The Prophecy - A TTS AU

Ch. 1: The Fraud

Tw: Slight Cussing

This is literally the beginning of "Rapunzel's Return" with the scene of Cassandra and the Enchanted Girl or Zhan Tiri if you know. Except, there are some changes. Many of them. Enjoy.

Cassandra softly opened her eyes with Owl on her shoulder. 'Was going through this door a good idea?' She thought.

She heard a soft voice calling her name. Drawing her sword, she looked around the oddly peaceful area.

"There you are, Cassandra!" Someone said. She turned to the cause of the voice, seeing what looked like a young ghost girl. "I'd nearly given up on you."

"Who are you?" She asked the mysterious being.

"A friend." The ghost girl said, circling Cass. "Or, at least, I'd like to be. Come." She gestured to Cassandra, moving forward.

"Wherever you're taking me, better have a blonde princess," Cass said, mistrusting the ghost but following her, nonetheless.

Owl, confused, stayed behind.

Cassandra kept following the ghost girl until they stopped. The girl pointed at a small cottage from the middle of nowhere.

"This place... feels familiar," Cassandra said, no longer knowing how to feel.

The girl suddenly pulled her inside the cottage.

"Wha...?" Cassandra looked around, feeling nostalgic. She walked around the area with a music box playing in the background, and then Cass saw her. 

"Do you recognize that child?" The ghost asked.

Cassandra gaped at the child in front of her.

The child picked up a doll sitting on a chair and looked at it, but her music box stopped playing, so she placed it back on the chair and approached a tall figure.

"Wind, please." The child said.

"Not now, darling. Mommy is in a hurry." The tall figure replied harshly.

"That's my..." Cassandra cut herself off. She instantly recognized that voice.

The figure revealed herself to be Gothel but with gray hair.

"Mother. Yes. It is." The ghost said. Cassandra stood in shock.

"Are you going to the castle?" Little Cass asked Gothel. "Can I come?"

"Absolutely not, Cassandra!" Gothel snapped. "You know your place is here."

Little Cass looked dejected after that. Gothel rolled her eyes.

"Oh, stop with the pouting. It's very unbecoming." She said but crouched down to Cass's level afterward. "Now, Mother needs to rush off for just a teensy tiny moment. I won't be gone long. This cottage isn't going to clean itself." She laughed.

"Mama?" Little Cass asked, offering Gothel the music box. Gothel sighs.

"Must I do everything?" She snarled slightly but took the music box and winded it nonetheless.

"Thank you, mama."

"Yes, dear."

Time skip

After keeping them in for so long, Cassandra finally let her tears fall.

"I'm sorry that happened to you, Cassandra." The ghost girl said, reappearing. "Sometimes, the most painful truths are the most difficult to remember. You always felt outshined by Rapunzel, haven't you?

Even though Cassandra was heartbroken at the reveal, she couldn't help but feel more suspicious of the ghost in front.

"And you always will." She continued. "Unless..."