The Big Five [ON HOLD]

~18~

I was awoken by my door opening.

"It's pitch again." Merida says.

"Oh no, what now?" I groggily say.

"He's terrorizing the city... Again. Get up, we need to stop him." Merida says and the leaves my room.

I hop up and get dressed, running to the living room in seconds.

After that we all go to where pitch is. He is in the middle of the street throwing nightmare sand throughout the city.

"Not again, Pitch." Jack rolled his eyes.

"The big five. What a pleasure. I see dark Elsa didn't have the big of a hold on you." He glared at me while I smirked.

"Well, second times a charm." He replied and shot his nightmare sand at me. I was so shocked I barley had time to stop it, but I put up my hand and froze the ice, stopping it right in front of my face.

"Nice try." I laughed.

We all split up and started fighting pitch and his nightmare sand. Jack and I with our ice, Rapunzel with her hair, Merida with her bows and hiccup with toothless. We pretty much defeated all of the nightmares when Rapunzel's hair got stuck on something on the sidewalk. She tried her best to just pull it out, but it was stuck so well that she had the walk to the object and untangle it.

Pitch saw this as an opportunity. He shot the very last bit of nightmare dust that he had at Rapunzel and all she could do was watch because she didn't have her hair to help her.

"No!" I scream and I freeze the sand, stopping it from coming any closer to her.

Pitch scowled. "Until next time, the Big Five." And flew off.

Rapunzel's was frozen while Merida finished untangling her hair.

"Are you okay, Rapunzel?" Hiccup asked.

Rapunzel turned toward me.

"You just..." She started.

Oh no....

"You just saved me life!" Rapunzel smiled at me. She ran up and hugged me, her hair finally free. "Thank you. So much. And... I apologize for everything that I've done to make you not feel welcome... Do you... Forgive me?"

"Of course I do, Rapunzel." I smiled back at her "i wanted to be your friend this whole time. I'm glad that it's come to this point that we can be friends, finally."

We all get back to the house and hang out for the rest of the day.

Today was actually the best day I've had here.

Until later at night.

I went downstairs and heard Rapunzel and Jack talking in the kitchen.

"Please? Just one.. I won't ask you for one ever again... I just need to know." Rapunzel asked.

"Okay Rapunzel. Just one." Jack sighed

And they did something that broke my heart.

Jack leaned in and Kissed Rapunzel on the lips.

When they finished, Rapunzel smiled and was about to say something. But I cut her off.

"How could you!" I yelled, almost in tears. Who knew how long that could be going on? I thought Jack and I had a thing!

"Elsa! It's not what you think." Jack replied. And Rapunzel nodded.

"I don't want to hear it." I glared at Jack. I then turned toward Rapunzel. "And I can't believe you. After I save you, and we become friends this is the thanks I get? Some friend you are."

"Elsa, please." Rapunzel started.

"Just... Get out of here Rapunzel! I can never forgive you." I turned away from them.

Rapunzel turned toward Jack and he said "yeah. Maybe you should go..."

Rapunzel turned and ran out of the back door.
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Rapunzel POV
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I ran out the back door far into the woods. I can't believe I did that. I just had to know! I can't go back. Elsa's so mad. I don't think she will ever forgive me. And especially the day we became friends.

I keep running until I bump into someone.

"I'm so sorry!" I reply.

"It's alright." They said, the clocked figure sounded familiar.

The person took there hood off and I gasped.

"Hello, Darling!"

"Gothel? What are you doing here? I- I thought you were in Jail!" I shrieked.

"I know. But I heard that you were upset so I broke out. I had to come and talk to you." Gothel reached out.

"No. You're the reason I didn't talk to my family for 17 years!" I yelled.
(A/N she's not 18 like she was in the movie yet)

"Rapunzel. Please. Just listen to me and I'll explain it." Gothel replied and smiled. It looked... Sincere.

I nodded. "Okay..." And we sat down at a rock.

"I will admit. I was selfish. I needed the flower and you to keep me young.  But when the 17 years I spent with you was the best years of my life. I was born with no family. Which made me selfish in keeping the flowers powers and keeping me young. But when I had you as a daughter, I learned that I could love people other then myself. So I just have to say, I'm sorry."

I can't believe Gothel would say anything this sincere...

"Now, tell me. Why did you run away?" She asked me.

I told her everything that happened without hesitation. I needed to get it off my chest and it felt so natural to talk to her about it.

"So I kissed Jack. I needed to know if I felt anything for him anymore. And I don't. Which I'm glad about, him and Elsa deserve to be happy. I'm just crushed that Elsa had to see. I messed up. So I ran away. I don't think I could come back. I'm afraid of what Elsa would do. Or anyone else on that time."

"Oh, honey. I'm sorry. I'm glad I talked to you about this. But now you know exactly what I warned you. The world is a dangerous cruel place. Are you headed back to your kingdom?" Gothel asked.

"No. I told my parents that I'm with the Big five. And if they ask me why I'm back I'll have to tell them why resulting in this huge fight between Arendelle and Corona. I cannot put out kingdoms through that." I replied.

"How brave you are." Gothel sighed. "But where will you go? You can't possibly think about living in the woods..."

"I really didn't think about that..." I replied.

"You don't have to say yes. I would understand if you said no. But... There's still an available room at the tower. My only rule still remains... To never leave the tower. I'm really protecting you from the outside world. I don't like to see you hurt like you are now."

Should I go? Can I trust Gothel?

I sigh. "Okay. Thank you Gothel." I smile

"You can still Call me mother." She smiled back at me.
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