Chapter 1

Princess Haruhi Fujioka had just woken up early, due to the bright sunshine dancing in her room. Usually, she is woken by one of her servants. Or, one of the cooks, and her friend, Kanako would greet her with freshly made breakfast and tea. However, today is a special day for Haruhi. Because it was February 4th, It means that it is time for Haruhi to start interacting with other prince's and princesses her age, in order to find a potential husband and friend.

Well...

It's also Haruhi's 16th birthday, so she definitely had to start soon. It's not like Haruhi fretted this time, finding someone to wed was just apart of being a princess. Haruhi finds herself lucky enough, after all, her father did not betroth her to another. He wants the young princess to find love, but honestly, Haruhi finds the entire idea of waiting to wed due to "love" frivolous and irresponsible. It's not like she doesn't believe she can fall in love, she just thinks it shouldn't get in the way of her duties.

"You always look so sad, princess Haruhi." A voice says lightly, a scolding tone deep within it

Haruhi turns her head to see her lady-in-waiting, Tomoko, smiling at her from the door chamber. Tomoko has mesmerizing green eyes, and long chestnut colored hair that fell in wavy curls. She had come to the Fujioka castle at age thirteen, clearly from a life of wealth. She had said that she was escaping the abusive queen that lead her kingdom, and King Ranka took instant pity to the young girl and proclaimed her as a new Lady-In-Waiting for the Fujioka castle. Honestly, Haruhi disbelieved that Tomoko was just a helper at her old kingdom, but chose to not say anything about the matter.

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to look sad." Haruhi mumbles, sitting up from her bed. Tomoko looks all around her, before jumping onto Haruhi's bed with her. Tomoko grins, before lightly twisting Haruhi's long, dark hair.

"Hawuu~ You're too polite~!" She exclaims in a sing song voice, hopping off the bed before a servant could truly see her. After all, Tomoko's behavior is considered rude and disrespectful, even if she is Haruhi's friend. Haruhi rolls her eyes.

"Am I?" She asks, standing up from her bed. Tomoko giggles, and walks out to the hallway.

"Yes. Now, come princess, I have a dress ready for you."

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY CUTE LITTLE GIRL!" King Ranka screams, pulling his only daughter in a tight hug. Haruhi can hear the servants, cooks, and knights all laugh at her expense. She struggles as she tries to make her father release her.

"Dad." She grumbles, having a warning tone evident in her voice. Ranka finally lets her go, giving her a far more gentle smile.

"Seriously, my little girl, soon to be a queen. If only Kotoko..." He says, drifting off into thoughts. Haruhi gives him a sad, knowing smile. The Queen, Kotoko, had died when giving birth to Haruhi. Even though she never knew her, Haruhi had loved hearing stories of her strong mother, it made her feel closer to her.

Unlike most kings and queens of the past, Kotoko and Ranka had fallen in love, and chose to marry each other. It was very rare for that to happen, and soon enough, other kings and queens started pursuing the ones they were truly infatuated with. It was lovely, but soon enough the trend ended. And once again, "true love" is something that was considered taboo.

"Anyways. Haruhi, are you excited to be meeting some new people?" The kings asks putting a wide grin on his face. Truly, Haruhi couldn't care less about meeting new 'friends', but she doesn't want too upset her father.

"Yeah, I'm actually- Wait, what kingdom will I'll be travelling to?" Haruhi asks, tilting her head to the side. Since February 4th was a national day for all of the kingdoms to have their heirs interact, they had to compromise. You see, up to seven heirs went to one kingdom, to talk among themselves, if they disliked the kingdom and people, they travel to another place.

"Ah! A royal messenger just came to deliver that information, how miraculous!" Ranka exclaims, running off to get said information. Haruhi rolls her eyes, and plops down onto her throne. Some of the servants walk past her, and offer assistance.

Was she hungry? Thirsty? Uncomfortable in the dress? Haruhi just waved them off, saying she was fine. Honestly, she hated the attention, but has gotten used to it. Ranka soon comes back, handing the scroll of paper to Haruhi, before tiredly plopping down onto his own throne. Haruhi gives him an amused look, before opening the scroll of paper. As she reads it, her eyes widen with utter shock.

