Rapunzel's Enemy

((Y/n) is wearing her regular princess dress throughout the chapter) 

It was another day in the Kingdom of Corona, but it wasn't an ordinary day. It was the 500th Anniversary Good Will Gopher Grab. Everyone in the kingdom was outside the castle as they were applauding and cheering for this festive day. 

"We have much to celebrate during this year's Goodwill Gopher Grab. Not only is this the 500th anniversary, but we commemorate this, Princess Rapunzel's very first festival." Frederic announced. The crowd applauding and cheering. "To mark this joyous event, our two princesses has redesigned the Gopher Grab seal of goodwill." He reveals the new designed seal. The crows cheers louder. "Ladies and gentlemen of Corona, Princess Rapunzel and Princess (Y/n)."

The sisters locked their arms together as (Y/n) lead her big sister up front. The subjects cheered for their princesses. "Thank you, all." (Y/n) waved at her subjects. "Thank you so much. Aw! You're all too kind." Rapunzel thanked. "Boo!" A man suddenly booed at Rapunzel. Frederic and (Y/n) were confused on who booed at her. Rapunzel didn't even know it was a negative thing. "And a boo to you too, sir!" 

Later in the village, Rapunzel, (Y/n), and Eugene were walking as they were being saluted by the people.

"I gotta hand it to you, blondie and kiddo, the people of Corona love you both." Eugene told. To prove his point, a little girl came and hugged the two princesses. They hugged her back and she ran back to her mother. 

"They sure do know how to make a girl feel special. I mean, I've never heard so much applause, and someone actually booed me." Rapunzel smiled, naive that she didn't know the meaning. "Forget that guy. I wouldn't pay too much attention..." Eugene began to speak, but Rapunzel continues.  "I've never even heard that cheer before. It's so exotic. Do you think he's from overseas?" She asked her little sister and boyfriend. "You really don't know what a boo means, do you, sis?" (Y/n) asked. "Yeah, I do. It's a cheer. Like, "yippie," "hooray," "boo," right?" Rapunzel questioned. (Y/n) slowly shook her head at her sister. "No? All right, so what does it mean?" Rapunzel asked again. 

Not getting answer from them, the three of them were with Cassandra in the Gopher tent. Rapunzel was going to get an answer from her. 

"It means someone hates you." Cassandra blurts out. Hearing this made Rapunzel go into shock. "Cass!" (Y/n) scolded Cassandra. "Way to candy-coat it, Cassandra." Eugene told as he threw an apple to his hand. 

"Why wouldn't someone like me? What could I have done to this person?" Rapunzel began to question. "Rapunzel, who cares? Not everyone has to like you. That's part of life." Eugene goes over to her. 

"Eugene's right. Someone could not like you for any number of reasons. For instance, maybe you have a stupid goatee that makes you look ridiculous, and someone might not like you for that." Cassandra said as she was brushing the Gopher. "You know, Cassandra, it's a little hard to take your insults seriously when you're holding that thing." Eugene points at the Gopher. "This thing is important. Gregorio the Goodwill Gopher represents half a millennium of honor and tradition throughout this kingdom." Cassandra explains about Gregorio and the Gopher Grab. 

"We're still talking about the rat, right?" Eugene asked. 

"Gopher! For your information, the Gopher Grab is a Corona institution. (Y/n) and I were entrusted as the mascot's caretaker because it is a mark of hallowed esteem." Cassandra told proudly. Eugene remained unimpressed. "Yeah, that's special. He just pooped on you." Cassandra gasped and looked down. 

(Y/n) walked towards her sister. "Rapunzel, listen. You need to accept that not everyone is going to like. Take me for example. There's someone in the 7 kingdoms who doesn't like me." Rapunzel looked at (Y/n). "You mean there's someone out there who doesn't like you? But...you're a princess like me how could no one like?" 

"Ha! You kidding me? We hate each other. I'll tell you, if I ever see that prissy, self-observed witch again, it will be too soon." (Y/n) laughed. "Its common for lots of people to not like each other." 

