I LOVE CROSSOVERS LIKE THIS!

Sorry for the outburst, but I wanted to express my feelings on this subject.

Okay, so anybody who reads my other stories know I am nefarious about commenting before and after my stories for long periods of time. Here, I'm going to try to contain that so it's not as distracting.

Just note one more thing before I begin: I only own the plot, and OC's.

Enjoy!


Ani sat in her bedchambers, reading over two reports brought to her by a page. The first was simply a mention that one of Bayern's ships had run across a different, uncharted country. The second was a short letter from the King of that country. It read:

Dear Royals of Bayern,

As I understand it, neither of our lands have ever encountered one another. This shall never do. I humbly ask that Bayern send a small group of your countrymen to Danland over the Great Sea that we may share our cultures and knowledge.

Hoping to be hearing from you shortly,

His Highness, King of Danland

Ani had already looked the letter over half a dozen times, and had thoroughly discussed the invitation with Gedric, her husband and King of Bayern. Both had acknowledged that it would be extremely rude to turn the foreign king down, but the concern was that the Danlanders might just try and imprison their newfound "friends". Ani hd stubbornly insisted that she go to Danland, but Gedric was fiercely protective of her, and had initially refused. In the end, however, he had to give in to his wife's powerful argument.

It was decided that Ani would be protected by a small force of her choosing. The choice hadn't been difficult; Ani had instantly chosen a group of five people: Enna, Dashta, Razo, Talone, and Rin. She could trust each of them with her life, and that, in the event of attempted capture or imprisonment, Enna alone could keep an army away with her fire speech.

Gedric had wanted to come, but Ani refused to leave Bayern without both of their beloved royalty, or to leave her young son without at least one parent.

Their plan was to leave the following day on horseback until they reached the coast and board a waiting ship. A letter announcing the journey had been sent forth two days prior ro the departure.

Ani laid down the sheafs of paper and stretched. The wind whispered and brought with it images as it spoke to her.

Still night. Geese sleep. Water runs. Fire Enna comes down the stone hall...

Ani opened her chamber doors to see her good friend Enna walking through the hall. She didn't seem surprised that Ani knew she was coming; both knew how to speak to te wind, and how it spoke back.

"Can't sleep, Isi?" Enna asked, using the name Ani had used to disguise that she had truly been Anidori -Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Princess of Kildernree. Ani had taken the name her Grandmother-Isilee-had used among friends to become a Goose Girl.

"No," Ani replied. "I keep thinking of tomorrow. It reminds me of when I came to Bayern. The only differences are that we did not know of Danland at all, I will have a trusted escort, we will go to Danland on boat, and Falada isn't going to be with me."

"Completely different then," Enna said smartly. Ani had to smile.