Everyone had just finished singing (except for Flynn and Y/N of course), when suddenly the chief of the royal guard burst through the door.
"Where is he?! Where's Ryder?!" He yelled out. A few other guards and... a horse, followed after him.
"Search everywhere, don't leave one stone unturned". Thankfully, Y/N had heard the sounds of hooves coming towards the inn and yanked Flynn and Rapunzel behind a table to hide. Hookhand signalled to his mates to distract the guards while he helped them escape. Not only were there guards, but the two Stabbington Brothers, Flynn's old 'partners' in crime. They were handcuffed together, and one guard was keeping watch whilst the others searched, pointing a spear right at them.
Hookhand pulled a lever to open up a secret trapdoor, leading to underground tunnels, which was conveniently here for whatever reason.
"Go, live your dream", he whispered, gently.
"Thanks", Flynn replied, ready to jump at any second.
"Your dream stinks, I was talking to her", Hookhand retorted. Rapunzel smiles and kissed him on the cheek, making him blush slightly.
"Thanks", she said before hopping down into the tunnels below, soon followed by Flynn.
"You're alright too I suppose, kid", Hookhand said, winking happily at Y/N.
"You're not too bad yourself, you betta give me VIP tickets to your first concert when I come back", she whispered, patting him on the shoulder and then jumping after Rapunzel. Hookhand waves goodbye and then shut up the trapdoor.
The horse, who's name was Maximus, was sniffing all around the pub, over every table, chair and floorboard. His ears suddenly pricked up as he sniffed out the tunnels. He stood on his hind legs and pointed a hoof down at the tunnel entrance, smiling smugly. The guards, didn't quite understand until he pulled the lever. They then all headed down, chasing down Flynn, Rapunzel, and Y/N.
"Well, I've gotta to say, I didn't know you had it in you back there, that was... pretty impressive, standing up to those thugs like that", Flynn remarked. He was holding a dim lantern in front of him which he'd picked up from an old skeleton back down the tunnel somewhere.
"I know!!!" Rapunzel yelled, realising how silly she sounded. "I know...".
"And you weren't bad I guess, embers", he said, nudging Y/N at the arm a bit.
"It's Y/N not embers, you moron, but thanks anyways". A slight silence filled the cave as they walked.
"So... Flynn, where're you from?" Rapunzel inquired, playfully, looking at him in a mischievous sort of way".
"Woah woah there, Blondie, I don't do backstories, though I'm becoming increasingly intrigued with yours. Now I know I'm not supposed to ask about the hair..."
"No." Rapunzel replied.
"Or the mother..."
"Uh uh".
"Frankly I'm too scared to ask about the frog".
"Chameleon". Rapunzel and Y/N said in unison. Pascal gave a sort of appreciative nod towards Y/N.
"My question is, if you wanted to see those lanterns so badly, why hadn't you gone before".
"Uh-Huh.... well", Rapunzel started nervously. "Let's ask about Y/N's backstory first. Y/N, where did you get your..."
"No way Rapunzel, you are not shifting this onto me. Not only did Flynn ask about you, not me, but I'm also missing the first 6 years of my life from my memory, so my life story is pretty uneventful. Do I know why I have these powers? No. Do I know where I came from, who my family is or how I got to where I live now? No. Do I have any clue what I'm actually doing in general. None whatsoever. End of life story, done". Just as Flynn was about to say something, rocks began to fall down from the ceiling above.
"Uh, Flynn? Flynn?!" Rapunzel yelled, heading the footsteps behind them get louder, until they suddenly saw the palace guards sprinting at full pace towards them.
"Rider!!!!" Yelled the chief, obviously infuriated.
"Run!" Yelled Y/N, springing ahead and burning down the planks of wood blocking the way out. Below them was a large valley, with a waterfall falling down one side, and a wooden aqua duct running down from another cliff side across from the one they were on now. Rapunzel, wrapped her hair around one of the large metal posts and swung herself all the way over to the other cliff side, chucking the frying pan to Flynn before doing so.
The guards had finally caught up to them, and were unsheathing they're swords. "I've waited a long time for this moment, Rider", the chief spoke, slowly and smugly. Suddenly all the guards began lunging at Flynn and Y/N with their swords, but Flynn bashed them round with the pan. Y/N pressed her hand down onto the pan, charging up the metal to a very high temperature, so when he hit the guards they'd get more than just a bruise. "Oh mama I have got to get me one of these", Flynn exclaimed, throwing and catching the pan playfully.
The only one left was Maximus, the real chief of the guard. He had one of the swords in his mouth and was jabbing and poking at Flynn. Y/N jumped up onto Maximus' back and was trying to pull him away from Flynn but he was too strong. Eventually Maximus managed to jab the frying pan and it flew out of Flynn's hand down into the valley.
"Butterfingers", muttered Y/N.
"How about best two out of three", Flynn smiled before putting his hands up for surrender. Rapunzel threw her hair across to Flynn with remarkable aim and it wrapped around his hand tight. Rapunzel then yanked her hair, pulling Flynn with him. Just as he was tumbling over the edge he grabbed Y/N's hand and held onto her for dear life.
"Guys, look out!" Rapunzel yelled as Flynn and Y/N swung over the Stabbington Brothers. Y/N cast down a few embers down onto them to stop them from grabbing them. The brothers began panicking and patting their hair to put the fire out.
"Aha! You should have seen your faces because you looked", he smacked into a wooden pillar sticking out of the aqueduct, luckily Y/N had jumped onto it instead of into it. "Ridiculous", he finished. Rapunzel winced slightly.
Maximus has started to kick down a tall wooden pole that acted as a bridge for him and the guards who were now slowly regaining consciousness. The pole was part of the huge dam which was practically an entire wall of the valley, and water began gushing out of the gap. Flynn had finally climbed onto the aqua duct as well and had tied Rapunzel's hair to it, allowing her to swing down to the ground.
"Come on, Blondie! Jump!" He yelled to her, frantically. Rapunzel took a big leap of faith just as Maximus was going to grab her hair with his teeth. She swung all along and underneath the aqueduct before skidding on the water and landing. Unfortunately this meant that the aqueduct began to fall apart, Flynn was skidding down it like a slide, as Y/N cautiously followed after, making sure she didn't get too much water on her. Obviously, for someone who has fire powers, water would be extremely dangerous for her. They landed down onto the ground, just as the whole of the dam broke down and a huge tsunami like wave was heading straight towards them. It first washed over the guards and Maximus, then the brothers, which at least meant they weren't on fire anymore, and made its way towards the golden trio. The wave pushed over a giant rocky pillar, forcing it to fall down towards them. Everyone had grabbed a part of Rapunzel's hair and was running toward a tiny little cave in the wall. They all managed to run inside there, just before the pillar blocked the entrance trapping them (Flynn grabbed the frying pan before it got crushed).