"All I can hear is his gravelly, "Boo," over and over in my head." Rapuznel whines.

Eugene goes to his girlfriend. "Rapunzel, I know your feelings are hurt. I get that. But, hey, you gotta admit, if Cassandra and I are actually agreeing on something, it's probably worth listening to. Let this one go." Rapunzel sighs and smiles. "You know what? You're right. Thank you." Rapunzel kisses him and walks away as (Y/n) follows her out. 

Outside the castle, the sisters were at a café's terrace in the village. (Y/n) was helping Rapuznel. Brielle and Pascal would help out. 

"You know, (Y/n), maybe you, Eugene and Cassandra were right. I shouldn't let this booer bother me. It's not the end of the world because I got booed, right? Happens to a lot of people, I'm sure. You know what? I'm not even gonna think about the word "boo" anymore. Let's just sit and enjoy our afternoon." Rapuznel told her. (Y/n) patted her big sister's shoulder. "That's the spirit, Rapunzel." 

Before the two sisters could enjoy the day with their animal companions, the villagers began to speak loudly. It didn't help when their conversation involved the world. Rapunzel groans as she puts her head on the table. (Y/n) pats Rapunzel's head in comfort. "I feel like these are saying "boo" on purpose." (Y/n) whispered to Brielle and Pascal. They nodded at her in agreement. 

"No, thank you!" The princesses heard a familiar voice. They see an old man giving a generous tip to a footman standing by a coach. "Wow! Thank you. Thank you indeed." The footman thanks. "My pleasure, son. Spread the goodwill." The man get in the coach.

"The sweet, little, old man can't be the same person who booed me, can he?" Rapunzel questioned. "Y-Yeah. He couldn't be." (Y/n) twiddled her thumbs nervously. The man waves at (Y/n) and he booed at Rapunzel as the coach passed by. Rapunzel and Pascal gasp dramatically, while (Y/n) and Brielle remained silent, but were nervous. 

They went back to the Castle. They were in Rapunzel's room as she was waiting a portrait of the man who booed her. Rapunzel looked at her finishing portrait. "Okay, I'd say that looks like our booer, wouldn't you, guys? Now, we just need to figure out who he is.'Someone has to know him, right?" Rapunzel turns to her little sister. "(Y/n) do you happen to know this man? he did wave to you." (Y/n) looked around the room nervously as she tried to get the answer out of her mouth. She hoped someone would come in the room. Finally, her prayers were answered when Eugene enters. He smiled at the portrait. "Hey, it's Monty!"

Rapunzel gasps. "Wait! You know him?" 

"Of course I... Everyone knows Monty." Eugene walked closer. "Well, probably because he's really grouchy and doesn't like anyone, right?" Rapunzel questioned.

"What? Uncle Monty, he's the sweetest guy in all Corona. Let me tell you. If there were someone he didn't like, that person would have to be the most horrible..." (Y/n) signaled him to stop. Seeing her signals made Eugene realize whats happening. "Oh, my goodness! That's the guy who booed you, isn't it?" (Y/n) face-palmed herself. "Yes, he is." 

Eugene began to stammer. "Wait. Wait a minute. No. Uh, now that I'm looking at it... 'Cause I'm really looking at it now. Before I glanced at it. That is not Monty. No, that is... Rude Guy... er. Rude Guyer! Yeah. Oh, boy! Nobody likes Rude Guyer. 'Cause he's such a rude guy." 

(Y/n) glared at him. "Eugene stop it. You're making it worse." She whispered as Brielle glared at him too. 

Stan walks in. "Hey, look at that! Uncle Monty!" (Y/n) and Eugene waves their hands in a 'stop talking motion. "Oh, hi, Eugene. Hello, Princess (Y/n). That's some painting of Uncle Monty, huh?" 

Rapunzel looked upset at Eugene. "It is Monty." 

