~A/N - Hello fans! :D I know it has been a really REALLY long time since I have updated this, and for that I am really sorry :/ But I know you will love this chapter. This is where Harold is finally a Prince, human once again. Harold and Lillian were friends, but what will happen now that Lillian gave Harold a kiss, and Harold is now human? I guess you will have to read and find out! :)~

Chapter 6: Prince Harold of Far, Far Away

Lillian was riding Xander down the street, coming back from the clothing store. It was only a half hour ago that Harold became human again, and an embarrassing moment happened between the two of them. She laughs to herself when she thinks back on that, Harold ran into the bathroom like he was on fire. It seemed like he was by how much he was blushing! But Harold was human again. The one thing he always wanted finally came true, and the one thing Lillian always wanted was to get away from her home, so her dream came true as well. She really did love that old, small town.

Xander trotted gracefully back into the barn, which was next to the hotel, and went to eat some hay in his stall. Lillian rubbed his back, grabbed the bag of clothes for Harold, and headed back inside. They got back just in time, it was about to get dark outside. She wondered if he would like the clothes she picked out for him, they weren't anything special, so she hoped he wouldn't mind. She wondered how they would look on him... he would proabably be handsome, as his human form was.

Lillian blushed at the thought of Harold in his human form again. Almost everything about him was different, except for the eyes that she looked into a hundred times before... they were the same, only now they seemed happier. Why was he all that she ever thought about? Constantly, no matter what she was doing. He was always on her mind. She walked up the stairs to the hotel's front door and wondered what Harold was doing... because she wouldn't be thinking of anything else.
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Harold smiled at himself in the mirror. His teeth looked whiter, his hair looked nicer, and his body looked pretty fit - he was so much better like this! He flexed his arm muscles and was impressed by the fact that they weren't flabby because he had not worked out since that witch casted that spell on him. He looked pretty good, and... he was human again! All that he ever wanted had come true and he couldn't wait until he could be reunited with his family. His mother and his father had probably given him up for dead. How would they react to him being back in their lives?

He took a deep breath and released it slowly, then he closed his eyes and counted to ten. When he opened his eyes, he was still human. This was definately not a dream! He looked into his own eyes and they seemed to shine like the morning sun. He chuckled a little, still happy that he had finally became human! He has been waiting for this for way to long. Now he could do whatever he wanted to do and not be judged. And he was finally away from those rude, mean frogs, which was a bonus to him!

But... how was he human again? That part puzzled him.

"Harold?" He jumped a little, Lillian was back from the store. He found a towel near the bathtub, and quickly wrapped it around himself, afraid of futher embarrassment. And he didn't want to embarrass himself anymore infront of Lillian. "Are you still here Harold?"

He cleared his throat, "Yes, coming!" He opened the door and smiled at her. She smiled back, blushing a little, finally seeing the red towel wrapped around his waist. Lillian looked away from him, not wanting him to notice. She sat on the bed, and relaxed. "So what did you get from the store?"

"Some clothes for you to wear," She handed him the bag, and he took them graciously. "I sure hope they fit." Harold took the shirt out of the bag, and put it up to the light. It was brown and looked like a civilian shirt, something that he would not wear in his life because he was a prince... but he smiled.

He looked at Lillian, "I love it. It looks like it will be the perfect size," Lillian smiled. "I'm going to put them on now."

She giggled at him, "That would be wise Harold." He blushed and chuckled a little. He looked at her one last time, then smiled and went to put his clothes on. Lillian sighed and blushed, what was wrong with her? She was blushing around him a lot, and that was even before he became human! When they were together, she would be giggling and happy and when they were apart all she could think of was him. What was going on?
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Harold took a deep breath as he leaned against the bathroom door. He felt his heart about to beat out of his chest. He was always feeling like this around Lillian though. Harold leaned his head against the door, what was going on with him lately? Lillian was his friend! His fun, kind, beautiful... He smiled to himself as the thought of Lillian made him blush and made his heart beat faster. Harold shook his head to make himself stop thinking like that. She was his friend, they were friends.

He shook off his feelings for now and got dressed, still thinking of Lillian like crazy.
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Lillian took off her shoes and rubbed her feet, while her heart still pounded about Harold. She never understood any of her feelings about him. They became friends and they clicked so well... that she thinks she may have developed a little crush on him. He was smart, he had pretty eyes, and he was quite charming. Now that he was human, she can see now that he is even handsome. Anyone would be lucky to be with him... why was she again thinking of that?

She shook her head and laid down on the bed, closed her eyes, and sighed to herself for being so confused.

