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This One Shot is part of my Impersonator!AU, which is Varian-centric and whose basic plot is this : everything is the same as in the show except that Cassandra refuses to team up with Zhan Tiri. There are not a few changes, mainly that Cassandra gets her redemption faster (because she isn’t manipulated by Zhan Tiri in staying angry at Raps) and that Zhan Tiri has to find another way to get the Ultimate Power. This takes place during the finale, and yes the title is both an indication and a pun. I hope you’ll like it ! Trigger Warnings for possession and threats to use violence (which of course remain threats, no violence shown here) -----

Rapunzel was silent as she walked down the corridor, letting her steps guide her through the castle. Her mother whom she just left had told her that king Edmund was on his way and would reach Corona in a matter of hours. Hours, and he would take the Moonstone back to the Dark Kingdom it should never have left in the first place. She should feel relieved. After all these months of trying to get through to Cassandra, things were finally about to get back to normal : Rapunzel and her friends -her family- right by her side, having their happily ever after at long last. She should feel relieved, yet she wasn’t. She couldn’t help the bad feeling gnawing at her insides, warning her to be on her guard, whispering that there was more coming. And there was. When Cassandra handed her the Moonstone, she told her about that mysterious ghost girl who had appeared to her. The warrior had of course been wary, refusing to listen to the spectre and feeling that there may be more going on than what she was letting on. Truthfully, Cassandra had hesitated to turn to the ghost, but her suspicion had been too strong; she didn’t know who she was, but that girl gave her the same impression that the servants of Zhan Tiri had -something ancient and powerful-. Cassandra had sent her away and the ghost had no choice but to do as told : before she disappeared however, she had made the threat to get her hands on the Ultimate power one way or the other. Rapunzel was no fool : she knew that threat was not to be taken lightly. That ghost girl, whoever she was, had almost gotten through to Cassandra of all people. Although she had fortunately not revealed herself for now, Rapunzel knew it was just a matter of time. She had to be lurking around, watching them at any time, waiting for them to make even the slightest misstep : and when one of them irremediably would, spiraling into dangerous thoughts, indulging in the wrong feeling for a little too long, then she would be there. No one was safe. No one but Edmund could be fully trusted, King Edmund who had already endured the Moonstone’s tricks for decades. That was why the princess had not taken any risk- she couldn’t take any risk, not with magic that could quite literally destroy the world as they knew it. Ever since Cassandra had given the Moonstone back, it had been locked away in a chest- a piece of ancient Corona metallurgy whose only key was guarded at all time by Rapunzel, and Rapunzel only. But the princess was only one person, and so it had been decided that a tag-team of sort would be formed so as to have at least one person watching over the chest at all time. Rapunzel had of course chosen people she trusted with her life : Eugene, Lance, Varian and Cassandra. She had gotten a lot of reproaches for this choice, but the princess had stood her ground : they were all redeemed, good people who wanted to do what was right- to protect the world. All of them were. A faint sizzling sound caught her attention, so subtle she almost missed it, soon followed by the muffled sound of glass breaking. But- there wasn’t anyone else in the empty corridors, just like there was no glass nor fire. In the span of a second, Rapunzel became extremely aware of her surroundings. Without her noticing it, her steps had led her near the royal vault, where no one was ever wandering and where the Moonstone had been hidden for that exact reason. Rapunzel didn’t think. She couldn’t think as she ran to the vault’s door and threw it open. Someone had to be in there, one of her friends as they had intended and surely they were the cause of that sound although there was no glass or fire in the vault, nothing but a chest and someone watching over it- There was indeed someone in here. There was one of her friends. That’s what she should think. That’s what she would think, if the chest was closed. Instead, the chest was wide open, its lock completely melted; if Rapunzel had to guess, she’d say it was because of whatever had been inside the small vial, now mere shards of glass on the floor. The room was bathed in a soft blue glow, illuminating the walls, the ceiling and the face of the person towering over the chest- over the opal. Varian. For a second, Rapunzel thought she was mistaken. The room was oddly dark, except for the blue glow : surely this wasn’t her friend, it had to be someone else, and even if that would be far more alarming it would be better in a way. Everything would be better than seeing Varian’s blue eyes staring at the opal gently floating in front of him, seemingly mesmerized. But then she heard Pascal croak in her ear, and she knew this was reality. This was actually happening -being betrayed, the Moonstone getting stolen- and she had to do something. She had to protect the Moonstone and stop Varian now before it was too late. She shared a look with Pascal, and the chameleon on her shoulder immediately understood, going invisible before climbing down. With that out of her mind, Rapunzel took a deep breath, air finally filling her lungs again : as she exhaled, evacuating both air and bad thoughts, Varian turned his attention towards her, finally noticing her presence. "Varian. What are you doing ?" The moment their eyes met, the moment she spoke these words, a race against time started. The clock was ticking now, and it was up to Rapunzel to buy as much time as she possibly could in order to avoid the worst case scenario. "Nothing to worry about, princess : simply what I must." Varian's voice was calm, too calm in a situation like this, and