What does Christmas have in store for our Favorite Family, Dallas Pryce is returning to the palace... but does not know if he will be accepted... Has nothing to do with The Road, that one never happened in this story. vote for the royals to possibly be on hulu at this link s/idea/0871L000000bol7QAA/detail

The Royals

Eleanor Henstridge: The Gift

by

The Underfaker writing as Bocephus Manticore

It's Christmas her favorite time of the year. For Dallas Pryce it seems like the perfect time to propose to her as they dated in the summers when he lived at the palace, and he hopes the woman of his dreams Princess Eleanor Henstridge (Len/Lenni) will accept it despite that his uncle killed her father... He hopes that she will not blame him.

Dallas stares at the palace, so majestic in the Christmas Eve snow... it's just up The Mall, but it seems that it's a thousand miles away, he calls Liam who answers on the first ring... "Dal it's good to hear from you, do you know where Ophelia is" Liam asks, "good to talk to you too... no I can't find her anywhere and I'm scared for her... I'm right down The Mall, I have to see Len, I have to tell her that I had no idea that my uncle was even capable of that" says Dallas, "Come on by you will always have a room here" says Liam, Dallas replies "Thanks man, be there in 10-20 minutes." Liam has security let Dallas in and he takes him to a bedroom so he can put his bag and coat in there. Dallas says "Liam thanks for doing this... I'm so sorry man, your dad went out of his way to make feel at home here, I considered him to be a second father figure... like a Yoda or a Jean-Luc Picard, his wisdom helped me a lot, and to know that my other father figure was the one that did it", "don't do that to yourself, you didn't do anything, neither did Phee, I just want to hold her in my arms again and let her know that I don't blame her at all, and that I love her" Dallas pats him on the shoulder, Liam says "you should go see Len", "Thanks I remember the way" says Dallas. He proceeds on his way to Len's room. He knocks on her door "come in" she says, he goes in her room as he had a thousand times before... but those times were when his uncle had not killed her father. She turns around and sees him... "hey, goose" he says, she runs over and hugs him, he starts crying and whispers "I'm so sorry Lenni, when I left to go back to Ann Arbor I never suspected"... "nor should you have, don't blame yourself, I don't"... the go sits on her couch and smoke a little weed, "Len you don't know how relived I am to hear you say that, merry Christmas" he says and pulls out a small envelope from his pocket and gives it to her, "Amtrak tickets from New York to Chicago and then to Seatle" she says, he takes her hand and says "I want to show you America one of the best ways I know how... I got us two days in Chicago, I know you always wanted to go shopping on the magnificent mile, I love you Len, and I want it to be just the two of us, the snowy landscapes, mountains, and passion"... "Dal I have a boyfriend now" she says, "does he make you happy" he asks, "yes very much" she replies, she tries to hand back the tickets, he sticks out his hand to stop her, "then I'm happy for both of you, you take him on the train, I'll always love you Len, you know that, but I want you to be happy most of all" he says. Just then Jasper enters the room "ah Dallas Pryce meet Jasper Frost, my boyfriend/Liam's security detail", she says, Dallas goes over and shakes his hand "she says you make her happy, I wish you both the best" he says to Jasper and Len, "Lenni I'll see you later, maybe we can all hang out." he leaves and goes back to his room to sleep. "Who was that" Jasper asks Len, she kisses him and says "Ted's nephew, we would date in the summers while he was here, I know him if he says he's happy for us he means it", "he seems genuine, but I feel bad for him", he says "why" she asks, "other than the fact that his uncle killed your dad, and then he lost his uncle... he had an engagement ring in his pocket, he came back here for you, probably one of the hardest things he's ever had to do not knowing if you blamed him... and Ophelia."

Dallas wakes up on Christmas morning, he goes toward the library, he sees Len put a letter in a hollowed-out book, he smiles as that would be one of the ways they would show their love for each other. What he sees next pisses him off to no end, he sees Robert come out of the tunnel, take the letter read it and burn it, then sees him call Jasper's father and pays him to call a reporter with Information about Jasper and his and Len's relationship.

