Chapter Four: Meeting The Estranged Grandfather that Didn't know he was a Grandfather...

Barbie moaned as she turned her head, struggling to force her eyes open. She was aware enough of her surroundings to realize that she was in a hospital room somewhere in Gardenia. She just didn't know which one she was in currently...nor how she got there. Barbie lifted a hand up, rubbing a rather rough bump on the back of her head. Someone must have knocked her out from behind. Of course, how they got that close without her noticing was a miracle in of its self. Shaking her head, and immediately grasping it as she noted that was a really bad idea if the way the room spun in response to that was anything to go by.

"Sequin? Are you here girl?" Barbie frowned when there was no answering yip, or the usually calm poodle placing her head in her lap. Something was wrong. Where would the staff here take her tenth birthday present from her favorite, and only, aunt? "Sequin?"

The door to the room slowly inched forward as a young nurse peeked in. Upon seeing that she was awake, she stepped into the room, clasping her hands behind her back. "I see that you are awake ma'am. Is there anything that I can help you with?"

Barbie glanced around the room, unable to see any of her belongings anywhere in the rather spacious room. "You by chance don't know where my dog is?"

The nurse started, clearly surprised by the fact that despite being unconscious for who knows how long she was more concerned on her dog than what just happened to her. "Your grandfather has here."

"My grandfa... you have to be joking." Barbie pinched the bridge of her nose, vaguely wondering if this was another poorly thought out kidnapping attempt. "My grandfather died when Mom was a little girl. I never even met him!" Kidnappers really. Honestly, who were they expecting to pay the ransom when she now had complete control of her parents money...sort of. Until she was of age, her aunt and grandmother had to approve of all of her purchases.

The nurse appeared confused at that statement, brows furrowing in puzzlement. "I...don't understand. I was talking about your paternal grandfather. If you wait a minute he'll be right in." She turned to leave, the door snapping shut behind her.

Barbie stared up at the ceiling, confused about what just happened. "Dad never talked about his father... I thought he was dead!" To say that she was confused would have been an understatement.

~With King Henry~

King Henry double checked that he looked completely presentable, before he approached the hospital's front doors amid flashing cameras. The poodle that one of his servants had picked up earlier strained slightly against the pink leash that the servant was holding, paws skimming across the ground as she pounded up the stairs.

One of the reporters approached him, shoving a microphone into his face. "Your Majesty is it true that it appears to be that Prince George has fathered one of the patients here... do you believe your granddaughter knows of your relation to her?"

"No comments." King Henry waved him off, ducking inside of the hospital doors.

A nurse hurried over to him, anxiety dancing in her eyes. "Your Majesty, she is awake..."

King Henry gave one stiff nod, before striding down the hall to where he knew his newly discovered granddaughter was recuperating. When he stepped into the room, he expected to see her still in bed, resting from the attack. He was not prepared for her to standing by the window, already out of the hospital gown and into her jeans and pink sweater, blonde hair pulled up into a tall pony tail. Before he could comment on the fact that she was already up and about, she turned to face him, her blue eyes darting to the poodle. "Sequin!" The poodle yipped, trotting over to where she stood, head held high as if she were a royal dog her entire life.

"Sequin...is an interesting name for a dog." King Henry mentally crossed his fingers that she wouldn't brush off his rather poor attempt at making conversation.

She looked up, her gaze piercing straight through him, as if she were trying to see his soul. "Am I right to guess that you are my paternal grandfather?" Doubt laced her voice, making it clear that she wasn't taking anyone's word for it.

"You are the daughter of my son, George Henry Roberts, are you not?" King Henry watched as she took a step back, surprise flashing in her eyes.

"Either you do your research way better than any of the guys in the past that tried to kidnap me or you're telling the truth." She lifted one eyebrow up, as if to challenge him to tell her which one it was.

King Henry felt his heart lodge in his throat as he stared at her mortified. Someone had tried kidnapping her in the past? And by the sounds of things she was wary about the same thing happening all over again. "I am not here to kidnap you. Your father is my son. I can have his birth certificate brought up if you like."

"No thank you. I'll take your word on it for now." She walked over and daintily sat down on the edge of the bed in the room.

King Henry blinked, shoving his surprise down that she appeared to have the proper manners that a princess of her status was expected to have. "I am afraid that I do not know your name. You would not mind telling me what it is now, would you?"

She blinked, surprise flashing once again across her features, for five seconds, before she stifled a laugh. "Okay... you are telling the truth when you said that you're my grandfather. Even the dumbest kidnappers knew my name. My name is Barbie." Barbie placed a gentle hand on top of Sequin, a soft giggle escaping her.

A/N: Done! Hmm, yeah that had to happen eventually. Thinking things over, contacting the siblings and learning that she is royalty will happen next chapter. I think. At least the royalty discovery will happen. Please review!

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