Maximus (Tangled) and Sora (KH)

(The beginning of this story is my version of how Maximus and Rapunzel meet)

Maximus was sleeping in the stables, having a nice dream about how he’d met his best human friend. Rapunzel.

(flashback)

”Now sit, sit” Rapunzel said to Maximus. The horse did what she asked begrudgingly. “Now drop the boot…drop it”. Once again Maximus did what she asked.

”Aww you are such a good boy, yes you are, yes you are.”Rapunzel said as she began to pet Maximus.

Maximus himself had never received this kind of affection but he loved it. He began wagging his tail in happiness like a dog and decided to take in Rapunzel’s scent.

Maximus pressed his nose against Rapunzel’s face and began playfully sniffing.

(SniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniff)

”Hahaha it tickles haha” Rapunzel giggled.

Maximus stopped after a moment but his tail kept wagging. “You all tired after chasing this bad man all over the place”Rapunzel asked. Maximus nodded.

”Nobody appreciates you do they, do they”. Maximus pulls Rapunzel into a hug with his neck. She was telling him everything that was true about his life.

“Oh come on, he’s a bad horse” Eugene said. “Oh, he’s nothing but a big sweetheart” Rapunzel responded. Maximus may have just met this girl but he already loved her. To show this he gave her a big wet lick to her face after he whinnied in delight.

”Hahaha isn’t that right…Maximus” Rapunzel said as she scratched him under the chin and read his name tag.

Maximus was in heaven. He wanted to show his appreciation to his new friend. So he pushed Rapunzel over and pressed his nose against her face to playfully sniff her over. Her scent was the best thing he’d ever smelled. It smelled like apples wrapped in freshly cut grass with a honey streak through it. He just couldn’t get enough of it.

(Sniff Sniff SniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniff SSNNIIFF)

”Hahahaha heyhyhyhy stop that ticklhlhlhlhles” Rapunzel laughed.

Maximus did eventually stop but then began to affectionately lick her face over and over again. All Rapunzel could see as the big tongue kept covering her entire face was its smooth taste buds.

”Hahahaha no hahaha tickles even more hahahaha. Good horse, good boyhyhyhyhy hahahaha” Rapunzel kept laughing.

”You have got to be kidding me” Eugene said as he watched the scene unfold.

(flashback ends)

Maximus woke up to a familiar scent tingling in his large nostrils. He got up and sniffed the air to get a better notion of the scent.

(Sniff Sniff SniffSniffSniff Sniff Sniff Sniff)

It was Sora. The boy who he’d met just after Rapunzel. Maximus walked out of his stall just as Sora entered the stables.

“Hey Maximus, how are you. I brought you something. I know you like apples so I got you one” Sora said as he took out the apple from his pocket and offered it to his horse friend.

Maximus sniffed at the apple and quickly gobbled it up. Afterwards he started walking around Sora, sniffing him over and talking in the boy’s great scent.

”Hey Maximuhuhuhus quite it thahahat tickles” Sora giggled from the horse’s snuffling nose. Maximus stopped and neighed happily at Sora.

“I have something to ask Maximus. First I need you to sit…sit boy” Sora asked.

Maximus sat on his haunches. “Rapunzel is right, you are such a good good boy Maximus” Sora said as he began petting his horse friend. Maximus started wagging his tail in sheer joy. Sora noticed this and knew that horses don’t wag their tails in happiness but Maximus was a special case.

“Maximus, Rapunzel told me how tracked Eugene across miles of forest. She also told me that you’re a better scent tracker than all the hounds in the kingdom. So I would like to hide and see if you can find me with that amazing nose of yours” Sora asked as he kept petting Maximus.

The white horse wagged his tail even faster and pushed Sora against the stable wall with his black nose. His large nostrils flaring as he sniffed Sora. For Sora those big flaring nostrils were all he could see as his horse friend inhaled his scent.

(SniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniff)

Maximus stopped sniffing Sora after a few minutes and gave him a big slobbery lick across his face.

