Henry was shocked. He couldn't speak. All he could do was stare at Matthew and Cordelia – and see the family resemblance between them.

"He's only a few months younger than Mary and me" Cordelia said "His mother was the Princess of Italy, who had been visiting England when Mother was still pregnant with Mary and me"

"I remember her" Henry said, not taking his eyes off of his…children "Why was I not informed? How come I'm finding out 17 years later?"

"My grandparents wanted to keep my existence a secret from you was because they wanted me to succeed to the throne when my grandfather died" Matthew explained "They thought that, if you knew about me, you'd make me come here to England. See, my grandmother never had any sons. So, they needed me to take over. But, when my grandfather died, my older cousin took his place. And, I was sent to live in Portugal where I met my beloved older sister, Cordelia"

Henry could only nod. He was still shocked by this new revelation.

"Henry" Anne said, walking up to them "Is everything alright?" Her eyes landed on Matthew. "Who is this?"

"Prince Matthew Tudor" he said "At your service, your majesty"

Anne's eyes widened in shock. "Prince?"

"My son" Henry said, his mouth finally forming a smile "Matthew is my son"

Matthew smiled. Henry smiled and walked over towards his son. They hugged.

"You are more than welcome to stay here" Henry said, pulling away from Matthew "I will have some chambers set up for you shortly"

"Thank you, Father" Matthew said, glancing at Cordelia "But, there's something else that Cordelia and I have to tell you"

"What is it?" Henry asked "Something wrong"

"No" Cordelia said "You should be very happy with what Matthew is going to tell you"

Matthew almost glared at his sister, but kept his attention on his father and, apparently, stepmother. "I have a brother" he said "A twin brother"

"Brother?" Anne almost choked

Matthew nodded. "My brother, Patrick, is back in Portugal" he explained "He wanted to come with me, but there were some things that he had to settle back there before he could come."

Henry smiled and laughed. Anne looked annoyed and angry. "Come, my son" Henry said "It's time to introduce one of my sons to the English court"

Anne watched as Henry, Cordelia, and Matthew walked away. She crossed her arms and let the anger inside her bubble up.

Henry had a son. Henry had two sons Cordelia and Mary's age. This was not good.

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After the announcement of Matthew's arrival to England and the royal family, the crowds of people headed to the jousting arena.

The crowd cheered as Charles and Henry clashed lances. Charles almost fell off of his horse, but was able to catch himself before he could have gotten seriously hurt.

"Good game, majesty" Charles said "I surrender"

Henry laughed. "You? Surrender?" he said "That will be a cold day in hell!"

Charles laughed as he rode out of the arena. Henry looked around and smiled at his son, who was sitting next to More. "You want to come out here?" he asked "Joust with your father?"

"Not yet" Matthew replied "It seems like you already have a challenger"

Henry turned around to see a person dressed in armor sitting on a horse at the other end of the arena. The visor was already down, so Henry couldn't see the person's face.

"Where's your sister?" Henry asked, as he put his visor down

"She had to go inside for a minute" Matthew replied "She should be back soon"

Henry nodded in reply as he and his opponent were handed lances. Once they were ready, they charged at each other.

Henry's lance connected with his opponent's shield, but nothing happened. The lance shattered and the opponent remained straight on the horse. They weren't affected by the blast at all.

The crowd gasped as the horses turned around and Henry was given a new lance.

The horses charged at each other again and, just before Henry's lance connected with his opponent's chest, his opponent bent back so that they were lying on the horse. Henry's lance connected with air as the horses turned around again. The crowd cheered as the opponent sat back up.

"This is amazing!" More said, turning to Matthew "Do you know who's out there?"

Matthew shrugged. "I have no idea"

"Well, whoever it is, they are very good" Charles said, sitting down next to More "Very good"

They turned back to watch as the opponent's lance connected with Henry's shield. Henry lost his balance and swayed on his horse, to the gasps of the crowd. He quickly pulled his horse to a stop and the opponent did the same.

"Oh, thank God!" Anne said, softly "He's not hurt"

"Who are you?" Henry demanded as he walked up to his opponent "Your work on the jousting arena is amazing! Nothing like I have seen before"

Henry watched as his opponent took off their helmet…and long dark brown hair tumbled out.

The crowd gasped and Henry's eyes widened in shock. "Cordelia?"

"Good game, Father" she said "You are a very worthy opponent"

"Where did you learn to do that?" Henry asked

"Living Portugal taught me many things, Father" Cordelia replied "Things I definitely wouldn't have learned here"

Henry laughed as he grabbed his daughter's arm and pulled it into the air, signifying that she was the winner. The crowd erupted in cheers.

"I guess saying that Cordelia was a fan of the joust was a bit of an understatement" More said

"Oh yes" Matthew said, smiling

"You knew that it was her all along, didn't you?" Charles asked

"Oh yes" Matthew said, again

As the claps and cheers continued, Matthew looked over at his stepmother. Anne didn't look happy at all. Matthew stared at her for a moment and then turned to look back at his father and sister.

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The party ended with fireworks of all kinds of colors. Cordelia and Matthew smiled as they lay on the ground and watched them, alongside everyone else who were either standing or sitting.

"We have a sister, you know"

"Yes, Mary" Matthew said "You told us about her"

"No" Cordelia replied "Another sister"

Matthew slowly turned his head towards her. "Another sister?"

"Born right after I arrived" Cordelia said "Her name is Elizabeth"

"You're kidding" Matthew said "They had a child together? Disgusting!"

"My thought exactly" Cordelia said "But, Elizabeth is so cute. We can't take our dislike for her mother out on her"

"How is our beloved stepmother?" Matthew asked "As bad as all the royals claim her to be?"

"Seems it" Cordelia replied "She immediately started interrogating me when I first met her, asking me who my mother is and how I am still considered a princess when Mary is not. Oh, try and see if this makes any sense. Mary doesn't live here at the castle"

"I figured that much when I was not introduced to her" Matthew said "But, why isn't she here?"

"She's living at the house that Father gave to Elizabeth" Cordelia replied "To take care of her"

"A princess taking care of a princess" Matthew said "Doesn't sound right to me"

"It's not" Cordelia said "I briefly talked to Mary when I found the house a couple days ago when I went out for a ride. I promised her that I would get her back to court"

"How are you going to do that?" Matthew asked "If Father wants her there, he wants her there"

"I don't know" Cordelia said "But, you and I are going to have to find out what exactly happened before we got here"

"How are we going to do that?"

"Easy" Cordelia said, turning to look at her brother "By making a special, secret visit to my mother"

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