The Confrontation

Anne woke when she heard a gasp, she lifted her head off Henry's chest, where she had fallen asleep last night. What she saw next made her want to laugh until she cried, it seems like such a fun turn of events, she walking in on the Wretched Seymour girl and lost her son, now the Seymour girl was looking, in the back of her mind she wished that Jane had been pregnant so she'd had lost her child, but then Anne recoiled from that thought, she couldn't even believe she wished that on a unborn child, she would pray for forgiveness for such an evil thought. But no matter how much she wanted to laugh, she was the Queen and as such wouldn't. Anne noticed Henry had also awoken to the gasp, he got up but had his robe around his body so his nakedness was covered, he walked towards Jane, but he did the unexpected.

"You are all dismissed until you are called for." He said before closing her curtains to her bed chambers, he stocked toward her, and she could see his lust, he was on top of her before the Outer Chamber door closed, They made love well until mid-morning, they called for breakfast and ate together, Anne had the joy of watching the wretched girl serve them breakfast, Henry returned to his rooms to dress while Anne's ladies helped her prepare for the day.

Wretched Seymour girl as she would forever be referred to as in Anne's mind came in curtsied.

"Your Majesty, your Uncle the Duke of Norfolk and your Father, the Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, and brother, Lord Rochford wish to see you."

"Very well, send word to his Majesty that I am likely to be verbally abused and possibly physically if he could be watching. Do not let them in until his Majesty is in place." Jane knew better then to disobey such an order it was quite apparent that Anne had won the King back, and if Jane wanted to get out of this with even a remote chance of having a future at court she had to obey the Queen, though she was loathed to admit it. She informed the Men that the Queen would be with them in a few minutes, and scurried down the hall to the Kings office.

"Mistress Seymour, how may I help you?" The King asked a little to, formally for Jane taste but she bit back the bitterness at the situation, but remember why she had ran all that way.

"Your Majesty." She curtseyed. "Her Majesty, has requested you watch the confrontation between herself and her family she fears she will be verbally and possible physically abused." Henry looked as mad as she had ever seen him.

"Very well, give me two minutes, I will know what's going on but no one else in the room will know where I am. Now go." He ordered.

Jane walked into Anne's room three minutes later, with the Three men following. When Anne caught her eye Jane nodded seriously. Jane Curtsied to all four of them a pulled herself out of the room.

Anne knew that the Seymour girl believed she had won Henry back, and as such, if Jane wanted to stay at court it would require her full obedience, so she knew that even if she were struck Henry would have all the proof needed.

The three bowed though not nearly as lowly as they should have.

"You know father, Uncle, I am the Queen, even in private, which means you bow to me like you ought to, then you may call me Anne."

Her Brother did it Post-haste. "Your Majesty. I did not mean to offend sister, I just had my mind on the most delightful news, last evening it seem, my wife was taken to, The Tower, charge with bearing false witness against you and me. Though I admit I hate my wife, I have always treated her with kindness, and though I didn't want to marry her, I did and as such felt obligated to take good care of her even if we lived separate lives."

"I know, brother, why you are wearing that ridicules smile. It does hurt that she would do something like that when she is always in my company, as one of my senior lady she should know better." She was about to go into detail about the false investigation and the confession, but she was slapped so hard she flew from her chair and landed on her side. She looked up at her father who had a murderous look on his face, she touched her lip and her hand had blood on it. Her brother was kneeling down beside her, using his handkerchief to wipe the blood.

"Father." George admonished as he helped Anne back to her seat, he knew why his sister had done what she did.

"How could you ask for a divorce, after all this time, and you just give it up?"

"If I had not stepped down graciously, one of two things would have happened. 1. I would have been charge with Adultery, against my lord and husband, then found guilty and beheaded. 2. I would have been sent to a nunnery and never allowed to see my daughter again. Now that, you have even a smallest idea of why I did what I did, do you care to apologies for strike your Queen." All she got in answer was her Uncle slapping her on her other cheek sending her to the floor again.

"How dare you speak to us like you are our better, you are to follow instructions, not make decisions and carry them out without our knowledge and consent. Now you will make yourself as appealing as you can, and you will get the King to fall for you again, and if you don't give him a son this time I will just kill you myself. The King will just suspect it happen because you lost another child and died of the humiliation. He never even suspected that Katherine's death had nothing to do with old age, and everything to do with the fact that she was still fighting to put her bastard daughter on the Throne ahead of your child, who the King claims a his rightful heiress."

"You killed Katherine? Why, everyone thought I ordered it, why would you do something, that could expose me to such rumors. I may have disliked Katherine, but I have always respected her as women of honor, who was willing to endure such conditions, for her daughters sake. If I had a few more months I might have been able to convince the King to allow Princess Mary and the Princess Dowager to meet even if it was just once."

