Re: The End
[For moment that could be just a moment or could be an eternity, the statues hang frozen, stone sinking deep into flesh. the room jerks again, Rapunzel peaceful in the arms of that screaming face . . .
And there is a crack.
It's a small sound, but it echoes with the finality of a death knell. A crack, and then another crack, and something . . . a bright light, a blinding, searing light shining from the hairline fractures spreading from Rapunzel's chest, back along her hair, to the hands of her would-be rescuers, to the floor . . .]