The Silver Kingdom stood on a mountain, high and proud. The kingdoms in the regions of Kanto and Johto were nothing compared to the kingdom that stood in the middle.

The people of Silver were known to handle the mountains cold climate as well as the Pokemon that settled there. They were known as warriors. Everyone, including the peasants, had at least one Pokemon to protect and serve them.

During the summer, they would wear sweaters and hunt for food. Their crops would flourish. Boys would go to the nearest school, while girls would stay home and be with their mothers. Men would either harvest the crops or be working as knights.

Winter was dangerous for the people. Crops would be grown in a certain place. Children would stay home and help their mothers around. Men would either help knights or let their families die from hunger.

The people were known for their brown hair and strange red eyes. The men were short compared to an average man. People have thought that the cold has stunted their growth but only a bit. Anybody that didn't have these traits was surely not from Silver.

Children, wearing their coats, played with their growlithe. Women left the mountain to hang their wet clothes where the sun shined. Men rode on Rapidash while others were yelling incoherent words to sell their products.

At the peak of the mountain was the castle. It was white and gold. Not even the usual blizzard could hide the castle's beauty. Different rooms had different purposes, and different people had different tasks.

The garden kept its flowers and vegetables through a barrier made by psychic-types. The vegetables and fruits that fed the people came from the castles own garden. Only those who didn't have psychics came here to grow their food. The garden, thanks to the barrier, wold grow more food then usual during the winter.

The training rooms were for knights and squires. Knights in shining armor would train alongside their squires. Children would sneak in and watch their heroes for hours.

Inside the castle walls, servants walk through the halls completing their tasks while, dodging one-another. Maids would go to every room and clean. The chefs stayed in the kitchen and cooked for the royal family. Guards and knights would walk around. They made sure nobody suspicious or dangerous roamed the castle.

The halls were decorated with flowers and portraits of deceased members of the royal family.

Through the hallways ran a girl with brown hair and scarlet-red eyes. Her choppy bangs brushed her forehead as she dodged the servants. A giant smile was on her face as she almost ran into an unsuspecting maid.

"Leaf, be careful," her mother called out. Her daughter didn't stop or slow down however. The only thing in the ten-year old girl's mind was getting to her lazy father.

"Papa!" Leaf slammed the double doors opened startling the man sleeping with his head on his big desk.

The king yawned then chuckled and stood up from his desk. Even though he was thirty-four he still looked twenty. It was the power of living on a mountain.

The girl giggled as the king walked over to her. She turned around and noticed that her mother had finally caught up. The queen gave a small smile to her daughter, though it was evident that she had to run to keep up.

"Have you and the queen of Twinleaf come to an agreement, dear?" the queen questioned her husband.

"I wish. That woman's insane," he scowled, "it's not my fault Leaf was born a girl. She should've waited until both girls were born. If one was born a boy then we wouldn't be hating each other."

It wasn't a secret that the Silver Kingdom and Twinleaf Kingdom had hated each other for generations.

The fighting started in Twinleaf. Two brothers wanted power but only one could be chosen. The oldest brother had blue hair and blue eyes while the younger brother had brown hair and red eyes. They challenged each other, one fight after the other.

In the end the older brother won and banished his younger sibling, afraid that he would try to murder him. The younger brother left the region of Sinnoh and headed South for Kanto. He settled in the kingdom of Pallet before he met the love of his life. The couple moved to Mt. Silver and, with a little help of their closest friends, they build their kingdom and named it after the mountain itself.

When the king of Twinleaf found out he invited his brother, without suspecting anything. Two days later the king died in the hands of his younger brother.

Many have thought that both Kingdoms were stupid to fight over little things. They were like siblings who didn't want to get along. but nobody said anything and let them deal with their own problems.

Silver's current king tried to solve the problem with an arranged marriage. However his plan backfired when Princess Leafia Vert and Princess Dawn Berlitz were born. They were both girls.

The couple looked down to see Leaf staring at her father's belt that contained his six pokeballs and his sword. They were happy that she wasn't paying attention. If she was, she would have sent a letter to Twinleaf. . . again.

"She's planning on starting a war. The woman is sending all of her troops down here," he sighed, "I'm planning on getting our army ready. Do you think that the other kingdoms could help?"