She turns to look at her father, in shock. "Dad, are you aware that I'll be going to Ouran Kingdom!?" Haruhi asks.

Ranka gives her a lazy nod, in a very ill mannered way. "Yeah... Don't worry, I'm sending Tomoko with you to keep you company, and your guard, Ritsu Kasanoda, to protect the both of you."

Haruhi sighs, knowing why that's not the reason she is shocked.

You see, Ouran Kingdom is one of the hugest kingdoms in the world. While, Commons Kingdom, the kingdom Haruhi is the princess of, is large, but not as huge. Not only that, but Haruhi will be the only large-kingdom ruler there. Kuru Kingdom, Twin Islands Kingdom, Honey Kingdom, and Mori Kingdom are all... Gigantic.

"I guess I shall be leaving soon." Haruhi states, already heading towards her room. Ranka's jaw drops, as he stares at his daughter.

"B-B-But wait! What about-!?" He screams, cut off by the sound of Haruhi closing her door. After staring at the distance for a couple of seconds, Ranka does a dramatic gasp, before smiling.

"The girl's gonna be the death of me."

Haruhi stares down at the long gown in disbelief, running a finger a long the fabric. After informing Kasanoda and Tomoko that they shall travel with her to Ouran Kingdom, Tomoko had insisted that Haruhi had a "makeover". So, Tomoko had (with Haruhi's permission) cut her hair short, and revealed to her a gown that she had been making Haruhi.

It was stunning. It was blood red, with a heart-shaped neck line. The fabric was thin, but clearly very fine. The skirt of the dress was long and slightly flared out, but that was okay. The dress was also long sleeved, with the sleeves made of lace with a special pattern designed on it. To top it all off, Tomoko had revealed that Haruhi's crown was now silver, with a red, rose shaped stone in the center of it.

"Well, ya' wearing it, so why not see yourself. You look gorgeous." Tomoko says, winking at Haruhi. Haruhi looks into the mirror, smiling.

"I love it Tomoko, it definitely fits me me more than any pink gown I've ever worn." Haruhi jests, poking Tomoko's forehead. Tomoko giggles, and tips down Haruhi's tiara. Kasanoda, who has been waiting outside Haruhi's room, (he's always made sure to never walk in on the princess changing) walks in slowly.

"Um, Princess, it is time for all of us to get on the carriage to head to Ouran." He says, bowing his head slightly. His cheeks were slightly dusted pink due to Haruhi's new look. Haruhi nods, and Tomoko grins at him.

"Thanks for tellin' us, Risty~!" Tomoko exclaims, gently pulling on Haruhi's arm. The three of them rush out to the carriage, somewhat excited for the trip. Usually, carriage rides were boring for Haruhi. However, she found them fun when when she was with company.

Haruhi waves goodbye at her blubbering father, whom was being held back by the servants. Currently, Tomoko is chatting with Kasanoda, whom is making sure not to step on the bottom of Haruhi's dress. Haruhi smiles, and closes her eyes.

"I wonder how the people at Ouran will be...?" She muses quietly to herself.

End chapter

A/N: Okay, omg... Royalty AU's are way harder to write than they seem XD, But I'll continue this, because I've fallen in love with this already, lol. PLEASE DON'T BE A SILENT READER AND REVIEW! Love you all!

P:S

~Haruhi will still be mistaken for a boy, don't worry! Stuff will happen to that lovely dress Tomoko made, so Haruhi will have to change clothes (Tomoko: NOOOOO! :O)

~Obviously, I have an OC in this story

~I'm gonna try to have each character of Ouran make an appearance or be mentioned in some way (For example, Ritsu Kasanoda is Haruhi's guard, and Kanako Kasugazaki (aka teacup girl) is one of Haruhi's cooks

~Sorry if I mess up thingys, I know nothing about medieval shit XD BUT THIS DOESN'T MEAN BE A SMART ASS AND CORRECT THINGS, I'm not gonna change how the characters work or act in this fanfic

~The kingdom names I just kinda randomly thought of lolol, they kinda make sense, right? I mean, Kuru means 'cool' in Japanese (according to google translate), The Twin Islands are two large islands connected by a bridge, and it's one kingdom, AND THE TWINS ARE THE PRINCES OF IT

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