Chapter 6: Secrets No More
Gothel came into The Snuggly Duckling. "Anyone seen a girl with long blonde hair?" She questioned. "Hide!" Cassandra exclaimed as she grabbed her hand. Hook Hand showed them an exit that was a trap door. "Thank you." Rapunzel said. She kissed him. Cassandra rolled her eyes. Then, they headed down the tunnel.
"So, Cassandra, where are you from?" Rapunzel questioned. "Raps, I don't talk about my past." Cassandra explained. Just then, they heard footsteps. They turned around to see Gothel. "RUN!" They explained.
They ran out of the tunnel onto the cliff. Cassandra stopped her and Rapunzel. Rapunzel lassoed her hair around a branch and swung. She landed on another cliff and grabbed Cassandra and pulled her up. Gothel had a shocked look on her face. "YOU SHOULD SEE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE! YOU LOOK-" Cassandra began. She ran into a poll. "Ridiculous." She finished, weakly. Rapunzel pulled her up. They ran away from the dam before it flooded.
They ran into a cave. The cave flooded. Rapunzel dove down. She struggled to breathe, swim, and see. Cassandra punched the rock wall. She scared her fist. She held it. Rapunzel flapped her arms around. Cassandra grabbed her by the sides and picked her up. She pulled back some hair out of Rapunzel's face. "Look, it's picth black down there." Cassandra explained. Rapunzel began to cry. "I knew I shouldn't have left the tower." She admitted. "No… No…" Cassandra soothed. "I was abandoned in an accident when I was eight.".
"And I have magic hair that glows when I sing!".
"WHAT?!".
"Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back back what once was mine, what once was mine.". Rapunzel's hair began to glow. It showed a hole in the rock wall. Cassandra pushed the rocks. They fell out of the cave. "We're alive!" Rapunzel exclaimed as she ran out of the river. "Her hair glows! How long has it been doing that!?" Questioned Cassandra. "Oh, it does more than just glow." Explained Rapunzel. Pascal smiled. "Why is he smiling at me?".
Later that evening, Rapunzel wrapped her hair around Cassandra's scar. "You're being weird wrapping your hair around my injured hand." She told her. "Sorry, this might be weird, but I have a plan." Rapunzel repiled. Cassandra smiled. Rapunzel began to sing:
"Power of the sun
Gift me with your light
Shine into the dark
Restore our fading sight
Rise into the dawn
Blazing star so bright
Burn away the strife
Let my hope ignite
Let hope ignite"
Her hair began to glow. She unwrapped her hair. Cassandra's hand was healed! Cassandra gasped. "Please don't freak out." Rapunzel begged. Cassandra sighed. "Can I tell you a sad story?" Cassandra questioned. Rapunzel scooted closer. Cassandra chuckled.
"As you know, I was abandoned in an accident when I was eight. One day, me and my best friend, Ari, we were just playing with my guitar and my birth mother came in and took the guitar from me and she played a dark incantation. And… Black gas came out of my guitar. It made her very sick. So, I was adopted by the Captain of the Guards and his wife, Ari's handmaid. The next day a nurse sang a song about a drop of sunlight that fell down to Earth and became a cord that could heal any injury or sickness. So that night I went back to my house and got the cord. I put it on my guitar and played the very incarnation you just sang and healed Arianna." Cassandra explained. Rapunzel smiled.
"She was pregnant, so the next morning Arianna had a baby and you remind me of it had green eyes and golden hair, just like you.". Rapunzel smiled. "But, that night my mother broke into the castle and kidnapped the baby.". Rapunzel gasped. "Hey, promise me one more thing, no more secrets.".
"Secrets no more. And when I make a promise, I never ever break that promise.".
Both the girls and Pascal snuck up next to each other and went to sleep.