Author's Note- Well, here's my digi-twisted fairytale. Mad props to liahime for the idea! Long live Ryuki!

Disclaimer- I don't own digimon. I would have made this a movie if I did, wouldn't I have?

Ryo Akiyama had ever met his parents. They were dead, he'd been told, but he didn't know how they'd died. He'd also been told that he was a prince, but everyone in the kingdom knew that. It's not every day that a prince is born. It's also not every day that a prince and a peasant fall in love. But let's not get into that just yet.

Now, in this kingdom without a true king, the people weren't happy, per se, but were content with their mediocre lives. The one ruling them through all this mediocrity was't cruel. That is to say, he wasn't purposefully causing the problems of his kingdom. He just wasn't very good at ruling. Poor sap.

The poor sap in question was the prince's uncle. The prince really didn't know what to make of his uncle. They didn't see much of each other. Ryo never had much to say to his uncle, and his uncle never really liked kids much. And so, they lived their seperate lives.

But the people had hope to escape the mediocrity. You see, a decree was made on the day that Ryo's nameless uncle became king. A decree that stated that if Ryo could find a wife by the time he turned seventeen, he would become king. But, it stated, if he did not find a wife, he would have to live life as a peasant from then on(how tragic... NOT). Now, let's get on with the story... Enjoy Ryo's life!

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Rumiko Nonaka had business with the tax collector. She had been taxed 295 cronas instead of 265, and she demanded to know why. At the palace entrance hall, she put her 4-year-old daughter, Rika, on her feet. "Wait here for momma," she said, and went off to rant to the tax collector about her hard-earned money.

Rika looked around. Or, rather, glared around. She was a tough little girl. She had once made a 10-year-old boy cry, but that's a story for another time. She walked up a flight of stairs, still glaring. Down a hallway, still glaring. Up a spiral staircase, past a guard-in-training being taught("No, Kazu, hold it like this..."), into a room, still glaring. But then, she saw something that made her stop glaring.

It was Ryo, playing with a very bouncy-looking blue ball. She walked over. "Hi! I'm Ryo. Wanna play?" he asked, handing her the ball.

Rika started glaring again. She took the ball. "No. You're a stupid boy," and she threw the ball into his face and kicked him in the shin.

Well, Ryo did the only thing to do. He pushed her down- and smiled. "You're pwetty!" he said.

Rika smacked him. "Stupid."

Ryo laughed and walked away. Rika walked away too, but glaring. Back to the entrance hall for her, away from the palace. Good riddance.

And that was the last time that Ryo Akiyama saw Rika Nonaka for a very long time.

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Author's Notes- Well, that's chapter 1. Hope you liked it! Oh, and sorry for the shortness of it. EXTREME shortness. Sorry!