The Hidden Secrets of Kingdom Hearts Tangled

            Misata was walking in a forest.  She had just landed in a world that just seemed to be a never ending forest.  Just then, she came across a trail.

            *Huh? Looks like there are horse tracks here.  Maybe I should follow them.*

            Misata then started following the horse tracks on the trail.  But, then they went off the trail into the forest.

            *Augh. Into the forest again?!  I can barely see the tracks in the forest. Oh well.  I guess I should follow them.*

            Misata continues to follow the horse tracks until she hears a noise.

            *Huh? What is that? It sounds like horses.*

            Right when Misata had finished thinking this, a group of horsemen come riding up to her.  All of them were wearing gold armor, but one’s gold armor was shinier and better looking than the others.

            “Excuse me miss, but have you seen this man, Flynn Rider?” said the soldier that was wearing the good looking armor, showing Misata an image of a man…but with an odd shaped nose.

            “No sir. Should I be looking for him?” Misata responded.

            “No. Just inform one of the guards of the kingdom that you found him and give them his location.  Good day.” said the good gold armor wearing soldier, nodding his head goodbye.  After the soldier said this, he and his company rode off in the direction Misata came from.

            *A kingdom huh? Maybe I should follow them.  It would be nice to get a change of scenery.*

            But before Misata could decide, she heard another noise, but this time from the bushes.  Misata summoned her Keyblade, prepared to fight when a big white horse comes jumping out of the bushes in a pounce like position.

            “Oh. It’s just a horse.” said Misata, dismissing her Keyblade.  The white horse also calmed a bit, a little bit confused. “Hey buddy, are you lost?” asks Misata as she gets close to the horse and begins to rub him. 

            In response, the horse shook his head no.

            “Really now.” Misata said smiling.  She then noticed that there was a name attached to the harness the horse was wearing. “Maximus huh? That’s a courageous name you have their Maximus.  Oh. Now I get it. You’re that soldier with the shining gold armor’s horse now aren’t you?”

            Maximus replied with a nod of his head and a neigh. 

            “So you’re looking for that wanted man Flynn Rider?”

            As the name Flynn Rider was said, Maximus instantly got back down into a crouch and started sniffing the ground.

            *What an odd horse* “Hey Maximus, why don’t I give you some company while you’re looking for Flynn Rider.”

            Maximus looked up at Misata, and got really close to her face and starred into her eyes.  After a few seconds, Maximus nodded his head with a snort.

            *What a very odd horse*

           

            Both Misata and Maximus began walking around in the forest searching for signs of Flynn Rider.  All of a sudden Maximus jumped and began running in a direction.

            “Hey, wait for me.”

            But as soon as Misata yelled this, Heartless appeared.

            “What?!  Man, I was hoping not to run into you guys today.”

 

            “Whew.  There were a lot of them.” Misata said while whipping the sweat off her forehead and looking around.  “Man, I lost track of Maximus.  What should I do now?”

            Misata looked up at the sky for a moment and thought. Just then, she felt a dark presence.

            *What?  Darkness?  Why didn’t I sense it before?*  As Misata thought this, she began trying to find out from which direction she can feel the darkness coming from.  When she did, she began running in that direction.

            As Misata ran for a couple of minutes in the forest, she began to hear singing, but ignored it since she was trying to track the darkness she sensed.  A few minutes later Misata stopped running.

            *Strange, the presence of darkness is beneath me…and it is moving. Is there an underground tunnel here?*

            The presence of the darkness continued moving, and Misata followed. She continued following it until she saw an open valley.  She had a feeling that the dark presence would come out here, so she ran ahead.  When she arrived, she saw that there was a dam on the other side, with a ledge and tunnel just beneath it.

            Just as Misata was taking in everything she saw, a man and woman ran out of the tunnel she had just saw.  She could see that the two of them were in a bit of a panic.  Shortly after those two came out of the tunnel, Misata felt the presence of the darkness she was tracking grow.  She looked down and saw two men break through another tunnel entrance that had been barricaded.  She could feel that they were after the one of the two that had come out of the earlier tunnel.

            *I have to do something.* As Misata thought this, she remembered the dam on the other side. *It might cause more trouble, but I can at least slow those two down*

            Misata then started running around to the other side of the cliff, so that she could get to the dam.  As she was doing this, she saw that the soldiers she had seen earlier were after the man and woman, along with Maximus.  A fight started shortly after the woman used…her hair?! to swing across a large gap.  When Misata had gotten to the dam, and slightly onto it, she started swinging her Keyblade at it, trying to make a big enough hole to flood the lower part of the canyon.  

            As Misata was almost done, she suddenly felt a shaking on the dam.  She noticed that Maximus started kicking at a support pillar for the dam.  At this time, the man and woman were together again on the other side of the gap.

