Destinies Collide

## Destinies Collide, Part 1

Destinies Collide, Part 2

**"Destinies Collide"** is a 43-minute, two-part season finale of *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* of season two. It premiered on April 14, 2019 and it is collectively the twenty-third and the twenty-fourth episode of the season, as well as the forty-sixth and the forty-seventh of the series overall.

## Synopsis

Princess Rapunzel finally reaches the Dark Kingdom to uncover the truth behind her destiny. Unfortunately, a dark secret revealed may alter everything Princess Rapunzel and her friends have risked their lives for.

## Plot

### Part One

In a prologue/flashback a quarter of a century ago, King Edmund of the Dark Kingdom orders his subjects to evacuate. One of his handmaidens retreats into a room, where the cries of a newborn baby is heard.

In the present, Rapunzel and the group finally make it to the Dark Kingdom. While initially unsure, Cassandra and Eugene reassure her that they are behind her one hundred percent, and will be with her every step of the way. Meanwhile, Eugene talks to Maximus about the prophecy Demanitus predicted earlier about someone in the group betraying Rapunzel. Eugene makes Max swear to keep it between the two of them, but Pascal snatches the note from him, and gives it to Rapunzel.

The two of them talk about it, but Rapunzel is unable to believe that Cassandra would turn on her after everything they have been through. Eugene, however, is more worrisome, and wants to keep more of an eye on her just in case.

The group makes their way to old, forgotten gondolas. Cassandra volunteers to climb across the rope and restart the gondola that will ferry them to the center of the kingdom. Initially, Rapunzel and Eugene are wary that Cassandra will leave them stranded, but she succeeds in bringing the gondola back. The group travels across a deep chasm, where they are suddenly attacked by a mysterious man in a bear mask. They engage the man in battle, but he overpowers them. Adira shows up and not even she is able to defeat the warrior, who throws both her and her sword off the gondola and into the chasm below. As the gondola near the end of the chasm, Eugene and the man wrestle, which results in them falling into the chasm, as Princess Rapunzel can only watch in shock.

Luckily, both him and the man are alive, having fallen on a rock ledge. The man prepares to strike down Eugene, but notices his eyes and stands down. Taking off the mask, he is revealed to be King Edmund, who is alive and well. The reason he will not fight Eugene is because the former thief is his son. Eugene is shocked by this and King Edmund takes him to the castle.

Meanwhile, Adira is fine as well, and makes her way back up cliff, where she informs the group that Eugene is fine. As she tries to lead the group forward, Rapunzel demands to know what exactly they are getting themselves into. Adira explains to the group how the Moonstone Opal had overtaken the once glorious former kingdom, and King Edmund tried to destroy it. When that failed, he ordered everyone to evacuate the kingdom, while he stayed behind to defend against anyone who would seek out the stone. Meanwhile, he sent Quirin, Hector, and Adira into the world to stop anyone from seeking it out. Adira went back on her mission and sought out the legendary Sunflower, thinking that it could help save her kingdom from the Moonstone's deathly, apocalyptic wrath.

King Edmund introduces Eugene to his ancestors, and explains how they have guarded the Moonstone from anyone who wished to take it for their own nefarious purposes. Edmund says that Eugene must fulfill his ancestors' legacy by defending the Moonstone against all who may seek it, including Rapunzel. Eugene begins to wonder if anything in his life meant anything, and ponders what to do next.

Adira leads the group to the entrance to the castle. When the doors open, she sees Eugene, and asks him to let them in. Eugene, somberly, tells Rapunzel that he will not do that, and signals to Edmund to cut the chain that holds the doors open. Rapunzel bangs on the doors, pleading with Eugene to let her in. Adira explains that there is another way into the castle, underneath the castle through tunnels of lava. Pascal sneaks into the castle and makes Eugene realize that he fulfilled Lord Demanitus' cryptic prophecy of betraying Princess Rapunzel by keeping the earthly personification of the heavenly Sunflower from her destiny and ensure that the same unfortunate fate does not befall her, as it did his birth mother.