Later on, after thinking about how to break the news of her brother's betrayal, He sees Jasper walk out of Len's room with tears in his eyes and walk past him... Dallas goes to her room and enters as soon as she sees him, she asks to be alone for a while, she has tears in her eyes and now so does Dallas, "why are you crying" she asks "because you are" he replies then leaves and gives her some space, He sees Cyrus drunk off his ass and about to fall, he catches him and says "are you alright your majesty", "yes I'm fine thank you... what the hell are you doing here" Cyrus asks, Dallas bows and says "Liam let me in,", Cyrus just nods and walks away then stops and says "I don't blame you." "I'm sorry for your loss your majesty" says Dallas before bowing, "and I'm sorry for yours, your uncle was a good man... I if I lost my daughters protecting someone else, I don't know what I would do." They both smile, nod, and go their separate ways."

Later on, Dallas is sitting at a table with Len, Liam, their newly returned brother Prince Robert, and Queen Helena. Tensions are high when Robert toasts Liam for being an asshole, and Liam toasts Robert blowing him, and Dallas says I second that... "What why... that's not like you Dal" says Len "I saw you leave a letter possibly for Jasper and then I saw this dick, this wolf in sheep's clothing that I used to see as an older brother until today, he does not care about your happiness, I saw him come out of the tunnel, read and burn that letter, then he called Jasper's dad and paid him to call a reporter, about your relationship his background, and something about the Koh I Noor." he replies, Len is shocked and turns toward Robert and says "is this true Robbie , did you burn my letter and call Jasper's dad" "Lenni who are you going to believe me or him, you're my favorite remember that," Robert says almost commanding Len to believe him, "Len I love you more than anything, do you think I would lie to you to put you in another man's arms, I also had this for you today, ", he pulls out the box with the engagement ring in it and hands it to her, she goes to hand it back to him but he puts out his hand and stops her, "I got that for you and no one else, merry Christmas Goose , now go to Jasper and tell him that you know, and you're with him through it." Len kisses Dallas on the cheek then gets up and runs to the security monitor room. There she sees Jasper and says "I know you never got my letter today, and I know about the reporter, I'm with you", he gets up goes over to her, hugs and kisses her and lifts her off the ground, "you know I only wanted to protect you", he says still holding her, she smiles at him and says, "I know, but next time tell me, I'm with you no matter what" she kisses him deeply and passionately and brings him back to her family for Christmas. Before this happens Robert asks Dallas "If you love my sister that much why would you push her into another man's arms", Dallas looks at Helena, Liam, and James Hill the palace's security chief who has joined them and says "he makes Len happy, and when Len is happy something wonderful happens", "what's that" Robert says condescendingly, Dallas looks right at him and says "her smile the most beautiful thing in the world comes out, and when she smiles all feels right with the world", Helena says to Dallas and says "that was beautiful, and I know it's the truth coming from you, you don't know how happy it makes me to hear you say that... Merry Christmas, and while you may be your uncle's nephew, you are not your uncle please remember that", he replies "thank you your majesty merry Christmas, it warms my heart to hear you say that... I'm sorry for your loss, all of you", he looks at Robert and nods, Robert smiles at the gesture, Dallas takes another sip of his cognac.