His purple-haired wife giggled at his question, "I'm pretty sure they would. They don't want fighting between us anymore. But I don't think that they'll help us fight."

"Yup!" The king turned to his ten-year old daughter completely forgetting about the army, "So Leafia, you're turning eleven in a few days. Have you decided who would come to your birthday party?"

"Of course," The girl nodded, "Brendan, Lucas, and Wally need to be here."

"Why do you hang out with boys all the time? Leafia, you need to hang out with ladies your age," The king sighed. Who did these boys think they are hanging around his daughter?

"Now, now. Princess May of Petalburg plays with Prince Brendan and Prince Drew all the time. And you know Lucas and Ethan are knights-in-training."

Before the man could even open his lips, screams and explosions were heard from outside. The family ran towards the window and looked out. Fires were on every house and smoke littered the cold air.

"Papa, there's a giant pig outside," the girl said pointing at a mamoswine, "Everyone's getting hurt. You have to do something."

"You two go and hide, I'll be back."

Before Leaf could argue, the king ran out of his office. Leaf's mother grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the office.

"Mama, what's going on?" Leaf questioned, completely scared, "That giant pig outside came from the region of Sinnoh. Mamoswine's are only native there unless raised as Swinubs or Piloswine."

The queen only gulped. Since when has her daughter been studying about other regions? "Don't worry about it honey. You're father has the best team around and they won't fail him."

Leaf knew she was talking about her father's Pokemon team.

For the next five hours, Leaf and her mother hid under the castle. It was the only safe place were women and children hid during wars that took place in Silver. Leaf listened closely to the sounds of Pokemon and men fighting one-another. She would hear men call out commands, swords clashing, and the Pokemon growl.

The princess then decided to watch the children hug their mothers. She would see children who were still looking for their mothers and mothers who were frantically looking around for their children.

The women and children stayed down there until three men came in. Everyone sighed when they saw their faces and armor: men from Silver kingdom.

The queen and Leaf were the first to leave the damp and dark place. Everybody else followed.

"Where is he?" The queen questioned. The men's eyes widened for a second before they looked down. The queen knew that wasn't a good sign and didn't notice that Leaf had left her side.

Leaf, along with the other children, ran through the castle looking for the way out. She didn't notice that her mother stopped walking and fell to the floor. She didn't notice her mother's tears.

The children pushed open the giant doors of the castle. They stared at their once beautiful kingdom. Now it was nothing but rubble.

The children went their separate ways looking for their fathers. The men crouched down and picked up the little children while others hugged the children who were to heavy to lift.

Leaf walked around trying to find her father or his team. She picked up her pace when she noticed something.

"Leaf!"

Her mother ran out of the castle looking everywhere for her daughter. She needed to be found before she found her father, "Guards! Look for Leafia. Please, hurry!"

Everyone started to look for their beloved princess. Even children looked around for the girl that would help them sneak into the knight's training room.

The queen started to run around calling her daughters name. What if she found him? She didn't want Leaf to find him like that. She needed to find her daughter now!

Her wish was granted when she heard a scream that sounded just like Leaf's voice. The queen immediately ran towards the loud crying and screaming, only to find her daughter hunched over her father's body.

His team of Pokemon surrounded their master and his daughter. They were all covered in blood from the short war. They contained sad expressions as they continued to watch Leaf cry over her late father.

The queen slowly approached them. Her daughter's black dress was torn and bloody. She was shaking uncontrollably.

"It's not fair," she continued crying on her father's chest, not caring whether or not everyone saw, "it wasn't his fault. It's all mine. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN BORN A BOY!"

Her brain hurt like their was no tomorrow. The tears kept streaming down her face and onto her father's chest. Everything around her hurt: Her feat, her hands, her stomach. It all hurt. And she hoped that it would all numb soon.

The princess continued to weep as everyone surrounded them. Nobody could believe that the men who once tried to keep peace between the two kingdoms was thanked with death.

Leaf watched as the men lowered her father's casket.

No matter what anyone else told her, Leaf knew it was her fault. Silver and Twinleaf wouldn't be at each others throat if she was born male. If she was a boy, she would have been engaged to Princess Dawn. She would learn about politics. Dawn would be visiting every once in awhile to get to know her soon to be husband. By eighteen they would be married and starting a family, whether there was love or not.