### Part Two

Princess Rapunzel and the group make it through the tunnels and into the palace. Cassandra suggests that Rapunzel and her go in and fight Edmund, while Adira says she and Rapunzel should. Thinking back to all the times she made Cassandra doubt herself and her judgment, Rapunzel says that she and Cassandra will go in first. Edmund knows they're there and a battle ensues between the group and Edmund, who uses the ghosts of his ancestors to assist him. Eugene arrives and rejoins Rapunzel, fighting his father alongside her. Edmund lambastes Eugene for failing to uphold his ancestors' legacy. Eugene counters by inferring that Rapunzel isn't here to bring destruction, but to save Edmund. Lance figures out how to defeat the spirits: destroying the statues from which they were summoned. They do this until one remains. Just as it appears it will strike down Eugene, Edmund destroys its statue, finally relenting.

King Edmund allows Princess Rapunzel passage into the Moonstone's chamber., as it it is all up to her now With Eugene and Cassandra by her side, just like they said they would be, they enter the chamber, where the rocks react to the presence of the Sundrop, pointing directly to the Moonstone. A path is created for them to cross, and they finally reach it. Before she does, she goes to Cassandra and thanks her for everything she has done for her and staying by her side despite the hardships they endured. After hugging Cassandra and telling Eugene she loves him, she approaches the Moonstone, which reacts to Rapunzel's presence and removes itself from its cage. Rapunzel reaches out to stone, prepared to fulfill her destiny.

Just as she is about to grab it, Cassandra suddenly thrusts her arm forward and takes it herself. Absolutely shocked, a look of horror on both her and Eugene's face, she asks what Cassandra is doing as her hair stops glowing. As the Moonstone begins to glow, Cassandra angrily declares that she is fulfilling *her* destiny. She raises the Moonstone and its raw power is great enough to send Rapunzel, Pascal, and Eugene flying backwards across the bridge. The Moonstone, knowing Cassandra does not possess the Sundrop, begins to radiate with undiluted power as Cassandra struggles to control it. The walls in the chamber begin to go haywire as Cassandra finally takes control of the stone, driving it into her chest as she screams. The Black Rocks begin to sprout at an unstoppable pace, covering the entire room. The stone begins to drastically change Cassandra's appearance. It completely destroys her armor and replaces it with a midnight blue-black outfit made from the moon rocks themselves.

Cassandra is lifted into the air as the supreme lunar energies of the Moonstone courses through her and envelopes her to the point that both her hair and her eyes change to pale blue to match that of the Moonstone in contrast to Princess Rapunzel's hair turning from brown to sunshine blonde. With one last scream, the moon rock spikes turn toward their master. Princess Rapunzel, Eugene, and Pascal see Cassandra levitate down to the ground. The former handmaiden begins to laugh and tells Princess Rapunzel that she tried to warn her about who she can trust. As Cassandra looks on with rage and anger in her eyes, Rapunzel and Eugene can only watch in abject horror as they lay witness to the fulfillment of Lord Demanitus' prophecy.

## Characters

#### Major

* Princess Rapunzel
* Prince Eugene Flitzedmund
* Cassandra
* Lance Strongbow
* Adira
* King Edmund (actual debut)
* Pascal

#### Minor

* Queen Alexis (debut; portrait)
* Quirin (flashbacks)
* Hector (flashback; cameo)
* Maximus
* Fidella
* Shorty

#### Mentioned and Referenced

* Vigor the Visionary
* Lord Demanitus (alive, though only in spirit)
* Queen Alexis (deceased)
* Hector

## Elements

#### Magical Objects

* The Moonstone (actual debut)
* Black Rock Spikes
* Sundrop Hair

#### Objects

* Demanitus Scroll (flashback)
* Sundrop Flower (flashback; picture on Demantius scroll)

## Locations

#### The Dark Kingdom

* The Dark Castle (actual debut)
* Moonstone Chamber (actual debut)

#### Corona

* Corona Castle (flashbacks)
* Corona Village (flashbacks)

## Songs

* With You by My Side
* Everything I Ever Thought I Knew

## Trivia

* **Moral**: Be careful who you trust, as they may not be who they seem.
* As of the end of the second half of the one hour special episode, Cassandra is no longer Princess Rapunzel's devoted confidante and handmaiden, but she has become her newest enemy until the near end of the special three-part finale.
* Eugene sings his first and only solo song during this episode.
* King Edmund is revealed to be alive and he is also Eugene's long-lost biological father, indicating that Eugene is the long-lost Prince of the Dark Kingdom and not an orphan like he originally thought.

## Goofs

* When Eugene holds his girlfriend Rapunzel while they are shocked of Cassandra's transformation, Pascal disappeared from Eugene's outfit. Also, after they see Cassandra's transformation, Pascal is still missing.