In a land there are two kingdoms that lived in peace however they wish to merge their kingdoms together so they decided to wed their children together. Although never seen each other, they send each other secret letters describing about themselves and even gave each other gifts.

On the day before the princess was to depart, she wrote her soon to be husband a letter.

Dear Nos,

I can't wait to see you! I hope you haven't overworked yourself and give yourself a rest. If I find out you didn't, I'll make sure you do!

XR giggles as she grabs a small strand of her golden blonde hair and cut it off. She places it in the small envelope and continues to write.

I hope you'll know it's me when we meet and hopefully you still have the other strands of hair but it is alright if you don't, I know it's silly but here's another. I hope this letter gets to you especially this will be the last letter. I really hope it won't take too long! I love you Nos and I hope soon comes!

Your XR!

She smiles and places the letter in the envelope and made her way to her friend.

"Hey Warp." XR smiles to see Warp there taking care of the horses.

"Another letter for him? I can just take you to him."

She shook her head and blushes. "I can't and you know why."

Warp rolls his eyes. "Right that whole bull your mom put on you. Look maybe you should see a picture of him at least."

XR crosses her arms. "I don't want to do that. I want to see him face to face. Be lovestruck!"

"I will never understand you at all." Warp was given the letter and takes off and XR smiles.

The day on her departure.

XR sat in a chair of her moms room as she watches her stand before her. "Now Xerena, I wish to give you two gifts." The queen said as she holds a necklace for her that was shape as a nightingale. "The first one is a necklace that will keep you from harm. So long as you wear it." She places it on her. "For your second gift, Falada the enchanted horse. He will be your guide."

"Thank you mom." XR smiles but sees her mother look worried. "Hilda who is trusting will be your maid in waiting but please be careful, i cannot bare the pain of something bad happened."

XR smiles and hugs her tightly.

"I promise."

XR was hating the travel now more than ever.

Her waiting maid was unlike what her mother described.

"Can you please get me some water? I am really thirsty."

"Get it yourself you spoiled brat." Hilda spat.

"I'm not spoiled." XR glares.

The servant smirked. "Then prove it, get it yourself. I serve you and your mother no longer."

XR makes her way to the river, unknown to her the servant was not far behind.

Just leans over and scoops up the water but as she did, Hilda unclasps the necklace. XR tried to grab for it but Hilda grasp her hands from reaching it.

"No!" XR cried out but was stopped when she felt a knife on her neck.

"Did you honestly believe you would go without harm?" Hilda smirks maliciously. "Now that protection is out of the way, we are going to switch roles. If you dare speak this to anyone, I will cut your throat. Imagine poor mother dearest."

XR nodded.

"Good now undress, if I'm to take your place, I must dress the look but seeing you wear such simpleton dresses, I will wear the dresses your mother gave you to wear." And laughs.

As they changed, XR stood by Falada as he whisper to her. "You may keep promises but I will not."

XR shook her head. "I can't bare to let you get killed."

Alas the servant overheard them talk and glares but she had plans for the horse.

Terrible gruesome plans.

Hilda grins at the praises of the future kings people as XR kept quiet but did not care about this role switch. 'i don't want her hurting Falada or Nos.' She thought and she hoped he would not be stopped by this.

In one of the windows Nos raised a brow. He who knew who she is the second he saw her enter the gates with the woman on the horse and already he was lovestruck by her.

"Warp why has the princess swapped roles."

Warp looked over through the window and saw what he meant.

"I don't know, I know she's unexpected but I didn't think she do this. I remember her telling me she wanted to meet you, nothing crazy."

Nos sensed something was wrong.

"Hey i know that horse! That's the queen's horse, Falada the talking horse. If you want answers, he got them."

Nos nodded but he couldn't look away from XR. For so long finally he was meeting her! 'I cannot wait to meet her.'

Nos stood by waiting and sees the "princess giggling and smiling as if she owned the world. "Oh it is finally nice to meet my future king!" She ran to him but he stops her.

"Milady I must stop you for it is by the rules your mother and I agreed."

"Oh of course! Mummy dearest told me too! Which is… can be please repeated?" She asked.

Nos wanted to laugh at the act the impersonator but continues. "It is decreed for a week we do not interact until the week ends, and speak of all the wrong we have done." Nos spoke and looks around for XR.

"Where is your waiting in maiden? A princess is to have her by her side."

"Oh her, she was acting irresponsible so I made her keep watch over the geese your people offered me. Now can we stop the act of being mannered and simply enact on our love?"

Nos moves away and stood unfazed. "I respect your mother and her rules so please do so as well." And he left away.

Hilda scoffs at the him but did not care.

"The horse will be killed and I will have the life I deserve."

XR weeps away as she was to keep away from Falada. 'The only plead they took was to place his head over the passageway where the geese and I will pass.' But alas she cried herself to sleep.

Falada was forced into the butcher room as he was tied away.

The butcher raises his knife over the horse.

"Stop!"

The butcher stops to see the prince by the doorway.

"But sir your future wife insisted this horse to be slaughtered. Earlier this day, her goose girl even pleaded. I told her I could only mount the head in the passage way so I-"

"Release the horse now." He spoke coldly.

The butcher releases the horse.

"But what will I tell the princess about the horse?"

"There is a horse similar to this one only it had recently passed. Do not speak of this or you will regret it." Nos leads the horse out.

"You are Falada, the queen's enchanted horse."

"Yes I am. Thank you for saving me from a terrible fate." The horse spoke.

"Can you tell me what has happened?"

"I wish I can but sadly I promised the princess for she feared for my life. Only she can tell you."

"I understand but if her life is endangered, i need to know! Please tell me."

"Only she can, watch her and find a chance to speak without the servant seeing." The horse spoke.