"I'll say. You know, you don't forget the guy who introduced you to your wife." Stan said. "You should have been the beautifully carved chocolate flowers he gave for princess (Y/n) on her 14th birthday." 

Rapunzel turned towards (Y/n). "You know about Monty too, (Y/n)? And everyone likes him?" (Y/n) rubbed the back of her neck, nervously. "Yeah, sorry. I didn't want to bring it up. And no, everyone doesn't like him." She gave Rapunzel a sheepish smile. 

"Princess (Y/n)'s right. Everyone loves him." Stan smiled. (Y/n) and Brielle face-palmed. "Uh, do you know where I could find him?" Rapunzel asked. Eugene puts his hands on her shoulders. "Monty is a very private person." 

"Oh, sure, Your Majesty. He has a wonderful little shop in town. Here, let me draw you a map." Stan begins to draw a map for Rapunzel. She takes the map and she was still upset with Eugene. "Thank you, Stan." 

"Yeah, thanks so much, Stan." Eugene said sarcastically. "It's no problem. And when you see him, tell him thanks for the flowers he sent to my mom when she was sick." Stan walks away.

"Um, Rapunzel..." (Y/n) tries to speak, but Rapunzel cuts her off. "I know. I know. You're gonna tell me to leave it alone, but this is all just a simple misunderstanding. I need to clear things up so me and Uncle Monty can be friends." Rapunzel walks off. (Y/n) decided to follow her so things won't get troubling. 

The sisters made it to the village. (Y/n) continues to follow Rapunzel as they were viewing Stan's map. 

"Okay, Monty can't be as great as everyone says, guys. I mean, this here says that he owns a sweat shop." Rapunzel told her sister and animal companions. Pascal and Brielle point ahead. Instead of being a sweat shop, Monty actually owns a Sweet shoppe. They see children happily getting inside."Its's actually a sweet shop. I've got to help Stan with his spelling again." (Y/n) corrected. 

The sisters viewed the window and admired the sweet decorations in the shop's window. They enters the shop and saw lots of sweets inside. They could see Monty giving out chocolate gophers to children. He gives the last one to a little girl. "There you go, dear. May you spread the spirit of goodwill throughout Corona." Rapunzel walks over to him. "Pardon me."

"And you, sweetie, how can I help..." When Monty turns, he glares at her. "You!" 

"Hi, uh, Monty. Can I call you Monty?" Rapunzel asked nicely. "Apparently." Monty replies rudely. He walks around to the other side of his counter. He smiled when he saw (Y/n) standing next to her sister. "Ah, Princess (Y/n), how are you, sweetie? Did you enjoy those chocolates I gave you for your birthday?" 

(Y/n) smiled. "Yes, they were delicious. Thanks, again, Uncle Monty." 

"Glad to here. Here's a special treat for my favorite princess." Monty gives (Y/n) a chocolate gopher. Rapunzel laughs awkwardly to join in the conversation. She looks at the 1st place decorations hanging behind the counter. "So, I see you're a Gopher Grab fan." 

"Figured that our all by yourself, huh? Well, give the girl a lolly." Monty gives her a lolly. Before Rapunzel could lick it, (Y/n) stopped her. Turns out the lolly pop fell on the floor. "Um, Monty, how do I put this? Um, during my speech, somebody booed me, and I was wondering..." Rapunzel was interrupted by Monty. "And what are you gonna do, huh? Huh? You gonna throw me in the dungeon cause I booed you, huh? Is that why you're here? To oppress me?" 

"No! No! I don't want to oppress anyone. I just wanna know what I did." Rapunzel tried to reason. "Listen, Your Highness, I don't need to explain myself to you. And another thing, I don't see why you're going to be queen when your sister here trained her whole life. That is all I have to say." Monty turns his back. Rapunzel walks away defeated. 

"Wait, Princess Rapunzel." Monty stopped the sisters. Rapunzel turns around with a hopeful look. "That lollipop wasn't free, you know." Monty said. 