Harold came out of the bathroom, and said, "What do you think?" He smiled when she looked over toward him. She sat up in bed and she finally got a good look at his human form. He had jet black hair, that matched his black goatee, and he had a wonderful smile. He seemed shorter than Lillian, but she did not mind that at all. Harold's body looked fit and his arms looked really muscular in the shirt he was wearing. His light brown eyes looked into hers and she lost her breath for a second. He truly was handsome. Lillian cleared her throat.

"Umm... how do you look?" She looked away from his eyes and looked out the window to look at the stars above them, afraid she would blush again. "You look very handsome Harold." The stars seemed to shine brighter than they ever did in Jarithen. Of course Lillian was trying to distract herself from thinking of just how handsome Harold was. She was trying to keep her mind on anything else... the stars seemed to be a good thing to keep your mind on.

He blushed, "Thank you," Harold sat next to Lillian on the bed, looking at her. She was enjoying herself, looking at the stars, but he knew that something was amiss. He could always tell, without her saying anything. She was quiet tonight, actually she had been for the past two days, but he thought she needed space. Now that it was continuing, he had to do something about it. "Is something wrong Lillian?" Lillian looked at him and smiled.

"No, nothing is wrong Harold." She gave him a smile, hoping he would think that she really was alright.

He shook his head, "Lillian... don't lie to me," She saw the hurt in his eyes and immidiately regretting saying that. She had never lied to him before. "Please tell me what's wrong... You know you can tell me anything." She looked into his eyes, and he looked into hers. The world seemed to stop as the two of them starred into each other's eyes. It brought Harold back to the first time he saw her, all wet and muddy from the rain... he wish he would have turned human that day so he could have helped her to that shed with his hands intead of his slimy, frog-self. Lillian thought of the time they went to the lilly pond, on their way to Sethen, when Harold told her how her father was wrong and that the man she loved would be very lucky. It made her heart skip a beat, and it still does.

Harold took a deep breath and Lillian cleared her throat, "Well, I suppose I am a little confused Harold... how did you become human again? Or why is a better question?"

He sighed and leaned against the back of the bed, "I am guessing that the spell that was put on me wore off or stopped being in effect..." She nodded. That would make sense, but there was still something about it that made Lillian wonder.

"But Harold... this all happened right after I ... I gave you that kiss." Silence filled the room as Lillian began to blush, this time a darker shade of red. Harold thought about that. There was something that the witch said while she was putting the spell on him. He didn't think much of it until now, but it was something along the lines of "The spell will only be lifted once a ... is given from your true ..." he couldn't remember the rest, it had been too long. He was ony fourteen at the time, he didn't have a good memory of way back then. He was surprised he could even remember that much of the spell.

"The spell will be lifted once a ... is given from your... true..." The rest was a blank to him, but he had to think really hard about it. "Maybe it will be lifted once I get a kiss from my true friend. That would make sense... what do you think?" He looked at her, but she was in deep thought. Lillian thought it made perfect sense, but she didn't think that friend was the right word that could be used. What other word is normally used in witch spells? They enjoy putting people in difficult situations by setting spells on them... but what is the one thing that can always break a witch's spell?

Lillian smiled and came up with the word that made the most sense, "Love!" She looked at Harold, still smiling. "The spell will only be lifted once a kiss is given from your true love!" Witches always used love to break spells. He nodded as he remembered that is exactly what the witch said "The spell will only be lifted once a kiss is given from your true love.". Now the spell was lifted because he was given a kiss by his true... Harold's mouth fell open when he realized what that meant. He looked into Lillian's eyes. Lillian realized what that meant as well.

She knew she had feelings for him, but she never knew that she was... in love with him. Her heart began to pound in her ears as Harold looked deeper into her eyes. Harold finally understood all of his feelings. They were love. He was in love with his best friend, he was in love with Lillian. He could deny it no longer.

"Lillian..." He moved closer to her, to make sure she was going to hear his every word.

"Harold..." She moved closer as well, finally realizing that her feelings toward him were true and real. She loved Harold.

Harold cleared his throat and took a deep breath. He was going to tell her exactly how he felt about her, "Lillian, I.. I have loved you since the day we met," She smiled and kept looking into his light brown eyes. A tear was formed, but it was not yet released. He grabbed her small hand with his slightly bigger one and put the other ontop of hers. Harold never looked away from her eyes. "My heart wanted to be with you so badly, but I was only a frog. I was not worthy of you, there was no way it could work out, but from the day I saw your beautiful face and your endless sky blue eyes, I knew that I was in love with you. There was no turning back Lillian. I fell head over heels in love with you, I never knew how to tell you, but you are my one true love... I love you Lillian."

The tear was finally released, as tears of joy began to stream down Lillian's face. She put her other hand ontop of Harold's as she continued to look into his eyes, "Ohh Harold..." She rubbed his face with her hand. "I love you too."

