Rapunzel (My own story)

A Story by Haley S.

This is a romance i had to write for english i hope you enjoy this.

Once there was a girl trapped in a tower held there by an evil witch. She was a beautiful girl with golden hair, blue eyes, and a great figure. When she was a fetus, her mother became very sick with ignitious fever, where her fever would rise until death. There was only one known cure for this and it was from a herb called verveine. There was one problem with that, verveine was an illegal plant in the kingdom. The only place verveine was grown was 1 mile out of the kingdom in the witch’s home. Her husband refused to let her suffer and die, so he went to the witch’s forbidden home. He arrived there on his horse in two hours’ time. He went over the fence surrounding the witch’s house and found the purple herb. When he began to pull the verveine out of the earth, the witch came out of her home. She came over to the man and threatened to turn him into a cockroach, unless he gave her his child that was about to be born. Only thinking of himself, he agreed. So, the day his daughter was born she came and took their infant away.

The witch raised the girl, Hope like she was her own. Hope was unlike many normal girls, she was never allowed outside as a child, she was stuck in the house of the witch. At the age of twelve, Hope was locked away in a tall tower, never to be allowed in the outside world. When Hope was fifteen, she began to an interest in singing. One day while Hope was asleep, a unlawful rebel found the tower and began to climb up the tower. When he climbs through the window, Hope hit him with a chair. He was knocked out. She didn’t want her mother (she thinks the witch is her mother) to know someone found the tower because she would relocate her, so she hid him in the closet. When the witch returned home Hope was extremely excited, because her birthday was coming up.

“So, mother, my birthday is coming up and there is one thing I really want” said Hope

“And what would that be” said the witch “if it involves that puppy, you better “

“No mother not that” said Hope interrupting “I want to leave the tower and see the kingdom of Mysteria” Hope said.

The witch looked at Hope shocked and slapped her across the face. Hope looked at her mother very upset but she knew the answer to the question.

“Hope, you know the answer to that question”

“Yes I do mother, may I have those pastels from Paris instead” said Hope.

“Well Hope you know that’s a four day trip from here” said the witch.

“I thought it would be a nice alternative to the trip to the kingdom”

The witch looked at Hope unsure of what to do, then she decided to go to Paris for the pastels. She left within five minutes. Hope looked at the hiding spot of the rebel to see if he was awake. He was. Hope looked at the young man, he was in his late teens like herself. She looked in the boy’s eyes and as soon as the boy caught a glimpse of Hope, he was hopelessly in love with her.

‘Hi, I’m Zayne. I didn’t mean to scare you, I needed to get away from trouble, I was being chased by the castle guards” said the boy.

“I wasn’t scared, I just wasn’t expecting visitors. Wait you say you have been to the castle” she said astonished by Zayne.

“Well yes, I am a kind of….” Zayne said trailing away

“Criminal, rebel, delinquent” Hope said trying to find the answer.

“Well, I was going for someone who thinks there’s a better way than what we are doing but I guess you have an opinion of me already” he said.

“Well I am Hope. I have lived here since I was twelve years of age. Never seen anyone beside my mother and myself” said the girl.

“May I say, you are very ravishing” he said provocatively.

She looked at him. Her opinion had changed as quickly as a cheetah. Their eyes met and they both felt something that was special between them. They quickly looked away beginning to be aware that they haven’t broke the stare that’s lasted at least five minutes.

“Will you go with me” he said suddenly.

“Yes, I will go with you” said Hope “but my mother will not let me leave this tower”.

Zayne looked at Hope with loving eyes “Let’s run away together, away from your mother, away from everyone please Hope please”

Hope looked at Zayne unable to give an answer.

“Please Hope, from the first moment I laid my eyes on you, I knew I wanted to be with you forever and ever. Please trust me and tell me you feel the same way” Zayne said pleadingly

“My dear Zayne, I do feel something special about you, and I want to learn what that thing is so yes I will forever put my trust in you and I do feel the same way” said Hope in the most beautiful way.

Once again Hope and Zayne’s eyes met. Neither of them pulled away, nor did they want too. Zayne’s hands found their way to Hope’s shoulders and Hope found their way to his waist. Hope hesitated before she actually began to fully embrace him. Zayne pushed Hope against the wall. Hope could feel the warmth radiating from Zayne’s body, making herself feel like a icicle on a hot summer day. His hand slowly pushed a strand of her golden locks behind her ear. He gently but sweetly push their lips together. The kiss ignites desire to lose themselves in the world, to become lost in the sea of love and lust. It’s a spicy powerful combination that sent waves of passion crashing hard over them. The whole world is engulfed in burning flames as their kisses become urgent. As Zayne’s and Hope’s lips pull apart, a gentle breeze flutters over the flame extinguishing the heat between them. Their breathing comes out in short, desperate gasps. The intensity has washed away. The rest of the world is slowly coming back into focus.

Hope gathers her things in her closet she calls a room and lets down her hair to let Zayne down the golden rope that is her hair. When he reaches the ground they realize theres a conflict with their plan.

“Zayne, I can’t get down just go without me, I’ll be alright” Hope screamed.

“Never shall I do that. I will never leave you” Zayne thought about a solution “jump, I will catch you.”

“No, I mustn’t. It’s too high to jump” Hope Yelled

“You promised you would trust me no matter the most ridiculous request, follow through with your promise” He screamed in return.

Hope took a deep breath and thought about the consequences and finally leaped of the window seal. She knew as soon as she felt a two arms supporting her that she had made it safely down to Zayne.

“Thank you” Zayne said.

“For what” Hope said not knowing what he is being thankful for

“The fact that you’re safely in my arms and that you trusted me enough to jump from the tower”

“I will trust you always and forever” Hope said sweetly

Zayne smiled the cutest little boyish smile and kissed Hope. The kiss once again brought a fire to their lips; it also brought a surge through Hope’s body. The world became extremely out of focus as the two pressed their lips together. Hope slowly and hesitantly pulled away.

“Let’s go.” Said Hope

“Okay, let us go find the place we will spend our lives together”

Hope and Zayne both smiled and came close to embrace each other’s company. Hope skipped through the forest, Zayne following quickly behind.

“Hope, you are the most beautiful, most clever women I have ever met and every moment I see you I am thankful that god brought me into the world. The moment I met you I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. You make me feel like I have a real meaning in this world please, please will you be my wife always and forever.”

“Yes, forever and always ‘til death do us part” Hope said smiling.

Once again they shared a kiss. Although this kiss was different; it had emotions tied to it. The feeling of happiness, trust, passion, intimacy, came all together in this one little kiss. The kiss had tenderness, sweet, deep and the most important memorable. This kiss didn’t make Hope feel out of place, it made her feel like she belonged, the feeling she had longed for since the day she was locked away in the tower. Hope never wanted this kiss to end she kept it going as long as she could breathe caressing each other’s faces ever so lightly eventually they did have to come up for air. When they caught their breath, both Zayne and Hope whispered ever so softly and ever so lovingly “I love you”.