In the car Sir Hellsing explained that after the incident with Incognito five years ago now, Her Majesty wish for no more circumstances where Hellsing could get the blame for someone else's trouble. Also that Hellsing had a hand in her own palace defences with each guard training in Sir Hellsing' training program and being accustomed to the fact that vampires and ghouls did exist.

It also kept things nicely secret, nothing more than a friendly visit that no-one could comment upon.

So as they arrived round the back of the large shadow that was Buckingham Palace from the rear, they were ushered up a set of wide red carpeted steps with soft glowing lights set around the walls with portraits and beautiful paintings between them every few feet.

Asked to wait in a side room while Her Majesty was told of there arrival Sir Hellsing briefed everyone on the 'Do's & Don'ts'. Etiquette stated that you would bow/curtsy before the queen, you would address her as 'Your Majesty' 'Ma'am' or 'Your Highness', speak when spoken to and keep things polite and formal, no rude jokes, nothing vulgar. There was a personal note to Seres to RELAX as she was about to melt herself into a pile on the floor in her nervousness, with her hands at her mouth, pacing and mumbling the different things she should remember not to do.

There was a chuckle from the doorway and a stately woman was standing there smiling in a beautifully cut dress suit of pale blue, with pearl earrings and a simple pearl bracelet.

"Your Majesty," bowed Sir Hellsing and Walter at the same time.

Drake hesitated for a moment before taking Maya's hand and they bowed together, while Seres was frozen to the spot. Alacard smiled and moved smoothly over to the contently smiling woman that had now settled herself in a chair, "my dear, how long has it been? You've become Queen." He said quietly kneeling before her to be on eye level.

"Almost fifty years vampire…" She chuckled good humouredly as she reached out and stroked his cheek tenderly. "Look at you, nothing ever changes does it Alacard? And now look at me, I'm already so, so old. Just a wrinkled woman."

He smiled up at her tenderly, making Seres heart pull and her eyes fill, "your still that same saucy filly from fifty years ago, young lady… No, now you are truly beautiful, my Queen."

There was a sigh from the Queen, an equally tender smile upon her lips as she remembered younger days, less trouble and strife about her land. Looking up again as Alacard straightened she spotted Integra, "ah Sir Hellsing. How fairs you? Its been two weeks since we last had tea together or spoke."

Integra nodded, "I'm sorry Your Majesty, a lot has happened since then and this is why we are meeting. May I just ask, why such a small room?"

"You may, its more private this way, the servants think this is just a catch up meeting." Replied the Queen with a nod.

Sir Integra nodded and bowed once again indicating the pair who stepped forward on introduction, hand in hand still "Drake and Maya Your Majesty.".

Seres had finally unfrozen and was standing meekly and silently to one side, waiting to either be spoken to or dismissed. Her knees were knocking underneath her long dress and she felt like she would throw up her last meal- "Calm yourself Seres…" whispered Alacard, interrupting her thoughts. She looked over at his smirking face and pointedly looked away again, snubbing him while all attention was on the pair of dragons. People began to take seats as the real discussion started with many comfy sofa's and padded chairs available, they weren't spaced out too far.

"I'm willing to accept the truth of Vampires and even Werewolves, as I've met both, but explain to me where Dragons come into it?"

Between the two of them they managed to explain what they had told Integra at the beginning, Dragons had been around before humanity, they had helped nurture it and so on with Drake explaining how he arrived at Hellsing first followed by Maya cautiously explaining her capture and experimentation.

The Queen sat silent threw most of this, sipping at a drink of tea that had arrived in the room with her own arrival and was being served by Walter who was standing next to the tray still having served Integra as well.

After the pair were done talking, the Queen asked politely, if it was possible for Drake to transform while keeping his decency?

Drake had laughed openly at this and bowed to the seated monarch before asking if he could move the sofa aside to clear some space, as he was the size of a small horse and couldn't get much smaller unfortunately.

"As you request." Allowed Her Highness as Alacard and Walter moved the sofa over and Drake took his spot in the centre of the floor. "I warn you Ma'am, when I transform I would ask you, for the sake of your sanity, to try not to look to hard at the… shapes shall we say." He bowed more theatrically this time and began his transformation on his way up.

It was decidedly faster than the first time, as he was awake and healthy and not being forced to. Integra smiled confidently while Maya sighed longingly as Drake stretched out tail, wings and long neck, enjoying his true form; he was still told off at times for wandering around the house 'naked' as Integra called it, because this sometimes left claw marks in her carpets when he was playing chase with Seres and Maya.

"My! My!" Remarked the Queen as she stood and moved over to Drake, sitting proudly in the room, scales gleaming with health and power. "Your certainly a fine and proud creature Drake."

"I shall take that as a compliment Ma'am." Replied Drake, trying not to shiver as she reverently touched his scales and horns. "I am ticklish though Ma'am."

"Drake!" Hissed Integra as the Queen just chuckled and ran and more assuring hand down his neck.

"Don't panic Sir Hellsing," chided the Queen gently as she moved back to her seat. "I think today allows for a small amount of informality. I'm placing a lot of trust in your control as it is, with two vampires and two dragons in the same room alone with the Queen of England."

Alacard couldn't help but laugh loudly as Integra managed a blush and a bow, it was the Queen after all.

Her Majesty turned her attention to Maya and Seres who were on the sofa opposite her, "and you still are un-able to transform child?"

Maya shook her head, "I'm sorry to fail you Ma'am but if I were, The Lady would know where I am in an instant and that I have awakened my memories, she would come down on that place like a tone of bricks." She sighed longingly and Seres slipped an arm around her and gave her a small hug.

"You have not failed me child!" Reassured the Queen, "I expect though, that would make a nice trap once more information is received. And just for that reason I've managed to keep most of this from the Round Table, after the… traitor we found last time, I don't want to risk the Hellsing Organisation. Its too valuable."

"Believe me though You Highness, when I am able to, I'll come and visit you! If you'll permit an informal drop-in by a young Dragon?" Asked Maya with an impish smile that made Seres gasp.

The Queen chuckled and smiled at Seres, "Ah! You would also be Seres Victoria, no don't get up girl, relax. I can see your nervous, I see nervous all the time." Seres nodded and smiled shyly, "thank you Highness." She mumbled.

"Yes, I hear a lot about you and your exploits, a vampire unwilling to drink blood from a living victim, almost not at all, thankfully your able to now." She smiled again and Seres blushed some more, "an amazing marksman and an inspirational leader of men, thinking only of there safety above killing the target."

"W-who said all that about me?" Squeaked Seres, shocked to the core that good things were said when all that came her way were comments of "You Idiot" and "Stop being so stupid/childish/silly/idiotic/human/pathetic."

"From here and there child," smiled the Queen.

The meeting wrapped up in another ten minuets with Integra informing Her Highness of the statistics of recent attacks and of her men before they were allowed to leave and let the Queen go to bed.

"And now my friends," grinned Drake. "Time to Party!"