Reunion at Sea

Rest and Relaxation

"Is he okay?!" Cassandra asked in alarm. She'd just been told of what went down in the Moonstone Chamber.

"He's fine! I think. He's still adjusting to it. I honestly didn't expect the Moonstone to go into him!" Rapunzel said, then paused. "I wonder if the Sundrop has a stone form, too?"

"Speaking of the sun, we should probably discuss that warning." Cassandra suggested.

"I don't think we can do much about it right now." Eugene said with a sigh. "Aside from pray Corona's okay. The Saporians wouldn't attack it now, right? Then again, we also have to figure out how we're going to leave this place. You know, without taking the caravan all the way back across two continents."

"Also, you have to figure out how, exactly, you're going to make the King face justice for what he did to Varian." Cassandra reminded her. "We shouldn't just rush in and start accusing him, we need to work on the people. The only way we can make the King face justice is if he's no longer in power."

"What do you suggest?" Rapunzel asked.

"Revolution." Cassandra said firmly. "As the Princess, you can turn the people against him discreetly. They'll take him off the throne and put you on it, Long Live the Queen, and King Frederic can finally face retribution for everything he has done wrong to the Kingdom, starting with lying to everyone and letting a known threat destroy the Kingdom without arranging any form of an evacuation plan!"

"You've been thinking about this a while, haven't you?" Lance commented.

"A little while, yeah." Cassandra nodded. "But, we have to be careful, sneaky. I'm sure Lady Caine knows all the ins and outs of how to spread the word in secret."

"If we get caught arranging this, it's treason." Rapunzel said softly.

"Turning against him at all is treason, Your Highness." Cassandra reminded her. "There's no way we can get justice for Varian without committing treason. The King is not of a sound mind, it's time to take him off the throne! He terrorized and beat a child!"

"Wow, Cass." Eugene breathed. "I'm actually impressed. You're talking about treason, you're putting Varian's trauma above your loyalty to the crown!"

"My loyalty," Cassandra said firmly, "is to Rapunzel, and it always has been. And she's going to be an amazing Queen, and you'll probably make a better King than any of the others we've had. I mean, you're honest, for an ex-thief, and you don't cover up threats or the truth. I mean, come on, you were freaking out and warning us about Varian's invention before it even went off. That's the kind of King that Corona needs, one that recognizes danger and acts on it before it strikes!" She pounded her fist into her hand.

"Well said!" King Edmund said proudly, walking into the room. "Oh, sorry for interrupting. I made brownies!"

"I love brownies!" Rapunzel got up. "We should make sure to save some for Varian, he's probably gonna need some chocolate."

"How did you get the ingredients?" Eugene asked, getting up. "Actually, how did you get any of this food?"

"My ravens get it for me." King Edmund assured him. "They take good care of me."

"King Edmund, I know that we tried not to involve you before, but..." Rapunzel sighed. "I think we may want your assistance. The Brotherhood would be a great help with our goal, and seeing as Varian, my father's biggest victim, is the Moonstone..."

"We would help you regardless, he is family." King Edmund assured her. "Though...what did he do?"

They exchanged nervous looks and then Eugene walked over to him. "Uhm, let's go talk over here. It's a bit of a long story."