D'Artagan's P.O.V
When morning came, I was ready to go with the other musketeers to the castle and meet with the king. It did worry me a lot about the possibility of being punished.
'Some way to spend your first full day in Paris, a street brawl and killing royal guards. That's enough to wind you up in the Bastille' I thought silently as we followed the sentry down the hall and knelt down as the king appeared. He spoke a bit and then the major domo announced "Her majesty the queen!" Right then, there was delicate footsteps and I briefly stole a tiny glance of Constance.
"My ladies and I wanted to see the valiant musketeers who stood against the Cardinal's guards. Four against forty or was it four hundred" I heard the queen ask in a gentle yet oddly familiar voice. It made me want to look up but before I could, she spoke again.
"I hope you won't be too harsh with them. After all, boys will be boys" she spoke gently. The others and I were grateful for her mercy. I soon began to realize though how much she sounded like a Gascon. I finally heard her say "Gentlemen, please rise." We stood and she smiled as she walked over to me and said "Hello dear brother, I have missed you."
Yasmina's P.O.V
There was silence in the room as I hugged D'Artagnan and Louis asked "How is that possible?"
"That's something I will have to discuss with you in due time" I whispered to him after letting go of my brother and walked back over to Louis. I then excused myself to the gardens after I heard Louis reward the musketeers with new uniforms and that they were to wear them tomorrow.
Once outside, I wandered mindlessly, glad to see my brother again. I didn't know how long they were with Louis but I soon saw them coming out of the palace. "Yasmina" my brother called. I dismissed the guard following me and hugged my brother again. "You don't know how many nights we prayed that you were still alive" he told me.
"I know D'Artagnan. I long to see our parents again. If you should be writing to them, please tell them I miss them deeply. If they do not believe you, I will send a purse of gold just to get them here. I just have to see them again. It's not fair to any of us that they don't know I am alive and that they missed the wedding" I admitted.
"I will be writing to them tonight" he told me. That's when I realized something and pulled the simple fleur de lis charm I carried in my pocket.
"Send that with your letter. It's proof that I am still alive. I kept it hidden with me in my skirts every day" I told him. He nodded and then he had to leave. I watched him leave and then I was left alone. Now I had to figure out how I was going to tell Louis the truth.
The rest of the day, I tried to find the time to talk with him but we had the more pressing matter with the arrival of Buckingham, Duke of England arriving tomorrow to discuss a peace treaty between England and France but I had a feeling that things were not all as they appeared to be.