Rise of the Guardians 2

Chapter 41

A long time passed. My sobs eventually ceased and I just stayed there, curled up in a corner. After what seemed like hours, I heard footsteps approaching me.

"Yes I know, It was all my fault that they're gone. We should have listened to you Hiccup." I snapped "I'm not in the mood for a lecture, right now."

"I'm not going to lecture you" Merida said "And I'm not Hiccup" She came over and sat down next to me. "I'd appreciate it if you didn't bite my head off." I opened my mouth to apologize but she cut me off. "It's alright, I understand. I wanted to tell you that none of us blame you."

"I made us all go down there" I mumbled "We had no plan and they're gone now"

"Jack and Once-ler made their own decisions" Meri said "Jack probably would've done the same"

"But-"

"No Buts" Punz said firmly as she walked up to us. "It wasn't your fault, it's Pitch's. Remember what North said we can't give into fear and despair." Hiccup joined us in the corner.

"What do we do now"

"I don't think that we should leave here" Punz said "Pitch and the Dark Guardians will be looking for us. Nobody has ever found this place since Eugene and I don't think anyone will."

"Speaking of this place" I said "Is this the tower you were trapped in for 18 years"

"Yes" Punz said

"Doesn't Gothel know where this place is?"

"Yeah" Punz said "But she'd never think that I'd go back here, so they won't look here!" I wasn't quite reassured but since I didn't have a better hideout I didn't object.

"How did you escape Gothel anyway" Merida asked

"Could you tell us?" I said

"Umm, shouldn't we be planning how to beat Pitch?" Punz asked

"Well, we can't go anywhere" Hiccup said "And we need something to cheer us up"

"Ok" Punz said. She stood up and stood there for a minute. She began to laugh "I don't know where to start, Eugene usually told this story."

"Why don't you tell it like he would"

Punz took a deep breath and spoke in a deep voice "This is the story of how I died"

"Punz!" Merida exclaimed "You're supposed to be cheering us up"

"Sorry, that's usually how he started!" She stated again and this time it was less morbid. As it turns out Punz got her magic hair from the a drop of sun. The sun drop created a flower that could heal anything. Gothel hordied the flower for centuries. One year though the flower was taken to heal the sick queen who was pregnant with Punz. The flower gave her golden hair that possessed the same powers as the flower. Gothel stole Rapunzel and kept her hidden for 18 years.

That all changed when a thief named Flynn Rider hid in the tower from the palace guards. Punz knocked him out and took his satchel, that held the lost princesses tiara. She bartered with him to take her to see the lanterns in exchange for it back. They went to see them but Gothel tricked her back to the tower and imprisoned Flynn. He escaped and went back to the tower, just in time to see Gothel forcing Punz to leave. Punz had figured out that she was the lost princesses, and that Gothel wasn't really her mother.

Gothel stabbed Flynn and tried to drag Punz away. Punz then made a deal with Gothel that if Gothel let her heal Flynn, Punz would go willingly with her. Gothel agree and then tied Flynn up. Punz went to heal Flynn, but he cut her her hair. Gothel aged rapidly and then fell out the tower and turned to dust. Flynn died, but Punz brought him back with magic tears.

"Wow...." I said "Punz, your mother was messed up"

"She wasn't my mother" Punz said bitterly "She never was and never acted like a mother. I wish I could've seen that sooner" Silence followed these words. I attempted to find something to change the subject but Merida beat me to it.

"I turned my Mum into a bear." We all stared at her. "What"

"Why exactly did you do this" Hiccup asked

"Well, she was going to make me marry and I didn't want to, and we had a fight and I left, and I found a witch in the woods. I asked her for something to change my mum and I meant to change her mind, but it turned to her into a bear. We got her back to normal though and I didn't have to marry!"

"Ooooookay," I said "Remind me never to get on your bad side." I turned back to Punz "Didn't you say that you had a cousin with ice powers"

"Yeah" She said perking up "Nobody knew about it to her coronation though. Eugene and I were the first people from Corona to find out."

"How did you guys find out" Meri asked

"Well, her powers kind of got out of control. As Eugene would say, this is the story of how we nearly froze to death...