Author's Note: I had this chapter partly written out when my computer closed and I didn't save my work. So sorry if this chapter seems rushed to you I just wanted to back to where I was. This chapter I tried to make longer as well as xLonleyDreamerx suggested so its going to be somewhere in between 5,000 and 7,000 instead of my usual chapters that are around 2,000 words.

Guest: I looked into it and I found out that to be a woman with a title can be a lady in waiting but she has to be of a lower station then the person she says and has to come from a minor family.

Guest: That was a point that I didn't think about, thank you for pointing it out to me and I will try and put that point of view across in this chapter.

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Princess Mary, now the Lady Mary, was in her home at Ludlow castle. Since the divorce her household of ladies and servants had been reduced significantly. Once there were so many people who were falling over their feet to please her that she could only recognise the faces of her closes attendants, now she could recall almost everyone because of how few there were. Thinking about those days made tears form in Mary's eyes, she used to be the most wanted Princess in all of Europe the peal of her father's world and now here she was outed from royal favour and labelled a bastard. Cruelly snatched away from her mother and left without the love of her father. Mary new however, that not all the blame could be laid at his feet. Yes, he had agreed to do all those horrible things to herself and her mother but only poisonous lies had been told to him.

The Seymour's, they were the cause of all of this. Her father had spent the night at that manor when he went hunting and he must have been bewitched there was no other expiation to his sudden change in behaviour. When he came back he put that girl of theirs Jane into the Queens household and from their her and her family of harpies worked their way up into the Kings favour and when he set his eyes upon Jane to make her his mistresses she refused.

Asking Jane to be his mistress wasn't what upset Mary, her mother had told her long ago that it was his right as King to take a mistress but it didn't mean that he stopped loving them, although her father was usually discreet with them towards Mary with the exception of Bessie Blount even though it wasn't her fault that God had decided to bless her with carrying the King illegitimate son.

No, Jane had to refused claiming that she was no whore and that her maidenhead would go her husband only. In Mary's opinion, and that of many other people that only made her seem like more of one. She knew how far the King was willing to go to get what he wanted but no one thought that would lead to him divorcing her mother. If anything, it was a stupid move both Mary and her mother were popular with the people and putting them aside would cause a violent backlash. If God saw fit that the King was to take another wife then he would have to wait until the day her mother was called upon by the Lord himself.

Thoughts of her mother plagued her ever since she was told that she had been removed from the palace and that was why she had called upon Thomas More. More had been a good and loyal subject to the King and a dear friend to her mother, if anyone knew what was happening he would.

"My Lady" More said using the title that was now hers. If there weren't anyone in the room with them who would report his word to the King then More would have gladly used the title that was hers by right of birth.

"Your Grace, how are you?" Mary asked with all the confidence of a Princess.

"I am fine, My Lady. The journey was a very pleasant one, but enough of that how are you faring?" More asked with a genuine concern for the young girl. If things were going the same way for her as they were the Queen it then it would be bad.

"I received a letter from Master Cromwell stating that I am to remain at Ludlow until the birth of the King's son by the harlot. My household has been reduced and I am no longer treated as a Princess but instead as the natural born daughter of the King, a bastard." Mary's tone was harsh as she spoke her word and no one could blame her for it.

"I will pray that the King treats you with more kindness, once he realises that marring Mistress Seymour was a mistake he will try and make it up to you." Thomas had to cling on to the hope that one day the King would wake up from whatever dream he was having and would see thing for how they really were.

Mary nodded her head as she listened to his words, "Thomas how is my mother?"

More paused for a second and gave Mary a look that told her that whatever answer she was going to be told was one that she didn't want to hear, "The Princess Dowager was moved into the More manor two days ago. It is located in an isolated area and whilst the King has given her an allowance to pay the servants with it's not enough for her to live comfortably."

Mary let out a gasp as her hand flew to cover her mouth, "But" More continued, "It is likely that once the King realises that she is not going to fight for her place as Queen she will be better off." As much as he wanted Katherine to stand up and fight for the truth and her right to be Queen, in the long run it was best way to secure her daughters future.

"Everything will be better if the harlot has a daughter." Mary said spitefully.

"The King will most certainly be displeased of he went through all the trouble of marrying her just to have another daughter considering how much he wants a son."

