Lance: "This is the story of a little genius and his best friend who started out as nobodies in a tiny village, then ended up defeating an ancient demon hellbent on destroying an entire kingdom!"
Catalina: "Come on Lance, we helped too!"
Angry: "Yeah! This is more like the story of a dork and his trash panda being smarter than everyone else."
Lance: "Ok girls, I hear ya. So Zhan Tiri was probably more of a group effort. But you gotta admit Varian is still a really cool kid."
Angry: "Oh yeah!"
Catalina: "Definitely! He does weird science stuff and makes huge explosions."
Angry: "He built a portal!"
Catalina: "He got kidnapped!"
Varian: "Whoa, slow down there guys. I try to keep from doing stuff like that anymore."
Angry: "Aw, but Varian, it's awesome!"
Varian: "Ok, some of it was a little exciting-"
Catalina: "I'll say!"
Varian: "-but if we're telling my story, might as well tell the whole thing. It took a while to get to the ancient demon!"
Lance: "He's right, girls. Why don't we let Hairstripe tell it, ok? I'm sure he can tell a whole lot better than I can, and that's saying something!"
Varian: "Thanks Lance! Now, this is just the story of a kid and his raccoon. I was born here, in Corona. Nothing fancy, just a simple baby with simple parents. But my...my mom died a few months later."
Angry: "...wow, I'm sorry, Varian."
Varian: "Ah, it's ok Angry. I never knew her, and Dad doesn't talk much about it. Anyways, fast forward fourteen years later; that's when things start to get interesting. I had graduated early and basically lived in my lab. One day, someone comes knocking on the door and what do you know? The crown princess and her lady-in-waiting, wanting my help. And a few minutes later, Flynn Rider! Uh...of course, I didn't really help. More like, blow a bunch of stuff up."
Catalina: "Still awesome!"
Varian: "Aha, ok Catalina. You probably would've thought differently if you were there when your dad found out."
Catalina: "Oh. Good point."
Varian: "Thankfully Rapunzel wasn't so easily scared away. She and I became friends, I blew up a few more things, I found out Flynn Rider was actually Eugene Fitzherbert, life was pretty good! Better than it had been in a while. Well, until..."
Angry: "Until?"
Lance: "Hey, it's alright buddy. You don't have to talk about this part."
*chitter chitter*
Varian: "No, Ruddiger's right. If I'm gonna tell the story, I have to tell all of it. Everything was fine until the accident. Mysterious black rocks were springing up everywhere and I finally took an experiment too far. My dad - my dad was the one to suffer from it. He was trapped in an unbreakable amber, and nothing could get him out. I made mistake after mistake. I blamed all the wrong people and took out my anger in all the wrong ways. For a time, I was the biggest threat to my own kingdom."
Catalina: "What happened?"
Varian: "I paid for it. I attacked the Royal Family and guard, and failed. I had to serve a sentence for my crimes against the crown: highest level prison time."
Angry: "Oh no, I hate those."
Catalina: "How bad was it?"
Varian: "Pretty bad. Got stuck with this guy named Andrew who turned out to be a Saporian dedicated to taking over Corona. We escaped and went through with his plan. A series of really bad decisions followed - on my part. But Rapunzel came back from her trip in the middle of it, we had a longoverdue heart to heart, and then defeated the Saporians together. The next day, Rapunzel freed my father and gave me a full pardon."
Catalina: "Aww, that's great!"
Angry: "And then life just went back to normal?"
Lance: "Ha, not exactly. We had a good amount of adventures together after that, didn't we kid?"
Varian: "Lance is right. The excitement was no where close to being done. Apparently, being friends with the princess means life or death situations...at least once a week."
Lance: "You're telling me. A year on the road with her made it more like once a day. What kinda trouble did you guys get into?"
Varian: "Oh, not much. Fought some cursed skeletons-"
Angry: "That was cool!"
"-got trapped inside a seashell-"
Catalina: "I still have Skully!"
Varian: "-translated some old scrolls from a secret language created by Demanitus himself!"
Lance: "Aaaaaand got kidnapped for it. Let me tell you, that was some tower."
Varian: "Oh yeah, forgot about that part... Anyways, the point is, I'm pretty sure Ruddiger and I could take on the world by now. No, more than that. The universe!"
Angry: "Does that mean you're going to find a new adventure?"
Varian: "What?"
Angry: "Well, Rapunzel and Eugene are always talking about finding new dreams when you think you fulfilled your old ones."
Lance: "Yeah, things have calmed down here little guy. You have a full life ahead of you! What are you gonna do with it?"
Varian: "Um...well, I don't think I need to do anything."
Catalina: "What do you mean?"
Varian: "I mean, I've got it good here. I'm the Royal Engineer, I get to work on projects that help people, my dad is with me. I got lucky, after everything. I don't need to change anything."
Lance: "I see where you're coming from, but are you sure? Believe me, there's a whole lot of world out there to see."
Varian: "Think of it like this: I have you guys! What else could I want?"
Lance: "Well...how can I argue with that?"
Varian: "Trust me guys, I'm fine. Some people like the whole 'destiny' thing. I am a man of science ."
Catalina: "Pff, ok."
Angry: "At that height, you're not a man of anything."
Varian: "Hey! Alright, I see how it is. Well, laugh all you want. I'm still taller than both of you."
Catalina: "Not for long~"
Varian: "Hm, ok. But back to what I was saying. A lot of people need to search for where they belong, but me?
I'm perfectly content where I am."
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A New Dream...?
FanfictionIt's a few months after the defeat of Zhan Tiri, Rapunzel's coronation as queen of Corona, and Varian's instalment as the kingdom's Royal Engineer. He insists he has found his dream, and he's content to stay where he is. But a shocking revelation mi...