That's when it hit her. If she was a boy, then the fighting would stop. She would get to know Dawn and find out who plotted the invasion. She would find the person that murdered her father!

Leaf decided that she must avenge her father at all cost.

"Princess."

Leaf looked up and saw one of Father's knights, "the king wants you to have his team," he handed her the belt that contained all six pokeballs, which contained her fathers Pokemon: Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Gengar, Espeon, and Raichu.

"Thank you," she took the belt and held it to her chest.

That very night, Leaf couldn't sleep. She would twist and turn in her queen size bed. Leaf even left her room to get a glass of water. No matter what she tried she couldn't go to sleep!

No matter how much she tried, Leaf couldn't get that thought out of her head. Would Princess Leaf really cut off all her hair? If people found it would bring shame to the kingdom and her mother. Could Leaf even trick poor Dawn into believing she was a boy? It would take a lot of effort and a bunch of lies.

Leaf sighed. "I couldn't possibly do that," she sat up and looked out her window, "the peace would only be for a while, anyways. Dawn would be happy until she finds out I'm actually a girl."

Leaf continued to think her plan over. No. It would be wrong to hurt a girl that may have nothing to do with the war.

The brunette was about to fall back to sleep, when she noticed one of her father's pokeballs moving around. She kicked the covers off and walked to the vanity. Picking up the red and white ball, she looked inside. Gengar was crying. The ghost-type pokemon that would scare anybody, was crying in it's sleep.

How could she forget about them? The pokemon lost their master during a war. They saw him die and fall. They weren't fast enough to reach him when he got murdered.

Murder.

That's what happened to him. And nobody did anything. Right now Silver Kingdom was in ruins, so they couldn't possibly go to war. The other kingdom didn't do anything but sit around. Nobody got punished. Twinleaf Kingdom was probably celebrating while everyone here was trying to make ends meet.

Grabbing the scissors from the vanity, Leaf started to slowly cut her hair off. Leaf would wince every time she heard a snip. She closed her eyes and slowly started to cut off her brown hair. She opened her eyes and looked back at the mirror.

Even though she cut all her long hair off, she still looked like a girl. She touched her choppy bangs and sighed, "I guess I'll have make my hair look just like Papa's."

Grabbing the bangs in the middle of her forehead, she quickly snipped them off. She grabbed the comb from her vanity and brushed the rest to the side. Now her forehead was showing.

Leaf examined herself once again. Now, she looked like a younger version of her father. Leaf noticed the cowlick on her head and tried to smooth it out. She gave up after thirty tries.

She stepped back, "I look ridiculous," she said to herself, "I need to change my clothing."

The "boy" ran to the closet and opened it. She quickly moved around all of her dresses until she was at the back of her messy walk-in closet. Just hanging there were clothes that were made for a prince.

"These would be the clothes I would be wearing," Leaf mumbled to nobody.

Leaf ran out of the closet and right back into her room. She looked around before her eyes landed on a roll of bandages that were lying on her bed. She ran back into her closet, bandages in hand.

Leaf took off her nightgown and looked down at her chest. It was times like this when she wished she was born flat-chested. Leaf unrolled the bandages, then wrapped them tightly around her chest. Once she was done, she looked back down at her chest and smiled. It was as if nothing was ever there.

Leaf looked back at the clothing. She gulped and took one of them off the hanger.

The queen looked around for her daughter. She didn't want to bother any of the servants, so decided that she would look for her herself.

She stood in front of her daughter's room and hesitated. She didn't want to disturb her sleep by knocking but it was rude to just walk-in. What to do. . .

The queen breathed in. Leafia was her daughter. Right now the poor girl was probably sobbing, blaming herself for her father's death. It was the queen's job to comfort her daughter!

Without hesitation, she opened the door only to be met by a boy who almost looked like her husband in his younger days. Queen immediately closed the door.

'A boy has intruded my daughter's room.' The queen slowly opened the door to see the boy sitting on her daughter's bed.

"Mother it's me, Leaf."

The queen knew that was Leafia's voice. That only met on thing. . .

"Leafia what is the meaning of this!" the queen scolded, "why are you dressed like this? Why did you cut your hair?"

The "boy" walked to her mother, "Mother please understand. I'm doing what's best for bother kingdom's. Father wanted this."

the queen noticed that her daughter used word like "mother" and "father" instead of the usual "mama" and "papa."