            *Wha --- Oh shit.* As Misata thought this, she jumped off the dam onto the ground. *The dam is going to completely break now.*  Just as Misata began thinking this, she heard the dam starting to break. *Gotta warn them*  Misata quickly got up and started running towards the people down in the canyon.  But, Misata knew she would be unable to warn them, for they were all too focused to notice the cracking noise getting louder.

            BOOM!

            There went the dam.  But that did not stop Misata.  She continued to run.  She wanted to make sure everyone, other than the two thugs, were going to be alright.  Misata wasn’t too worried about the soldiers since they had a great (and very odd) horse, Maximus.  It was the man and woman she was worried about.  Misata then noticed that they were running for a tunnel.  Even though Misata did not know what was on the other side, she knew that she had to close that entrance.  She then noticed a giant rock formation.  Misata quickly summoned her Keyblade and aimed before saying, “FIRE!”  With that spell, Misata created a large enough fire-ball that made the rock pillar to begin falling and semi-sealed the entrance to the tunnel, just as the man and woman entered it.

            “Whew. Just in time. You two better hope you chose the right tunnel. That man though, he seemed really familiar for some reason…Flynn Rider?  But he doesn’t look anything like his wanted poster. Hmm.”  As Misata was trying to figure it out, she felt that the two thugs from earlier were alive, but had been swept far from her.

            “Ugh. Damn, now I have to go chase them down again.” Misata said, reluctantly.

 

            While Misata was searching for the two thugs, the day had ended, and a new day had risen. She was walking around in the forest groggily for she did not get much sleep due to the presence of the darkness she was tracking getting stronger, and then vanishing. While deep in thought, the bushes behind her began trembling.  Misata turned and summoned her Keybleade ready.  Suddenly a white horse jumped out ready to fight.

            “Nice to see that you’re doing okay after the dam collapsed Maximus” smiled Misata, dismissing her Keyblade.

            Maximus also replied with a confused sort of neigh, for he did not remember seeing Misata at the dam.  Then his ears pricked, for it seemed he heard a noise, and got into a hunting crouch.  Misata saw this and started following Maximus.

            *Best to follow him since I have no idea where to go next.*

            Misata then came into a small clearing.  There were two people sleeping, a man and a woman.  The exact two that were being chased in the canyon earlier.  Misata then noticed that Maximus was hovering over the man.  The man, who appeared to be Flynn Rider, woke up and said dreamily, “Well, I hope you’re here to apologize.”

            At that statement, Maximus grabbed Flynn’s boot and started dragging him off as Flynn yelled, “AHHHHHH!!! Nononononono!” Which woke the girl up.  She quickly ran over grabbing Flynn’s hands telling Maximus to “Let go!”

            It seemed to be a tug-of-war match between the girl and Maximus.  Misata stood just on the edge of the clearing, watching, unsure of what to do.  While trying to figure this out, Flynn had been slammed against a tree, and Maximus was charging for him when the girl stood in the way.  She was trying, and successfully called Maximus down.  He was even beginning to act like a dog. 

            At the sight of this, Misata could not help but start laughing.  This caused all three of them to focus their attention on her.

            “Ah, I’m sorry.” Misata said, still laughing. “I haven’t laughed this hard in years” she said after calming herself down. “My name is Misata, and I’m kinda…lost.”

            “Oh, my name is Rapunzel. This is Pascal and Eugene.” Said the girl, pointing to a chameleon and Flynn Rider. Rapunzel then faced Maximus again and said, “Today is kind of a biggest day of my life. And the thing is, I need you not to get him arrested” pulling Eugene up.

            Maximus obviously did not like this deal, for he neighed disapprovingly.

            “Just for 24 hours, then you can chase each other to your hearts content. OK?”

            After a moment of deliberation from Maximus, he agreed and Eugene and Maximus shook hands…hand and hoof?

            “You can join us too.” said Rapunzel to Misata.

            “Thanks.” Misata responded, with a slight smile on her face.

            Just then some bells nearby started ringing and Rapunzel started walking towards them.  As soon as she saw where they were originating from, she got really excited.  The bells were coming from what appeared to be an island with a large bridge going to it.

            *This must be that kingdom that soldier from earlier was talking about.*

            Misata noticed while walking the bridge that Maximus and Eugene were going at it, until they saw Pascal looking at them from Rapunzel’s head.  As soon as Pascal made a face, Maximus and Eugene stopped fighting…well, other than bumping into each other.  Misata could not help but laugh inwardly a little bit.

            *There are some strange animals here*

            Upon arriving in the walls of the kingdom, Flynn got some nearby girls to put Rapunzel’s long hair up. This aloud Rapunzel to move about freely without having to worry about her hair.  They then went about the town, sight-seeing, and killing time until it was dark.  Misata also found out why Rapunzel wanted Eugene not to be arrested and why they were waiting for dark.  Everyone was having fun, and it seemed that the more time Eugene and Rapunzel spent together, the closer they appeared to become.  Upon noticing this, Misata became saddened.

