Befana furiously rushed through the forest in pure panic, anxiously wondering the well-being of her adopted daughter. She had earned herself quite a bit of bruises and tears in her maroon-colored cloak from tripping over a number of rocks and various twigs. But still she continued without even thinking about resting her aching feet. When she finally pushed through the thickness of the trees surrounding the tower, Befana paused to catch her breath. She then raced toward the tower and stood underneath Marinette's window, like she had done so many times before. 

"Marinettaaaa!!" she called in her sing-song voice, attempting to sound cheerful, though she was sweating in desperation. When Befana didn't receive an answer, she attempted to call again. 

"Marinettaaaa!! Let down your hair, my sweet fairy!"

No response. 

At this point Befana was a few minutes away from driving herself completely insane. She circled around the tower until she came to a heap of rocks piled up against the wall. Pushing them aside, she uncovered a secret door and immediately opened it, revealing a dusty staircase leading up the the top of the tower. Befana wasted no time climbing up the stairs and finally reaching the top floor. There, she searched every room in vain, hoping to find Marinette sleeping somewhere or invested in a random book or in the midst of piles of fabric for dresses. 

When she had look into every nook and cranny she could think of, Befana covered her face with her hands and collapsed onto the kitchen floor in helplessness. 

"Well, well, well. I'd never thought I'd see you come to this point, my dear."

Befana jerked her head up from her hands upon hearing the sound of that particular voice. 

"M-Master?" she stuttered. 

A mysterious man stepped out of the shadows. Befana instantly rose to her feet and bowed her head respectively. 

"Forgive me, Master," Befana said, trying to her hardest to keep her voice at an even tone. "I was not able to carry out your instructions as you have ordered."

"Quite the contrary," replied the man as he stroked his chin. "I believe you have followed my instructions successfully."

Befana raised her head, confused. "But, she was taken...someone found out about her..."

The man shook his head and smiled. "Don't worry, she is still within our reach. And I have a definite idea who her kidnapper might be. But," He folded his hands behind his back and circled around Befana,"in order to retain her, you will need to carry out my new instructions. Are you willing to obey my command once more?"

"Yes, Master." Befana replied without hesitation. 

"Good, good. Now, here is what I want you to do..."

**********

"Oww!!"

Chat Noir let out a yelp when he accidentally tripped over and rock and banged his head against the rocky wall of the tunnel. 

Marinette gasped. "Are you okay, Chat Noir?" she asked, momentarily pausing her singing as well as extinguishing their only light source. 

Chat Noir picked himself off the ground and rubbed his throbbing head. "I'm fine. Let's just get out of here."

"Maybe we should take a break," Marinette suggested, biting her lip. 

"Are you crazy? And waste time staying in complete darkness?" Chat gave a short cough before adding, "We need to keep going. And also...WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH YOUR HAIR?!?"

"Uhhh..." 

"Never mind," interrupted Chat Noir as he grabbed her hand and proceeded to continue walking toward the exit. "Just come one. And...keep singing."

Marinette filled her lungs and sang as hard as she could, once again glowing up the dark tunnel with the light of her midnight-colored hair. The pair kept moving forward, in hope that they would see find the end of the tunnel soon. After walking for at least 15 minutes, they finally began to see light from outside spilling out from the other end. Marinette stopped singing as both she and Chat hurried toward the exit. Once they reached the end, Chat Noir brushed away a few stray vines hanging in their way before the pair were finally able to leave the darkness of the tunnel and into the morning sunshine.

Marinette began to smile as she once again felt the warmth of the sun on her skin. "We made it!" she cried in pure happiness, but she realized she had spoken to soon when Chat Noir suddenly fell to the ground in pain. 

"Chat Noir!" she gasped, rushing to his side. "Are you okay?"

Chat Noir held his head between his two hands and moaned, "My head...it feels like it's pounding..."

"Hang on..." Marinette knelt beside Chat quickly began to wrap her hair around his head. 

"Ow! What are you doing?" Chat Noir yelled, trying to unwind Marinette's hair from his head. "Your only making it hurt more than it already is!"

"Don't worry, I'm trying to help," Marinette protested. 

"How? Can your hair somehow turn into a big bandage for my head? Or magically turn into an ice pack?" Chat Noir retorted. 

Marinette shot him a glare. She then took a deep breath and said quietly, "Just...trust me, okay?"

Chat Noir was taken aback by her sudden gentle tone. Nevertheless, he decided to cooperate and allow Marinette to re-wrap the remains of her hair around his head once more.

Once she had completed this task, Marinette crossed her legs and sat down, folding her hands in her lap. She then closed her eyes and began to sing, her hair softly glowing as she did so. 

Chat Noir was about to inquire what in the world she was doing, when he started to feel the throbbing pain in his head suddenly, and surprisingly, start to fade away. When Marinette had finished healing him, she began to unwind her hair from his head. 

"Feeling better?" she asked Chat. 

The poor kitty was having trouble comprehending what had just happened. One minute he was suffering from a severe headache, and the next it was as if the pain had just disappeared. 

"What..how...how did you.." he stammered, clearly amazed. 

Marinette chuckled softly to herself before rising up from where she sat. "Don't worry about it," she told him. "I'm gonna go find some water for us."

She started to leave, but Chat Noir shot up from the ground and grabbed her shoulder. "Wait!"

Marinette turned around and faced Chat Noir. 

"Just tell me what you did...you know, with your hair and stuff."

*AUTHOR'S NOTE*

I'm sorry guys, I have to say it.....

"SECRET TUNNELLLLLL, SECRET TUNNELLLLL, TROUGH THE MOUNTAINS SECRET SECRET SECRET SECRET TUNNELLLLLL!!!"

Lmaoooo anywayyy thank you so much for reading! I really hope you're enjoying the story so far, even though I'm a horrible writer and even though this story isn't exactly the same from the movie Tangled. Nevertheless, feel free to comment and vote! Ideas and constructive criticism are welcome!

I'm currently writing this the night before the newest episode of Miraculous Ladybug comes out! OMGGG IM SO PUMPED!!! WHO'S READY FOR MORE MIRACULOUS?!?

I definitely am...cuz uk, u can never have to much Miraculous in your life ;-)

Ok lemme stop XD 

See you guys in the next chap! And go ahead and be miraculousssss!!!