It has been about three weeks since Mary gave birth to the twins, they are fine and healthy, one seems to be a little bit weaker, the one with Marys brown eyes. They haven't choosen the names jet but they did finally move back to their own chambers after being in Kennas for six days. Francis had to almost carry Mary to out of there since she's still super tired from the birth, it took a lot from her.
"hmmm how about, Anne and Alice?" Francis suggests
"I like them but don't you think they are a little bit too similar?" Mary asks looking down at the blue eyed baby suckling her breast, while the smaller brown eyed one sleeps in Francis' arms.
"I don't think so" he says softly while gently stroking his childs cheek. "Do you have other suggestions? "
"I really like Anne but how about... Anne and... Ellen? I hear it's a pretty new name" she suggests
"Ellen? I like it" he admits.
"Great, so Anne and Ellen?" she asks finally finishing nursing her other child as she falls asleep against her chest.
"Yeah, but which is which?" he asks chuckling
"I was thinking this one could be Anne" she says gesturing the blue eyes baby sleeping in her arms "and she could be Ellen" she continues while using her other arm so gently stroke the cheek of her brown eyed baby who's fast asleep in her husbands arms.
"Sounds good for me" he beams "Anne and Ellen" he says quietly before leaning in and kissing Mary quickly "I love you so much"
"Does that mean I'm still your favourite girl" Mary jokes.
"Don't tell them "he says gesturing the babies" but yes" he whispers making Mary giggle.
"I love you so much" Mary whispers before leaning back on the pillows and closing her eyes.
"Darling, are you tired" Francis asked and when he doesn't get and answer he gets up and places Ellen in her crib before he gets Anne from his wifes arms and places her in her own crib. Mary is already so protective of her babies that she doesn't let them sleep in the nursery, she wants them close where she can look after them. Even when she is still in bed rest. Francis lays back on the bed and wraps his hands around his wife and it doesn't take him long to fall asleep too.
Francis has had a lot of stressful times, his wife just gave birth to twins, he tries his best to keep Henrys madness a secret and there is a lot of work. He haven't had a lot of time to spend with Mary or his gorgeous baby girls, Anne and Ellen but he cherishes every second he can spend with them
It's now long before midnight when they wake at a knock on their door, Francis groans before getting up and putting his robe on. He opens the door and is srurpriced to see Catherine, with blood on her dress.
"Mother what is this?" he asked confused as he pulled his mother into the room
"Catherine it's late, what's going on?" Mary asks carefully sitting up against the pillows.
"It Henry" Catherine starts and Mary and Francis share a look "he's gone totally mad, he- he is killing people" Catherine says while she clearly shiwers
"What do you mean he is killing people" Francis asks confused.
"First his guards, and of course they can't fight back, he's the king. Then-" Catherine takes a deep breath "He killed Aylee
" What?! No, no he didn't, he wouldn't" Mary shakes her head.
"He did, Mary I'm so sorry" Catherine confirms the Scottish Queen who is now crying. Francis walks to Mary and wraps his arms around her. "there's really no time for crying right now, we need to get out and fast" Catherine hates that she has to say that but it is true.
"how are we supposed to leave with two newborns and Mary who can barely walk with out anyone seeing us" Francis asks while he slowly strokes Marys back.
"I can walk" Mary glares at him "it's just that nobody let's me walk"
"are you sure?" Catherine asks and Mary nods slowly sitting up on the edge of the bed and standing up.
"see" she says to prove her point.
"okay grab the twins we really need to hurry" Catherine says as she peeks through the cracked door. Francis goes get Anne and Mary takes Ellen holding her close to her trying to be careful not to wake her up. "ready?" Catherine asks turning to Francis and Mary and they both nod. The French Queen opens the door and steps out of the room only to be pushed back inside by a guard.
"The King has ordered everyone to stay in the rooms they currently are" the guard says.
"And the Queen orders you to let us go" Catherine snaps at the guard.
