Annastasia and Nathaniel hate each other with a passion, but they've known each other their whole lives. Their parents have been best friends since they were teens and had always envisioned their children falling in love and getting married someday.

They weren't dumb or anything, they just love fairy tales and believe in them. They were completely and totally obsessed. They would have balls every few years and each ball had a theme of a certain fairy tale, which they would have their children act out as plays. So, of course, they did all the stories about princesses and their prince charmings.

Unfortunately, each play just made Annastasia and Nathaniel hate each other more and more.

So far they'd done: Snow White, then Aladdin, then Pocahontas, Rapunzul, and lastly, when they were twelve years old, The Little Mermaid.

Every one had ended up as a worse disaster than the one before it. They were now sixteen and hadn't seen each other for four long years. So as a last desperate hope they decided to have another ball and its theme would be Sleeping Beauty.

(Oh, what a nightmare this is gonna be.)

Chapter 1

All chaos broke out in both castles when their parents told them the news.

Nathaniel whined half-heartedly to his mother, "I am not going to kiss her." She just walked out of the room saying, "Of course you'll kiss her, dear."

Annastasia, on the other hand, had well ...a fit.

"I will not kiss him, mother!!! I won't! I won't! I won't!"

"Yes, you will! And just wait, once you kiss him, you'll fall madly in love with him and be thanking me!"

"Ugh! Gag me!"

"You need to stop saying that. It's so unladylike!"

"What-ever."

"That too!" the queen said as she shoved her daughter onto her bed and started to walk out.

"Mother!"

"You will be in the play and you will kiss Nathaniel and that's final, Annastasia!" she then slammed the door before her daughter could get another word out.

"Hmph! We'll see about that." Annastasia said with a sly look creeping onto her face.

A few days later, she decided to try one last time with her parents before she took drastic measures.

She wore a light green, cute gown, and wore her hair down with a green bow to match and make her look sweet and innocent and have them maybe take pity on her. Many of the servants and maids gawked at her as she strolled toward her parent's sitting room.

"Mother, Father; I would like to humbly request something of you." her parents glanced up hesitantly at her being so polite and innocent-like. Her mother raised her eyebrows and went," What...?"

"I am in a horrible situation and I would be quite grateful if I didn't have to participate or have a certain someone not participate."

"If you're talking about what I think you are-" the queen started as Annastasia raised her hand and interjected.

"Even if I am, I'm asking in a polite, diplomatic manner. So will you please consider my requests?"

Her mother sighed and stood up, preparing to tell Annastasia off as Annastasia took one last chance and pleaded to her father, "Father..."

Her father looked at her sympathetically, but sighed out, "You know you're mother is right, Annastasia. That's why I had her talk to you in the first place. "Annastasia started to speak as her father held up his hand to silence her and continue, "Besides, it's been four years; look how different you are. Nathaniel will have changed too. Probably into someone you'd like, from what I've heard."

"Ugh. Yeah right. Just gag me, why don't you?" she blurted out, loosing her cool. Then she realizing what she said, she slapped her hand over her mouth, even though it was too late.

"Or maybe you're not so changed, huh?"

"Oh, bother. Can someone just please be civil and let me skip the play or kick him out."

"No...Now just run along, Annastasia dear." her father said, closing the conversation. But her mother just had to let in one last snide remark.

"Yes, why don't you go practice your lines or...maybe the k-i-s-s-i-n-g scene." her mother laughed gleefully.

"Blech! Just gag me!" And with that, she stalked out and headed for her room with her final decision in mind.

'It's time to run away!'