A/N: Okay. MAJOR re-construction done on this story. I like it a whole lot more now that all the pesky too-short chapters and irrelevant/annoying A/N's in every chapter are gone. My next project is to revise and edit again, because I noticed too many mistakes as I skimmed some parts of it...

The Saga of Enna and Finn

By

mm cullen & lookaftermyheart811

EnnaPOV:

It was dark. So dark that the darkness was threatening to swallow me up like a black hole. I judged that it was past midnight, but I couldn't be sure. All I could think about was getting away, getting far, far away.

After a while the sun began to come up. All this traveling gave me plenty of time to think of what I was running from.

My name is Princess Enna Sarena Kiladra. I live in the kingdom of Kildenzo. My parents King Rybalt and Queen Eve rule the country with ease, and all their subjects love them. That is, all except for me, who they rule with an iron hand. I've hated them for as long as I could remember, but arranging this marriage was the final straw.

On my sixteenth birthday, they held a ball and I was forced to dance with all the eligible bachelors in the kingdom, ages ranging from eight to sixty-seven. That was a fun time, to be sure. Then for months and months afterward, my parents invited suitors from all over to woo, wed, and bed me. I had a fit and sent them all on their way.

After a while, Prince Finn came to call. His parents ruled in the neighboring kingdom of Isilee. He is a tall, handsome man, with brown hair and blue eyes, a strong jaw, and broad shoulders. He is the vision of what every prince should be, and only two years my senior. And he's not just handsome, he's also sweet and funny. But the only problem is, my parents picked him.

I resent them so much that I just can't imagine doing anything they want me to without a fight. It may sound childish, but their approval of Finn makes me want to cast him off and have an affair with an outlaw or something of the sort, even though he's the best man I could ever dream of. So when they announced our betrothal to the kingdom yesterday on my seventeenth birthday, I knew I had to leave... And this is where the story comes in.

I left just after the feast was over, as soon as I could get away. Now here I am, in the middle of the Kildenzoan forest, alone. I can picture the scenario at the castle this morning: the maid brought my breakfast tray in the morning, dismayed to find me absent again, the dressmaker was angry because I missed the fitting for my wedding gown, and my mother was peeved because I had missed mid-morning tea. After the lonely tea, my mother will finally summon someone to look for me, and after coming up empty handed, she will notify my father who will roll his eyes and tell his knights to look for his "bull-headed daughter". Again. After looking all over the castle and the grounds a second and third time, my father will send out a search party. But by the time he decides to do so, I will be long gone. I only wonder if Finn will miss me...

FinnPOV:

When I first heard of Princess Enna, I figured she would be like any other princess, stuck-up and spoiled. But my parents wanted me to go and see what she was like, and as future king, you must choose your battles with your parents wisely, so I accepted just to please them.

When I got there, I was received with warmth along with all the rest of her suitors; apparently she was a very popular girl. And when I met her, I could see why. I walked into the Throne Room and saw her. Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe her. With her ink black hair, fair skin, and deep blue eyes, I had to catch my breath when I saw her.

But that's not what kept me there. It was her personality. I found her attitude refreshing, she wasn't full of herself at all, and I don't even think she knew that she was beautiful. She was also witty and charming.

We began to spend more and more time together and I enjoyed her company. I think she was fond of me too, but she always seemed to be holding something back. I'm not sure what or why, but I hoped it wasn't my fault. She also seemed to really dislike her parents. Whenever the topic of the King and Queen comes up, she changed topics immediately and with such grace that, besides me, no one else seemed to notice. But I always did.

This morning when I arrived in the garden for tea with Enna and the Queen, she wasn't there. The Queen was furious because Enna had already missed breakfast and a dress fitting (it was for her wedding gown, as I had asked for her hand the night before). She went off to notify the King and I decided to go look for her myself.

I searched for her at the gazebo, in the orchard, and even up in the old pear tree where she would sometimes go to be alone, but she wasn't there. I was beginning to worry, when I saw a party forming by the palace gate. Curious, I went over and spoke to the captain of the Guard. He said that the Princess was missing and that they were going out to look for her. That was the part that really worried me.

You see, I'm not the only one who had noticed Enna's beauty and I was afraid that if they found her alone in the forest that one of them, or more, would have their way with her before they brought her back to the castle. I just couldn't have that.

I decided I would venture into the forest and rescue her myself. Maybe then she would finally reveal what she's been hiding from me. So here I am wandering aimlessly in the woods, looking for Enna. I just hope she didn't run away because of my intent to marry her. If that was why she endangered her life and the future of the kingdom by runnung away from all she knew, I just couldn't live with myself...