Hey everyone. Here is chapter three of On the Whim of King Harry. This chapter was brought to you by December Event's Advent Calendar, Hogwarts Eastern Winter Funfair's Paper Snowflakes, Hogwarts Southern Winter Funfair's Present Wrapping Station, and Hogwarts Northern Winter Funfair's Decorating the Christmas Tree's Tree Decorations on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For Advent Calendar I wrote Day 23's Color prompt of violet. For Paper Snowflakes I wrote for 14. pairing type prompt of slash (2 tickets). For Present Wrapping Station I wrote Step 1's object prompt of flowers. For Decorating the Christmas Tree's Tree Decorations I wrote for 11. Red Beaded Bauble's character prompt of Arthur Weasley (2 tickets). Warning for out of character characters. I hope you enjoy Remembering and Planning.

Queen Cho had dressed a beautiful violet brocade dress that had pretty amethyst jewels encrusted on it. She was the queen after all and any shade of purple was the color of royalty. Knowing that someone was out to push her out of the King's life she would use this as a sign that she wouldn't leave him quietly.

"Your Majesties," came the smooth talking voice of Arthur Weasley as they approached the table, "you are both look well this evening." He moved to pull out Queen Cho's chair. "Allow me, Your Majesty."

Queen Cho smiled as she took the poffered seat. It wouldn't do well to make a fuss in front of the whole court she reasoned with herself. After all this man was probably one of the many people at court who were plotting against her after all. "Thank you, Lord Weasley," she said as he pushed the chair in for her. "You are very considerate." She watched as Aruthur Weasley's daughter flirted with the King. "Your daughter has made herself very useful to me as member of my household. I would like to thank you for allowing her to become my lady-in-waiting."

The sharp gasp that came from the both the younger woman and her brothers gave Cho a sense of what exactly she was dealing with. At least the husband and wife had the decency to not look shocked. Arthur Weasley nodded as he pulled out his wife's chair for her and pushed it in for her as well. "She is a fast learner," Arthur stated with a smile Queen Cho assumes was supposed to be a winning smile. "But all credit for that one goes to my beautiful wife Molly. Isn't that right, dear?"

Molly Weasley blushed at the compliment her husband had just given her but she also looked ashamed too. Which more than confirmed that this whole family was going to be trouble. "I hear you and His Majesty have a young daughter of your own," Mrs. Weasley said smiling at the queen.

A pang of sadness struck the queen as she thought of the young daughter her husband Harry had just sent off to run her own household. "We do, Lady Weasley," Cho said sadness thick in her voice. "She has been sent away to run her own household."

"I heard she was but a girl of eight..."

"It is customary for heirs of the kingdom to be running their own household from an age younger than she is now," Harry spoke up before Cho could even respond. "A fact that I keep reminding her mother on a daily basis. Don't I, sweetheart?" Harry laced his fingers through Cho's but she could tell his attention was else where.

"It was Princess Marcia. Right?"

"Mary," the name of her daughter flowed off Cho's tongue easily. She remembers the day that Mary was sent away like it had happened that very day. It had been a few months ago though and she can still smell scent of the lavender that the King had sent her before taking her world from her.

Queen Cho had been sitting in her chambers with her ladies-in-waiting and her daughter on that bright sunny morning. It should have been a very nice day for Cho it was her daughter's birthday and she planned on spending as much time with the child as she could. There had been whispers about a faction trying to dethrone her but no names to go with the rumors.

"Flowers for the Queen," came the voice of one her chamberlains bringing in a huge bouquet of lavender. There was only one person who could have sent them. Her Harry. He was the only one she'd ever let know about her love of lavender. The chamberlain brought them over to her so that she could take sniff of them.

"Who sent them, Mama?" asked young Mary trying to get closer to the pretty purple flowers. "Can I smell too?"

Cho lifted the young girl to her lap allowing the child to get a good sniff of the flowers. "I think your father sent them," Cho had smiled a huge smile. She knew Harry wasn't the most faithful of husbands and that he'd recently had a child with one of her ladies-in-waiting Marietta Edgecomb. The fact that he was giving her flowers and not Marietta was very pleasing to her.