When they arrive, Len sees the sack of presents that Sarah Alice (James Hill's daughter) has found, they're not from Santa, there from King Simon from before he died. Everyone gets one present that is personal to them including Dallas, "why are you crying about a PlayStation" asks Cyrus coldly... Dallas looks up at all of them and says "It's no not just any PlayStation, it's a developer's model, he must have known that I want to create video games" Len goes to hug him but he stands puts the console on the table and says through tears "please donate it to someone who needs it because I sure as hell don't deserve it" he walks away down a hall, Len goes to find him and when she does the sight breaks her heart, the man she loved for all those years sitting against a wall with his face buried in his knees. She walks up to him and hugs him from the side, he looks up sees that it's her and holds her hand and says "sorry about that, thanks for coming after me", "I always be here for you, you never drank at any of the clubs we went to, never partied, to make sure I made it home ok" she says, he kisses her forehead and says "I'll be there for you too Len, you never saw me as the help, you always treated me like and equal, I came out of my shell because of you, without you I would still be that timed little nerd, watching the same episodes of star trek over and over again, thank you... for everything," She hugs him tighter, he hugs her and rests his head on her shoulder, then he sees Jasper and motions for him to come over, Jasper says to them "I recognize a hug between friends, I respect the relationship you two have, just as you respect the relationship that Len and I have. "Let's go back" Len says, Dallas just shakes his head looks her right in the eyes as tears well up in his and says "Lenni if that came from anyone else, I could accept it, but not from your dad, not after what my uncle did", "he would want you to have it, and you know that." Dallas and Len stand up and he says "it's not just that... I'm scared out of my mind, this is the longest I have ever gone without speaking to Phee, I'm worried about her, I'm worried she might have died, that someone may have blamed all this on her and killed her", she takes his hand and says "I'll have the jet fueled in an hour, you, me and Tank Drebbin here are going to New York", "Frank Drebbin Princess" says Jasper, "we should bring Liam too, he deserves to find her just as much as I do" says Dallas, they go back to the family and Dallas says "I'm eternally grateful to your father for the gift that I do accept, like you said your majesty I am not my uncle, thank you all for welcoming be back into your home, Liam please come with Jasper, Len and I, the four of us have a lot to discuss. They arrive at Gatwick Airport, where the monarchy's upgraded Lockheed L-1011 Tristar is located, they board and all sit down to a little bit of the bubbly.

Over the Atlantic, Len falls asleep Dallas goes to put a blanket on her but sees Jasper has the same idea, smiles at him and motions for him to go on. The both sit down at a small table, Jasper says "I appreciate what you did just now, I see that her happiness is your main priority, It's that smile isn't it, the smile that could end wars", Dallas replies "It is, it's more perfect than any diamond, than any star in the night sky, it's your main priority too, I can see it, she shines when your around, brighter than I have ever seen before, I was coming to the palace to propose to her, the mall seemed like it was a thousand miles long, I gave her the ring but I gave it as a Christmas present." Jasper smiles and says he's gonna get some sleep, he lays on the floor next to the couch that Len is on, holding her hand, Dallas gives him the blanket he was gonna give to her, he sees Len smile. Dallas goes to talk to Liam... "Do you know where we're going" Dallas asks Liam, Liam shakes his head, "We're going to find Phee", Liam smiles, "I'm scared out of my mind man, I know she can survive on her own, but this is different, I'm worried that people might try to get revenge by going after her" says Dallas, Liam then says "we'll find her, and when we do, if she doesn't want to go back to England I'm staying in America, I want to prove to her that no matter what happened I still love her." Dallas smiles at him and nods... Liam then asks "why did you always call Len Goose?", "because if anything happened to her, I'd never forgive myself" says Dallas, Liam nods and goes to bed, Dallas sleeps on a couch.

When they arrive to New York they stay in Times Square in a massive suite overlooking the square... "so Ophelia lived in Gramacy, right" says Len, "yeah but I tried there, she's gone with no forwarding address" says Liam, "we could the police, file a missing person's report" says Jasper, "maybe but I wouldn't want to scare her, we use that as a last resort" replies Dallas, "I heard about a guy here in America who find's people Dog or something" says Liam, Dallas and Jasper laugh and both say "he's a bounty hunter." Len then says "tomorrow we'll hit the streets with a picture of Ophelia and split in two teams, Liam, Dal you guys will cover Manhattan, then Jasper and I will cover Brooklyn and as much of Queens as we can." They all go out the next day.

