DixieMame and twisted-wind inspired me to this first Disney Fan-fiction. This is a re-written version of the Prince and the Pauper, but with a twist.

(c) I don't own Disney.

Prologue

In a kingdom in the far north of England, lived a King and his beloved wife. Who rule their land and their people fairly and wisely and they intern were beloved by their people.

Though they were very sad, for they both wished for many years to have a child, until finally their wish was granted; a princess was born and they named her, Marianne. A great holiday was proclaimed threw out the kingdom, to cerebrate the birth of the new princess.

Lords and Ladies and many noblemen came to cerebration to bring gifts for the baby princess. Even the good and wise King from London attended the ceremony with his young son, Prince Michael.

The two Kings greeted each other with great joy and beckoned the young and shy Prince who held a small chest in his hands, to greet the North King.

The Queen gently guided Prince to the cradle where the baby Princess lay. He peered in the cradle and look upon the Princess; who just woken from her nap and saw with her blue eyes the curious little mouse boy staring back at her. And she gave him a cute little smile.

"Aww, she likes you," The Queen smiled fondly.

The young Prince was surprised by what the Queen said and looked back the baby who was now held out her tiny hands as if to reach him.

"Would you like to hold her?" The Queen asked him, as she picked her baby from the cradle.

Prince Michael looked at his Father to see if he can, the King nodded his head at him as he gave his permission.

The little Prince placed the small chest on the floor next to the cradle and held out his arms to the Queen. The Queen gently placed the baby in the Prince's arms, carefully minding her head.

The baby wiggled a bit, but he held tightly so he won't drop her and then the little Princess reached out her tiny hand and began playing his round ears. It wasn't a hard tug, but a small fondle that made Prince Michael feel ticklish.

This made him giggle and the baby smile as he hugged her in his arms. The remembered the gift his Father want him to give to the baby. He carefully handed the baby Princess back to the Queen and went to where he put the small chest. He opened it and went back to the baby and dangled a small locket over the baby.

The locket was an oval shape with a rose emblem design on the front of the lid.

The little baby played with the locket as it dangled over her. The queen accepts the locket from the little Prince and promised him she'll give to her child when she's a bit older. The Prince was glad and gave the baby a gentle kiss on her cheek.

At that tender moment, the King of the North and his friend both got the same idea, that each family will visit each other on every summer for they children to bond in hopes of one day they will marry and unite the Kingdoms.

But there was someone amongst the guests who was not pleased by Marianne's birth and thought of a wicked plan.

A Few years have passed since the christening of Princess Marianne, on each year in the summer the King of England would come from London with his son, Prince Michael to visit the North Kingdom and spend their time with North King and his family.

Little Princess Marianne always loves it when Prince Michael when he comes to stay at her home. She always looked out of her window; while her nurse and ladies in waiting attended to her and waited until she sees the royal party approaching the castle. She even wore the locket he gave, in fact she never took it off.

As soon as she heard the horsemen approaching the gate, she would rush out of her room with her nurse and the ladies in waiting trailing after her with her hair half finished and race down to the castle grounds to greet the King and Prince Michael with her family.

Little Marianne always greeted Prince Michael with affection and they would run off to play in the castle gardens. During the evening before they go to bed, they would listen to some of Nurse's stories of fairy tales and the olden days.

Whenever their parents get to with their business, young Prince Michael and Princess Marianne would get up to their mischief, playing pranks on Donald; the Prince's valet, who in turn would try to get back at them and they ended up being scolded by Horace; Michael's teacher and Clara; Marianne's nurse.

But they were always together whenever summer comes, but when the summer ends, Prince Michael's family had to move back to London. Marianne tearfully begged Prince Michael not to go back to London or to take her with him. But her family told her he had to go, but he'll be back again next summer.

So the two friends say their goodbyes and they part. During the autumn, winter and spring seasons, Marianne would sit at the window watching the seasons go by and waiting for summer to start so she can be with Michael again.

But they will never see each other in the next summer.

One day, a terrible thing happened. A fire erupted from the inside of the castle destroying everything in its path, some of the servants; who survived the blaze, fled away as the castle burned to the ground.

The King of England heard the news he and his army made hast to the North and what a horrifying sight met the King's eyes. For there was nothing left of the castle, but a blackened ruin.

Nurse Clara; one of the survivors of the fire, came to the King to report to him on what became of the North Kingdom.

She told him was she was awaken by the smell of smoke along with the whole castle. The castle staff ran about like chickens as they tried to get away from the hot furnace. But Clara first had to get the King and queen out of the castle, she went to the royal bedchamber and what she found there made her sick with shock. She found the bodies of the King and the Queen, they had been murdered.

Who had done this terrible deed, Clara did not know the assassins who killed them. After she witnessed the scene of the crime, a sudden fear welled up in her heart at the thought of Marianne might have suffered the same fate too.

So she raced to the nursery as fast as her clawed feet would carry her. As soon she got to the nursery she flung the door open, but she found the Princess's bed was empty. She looked round the room, including under the bed but found no trace of her.

Desperately she called the Princess's name then she heard a creaking noise coming from the wall. A secret door, that she didn't; know was there, from the wall opened and there hiding at the entrance of the tunnel was the kitchen maid and she had the Princess with her; who was clutching onto her locket.

Nurse Clara was extremely relieved that Marianne wasn't harmed, she asked the maid what happened. The maid reported to her that when she was finished cleaning the dishes, she spotted some strangers dressed in black was sneaking round the castle and overheard them saying something about having murdered the royal family, the princess was now next.

Panicked at what she heard, she raced through the servant quarters tunnel to get to the Princess's chamber. Woke the princess from her bed and quickly hid themselves inside the wall to avoid the danger. They didn't dare come out until they heard her voice.

Nurse Clara went to the secret to door to take the children's hands and get themselves out of the room. But the fire had spread to the door, there was no escape for them.

But the Kitchen maid pulled the nurse's hand.

"Come this way," She shouted, "out of the servants' quarters!"

The kitchen maid guided them through the secret passage to where the kitchen was and ran out of the kitchen door. They took two horses from the stables and ride away from the castle.

They ran so far into the woods, when they were suddenly ambushed by the black robed men on horses. Both Nurse Clara and the Kitchen Maid and the Princess were separated from each other.

Nurse Clara escape unharmed but she did not know what became of the kitchen maid and the Princess.

Many people of the North mourned for the death of their beloved King and Queen, but what became of the Princess? No one knows what became of the little Princess or even if she was still alive.

The King of England sent out a lot of soldiers to search far and wide for the lost Princess, but they found no trace of her.

And as for the young Prince, he never saw his beloved friend again and remained sorrowful for a long time.

As they years passed, there was still no sign of the Princess or the missing kitchen maid. But by and by, the good King became ill. And a darkness fell over the countryside.

As the King grew weaker, his Captain of the guard, a ruthless and a greedy man, saw his chance to rob and terrorise the people of England. And worst of all, in the King's name.

It seemed that no one could save the kingdom of England from the thieving Captain and his ruthless henchmen or solve the mystery of the North Kingdom fire and find the long lost Princess. Until one day…

Will the long lost Princess ever be found, who will stop the ruthless Captain and his henchmen and who was behind the North Kingdom fire?

Find out on the next Chapter of The Prince and the Pauper: A royal twist.