Rapunzel hated it. She wanted him to be scared, to be regretful, to be sorrowful : she wanted a proof that he was acting against his will, that he didn't want to betray her once again. She wanted to trust him. So she did. "Varian, you don’t have to do anything. Whatever this ghost girl has told you, it's all lies : she's only using you as a tool.” Chancing a small step forward, she extended her hand, “Please, let me help you." She had been expecting many responses -denial, lashing out, pleading-, but the chuckle that escaped Varian was not one of them. The sound of it wasn't malicious or condescending, but genuinely amused instead : it reminded the princess of the afternoons they would spend together, exchanging jokes and funny memories. "Oh no- you've got it all wrong, princess. Well, except for one point," He replied with a smirk, "I am afraid I have indeed been using him as a tool." Rapunzel's brain stopped completely. Him ? What...? All this time, she had been afraid the ghost would use one of them to reach the Moonstone. All this time, the princess had been so sure their enemy was trying to divide and conquer. She had never thought she would only conquer, never thought she would use one of her friends that way. But as realization crashed into her, Rapunzel had to face the horrible truth that the person right in front of her had not betrayed her, for the sole reason that they had never been her friend. "Who- are you ?" She whispered, her voice gone because of the shock. This- this couldn't be. Varian was- he was- "What have you done to him ?" "Don't look at me that way. I needed a body, and your little friend here appeared to be needing some sort of break. It is an arrangement, if you please." 'Varian' replied, and Rapunzel wasn't sure if she was more horrified by the fact that a child -her friend- was being possessed or by the casualty with which the ghost had told her the news. "As for my name, it would be rather difficult to provide you with an answer : you see, I was given many names throughout the centuries, tales or even forms I have taken." She waved Varian's hand -no, her hand because Varian was no longer in control of his own body, if he was even there- with a knowing smile. "A warlock. A demon. Even a blizzard. But I think most of your kind knows me as-" "Zhan Tiri." Rapunzel whispered. "Indeed." The demon replied with glee, as if Rapunzel's heart wasn't sinking in her chest, as if her whole worldview wasn't being shattered. Zhan Tiri was real- she was there. She had taken over Varian's body, and was using her friend to take the Ultimate Power for herself. What was she supposed to do...? "Now, if you'll excuse me-" Rapunzel felt her heart stop as the demon outstretched her arm, reaching for the floating opal. At that exact moment, Pascal reappeared next to the chest, sending his tongue right into Zhan Tiri's left eye : the demon stumbled back, more surprised than actually hurt, and Rapunzel didn't waste a second. Throwing her air, she caught one of Zhan Tiri’s wrist, restraining her and keeping her from going anywhere near the Moonstone. The demon was however quick to respond, grabbing one of her alchemy ball and throwing it at the princess. Rapunzel heard Pascal shriek in fear but she was quick to step aside, avoiding the pink goo as it expanded on the floor. When she brought her eyes back to the demon however, it was to see that Zhan Tiri had managed to get ahold of Pascal during their short fight, holding the chameleon with her free hand. "I advise you stand down, Sundrop." The demon laughed, and Rapunzel quickly thought of her options. She was all alone with a demon who was possessing one of her friends and wouldn't hesitate to hurt the other; no one ever went to the vault and the next shift, which was Cassandra's, wasn't before another ten minutes. Could she hold on that long without getting any of her friends hurt ? As if she had read her mind, Zhan Tiri's grip on Pascal tightened, urging the princess to make her choice. "Well ? What will it be, Sundrop ?" Rapunzel watched in horror as Pascal let out small croaks of pain and terror in Zhan Tiri's vicious grip, the demon threatening to hit him on the sharp side of the chest. "Let him go, please !!" Rapunzel blurted out, unable to stand the thought of her best friend getting severely hurt, or worse. "Let both of them go." Zhan Tiri only loosened a bit her grip on Pascal, eyeing Rapunzel in an insistent and impatient kind of way. With a defeated sigh, the princess released the demon's wrist : the latter immediately opened her hand, freeing the chameleon who ran out of reach of Zhan Tiri. "And Varian ?" The princess insisted, staring at the demon as she waited for her to complete her part of the deal. She couldn't really attack her as long as she was hiding under Varian's skin like a human shield, but once he was free she could- "I can't let the alchemist go for now, I'm afraid : as long as I don't have a body of my own, I will need to use his. I have been doing so for some time now after all, and I don't see the point in fixing something that isn't broken." The demon raised one of her hands to her head, brushing the raven bangs back in place as if she was merely taking care of something that was hers; Rapunzel was fuming, feeling an unfamiliar, unbridled anger surge through her, making her see red. "No- you can't just-" She cried in anger, gripping her hair more firmly : she wanted to fight, had to fight, but- could she do so without hurting Varian ? "Give him back !!" "Oh, don't worry your Heigness," In a smooth gesture, Zhan Tiri took Varian's goggles off of her head and let them fall to the ground, a gleeful smirk appearing at her lips at the sound of the lens breaking on impact. Finally, with all of her enemies rendered powerless, the demon could get rid of her disguise : no more pretending to be this pathetic alchemist. She would show them all who she really was, and they would fear her. "Your friend won't suffer nearly as much as the rest of Corona." Zhan Tiri finished, outstretching her arm and closing her hand around the Moonstone; Rapunzel let out a cry of terror as power exploded, filling the room before everything was drowned in a sea of blue and white.

