Tangled Aventures season 1 (Kingdom of Corona)

Chapter 22: Final Exam

"All right Pascal, I think this evening." Rapunzel said putting a flower into a pot. "Okay we're gonna be more than ready for Giovanni tomorrow morning." Rapunzel sighs in relief. Soon both piles of books and stuff fall. "Darling, is everything okay?" Ariana asks her daughter. Rapunzel lifts up a bowl. Her mother laughs. "Let me guess. Your portrait? Let me show you something." Rapunzel got up and followed after her.

Entering a room. Ariana pulls out a painting she kept covered. Pulling off the sheet. "Oh."
Rapunzel giggles. "Sorry. Mom, come on. It's just.." the portrait of her mother. It was wacky and unorganized. Rapunzel sighs, "horrible." "Horrible? Yes, horrible. It's horrible." The Queen laughs. "My point is, we're not always defined by the things we can do, Rapunzel, but rather by the people we are. That's what your portrait should communicate."

Pascal climbs onto her shoulder. He looks over and croaks. Causing her to laugh. "I know. I know. Don't be so smug, Pascal." She said.

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Eugene sat in the room. After the whole day of training he was whipped. "Man, you look like something a cat dragged in." Valor said as she and Cassandra appeared at the door. Eugene looks over at them. "Oh, really? Thanak." He sarcastically replies. "So than you ready to give up?" Cassandra asked him.

"Oh, you'd love that, wouldn't you?" He laughs wryly. "Honestly. I don't care." Cassandra said leaning on the door frame.

"Look, it doesn't matter anyways, okay? "But, Eugene.." "No, because matter how hard I try on that final tomorrow, your dad will cook up some cheap shot to make sure I fail. He wants me out, end of story." Eugene said.

Valor sighs as she and turn to leave. "You know. For someone who has spent most of his life breaking the rules to get what he wants, yourw having an awful lot of trouble dealing with someone who is breaking the rules to get what he wants." Cassandra said. Valor blinks and smiles. "Come Val." Cassandra said.

Valor looks to Eugene. "She's right Eugene. I've seen you do crazy things and they're weren't from following the rules. Be who you are not what your not. Prove him and anyone else like him wrong." Valor waves and walks off, leaving Eugene to figure everything out.

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By dawn. All the trainees where accounted for. Even Shorty who was snoring away. As Valor yawns she greets Cassandra but frowns. "Where's Eugene?" She asked sitting down next to her and Max. "I don't know." Cassandra said. Valor yawns and stretches her arms. "H-hope he shows soon." She said before fishing around her bag. Cassandra takes her eyes off her dada and the others to see Valor pull out a pouch. The black haired teen pulls out some berries and pops a few into her mouth.

"Listen up! The rules are simple." The three friends attention was back on the trainees and the Captain. "Obstacle course. Whistle." Valor glares at it. "Complete the course before the whistle is blows. Is that clear?" He asked them.

"Actually sir, can you go through that one once more?" Eugene asks taking his place in line. Valor noted something was different. She grins wildly. "This is going be fun." She said while Max knickers his agreement.

As the Captain turns to face him, Eugene went on. "It's just by brain is so use to tuning your voice out that I." "..Line up Rider." He orders. "I can't believe you made it this far. But I'm glad you did. Because I made this course especially difficult, just.. for.. you." The Captain threatens him. "I'm touched." Valor chuckles as Eugene hugs the Captain who didn't looked so pleased by it.  "Get off me!" He removes Eugene from his chest. "Go!" He orders.

Everyone took off. Making their way through the obstacle course.  The Captain steps over Shorty and turns over an hour glass. Valor raises an eyebrow watching.

As they went through the course. Raced through mud. The man behind Eugene got caught in a net. Next they had to avoid getting hit. Which again Eugene made it through. Valor and the others were cheering him on. Valor knew even if Cassandra didn't want to admit. She too was rooting for Eugene to win as well.

As Eugene made it to the huge wall. Valor leans forward. "What's your plan?" She whispered. Than Eugene pulls out ya bows and leaps. Using them an anchors. He quick climbs the wall. Valor grins. Now this was the Eugene she meet back before they became friends.

He made it over. And managed to avoid the leveler. Jumping off seconds before the guard before him could send him flying. He was going it almost home free. "Come on, Eugene." Valor said. "Come on."

As he reached the end. The guards lined up. Ready to stop him. Yet nimbly he skids under their legs. He even snatched the belt from Stan. Now he was at the line but stops. "Almost forgot something." Causing
Valor, Cassandra and Max to look at him in bewilderment. "Uh? What's he doing?" Cassandra asked. Valor shrugs in response. "It's Eugene, you never know."

Eugene made his way to Shorty. Then picks him up like a sack of potatoes. He places him over his head. "Someone had to make this challenging." Eugene then sniffs. "Oh. You never did find the me's room, did you Short?" Valor gags. As she realized what was going on. "Man glad I'm here. Though, I can smell something fowl." Valor said. The whole time she was so keen on the things going on, she nearly forgotten her other senses.

Eugene was racing back to the finish line with Shorty on his back. The Captain looks at the hour glass and his face lights up seeing it nearing the end. Right before Eugene could cross. "You lose!" The Captain shouts out. Laughing but as he pats his neck. He quickly realized. "Where's my..?" Valor covers her ears as Eugene blows the whistle.

"Complete the course before the whistle blows, right? Look at that. I can follow rules." He said tossing the whistle back to the Captain. "I'll take a medium uniform, sir athletic fit." The others cheered for him. He had done it. Proven himself worthy.