Before we start I just want to say that this will be ever so slightly AU, I think. The shimon arc and everything after it has NEVER occurred in this story. Why? Well I don't know the effects of how it changed anyone yet in the story and I can't write for a story incorporating events I don't even know about.

So we'll pretend the shimon people, and whatever seems to be going on after the shimon arc (maybe the vindice?) will NOT be in this fic. Other than that, everything is the same 8)

Now, some of you may be aware by now and some may not be aware but DiveToWorld and I have set up a trade with each other. She is giving me a 10-14 chapter story and I shall do the same with her. 8) WISH ME LUCK!

Ah just in case anyone is curious: .net/s/7185510/1/Thats_My_Seat

Disclaimer: KHR does not in fact belong to me. It belongs to Akira Amano, and this is all fanbased thus no form of copyright is being violated. IF KHR were to belong to me, WHY ISN'T HARU SURROUNDED BY SEXY MALE HAREMS ALREADY! HA HA XD

PROLOGUE: Once Upon a Time…

"You want to hear my story that I have to tell you?"

"Are you sure?"

"Well then, listen carefully for this tale I have to tell you is one that is close to my heart:

A princess was taken away from her homeland for her kingdom was under attack.

She was not taken away by an ally but a rogue brownie who was looking out to cause some trouble once again.

He took the girl to his village where the chief realized the grave sin he has caused, and ordered the brownie to return the princess.

The young brownie had not understood what he had done wrong and was angered by the threat of being banished from the village if he had not done the right thing.

He was to return her, but the kingdom was under a frenzy under enemy attack. The Kingdom's safety mechanized barrier was up so no new person could go through the kingdom's gates.

The princess's only hope was to wait for the invasion to end.

The Brownie decides to take her to a safer place, walking on for a great length distance.

The princess did not utter a noise or complaint the whole way.

After a long run, the girl drops to the ground tiredly, and this is when the Brownie realizes just how tired the child was.

Why did she not cry? Why did she not complain?

Upon further inspection he realized that she could not speak!

Why is this? He asked the little girl and she could only shake her head and shrug her shoulders.

She herself did not know, how was she to know?

The brownie sat on the ground, stumped.

The Sands of time!

The brownie quickly took her and he rushed her to the sands of time, where a person's past could be reflected into it.

Apparently, right before the raid, the parents thought that if she were to reveal that she was the princess, her life would not be spared. They have fed her a potion that would take away her voice leaving her speechless.

She was going to be sent to a safe place when she was tricked by the brownie.

The Brownie being distraught by this, decides to take the princess to a magical lake next.

They travelled on foot for a bit longer until they came upon a lake.

The princess sank her aching feet into the water and the swelling and the aching feeling had disappeared.

The leaning willow spoke to the princess:

"Child, you have something strong placed onto you. Perhaps it has affected your throat child? Could you not speak?"

The princess could only nod hopelessly at the speaking willow tree.

"Well then dearie, let this old tree help you. Have your brownie friend climb to the top and find a peculiar looking leaf. He shall roll it up and fill it up with the water from this lake. If you drink it, you should be cured."

The Princess looked upon her Brownie friend pleadingly and he had climbed to the top of the tree for her and did as the willow said and her voice had returned!

What a miracle!

Once her voice had returned her first words she spoke was:

"Thank you dear Brownie friend, without you I may have gotten involved in a dangerous situation. You are willing to go through so much for me. I must thank you."

The gratitude of the Brownie embarrassed him so he decided to go search for food thinking she would be hungry.

The Brownie runs off and he soon returns with food.

The Princess though feels as though something is amiss but she could not put her finger on the problem.

"Now Princess, please quickly eat so we can return you home."

The Princess questioned the Brownie who morphed and changed it's body to show an evil elf that served under the invading army!

The Brownie jumped into action blinding the elf with the cleansing water of the lake.

The two ran to the nearby kingdom of Flowers.

Once running into the Kingdom, they run into a handsome young man, the prince of the kingdom. For safety reasons, the Princess does not reveal her identity and says that she's just a poor merchant girl who has lost her family and home.

The Prince helps the Princess by sheltering her for a while out of the kindness of his heart.

She gets habituated and she finds herself roaming through the rose garden maze, and finds herself in a dark forest.

The forest starts to frighten her with the frightening monsters, and her Brownie friend finds her and rescues her from the evils.

When she made it out of the forest and the rose garden maze, the Prince greets her questioning her about her Brownie friend, who normal humans could not see.

It was not common knowledge, but his mother was a powerful mystical creature as well so he could see things that normal humans could not.

The Princess is invited to walk through the town with the Prince when she suddenly gets attacked by a warrior who belonged to the invading army that attacked her kingdom.

The Prince fights the wrong elf warrior and captures him, to take it into questioning.

Within the questioning, the Prince learns that she had been a Princess, and that the army planned to invade his kingdom next.

Alerting both the Princess and his father, the kingdom prepares for war and the Princess goes into hiding in the dark forest once more with her Brownie friend.

The War goes on for many days and nights, the Princess tires and wishes to know how the war is going but the Brownie prevents her from doing so.

Why?

