A/N: My Game of Thrones and The Tudors muses finally have taken over my mind. This chapter may not be the best but I needed something to lay the ground work for the rest of the story. If you continue to follow, you won't be disappointed. Just give me a chance! As Always, Read and Review. Reviews are the fuel that helps me write so don't skip out on me. Hope you enjoy!

The neighing of cavalry horses, the clanking of metal as the soldiers marched into line, and the faint footsteps of the royal family making their way down the path from the castle to the grounds to review the royal guard. The young princess held onto her mother's hand as they continued to walk until they were directly in front of the giant army. Every single man's face was covered by a sleek grey helmets and stood erect with metal spears. They resembled more of machines than human beings. The Queen looked down at her daughter and gave her a comforting smile. As the King began to address the men, Prince Shane remained at his father's side with his head held high where as his sister looked around curiously. Stephanie was beginning to become bored listening to her father's speech.

She tugged on her mother's arm, "Mother, may I go play?"

Queen Linda looked down at her daughter and tucked one of her auburn looks behind her small ear, "You may, but go no farther than the lake."

The princess nodded and took off in a run toward the lake. She wasn't paying attention as she ran past a blur of scenery. She got as far as the royal stables before she ran into someone, knocking the both of them to the ground. The boy she ran into quickly drew his sword and pointed it at Stephanie as she jumped up and began to back away in fear.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" questioned the boy as he began to circle the princess.

Stephanie continued to back up in a circle to remain facing the boy. He looked confused by her actions.

"What are you doing?" He asked giving her a weird look.

Stephanie growled at her attacker, "My father says to never turn your back on your enemy."

The boy seethed his weapon, "You always do what daddy tells you?" The boy mocked.

Stephanie shook her head and glared at the boy.

The boy continued to mock her, "Bet you do, bet you're daddy's little girl."

"You take that back!" the princess yelled at she tackled the boy.

She wrestled him to the ground, pinning him in his place and demanded that he take back his statement. The boy refused and wrestled out of the girls firm grasp.

"Ha! That was kind of fun. Hey, you're not all that bad. For a girl I mean" stated the boy, "I'm Paul Levesque and I'm training to be a knight in the royal guard. Who are you?"

"I'm Stephanie McMahon."

Paul immediately fell down to one knee and bowed his head low, "Forgive me, Princess. I didn't know it was you."

Stephanie touched his shoulder, "It's alright," she tapped him, "tag, you're it!"

Both children laughed as they started off their game. They played for what seemed like hours before Stephanie heard her mother call her name.

She looked at Paul, "I better go, that's my mother calling."

The boy grabbed her hand and kissed it, "It was a pleasure meeting you princess."

"We can play tomorrow. Will you be here?"

Paul shook his head, "I leave tonight for the camp where the training is."

Stephanie asked, "When will you be back?"

Paul explained that he was going through an intense training that will take years for him to hone his skills as a fighter. If he ever wanted to become a knight, he would have to kiss years of his life away to chase his dream and nothing was going to hold him back. This was everything he had ever wanted in life.

Stephanie looked at him with sadness in her eyes, "So I'll never see you again?"

"We'll see each other again. I'll just be one of your soldiers when you become Queen." Paul explained.

"And we'll still be friends, right. Promise me." stated the young princess.

Paul hugged her, "I promise."

Stephanie heard her name being called again and began making her way back to the grounds. She looked back one last time at her new friend and smiled before heading over to her mother. She couldn't wait to see Paul again but that was years away and she had to focus on the now if she was ever going to become Queen.