            *I wonder how Ticaro, and everyone else is doing? Everything was a mess when I left.  I hope they are doing alright.*

            Misata was then shaken out of her thoughts when she heard a man yell, “To the boats.”  Everyone began to scatter and rush for boats.  But, Misata and Maximus stayed behind on the dock and let Rapunzel and Eugene have this moment.  Besides, this was the whole reason they traveled to this kingdom.  Even so, there was a chill crawling up Misata’s back, for she had still been unable to find the two thugs.  Also, it felt that something was going to happen that would jeopardize the lives Rapunzel and Eugene were currently living.  This was something Misata did not want to happen, for she knew what it was like to have the life your living ripped out underneath you, and start living a life you did not want, or were not prepared for.

            As the chill grew, Misata instantly forgot about it when lanterns began to fill the night sky.  Misata could not help but stand there, for who knows how long staring, and admiring the lanterns.

            Suddenly, Misata felt the dark presence.  It was strong enough for her to be able to sense it across the lake.  “There is something wrong.” Misata muttered.  This sentence got Maximus’s attention and stared out onto the lake, looking for Rapunzel and Eugene.  A few minutes pasted, when they both heard a commotion nearby and saw that Eugene was being arrested.  Eugene was fighting and shouting Rapunzel’s name, which made Misata know that her fear had come true.

 

            That night, Misata and Maximus were racing through the forest. When Maximus stopped in front of a building, Misata dismounted him.  “You sure you can find help here?”

            Maximus neighed an approval.

            “Alright. I will meet up with you later. There is something I need to find.”

            At this, Misata turned from the building that had a sign saying The Cuddly Duckling, and walked into the forest. She began her hunt for the source of the darkness that had continued to grow since the lanterns. (Author’s Note: Misata is aware that the two thugs have been arrested and no longer bear darkness in them. Well, any dangerous darkness anyways)

 

            It was the next day when Misata was able to find a hidden tower.  She was able to tell that the darkness was growing inside.  As she approached, she heard a horse running up behind her.  Eugene was mounted on Maximus, and were coming full speed at her.

            *I guess Rapunzel is inside too.  This is not good*

            As Eugene says “Rapunzel, let down your hair.” her hair comes out of the tower.  Eugene then begins climbing her hair, and Misata followed after. 

            As Misata is about to go through the window, she couldn’t believe what she is seeing. Rapunzel gaged and chained up, and a women standing over Eugene with a knife, while he is clutching himself.  Misata quickly hid herself on the window ledge, so that the woman would not see her.  She continued to hide, for she had a feeling that it was not a good idea to get involved just yet.  Besides, she still had to confirm the source of darkness, which she had a feeling was that woman.

            While Misata was making sure things did not get worse, and that the woman was indeed the source of the darkness, Rapunzel had struck a deal with the woman.  The woman, Rapunzel’s ‘mother’ accepted the deal of allowing Rapunzel to heal Eugene in exchange for staying with her forever. Before letting Rapunzel near Eugene, she chained him up to a support beam.

            Right when Rapunzel was going to start healing Eugene, he cuts her hair with a shard of glass.  This made Rapunzel’s ‘mother’ snap.  She grew furious, and darkness began to appear around her.  A heartless was being born of her heart, as she groveled at the shock of Rapunzel’s hair turning brown.  At this, Misata jumps in yelling, “Stay with Eugene!” and begins fighting Rapunzel’s ‘mother’.

 

            It took time for Misata to defeat the fake mother, for she had to protect both Rapunzel and Eugene.  When she was done, she stood behind Rapunzel and watched as she cried.  When Rapunzel started singing, one of her tear’s touched Eugene.  As it did, a bright light appeared from Eugene’s wound.  When the light disappeared, the wound was gone, and Eugene began to awaken.  When he did, Rapunzel and Eugene exchanged words, and Rapunzel leapt into his arms.

            *Thank goodness. I was afraid he wasn’t going to make it. Whew. I guess love conquers all, even near death experiences…and in the deepest of darkness.* Misata thought happily.

            “Misata, thank you.” said Rapunzel.

            “It was nothing.”

            “What are you going to do now?” asked Eugene.

            “I have done what I came here to do. So, I will continue on my journey.”

            “What journey?”

            “Oh, I didn’t mention that?”

            “Why don’t you come with us? I need to go to the castle.”

            “No. As much as I appreciate the offer, I really should move on. But, I do wish you the best of luck with your new lives.”

            As Misata said this, Eugene and Rapunzel looked at one another and blushed a bit.

            “What about you? Surely there is a man in your life.” Eugene says.

            “No---” Misata then blushed, remembering Ticaro.

            Rapunzel and Eugene saw this and smiled. Rapunzel then said, “I wish you luck with your life as well.”

            Misata had turned away and was about to leave this world when Rapunzel said this.  She just made a humming sound in response to Rapunzel’s statement.  Misata then disappeared in front of Eugene and Rapunzel, with a blush across her face.