#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

#define lli long long int
#define REP(i,s,n) for(int i=s;i<n;i++)
#define NUM 2520
#define INF (1LL<<50)
#define DEBUG 0
#define mp(a,b) make_pair(a,b)
#define SORT(V) sort(V.begin(),V.end())
#define PI (3.141592653589794)
#define TO_STRING(VariableName) # VariableName
#define LOG(x) if(DEBUG)cout<<TO_STRING(x)<<"="<<x<<" "<<endl;
#define LOG2(x,y) if(DEBUG)cout<<TO_STRING(x)<<"="<<x<<" "<<TO_STRING(y)<<"="<<y<<endl;
#define LOG3(x,y,z) if(DEBUG)cout<<TO_STRING(x)<<"="<<x<<" "<<TO_STRING(y)<<"="<<y<<" "<<TO_STRING(z)<<"="<<z<<endl;
#define LOG4(w,x,y,z) if(DEBUG)cout<<TO_STRING(w)<<"="<<w<<" "<<TO_STRING(x)<<"="<<x<<" "<<TO_STRING(y)<<"="<<y<<" "<<TO_STRING(z)<<"="<<z<<endl;

template<class T>bool chmax(T & a, const T & b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { if (b < a) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

// modint: mod 計算を int を扱うように扱える構造体
template<int MOD> struct Fp {
    long long val;
    constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
    }
    constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            long long t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};


const int MOD = 1000000007;
using mint = Fp<MOD>;

void func(long long N, std::vector<std::string> S){

    mint ans=0;
    lli now=0;
    lli before;
    if(S[0][0] == S[1][0]){
        ans = 3;
        before=0;
        now=1;
    }
    else{
        ans = 6;
        before=1;
        now=2;
    }
    while(now<N){
        if(S[0][now] == S[1][now]){
            if(before==0)ans*=2;
            else ans*=1;
            before=0;
            now++;
        }
        else{
            if(before==0)ans*=2;
            else ans *= 3;
            before=1;
            now+=2;
        }
    }
    cout<<ans<<endl;

}

int main(){
    // cout << fixed << setprecision(5);

    long long N;
    scanf("%lld",&N);
    std::vector<std::string> S(2);
    for(int i = 0 ; i < 2 ; i++){
        std::cin >> S[i];
    }
    func(N, std::move(S));
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 256