36It's now one of my all time favorite Disney movies! Hope you like it! I read a bunch of other fanfics of this movie which inspired me to write my own. It's kinda like my "Princess and the Frog" story, except it's not. I hope that makes sense. You'll understand once you start reading.
WARNING: This prologue is a bit of a spoiler. So if you're about to read this story and you've never seen the movie, I suggest you watch the movie first because I don't want to ruin it for you.
Enjoy!
A Twisted Prologue
This is the story of how I repeated my father's legacy… and died.
I know, not a real good way to start a story, but it's my story and it's… kinda true. But I think it's better to tell you how it all started. But don't worry, this story doesn't start as gloomy as it ends, and it's not too far into the past. It begins 19 years ago...
You know the story of the lost princess of the kingdom of Corona, right? She was stolen by an evil hag, found by a thief, fell in love with that thief, returned to the castle, and they lived happily ever, the end. Oh, and did I forget to mention the princess's outrageously long, golden, magical hair that was eventually cut off to save her life? Well, it happened. There was also a pub of singing ruffians, two vengeful brothers, a dutiful palace horse, a sarcastic chameleon, and a battered frying pan, but I think you already knew that.
A honeymoon later, Corona's beloved princess and prince consort announced the expectancy of their first child. It was a very happy occasion, which called for a celebration, which lasted an entire week, and honestly, I can't relate most of it. And for the next nine months, the couple, the king, the queen, and the rest of the palace would prepare for the coming of the baby.
But, seven months later, the princess went into a premature labor. It was a very upsetting time for everyone in the palace, especially the prince consort. Her parents were also very worried about their daughter because the queen had become very sick when she gave birth to her, and they were afraid the same thing was happening again. The princess was in pain, and it didn't seem like she was going to get any better. Don't worry, though; it does get better.
You see, the prince consort never left her side the whole time. When she was in pain, he tried comforting her by singing a special song:
Flower, gleam and glow,
Let your power shine,
Make the clock reverse,
Bring back what once was mine,
Heal what has been hurt,
Change the Fates' design,
Save what has been lost,
Bring back what once was mine,
What once was mine.
The magical thing about the sing is that it did make the princess better. In fact, shortly after his song was finished, the princess gave birth to a handsome baby boy. They decided to name him Flynn, after the famous hero himself.
I'll give you a hint: that baby was me.
When my parents first saw me, they were very surprised to see a crop of blonde hair crowning my adorable little head. At first, they decided to cut, but when they did, it remained blonde. The song had more power than they thought, and it gave me, their son, a magical gift that needed to be hidden and protected from those who would manipulate it for their own selfish wants. But even though I was born with this dreaded curse, they still loved me dearly, and they decided to raise me like any normal child—well, any normal child who was born into royalty—for they didn't want history to repeat itself.
Meanwhile, in the neighboring kingdom of Luna, on the same day of the birth of the crowned prince of Corona (a.k.a. me), their beloved queen gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. But the baby was sick, very sick. When she was born, she didn't cry and she didn't even move. Fortunately she was still alive, but she was running out of time. So, in this desperate time, the kingdom did everything they could for the royal family: they began looking for a miracle, or in this case, a magic flower.
Maybe I should back up a bit because there is a legend behind this miracle. Well, just as Corona was known for the sun, Luna was known for the moon. And a long time ago, before the kingdom of Luna was even born, a droplet of moonlight fell from the sky into a lake one night, just as the sun's dewdrop fell that morning, and blossomed into a lupine, a plant the people of Luna cherished dearly. It was gorgeous flower, consisting of lavender petals and glimmering, like the moon. But this peculiar flower that was blest with the moonlight was a chaste white, and it glowed a thousand times stronger than any normal lupine.
None of the townsfolk knew where this special plant could be hidden, so they looked everywhere in order to save their princess in time.
However, one person did in fact find the legendary lupine. She was a nice old woman, never known to be selfish in any way. She was also known for her beauty, which faded with her youth. When she found the magical flower, her kindness slowly formed into selfishness, and she exploited the flower's power to turn young and beautiful again.
And in order to stay young and beautiful forever, she also had to sing a song to the plant:
Let your powers reveal,
In order to heal,
Go back in time,
And bring back what once was mine,
Flower, shining bright
Revive what has been grayed,
Recover and be found,
Bring back what once was mine,
What once was mine.
Okay, I think you get it. She sings and she turns young again. Familiar, right?
Anyway, when the young woman saw the people of Luna searching, she hid the flower away instead of sharing the flower's gift. But the effort was fruitless.
One of the soldiers found the flower in the lake and took it back to the king and queen of Luna. Once there, the flower was turned into a remedy, and when they fed it to the baby, the magic of the flower turned her hair shimmering white and she became very healthy. Everyone in the kingdom rejoiced at the good news, and to celebrate the birth of their daughter, the king and queen set a lavender lupine in the river, which drifted to the neighboring kingdom.
In Corona, to celebrate my birth, my parents kept the tradition and sent a lantern into the sky, which drifted to Luna. That day, everybody was happy, and for one moment, everything was perfect.
And then that moment ended, for later that night, when the kingdom of Luna was sound asleep, the old woman snuck into the castle, stole the child, and vanished without a trace.
The kingdom searched everywhere for the princess, but they couldn't find the child anywhere. It was a dark time for the kingdom of Luna. The king and queen mourned for their princess, but they wouldn't give up. Each year on her birthday, the king and queen sent thousands of lupines into the river in hope that one day, their lost princess would return…
