Rapunzel's Tower

Rapunzel's Tower

Before the Second Curse
Scared that he's not going to be a good father to his upcoming child, Charming rides out into the woods where he finds night-root, but he's unable to eat it because he hears the screams of a damsel in distress. The screams are coming from a tall tower, and he finds himself climbing up to the damsel via her long, plaited her. She introduces herself as Rapunzel, a former princess, who was locked in this tower by a which after she ate night-root because she was scared she wouldn't be able to rule the kingdom as well as her parents or her brother, the latter of which died. Charming offers his condolences and tries to rescue her, but because she tries to leave, the witch arrives and begins to attack her, tying David up with hair in the process. The hooded witch then reveals herself to be Rapunzel, for when the night-root was ingested, a physical manifestation of the princess' fears was born and she now has to face it. David manages to break free of the hair that binds him and leaps from the window with the witch, clinging onto the vines outside whilst the hooded Rapunzel begins to climb her counterpart's hair. Charming continues to try and convince the princess to face her fear, and Rapunzel ends up chopping her plait with the prince's sword, causing her fear-made self to fall from the tower and be vanquished. Charming helps her out of the tower and brings her back home where she reunites with her parents.