Happy late Thursday afternoon fellow readers. Guess what? I have a three day weekend which means that I will probably update a couple times this weekend. I'm pretty sure you are all happy deep inside since I know you all love reading my stories. I would like to thank everyone who left a review for the last chapter. Reviews make me happy. Well I think I should stop talking before you all decide to get bored and leave.
Chapter 3
Katherine Parr and the Beast
Unknown Location in England, 1525
Katherine Parr rode her horse quickly into the night. So far there were no complicated problems that affected her journey from the Parr Estate. Though it was still the middle of the night morning would come soon. When morning came Katherine would have to try to find a place to hide or else someone would find her and take her back to the Parr Estate where she would be forced to marry Thomas Seymour against her will.
After a while Katherine soon found what looked like a abandoned Palace. She then realized that the Palace was Whitehall Palace. Katherine figured that Whitehall would be a excellent place to hide since the place was abandoned. Katherine soon entered the gates and quickly got off her horse and led it to the abandoned stable.
Katherine then entered the Palace of Whitehall. It looked abandoned but yet the Palace looked very clean.
"Hello is anyone here." She called out.
No one answered.
"I'm looking for a place to stay." She said.
Still there was no answer.
"If anyone is here please come out." She said.
No one came out or answered her question.
Katherine then decided that she would have to go upstairs of the palace to see if there was anyone up there.
Upstairs Princess Mary woke up. Mary woke up because she thought she had heard voices coming from downstairs. Mary quickly left her bedchamber to see what all the commotion was about downstairs.
When she exited the bedroom into the hallway she saw a young woman coming up the stairs.
"Whose there. Reveal yourself." Said Mary
"I'm sorry to intrude this late a night but I am looking for a place to stay." Said the frightened young woman.
"You do realize that now you are here there is no way that you can leave now." Mary replied back.
"I'm sorry. But might I ask who you are?" asked the woman.
"Well young lady you are speaking to Her Royal Highness Princess Mary sister of King Henry VIII of England. Might I ask who you are?" asked Mary.
"Your highness my name is Katherine Parr and I am running from a unwanted marriage and it was late a night and I was looking for a place to stay." Katherine Parr.
"Well Katherine it seems that you did find a place to stay. But now that you are here you cannot leave because this is where the mad king is now and I don't want you leaving and telling people where the insane king is living." Mary told her
"Then I guess I will stay here. But please do not let his majesty kill me just because I came to the wrong place." Katherine pleaded.
"I will not let my brother kill you. But I will have to hide you that way he won't be able to see you" Mary told her.
"Thank you your highness I am very grateful knowing that I found someone who cares about my well being." Katherine replied.
"Your welcome my dear but please call me Mary because we are not in ceremony." Mary told her.
"Very well I will call you Mary." Katherine replied.
"Good. Now I must show you to your room follow me." said Mary.
Katherine followed Mary to her room. As she followed Mary she looked around the hallways of the Palace and noticed how clean they were.
"I don't mean to pry but how do you keep the Palace so clean?" Katherine asked.
"Well my dear I do the cleaning along with two other gentlemen who live here."Mary told her.
"What are their names?" Katherine asked.
"Right now their names are none of your concern my dear." Mary told her.
After that Katherine remained silent until they reached the room.
"Here is your room. I expect to see you here in the morning." Mary told her.
"Don't worry I will be here in the morning." Katherine told her.
"Good. Well goodnight Mistress Katherine. I will see you here in the morning." Mary told her as she closed the door.
As soon as Mary left Katherine leaned against the door and sunk down to the ground feeling relived that she had found a place to stay. Now she would have to find a way to stay away from where the king was.
Parr Estate, London England 1525
Lady Parr swayed through the halls of her home in a cherry mood. She was happy because today her daughter would be marrying one of the most powerful man in all of England. She was so happy that she didn't give a care about her daughters feelings about the marriage. She was very happy when she reached the door where her daughters room was.
"Madam your early there are ten minutes until seven." Said the Maid.
"Never mind that. I wanted to be here early. So did you hear any odd noises during the night?" Lady Parr asked.
"None madam. She was quiet as a mouse." the Maid replied.
"Perfect now unlock the door and open it and bring my daughter out here."Lady Parr told her.
The maid obeyed her Mistress's orders and quickly went in and then quickly came out.
"She's not in there my lady." the maid said frantically.
"WHAT!" exclaimed Lady Parr and she quickly marched into the room.
However the maid was right. Katherine was not in the room. The window was open and there were bed sheets tied together and tied to the bedpost leading out the window to the ground.
"HOW COULD HAVE THIS HAPPENED." Lady Parr screamed.
"I don't know my lady. I heard nothing during the night." the maid told her.
"Were you actually awake the whole night." Lady Parr replied in a calm voice.
"Well I did fall asleep but it was only for a couple of hours." the Maid said frantically.
"HOW COULD YOU DO SUCH A THING. I SHOULD THROUGH YOU OUT ON TO THE STREETS RIGHT NOW." Lady Parr screamed again.
"I'm sorry madam I didn't mean for it to happen. Please do not through me out onto the streets." the Maid pleaded.
"Very well I won't but bring those sheets up and close the window. I do not want Master Seymour to come here and suspect that something if wrong." Lady Parr ordered.
"Yes ma'am." replied the maid.
With that Lady Parr stormed down the halls of the estate and quickly went outside. When she got outside she marched over to the stable owner.
"You stableman." Lady Parr said.
"Yes milady." replied the stableman.
"Have you checked on the horses this morning?" Lady Parr asked.
"No I have not madam. Are you requesting one to ride.
"No but my daughter is missing and I want to see if any of the horses are missing. So can you please open to door so I can see if any are missing." Lady Parr ordered.
With that the stable man opened the door to the stables. Lady Parr looked around and only saw that three were in there stalls. There were usually four.
"So it is true then" Lady Parr replied.
Lady Parr quickly turned her eye and saw a note tacked to the wood. It was in Katherine's neat handwriting.
My dear Mother
By the time you read this letter I will be gone. I will not marry that vile man Thomas Seymour. I would rather die than marry him. So I am running away. I do not know where I am going but you will never find me.
Your loving daughter
Katherine Parr
When Lady Parr finished reading the note she quickly left the stables and marched back into the manor summoning all the servants to her drawing room.
"As you all have heard it appears that my daughter Katherine has run off" Lady Parr told the servants.
The servants nodded theirs heads as she said this.
"But I believe that she might be somewhere on these grounds so I expect you to search the entire grounds and house for her. You all have an hour to look because Master Seymour shall be here. If you find her I expect you to bring her to me." Lady Parr told them.
The servants nodded and started their search for her.
That is the end. I hope you all enjoyed reading. I will have the next chapter posted soon.
