My version of What would have happened, if Mary hadn't come to the rescue, when the lieutenants wanted Catherine extradited after the Generals were killed by the Red Knights.
This is my very first fanfic so please be gentle, but honest in your reviews.
I've had this story in my head since 3.15 "Safe passage"
I don't own anything... Bla Bla Bla…
A have made a few alterations- Fx the Lieutenants never came to talk to Catherine beforehand. The first part is directly from the show so my version begins as they open the gates...
"Queen Catherine- Open the gates and surrender" Lieutenant Gambon yelled from outside the walls "If you come quietly, you have my word, no family member will be harmed."
"If you kill me" Catherine yelled back "the true murderers will roam free."
"I know you men are angry, but…" Charles started but was cut short by the lieutenant
"OPEN THE GATE!"
"Stand down, Everyone Stand down!" Catherine said "I'm going out there."
"Stephan, take Charles back inside and barricade the doors- I'll talk them down"
As the gate opened she turned around and said "Charles, GO!"
Fear was printed in her eyes, but her face seemed more calm than ever while she walked slowly out of the, now open, castle gates. She moved towards the soldiers- every fiber of her being wanted to run the other way- back to the castle, back to safety. "Be calm Catherine, everything will be all right- My children are safe and secured- they can manage without me if they have to." Catherine thought to herself repeatedly in her head. She saw one of the soldiers on his horse riding towards her. Her breath caught in her chest for a moment, she felt like fainting. He was now just a few feet away. She saw the grin in his features.
The lieutenant moved towards the Great Catherine De Medici, oh how he longed to put her in her place. To avenge the generals killed by her in cold blood for the second time in her reign. To be fair, maybe King Henry, the mad king, had something to do with it the first time, but he is long gone, so she must face the consequences alone. In truth, he didn't even know how to punish her yet, he never thought, in his wildest dreams, that she would surrender herself. At most he thought that she would have poisoned herself in her rooms after the entire castle was seized.
"Who is the leader?" Catherine spoke
He answered "Since you killed all of our Generals, we are all leaders"
He started riding in circles around her, looking at her tiny frame- he thought to himself, this is definitely not what I expected- not that I'm displeased though. This will be a lot of fun!
Catherine noticed the grin on his face and she felt her stomach turn, what have I gotten myself into, she thought to herself.
"I am here to explain. I didn´t kill your soldiers. I paid them what… was… earned" She felt his boot on her back and stopped talking. She turned around a bit and looked up at him.
"Catherine de Medici, aren't you a sight" She gasped as he reached out holding her under her arms and scooped her up on his horse so she was placed right in front of him.
"What on earth are you doing" she spoke with both anger and panic in her voice "PUT ME DOWN AT ONCE"
He grinned even more now
"You can make all the excuses you want Queen Regent, words won't help you now"
Catherine felt sick but tried to keep up her appearance. She couldn't even begin to imagine what was going to happen to her. She was hoping for a quick death though.
He was amazed of how easy she had been to lift on to the horse. She sat so close to him, the scent from her hair and body flowed in the air between them. She smelled like sweet caramel and roses. Her hair was pinned up around her hairpiece but he could see the natural curl in each strand of hair. Her hair was golden blonde, it was almost like the sunset lived in her hair. She mesmerized him.
Catherine almost fainted. She felt him getting even closer to her, if that is possible on a horse. She noticed how he leaned into her, did he just sniff her? She instantly leaned forward to get away from him, but she felt his hand holding her back.
"Don't move" He said while sniffing her hair once more
"What are you doing" she said breathier from panic than she intended. She immediately regretted asking the question because she didn´t want an answer to it.
He laughed "I am sniffing you. You smell divine! Ohhh WE are going to have so much fun with you…"
All color disappeared from Catherine's face. Ohh no she thought to herself, not that! Please God, not that!
END OF CHAPTER ONE
So, what do you think? What will happen to our Catherine?