She was a princess, she could possibly be the last of the monarchy, she could not leave and risk her life.

The Princess could only sit and wait, weeping over the darkness of her broken heart.

After a long wait, the war had ended with the Kingdom's win.

As celebration, a big ball was being held at the castle, and the Princess was specially invited by the Prince.

A big bird flew down:

"Young Brownie, you have been summoned by the great Brownie of your village. Come with me."

The Brownie joins the bird and leaves the Princess in the temporary care of the Prince.

The Princess attends the ball, and there the Prince pledges his undying love for the Princess, asking for her hand in marriage.

Before she could answer him, the big bird swooped down again and the Brownie jumped off the bird carrying big news.

The Brownie searched for the Princess in the crowd, and once he had:

"Princess! It is horrible! The Kingdom had collapsed! Your mother and father have both fallen! Only you can take over the throne and return peace to the mythical creatures!"

The Princess was heartbroken having to choose between the love of her life and her duty to her kingdom.

When the Princess started to weep over the conflictions of her heart the Prince said:

"Cry not Princess, for I am not the crowned Prince but my older brother. I mind not marrying into your kingdom and together we shall build your kingdom back to its prime."

Overjoyed by these words, the Princess readily agrees to get married to the Prince.

The two work together to rebuild the kingdom and they both lived happily ever after."

The room was in silence…

"Wow Haru that was a cute story~" Kyoko giggled at her friend.

"Isn't it? It was Haru's favorite story as a child." Haru sighed happily, looking up in the air with sparkles in her eyes.

"I've read that story I think when I was a child as well. I did have a particular fondness of the story." Kanna admitted.

"Well it's a great story I wouldn't blame you." Haru grinned, feeling her chest well with pride that they seemed to approve of her story.

"Story very happy!" I-pin added.

"It was a very cute story Haru-chan. I couldn't help but overhear the story from the kitchen." Nana chuckled.

"A very interesting story. It goes to prove that love can conquer all and is nothing that one should sell out too short." Bianchi nodded with a satisfied look on her face.

"I think I liked the Brownie the most. He was very useful and kind." Chrome stated.

"Haru agrees! Haru LOVES this story. She wishes for her love life to turn out like this. She aspires to marry someone just like the Prince." Haru sighed happily.

Haru and the other girls sighed happily along with her.

"That is so stupid. That could never happen. Like he coincidentally could just marry into her family?" Gokudera huffed angrily.

"It is a bit corny but it's cute…it was a good story Haru." Tsuna chuckled nervously.

Ryohei was laying on the ground snoring up a storm until he got kicked by his sister.

"H-huh? What? Oh! Uh my favorite part of the story was when the Prince punched out the kangaroo."

"That never happened Nii-chan."

"It didn't? Well then did the prince at least box someone out?"

"No, Nii-chan." Kyoko sighed at her brother's odd questions.

"What? Then the story wasn't worth listening to." Ryohei crossed his arms over his chest stubbornly.

"Hahi! Haru hates you all-desu." Haru puffed her cheeks out angrily and she glared at them all.

"I thought it was a GREAT story." Kyoko said patting her friends back throwing a sad look over at Tsuna who was thinking about taking back his comment about it being corny.

"Maa maa, I thought the story was cute. It makes Haru really happy after all." Yamamoto laughed. The look of Haru's face when telling the story was quite the sight.

The way her face lit up when she got to her favorite parts?

It was a wonderful sight to see and it made his heart flutter about inside of his chest.

Yamamoto of course blamed it on his lack of exercise for the day so his body was exercising itself.

"It was an interesting story, I think I may have heard of it once back in Italy." Dino commented.

"Now that I think about it. The man looks somewhat like the prince from the story." Kanna commented.

Everyone looked at the blonde Mafioso intently.

"Ha, maybe Haru will end up getting married to Haru. Ha ha!" Gokudera laughed.

"That's not funny to laugh at Haru-desu." Haru huffed.

"Well you know, I don't think that would work out anyways. I don't really go for those who are much younger than me." Dino said.

The atmosphere in the room seemed rather tense for a moment.

"Well Haru plans on finding her very own prince. Once she finds him, she'll capture him with her charms." She said ready to chuck a pillow at Gokudera if he happened to say anything to her.

"Ha! What charms?- oof! Hey stupid Haru! What was that for!" Gokudera shouted.

"That. Was for being a jerk!" Haru shouted.

Could Haru find the prince she was looking for? Or was he in the room already?

Who was in denial? Who had love stirring inside of him and he didn't know it? Who was already in love with her?

Only time could surely tell.

Ha, did I fool anyone into thinking that the beginning story was about Haru's life? HA HA! Nope! It was just a fairy tale that her mother read to her all the time. WA HAHAHAHA

Anyways, like it? Hate it? Love it? Whichever it is, if you are reading this thank you for reading!

Hope you stick around to see the rest of this!

I figured out the basic outline of the whole story before writing this all out. So I should be quicker at updating this than my other stories which I made up as I went along with the story. XD

Hope you enjoyed it!

Until next time!

-Neospice12

Ps: This is just the prologue so it doesn't count for one of the 10-14 chapters that was set for the trade.