She has secretly been planning to auction Rapunzel off to the highest bidding criminal. Unlike the movie though, she also runs into Gina, an amateur thief looking to make a name for herself.īut Mother Gothel has more nefarious schemes up her sleeve. However, after years locked in her tower, Rapunzel yearns for something more and leaves the tower with Flynn Ryder, just as in the movie. They lie and say that their daughter died, while in reality Mother Gothel (who puts up a good front) takes care of the young princess. This means that Rapunzel developed different powers as a baby – including the ability to kill anyone who touches her.Īfter the death of her nursemaid, the King and Queen decide to keep their child hidden and protected so that their kingdom needn’t suffer from losing the princess The plot is altered so that Rapunzel’s mother drinks the moon drop flower instead of the sun drop flower. The book title What Once Was Mine is taken from a line from the song Flower Gleam and Glow.

This installment, written by Elizabeth Braswell, retells the tale of Rapunzel, or Tangled, and follows the series’ trend of naming the books after lyrics from songs in the movies. Twisted Tales is a series that inserts alternative plot elements into Disney movies to imagine how they play out. Before she can reach her happy ending, Rapunzel learns that there is far more to her story, and her magical hair, and her future than she ever knew.The plot is altered so that Rapunzel’s mother drinks the moon drop flower instead of the sun drop flower. When she finally decides to leave the only home she's ever known-to see the floating lights that appear on her birthday-she gets caught up in an unexpected adventure with two thieves: a would-be outlaw named Gina, and Flynn Rider, a rogue on the run. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel.įor eighteen years Rapunzel stays imprisoned in her tower, knowing she must protect everyone from her magical hair.

But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl-with hair as silver and gray as the moon. but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. More Info The 12th installment in the New York Times best-selling series asks: What if Rapunzel's mother drank a potion from the wrong flower?ĭesperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her.

A twisted tale what once was mine