Had an owl house/tangled crossover idea!(originally posted in community but I wanted to post it on my page as well)

So it is gonna be a replace owl house characters with tangled ones but there are gonna be some twists. But before we get into that let's talk about everyone's roles. Buckle up this is long so sorry in advance!

First up we got everyone's favorite boy, Varian!

Varian is obviously gonna take the place of luz and be getting into trouble at school with his alchemy. Varian ends up in the demo realm aka, Demani(sorry sounds better for an island than Demanitus bits he's taking place of the Titan) after following a tiny horse(max) stealing his Flynn rider book. Varian's still gonna keep his normal personality and denial of magic but will study to try and learn the science behind it. Bros gonna be in all tracks but learns he has a talent for potions, aka alchemy. His appearance is mostly the same but he has slightly pointed ears, eyes that are a little too blue, and his hair stripe is a lot bigger. Meaning he might not be as human as he thinks. Varian also gets his palisman ruddiger earlier than cannon (he had him in the human realm and never realized what ruddiger actually was till they met Eugene).

Eugene Fitzherbert, aka Flynn Rider, aka the Raven Man. Master thief and one of the most powerful witches in the island. He steals from everyone even the castle itself, the only thing keeping him down is his curse. Slowly growing stronger by the day and making loose little more of his mind. His appearance is the same but with witches ears and fangs, as well as blue hair streaks. Personality is still the same but his arrogance severs as a shield to his how terrified he is of himself. His palisman max serves almost as a conscience for him and is there to keep him grounded with the curse getting stronger. His curse form is a lot like Lilith but way bigger and with electric blue feathers mixed with black. Lives in an old cottage that belonged to the family called the raven house. Wild witch but specializes in illusion and abomination or bard haven't decided between the two.

