Woah! It has been FOREVER since I posted anything! I feel so bad! Please put your frying pans and cameleons down! I'm alive and I'm here to update.

Anyway here is the next chapter of the night flower.

Chapter 2

An Adventure

Rapunzel was excited. In just a few moments Eugene was going to take her on a boating tour around the capitol. Granted she had been on boats since she had returned to the castle, but she never tired of watching the rolling waves around the ship and sometimes closing her eyes and pretending she was flying. Pascal looked at her nervously; the little green chameleon found the swaying of the ships much less calming then the light movement of the gondola that had taken Rapunzel out to sea for the first time almost six months ago. She would never forget that night when she realized she was in love, and then almost killed…

The knock at the door distracted her from her troubled thoughts. One of her ladies in waiting curtsied and entered the room. "Your Highness Mr. Fitzherbert is waiting for you just outside the door."

"Thank you, Charlotte." The young princess replied, quickly running a last minute brush through her short hair. Pleased that her light brown hair was at least presentable she rushed out the door and ran smack into Eugene.

"You going to stop inside the castle, Blondie?" He asked with a smirk.

"Sorry." Rapunzel said while backing away and carefully smoothing her cerulean colored dress back into place. He pulled her back into his arms momentarily and gave her a quick kiss on her forehead.

"We should get going." He said almost shyly. Rapunzel's face lit up and she grabbed Eugene's hand, pulling him toward the gates of the castle.

The ship swiftly sailed away from the mountainous capitol city and Rapunzel watched peacefully as the sun rose higher in the sky behind the outline of her castle home. Rapunzel looked down at the rolling waves and laughed at a group of fish that jumped out of the water and waved their tails in the air. 'Almost like they're saying hello.' She thought to herself. Suddenly Rapunzel felt she was being watched and whirled around swiftly.

"Woah, I didn't mean to startle you." Eugene said holding his hands up in an almost defensive manner.

"Oh, it's just you." Rapunzel said while trying to calm her breathing for a moment.

"Well, I hope I'm more than a 'just you.'" He said flashing an expression vaguely similar to his famous smolder.

"You know what I mean." Rapunzel exclaimed playfully hitting his arm. He smiled and pulled her close.

"What were you enjoying, so thoroughly, down there before I rudely interrupted?"

"Well-"

"Your Majesty," A young boat-worker interrupted suddenly, "there seems to be a storm coming on rather quickly and the crew feels a campsite in the forest would be preferable to a battle with this tempest."

"Very well." The princess replied. Not much could ruin her happiness. After a few minutes of work by the crew anchoring the vessel near to the forested shore the Princess and reformed thief where escorted onto a lifeboat with some of the crew. A campsite was quickly made up and preparations for a potentially wet evening where made. While the boatmen were busy making plans and deciding how best to procede Eugene whispered something to Rapunzel.

"Hey, do you want to go on a little adventure?" He asked conspiratorially.

"Always." The brunette responded, her huge green eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Well, shall we?" Taking her arm the Eugene slowly led the princess away from the group of the king's men pausing every now and then to look at some plant or insect as if going on a short stroll. Finally when the men seemed a safe distance away the pair broke out into a full run, the Princess kicking off her shoes as she ran. They hadn't gone far when the twosome paused to catch their breath for a moment.

"Where should we go?" Rapunzel asked, unable to keep the grin from lighting up her whole face.

"I don't know, I think that's a part of the mystery." Eugene declared.

"All right, forward then." The pair continued until they were dreadfully lost. Just when they thought they might want to turn back before they could be lost to the forest forever they came upon a small tavern with a worn and faded picture of a yellow duck on the sign. "Ooooh, the Snuggly Duckling! Come on Eugene we have to go in!" Rapunzel nearly yelled, jumping up and down in excitement.

Eugene smiled to himself remembering the last time they had made an appearance in this particular pub. Things were different now; for one the girl he was standing next to had had seventy feet of hair. He opened the door for the girl he loved and watched in amusement as the group of thugs and general trouble makers lit up at the sight of Rapunzel.

"Hey! Look who decided to make an appearance!" Hook shouted. The whole group shouted out their hellos to the princess and she smiled and replied to each of them in turn.

"So is there a reason you two lovebirds decided to make an appearance in these parts today?" The local romantic with a big nose asked after things had settled down.

"We decided to have an adventure." Rapunzel explained.

"How nice, but I would have thought you two would have had enough adventures for a lifetime." Thor said.

"We're not planning on this one to be quite as death-defying as the last." Eugene said with a small chuckle at his own pun.

"I would hope not." Another one of the thugs responded.

The couple stayed for close to an hour hearing about how some of the ruffians' dreams had come true. Finally they left the dim-lighted pub and continued on their self-proclaimed adventure. They hadn't been walking long when seemingly out of nowhere the grey skies fulfilled their promise of rain. The tumult of rain poured out in sheets over everything making it nearly impossible to see. Finally the drenched princess and her love found a tree that they could at least not be soaked to the bone under. They sat laughing and shivering from the unexpected cold that follows being wet as they watched the rain pour down and waited for a break in the storm.

Agan terribly sorry it's been so long! Thank you for all your reviews they really help me to keep going, (and possibly update faster). Please keep reading excitement will pick up in the next few chapters.