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Edward had expected the worse when he was called for a private audience in the early hours of the morning by his sister. Edward could only presume that it was something that had happened last night during her dinner with the King and if that were the case it wouldn't bode well for them. Jane had clearly annoyed the King when she was too forward about him sleeping with her and now with whatever she had done. He had been a fool! To think that now they were so close to getting everything they wanted his sister was going to ruin it by making stupid mistake. If Jane knew anything she would bide her time carefully and wait until she had a son, or at the least waited until she was with child. If she would have done that then the King would be more likely to give her what she wanted for fear of upsetting her.

Walking up to the door of her rooms, which had been placed away from the King's in order to prevent a scandal from arising, he knocked on the door and watched as one of her ladies open the door. Ursula Miseldon, she was one that they would have to watch as a potential rival for the Kings affection but they could worry about it at a later date. Edward walked into his sister's room and watched as she dismissed Lady Ursula so that only their other sister, Dorothy remained behind. The look on Janes face was enough to tell him that she had done something bad as she stood in front of him deathly pale and not daring to look him in the eyes. It was as if she were a child being told off for being too noisy.

"Sister, what is it?" Edward asked. It would do him no good if he were to fly into a rage as soon as he walked into the door, if anything it would make Jane lie to him to appease him.

"Last night I had dinner with the King as planned." Jane paused as she took a deep breath Edward was not going to like what she had to say, but he was the only person she could turn to, to help her, "But I didn't talk to him about the Marques of Pembroke becoming my lady in waiting as you instructed."

Edward shoot her a confused look, he knew that Jane wouldn't be this upset about ignoring his advice. Especially on a matter this trivial such asking for someone to be her lady in waiting that could be done once they were back in England. "What did you talk about then?"

This time Jane looked up to face her brother and she could already feel the tears forming in her eyes, she knew that from the moment she decided to bring up the Lady Mary that she had compromised the Kings feelings for her. Now he would be more inclined once they were married to abandon her bed in favour of some whore who would spread her legs for him. "I brought up the Lady Mary and the King told me that she was still in Ludlow and-?" Jane didn't have the courage to finish her sentence.

"And?" Edward asked. Now he knew why she was so afraid, how stupid of her! At a time when they needed Mary and her mother to disappear from the Kings mind she just had to talk about her. Even if Mary was at Ludlow it wouldn't matter as long as Jane had a boy. As much as the people loved Katherine and her Spanish daughter they would be more than willing to forget about her if they had a male heir to the throne. This was proven with little Henry Fritzroy, who the King had planned to make his heir had he not died young.

"And he would only remove her if I had a son, but the way in which he said it implied that I wouldn't be safe as Queen if I didn't have a son." Jane didn't even want to think about what would happen to her if she failed the King, she didn't have the love of the love of the people to support her and she imagined that they would be quite happy to see her gone as they would always know her as they woman who outed their beloved Queen and made her daughter a bastard.

"I wouldn't be surprised if her did want to get rid of you if you failed to have a son." The tone in which Edward said it made Jane felt as if it were something she should have known, "Your more than anyone else should know what happens to those who fail the King."

"Katherine didn't have a son and yet he stayed with her for over twenty years." Jane countered. She wanted to believe that if the King truly loved her he would wait years if need be for a son.

"Yes, but back then he wasn't obsessed with having a male heir. He had even named the Lady Mary the Princess of Wales." Edward walked towards his sister and place both of his hands on her shoulders before he spoke of her, "Worry not sister, once you have given the King what he desires you will have to power to whatever you want to Mary without the King batting and eye.

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Two days later…

The English party had returned to their homeland in the early mornings and had spent the hours since riding from the harbour in Dover. Henry, being the King was at the front of the party with a set of guards in front of to protect him from any surprise attacks. Next to him was his closest friend and advisor, Charles Brandon. When Henry chose to go to France he knew that Charles was the only man he could trust to be with him and if he was being honest with himself he was getting a bit annoyed with Jane recently. He had first fell in love wither because she wasn't like Katherine, she pure and a true virgin and more importantly she didn't get involved with his affairs. Lately however, she had asked for the removal of the Lady Mary from Ludlow. Henry needed someone to talk to about this and Charles was the best person to do it with.

Moving his hors closer to that of his friends his friends and then began to spoke, "Charles I want you to be honest with me?" Henry asked.

Charles looked up from the dirt road ahead of them to look at his friend. It was a good sign that he would rather talk with him than ask for one of the Seymour's to ride up to the front and talk to him, "I would do all your Majesty commands and more."

"It's about Mistress Seymour, she requested that I remove my daughter Mary from Ludlow." Charles wasn't that shocked by what he had told him. He knew that they would vie for her removal as they would take a statement that the King still held some affection for his daughter, but he had at least expected them to wait until after the wedding since Henry still had the choice to discard her, a choice that he had no doubt would cause all of England to rejoice.

