Hello. I had this idea a while ago,but i was not sure how to go about it. This will be a multi chapter fiction, most likley four or five chapters unless i decide to write more or people really like it. Please comment what you think and if you want it to continue. Thank you.

Princess Emma's every move was news for the kingdom, so her potential betrothal was certainly cause for celebration. The twenty-two year old princess had been eligible for marriage for a year now, waiting for a worthy suitor to come by her side and help her take her rightful spot at the throne.

The only problem-Emma didn't want any of it. She did not want the arranged marriage and wasn't even to excited at the thought of being queen. As the oldest, she was first in line, but that had been many days where she had thought of giving up her claim to the throne and letting one of her brothers rule. One of her brothers, James and Leo, would surely make a fine ruler.

But that didn't change the fact that her parents Queen Snow and King James had set up balls and meetings for her to find an eligible bachelor. They didn't want to push their daughter, simply give her all of her options. She knew that if she told her parents she had no desire to be queen, they would be disappointed, but understand.

The princess was to meet a new potential suitor that afternoon. She had met the man several times, but did not know much about him except that he was the captain of the royal navy. He would return to the docks today from a mission and would come to meet the princess, accompanied by his brother.

Emma made her way to the State Room, where she was to wait for the captain. Her father would bring him from the docks to her and give them time to get to know each other. Then herself, her parents, her brothers and the captain and his brother would have dinner.

She sat herself down and let her thoughts roam free. This Captain was surely a honorable man, but Emma knew she would never marry only to secure the throne. If she ever married, she wanted it to be for love, not for politics. Her parents love story was one of the most notable throughout the kingdom. Growing up she heard the tales of the bandit Snow White who had once been a princess herself rob an unsuspecting Prince James. As she got older she learned the bits and pieces of the story of which the kingdom was unaware. Her father, whose real name was David,had not grown up a royal, but rather had been chosen to take the place of his twin brother, whom he had never met since they were separated at birth. Her mother had become a bandit to escape from the evil queen, Regina and was trying to amount enough fortune to leave the enchanted forest. James had been forced into an engagement with Princess Abigail and they couple was on their way to their new home when Snow White attacked their carriage and stole David's mother's wedding ring. David, of course, went after her trying to get his property back. On that journey he earned himself the nickname Charming and it had stuck with him ever since. It took her parents a while to finally accept their feelings for each other, facing opposition ever way they looked. The Evil Queen placed Snow under a sleeping curse and her Prince Charming rescued her and the two married and they lived happily every after.

Except happily ever after is somewhat of a vague term. It's the grey area in the stories that is left undetermined. While Snow and David did marry, Regina and King George were always a constant threat. Regina swore she would take out her wrath of Snow, but ultimately failed every time. King George ended up dying of old age and Regina started to see that revenge wasn't worth it and opened herself up to the possibility of a happy ending.

But despite every obstacle in their way, Snow and David did it. They made it through Regina and King George, through wars and disagreements ,and through everything else life put in their way. They did it together.

All Princess Emma could hope for was an epic love story like her parents. She could be optimistic about the Captian and hope that he could be her true love, but her gut told her differently. After everything her parents went through, she knew that true love always came in the most unexpected ways.