Chapter 1:

Once upon a time, In the Kingdom of Karakura, lived the young auburn haired princess, Orihime Inoue. She was very beautiful and adored by all, but she had a tragic past. When she was only three years old, her father had caught a terrible sickness and quickly passed away. Her mother was stricken with grief and had taken her own life soon after that. At eighteen her brother, Sora, had been forced to take over as king. He cared very deeply for his sister and he raised her as his own. He later found himself a wife who had taken an interest to Orihime, but mostly kept to herself. When the princess had reached age nine, Sora had been found stabbed to death in the forest. No one could determine who the killer was and everyone was forced to move on. But with Sora gone, the queen became a harsh ruler, placing great taxes on the people, taking away their land, and even taking their food supply. Orihime questioned this, but the queen said that when it was her time to rule, she could change whatever she wanted. Unfortunately for our princess, she was a little too trusting.

8 years later

Orihime was sitting on the old wishing well behind the castle she lived in. White doves were gathered all around her listening to her sing. She had a very beautiful voice that stunned all. While the princess was beautiful and kind, she was also clumsy and had a strange appetite.

Change... Nabikanai Nagasarenai yo...

The birds listened intently and whistled along to her song which echoed through the well. Soon she was twirling around lost in her own world. She kept twirling and twirling until she became dizzy and fell. She accidentally bumped her head on the side of the well.

"Ah... I am such a klutz..." She rubbed her head and pouted.
"Oi! Are you okay?" A young voice said. She turned around and squeaked at what she saw. Jumping in over the castle walls and now standing in front of her was the prince Ichigo Kurosaki. His hair was a shocking flame of orange, draping over his eyebrows. His skin was somewhat tanned, and his face was very appealing. Orihime could clearly see the muscles that could not be hidden by his clothes. She stared at him in utter disbelief, her mouth in the shape of an 'O'.
"Does your head hurt?" he tried again, giving her a warm smile. She babbled a string of incoherent syllables, not saying any actual words and waving her hands above her head, her face burning a bright red. He reached down his hand to help her up, but she squealed and ran into the castle.
"Wait!" he yelled at her retreating figure. Damn, I didn't mean to scare her off like that, he thought to himself. Moments later, she emerged from the balcony cautiously watching him.
"Listen, I didn't mean to scare you. I was just riding on my horse when I heard your singing. I was just watching, but then you hit your head and I came to help. I'm not gonna hurt you..." Her mouth curled up into a smile, her face still flushed, and she leaned on the balcony
"Oh it's okay! I get scared very easily, and I tend to space out a lot! But don't worry, I'm just fine! See fit as a fiddle!" She then proceeded to run around waving her arms as if she was doing jumping jacks. He chuckled to himself.
"Well I'm glad to see you're okay." She smiled sweetly at him and he smiled back. Unseen, the queen was silently watching from the window.

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"RENJI!" Red hair appeared in the doorway. Renji slowly walked into the Queen's room and kneeled in front of her.
"Your majesty?"
"Bring the princess to me, right now."
"Yes your majesty," he walked out of the room and moments later he reappeared with Orihime.
"You may leave now." He nodded and stalked off. When the door closed behind him, the older female spoke.
"Orihime," the queen sneered, "I see you've found a new friend." Orihime slowly nodded her head, but stayed quiet.
"And not just any friend! But one and only, Kurosaki Ichigo!" The queen clapped her hands. The redhead simply stared.
"Listen Orihime darling, I've let you run around as you please without a care for 8 years, but things have changed. I cannot allow you to see Kurosaki Ichigo."
"B-But-"
"But nothing. You will not see that young man again." Orihime swallowed and managed to stabilize her voice.
"Why can't I see him?" The queen stood up and walked over to the window.
"Two reasons." The monarch turned around with a strange glint in her eyes, that was unrecognizable to Orihime.
"One, I simply cannot allow you to become queen, and have my powers taken away." Orihime was stared at her
"And second," The queen smiled in a sinister way, most of her teeth now showing,
"I have longed for you for too long and I will not let you be taken away from me by some boy." She spat out the last word. Orihime took a step back.
"W-what?"
"You've grown into quite the young woman Orihime." The princess had now backed up to the wall, her eyes wide. The queen gazed out the window.
"Do you see my problem now? But there is one clear solution. Can you guess what it is?" Her eyes returned to Orihime.
"Queen Chizuru-"
"You will rule beside me. You will be my queen. That way we can both rule side by side, and" her eyes showed lust, "I will have you all to myself!" Chizuru laughed.
"No." Her laughter stopped abruptly, and she had been taken aback.
"No?"
"No, I will not rule beside you, you are terrible to the people and selfish."
"The peasants?! Who cares about the peasants! I only care about you my little Hime."
"When I become queen, it will be with Kurosaki-kun, not you." Chizuru was appalled.
"If you do not lead this kingdom with me, I will lock you in the dungeon and leave you there until you change your mind." Orihime was shocked. Her mind was a jumble of thoughts and she could not grip on to a single one, she had no idea what to do. She tried to steady her breathing until she could hold on to a thought. When she could finally focus she ran. She ran out of the room with Chizuru screaming behind her. She ran out of the castle, off the grounds, and into the forest. Her heart was beating fast, her mind was reeling, her feet pounding. She didn't stop running until she tripped on on a tree root. She managed to calm down after a while, until she heard rustling in the bushes. The rustling soon spread all around her. Oh no. She thought. It must be the queen's henchmen! She quickly got up and started running again. She ran as fast and as far as she could, but her body was tired and she collapsed on her knees. Her head fell into her hands and she sobbed. Her body heaved as she gasped in deep breaths.
"Please... please..." She kept whispering and sobbing until she felt something fuzzy brush up against her face. She looked up, tears sticking to her lashes. In front of her stood a small bunny.
"Oh!" She cradled it in her hands, "You're so adorable!" The bunny's ear perked up as the silent padding of feet was heard. Orihime slowly looked around. She was surrounded by animals living in the forest. She giggled to herself and wiped away her tears.
"Instead of running away from henchmen, I was running away from these cute animals!" The bunny then jumped away from her and started to hop away. It was followed by the rest of the animals. She looked on in wonder and decided to follow along. She walked behind for what seemed to be 10 minutes until she came into a clearing. She walked forward and was surprised by what she saw.
"What a cute little cottage!" She came closer and knocked on the door. When nobody answered she looked in the window.
"Wow! Everything's really small! I wonder if the little blue men live here..." She put her finger to her chin in wonder. But she had no idea of all the interesting people who actually lived there.

My first story yay! Reviews and criticism for this would be extremely appreciated! I know the ending was kind of stupid, but I didn't want to give away who the "Seven Dwarves" were just yet :D If you know what song Orihime was singing you're totally awesome! And if you don't it's ChAngE by miwa which is the 12th Bleach opening ^^ Any ideas or changes would also be greatly be appreciated because the rest of the story isn't set in stone