(SSSLLLUUURRRPPP)

”Hahahaha I’ll take that as a yes?” Sora said and Maximus nodded.

”Alright wait here for about five minutes and I’ll go hide. Then you can try to find me” Sora said before walking out of the stables.

Sora ran back towards the palace garden. There’s a hedge maze and Sora planned to hide there. On his way he ran into Rapunzel.

“What are you doing Sora” She asked.

He explained all to her and after giving him directions to the center of the maze to hide she giggled.

”I play this game all the time with him and Pascal. You should know, since he likes you, there’ll be a lot of licks in your future if he sniffs you out” Rapunzel told him.

Sora just smiled and ran off toward his chosen hiding place.

As Sora disappeared into the hedge maze Rapunzel muttered “ WHEN he sniffs you out”.

The five minutes passed and Maximus was ready to go. The white horse trotted outside and immediately pressed his black nose against the ground, his nostrils flaring wildly with each deep sniff he took.

(Sniff Sniff Sniff SniffSniffSniffSniffSniffSniff SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF SNIFF SNIFFSNIFFSNIFFSNIFF)

Maximus moved toward the source of the scent, Sora. His nose still pressed against the ground and his large snuffling nostrils taking in as much of his friends scent as possible with each deep whiff he took.

Maximus eventually got to the hedge maze entrance. Here he picked up the scent of Rapunzel.

(Sniff SniffSSSNNNIIIFFF Sniff Sniff)

Apparently Sora had stopped to talk with her. But they hadn’t talked long, only for a minute. Maximus redoubled his efforts to sniff out Sora.

It seemed like Sora was trying to use the maze to try and hide but he didn’t fully realize just how powerful Maximus’s nose was. His tracking talents and sense of smell both had been compared to bloodhounds even though he actually was a better scent tracker than any of them. Maximus’s sniffer could detect almost anything, even from miles away.

Sora was hiding at the center of the maze in a small cube-shaped area where the hedge formed a small wall on all sides. It was just big enough to crouch down inside.

Sora began to think he’d stumped Maximus and his nose but only after a few minutes did he hear the sound of said nose sniffing for him.

Sora peeked through the leaves of the hedges and saw Maximus enter the area he was in. This horse’s sniffing nose didn’t miss a thing, even sniffing where Sora had simply touched the leaves near the entrance to the maze center

Maximus followed his nose to the small cube and pushed his nose through, he didn’t realize that his nose was mere inches from Sora’s face.

(SSSNNNIIIFFF SniffSniffSniffSniffSniff Sniff Sniff Sniff)

The horse’s big nostrils flared frantically in Sora’s face. Then Maximus decided to show Sora that he’d been found by giving him a big sloppy full face lick.

(SLuuuuuurp)

”Ok Maximus I admit it your nose is just as amazing as Rapunzel said it would be” Sora said as he climbed out of the hiding place and started petting Maximus after wiping the saliva from his face.

Maximus wasn’t done though. He pushed Sora over onto his back and pressed his nose onto Sora’s face. His nostrils flaring and tail wagging with each deep sniff he took. All Sora could see were the huge frantically flaring nostrils of Maximus’s nose snuffling over his face.

“Hahahaha Maximus stohohohop it ticklhlhlhlhles” Sora laughed. But Maximus just kept sniffing him.

(Sniff Sniff Sniff SNIFF SNIFF SNIFFSNIFFSNIFF)

Once Maximus was satisfied with sniffing Sora over he began repeatedly licking the boy’s face. All Sora could see now were the smooth, wet taste buds of Maximus’s tongue as it covered his whole face with every lick.

”No- Max- sto- -tickles qui- hahahaha HAHAHAHA” Sora just kept laughing as the horse continued to give him lick after slobbery lick while cutting him off from being able to even form words.

(Slurp Slurp SLURP SLURP SSSLLLUUUURRRRRRPPPPP)

(the end).