Chapter 5
The secret was immediately out, Eugene couldn't keep Rapunzel's hair hidden, but he didn't tell them it was Cass who let them out into the forest, which was surprising considering their rivalry. Luckily, Eugene didn't know about Varian at all. But maybe, it would've made it easier for him to talk to someone without giving it away and getting in trouble, especially since he believed this was all his fault. That evening, Cassandra told Varian, Rapunzel and Eugene to meet up with each other. So they did what they were told and met in a ballroom that night. "So what are we doing here?" Eugene asked. "We're going to fulfill the Celestial Prophecies." Cass announced. Neither Rapunzel nor Eugene knew what Cass was talking about, but Varian did, the Celestial Prophecy was the story of the 'Sundrop' and the 'Moonstone'. A legend of light and dark. But why? Why would Cassie want to devote an adventure to magic? But then again, maybe he could get logical answers to why the darkness is drawn to him, and he'd do anything for science and alchemy, so he decided to come. "But.." Rapunzel started nervously. "Come on, this is our moment to go on a quest!" Eugene interrupted. "You wanted an adventure, didn't you Princess?" Cassandra persuaded. Rapunzel felt the gaze of Cass, Eugene and Varian as she sighed and nodded. "Yes!" Eugene quietly exclaimed. "We shall prepare then." Cass told them, "We are on our way to retrieve the Moonstone, on the way, we need three different strips of a scroll, they have incantations on them that we need." "Why only the Moonstone?" Varian asked. "We already have the Sundrop, Rapunzel herself." Cassandra said as she took off her maiden dress, revealing she had armor underneath it. Varian's jaw dropped, then turned to leave and Rapunzel smiled in excitement, thinking, "God, Cass is so COOL!" Cass smirked as she got her sword. "Is it okay if I just wear my alchemy uniform?" Varian asked after coming back into the room, out of his normal prince outfit, now with a pair of goggles, a blue gray shirt that had part of the sleeves rolled up and a brown apron tied over some sweat pants. "Mm'hm!" Rapunzel mumbled. "Okay, we should really get going, we don't have as much time as you think." Cass declared. The four were then on their way, but all this talk about the Moonstone got Varian thinking, he was already connected to the Black rocks somehow, was he attracted to the Moonstone itself too?? TO BE CONTINUED..