"If I marry Dawn, then there wouldn't be anymore fighting. You, along with everyone else could live in peace. I'm doing what's best for my kingdom," Leaf explained.

"Leaf," the queen sighed, "you don't have to do this. I know it hurts but this isn't necessary. I'll lead the kingdom the way your father wanted too."

"Mother you're a woman. Only men are allowed to lead the armies and kingdom. If I pretend to be a boy, I'll be able to take over the kingdom."

The queen really didn't want to yell at her he-she daughter right now. If she did, the servants would come and see. If they saw, they would tell. If they tell, people would hear. Hearing meant shame to the family and the kingdom itself. And the queen didn't want t deal with that right now.

"Aren't you tired of the fighting?" Leaf questioned, "Mother don't you want the fighting to stop? Our people could live in peace without having to worry about an army coming here and trying to kill them. Children each year lose their mothers or fathers."

The queen looked into her daughter's eyes and saw determination. Leafia did have a point. She wanted to protect the citizens, especially the children.

"Fine. But what about the marriage?"

"It's an arranged marriage. There's no love. Besides I don't love girls," Leaf explained. She saw her mother sigh in relief. What?!

"Leafia, I respect your decision then." Leaf smiled at her mother. She was happy that they had finally agreed. "So what're you going to do now?"

"I'm going to Father's study and send a letter to Queen Johanna. Prince Landon of Silver Kingdom has appeared," with that "Landon" left her room.

'It's better if she doesn't know the whole plan.'

~ Pallet Kingdom ~

Pallet Kingdom is located in western Kanto, south of Viridian and north of Cinnabar Island. The air is clean and peaceful. Pallet was known for its wide open fields and dirt trails. Houses are miles away from each other. However, everybody knew everybody and everybody knew nobody.

The kingdom is fairly small. Warm during the summer and cold during the winter. Travelers would pass through the small kingdom, either to take a boat to Cinnabar or walk through Route 1 to get to Viridian. But since it was mostly surrounded by forest nothing else happened.

Many people that traveled there would say there was nothing special about it. The houses were small. Children played and adults worked. The weather hardly changed. Not even the castle was fascinating.

The castle stood on a small hill. It was small compared to an ordinary castle. The only thing that made this one stand out was the windmill. The only windmill in the kingdom! And it had no other reason to be there.

King Samuel Oak along with his grandson, Prince Garret "Gary" Oak lived the in the castle. They had only but three servants. It didn't really matter either. The castle was pretty small.

King Oak not only lead his people, but also studied the strange creatures that are Pokemon. If not for him, everybody would still have trouble making friends with the strange creatures.

Gary Oak was the next heir to the throne. His parents were always busy, so they didn't have time to lead the kingdom or spend time with their only child. People who didn't know him would call him "the next great leader." Those who did know him called him a bratty and arrogant prince.

"Hey Gary!"

King Oak's grandson, Garret Oak, or "Gary", turned around to see his raven-haired friend Ashton "Ash" Ketchum running towards was nothing special. Just your average village boy. He lived with his mother and the pokemon he caught when he traveled through Kanto. All the other regions were prohibited travel to the poor. You had to come from a wealthy family, or have connections to continue traveling. Ash didn't.

Earlier, Gary had decided to invite his friend to a little training. Gary trained his Umbreon along with his other pokemon before Ash arrived. Of course his friend/rival would bring along his Pikachu. It wasn't training unless they had a battle.

"How long have you been waiting for me?"

"Only a few minutes," Gary lied before turning back to his Umbreon.

"Fine," Ash then turned his attention to Pikachu. "Let's start training!"

The duo cheered before running past Gary, who sighed at his friend's childishness, and Umbreon, who glared.

"-and this is the corral." The trainers turned around and saw King Oak along with another boy. King Oak squinted his eyes at the boys and smiled, knowing who they were. "Garret, Ashton come over here."

Gary returned Umbreon to it's pokeball and walked alongside Ash. Once he was in front of the brown-haired boy, Gary noticed that the boy had a very girly face. He looked feminine than masculine. His eyes were weird too. He was a weirdo.

"Garret, Ashton. This is Landon Vert. He's the prince of Silver Kingdom," King Oak introduced.

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Gary decided that the boy hadn't reached puberty yet. Good. Gary hadn't either.