Stan and Pete, ya both boys are sharing hootys role. There a little different because couldn't figure out how to make them bird tubes but they're like living gargoyles but there's statues of them inside and outside the house so they're able to transfer their minds to any body in or out of the house. Yes they're still as terrifying as hooty and yess they are not supposed to be able uproot their bodies so we will have the porta hooty moment with them. Personalities are the same as cannon, just way more chaotic.

Next up we got Lance. Lance is kinda in a king role kinda his own thing. Lance lives in and out of the raven house and has been Eugene's best friend since they were kids and the Fitzherbert's adopted him when he was a teen after he finally told them he was an orphan. So yay! The two are brothers!. Lance is Eugene's partner in crime and has been the main person helping keeping Eugene's curse at bay, whether that be getting the elixirs or nocking him out when he gets to crazy. Still wild but specializes in illusion and beast. Only reason he doesn't live full time in the raven house is too take care of his daughters. He also has a red squirrel palisman named nutty(he gets chased by Catalina a lot. It’s become a game at this point).

Kiera and Catalina, the real king roles. Lances daughters and Eugene's nieces. Both are thieves but Lance is trying to make them go straight.

Kiera keeps her normal appearance(but with witch ears and the red marks are part of her skin).

But Catalina is the wolf 24/7 only smaller, with red fur and Catalina's normal eyes(up girlie is a demon). Both use illusion but Kiera is showing talent in construction and Catalina beast keeping.

Up next is Cassandra. Cass is taking the role of Lilith and her main mission is to capture Eugene. I haven't decided if the two are going to be siblings or just former friends but the cursing stays the same. Both were competing to be the next head of the empresses coven (and rapunzels love because I understand and like the ship, I just like new dream better) and Cass got so desperate she cursed Eugene. She regrets it and wants to make it right but hides her guilt under constant insults and mockery, leaving Eugene bitter towards her. Palisman is owl and she's a part of the empresses coven. Same appearance but with witches ears and silver eyes. Before you ask, yes the two have the iconic battle where Cass screams how Eugene got everything and how he acts like he's better than her when he's a criminal. Eugene says he is better than her and she shouts the iconic line "Than why were you so easy to curse!"

Next up we got Rapunzel herself. Takes the place of Rain Whispers. Was trained to be part of the healing coven her whole life by her governess but has always secretly wanted to be a part of the bard coven. Practiced in secret till she got her sigil. Palisman is Pascal and he serves as her chaotic side. Still an artist and paints all her gowns. She tried for a long time to heal Eugene but he pushed her away out of fear of hurting her. Still is trying to this day find something that will work. Acts all innocent but reality doesn't trust a damn word out of the empresses mouth. Has started going by the alias the sun drop while forming a resistance against the covens. Appearance is the same only with the ears and her hair is always glowing gold. Also her hair is the same bob she has in the series, cut her hair as one last act of rebellion before joining the coven system.

Hugo is up next. He's gonna take the place of amity(obviously). The son of crime boss Donela, he's been trained his whole life to get into the empresses coven but to take it down on the inside. Arrogant and prideful Hugo tends to be an ass and has his rivalry with Varian before falling in love. He's top student in either abomination or potions(haven't decided which) and Olivia is his

alisman.‹

she also spies on people for Huao t

gain black mail. Appearance is the same only he has metal naturally coating his hands, silver streaks in his hair, witches ears, and green and grey eyes. Was best friends with Nuru but had to cut ties due to his mother and for her safety.

