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"Thank you!" Rhoswen called out as she left the spa, holding a clutch instead of her little leather pouch. She was refreshed and she felt oh-so clean again. The bath had been amazing and filled with bubbles and jasmine. The light blue dress she wore was beautiful. It was just one color all the way through, had a wide open neck line that draped on her shoulders, and from the waist down it puffed out ever so slightly until it stopped just about at her knees. She wore a pair of sandals much like her old ones. They were flat and they had ribbon that you had to wrap and weave around your calf and tie off.

Everything had been fine until the cut. That had made her want to cry. Her hair had been so long, so beautiful, and now...It had been so badly burned and singed that they had cut it all the way up to a little below her shoulders. They had then French braided it into pigtails and put little blue ribbons on each of the ends.

"Excuse me! Miss?" Tony called out and ran up to Rhoswen, Prince trailing behind her, "I'm sorry to bother you, but have you seen a big black mirror about my height?"

"Antony that's Rhos-"

"Quiet Prince." Tony snapped at the dog. Rhoswen gave a small laugh and covered her mouth with her clutch. She licked her lips and lowered her hand, smiling at him.

"Do I really look that different?" She asked gently and looked down at herself, pulling on the sides of her dress. Tony's face twisted in astonishment.

"Rose?" He asked surprised and looked her over again, "I...I didn't know that was you! You look great!"

"Thank you. I just had the hair cut from Hell so it's nice to hear it looks alright." She replied and played with one of her braids.

"Wow they took off a lot." Tony commented and looked over her hair. He bobbed his head a little, "About what? A foot and a half?"

"Yeah..." She replied and closed her eyes, giving a small scoff.

"Well, it looks good." Tony tried to cheer her up and clapped his hands together, "You haven't seen the mirror by chance or the guy with the bricky-brack?"

"No, I'm sorry." She replied and looked back at him, shaking her head. He nodded and then looked down at Prince.

"Alright, we're gonna keep looking." Tony announced and began walking away.

"I'll come with you." Rhoswen started and followed after him. They walked through the town and wound up in a small flea market of sorts. Rhoswen kept an eyes out for the mirror, seeing as Tony was far too busy arguing with Prince.

"You've never had to do a hard days work in your life." Tony snapped at the dog and looked down at him for a brief moment.

"Of course not. He's a dog." Rhoswen mumbled to herself and looked between Tony and Prince.

"What would you know about the suffering of royalty?" Prince asked as Rhoswen stopped at a small stand selling bracelets, "You seem to have been some kind of cleaner in your world."

"Yeah well what's wrong with that?" Tony snapped and walked up beside Rhoswen. She looked away from the bracelet she held and stared at him.

"What's he saying?" She asked softly and placed the bracelet back down on the stand.

"Nothing. He's just..." Tony sighed heavily and shook his head, looking back down at Prince, "I was rich once I'll have you know."

"You?"

"Yes, me." Tony snapped back and continued on, Rhoswen walking on the opposite side of him, "I had a thriving plastics business. I was making fifty-five grand a year when I was twenty-one."

"What happened?" Rhoswen asked and looked up at him, squinting slightly from the sun in her eyes.

"I put all my money into an idea that just didn't pan out." Tony shook his head and took a deep breath.

"What idea?" Rhoswen encouraged and stopped walking. She stared up at him and waited patiently for him to continue.

"Bouncing castles." Tony replied as a smile spread across his lips. Rhoswen knitted her eyebrows together and tilted her head slightly to one side.

"Bouncing...castles?" She asked slowly, finding the idea odd and confusing.

"Yeah you know, like balloon houses." Tony replied, but Rhoswen continued to stare up at him confused. Slowly she shook her head, "Of course you don't know what they are."

"I'm sorry." Rhoswen spoke up softly and crossed her arms over her chest. Tony waved the apology off and began walking again in search of the mirror.

"Antony, ask Rhoswen about her ring." Prince spoke up once they were out of the little market. Tony scoffed and shook his head at the dog, earning Rhoswen's attention.

"What is he asking?" She asked and stopped walking to stare down at Prince. Tony stopped and shook his head, running a hand over his face.

"He wants me to ask about your ring." Tony shook his head again and looked down at the dog.

"My ring? Why?" Rhoswen asked softly and looked down at Prince, "Is that what you were trying to get at in my pouch?"

Prince gave a loud bark and stood up. Rhoswen opened her clutch and pulled out the ring. She held it in her open palm and showed Tony and Prince it. The blue and white gems that met in the middle, entwining and then going there separate ways after the knot, glimmered in the sunlight.

"I knew it!" Prince barked.

"Knew what?" Tony asked and looked away from the ring for a brief moment. Rhoswen looked from her ring to Prince in curiosity. How could he know her ring?

"That is Queen Aurora's engagement ring!" Prince barked and looked up at Tony.

"Her engagement ring?" Tony asked in surprise and looked back down at the ring in Rhoswen's hand, "That belonged to a queen?"

Rhoswen's eyes went wide in surprise. How could he have possibly known that? No one except...

"I knew it..." Rhoswen breathed out and stared down at Prince, "I knew it was just too strange of a coincidence."

"What am I missing?" Tony asked and looked between the two, feeling let out of the loop. Rhoswen shook her head and knelt before Prince.

"I knew it." Rhoswen whispered and stared at Prince long and hard, "You are Prince Wendell, aren't you?"

"Yes!" Prince barked and stood up again, "Yes! I am! Finally, someone with some sense!"

"Wait, you're saying he really is who he says he is? He really is thee Prince Wendell?" Tony asked in a hushed snap and looked around to see if anyone and heard. Rhoswen looked up at him and nodded her head.