"Really?" Harold said surprised, and yet... happily.

She giggled, "Yes... I fell in love with you after our deep conversations, and your kind words... I tried not to fall in love with a frog, but I did anway. There was nothing I could do to stop it. I love you Harold, with my whole heart!" He couldn't stop smiling. There was no more tension in the room. There was only love. Harold kissed the hand that was on his face, then looked Lillian in the eyes once again.

They held hands and leaned toward each other. They rested their foreheads against each other's, happy that they finally released the information that was holding them back. Again, they whispered "I love you" and shared a kiss, on the lips, that would forever combine them together.
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Meanwhile

A black steed breathed deeply, the breath from it's nose able to been seen in the cold night. The rider, wearing a hood to keep warm, was full of anger and hate. The other horse riders were asking people in a small town if they had seen Princess Lillian. They all replyed with the same answer "She rode off toward Sethen". The rider starred off in the direction that she was said to be. She betraded him. She was ungrateful, and stupid. She would be badly punished for what she has done. The kingdom needed her and she took off without telling a soul. Now the small town they were currently in was paying the price. Women were screaming, children were crying and men were talking to the knights.

The rider growled to himself as the mere thought of her made him want to vomit. This was all her fault.

A knight came up behind hm, "My lord, shall we ride off to Sethen?" The rider knew that Sethen would take a few more hours to get to. But they needed to go get Lillian as fast as they could. "My lord?"

The King of Jarithen said nothing, but nodded. The knights went first, riding at the speed of light. Three stayed behind to ride next to the king, for his safety. "Soon Lillian... very soon... you will pay for what you have done. I have a few surprises for you, you ungrateful bitch." The king's steed reared up, neighed loudly, and began to run, only the sound of hoof prints could be heard after leaving the small town ablaze. Not even an apologie from their king would make up for the loss of their town.
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The Next Morning

The birds were chirpping outside of the window at the hotel, and the sun beat down on two people laying in bed, holding each other close. Lillian woke up first, smiling and remembering what happened the day before. She fell asleep in the arms of the man that she loved. After their kiss, they laid down and held onto each other tight, afraid that the next morning they would wake up... and it would have been only a dream. She looked to her side to see Harold, yawning and stretching, opening his eyes to look at her. For the first time in her life, she sat up in bed happy that it was morning.

"Goodmorning Lillian."

She smiled at him warmly, "Goodmorning," He sat up with her and kissed her on the cheek. "Did you have a good night sleep?"

He nodded, "Yes, of course." Harold smiled at her as well, wanting it to be noon so he was fully awake and able to see her through awake eyes instead of sleepy ones.

Lillian got out of bed, and yawned slightly, "I'm going to get ready for the day, we should go on a picnic," She looked outside, to see a bird tweeting in tree above them, in a nest. A second later another bird came with worms and fed them to the waiting hatchlings the eagarly awaited food. As the young ones ate, the other birds seemed to rub heads with each other. Lillian sighed. "It is a beautiful day outside!"

"Yes, but remember to never judge a day by it's wheather." Harold got out of bed as well and the two of them got ready for the day. He had a bad feeling about today.
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Lillian and Harold walked hand-in-hand downstairs toward the entrance of the hotel. They were smiling, and laughing and having a great time!

Clifton and Mary were behind the front desk, when they saw Harold and Lillian. They were smiling, then both looked confused. Who was that guy with Lillian? They had never seen him before... Harold told them his secret, trusting them with it, and they too seemed to believe that he was a prince turned frog. The minute they saw his light brown eyes and little black goatee, they knew it was Harold! They smiled wide and went over to the pair of them.

Clifton said with a wide smile, "Harold, is that you?"

He nodded, "This is who I always was. I'm finally myself again," He looked at her. "Thanks to Lillian." Lillian looked at him and smiled as well. Mary sighed.

"That's cute! Look at the way they look at each other... why don't you look at me like that Clifton?" He cleared his throat and changed the subject.

"Anyway, where are you two love birds headed off to today?" They both smiled at Lillian and Harold, seeing them blush at the sound of "love birds".

Lillian smiled, "It is such a gorgeous day outside that we thought we would go on a picnic!"

Mary said, "Awww... Clifton, why don't you take me on pic-."

"Mary... we have been married for a year now. I don't need to try so hard anymore," He smiled at her. She frowned and crossed her arms, the look she gave him seemed to say "yeah you do". Then she walked away, back behind the front desk. "I was just kidding sweetheart!" She glared at him, and he sighed.

Harold said, "You should go make it up to her," He nodded. "We'll be back near dinner, hopefully things will be sorted out between the two of you by then." Clifton nodded and went over to Mary, trying to get her to smile.

