Vincent Gets Tangled with Rapunzel

chapter 10

"I'm sorry I didn't find out more about your parents." the young man told Rapunzel.

"I'm not giving up." Rapunzel sounded determined.

"Same here." Vincent and Vulpix smiled.

"Good... So... I... I was wondering if... Well... here." the young man sounded nervous and handed a scroll over to Rapunzel.

"'You are invited to the masked ball in honor of the Prince's birthday'." Rapunzel read aloud once she opened the paper up.

"It's tonight," the young man explained. "I would've given it to you sooner, but you are hard to find--"

'Aww! Why weren't we invited?' Vulpix thought to himself.

"You must be pretty important person if you were invited to the prince's ball." Rapunzel said to the young man.

"Oh... I do not know about that," the young man smiled casually. "Will you come?"

"Yes, well, only if Vincent and Vulpix are also invited." Rapunzel said.

"They could come as your guests." the young man allowed.

Vincent and Vulpix smiled that they could come too.

"I'd love to!" Rapunzel agreed then. "It's just ... I've never been to a masked ball. What's it like?"

"You'll see for yourself tonight, I'll pick you three up at 7:00 with my carriage." The young man said.

"No!" Rapunzel unintentionally yelled, then covered it up. "Uh, no... We'll meet you there."

"So mysterious..." the young man smirked. "All right. I guess I'll be able to recognize you behind the mask."

"You think so?" Vincent asked, curiously.

"Of course, her hair," the young man gestured to Rapunzel's golden locks. "It's a beautiful giveaway."

"He's right." Vulpix smiled.

Rapunzel smiled bashfully and then she held hands with the young man.

'Looks like someone is in love.' Vincent thought to himself with a smile.

Gothel had arrived and Penelope and Spike still hadn't left. Spike was ready to go, but Penelope was too chicken. Hobie kept trying to push the purple female dragon through the wall.

"Would you hurry up?!" Matches glared.

"I'm going, I'm going!" Penelope grunted. "Wait, what am I doing?" she then stopped herself.

"Penelope, we don't have time for this!" Spike reminded his sister.

"Just move!" Hobie glared.

Penelope got nervous again, but this time, she actually stepped through the painting.

"Thank Celestia..." Spike muttered before going after her.

"Finally." Matches sighed.

Penelope and Spike disappeared from the tower and came right where Rapunzel, Vincent, Vulpix, and the young man were.

"Yes, we made it!" Spike cheered.

"We actually made it." Penelope smiled.

The young man drew his sword at the two dragons. "Stand back!"

"Wait!" Rapunzel stopped him. "They're our friends!"

"Yeah!" Vincent added.

"Watch it with that thing!" Penelope put the sword down.