"I wasn't sure about it at first, but only the royal families know about this ring. He has to be." Rhoswen explained and stood up. She placed the ring back into her clutch and stared up at Tony, "I told Wolf about this and he didn't believe me. He said that people would have noticed if the prince had been switched. I knew it was too much a coincidence."

"Yeah, you've said that already. What does this mean?" Tony asked and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I'm not exactly sure. I've had...notions that something was off about this whole journey of ours, but I never thought for a second that I was right. Or that they were all somehow connected." Rhoswen explained and looked up at him, "Not until today anyway."

"What changed your mind?"

"The cupid." Rhoswen answered and shook her head, looking down at the ground, "The things she said..."

"Yes, about that." Prince barked and looked to Tony, "The girl said that Rhoswen was supposed to become a magnificent ruler."

"How did you pull that out of all her rhyming?" Tony asked as Rhoswen began walking again, mind lost in her thoughts. Tony ran up behind her with Prince.

"Never mind. Just ask her about it." Prince barked. Tony looked at him a moment longer and then walked a little faster to get to Rhoswen's side. The three of them walked into a little antique store and looked around, hoping to spot the mirror.

"Rose," Tony began as they climbed a flight of stairs,m "Uh..what did the cupid mean when she said she foresaw you becoming a great ruler."

"Magnificent ruler! Idiot!"

"Shut up." Tony snapped at Prince and looked back at Rhoswen. Rhoswen stopped and looked away from him. She had forgotten that he and the others had heard everything the cupid had said; her keeping secrets, her becoming a ruler..., "Rose?"

"You can't say anything to anyone. Understand?" Rhoswen started and stared up at him. Tony narrowed his eyes and then nodded his head, slightly confused. Rhoswen looked around at the people that were coming up the stairs and took hold of Tony's arm, dragging him to a corner.

"Wow, you really are keeping secrets huh?" Tony asked rhetorically as Rhoswen let go of his arm. She looked up at the ceiling and shook her head, mumbling that she couldn't believe this was happening.

"You know that I'm from the Eighth Kingdom and you remember the story I told you about Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip?" Rhoswen started and waited for Tony to give some inclination that he did know that, "Aurora and Philip had a daughter named Valora, who was a shape shifter."

"What's that?" Tony asked suddenly.

"It means she can turn into any animal she wanted." Rhoswen clarified and watched as a group of people walked out of the show room and headed down the stairs, "Valora married the son of a Beastmaster, named Kenneth. Now a few years after they were married they had twins; a boy and a girl. The night of the twin's first birthday there was a grand celebration. Everyone in the Kingdom was invited. Three fairies came forth towards the end of the party and gave each of the babies a gift. Merryweather gave him fortitude; the ability to confront fear and uncertainty. Fauna gave him valor; the pursuit of courage and knowledge. Flora gave to him a sword."

"The Sword of Truth." Tony breathed out and rubbed his hands together. Rhoswen's face twisted in confusion and surprise.

"Eh...yes actually." She commented and then shook her head, "Now the girl, everyone knew she was to become queen someday and rule over the Eighth Kingdom as is their way. So Merryweather, taking this into consideration, gave to the girl the gift of faith so she would never give up even in the darkest of times. Fauna gave to her kindess; the pursuit of charity, so that she would always be selfless and do what was best for her people. Now Flora, who was the oldest of the fairies and the most wise, gave to her a shield. A shield to protect herself against any evil that threatened her and her people; the Shield of Virtues."

"I thought you said the shield went over a cliff?" Tony asked and narrowed his eyes. Rhoswen shook her head and took hold of his arm again and dragged him further into the corner.

"No, I said it supposedly went over the cliff with Maleficent." Rhoswen snapped and took a step back from him. She didn't want to be telling him all this in the first place and his interruptions didn't make it better.

"Okay. I'm sorry." Tony replied and put his hands up in front of him in case she attacked. Rhoswen shook her head and placed her hands on her hips.

"Now years passed and the twins grew up. The boy took after his father and became a Beastmaster. The girl, having been given the gift of shape shifting from her mother, dedicated herself to her studies to become a queen. When the twins were six, a dark enchantress appeared one day at the palace." Rhoswen looked down at the ground and sighed, "She gave her parents an option. Hand over the princess or she would curse the entire kingdom. Of course they refused to hand over their only daughter and heir to the throne. So, the enchantress, angry at them all, pointed a finger at the aged Queen, Aurora. She said, 'It is your fault that one day soon your granddaughter shall suffer the same fat as you'. Then she left, but vowed that she would be back and that they would all pay."

Rhoswen fell silent a moment and shook her head.

"So Aurora and the fairies, Merryweather, Fauna, and Flora, decided they would look after the twins. They took them to a cottage in the forest and hid them. The prince spent all his time in the forest, practicing his Beastmaster ways, while the princess decided she would learn the ways of an enchantress." Rhoswen gave a small laugh, "She thought that if she knew everything about all magic, both light and dark, then she would have nothing to fear. But she was wrong. When she was sixteen the enchantress returned to the palace to take the princess, but found she was not there. She cursed the kingdom and put them under a spell, making them fall into a deep sleep that they would never awaken from. Then she took the sword and she took the shield and she cast up a thorn wall to surround the castle."

"That's a nice bedtime story and all, but what does that have to do with you being a ruler?" Tony asked as Prince gave a whine and covered his face with one of his paws.

"You have got to be kidding me, Tony." Rhoswen breathed out and shook her head at him, "I am the granddaughter of Queen Aurora."