So here is my new story. I will continue my other stories as well as this one but I have had this idea for a long time. It is based on an alternative America where there is a Monarchy. Finn is the King and Rachel is just a poor girl. There has been similar stories but this is a different story. Warning: It will get very Smutty in later chapters. In this chapter, Rachel's life is learnt. Enjoy.

Rags to Riches.

Plot: In an alternative form of America. Anarchy leads to civil war which leads to King Finn Hudson's grandfather seizing power and creating a monarchy. Now 21, he is looking for a wife but instead of a noble's daughter, he finds love with a poor young girl, Rachel Berry. Disclaimer: I don't own Glee, all rights belong to Ryan Murphy and Co.

Chapter 1: The Girl.

Rachel's POV. (Set in early 2016.)

I wake in my secluded bedroom in this poor flat in Manhattan. The power has gone out again in my little bedroom from my lack of ability to make ends meet. This is the shoddy excuse of my life which just looks like I am a failure. Which is the exact truth. I am a failure.

My name is Rachel Berry and my life is a joke. I'm 21 and living in a small flat in New York yet I have no future. This wasn't meant to be. I was supposed to be to go into Julliard, get a way into Broadway, be in a relationship with my college boyfriend and hope to be settling down into a strong and stable lifestyle. As you might have guessed, that wasn't the case at all.

The reason is that I choked in my audition to get into Julliard and instead I had to go to Tisch which was a nightmare experience. I had friends sure but I could never land a solid role in a Broadway play and the one occasion when I did, the critics thought that I was so bad that they had me fired after just a month in the role. My only job was working as a part-time waitress in a small cafe which is the only way that I am being able to sustain my own life.

Now you may wonder where are my parents? Well the fact of the matter is that they have fled the country when I was 14 due to a homophobic mob forcing them to leave the country. Yes I have two gay dads who were both lawyers both they write to me constantly, they currently live in England. I have no contact with the woman who brought me into the world.

On the relationship front, I have had a couple of dates and boyfriends but never had them for too long. The longest was when I was a freshman in college which was with a man called Brody Weston. He was an actor but he was charming and sweet. He charmed me all the way into his bed before I found out from my friend Santana Lopez that he was a male prostitute. I did a test but it came back clean so I was very thankful for that. We split up fairly soon afterwards.

I get a call. It is from my landlord saying that the rent is due today. I leave a message saying that I am going to the cafe all day and that I will leave the money that I afforded to pay for the rent will be left on the table with a note saying this is for the rent. I leave for the day.

I head to the cafe where I see my co-worker and friend Dani already there on the tables cleaning up. I go and talk to her.

Rachel: "Hey Dani. How are you doing?"

Dani: "Fine Rachel. Picked up a new man or role on Broadway?"

Rachel: "No. I don't think I will ever get another role. Picked yourself a new girl?"

Dani is an open lesbian. She admitted to me when we first met for my first day at work. I know that they will both deny it, but I think that she is in love with Santana and Santana has a crush on her. Santana hasn't been in a relationship for some time. She was with another girl for a long time before she admitted that she wasn't a lesbian. Dani's parents have struggled to accept her when they found her kissing another girl in her bedroom during a party and then Dani admitted to her parents that she was lesbian.

Dani: "No but I do have a crush on someone."

Rachel: "Who?"

Dani: "Santana. I have thought about it for a while now and now I have come to accept it that I have a crush on her."

Rachel: "Well I am happy for you Dani. I think that Santana has the same feelings for you so if you want to try to get with her, I think that you might be in for a special treat. (Giggles.)"

Manager: "Right we are opening up now. Dani on the counter, Rachel you be by the tables taking orders."

Rachel: "Okay."

And so our day begins. It is busy here and is slightly unrewarding. But it pays the bills and so I can't complain because it gives me a job to hold whilst I keep auditioning for a Broadway role. I just want to be able to be given another chance. Though I fear that I might have burned my bridges with the senior Directors on Broadway.

Santana arrives at lunchtime to begin her shift. We used to be roommates until her mother moved here to be closer to her and because her job had moved from Lima in Ohio where we are from but now live in New York and the job came with her. She comes in with a flyer that she found on the way here.

Santana: "Apparently there is a giant festival being held here to celebrate 60 years of peace in the kingdom. The flyer says that the King himself will be here to formally be present for the ceremonies."

I think I should explain. After the Second World War which ended in 1945, there was a power friction within the country which led to civil war. Different people wanted control of the country and it led to 10 years of fighting. Eventually, power was taken by William Hudson and he decided to create a monarchy within the country like in England but has more power but still governs by the consent of the people. His Grandson King Finn is the 3rd King of America after his father Christopher died 4 years ago. He is a firm King but I think he looks extremely handsome and sexy and he is single…

Stop it Rachel. You would be the last person he would want to be Queen.

Rachel: "(Trying to stop these thoughts.) So when does the festival begin."

Santana: "On Saturday. The King will be there to open it and it lasts for a week for which he is here for the entire week as it is the last stop on his state tour of the country."

Dani: "Thanks San."

Rachel: "Thanks again Satan."

Santana: "See you on Friday to get a dress Hobbit."

Rachel: "Why would I need a dress?"

Santana: "You want to look your best for the King and his nobles don't you?"

Rachel: "I guess so."

We head through the rest of the day. It is a slow day because of it being a midweek day in February but we get through it. At the end of the day, we tidy up and I head back to my room. I get in quickly before that stalker neighbour Jacob appears, he is always into gossip and has a weird stalking crush on me. He has tried to get with me often. He has tried kissing, flirting, he has even tried to squeeze my ass a couple of times but has been unsuccessful because I am not attracted to him in the slightest. I should probably get a restraining order for him.

I think back to the flyer, I saw earlier and start to think that I should go because you know, I might not know what will happen if it does. I might find someone who can help get my life back on track.

Reviews are welcome. So Rachel is clearly got a crush on the King. The next chapter introduces Finn's background at the start of the story.