Rapunzel exits the shop angrily as her sister follows her. (Y/n) breaks her chocolate gopher into pieces. She shares it with Rapunzel, Pascal, and Brielle. Rapunzel takes her pieces and eats it angrily. "I am not giving up that easy, guys. If he can't see what a likable person I am, well, I will make him see." (Y/n) happily eats her piece. "That's the spirit, Rapunzel!" 

They went back to Rapunzel's room. They made many plans to see if anything would help Monty like Rapunzel. First, Rapunzel knits a green scarf for Monty. They found Monty surround by birds as he was feeding them. Rapunzel goes behind him and puts the scarf on his shoulders. (Y/n) stayed hidden as she hoped this plan works. Sadly, it didn't. Monty hated it since the scarf was green and flashy. Next, they tried to make a chocolate model of Monty's head. When Rapunzel presented the gift, Monty declines it since it was hollow. Last, Rapunzel decided to repaint Monty's sign. (Y/n) thought it was a very kind off, but she was wrong. Monty didn't like it since his old sign was designed by his great-grandfather. 

Rapunzel was beginning to feel more down today. She and (Y/n) went back to the Gopher's tent. They saw Euegen eating some berries. Once inside the tent, Rapunzel crashes on the couch. 

"He hates me." Rapunzel's voice is muffled. (Y/n) kneels down and rubs her sister's back. "Okay. Come on, Raps. Give it up. Clearly, this jerk's got serious problems." Cassandra continues to brush Gregorio's fur."

"But if Monty could just see that I was..." Rapunzel was cut off by Cassandra. "Monty's the guy who hates you?" Rapunzel scoffs. "Let me guess. You love him." Eugene and (Y/n) waved their hands in an 'abort' gesture. Seeing their gesture made Cass understand. "No! Me? Love him? No. I hate that guy." Cassandra chuckles. "Look, you'll just have to accept that Uncle Mon--Monty doesn't like you, and there's nothing you can do to change it." Rapunzel suddenly realized something. "You're right. There is nothing... I can do." 

Rapunzel was in her room while (Y/n) was fixing a wig to go with her disguise. Once the disguise was done, Rapunzel was off to go back to Monty. (Y/n) asked if she needed help, but Rapunzel ensure that she will be fine on her own. Seeing her sister will be fine, (Y/n) went back to the Gopher's tent to help Cassandra with Gregorio. They made all the preparation and all is left is to feed him. When (Y/n) grabs the berry bowl to feed the gopher, she noticed that it was empty. Cassandra saw the empty bowl and glares at Eugene. 

"Eugene, did you eat all the bimberries?" Cassandra questioned. 

"No! No, of course not." Eugene tried to hide his teeth. It was too late, (Y/n) and Cassandra saw his stained teeth. "Okay, so I ate some. I offered to split. Is that really such a big problem?" 

Cassandra begins to laugh wryly. "Okay, well, let's think. If Gregorio doesn't get his bimberries before the race, he'll be lethargic, and if he's lethargic, he won't want to run, and if he doesn't want to run, the Gopher Grab will be ruined, and I can't have that!" Cassandra screamed the last part of her explanation. "So I'm gonna go with big problem?" He questioned. (Y/n) groans in annoyance and grabs Eugene by his shirt. "Just help me find some bimberries." She drags him out of the tent. 

They separated so they could find some bilberries faster. (Y/n) and Brielle were able to find a handful. They quickly went back to the tent. (Y/n) goes over to Gregorio and begins to feed. After she feed him the bimberries, she, Brielle, and Cassandra began to panic since it wasn't enough. The race was beginning to start at any moment. They could hear the trumpets playing as the began to pace around. Finally, Eugene enters inside the tent. 

"Did someone ask for dimberries?" Eugene held a bowl of berries. Cassandra grabs the bowl. "You sure took your own sweet time getting them. Don't you realize the Gopher Grab is about to start any minute now?" She sighs as she walks over to Gregorio. "I hope these aren't store-bought." 