The next day Liam and Dallas see Nick and ask him if he knows where Ophelia is and he does not he informs them that it's like she's a ghost, she just disappeared. Jasper and Len see Marcus in Queens, and he says that he saw her and she took a train the day before to Ann Arbor to go see Dallas. Len and Jasper rent a Hummer H1 and go pick up Liam and Dallas, they all pack up and head out.

As they are driving over the Hudson into New Jersey, Len asks "what school is in Ann Arbor", "The University of Michigan, GO WOLVERINES!" replies Dallas. They switch off driving and go for 24 hours... when they arrive in Ann Arbor, they begin their search. They search high and low for Ophelia but have no luck. Dallas takes them to his dorm... "maybe she hasn't been here yet" says Len... "could be we don't know what time her train was supposed to get in" they all sit on the 2 beds in the room talking for hours. "If we were early when she gets her, I'm giving her the biggest the biggest hug" says Dallas, "I just want to tell her that I still love her" says Liam, "she's still my best friend" says Len... "I don't know what I'm gonna say, I mean I solved the case that killed her dad", says Jasper, "hey you did what you had to do, I see that and so will Phee." There's a knock at the door... "Dal it's me open up please." He knows the voice he opens the door hugs Ophelia "oh" is the only word he gets out for a bit, and he lifts her off the ground... she does not see the others yet... he sets her back down and kisses her on her forehead and says "I'm so happy right now I'm almost speechless" says Dallas as he hugs her a bit tighter... "Please don't ever scare me like that again, I thought you were dead, that I was the last of our family" he says she hugs him and says "you don't have to be scared anymore, I'm here, we're here and if I have only one family member still here, I'm glad it's you, you're not my cousin... you're my brother", "You're my sister Phee... by the way there's a brother and sister here that want to see you" he says. He leads her in to his room and she sees Liam, Len, and Jasper... She runs over to Liam and kisses him, he holds her and says "we hold nothing against you, I love you, if you don't want my world, I'll give it up for you." "She whispers in his ear "I think I can handle it now, I heard a rumor that you were dating your brother's girlfriend" he whispers, "I did but he's alive, I'm backing out and letting her go back to him, it's the right thing to do, the only woman I want to be with is you," she smiles kisses him and goes over to Len, they hug like two friends that haven't seen each other in years "I'm glad you're alright, you're my best friend the only genuine friend I've ever had, like Liam said we don't blame you at all, your dad was a good man blinded by grief, I've forgiven him as well" "Thank you Len, you're my best friend too, you don't know how good it is to hear you say that" says Ophelia. She goes to Jasper and he says "Len and I are dating now I couldn't let them come without security... also I was the one who solved the king's murder... I just thought you should know that" he says dejectedly, Ophelia takes his hand and says "hey you did what you had to do, I don't blame you for its" she lays down on a bed with Liam he holds her close and says "right now I'm the luckiest man on this planet, Jasper and Len do the same in the other and Dallas lays on the floor, they all sleep for 30 hours.

