The Stabbingtons are after me… I have to line up a buyer… Really, it’s not a good time.” And also, there’s a lot of other things on my plate right now. Anyway, I’m not going anywhere near that place. “What’d you steal this time?” Gina asked interestedly. Afraid I’m not on good terms with the kingdom at this moment.” “I could totally take you to see the lanterns!” Gina protested. And I want you to guide me there,” she added, to Flynn. And for such a sad reason! Not a very joyous marker of her birthday week after all. Never did she guess it was a man-made phenomenon-well known, at that. She knew they weren’t stars, because they didn’t stay she knew they weren’t meteors or comets, because they went up, not down. “They do it every year to commemorate the death of the queen’s only child.”Īll those years, all the things Rapunzel imagined the floating lights to be. “Yeah, the little candles in the paper lantern make them rise up into the air,” Flynn said with a shrug. She didn’t not like the way her two new friends were becoming friends. “Wait,” Rapunzel said, completely mystified. “Buymeapint,” they shouted at the same time, pointing at each other. “You mean the lantern thing they do for the dead princess?” Gina and Flynn asked at the same time. “ Anyway, it was all pretty much the same, same things every day, same things out the window every season, except that every year around now, beautiful golden lights float up into the sky from somewhere northwest of here.” She had been happy there, mostly, and it was all for everyone’s good. Rapunzel didn’t like the looks of pity on their faces.
This is the first time I’ve ever been down. She started to say no, but stopped: she had been literally sent to the tower for her crimes. “You lived by yourself in a tower your whole life?” It could have come out sounding sarcastic, or disbelieving… but there was a note of genuine horror in Flynn’s tone. “Those signs were put there to keep people away, I think.”
“Yes! Are you even listening? I and my mom lived there… well, she lived there more when I was younger. “Wait, you lived in that freakish plague tower?” “Once upon a time, in a lonely tower in the middle of the woods, a girl…” So.” Rapunzel cleared her head and took a deep breath. “Hey,” Gina said loudly, interrupting Rapunzel’s train of not-really-thought. Like he was trying very hard to be suave and mysterious. His mouth kept pulling to one side in that smile… there was something a little fake about it, but also something a little endearing. His eyebrows were heavy and expressive but didn’t overwhelm his face. His eyes were light, light brown like the dark honey that came at the end of the summer when the sumac and serious bushes bloomed. Then he smiled and raised an eyebrow at Rapunzel… which made her feel uneasy. He sat down on a lichen-covered stone that tilted at an uneasy angle. Why you need me, what exactly is going on.” “ …And maybe you can tell me what this is all about. Ha-ha, Rapunzel thought, unconsciously grasping her bag more tightly, feeling the edges of the crown. Though I do need to visit the local branch of my bank and make a quick withdrawal at some point.” He shrugged “I don’t have any pressing appointments anywhere. But her eyes glanced quickly to Flynn, to see what the more experienced adventurer would do. “We’ll hang out here for a while,” Gina said. The book hits shelves September 7, but you can read an exclusive excerpt of What Once Was Mine by Liz Braswell now: Her escape is aided by faces both familiar and new: Flynn Rider and a would-be outlaw named Gina join her on the unexpected adventure. Rapunzel does not leave her tower for eighteen years-until, one day, she decides to flee so she can finally see the beautiful, floating lights that appear every year on her birthday. She and her child are both still healthy, but Rapunzel is born with silver hair and harmful powers-powers that lead to her being locked away for the safety of the kingdom!
#Disney a twisted tale story series
The series has asked questions like, “What if Aladdin never found the lamp?” or “What if Anna and Elsa never knew each other?” Now, the Twisted Tales series is getting tangled up in a new story, this time asking, “What if Rapunzel’s mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?” In the film Tangled, Rapunzel’s mom uses the Sundrop flower to heal herself and deliver Rapunzel as a healthy child-albeit, a healthy child with magical healing powers! In this twist on the story, Rapunzel’s mother mistakenly uses the Moondrop flower instead. The Twisted Tales anthology series of books has been putting unique spins on classic Disney tales since the first book debuted in 2015.
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