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3 months later…

She sat on the grass next to the patch of dirt and smoothed the bundle of flowers she had brought, laying them down gently. She sighed and stared at her handiwork before speaking.

"Well, here we are again, Eugene." Rapunzel traced the grooves in his headstone gently. " 'Eugene 'Flynn Rider" Fitzherbert. From thief to hero, he will live forever in our hearts.' Oh, Eugene. I miss you."

A tiny dragon nuzzled its way into the crook between her arm and her ribcage and she made room for it, chuckling. Pascal glared disdainfully at it, then fell asleep in his nest of her hair.

"Eugene is settling in nicely. He and Pascal are having all sorts of mischievous adventures, though sometimes I think Pascal misses being the only reptile around." She laughed. "You would've liked him.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Hiccup is coming today. They sent a Terror ahead with the news that they're only about half a day away. They're not coming by dragon, because honestly that's a bit too much dragon to have in the city at once, for now, so they're coming on a ship. Hiccup, Toothless, Stoick, and a few others will be coming. I don't know how many. I'm excited." Her happy smile fell as she stared at the grey stone.

"Thank you, Eugene," she whispered. "Thank you for helping me, and loving me, and protecting me. I won't forget you, you know that. You'll always be with me. But…I think you'd want me to move on. Right? That's what you'd say to do.

"I love you, Eugene Fitzherbert. Thank you."

Suddenly, she heard a voice calling her from afar. "Princess! The Vikings have returned!"

She stood up and brushed the dirt off, steadying Pascal on her head and letting Eugene (the dragon) lift off into the air. She dashed off, bare feet pounding the grass in her anticipation of seeing Hiccup once more. And as she did so, she was sure she heard a voice say, "Go get 'im, Blondie." And that was exactly what she did.

And as she squeezed and kissed Hiccup, shook Stoick's hand, and hugged Toothless, she was completely and undeniably happy. She had her family, her boyfriend, her friends, and dragons.

Rapunzel was home.

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Thank you all for sticking with this story, even through all the sporadic updates and terrible writing. Thank you all for your wonderful reviews. Thank you thank you thank you. YOU ARE AMAZING.

Thanks to mastesargent, for without them I would have had to sit and watch the whole. Frikin. Movie. Bless you, because you made my life a bazillion times easier.

About that rewrite…it may or may not happen :P But I do have another story in mind, in which Rapunzel and Eugene are together and it does not follow either movie. I hope to start that one soon(:

Thank you all sooooo much! I'm glad for this to be done, but…aw :( I'll miss you and your awesome reviews. You are amazing.

So, I guess this is it. Signing off, this is ZeDancingHobbit. Thank you all, and good night.