Sisters Tangled Adventure

Before Ever After Part 1

"This is the story of how I died...and went to heaven!" Eugene chuckled at the joke. "Okay, so the Kingdom of Corona, to be exact, but hey, let's not get hung up on semantics. Once upon a time, a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens, but so did...a drop of moonlight—you know what? I'm just gonna give you the rapid-fire shorthand here. The sundrop created a golden flower with healing powers, and the moondrop created an opal. Creepy, old, Mother Gothel sang a song to said flower to regain her youth. Yada, yada, yada, the queen got sick, flower healed queen, queen gave birth to Rapunzel, who was born with the flower's magical healing powers. Everything was all flying lanterns and cheering subjects, until Gothel stole the princess and kept her locked into a tower for 18 long years. Now for the opal, and I know we're getting off track, but get this. King Edmund of the Dark Kingdom left the opal as a gift for the king and queen's youngest daughter for the celebration of her birth after Rapunzel was gone, but she ended up getting its dark power. So they sent the opal back to the Dark Kingdom, and isolated the princess in the castle for 14 years. Then Rapunzel was rescued by a dashing, steely-eyed, suave, smoldering, devilishly charming rouge. Now, some people might have called him a thief, but I always preferred the term 'misunderstood good guy.' You see, it wasn't always easy for young Eugene. Raised as an orphan on the rough streets of-"

"Hey, Eugene," Rapunzel interrupted the story. "Focus?"

"Huh? Oh, right. Sorry. So, the beautiful young maiden, that's you, and the handsome rogue, that's me, made a deal. We followed some lanterns, I saved you from Gothel, you saved me from death, and then you got arguably the world's most overly dramatic haircut. And then-"

"And then I was reunited with my long-lost family," Rapunzel finished for him. "Well...not all of them. But that is where our new story began. Six months had passed, I was loving life inside the kingdom of Corona, and my coronation to officially become princess had finally come."

"We all had a few surprises that day. Didn't we, sunshine?"

Pascal squeaked at him in laughter. "Laugh it up, frog!"

"Now, I know what you're all thinking. Yes, Eugene and I did get married. But make no mistake, getting to the wedding day and our happily ever after would be the biggest adventure we would ever face...including meeting my little sister."

"Ooh, that's good."

Rapunzel was jumping up and down in excitement as they were waiting in front of the archway of the castle. King Frederic and Queen Arianna were standing behind her, both of them skeptical. They would be happy to see their youngest daughter again, of course, but they didn't know how she would react to Rapunzel being back. She had been away for almost 9 months at another kingdom to help it thrive as it needed her help, and it was the first time that she had been outside of the castle for years. After Rapunzel's captivity...they were worried that the same would happen to their little girl, and they had to send her off with almost half the guards they had. But deep down, they knew that she would be okay...

"I can't wait to meet her!" Rapunzel exclaimed happily. "Do you think that she'll recognize me? I mean...I did lose my hair after all."

"She was so young when we told her what happened to you," King Frederic reminded himself with a sad sigh. Harmony didn't really know much of that night...all she knew was that her sister was taken, and that no one knew when she would return. Since then, she had been buried into her princess duties, to distract herself of the reminder that her sister was gone...

"And she's changed...a lot since then," Queen Arianna gave a small frown.

"She's my sister! What could be so different?" Rapunzel asked and before they could give an answer, a whinny was heard. They looked up ahead and saw the royal carriage arriving in their direction. She gasped at its appearance.