The Deal

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Mother Gothel's P.O.V:

I couldn't wait to see my beautiful daughter. "Clementine, let down your hair" "Coming Mother!" She finally let down her hair. "Welcome home Mother" "Oh dear, how you manage to do that every single day, it looks exhausting." "Oh, it's nothing really" "Then I don't know why it takes so long." "I'm just teasing with you, stop taking everything so seriously." She gave a light laugh. "So Mother, I'm turning 18, and, well I was wondering if well..." "Clementine, look in that mirror, I see a strong, confident, beautiful, young lady. Oh look you're here too." "Clementine dear, would you sing for mother, mother is feeling a little run down at the moment." "Oh, of course." She ran to get the chair and the brush and the chair that she sat on. (Really Quickly) "Flower gleam and glow let your power shine bring back what once was mine, heal what has been hurt change the fates design bring what once was mine." "'CLEMENTINE!" "So mother, as I was saying tomorrow is a really big day for me, it's my birthday, tada..." "No No, can't be, I distinctly remember, you're birthday was last year." "That's the funny thing about birthdays, they're kind of an annual thing." "Mother, what I really want for this birthday, well what I've wanted for quite a few birthdays..."  "Clementine, stop with the Mumbling, you know how I feel about the mumbling. Oh, I'm just teasing." "I WANT TO SEE THE FLOATING LANTERNS!" "What?" "I want to see the lights." "Oh, you mean the stars." "That's the thing, I've charted stars and their always constant, but these, these are special they only come out on my birthday. I feel like they're for me."

You want to go outside? Why Clementine. Look at you, as fragile as a flower, still a little sapling, just a sprout. You know why we stay up in this tower. I know but... that's right to keep you safe and sound dear. Guess I always knew this day was coming, knew that soon you'd want to leave the nest. Soon, but not yet. But... Trust me pet. Mother knows best! Mother knows best. Listen to your mother. It's a scary world out there. Mother knows best. One way or another. Something will go wrong, I swear. Ruffians, thugs, poison ivy, quicksand, cannibals and snakes. The plague, no, Yes! But... Also large bugs, Men with pointy teeth, and Stop, no more, you'll just upset me. Mother's right here, Mother will protect you.  Darling, here's what I suggest.  Skip the drama, Stay with mama, Mother knows best. Mother knows best, Take it from your mumsy, on your own, you won't survive. Sloppy, underdressed, immature, clumsy, please they'll eat you up ALIIIIIVE! Gullible, Naîve, positively grubby, ditzy and a bit well, hmm vague.  Plus, I believe, gettin' kind of chubby. I'm just saying 'cuz I wuv you.  Mother understands,  Mother's here to help you, All I have is one request!

"Clementine"?

"Yes"?

"Don't ever ask to leave this tower again"?

"Yes Mother"

"I love you VERY much dear"

"I love you more"

"I love you most"

Don't forget it, You'll regret it. Mother knows best.

My P.O.V: (Clementine 18 years old)