"Well, you know, for someone careless enough to leave poor Gregorio alone with somebody who would eat all of his berries, you're being really particular." Eugene remarked. "Okay, you guys. Thats enough." (Y/n) crossed her arms. Cassandra begins to feed Gregorio. The little gopher begins to eat slowly, which could take a moment. 

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is nearly time for this year's Gopher Grab!" They heard the announcer. 

"Hey, hey, don't worry. I'll handle it." Eugene goes out to distract the crowd. This gave Cassandra and (Y/n) enough time to feed Gregorio. Brielle was sitting on (Y/n)'s shoulder when suddenly, she saw Gregorio's eyes suddenly open with swirls. Hard to say that Cassandra and (Y/n) didn't notice, and Brielle was beginning to worry. The y could heard Eugene giving a speech about giving goodwill. Seeing that Gregorio was fed enough, it was time for him to do his thing. 

"Okay, Gregorio, its time to get ready." (Y/n) tries to take the bowl away, but Gregorio hold it back with his lazy strength. (Y/n) laugh. "I guess you're still hunger, huh?" She put Gregorio inside the cage and Cassandra carries him out. They entered to the stage and the crowd cheers. 

"So, in conclusion, spread goodwill. Thank you for your time. Bye." Eugene concluded his speech rapidly. 

Cassandra raises the cage above her head as crowd begins to applaud and cheer. Cassandra puts the cage on the ground and a  music box starts to play. (Y/n) could see that Monty and Rapunzel are partners. The cage opens as Cassandra joins Eugene and (Y/n) on the side. The announcer blows a whistle, nothing happens. Everyone was beginning to get confused. Cassandra goes back to glances inside the cage.

"What the--" Gregorio suddenly jumps out with a crazy speed, knocking Cassandra down. (Y/n) gasped and helps her out. The challengers began to pursue him, but he was too fast. The crowd chants. "Grab the gopher!" to encourage the challengers. They tried to catch the gopher, but they failed. 

Eugene laughs at the madness. "Oh, boy! You guys really undersold this whole Gopher Grab thing." 

"I just don't understand it. Why would Gregorio react to bimberries like this?" Cassandra questioned. "This is confusing?" (Y/n) scratched her head. 

"You mean dimberries?"

"Dim-what? No. Bimberries."

Cassandra and Eugene began to talk over each other. (Y/n) tries to calm them down. The three of them quickly avoided the Gopher as it runs wildly around them. 

"These were supposed to be bimberries." Cassandra grew angry. "You know, for someone who was careless enough to leave..." Eugene was cut off when they avoided the gopher again. "Eugene! Don't you know dimberries cause hyperactivity in rodents? That is a reason why I don't feed them to Brielle." (Y/n) explains. Brielle squeaks as she shakes her tiny hands. "Uh, yeah. Who doesn't?" Eugene replied nervously. They continued to watch the gopher go crazy. Monty and Rapunzel try to grab Gregorio, but they failed. Gregorio growls and escapes by digging under the stage's walls. Monty and Rapunzel go after him. 

"Okay, this day was pretty weird." (Y/n) said as she rubs her temple. 


It was finally time to announced the winner of the Gopher Grab. The royal family, Cassandra, and Eugene were on stages as they waited for Frederic to announced the winner. 

"All right, all right. As you all know, the Gopher Grab is a sacred tradition." Frederic spoke to his subjects. "So, let me get this straight, Monty booed you because you changed tradition and do you feel better after dealing with Monty." (Y/n) asked her sister. "Yeah, that's why he booed at me. I mean, you guys were right. I just had to accept that not everyone is gonna like me." Rapunzel smiled at her little sister. 

"And the winner of this year's Gopher Grab is good, old Uncle Monty!" Frederic announced. The crowd cheers for him. He goes up stage and receives his prize. 

"Boo!" Rapunzel booed him. This caused (Y/n), Eugene, and Cassandra to look at her in shock. "What? Not everybody has to like everyone, you know?" Rapunzel said. (Y/n) laughs and hugs her sister. "I'm proud of you, sis."

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