Ok, this is my first Fan Fic. I guess I'll try this story out on all you people who are into this type of romance thing. I'm a romance junky myself. Ok, I'll try my best. Hope you all enjoy!

I see his face. He is holding his side and rolling on the ground. His eyes suggest that I have betrayed him. I drop my sword and run to his side. He turns to face me.....then.... I am knocked quickly off my feet. Seeing the playfulness in his smile, I accept defeat and we laugh until our sides get sore.

James was always the friend in whom I could confide in, wrestle with, and race to the brook, even though I won most of time. After I regain my footing, I stare at his dirty, tattered figure. His dirty blonde hair and ivory cheeks caked in mud. His greenish blue eyes catch me a minute and I step back. They are so vivid. So alive for a boy of nine.

"What's wrong Maria?" James asks, his voice filled with unease. "Why are you staring at me like that?"

I stared because of a question that had haunted me for as long as I could remember.

"Who is this person, and where did he come from?" I thought to myself. I had overheard my parents talk about James, but I still wasn't sure if their story was right. They said he was found as a child lying in the streets, on the outskirts of our tiny village and our neighbors took him in without question. A noble deed to be done in these times of the Feudal Age.

"What was I saying?" I thought. My mind had truly run away with my imagination. What seven year old would believe such a tale?

With the end of my thinking I shouted "Nothing....I mean....nothing I would tell you James. You can't understand anything. After all, you're just a silly peasant with dirt in your hair!"

I laughed as he chased me around the pasture.

"Maria, you no good Plebian, your just the same as anyone, as well as me!"

He caught my hair and I fell in the mud.

Life was great.

Ok, Chapter one was a bit short, but I want to know how I'm doing so far. Please read and review, giving me tips and how you think the plot will twist and what you thought of the story. I know his name is James, but keep reading and you will know why. I will have chapter 2 posted soon!