NoahWe both fell asleep on the couch. And for the first time in my life, I dreamt about a future with a family I had always wanted. I saw two little girls with golden hair run towards me as I stood by a beach. They were calling me father and as I picked them up they placed kisses on my cheeks. “Father, look at mother!” they chorused happily. I turned to where their cute little fingers were pointed and I saw Rapunzel. She was their mother. I smiled as this was what my subconscious had wished for since the very first day we met. I started to smile but my smile soon died down as my eyes landed on her hair. They were not long anymore. They looked chopped and they stopped right under her chin. It didn’t take from her beauty but it made her look strange. I started opening my mouth to speak but I slipped out of the dream as a loud voice filled the night air.“Rapunzel, let down your hair!” the voice said. It was her mother. She had said the very same thing when she came home earlier. But

NoahRapunzel and I kept caressing one another until she fell asleep. On the other hand, I couldn’t sleep. What she had told me today and what I had witnessed with her mother made me start looking at the situation with another mindset. The princess of our land was said to be very beautiful before she got kidnapped by an old wicked witch and ever since then, no one had been able to see her. The princess had magical healing powers too and all who touched her found this healing. The people of the town, celebrated her birthday every year and that was why candles were lit up in the sky to appease her innocent soul.But as Rapunzel spoke of her story, I started thinking of the possibility of her being our lost princess. I would have to look at the picture of the castle clearly again to be able to tell. For the princess was really little when she got kidnapped.Which then, brought me to my plans. I would have to take Rapunzel to the palace. The queen would have to see her and confirm if she

NoahAs we drew closer to the exit, a sudden fear tore through me. It was the kind of fear that made you shake from your core to your skin. My heart started beating and my legs became heavy. I couldn’t move. I was looking at the entrance but I couldn’t get to it anymore. It dawn on me that leaving the safe walls of this castle meant my relationship with Rapunzel was going to be tested. She might even find out about what had actually brought me to the castle. The men following after me might catch up with me. I might end up complicating Rapunzel’s life.What was I thinking when I accepted to take her out of the castle so soon?Those guards might have already printed out my pictures and other identification for people to see. I stole the lost princess’s crown! The entire city would be looking out for me.My eyes strained on Rapunzel as she rushed to the door. I was already thinking of how to make her turn around. We could view the lights from her bedroom. I would make love to her and sh

Chapter Twelve: RapunzelI watched as Noah walked deeper into the forest. I wasn’t scared of being left alone, rather I was excited. Everything looked so beautiful. Nothing could harm me in a place like this. The more I looked around the more I became convinced that my mother was just selfishly keeping me in the castle. Nothing wrong could happen to anyone out here –I thought to myself.The tree log felt so smooth under my fingers, none of the chairs in the castle could compare. The trees overhead looked so majestic yet they seemed to bow before me as I stared at them. Just then a yellow butterfly came flying and I reached my hand to it. Butterflies came to the castle once in a while but this one was different. It had the brightest shade of yellow I had ever seen even in my many books. It landed on my forefinger and I smiled sweetly at it. It felt like we could communicate. It was telling me beautiful tales and I was listening –even though I couldn’t understand.But then it flew away

RapunzelDid mother lie to me? –I wondered in my head.“Rapunzel… I don’t want you to put things in your head. I just want you to be happy,” Noah said as he rubbed my upper arm. He was trying to calm me but all I felt was the impending signs of panic.It felt like a bomb of questions had just gone off in my head. No matter how hard I tried to understand the situation, another came up and it became another entanglement of issues. I was having a headache. I leaned on Noah and he gladly comforted me. I was confused beyond doubt about my own existence. Who was I? Did my mother lie to me? If the world outside was really that dangerous, how come she was always outside and not inside with me?Why did she lock me up while she went out as she pleased? Who was my father?All the times I had tried asking her about this, it was either she got really angry with me or she started crying. She had never truly given me and answer about who my father was.What if the Queen never died and the King is my