The fairies in the Red Glade all want to kill Rapunzel, but Glyph is kind and calms the fairies. Rapunzel is convinced that Rune is powerless, but he shrinks Jack and her, and Rapunzel is forced to follow Rune into the Red Glade. Eventually, they find Rune, and Rune reveals that Glyph has already taken the cure and healed greatly (though not completely). He is holding a lock of Rapunzel's hair, and Rapunzel and angry and confused how he could have taken her hair. Jack takes Rapunzel Prince Dash, filled with stone. They travel through the woods to find the fairies. Thinking that Witch will get hurt if the fairies take the cure, Rapunzel chases after Jack. Jack comes back the next day and tricks Rapunzel into giving her a rose for the cure. She becomes extremely worried about the welfare of Witch, and this causes Witch to age a little bit. Witch offers to take the memory of Jack away from Rapunzel, but unlike all the times in the past, Rapunzel decides not to remove the memory. After some insults between the two, Rapunzel chases Jack out of the tower by calling for Witch. Jack tells Rapunzel that he is looking for a cure for a fairy that Rapunzel had hurt, but Rapunzel doesn't remember. Because of her storybooks, Rapunzel thinks he is a prince. Rapunzel hears a noise that doesn't seem like Witch approaching, and it is not Witch it is Jack. It is nearing nighttime, and she is reading and taking a bath. The book opens up with Rapunzel enjoying her perfect yet simple life in her magical tower. Much more than just a retelling of Rapunzel, Grounded is a marvelous adventure, a moving family drama, and a captivating introduction to the world of Tyme - with many tales to come. and more magic, wonder, and excitement than she had ever dreamed.

There she finds a world filled with even more peril that Witch promised. Because Rapunzel learns then that Witch is in terrible danger - and to keep her safe, she must leave her tower and journey with Jack on a quest far across Tyme.

Beautiful, beloved, and innocent, Rapunzel can't imagine a happier life.īut when a thief named Jack climbs into her tower, that happy life breaks open forever. She knows only her enchanted tower, which obeys her every command, and her wonderful Witch, who guards her against evil princes far below. She hasn't outwitted a Stalking beast, or made a fried, or adopted a very opinionated frog. Rapunzel has never visited a fairy court, or won a jacks tournament, or slept under the stars. But in the land of Tyme, that's just the start of the story.

You know the tower, the hair, and the witch.

Grounded by megan morrison