"I'm sorry your majesty, we can't do that" the guard says and closes the door on her face.
"What are we gonna do now" Mary asks her voice shaking slightly.
"we wait" Catherine sighs
"we can't just wait mother! As you said he's mad" Francis snaps.
"He's gonna kill us all" Mary says quietly while she holds her baby close to her chest.
"No he won't, he wouldn't do that, he's mad but he wouldn't" Catherine mumbles to herself.
"The secret passageway!" Mary says suddenly. She walks to the back of the room and opens the secret door. "we could hide here" she says. Catherine is just about to argue but then they hear Henry banging at the door. Catherine and Francis both run to the back of the room and they all squeeze into the passageway and close the door just in time before Henry bursts into the room full of rage and a bloody sword in hand.
"I know you are somewhere here!" he yells "the guards told me that! So where are you!" he roars as he goes through the room throwing things and making loud noices.
Francis and Mary go deeper into the passageway so the babies wouldn't wakeup by the noice Henry makes. Catherine stays by the secret door and peaks through a crack. The passageway apparently doesn't lead anywhere, it's just about 5 meter long. Mary and Francis are at the back of the five meter long passageway holding the babies and eachother close.
Henry is just about to give up his search but then Ellen wakes and starts to cry. Mary tries her best to quiet the yelling baby in the arms but it's too late when Henry rips the secret door open and then Anne also starts to cry.
"You thought you could hide from me?" Henry yells as he first pulls Catherine out of the passageway and before anyone could do anything he punched the French Queen so hard that she fell to the floor unconscious. "You know, I believe that Mary still deserves to die for all she did" he's still mad that she got pregnant before she was wed? "my son, the dauphine shouldn't be married to a whore, or father the whores children" he continues with a mad wicked smile.
"Father you are out of your mind!" Francis snaps at him "she is the Queen of Scotland, future Queen of France, my wife, the love of my life and for God's sake the mother of my children" he yells back at his father while he gives Anne to Mary so if needed he's gonna attack his father.
"Bullshit" Henry scoffs "she's nothing, nothing but a whore and she should die for that" he yells. And that's when it all happens so quickly Henry attacks with his sword towards Mary but Francis is quicker and pushes Henry back with such a sudden force that the King falls on his back and that's when Francis snaps the sword out of his hand and places the tip of the sword on top of his neck.
"I don't wanna do this father, but we've already lost you" he says before he takes the sword back up and slams it through Henrys body. Francis drops the sword and stands in shock as he watches his father laughing like a psycho while coughing up blood. It doesn't take long till he stops and his eyes roll back of his head and he's dead.
Francis turns back to Mary and wraps his arms around her and the crying babies. "Are you okay?" he asks softly.
"Are you okay?" Mary asks with a sob. Francis doesn't say anything he just pulls her and the babies out of the passageway. Mary sits on the bed with Anne and Ellen who are starting to calm down a little. She watches around in shock, the room is a complete mess. Francis turns to his mother who is still on the ground unconscious.
"Mother?" he questions while trying to gently shake her awake. She doesn't wake up and Francis looks up to Mary who watches them with tears in her eyes.
"is... Is she breathing?" she asks with a sob. Francis places the back of his hand on top of Catherines face to feel if she's breathing, he doesn't feel anything. He then places his hand on her wrist to feel if she has a pulse, again nothing. He just shakes his head while he stands up and takes a step back. "is she dead?" Mary asks and Francis nods. Mary quickly lays the babies down and makes sure they can't fall before she runs to Francis and wraps her arms around him. "I'm so sorry Francis" she cries and so does Francis.
A/N: sorry lol, i really didn't know where to go with this fic so there's gonna be some angst and sadness coming, I also had a reallyreally good fanfic idea which I'm gonna start working on and I'm gonna do my best to make it a good fanfic. I'm gonna post the first chapter today or tomorrow so yea. Pls give me some feedback so I know and stay safe!