"What does your Majesty think about her request?" Charles feared what would happen to the girl if she were moved into a manor similar to the More. It was widely known that Mary didn't enjoy good health and the country air would do nothing but harm. Maybe that was the Seymour's plan, to have Mary succumb to an illness which would make any child of Jane's secured as heir.

"I told her that she would only be removed when she had a son." Henry paused as he thought about the conversation he had with her the other day, "I told Katherine that to thank her for accepting the divorce I would allow Mary to remain at Ludlow with a household of her own. Although our marriage was one of sin I still have a fondness of her after knowing her for so many years."

Charles was relived to hear that he still had good feelings for Katherine as it meant that he would be more inclined to be nice to her, "Your Majesty is a man of your word and as such I believe you should honour the promise you made to her."

Henry was pleased with the answer his friend gave him, if Jane was upset by the fact he wanted to be a father to his daughter, even one that was illegitimate, then she would have to deal with it. It was only because of him after all that she and her family had any sort of standing at his court and he can take away what he has given them without so much of a blink of an eye. Henry decided that once they returned to court he would have to talk to Edward about the behaviour of his sister.

"May I ask a question about the Dowager Princess of Wales?" Charles voice pulled Henry out of his thoughts and with a swift nod Charles continued to talk, "Is she to stay at the More for the rest of the days?"

The question caught Henry off guard. The only reason he had chosen to send Katherine to the More in the first place was because he had expected her to resist him until the end and by the time she came to him and said that she go through with the divorce the preparations were to far gone to cancel them. "If she proves that she is truly going to part with being Queen I will move her into a palace, maybe Beaulieu or Eltham."

"How can she prove her loyalty?" If Henry was considering moving Katherine into a more suitable place for her to spend the rest of her days then Charles would do anything to make sure that she had everything that she needed to do that.

"If she accepts that she is no longer a Queen and can get Mary to do the same, with the addition that she go two months without calling her nephew to help her then she will be treated as the honoured widow of my elder brother." That was all that Henry needed from her and in truth he saw no reason to cause her more unnecessary pain and it will make the chances of the people revolting against the King slimmer if she was treated with respect. The two of them continued their ride until a question came into head, "How is the Lady Anne?" Henry didn't have to say the woman's last name as both he and Charles knew who he was talking about.

"The last I heard from her was when we left court to go to France. She told me that she was going to her new home in Pembroke as her cousin, Catherine Howard, was to become her ward at the request of her uncle the Duke of Norfolk." Charles was glad that he had sked about Anne but the true test would be if he would ask for her to return to court.

Henry on the over hand was amazed, he didn't know many people who would take in a member of the family that had become to poor to provide for the whole house. Most people would have left them to suffer whilst distancing themselves from them, but not Anne. Anne took in the young girl and gave her a future she could've never dreamed to have. If only Henry had met Anne before Jane, at least then he could tell himself that the person he was spend the rest of his life with was someone he loved. Not someone he had to be with for the sake of the country.

"When we get back I want you to make arrangements for her to come to court." Charles only nodded his head in response, but in reality, he smiled at the fact that the Seymour's were on their downfall and they, for all how smart they claimed to be, had no clue what was going on and when they figured it out it would already be too late.

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The courtyard of Whitehall palace was full to the point where the people who were present were touching shoulders. All of them were expecting one thing, the King. No one however, was wanting the return of Jane Seymour. The only thing that kept some of the court members from praying that the ship to sink on they way back was that the King was on the boat as well and since he had made his daughter a bastard if he were die the country would break out in civil war and that was the last thing they wanted to happen.

That didn't stop them from plotting to remove her from power and if things were going the way they were they didn't have to wait long. Everyone could already tell that the King was smitten with Anne Boleyn who had spent an enormous amount of time with the Duke of Suffolk and the King and then when she was entitled no one was convinced by his reasons. The King had claimed he did this for is sister, and maybe that was part of the reason, but everyone knew that the King wouldn't single out someone like Anne Boleyn unless he wanted to keep her around.

Outside the gates of the palace the people could hear the sound of the soldiers moving towards then with the noise from horses and carriages coming from behind them. Soon enough the first of the men entered the courtyard which included the King, the moment everyone saw him they erupted into cheers celebrating the return of their monarch. Sure, enough the rest of the group made it in and the carriage that held Jane Seymour stopped in front of them.

