01:29Each year on her birthday, the king and queen released thousands of lanterns into the night sky in the hope
01:37that one day their lost princess would return.
01:42Rapunzel watched and wondered about the floating lights from her tower window and longed to venture into the outside world
01:51to see them up close.
01:53Then one day, she met someone quite unexpected. Someone who could help her realize her dream. And she quickly hit
02:02him on the head with a frying pan. After all, Rapunzel was a bit new at this adventure business.
02:22Yeah, Blondie, I don't remember much after the part where you knocked me out with a frying pan.
02:26Well, that's what this journal is for. I'll draw everything we see in here so I can remember and think
02:33about it later.
02:34Okay, fine. So what happened next?
02:36After you came in the window, we made a deal.
02:39Right. You hid my satchel and said that if I wanted it back, I had to take you to see
02:44the lanterns.
02:45Well, I had asked Mother, but she said I was never to leave the tower. And Pascal thought I could
02:52trust you. So I took a chance.
02:56Oh, this is so amazing. It's better than I ever imagined. How the light hits the trees. The smell of
03:05the breeze going by. The feel of cold water running over my toes.
03:10And so, are we going, Blondie?
03:17I feel so guilty about leaving the tower. Yet I'd already seen such amazing things. Still, some things have been
03:27scary.
03:29Not that. Yes, the skunks were a little frightening, but I sketched them anyway.
03:35See? This journal is coming in very handy. But still, I'm worried. Mother warned me that the outside world is
03:43filled with ruffians and thugs.
03:46Oh, so it's probably best if we avoid ruffians and thugs, then.
03:50I agree.
03:52Luckily, you...
03:53Who, me?
03:54Yes, you, Flynn Rider, suggested a great place to have lunch.
03:59Ah, yeah. Yeah, I did that.
04:04The snuggly duckling sounds like a really cute place. And I do like duckling.
04:11Oh.
04:12Well, come on. Let's go in.
04:16The innkeeper said this was the thieves' highway, didn't he?
04:21I was hoping to avoid ruffians and thugs, and now we're in a dark, secret passage used by ruffians and
04:28thugs from the entire kingdom.
04:30Never say I don't take you nice places, Blondie.
04:32Well, I can see now that those men from the snuggly duckling aren't really scary villains, like Mother said. They
04:40have dreams, just like me.
04:42Yes, but the royal guards are breathing down our necks right now, and trust me, they are scary.
04:47And these men, they're pretty scary, too.
04:51Right, and that horse, Maximus.
04:54Aw, he's not scary. He's just misunderstood.
04:58Gee, we have a lot to deal with. Maybe we should get through these caverns quickly.
05:06We'd almost escaped the caves in the thieves' highway, and then we got trapped at a dead end.
05:11There was no way out, and the water was rushing in.
05:15Lucky for me, I'm traveling with a girl who has magical glowing hair.
05:25Whew. Well, we're safe.
05:28And we found such a nice little spot to camp for the night.
05:32After a day like today, I can't even imagine what tomorrow will bring.
05:38Oh, yeah! My birthday!
05:44Look! It's our friend Maximus!
05:47Oh, come on. Your friend, maybe. He's a bad horse. Bad horse!
05:51Oh, he's nothing but a big sweetheart.
05:55As soon as I explain that today is kind of the biggest day of my life,
05:59and that I need Max to not get you arrested, and that it's my birthday, everything was just fine.
06:06Well, but then the royal guards showed up. They must have followed us.
06:09Luckily, somebody else followed us, too.
06:13Uh, Flynn? Are all adventures usually this strange?
06:17No, Blondie. I'm starting to think it's got something to do with you.
06:23Milton and Maximus flew down that hill, and just when we finally lost those guards, we saw it.
06:31The kingdom!
06:32The kingdom! We were actually here! My heart was going a mile a minute.
06:38Is this where the lanterns come from, Flynn?
06:41Oh, I am so close to my dream!
06:46And I'm so close to getting caught. You have no idea how nervous...
06:51Hmm, I mean dangerous. How dangerous this is for me.
06:55Oh, I've got some idea.
06:57Hey, listen. I was the one who got you here, remember?
07:00I know, and I'm very grateful. It's just, we still have lots to see and do before the lanterns.
07:07Yeah, number one on my list? Don't get captured.
07:11Hey, our lanterns!
07:13I'll never forget that night.
07:15Me neither.
07:16Then I gave you back your satchel.
07:18I should have given it to you before, but I was just scared.
07:22And the thing is, I wasn't scared anymore.
07:26And you understood?
07:27Yeah, I did.
07:29But I had to go.
07:30I didn't understand that.
07:32We were having such a wonderful time.
07:35Then you left.
07:36I know, but there was something I had to take care of, and then I was going to come right
07:40back.
07:41Mother Gothel found me, and it seemed like she'd been right all along.
07:46I couldn't believe it.
07:48You took the crown, got a boat, and sailed away from me.
07:53Mother said the only place I could be safe was with her.
07:56I thought she was right, that I'd never see you again.
08:01What was the point of this silly journal, anyway?
08:05Why would I want to remember?
08:07Now hold on just a minute.
08:08That's not the whole story.
08:09They tricked us by both.
08:10I never took a boat.
08:11I was double-crossed and thrown in jail.
08:14Oh, come on.
08:16Duh.
08:17I'm not half the artist she is.
08:19Max saw the whole thing.
08:20He knew you were in danger, and he went to get help.
08:22The thugs helped me escape, and thanks to Max, I came to help you.
08:25Hold on, Blondie.
08:27We're on our way.
08:29When I got back to my room, I looked at my paintings.
08:33They had new meaning now.
08:35Visiting the kingdom changed everything.
08:38Finally, I understood.
08:41The lanterns that appear only on my birthday?
08:44I'm the lost princess.
08:46Mother Gothel kidnapped me so she could use my hair.
08:50And she'd do anything to keep me with her.
08:55Oh, this is where I come in.
09:07Go.
09:13Go.
09:19She's gone.
09:22Finally.
09:23Everything's different now.
09:25I feel something I've...
09:28never felt before.
09:30Not really, not truly.
09:32I mean, for the first time, I feel...
09:38free.
09:40You earned it, Rapunzel.
09:42I couldn't have done it without you.
09:46Can you imagine finding out your mother and father are the queen and king?
09:52I'm still getting used to the idea.
09:54And I'm still kind of nervous.
09:56But they love me, and they've missed me so much.
09:59My parents just decreed a new festival, and now the whole village is celebrating.
10:06Oh, yay, and Rapunzel, too.
10:13Oh, and Rapunzel, too.
10:14What's that?
10:15Confetti.
10:16From where?
10:17I had some left over in my pockets.
10:20Flynn!
10:21Let's take a ride around the village to celebrate before we decide what to do next.
10:26Well, I was thinking.
10:28Live happily ever after?
10:29That sounds alright, but only after I beat you in a race.