The drive back to New York is fun everyone is singing Len wows everyone when she sings Winter Wonderland. They all look at Dallas in shock when he sings Don't Speak by No Doubt, it's bad but they're in shock by his choice. Dallas calls a friend and asks if they all stay at his second house for a day or two, the friend says yes and Dallas gives Jasper the GPS coordinates, "This is south of Philadelphia, it's done able though. Several hours later they arrive at the house, in a foot deep of snow, Len says "I recognize this house", when they get inside, she says "THIS IS CASTLE BAM!", she runs and gets Bam Margera's master suite with a half pipe ramp. "I knew she would like it, Bam was our hero back in the day" says Dallas. They all go outside and play in the snow, snow ball fights ensue, the couples roll around... Jasper says to Len "have Dallas come over here it's not going to be sexual but I'd be willing to do a 3 way make out session, we'll be making out with only you though... are you ok with that", she motions for Dallas to come over and pulls him on top of her... "this was Jasper's idea" she says, Dallas gets to do one thing he always wanted to, roll around in the snow with Len, they make out passionately, he feels that he faces is cold so he breathes heavily so she can warm up he says "I love you, but I think my time is up" he kisses her on her nose, and Jasper cuts in, Dallas smiles and gives them some privacy. All of the sudden Dallas is hit by a big snow ball, he looks over and sees Ophelia with another one ready, he dodges it and lightly tackles her into the snow, they lay next to each other making snow angels... "Sorry I did not tell you I was going back to England" he says, they both lay there next to each other, she holds his hand and says "Len told me what you went back to do, I'm so sorry Dal I know she's the love of your life, do you still have the ring" he replies "no I bought that ring for her, I gave it to her as a Christmas present", "aww that's the sweetest thing I've ever heard, you love her unconditionally", says Ophelia, "and I will love her unconditionally till the end of time, I just want her to be happy and if Jasper makes her happy... then I hear by support the union of Jaspenor" says Dallas. Ophelia grabs a hand full of snow and drops it on his face then says "Dallas Pryce did you just ship them", "I definitely did" he drops snow in her face but did not notice the little piece of ice in it, "OW", "ha can dish it out but no..." he says while noticing the blood, "oh my god I'm so sorry, here let me see,", he goes over to inspect the small wound, it's not bad at all, but when Liam comes over, she says "Dal accidentally dropped a piece of ice on me", Liam looks at Dallas with a smile that says come on man, "bro I think your girl needs some assistance" says Dallas. Liam takes Ophelia inside for tlc. Dallas heads inside to the pirate bar and he finds some Propper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey (good stuff if you've never tried it), Len joins him, he pours her a glass on the rocks without her even asking, he toasts "here's to us always being best friends no matter what, to my most trusted advisor on affairs of state, heart, and good weed... you Len Hesntridge" Len laughs at that last one, he puts his arm around her shoulders... "Lenni I'm glad we finally made it here, we got to roll around in the snow together, the next thing on the list was us getting purified in the waters of Lake Minnetonka," "ha our favorite cuddle up movie," he then says "do you remember our first movie, where you laid on my stomach, I rested my head on your shoulder", "you mean the first time you kissed me" she replies, "Top Gun, you had just said who your favorite character was, I took a shot in the dark and kissed you on the cheek because I knew what was coming, you turned over so fast I thought you were gonna slap me, but then you amazed me and kissed me right on my lips, then when he died I was going to try to wipe tears away from your eyes but you got to mine first" he said, "You always were sweet to me" she replies. She notices a bottle with an orange liquid in it and says "I'd like to try that what's MD 20/20", Dallas smiles and pours her a glass she likes it, and then has one for himself "good old Mad Dog" he says, they both go their separate ways and go to bed. Liam and Ophelia are in their bathroom Liam is trying to take care of her cut... "This is gonna sting, but don't worry I'm right here for you" Liam says, it stings but she kisses him and all pain fades away, they proceed to take a shower together and passion ensues, she kisses his neck, he kisses her chest, he kisses he down up and down her spine which gives her chills (good chills though). He rests his head on her shoulder and places one hand flat on her stomach... she looks down and gets tears in her eye she turns around and says "yes I will", "someday" he says, he backs her up a bit until they are both under the warm water which he sets for rain, Ophelia moans with pleasure, "Phee this is..." Liam can't even get the words out.

