I Promise [Jackunzel & Mericcup]

Prologue

It was the start of the cold, winter season in the 21st Century. The snow fell gently and you could feel the cool breeze blowing. The town was preparing decorations for Christmas for the month of September has started.

                But, back in the woods, just a few steps away from the town, was Jack sitting down on the highest branch of a tree, watching the sparkling lights come from the decorations and lights of the town. His disconsolate eyes glowed as the moon’s light shined down on him.

‘Hi. My name is--… Well, you probably know that by now. It’s been a year since I became a guardian… And I can tell you that people are starting to believe in me little by little. I guess you’re wondering what I’m doing here and creating some chaos in town… Well, don’t worry! I’ll be doing that in a bit! I just wanna tell you guys a bit of a story. And it starts waaay back to only 50 years after being chosen.’

 

Jack was flying around the sky, causing chaos with his snow abilities in different places. He was exploring the land more when he noticed a town looking pretty busy. People were preparing special meals and dancing to the music being played and the others putting on decorations around the whole town.

Jack decided to take a look and know what was happening. He then heard from one of the townspeople that the queen has just given birth to a healthy baby girl. She was said to be a bit odd since she had long, blonde hair while her parents had brown hair. This news made Jack curious which made him sneak into the palace and have a close look at the baby.

He entered the Palace and first hung around with the King and Queen to know more about the newly-born baby.

“Huh… The king & queen look familiar… Maybe they were just one of the kids I visited before,” Jack said to himself, wondering where he last saw the king and queen.

“So, what’s the name of your little angel?” Jack asked, knowing that he wouldn’t really receive any response.

“As we light the first lantern in the sky, so shall the whole town light theirs and the night sky will be filled with floating lanterns,” the king said to the queen.

“Honey, you’ve been telling me that eversince I recovered consciousness,” the queen teased.

The king chuckled, “I just can’t believe that both of my angels are safe”.

The queen gave the king a sweet smile as the king held her hands.

“Well, then, we’d better prepare Rapunzel for the celebration of her birth, already,” the queen said, suddenly emphasizing the name Rapunzel.

The King and queen walked away towards the Royal Kitchen to check on the feast being prepared.

“Oh, that’s an interesting name… Rapunzel,” Jack said, putting a small smile on his face and looked for the princess’ room.

As he finally found the room of Rapunzel, he took a peak at her crib and smiled at the most angelic-looking baby he has ever seen in his entire life.

“Hey there, Rapunzel! How’s your first taste of life?” Jack said, making a small wave to the baby.

Rapunzel suddenly couldn’t stay still and was giggling.

Jack found it a bit funny and suddenly put up a silly face. When he did, Rapunzel giggled more which made Jack a bit surprised.

“Are your parents here, already?” Jack looked behind him, but there was no sign of Rapunzel’s parents… He was the only one there.

Jack looked back at Rapunzel… Putting up a surprised face, hoping that what he was thinking was true. He leaned closer to look at Rapunzel, clinging on to a little bit of Hope.