Tag to S2E7: Fool's Gold
Note: Athos' last line doesn't reflect my own opinion, I could never do what Juliette tried! (You'll understand what I mean!)
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The four musketeers rode back towards Paris after leaving Eparcy. Aramis couldn't stop thinking about Juliette, and realized that he hadn't had the chance to tell the others about her true identity.
"Aramis?"
"What?" Aramis said, having not realized that someone had been speaking to him.
"You were miles away," said d'Artagnan.
"I was thinking," Aramis explained.
"That's never good!" Porthos joked.
Aramis looked at Athos, who stared straight ahead. He looked a little pale, but that wasn't surprising after everything that he'd endured. "You all right, Athos?"
Athos glanced at him. "I'm fine."
"You're sure?"
"Of course."
"Good," said Aramis. "Because there's something that I need to tell you."
Everyone stopped their horses and looked at him.
"So help me," said Porthos. "If you and the queen—"
"No!" Aramis said. "Porthos, really?"
Porthos stopped.
Aramis shook his head. "Juliette is Grimaud's mother."
Everyone just stared. Athos, especially, seemed to have difficulty understanding. "Juliette?" he echoed.
Aramis nodded. "I accidentally came upon her when she was dressing, and saw whip marks across her back. She'd been cruelly used at a very young age, and Grimaud was the result."
"She attempted to drown him," said Athos. "But Theresa took and raised him."
Aramis nodded. "Yes."
D'Artagnan shook his head. "I wonder what kind of man Grimaud's father was."
"Just as evil as him, if not more," said Aramis. "For what he did to Juliette."
"She tried to drown him," Athos repeated. He started to ride again, before commenting, "If only she had succeeded."
Everyone was silent; there was no fitting reply to that.
THE END
