A Different Side

AN: So, I'm in some fantastic groups on Facebook and the theme for this week was AU Promptis for the Promptis fansite "Promptis Love FFXV." I'm going to attempt to write at least MOST of the fic this week, and probably give the other fics a break. I'm challenging myself to do it. I hope you like this idea as much as I enjoyed writing it. Things will change for obvious reasons; Noct is now a woman, along with the fact that major PromTis will be involved.

*Also… yes, I got the title idea from Kingdom Hearts. Square owns my soul after all…

Prologue: Fateful meeting.

"Hey, Noctissa!" one of the girls said, trying to get the princess's attention.

Noctissa looked up from her lunch. Great…not again, she thought with an internal groan. "Yes?" she asked politely.

"Well, can we sit with you? I'm sure you want to have friends, right?"

"Um…well, I'm kind of too busy to have friends. I don't have much time between school and my other studies father gives me. Sorry," she lied, going back to eating her food. She hated the girls in this school. She knew all they wanted was to be friends with her because of her royal status. She was the crowned princess of Insomnia. If she ever made friends, she wanted them to be true friends; not stupid snobby girls who wanted a better social status. Besides, she was surrounded by males everywhere she went. Her father, Gladio, Ignis - they were the only influences that she had. She didn't know how to interact like a girl. She was too busy training to become Queen one day.

She went on to eat her food until she heard a clang, and obnoxious laughing behind her. She looked behind to find the other kids laughing at the fat blond boy with the glasses. She saw him scramble to the floor to pick up his camera, not saying anything to the horrible students who laughed at his dorkiness.

His name is… Prompto, right? Why does he keep to himself all the time?

Noctissa frowned and went back to eating. She wished she could go and say something, but she didn't know how. She felt bad for the boy. She continued eating her lunch in silence.

A few weeks after her first day of actual elementary school, Noctissa was waiting in an alley for her driver to show. She loved having time to herself in the small area, where it was just her and her thoughts. No one to try and become her phony friends. No one trying to teach her this or teach her that. No one to even force her to eat her vegetables.

"Noctissa!" A voice came from behind her.

"Hmm?" She turned around just in time to watch the boy Prompto trip over a safety sign and fall flat on his face. She ran over and tried to help him up. "H…heavy…" she said absentmindedly. She regretted saying that immediately, feeling horribly sorry for him. She didn't want to offend the boy, after all.

When he finally got to his feet, she wasn't able to apologize because her ride showed. Perfect timing, she sighed.

"See ya!" Noctissa cried, running off and bounding over the sign with ease. She couldn't keep him waiting. She hoped she could apologize the next day, but it was like he was avoiding her.

It was finally time to begin high school. Her father allowed her to live in an apartment on her own with the promise that she would go and keep up with her studies through Ignis and her training with Gladio. She didn't like Gladio at first because he was really rude to her and worked her too hard. However, eventually he ended up becoming like an elder brother to her. Especially after she saved Iris from the cold. So far, Iris was the only person close enough to her that she could call a friend, but even then, she was more like a younger sister. So, in short, she had no friends that were around his age.

She thought the annoying girls in elementary school were bad until she started her first day at high school. Not only was she getting gawked at by the same type of girls, but now the boys started coming to her saying how "hot" she was. She walked silently after classes were done.

"Hey there, Princess." She heard a very familiar and friendly voice come up to her. She turned around to find Prompto. At least she thought it was… He looked very different from the boy she met before. He was a thinner and taller version of the blonde.

"Huh?" she asked turning to him.

"It's Prompto! Nice to meet you. Don't worry though, I'm not like those other guys. I just want to be your friend!" he said excitedly.

Friend? She remembered all those times where the girls claimed to want to be her "friend". This time it was different. He wasn't a popular guy, and bullies always got to him. She looked him over. He really looked pretty handsome. Possibly more so than her old friend, Lunefrey. She smiled. "Don't I know you?"

Prompto put a hand on the back of his head and giggled nervously. Noctissa never really saw any guy she knew as adorable until she met him. She smiled and nudged him a little walking on in hopes that he would follow. That was the beginning of their friendship that she hoped would never fade.