What Once Was Mine

I emerge from the portal, clutching the flower tightly by the stem.

The front desk workers look at me in shock, since I appeared out of a magical blue circle in front of them, but I don't have time to explain.

"What has been done with y/n l/n?!" I ask frantically.

"Uhm- What?" One of the workers says.

"Y/f/n! Where is she?!"

I can't bring myself to say 'Her body' because even though it's true, it makes it sound like there's no life left.

"Who is that?"

"She died this morning! Where has she been placed?! Her parents were supposed to make sure nothing was done with her!"

"Let me just check, but why do you want to know?" The lady sitting in front of the computer asks, starting to type.

"Because I'm hoping to be able to save her!"

"What do you mean by that? It says her she was poisoned, how could you fix that?"

"That's not important right now, I need to find her quickly! Maybe I'll be able to come back and explain later, ok?"

"Whatever. She's been placed in the morgue, but as requested, nothing has been done to the body."

Ew.

"Thank you!" I start to run the the elevator, but then I realize I don't know where the morgue is.

So I ask, and they tell me I have to go down the stairs.

I'm just glad they're letting me through.

While I run down three flights of stairs to the basement, I stop the unification and feed Kaalki.

There's very few workers milling around down here.

"Help, please! I'm looking for y/n l/n!" It takes a few minutes of my saying this to people until I actually get told where to find her.

"She's in there, locker number 308. But if you're wanting to put flowers on the body, couldn't you wait until the funeral? " Says a gruff looking older man.

"That's not exactly what I'm doing." I respond.

I have no idea how long the guy has worked here, but I can tell he's seen plenty of things.

Though I have a feeling this will give him a surprise.

They allow me to close the door so I can detransform, because if, ahem, she wakes up I'm going to want to hug her tightly, without my super strength getting in the way.

Plus I may need Plagg to help me remember the incantation.

He eats some cheese while I find the number in the seemingly endless row of metal doors.

Finally, I find it after what seems like years, and I open the latch and pull out the drawer.

And there she is, lying flat on her back in the same hospital gown as the last time I saw her.

But now she looks pale and cold.

Swallowing the lump forming in my throat, I take her hand, to find she feels as cold as she looks.

I lay the flower on her chest, and mentally go through the words of the song.

I don't know if anything will happen if I mess up, but I don't want to take that chance, so I go over it quietly with Plagg as well.

When I'm sure I know it, I start to sing.

""

Tears start falling as I get to the last part, as I anxious watch her face for any signs of movement.

I stare at her lifeless form for what feels like an eternity, and there's nothing.

Did I not sing the song right?

Did the flower not work?

It started glowing like in the movie.

But it's not working.

"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!" I sing again, moving the flower closer to her.

But it still doesn't seem to work.

I cradle her in my arms, and just cry.

I start singing again, though I doubt it'll do any good.

Maybe Shasu really can't do anything to bring someone back from the dead.

"Bring back what once was mine. What once was mine." I whisper again, closing my eyes and sobbing.

"Rapunzel? Agh, have I died and went to Corona?"

I quickly open my eyes and look down, to find that my greatest wish has come true, y/n is moving!

"Y/N!!!" I shout, holding her tightly.

============================You'd barely heard it through the fogginess of your mind, but it was there.

The song you'd heard many times, the incantation used to heal the sick and injured.

So through your clouded mindset, you'd said what made sense, while trying to move your arms.

And were answered with the tightest hug you'd received since the first time Cat had a nightmare.

"Kitty?" You mumble, blinking your eyes open.

"Yeah, it's me. Kitty's here. Right here." He says tearfully, though now it's happy tears.

You can tell, because he's pulled away and is looking at you with the biggest smile you've ever seen him wear.

Though he hasn't pulled away completely, he's still standing there and holding you close to him.

"Oh, I'm so happy to see you!" He says euphorically.

"Aw, I'm happy to see you too!"

"Gosh, can I kiss you now?" He asks with a light laugh.

"Fine with me, but I probably have terrible breath." You giggle.

"I could not care less."

He quickly pulls you up to him, where your lips meet in a heated expression of joy.

"So what happened?" You ask once the kiss is broken for air.

"You were, you um. You died." He says, the ecstatic smile falling away.

"And you sang the healing song and it brought me back?"

"I guess. I got a flower too!" He says, showing you the slightly wrinkled Sundrop flower, that looks exactly as it does in the movie.