Time In The Tower

life in the tower part 2

*1 year later * 

" Rapunzel, seeing as it's your birthday, I got you a gift, " Mother Gothel called into the tower. 

Rapunzel slowly walked to the fire place where Mother Gothel stood holding a mirror. 

" Show me Marcus Tremaine, " Mother Gothel whispered to the mirror at a level that Rapunzel couldn't hear. An image of Marcus kissing another woman displayed on the mirror. It was fake, but Rapunzel would never know. Tears fell from Rapunzel's ocean blue eyes, and she cried, falling to the ground. Sobs racked her body. 

" See? No one in this world loves you. I could have, but you ran away" Mother Gothel said teasingly, making Rapunzel cry harder because she was that unlovable. 

As the days passed, Rapunzel grew more cold and dark. Every month, Mother Gothel came back with another fake video of Marcus and the woman. She gave up hope of leaving. Days turned into months, and months turned into six years. Today had been horrible. Mother Gothel had shown Rapunzel a video of Marcus murdering Anastasia, her oldest daughter. The lanterns that filled the sky every day on her birthday lit the sky. Deciding she had had enough of the tower, she looked around at her home for most of her life. She hooked her hair onto the same hook she had 19 years ago.