Jane herself was excited to see the people cheer for her, or at least that's what she thought. The moment to door was opened and she stepped on the cold stone the crowd's screams turned into an almost deafening silence that made Jane's heart sink. She was aware of the fact that the people weren't too fond of her, but she had thought that when she was with Henry they would maintain the image that they adored the soon to be Queen.

Looking over at Henry she thought that maybe he would command them to cheer for her safe return, but he had already gone inside and had left her to be embarrassed. Perhaps this was Henry's idea of a punishment for her for speaking about the Lady Mary. Jane didn't have much time to dwell on the awkward situation as her brother Edward tugged her on her arm and pulled her to an area where they could have a more private talk.

"We need to find a way to boost your popularity, so that this never happens again." Edward coldly said. This was an embarrassment to the name Seymour and he had no doubts that this encounter would be the talk of the court once more people heard about what happened. Edward didn't expect the crowd to greet her as if she were the Virgin Mary but he thought that at least some would want her safe return.

Jane nodded her head in response, it was something she was concerned about as well, "What about the Lady Anne, surely if we brought her here it would only harm us? Mistresses of the King are often appointed as lady in waiting to the current Queen to give them a reason to be at court." Jane thought suddenly.

"When she comes to court as your lady in waiting you will be able to make a show of her to the court so that no one will want to set hands on her, not even the King."

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Edwards words rang through Jane's ears, 'make a show of her to the court so that no one will want to set hands on her, not even the King.' Jane knew exactly how she was going to do this, she would watch the girl closely to find out her weaknesses and when she did she would strike. All she would have to do was start a rumour that would be powerful enough that not even Henry would be able to ignore it. Anne would be sent back to whatever place she came from and she would never bother Jane again. The dangerous thing about Anne was that she was both a rival for the King's affection and a supporter of Katherine and her bastard daughter.

The two of them were currently walking through the gardens which Jane had suggested, she was trying her best not to offend the King and to get back on Henry's good side since she had made such a mess of things during the past week. Henry seemed to be in a good mood as they walked which was a good sign as he would be more inclined to treat her with more kindness then he had in the recent days. Henry was telling her of the plans for the wedding which was to take place on the 22nd of November a day that was only two weeks away. Henry also informed her that she was to meet with a seamstress tomorrow to have a dress made for her, Jane her self had wanted to wear her hair in a bun which was when it looked the most flattering. That however was something she was told that could never happen, a virgin had to wear her hair down and if she didn't it would raise questions about her and give the King reason to doubt her.

This was the time to ask about making Anne her lady in waiting as they were talking about Jane's future as Queen. Gathering up what little courage she had she asked her question. "Henry may I make a request on who I may add to my household?" Jane put on the sweetest voice she could manage as she watched Henry's face look away from hers as he made his decision.

"You may." He said simply.

"Good then I would like to ask if the Marques of Pembroke would be able to join my ladies in waiting as my maid of honour?" Jane sucked in a breath as she watched his facial expression change. Henry was clearly not pleased by her request.

Why? Why did Jane have to ask Anne to be her maid of honour? Then a dawn of realization hit Henry like a slap to the face. Jane knew what she was doing, she wanted Anne to be here so that she could exploit her weakness and send her away from court in disgrace, very well then two can play this game. Anne was a smart woman, there was no doubt of that and if he told her of Jane's intentions then they could make her plan backfire and gain information against her, information that could one day be used to remove Jane is she wasn't careful. Henry's confusion soon turned to anger as he thought about the fact that Jane and her family would dare to harm his precious Anne, but he let none of that show as he nodded his head in approval to Jane's question.

The two of them continued their walk and Jane felt nothing but joy at her victory. Soon Anne Boleyn would be a name that was forgotten just as Katherine of Aragon would be and out of their misery she would, like her emblem, rise like a phoenix from their collective ashes. What really annoyed Henry about this was the fact that she was trying to stop someone from becoming his mistress, it was his God given right as King of England to lay with women other than his wife for he could not pass a pretender off as a legitimate child without others knowledge unlike like a woman who could do such things and were therefore bound to lay with only their husbands.

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Author's Note: This chapter ay seem a little bit too stretched out, but tell me if you liked it or if you want me to go back to the smaller chapters. Another thing is in the beginning I said that this was going to be in between 5,000 words and 7,000 words but sadly I only wrote 4,589. We also got to see more of a rift build between Henry and Jane, with Henry planning to use Anne's position to his benefit rather than to Janes. Also, next time we should see Anne's reaction to becoming the maid of honour to Queen Jane as well as the wedding between Jane and Henry.