Miles away in the Potter kingdom.

Prince Harry rode fast through the farmer's field; he and his best friend Ronald Weasley were trying to evade the guards who had spotted them at the last second sneaking out the castle gates. Harry had convinced Ron that he needed a bit of fun away from all the rules and war training, and the maids gossip of his upcoming birthday and marriage, the one to the Malfoy Princess in less that eight months and he still hadn't met the spoiled brat.

Laughing loudly in the air that was rushing by his face Harry turned his head and spotted Ron racing behind him, the guards were nowhere in sight.

"I think we lost them," called prince Harry slowing his horse down, Ron followed suit.

"Yah I think so," smiled Ron "so what to do now?"

"I think we should have an adventure," replied Harry.

Ron chuckled "to the pub it is."

Harry sighed looking over at the castle and town, "we both know I love this place more than anything, but sometimes I wish I could just leave it all behind, live somewhere out in the forest and making a living as a hunter."

"I could really see you doing it, if you could get away and all my prince," replied Ron "you build a cabin that is cozy and filled with furs and a nice wife, one you get to choose for yourself."

"Yah, but that's never going to happen is it, not when I still have a duty to my kingdom, but sometimes I still wish," Harry looked from his friend back to the kingdom "come on Ron lets get some drinks before the guards find us and haul us back to the palace."

Ron agreed happily as both men raced off on the dusty road headed towards the town pub.

Several drinks later the guards lead by Sirius came in and led the fairly drunken boys out of the pub and back to the castle, both boys just followed the orders knowing that a fight with Sirius would result in Harry being grounded to his room for a week and Ron's mum, the cook getting her hands on Ron for whatever punishment she chose. Last time she agreed to let his twin brothers, the court jesters use him in their disappearing act, needles to say they could not find him for three days and Ron had no account on where he had been.

Harry said goodbye to Ron at the castle gates and walked up to his mother queen Lilly, she had an extremely disapproving look on her face "come along Harry your father wishes to speak to us."

Harry groaned as he followed his mother to his fathers study, where she waved her wand to clean and straighten his clothing before knocking, king James opened the door himself, the three wrinkles on his forehead revealed only one thing to Harry, he was displeased.

"Come in, come in," said James waving his hand, the royal family walked in and took their places according to rank around James' massive red wood desk "I shall start, Harry your mother and I are highly disappointed in your actions, you are to be married soon and yet you still act like a child. I am quite certain your fiancé does not act in such a manner, in fact I have just received a letter from Princess Draconis addressed to you, I have not read it, I shall leave that privilege to you," James handed the green envelope over to his heir, Harry looked at the envelope it was blank aside from the overly elegant silver lettering that spelled his name.

"Thank you father I shall read it later," replied Harry as he pocketed the letter planning to opening it and share it with Ron later in the garden "will there be anything else father?"

"Yes," replied James "we will be leaving in a week for Malfoy kingdom where you will meet with princess Draconis, and then for the last two months before your seventeenth birthday we will return with the Malfoy royals to plan the wedding, that won't be a problem will it Harry?"

"No, no of course not father," replied Harry trying to keep the reluctant and displeased look of his sun-tanned face.

His mother just smiled at him and said nothing the entire time, and Harry felt himself wondering as he left his fathers study if this male 'princess' he was to marry would act like that? Would he just be a female with the male parts? Or would he be a male reluctant to be a woman? A fighter or a cheerleader?