Rin: Long ago in a village high on a mountain top, at the very same moment two identical baby girls were born.
Yugo: One was a baby princess named Lulu, she was loved by her parents and older brother, Shay. Decreeing that Lulu will have only the finest. The second one was a girl named Serena. Her parents and brother loved her as much as the king, queen, and prince loved the princess.
Rin: But they worried, how would they be able to take of the new baby? Many years passed and the princess learned her royal duties alongside her best friend and tutor, Yuto. While Serena worked as a seamstress for the spiteful Camula. With lives so different, it wasn't so surprising that the Princess and the Pauper never met. But fate decreed they would.
Yugo: It all started one day, after Shay and Lulu's parents had passed and Shay had ascended to the throne. One day when visiting the royal mine, the miners had informed the king that the gold had run out. The orphaned king was shocked. The kingdom now bankrupt, how can he take care of his people? If only he could call upon his trusted adviser, Julia. But she is away on a long journey.
Rin: Then one day, it struck him. In a neighboring kingdom was a young king around his sister's age looking for a wife. With a heavy heart Shay suggested it to her one day as she sat on the piano bench reading one her many science books. Neither of the siblings liked it. Shay because he could see his sister's crush on Yuto and the fact that she wasn't following her heart. Lulu because is in love with Yuto and yearns to make him her king (if her brother doesn't marry that is).
Yugo: With nothing else. Lulu agreed to the marriage, knowing what could happen to everyone in the kingdom if she doesn't. Shay thanked his sister and sent word off immediately to King Yuri.
A week before the wedding, Lulu is standing on a box as her royal dress makers put the finishing touches on her dress. It's a white gown that has a big puffy skirt, gold lining, and light purple netting around the next and near the hand sleeves of the dress. Her schedule manager, Kite, informing her of how long she has left of this fitting before going off to do the next place on the list.
Feeling the pressure, Lulu looks at her white and link-fur cat, Zuzu, before stepping off the box. A song forming inside her.
Lulu: All my life I've always wanted
To have one day just for me
Nothing to do and for once nowhere I need to be
With no lessons, lords, or lunches
Or to-do list in the way
No one to say when to eat or read or leave or stay
That would be the day!
Unbeknownst to her, in the village a young seamstress has a woken and put on her red dress that has white and dark maroon. To usually make the time go by quicker for her and Saya, her fellow seamstress, Serena sings the day away.
Serena: All my life I've always wanted to have just one day for myself
Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf
With no hems in need of pressing and
No sleeves in disarray
No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet
And no debt to pay
Just then Camula enters the working room of her "employees" having heard Serena's singing. Saya whispers her name fearfully. Serena turns and comes face-to-face with the dress shop owner.
"What do think I'm running here, a cabaret?"
"I would have said a debtors prison." Serena remarks quietly.
"Keep laughing, you'll be working for me for another thirty-seven years."
"But I've already paid off more than half!"
"Well, there's interest isn't there? Your parents and brother should have thought about that before they borrowed so much."
"They did it to feed me!" Serena defends.
"Their mistake." With that Camula slams the door to get back to her customers.
Serena: What would it like to be
Lulu: What would it like to be
Both: Free
Lulu: Free to try crazy things
Serena: Free from endless IOU's
Lulu: Free to fly
Serena: Free to sing
Both opening balcony doors at the same time.
Lulu: And marry whom I choose.
Lulu watches fondly from her balcony as she sees Yuto in the garden, trying to identify one of the many plants, a book open in his left hand.
"Lulu, sis, I am really sorry about this. But as you know, it is vital that you marry King Yuri, it is the only way to save our people." Shay sadly tells his sister.
"I know, brother," Lulu responds, putting on a brave face and forgetting about being with Yuto. That will never happen. That will only ever be a fantasy, not reality. "It's my duty."
Just then Alexis, Lulu's personal head maid comes in with another gift from the king. She places it on one of the many others as Shay leaves to do his duty while leaving Lulu to do hers.
Lulu: You would think that I'm so lucky
That I have so many things
I'm realizing that every present comes with strings
Serena: Though I know I have so little
My determination's strong
People will gather around the world to hear my song
Saya: Can I come along?
Lulu: Now I fear I'll never be
Serena: Soon I will forever be
Both: Free
I close my eyes and feel myself fly a thousand miles away
I could take flight but would it be right
My conscience tells me stay
Lulu: I will remain forever royal
Serena: I'll repay my families debt
Both: Duty means doing the things your heart may well regret
Lulu: But I'll never stop believing
Serena: She can never stop my schemes
Both: There's more to living than gloves and gowns
And threads and seams
In my dreams
I'll be free!
With that both girls go back to their daily duties, yearning for life to give them more and away to stop their unhappiness.