Chapter 10: The Welcoming Home Ball

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[Saturday had arrived, which meant it was the day of the grand ball and everyone was so excited about it. As usual, Rapunzel woke up at five am, she went to the bathroom, washed her hands, brushed her teeth, washed her face, got dressed, did her bed, and by then it was five-thirty. She went to the kitchen with Pascal to get some breakfast and, of course, the staff already had their breakfast ready. Rapunzel ate a few scrambled eggs, a little bit of bacon, two waffles topped with hot strawberry syrup, and a cup of hot chocolate milk. Pascal also ate his breakfast, Rapunzel then went back up to her room, brushed her teeth, read for half an hour the Bible that her parents had given her, and then she went outside to her balcony with Pascal. She sat on the floor and closed her eyes as she felt the morning air, the quietness, and watched the sun come up. At exactly seven am, she went back to her bedroom, changed into workout clothes, stretched for half an hour, and started to do various exercises from eight am up until ten am. Her maids prepared her a bubble bath with her favorite flower essence, white lily, and then they put boiling rocks to heat the cold water leaving it at a nice temperature since they didn't have hot running water. Rapunzel quickly took her bath and washed her hair with her favorite shampoo that smelled like wildflowers, she dried up, put on her marigold, magnolia, and rose body moisturizer, dressed up, combed her short brown hair, and by then it was 10:30 am. She then left her room but bumped into Eugene]
Rapunzel: Morning, Eugene
Eugene: Good Morning, sunshine, I was just going to see if you were awake
Rapunzel: I am but it looks like you had a lazy morning
Eugene: I'm still recovering from the week-long party, what time did you get up?
Rapunzel: Five am, like always
Eugene: Five am, again?!
Rapunzel: I've been waking up for years at that time, so my body is used to waking up at five am, and I get a lot done
Eugene: I don't think I could get up at that time anymore, anyway, are you ready for tonight?
Rapunzel: Yeah, but I'm still a bit nervous
Eugene: That's natural, you're gonna be meeting lots of royals, but don't worry, everything is gonna be fine, so just be yourself
Rapunzel: Thanks, Eugene
(She wraps her arms around his neck and he wraps his arms around her waist)
Eugene: God, I love the way you smell, you smell like a bunch of different flowers
Rapunzel: That'd be my wildflower shampoo and my marigold, rose, and magnolia moisturizer
Eugene: You smell amazing
Rapunzel: So do you, you smell like the woods, the forest, the trees, it's alluring
Eugene: Mmm, yeah?
Rapunzel: Yeah
(They share a passionate kiss but just then someone clears their throat making them pull away)
Maid #1: Your highness, you need to go pick your dress for tonight with the royal dressmaker, Mr.Fitzhebert needs to choose out his outfit as well, you also have to choose out the flowers, tablecloths, and decorations, your highness, and after you choose your outfit, Mr.Fitzherbert, the king and queen would like an audience with you
Rapunzel: Ok, thank you
Eugene: We're on our way
[They go with the maid, Rapunzel chooses out her dress without letting Eugene see it, Eugene chooses out his outfit, and then he leaves to go talk to the king and queen while Rapunzel starts choosing out everything]
{With the king and queen}
Eugene: You wanted to see me, your highnesses?
Queen Arianna: Yes, Eugene, it's about something important
King Frederic: What we want to know is, um, how many kingdoms are you wanted in, Eugene?
Eugene: O-Oh, um, just a f-few
Captain of the guards: I'd be happy to tell you in just how many kingdoms this fool is wanted in, your highnesses. He's wanted in the Kingdom of Equis, in the city of Vardaros, in the kingdom of Pincosta and the hamlet of Pincosta, in the kingdoms of Ravenberg and Doveberg, which will be connected very soon, I imagine. He's also wanted in the three kingdoms of Italy. Koto, Glowerhaven, and Seahaven
Queen Arianna: Seahaven? The kingdom where I'm from?
King Frederic: Oi, this isn't going to be easy
Eugene: What's going on?
Queen Arianna: We're trying to get you political pardon in all the places where you have stolen from. Rapunzel told us how you separated what you stole and so we want to help you
King Frederic: Maybe if we tell them how he was distributing part of what he stole to the orphanage where he was from and how he was a minor when he started thieving, they'll grant him their pardons?
Queen Arianna: I can easily get him the pardon in Seahaven
King Frederic: The others will be a little bit tricky
(Eugene was going to interrupt him but King Frederic stopped him)
King Frederic: And don't you start talking about ruining your reputation, Eugene, son
Eugene: I wasn't, your majesty, I want to thank you for trying to help me, but I'm responsible for what I did, and I need to fix it on my own
Queen Arianna: That speaks very highly of you, but we're still going to try to help you, whether you want it or not, so there's no point in you trying to argue against us
King Frederic: Another thing that I want to ask you is what are your intentions with our daughter?
Eugene: Your highnesses, I love your daughter very much, she's the love of my life, I would never force her to do something she didn't want to do or hurt her in any way, I respect her, and I want to make her happy, I want to spend the rest of my life by her side
Queen Arianna: Good answer
King Frederic: Now get out, go riding, or go help Rapunzel with the decorations, or something
(Eugene slightly laughs)
Eugene: Ok
(He leaves)
Captain of the guards: He's a good man, deep down with good feelings
Queen Arianna: Are we growing fond of Mr.Fitzherbert, captain?
Captain of the guards: Of course not, your highness, if you'll excuse me
(He starts walking away)
King Frederic: I think you are
Captain of the guards: No I am not, I cannot stand that slacker!
(He leaves and the king and queen laugh)
[Since Rapunzel was done choosing everything, she and Eugene have lunch, go brush their teeth, then go riding into town to help all of their thug friends continue setting up their shops and opening them to the public, which took a few hours. Around 5:30 pm, they get back to the castle, and they have dinner with Rapunzel's parents. After dinner, Rapunzel brushes her teeth once again, she takes another long and relaxing bath, and at seven-thirty she gets out. She dries herself, puts on her marigold, rose, and magnolia body moisturizer, her undergarments, she then puts on her white silk slip, her white silk drawers, she ties it behind her back, then puts on her petticoat, ties it behind her back, clips on her corset, and finally gets out of the bathroom]
{In her bedroom}
[Her mother tightens her corset but not too tight or too loose, just right, she puts on Rapunzel the buckle pad and tied it around her corset, she puts on her corset cover, and Rapunzel buttoned it up and tied it. Queen Arianna fixed it for her, she helped her put on her fancy petticoat, then helped her into her dress, she secured it, Rapunzel put on a pair of soft, sensible, comfortable lilac flat shoes, her mom put on Rapunzel just a little bit of powder, colored her lips with a strawberry, put her tiara on her head, Rapunzel put her earrings on, her mom put a necklace around Rapunzel's neck, and by then Rapunzel was ready, just in time for the ball]
*Rapunzel's outfit*

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