The Lady in Waiting
By: 4eBitter
Disclaimer: As I have said before I own nothing for if I did things would have gone my way. ^_^
Summary: What if Anne was loyal to Katherine when she met her? What if she had refused Henry's advances and her father's orders and harbored respect and adoration for Katherine and saw her as a regal lady, as a true queen? How would things have changed, for the better or worse?
Prologue
It was such a beautiful day, with blue skies, plants in bloom, and singing birds. It seemed like a perfect day. But that was just a facade, a mocking ruse of nature, which hid all the unnatural deformities that truly lied ahead.
These ominous thoughts were those of the lady Anne Boleyn as she strolled throughout the gardens with her majesty the Queen of England, Katherine of Aragon and her daughter the Princess Mary heir apparent and Princess of Wales. To think that not too long ago she had once assumed to steal the king's love from the queen. And now after meeting the illustrious lady and seeing the way she handled herself and in the way treated others, even how she had treated her sister one of the king's mistresses, she desired this no longer. Not to mention the love she now held for the princess, the sweetest and most perfect princess in the world, whom she would now do anything for. She would not follow her father's instructions any more, not on this matter or any matter henceforth. Had he not already ruined her sister? She would not let his bad decisions bring her down, for surely his methods would bring about the death of her.
It was not that she had lost her ambitious Boleyn nature; it was that the queen subtly and completely demanded and commanded her attention. She was drawn to the strength and the fierce determination, not unlike her own. This great determination to show that even thought she was a woman she and her opinion mattered. She wanted to serve her majesty in any way she could, also to see and be part of the princess life as she was raised with such ideals herself and become a strong woman in time. At the same time she would also satisfy her Boleyn nature, for she was truly ambitious.
She would be true to her ambitions in another way. Not by becoming the king's whore or by betraying the queen. No, no she would do it by becoming the queen's right hand, by being loyal and being a part of the small princess life and affections. And she would manipulate, coerce, bribe, and destroy any one who got in her majesty's way, and hers. That was the way she would come into power, by helping the Queen gain more power, by showing men that women were not just feeble minded, useless pawns to be used and disused at their pleasure. To show that those women that had the chance to be well-bred and educated were strong and smart and as capable as them.
Her father's plan would have not benefited her or the Queen, and the princess even less. It would have only served to separate them and that would have ruined her plans. She knew what might have happened and how divided their strength would be if they were enemies. She was aware of the difference of religion but she believed that God was the same to both of them, and she could work around it, she was a clever girl this was not such a setback.
"Lady Anne you fallen behind, is there something the matter?" At that voice Anne looked up to see the Queen looking back at her curiously, with the Princess Mary smiling at her majesty's side.
"Nothing at all your majesty I was just enjoying the view, it seems like the perfect day to be happy, the most happy". As she said this she smiled at the Queen and hurried to her side, where she would always be from now on.
She would help her majesty, and in the process herself. For as her majesty rose so would she, she would play her part well after all she was her majesty's humble servant, her lady in waiting. With that thought and with her future in mind her steps got surer and she smiled as the Princess Mary held her hand in complete trust as she asked her to play hide and go seek with her.
None of them would ever know how much had been changed that day, with the decision of a single woman. None of them would ever know just how important the choice of the lady in waiting had been to the fate of England and to all their lives.
Okay this just occurred to me while brainstorming for "Long Live the Queen" I really have no idea what came over me but this was born, lol. I think that my brain is just overflowing and this happened. I will probably continue it whenever I just need a break from the other story. So I will update as soon as college lets me and I hope you all that have read my work will continue to enjoy it. ^_^