Nos nodded. "Until then, I will hide you from harm." He leads the horse away into a private stable. "For now until I can expose the truth."

The next day.

XR leads the geese through the passage and sees the head above the passageway.

"Falada, Falada, thou art dead, and all the joy in my life has fled."

"Alas, Alas, if your mother knew, her loving heart would break in two."

XR turned to see Hilda smirking. "I promised to keep this promise if you didn't harm him."

"Oh I didn't but the butcher did. Now I must find MY future husband. He may keep your mother's promises but I don't need to." And she walks away.

XR was confused what she said. 'Mom made the prince promised?'

"Hey girl! Come on out!"

XR made her way out and sees the boy named Conrad angry. "I need to get some things so I'll be back!" He ran out only to hid on the side. He liked the goose girl's hair and knew some who would pay for hair like that. 'And not to mention the princess offered to pay me to cut her hair before she combs it!'

XR however knew the boy was up to something so she whispered a small prayer. "Blow wind, blow, I say, take Conrad's hat away. Do not let him come back today until my hair is combed today." She pleaded. The boy was nearly close when all of a sudden a harsh wind blows and his hat flew away. For the passed 5 days, Conrad was kept away from her and he hated it so much!

"Your highness I quit!"

Nos crosses his arms, for the past days he had tried to find a way to get near to XR but that wretched woman impersonating his love was at every corner. 'The week is almost up and I am nowhere near saving XR.' "What is it that is making you so irritated? She has not done any harm to you-"

"But every time I go near her, crazy things happened. I say she is a witch and should be banished."

"You cannot state such accusations-" Nos pauses and had a plan. Tomorrow the said "princess" will leave into town to be praised by the town. 'And XR will be unwatched by her or the people she commanded.'

"Go about as you usually do as I will watch to see if such is true." And Nos could not help but grin. 'Finally…'

The next day

Nos hid behind the rose bush as he watched the boy running to her and just as he saw, the wind howl, forcing the boy to run after his hat and was nowhere in sight.

Nos made his way to XR and felt his heart beating so quick.

XR wanted to cry. 'Soon, I will see the man I had hope to meet will marry her. I didn't even get to meet him or even see him.'

Just as she was ready to cry, she didn't notice him coming.

Nos wanted to hold her and comfort her but he could not scare her so he controlled himself.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

XR turned to meet dark reddish eyes and felt her heart beating like a drum. She wanted to smile after finally being able to see him but the threats remind her so she tried to hide her tears. "I am sorry your highness but I cannot say."

"Does she harm you if you speak to me?"

XR kept quiet as it hurt her to look away.

Nos needed her to speak and decided on a whim. "I can see you are hurting from keeping a is an iron stove that will keep your secrets for the walls are so thick, it is merely a whisper to the outside it is in the kitchen."

But Nos leans closer to her, making her blush away. "But it is better at night where everyone is asleep." And he pulls away and left. He knew very well from the letters she written, she will be there.

At night

XR makes her way to the stove and carefully as she could stepped into the very large stove, unaware of Nos was watching.

XR looks around and began. "I'll be honest I'm not a servant. I'm the daughter of a queen who I fear will be hurt if she found out the truth. You see she gave me a necklace with a charm to protect me but Hilda took it off while I was drinking water from the stream and she threatened my life if I didn't do what she wanted especially hurt Falada whom is my mother's old friend only he's dead now." She began to cry. "But what hurts the most is the man that I fell for all these years is going to be taken from me and he doesn't even know!" And she cried away.

Nos felt useless as he hears her crying. 'Now that I know the truth I must end this facade!' he was ready to leave when he noticed her crying died down. He opens the doors to see her asleep. He cooed how she was cute and took her to a proper chamber and tuckered her in her sleep. He kisses her head and whispers to her. "I will undo this for you my love." And he left.

The next day

Nos stood before his throne as he calls for both the "servant" and the "princess". They both stood before Nos as they were reacting very different.

"I have come to learn the servant has done terrible deeds. For that I will ask what will the punishment will be."

XR wanted to cry, her tears were already pouring down.

Hilda smirked. "The punishment should be shameful and terrible! I say… let the servant be dragged naked in a barrel across town and never to be seen again!"

XR looks down, not wanting to look at her final sight of it all.

"Very well, guards take the servant."

XR tightens her eyes, waiting to be dragged away…. Only it didn't happen.

"LET ME GO!"

XR looks to see the imposter being dragged away.

"ARE YOU BLIND! I AM THE PRINCESS!" She screamed away only her howls faded away.

"XR please look at me."

XR opens her eyes to see Nos giving her a gentle smile.

"i would not dare do that to you luv, especially when i know through the letters how sweet you are."

XR hugs him close. "I'm sorry-"

"You did nothing wrong. Your life was threatened and you had no choice. My only regret was not saving you sooner."

XR holds him close and she looks up to him. "How did you know?"

Nos held out a small bundle of her hair in a locket. "I always keep the gifts you give me and I knew who you were when you stepped here." Nos smiles and kisses her head. "I apologize for my action last night for I had to trick you to tell me your truth."

XR only smiles. "I forgive you-"

"Achoo!" Nos sneezed and she saw he looked a bit sick.

"Another apology for I jumped in the stream to find something special," he holds out her necklace. "A dear friend helped me find this for you." He spoke and on cue. The enchanted horse came out.

"Falada?!" XR smiles and pulls away to hug her friend.

"Nos spent all night looking for this. He truly loves you."

XR smiles and sees Nos sneezing a bit more and giggles. "Better off to bed Nos." XR helps him and blushes. "We can get married when your better."

Nos smiles and feels her help him along the way, knowing they live happily together.

And they did live happily together after.