Vincent Gets Tangled with Rapunzel

chapter 5

Rapunzel held the hairbrush, very curious that it came from her long-lost parents, but she had been told all her life that her parents abandoned her. "I just don't get it... Why would Gothel--"

"I'll tell you what Gothel's up to," Hobie spoke up.

"What?" Vincent and Rapunzel asked.

"No good, that's what!" Hobie narrowed his eyes.

"Thank you, that's very helpful." Penelope and Vulpix said sarcastically in unison.

"Oh, a big fat hairy spider." Hobie pointed.

Penelope yelped after she put down a stack of books and jumped up in fear, landing on the ground, but now made a gaping hole in the middle of the floor.

"Hobie!" Vulpix growled, about to fry the rabbit.

Vincent shook his head.

"How are we gonna fix this?" Penelope scoffed at the large hole caused by her.

"Don't worry," Rapunzel soothed as she carried a candle to take a closer look. "We'll think of something."

"We'd need to cover it up with some nailed down pieces of wood." Vincent said.

"Hmm..." Rapunzel kept looking.

Penelope, Vulpix, and Hobie looked into the hole too and saw a whole other place. That was odd.

"What's down there?" Vulpix asked.

"Going down!" Vincent called as he jumped down to take a look.

Hobie looked worried about this. Rapunzel joined him with a hand candle.

"What is this place, Rapunzel?" Vincent asked.

"A tunnel, it must lead to somewhere, because there's a draft." Rapunzel said.

"Let's explore." Vincent suggested, being adventurous.

Rapunzel shook her head. "I don't think this is such a good idea."

"There's the statement of the eighteenth century." Hobie said.

"Plus there could be bugs," Penelope said. "Lots of bugs."

"I've never been outside the magic wall..." Rapunzel thought about it. "This is my chance. Maybe, my only chance. I'm going."

"Wait for me, Papa!" Vulpix jumped down.

Vincent then caught his Pokemon in his arms.

"Count me in!" Penelope went to join them, but she found herself getting stuck. "This isn't going the way I planned! Sorry, guys."

"It's okay, Penelope." Vincent said.

"Why couldn't you fall six inches to the left?" Hobie scoffed.

Penelope narrowed her eyes. "Next time, I'll sit on you."

"What about you, Hobie?" Rapunzel asked.

"Me? Down there? I'd better stay right here with Penelope," Hobie excused. "Someone has to keep her out of trouble while Spike and Matches are busy."

That excuse made Penelope glare at the rabbit.

"Okay, we'll be back soon." Vincent said.

"We'll be here, worrying." Hobie nodded back.

Rapunzel, Vulpix, and Vincent then went through the passage with Rapunzel's candle as their only source of light.

"It looks like this tunnel hasn't been used in years." Vincent said.