directly at his face. Pascal then jumped onto Eugene's shoulder and stuck his tongue in his ear, surprising him.
Eugene: (covered his ear) You have got to be kidding me!
Seeing this, Rapunzel and the rest couldn't help but laugh at this. While Maximus smiles at Eugene, waggling his eyebrows as Pascal chills on Eugene's head.
Meanwhile, In another area of the Kingdom, Maleficent and Pete were standing over a cliff near the river, looking annoyed.
Pete: Another world where we got doodly-squat. (Maleficent hmph) You sure this box thingy's even real?
Maleficent: (calmly) Yes.
Pete: Yeah, and just how do you know that?
Maleficent: It is etched.
Maleficent then turned away from him and began to walk away.
Pete: (confused) It's what?
Maleficent: (opens a corridor) Come with me.
Pete: Where to? Those bozos ain't gonna help us. Sora's sure not looking for the box.
Maleficent: Who said anything about following them?
She then entered the corridor, along with an annoyed Pete.
Chapter 18 ended.
And with that, the Tangled arc is finished. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Let me know at the comments below. Peace out and enjoy!
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