"Because, you wanted Mary returned to succession and because you wanted to allow them to meet. It's your own fault, and it was done in your name."

Anne looked as crushed as George had ever seen her.

"You ordered a murder in the name of your Queen?" This voice boomed from the doorway. "You spoke to the Queen like she was some common whore, and to make matters worse, you hit her. Guards seize Norfolk and Boleyn, take them to the Tower." They fought with the guards as they were taken away. "George you are now the Earl of Wiltshire and Ormond, I signed your dissolution of marriage last night, so good luck. Anne Are you alright?"

"I think I am more shocked then hurt, and even that hurt is my feelings, then anything else. I swear on our daughters head Henry I didn't know about Katherine, I just saw that, that could easily have been me, and I would have wanted my child to still be a Princess and to see her, and now it seems my concern only got her killed, and your daughter without her mother."

"Anne, you have been trying to persuade me to allow them to see each other for years, and to put Mary in the Secession, and I always fought you." Henry said this last part louder, because he had seen the crowd growing outside her door, and a certain ambassador who really needed to be put in his place. "Now worry not about this, it is not your fault your uncle killed her in your name, he will pay the price for his crimes. And Mary is being restored because you fought for her when her mother was unable and unwilling to do so for her sake while you did it only for Mary sake, even when she refused to recognize you as Queen, even when she kept saying she was the true Princess and Elizabeth was the bastard. And even though she still refuses to sign the Oath for me, you want nothing more than to soften my heart to her, and I find that as an admiral quality, especially since some of your family seems to think killing those against them would be, easier then trying to help them see the error of their ways." Henry smiled at the shocked faces that were peeking around the corner. Henry lend in a whisper in her ear. "I was informed our papers will be done in four to five days, so tomorrow we will have a ceremony investing you with the Duchy." Anne nodded and Henry bowed to her as he left, George kissed her hand and quickly followed after the King.

Anne's Ladies came and help her cover her red checks with face powder, and change her gown that had gotten blood on it.

That night word had reach far and wide that Henry was setting Anne aside for yet another Mistress, and the Country was in an uproar over it. They had come to respect her, especially as she fought with Cromwell about his reforms when he was pushing it too far. And many letters were sent to the King telling him to stop his bad ways a keep his Good Queen Anne, and that they would never accept another women as Queen.

Elsewhere in England.

Lady Mary,

I have just heard some shocking news, not only did Anne Boleyn not kill your mother she was unaware she was murdered until today, and in her name as a sort of payback for, wishing your return to succession though it is behind Elizabeth, but ahead of any other daughter even she herself might bear.

She had apparently been arguing with the King, to allow you to visit your Mother. So the Duke of Norfolk had her killed, and in the Queen's name even more.

She has been trying to get the King to send for you even without you having taken the Oath. And without recognizing her as Queen, or Elizabeth as the rightful Heir to the Throne.

However I fear for you now it seems, she and the King are divorcing, which means she won't be there to temper him from doing something rash, like killing you. But it does seem she has made, putting you back in the secession as one of the few things she asked for, when she went to the King with terms. But I fear, that is all she can do for you. She risked a lot by adding you in there.

And last but not least, if you haven't heard you will, the country has demand that the King keep the Good Queen Anne, and rid himself of his current Mistress Jane Seymour, because no one will accept her as Queen. The King is furious, but apparently with the people not Anne as she release a statement that said.

'If his Gracious Majesty wishes to marry another, that is within his right and privilege to do so, and I hold nothing against, such a good and kind Prince that I have had the honor of calling my Lord and Husband these last years. But God has also seen fit to call my three sons to him, and sons are something the King needs, so if by ending our marriage to allow him to marry another, to get those Princes then so be it.' The King thanked her nicely when she gave him the letter to spread around the Kingdom. But it seems everyone now thinks he should keep her, even those who were so opposed to her just a few days ago are now wholly with her. And again the King is not angry with her.

Mistress Seymour threw a fit, yesterday morning finding their Majesties in bed together. But proceeded to throw another fit actual I would say tantrum is a better term to describe it when England demand the King keep his Queen, and that Jane would never be seen as the Queen of England in Anne stead. And then she could be heard screaming to her family, how Anne had stole her one card, with the King other than her Virginity and that was to bring you back, only she was going to have you as the Heir, the King got wind of that and Jane was seen being dragged to the Kings office by guards, lead by the King himself who looked murderous. And that was just now, but I'm sure will be well onto the next fit by the time you get this.

Your Friend,

Chapuys.

Mary couldn't even put a finger on what part shocked her more. But the part that did touch her conscious was that she refused to accept Anne as Queen when she had the chance and now his father was moving on from his Queen, to a women who was clearly unfit to be Queen. She truly hope Queen Anne stopped here before going on with her travels to her home, so that they might strike an accord.

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