"I'm Ashton, but call me Ash. This is my partner Pikachu," Ash motioned to the rodent on his shoulder, who greeted the boy too.

" Nice to meet you. I'm Gary," Gary nodded in greeting. Landon nodded right back.

"Why don't you three get to know each other? I have matters to attend to," the trio watched as the king headed back to the castle.

Ash was the first to break the silence. "So Landon, what's it like living in the mountains?"

"It's nice. It's not always cold, and the summers are actually quite fresh."

Gary noted that the boy was quite thin. Landon was shorter than Gary but an inch taller tan Ash. Landon's hands were quite small and feminine looking. His eyelashes were very long.

"Gary stop starring," Ash snapped his fingers in front of Gary's face.

"Are you sick?" Landon questioned.

"No, n-no. I'm okay r-really," Gary stuttered, his face red from being seen staring at the other boy.

"Fine."

Gary watched as Ash lead Landon further into the corral, continuing their conversation. He was forgotten. "Hey wait up!"

Throughout the conversation, Gary learned more about Silver Kingdom and Landon. Two months ago they were in war and are now getting their kingdom repaired. Boys are going back to school, while girls are staying home to help their mothers. Landon lost his father and his sister. He was currently studying about politics and armies.

Now they were just sitting on a hill overlooking the Pokemon that lived in the corral.

"So what about you guys?" Landon asked. "What do you guys do in Pallet?"

"Gary's always training his Pokemon."

"That's because I don't want to lose to a loser like you, Ashey-boy," Gary retorted. Ash growled, not being good at comebacks.

Gary turned his attention to the brunette next to him. "What about you, Landon? Any rivals?"

Landon chuckled in amusement. "Sorry none for me. I'm always busy with the kingdom, that I don't have time to play with everyone else anymore."

Gary gulped. He quickly forgot that Landon's fathers had died. Landon was too busy studying and running the kingdom to make Gary remembered that Ash was his only friend. That was pathetic.

"However I am betrothed."

Gary and Ash snapped their heads to their new friend, their eyes wide as saucers. This kid is betrothed?! He looks so feminine!

Gary was the first to recover. "So who's the lucky girl huh?"

"Her name's Dawn Berlitz. I haven't met her yet," Landon whispered the last part. It looked like he was talking to himself.

"I heard she likes poetry. You should write a poem," Ash suggested petting Pikachu behind the ears.

"And how do you know what she likes, Ashey-boy?" Gary questioned, a smirk on his face.

"The last time she was here, she was all over you. 'Aren't you King Oak's grandson? You must write poetry too!" Ash said, trying to mimic Dawn's voice.

Landon laughed. Gary ignored the boy's laugh and started bickering with his long-time friend instead. Ash wasn't even their that day and he knew what happened.

"Well I need to get going," Landon stood up and dusted himself off. "I need to get to Silver before Mother finds out."

Gary and Ash turned back to the brown-haired boy. "You're mom doesn't know you're here?!"

Landon looked down at the boys and smirked. "I didn't want to study so I left," He placed his index finger on his lips and winked at them. "It's a secret I was here okay?"

Before the boys could say anything, Landon took out a pokeball and released a charizard. Landon quickly climbed the pokemon and they flew off. Gary and Ash were still sitting there. Their mouths wide open and there eyes were huge. The clouds continued to float above them and the sky continued to be blue.

"He's so weird," Ash stood up and looked at Gary. "Why are your cheeks red?"

"My cheeks aren't red," Gary said back, an unhealthy color of red on his cheeks.

"Yeah. They're right there," Ash retorted pointing to Gary's face.

"Get away from me Ash!"

Gary ran to the castle with Ash, who was now pointing and laughing at his rival, and Pikachu running behind him. Garret Oak did not blush. And he did not blush for a boy who just flirted with him.

Up in the skies, Landon looked down at Pallet, as Charizard flew over the kingdom. "I think this image is going well, don't you think Charizard? I was able to fool those two and make them believe I was a boy."

'So it should be easy to fool Dawn and get my revenge.'

Yay! First chapter done! I had to go back and fix a few mistakes, add a few things here and there. This is my first leafgreenshipping story! Too bad Leaf didn't appear in the anime though.

If she was, I could see her as a cross-dresser. Please review!=)