Late in the next day they leave to meet the plane which has relocated to Philadelphia, they return the Hummer and fly back to England. Ophelia is given a room at the palace and given a job designing the layout for the gardens. Dallas returns to school, one day in March, Len gets a call from him

"Dal great to hear from you" she says, "It's good to hear your voice Len, is Jaspenor still intact" he asks, she laughs a bit and indicates that they are, and he says "I've found someone Len, we literally walked into each other my first day back", "Thats wonderful, does she make you happy", "yes she's creative and she inspires me, that I think was the biggest thing, I had to find someone that inspires me like you do", Len lets out an aww, and Dallas says "her name is Greta, she's from England", "well I know you have a thing for English girls" she jokes, "before Greta I had a thing for only one English girl, she's a photographer, I've seen a couple of pictures of you that she's taken at events, she gave me one, it's the best photo of you I've ever seen." "You'll have to introduce me to her when you get back" she says, he says he will. They talk for about an hour, then Greta is at his door, she asks him if he's taking financial management classes, and using her to get to her father... he says "no I'm taking them to impress your father, I want him to know that if I wanted to, I could get into that world, but I'm a computer science major mi more interested in Unix than dollar signs, and I'm more interested in you than anything else I love you Greta... you are the most creative person I've ever met, and I not gonna lie you're sexy as hell." She blushes, "aww baby come here" he says, she lays in his arms and he says I have a movie I want to show you that you've never seen, they then proceed to watch Rocky - Rocky IV, Greta starts to cry when Apollo dies, Dallas kisses her and says "don't worry, Rocky gonna fuck that commie superman up." They actually have celebratory sex when Rocky wins the World Title, during Rocky II, a month later Greta has amazing news, she goes to Dallas's dorm, she now has a key, and waits for him as he is out meeting one of the Wolverines past top athlete's Scott Steiner, when Dallas hears the news, he is ecstatic.

Upon their return to London, they go to Greta's town house. Dallas tells Greta about his ex-girlfriend who is now his best friend, he lets Greta know that without her they would probably not be together right now because of his shyness, that his ex-helped him overcome, and that they would not be having the amazing news they do right now, Greta then says to him "I want to meet her, she sounds amazing", he takes Greta's hands as they sit down, he says "I never thought I would find anyone else, then I found... well bumped into you and... and I could not be any happier, there is one thing I have to ask you about her as it pertains to...", Greta Kisses him and says "Yes" then there is a knock at the door, he opens it and says "Lenni, it's so good to see you, come in" he hugs her, Greta is shocked at who his ex is, she bows and says "your highness if I had known" Len hugs her and says "you can call me Len", Dallas walks behind Greta "ah holding you from behind, he hasn't changed" but she then sees that he is holding with one hand under the other cradling her stomach, Lens eyes go wide, she tears up, smiles and says "congratulations to both of you" she hugs them both in a group hug. The separate, and Dallas says "Len we kind of want to ask you"... Greta completes his sentence as he is speechless "If you would be the godmother to our child"... Len is stunned but says with excitement "It would be an honor to be their godmother, have you decided on a name "Lise if it's a girl after Greta's sister, and If it's a boy we decided on Simon" Dallas says, Len is over the moon thinking she could be godmother to a child named after her father.

Eight months later Greta gives birth to Simon, with Len and Liam as godmother and godfather. After Greta gets the drugs out of her system, he gets down on one knee and says "Greta I want our child to have us together for him and I also want you to be with me forever, will you marry me", she nods her head excitedly, he puts a ring on her finger, he gives Liam a different kind, he kisses it and says "It is an honor to be in your presence Don Henstridge" they all have a good laugh. Queen Helena has a small marriage ceremony for them in Monaco, Dallas has Ophelia with him in place of a best man, and Greta has Len as her maid of honor, then there is a reception at the family's vacation home, the newly wedded couple walk on the beach with their baby in their arms, when Jasper and Len walk up to them, and he has his hand on her stomach, Dallas hugs Len and she whispers to him "We found out Christmas Morning" he whispers to her "your favorite day", Len holds her godson in her arms and says "this just feels right." The Happy Ending.

- Jaspenor Survives Christmas and Opheliam is back on, Greta has a person who loves and respects her... thank you for reading please review.