The speaker stood on the podium before the panel of royalty before him and cleared his throat deeply.

He had been given the letter to read by the messenger who appointed him to present it orally to the king. The speaker was afraid. He knew that the contents of this letter could anger the King who may then punish him for presenting such a thing. But it was necessary and urgent. How could he let a traitor like whomever composed this particular script, get away with threatening his King? He had to show his loyalty, and maybe King George would spare him. He took a deep breath, prayed to his God for confidence and courage and he began to speak up,

'To be read aloud to His Majesty of England -

George, I am an old friend.

I am a man you once sat with in the parlor of Buckingham Palace and addressed as your equal.

I am a man with whom you once shared your wishes with as regards to your ruling, and because of this I am aware of every detail in your plan to re-take the place in which I now call home.

You wish to seize the men who, in your eyes have sinned against the crown.

But it is you, yourself, who has committed the worst crime. You deceived me, you lied to everyone I knew and I too.

The hurt you have caused me, and the torture I was subjected to under your word, is a treachery I shall not ever forget nor forgive.

And as a result of your error in judgement, as a result of your monstrous actions against me, I have become your worst enemy.

For as long as I am breathing and as long as I shall live, I will fight a fight in which I will not let you win.

You asked for a war, here I am.

AK.'

The speaker stepped down. He realized no amount of courage or confidence could have spared him from the Kings' wrath. For this rivalry went much deeper than a king and a threat from a pirate. This single letter, was the beginning of a fight for freedom, justice and revenge for a man wronged by the crown. And the fight to kill those deemed criminals, by a criminal himself.

Hi! I'm back with another historical Hetalia fic. This one is much darker than the stories I've written so far and it's a lot different. I really wanted to take a new approach than simply England x France love story. It is partially a love story of course. It is Arthur's retelling of avenging his lover's death, but this is about political injustice and does relate a lot to the state of affairs now even though it's historically based. Things may not be as dire as 18th century politics for the western world, but it definitely is in other places. French King and English King are based on their real names and real history (some altered to suit the story) but NOT their real character. Neither King was the worst of their kind and keep in mind this is purely fictional. Their deaths are also altered to suit the story. This is not to make either look bad, again, it's fictional. This story is not airy fairy tiptoeing around things, it says 'sodomite' in the summary because that's what it was in the eyes of everyone around that time, it does not mean I think this way. If I did, I wouldn't be writing this.
Xox, Cat.