Up next we got Nuru and Yong who are taking the place of willow and Gus. Both of them are outcasts at school but become best friends with Varian. Nuru is a part of the oracle track(originally plant but was horrible at it) and Yong is a member of the potions track. I don't know much about their personalities so I can't say much but will say they both will gain palismans. Yong's being that of a salamander named Nitro and Nuru's being a black dog with constellations named Cana.

Up next we got the brotherhood. Hector and Adira serve the places of Eber Wolf and Darius respectively but with are there from very early in the story. Both are coven heads(sharing the same tracks as their roles) but have always been suspicious of the empress and have secretly joined the informer known as the Sundrop to find out what's been going on. Both know what Eugene and Lance have been up too and do not approve. They've tried to get them to stop and make them come home but fail every time. Both are starting to get desperate and are slightly afraid their nephews curse after what happened before Eugene ran away. Both suspect Cass did it but can't prove anything, doesn't stop them from being hostile and petty AF to her though. Cannon appearances but with witch ears and Hectors more beastly with golden eyes, black fur and fangs. Adira has a lynx palisman named big foot, while Hector has his rhino jasper his bearcats are just beasts he keeps around, not palisman)(Hector also created a spell to turn palisman huge for a temporary time period that he uses on jasper a lot. Refuses to teach Adira but did teach Eugene after he got max).

Edmunds up next. Edmund was once head of the empresses coven but retired after Eugene's curse attacked him. Leaving him without his arm and damaged his palisman Hamuel. He doesn't blame Eugene in the slightest and like Gwendolyn is trying to find Eugene a cure. He is less trick-able though and more likely to resort to violence. He tries to visit his son but Eugene avoids him like the plague, too guilty to even look at his father after what he did. He does talk to Lance in secret a lot though and visits his granddaughters. He understands that Eugene needs Lance and both keep it a secret that they're in contact.(will cause issues when revealed). Same appearance but with fangs, witches ears m, and blue streaks in his hair(though they've started to turn gray from stress and old age). If you're wondering, yes he still talks out loud. Bros just been doing that his whole life though. He also became more determined to bring his son home after his brother, the former head of the plant coven disappeared.

Up next is Quirin. Father of Varian and over worked farmer, he is constantly exhausted. He doesn't like Varian messing with alchemy or things that are considered unnatural. His ears are scared and a little misshapen. Is an extremely talented farmer(so much so you would swear it's magic). Has a hare that always hangs around him.

Looks extremely similar to the silhouette of the missing plant coven head Varian saw once, almost two similar. Maybe Quirin isn't quite as human as people think. But if that's true, why did he leave and what is he hiding from?

Finally the moment you possibly have been waiting for Zhan Tiri As Belos! Empress of the demon realm and considered the strongest witch ever she rules with an iron fist and no mercy.

Secretly was once a powerful creature of darkness and hellbent on destroying the realm as a whole before Demanitus trapped her in a mortals vessel. Without her true power, she used knowledge of science to create fake magic and manipulated the realm for years. As empress secretly plans to drain all the isle of their magic to regain her true self and destroy both this world and the human world. (Also Matthews and Nigel I are her Kiki's, sorry not sorry.

haven't figured out who'd take hunters role.

Might be Varian and he's share the role as Luz and Hunter. Could be Andrew or the Stabingtons(though I like those two better as basilisks). Maybe Vex or someone original, I don't know yet.

Edit: a user named kayzedrawz suggested I use the character Amber as Hunter. I can’t find really any info on her but she looks a lot like Ulla. So I’m thinking they might be related. Maybe if amber does take Hunter’s role she’s a grimwalker of Ulla who was helping Zhan Tiri build a way to access the human realm once the daring spell was complete. So once Ulla died(maybe Quirin killed her to protect baby Var and the island before fleeing) Zhan created a grimwalker to be a smart as Ulla.

Anyway if you've stuck around long enough to read this I want to say thank you and I wish you an amazing day.

Edit: if anyone is interested in using this crossover idea whether for art or fanfic of their own, feel free to do so! The only thing I ask is that you send me a link to the product!

Cassandra sketch dump (closeups under the cut!!)