(Talking to myself). "So Mother, you think I can't handle myself out there?" "Well, tell that to my frying pan here." *hit myself in the head with the pan* *laughs*, "you're wrong." I couldn't believe it. "I have a person in my closet!" I couldn't wait until Mother came home and I could show her that I could go out into the world and look out for myself and defend myself. "Clementine, let down your hair" Oh my goodness, it was time. I couldn't believe I was going to ask her this and do this. Yoshi stood up proudly on my shoulder. "I know, I know. Quickly hide, we can't let her see you." "I've got a surprise for you. "I do too." Oh, I bet my surprise is bigger." I seriously doubt it" "I brought parsnips home, I'm making Parsnip, Leek and Potato soup for dinner" "Oh Clementine, you know how I hate leaving you after a fight, especially when I have done absolutely nothing wrong." "Mother, I have been thinking a lot about what you said before and..." "I hope you're not still talking about the lights Clementine, because I really thought we dropped the issue sweetheart."Floating lights and yes, I'm leading up to that..." "Clementine we are done talking about this." "But if you would just listen. You think I can't handle myself out there..." Oh honey, I know you can't handle yourself out there." "But if you would just listen..." ENOUGH WITH THE LIGHTS CLEMENTINE!!! YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS TOWER, EVER!!!" I watched in anger and saddness as Clementine tentatively moved her hand away from the chair holding the closet closed. "All I was going to say mother is... that I know what I want for my birthday." "And what is that!" "New paints, the paints made from the seashells you once brought me." "Well that is a very long trip Clementine, almost three days time." "I just thought it would be a better idea than the, stars." "Are you sure you'll be alright?" "I know that I'm safe as long as I'm here." "I will back in three days time." "And I'll be waiting." As soon as Mother was gone, I ran over to the closet and I tentatively opened the closet and the guy fell out. I tied him to a chair with my hair. He woke up due to my little pet chameleon Yoshi. He stuck his tongue into the guy's ear and was then thrown off when the guy suddenly woke up. Yoshi climbed onto my shoulder. "How did you find me, when no one else has been able to find me?" "What is your name?" The guy sat up and introduced himself as Carlos Rackley. I told him that if he helped me, I would give him his satchel back. "It is in the pot over by the stairs, isn't it?" he asked. I knocked him over the head with the frying pan again. I put the satchel under the first stair. He woke up again with Yoshi's tongue in his ear. "Now you will never find it." He asked me what I wanted. "I want you to take me to see the floating lights." "You mean the floating lanterns?" he asked. "Lanterns.." "So that's what they are," I told him that I wanted him to take me to see them. I promised to give his satchel back. I made it very clear to him that "When I make a promise, I NEVER break that promise, EVER!" He finally agreed. I was so happy, that I accidentally let go of the chair and he fell on his face. "Sorry," I said. "I think you broke my smoulder." 


Carlos' P.O.V:

I awoke to a Chameleon tongue in my ear. I jumped and he fell off. "What the hell is wrapped around my body?!" "Is this hair?" "Yes it is, and don't think about struggling, it won't do you any good." I focused on the dark form that was in the shadows. The girl then came into the light, and I saw that she had long hair the same colour as the hair that I was currently tied to a chair in.  "Who are you and how did you find me?" "I am Carlos Rackley." She stopped for a second and held a frying pan to my face. I was really worried. She then lowered the frying pan and came towards the chair. "I have put your satchel somewhere you'll never find it," she said. "It is in the pot over there isn't it?" She knocked me out again. "Now you'll never find it".  She went over to a wall and pulled open a pair of heavy looking curtains to reveal a beautiful painting of a girl with long blonde hair watching the floating lanterns. "I want you to take me to see these lights" "You mean the lanterns?" "So that's what they are, Lanterns." She jumped down and asked me to help her in return for my satchel.  I agreed. She was so happy that she dropped the chair and I fell on my face. "I think you broke my smoulder." "Sorry". she said frantically.  


No One's P.O.V: 

Look at the world so close, and I'm halfway to it! Look at it all so big, do I even dare? Look at me, there, at last, I just have to do it! Should I? NO! Here I go... 

Just smell the grass! the dirt! Just like I dreamed they'd be! Just feel that summer breeze! The way it's calling me! For the first time EVER! I'm completely free! 

I could go running, and racing, and dancing, and chasing, and leaping, and bounding, hair flying, heart pounding, and splashing, and reeling, and finally feeling. That's when my life begins!


Clementine's (My) P.O.V:

"I can't believe I did this! I can't believe I did this. I can't believe I did this! Haha! Mother would be furious, but that's alright. What she doesn't know won't kill her, right? Oh my gosh, this would KILL her! This is soo fun!!! I am a horrible daughter, I'm going back. I am never going back!!! Woo - Hoo!!! I am a despicable human being. WOOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!" This is the best day of my life. I couldn't believe that I was outside of the tower. I had never been out before. Mother didn't let me out. I still don't know why. The world isn't as bad as I thought it was. It was absolutely beautiful. "Listen Blondie..." "It's Rapunzel Carlos." "Gazuntite" "I think you're having an internal war with yourself." "I guess I am." "I just think that this would break her heart," Carlos said that I needed to just be a rebel sometimes. " You need to stop feeling so bad and just go ahead and break her heart and crush her soul." "Break her heart?" "In half." "Crush her soul?" "Like a grape." "Oh My Gosh, she WOULD be heartbroken!" Carlos looked at me. "OK. I am letting you out of the deal, here's your pan and your frog. Let's mend a mother/daughter relationship and..." "No, I am going to see those lanterns! and you are going to take me!" "Oh Come ON!" "Fine."


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