I know you were expecting a full length chapter but inspired by friend Carolina in her story "Crossed Swords" I decided to take an approach with has a side story with the descendants of Sir Thomas Moore and "Henry VIII" and other various characters from the Tudors discovering about the desperate measure Henry took to save the dynasty. These Characters will parallel the character s from the past IE Sir Nate Moore will parallel Sir Thomas. Nate Moore will be played Mike Dirnt and Henry XII will be played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

This will also give you an idea of what will happen during the rest of the story.

Interlude #1 A Controversial Investigation:

June 24th 2009 Westminster Abbey

"Your majesty," Michael Blackwell the Prime Minister said in concern as he watched the Scientists begin to open the Tombs of King Henry VIII and King Henry IX, "I believe you should let this silly theory go. You know how damaging it will be to the House of Tudor if they found out that King Henry IX was a bastard?"

By the year 2009, the Tudor Dynasty had reigned for over 500 years, surviving through the Puritan Revolution that resulted in the execution of their King Thomas I to the German Air Raids that destroyed London. The Tudor Monarchs had been praised for their contribution to England flourishing to the powerful nation it was today. However the most talked about and most researched of these Tudor Monarchs were King Henry VIII and his son King Henry IX otherwise known as Saint Harry the Savior by the Roman Catholic Church.

It baffled Historians that even though the two reigned right after each other, their reigns were so different from one another.

Henry VIII married five women in his lifetime. First it was Prince Harry's mother Katherine of Aragon, who he divorced quickly after giving birth to the future King of England. Then it was Anne Boleyn who died giving birth to Princess Elizabeth Tudor who later became Elizabeth Dudley Duchess of York and Countess of Leicester. Anne of Cleaves (who was a lost cause when he married her 9 years after Anne's death) was only married to Henry for four months before the king divorced her and arranged her to marry his Lord Privy Seal Thomas Cromwell. Despite a rough beginning, Anne and Cromwell had a successful marriage that resulted in Anne giving Cromwell three more children. Catherine Parr suffered the same fate as Anne Boleyn when she died giving birth to Henry's fourth daughter Anne. And finally Jane Seymour Brandon, the widow of Henry's best friend and confidant Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk became a Widow once again when Henry died of long term illness. She managed to produce another boy with Henry named Edward who later married Lady Jane Gray but just like her predecessors Anne and Catherine she died as well from complications from the birth. Many still debate if it was death from a broken Heart caused by loss of both her husbands.

Henry VIII's successor Prince Harry Duke of York had much better luck than his father. In 1542 a young woman named Katherine "Kitty" Howard came to court to be a Lady in Waiting for Queen Anne of Cleaves. Prince Harry, who was 5 years her junior at the time, was smitten with her. His father attempted at first to woo the young girl but gave up when his advisors told him that it would affect his reign negatively since little Kitty was a young girl. So with a heavy heart he betrothed his son to Katherine. Kitty changed her ways from a Naïve, Promiscuous child to a strong, faithful, educated woman who had a more powerful influence to government than her cousin Anne. The two had a strong marriage and often were affectionate to each other. When her husband died after reigning for 50 years Kitty went into a severe state of depression and died a month later.

Another difference was their religious views. Henry VIII became inpatient when the pope wouldn't grant him a divorce with Katherine of Aragon. Desperate, he broke with the church and declared himself the supreme head of the church. He even went as far as creating two alternate oaths. The punishment for signing neither was death. This was famous almost killing future Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop Fisher under Henry IX had Henry's Lord Chancellor and Prince Harry's stepfather Sir Thomas Moore not pleaded for his friend's life. As a result the country was left in religious turmoil throughout the reign.

King Henry IX was heavily influenced by his Stepfather, famous humanist and moral man Sir Thomas Moore. Sir Thomas had strong Catholic views as well as Prince Harry's mother Katherine which young Harry adopted. When Harry and Kitty who also had strong Catholic views took the throne their first action was to bring England's allegiance back to Rome. With help from his Chancellor and his new Archbishop Canterbury, King Harry made sure that Protestants were cleansed from England. While many compared this violent way of dealing with the matter to his father's violent ways, England effectively remained a Catholic nation until his daughter Katherine I created the Church of England uniting Catholics and Protestants and once again splitting England from Rome.

Finally the main difference between them was their desire for a son. Henry VIII was obsessed with having a male heir. While his son Henry IX had five daughters and passed his throne to England's first Queen, Katherine I.

It was these major differences in both personalities and looks that left historians to question the paternity of not only Henry IX but his sister Princess Margaret Isabella Tudor Brandon who later became the Duchess of Suffolk after marrying Charles Brandon the younger (the son of Jane and Charles Brandon). Especially since both healthy children were born after a long chain of miscarriages. But no one dared to investigate on the matter….until now.

Over 450 years later King Henry XII vowed that when he first became King that he would investigate the matter once and for all. The 20 year old stood with his arms crossed in front of him tapping his foot on the ground.

"Yes," He said staring straight ahead at the men opening the tombs of Henry VIII and Henry IX, "I don't care about the consequences I want to know the truth about my family. Even if it costs me my reign."

Suddenly Henry heard the sound of double doors opening. He turned his head and smiled. It was his friend Sir Nathan Moore, Earl of Surrey and a descendent of the infamous Sir Thomas Moore. It was the historical close friendship between their 12th Great Grandparents that formed their lifelong friendship. Out of breath the 23 year old law student ran down the aisle and bowed.

"Harry," He said as he went beside him folding his arms in front of him, "you better thank me I am skipping my favorite class for you."

Henry chuckled and looked back at tombs. They were pulling out King Henry VIII's casket leaving Anne Boleyn (who was buried beside him) alone for the while. His face became sour once he saw the infamous hole in the casket caused by years of air bubbles.

"Hey once you say that you were on strict orders of the King of England," Henry replied, "You'll get off."

The workers began to move to the tombs of Kitty Howard and King Henry IX. Both Nate and his friend Henry began to follow them.

"So Harry," Nate said as they walked the short distance to the graves, "do you believe that Henrys VIII and IX were really father and son?"

Henry stopped and took a deep breath.

"To be honest," he said before pausing in the middle of the aisle, "I really don't think so."

Nate looked at his friend and his king sternly.

"Well," He asked running his hand through his brown hair, "if Henry VIII is not Saint Harry's father, who is?"

Henry sighed and looked ahead; they were now opening up the grave of Henry IX.

"I am not quite sure," he said, "but I think I have some idea…"

I hope this didn't bore you the next chapter will be better I promise.