Lillian wrapped her arm around Harold's and smiled at him, "Shall we, my prince?" He kissed her on the forehead.

"We shall, my princess." And they left the other couple to sort out their problems.

Outisde in the pasture where Xander was eating, Cedric was reading to himself. Cedric, Harold and Lillian later learned then they got there, was the younger brother of Clifton and Alys. Their parents died almost five years ago, and the young Cedric needed to get out of the small town and go to a bigger and better place. He was very smart for his age, and very polite as well. Cedric was always willing to help people, no matter what it took. Clifton was hoping his young brother would not be stuck in Sethen forever, like him, Mary and Alys. Harold wished he knew what he could do to help him, but he was at a loss... for, at the time, he was just a frog. Now he wondered how he would help the young fellow.

Cedric smiled at the pair walking toward Xander and himsef. He waved, "Hi Lillian! Ohh... and..." He stood up from his place in the pasture, and walked toward Harold. Giving him a confused look, then he smiled. "Is that you Harold? You're human again! That's awesome!" He gave them both a hug.

Harold smiled, "Yes Cedric," He cleared his throat and looked proud. "The Prince of Far, Far Away has returned." Lillian smiled at him as well.

Cedric said, "That's great Harold! But... are you going back to Far, Far Away now that you are human again?" His heart sank, Harold had not thought about that. He wanted to go back, but what about Lillian? He couldn't just leave her after all they had been through together...

"Well..." He looked at Lillian and smiled. "Only if Lillian will come with me." Lillian turned toward Harold and blushed. He wanted to take her back to his family, and his old life. That made Lillian very happy. She smiled at him as well.

"Oh Harold-." They heard a woman's screams echo into their ears from the entrance of the town! People were running past the barn entrance, screaming and grabbing their children. Cedric went to see what was wrong immidiately. "What was that Harold?" They heard neighing and horse hooves coming toward them, as well as loud shouting and laughter. Harold and Lillian went to the entrance of the barm to see knights running all over the place, people running scared, children crying, and torches... there were bright torches ready to light anything on fire.

They gasped and held onto each other, what was happening?

The knight ahead of all the other knights started shouting, "Have any of you seen Princess Lillian of Jarithen? She was said to have come through here!" Harold clenched onto Lillian tigher. He knew today was not going to be a good one.

Then a hooded rider rode next to the knight and looked around the town. It was full of scared people, like in the last town they were in. He took off his hood, and revealed the crown ontop of his head.

Lillian gasped, "Father." Harold went in front of her, so her father would not see. He glared at the king, now that he was human, he could finally do something about the way the king as treating her.

The king shouted, "I will not harm you if you tell me where the Princess is! If you do not... there will be consequences." The townspeole shook in fear, and children continued to cry. Lillian sighed behing Harold, not knowing what to do. Cedric came running back inside the barn, out of breath from running so hard.

Harold whispered, "Cedric, go inside! Stay by your bother." He nodded and without a second thought, ran inside. "We have to get out of here Lillian."

"We have to face my father head on Harold, we can't just run."

He looked at Xander, "We won't be doing the running," He jumped on Xander and brought him out to Lillian. "Come Lillian! We must leave!"

Lillian sighed, looking at the hand Harold wanted to help her up with, "What will happen to the town once we leave? My father... he is ruthless," She looked out at her father, he looked proud and angry. "We can't just abandon this town."

"Lillian, your father wants to find you. My concern is more what will he do to you!" Xander neighed softly, and rubbed his nose against Lillian, making her smile and pet his nose. "Please Lillian... we can get to a safe spot. Please?" His eyes were pleading with her, and she knew he would not stop persisting that she should go with him.

She looked at her father one last time, "... Alright Harold... But I still fear for this town."

He helped her onto the saddle, "As do I, but I need to get you safe... I love you Lillian."

Xander trotted out of the barn, "I love you too Harold." They were halfway out the barn and past the knights, when something scared Xander! He reared up on accident, causing the commotion to be turned toward them. Lillian gasped. "Oh no!" The King saw the pair. He glared as he saw his daughter, and a random man. Lillian locked eyes with him, then held onto Harold tighter as Xander took off as fast as he could down the road.

The king shouted, "Lillian!" All the knnights ran toward them as Harold made Xander run faster away from Sethen, mostly, away from the knights that would do them harm. The knights were growling to themselves and shouting for their horses to go faster. Harold was not about to let them get ahold of Lillian. He would die trying to get them away from her. The race was on.

~A/N - there you are! Now you just have to wait for another chapter :) Next "Chapter 7: Banishment and Punishment" What happens when they get caught? Or do they get caught? RandR please :) Hope you liked this chapter! Next chapter should be up sometime this week, or next week (sorry for the title of the next one... gives it away :p~