A few minutes after Harry was mentioned the chamberlain was back at the doorway again. "His Majesty the King," the man announced standing back to allow Harry to enter the room.

It should have dawned on Cho then that something big was about to happen and that it would be something she didn't really want to happen. But the fact that Harry had just sent her flowers was still playing through her mind and the hope that she was not to be put aside still strong in her heart. She stood holding Mary in her arms. "Harry," she said bowing to the King.

"Cho," Harry said slowly, "we need to talk in private."

Cho nodded to her ladies-in-waiting who took that as their cue to leave the room. As the ladies took their leave of the room Cho found herself sinking back into the chair she'd just left. She waited for the King address whatever issue he'd come to her chambers wanting to discuss. "What do we need to talk about?" she asked concern lacing her voice.

"Mary's household," was Harry's simple answer.

It was then she found out that her daughter Mary would be leaving the castle before the end of the week to go to Hartfordshire. There she would be made lady of her own manor with her own ladies-in-waiting to wait on her. Harry, of course, left after dropping that bomb on them. It was left to her to console their sobbing daughter and explain that this would be a good thing for the young girl. Not that Cho believed that for a single minute but she would never let her child see that.

Meanwhile Percy Weasley had taken his customary seat between his little sister and wife. He saw the startled look on Audrey's face as he addressed her. It wasn't as though he'd never spoken to the woman before. They did share a house after all. The look his father was giving him had Percy a little frightened. His sister was giving him a sympathetic look which made him realize he should have left Oliver's sooner than he had.

"Where have you been, Percy?" his father asked glowering across the table at him. The amount of venom in his voice could have killed the biggest bull in the world. "Or did you forget that we were having a meal with our King and Queen?"

"I'm sorry," Percy said wracking his mind for any excuse her could use to get his father off the scent. "It must have slipped my mind. I had been doing a little book work earlier and got lost in it." Which was part lie and part truth after all. He hadn't been doing book work but he had gotten lost in something. Someone rather.

"Your younger brothers were playing Quidditch and still saw it fit to be on time to dinner." Looking around Arthur Weasley glowered at his son yet again. "We'll discuss the matter after dinner and the other matter too."

A deep blush colored Percy's face at the mention of the other matter. How could his father bring it up as casually as he just did? But then again Percy could see where everyone else would assume it was a work related things. Or something to do with the family. Diverting his attention to his food he muttered out a "Yes, father".

"I like that scent you have on," Audrey whispered to him. "Is it new?"

Percy almost choked on a piece of meat he'd put in his mouth at this statement. How was he supposed to answer that question? A deeper blush crept up his cheeks as noticed that everyone was looking at him now. "Um...uh..." he tried to think his way around what to say knowing he was making himself look bad.

"It is new," Ginny told Audrey. "I bought it for him for his birthday." She turned to Percy with a small smile. "See I told you she would like that scent on you brother. Didn't I?"

Giving Ginny a thankful smile he nodded. "That you did, little sister," he replied.

"Well, Ginerva you have good taste in cologne then."

Percy lost interest in the conversation around him as caught sight of Oliver and Katie entering the lower portion of the room. Oliver smiled at him flirtatiously as he sat in his customary seat with Katie. Perhaps Percy thought he'd go through with their plan of earlier. Turning towards Audrey he smiled at her. "I need to talk to you about something later," he told her. "Something very important."

"Alright," Audrey answered confused as to what Percy getting at. She watched as excused himself from the table and went off into the crowded room. She knew her husband had plenty of work friends in the crowd perhaps he saw one he important business with.

Percy reached Oliver's table rather quickly. Smiling he leaned towards the other man's ear and whisper, "Meet me later at our spot." Then he walked out of the room. He needed to time to think about how to explain this plan to Audrey without freaking her out and he couldn't do that with Oliver looking at him like that.

I hope you all enjoyed Remembering and Planning.