AN: Hello and welcome to another chapter of 'A Chance Not Worth Taking'. I had been slacking off on this story so I thought it best to write a few chapters for you. This is the first one of many to come within the week, my chapter updates might be less frequent, especially since I have some assignments and tests that I have to study and do first. I hope you understand. Anyway, I have another chapter up, that is all that matters at the moment. Please enjoy and review. I appreciate your comments and supports.

PS: Alice enters this chapter. Yay! Alice! She is my second favourite female after Rosalie. I do like Bella but Rosalie has this angry personality, really fun to write and Alice is bubbly, like the almost exact opposite. Anyway, the original point I was going to make was that Jasper has not entered the Cullen clan yet, neither has Emmett. Edward and Esme have, they just won't appear for a few more chapters yet.

PPS: There is a time jump within the chapter. Just in case anyone was confused.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight and The Tudors. They belong to their respective owners.

Chapter Six: The Proposal

11 February 1536

Carlisle regretted not being able to save the Queen's child but there was nothing he could do, it was born dead. There was no way that he could have changed it, immortal children were disapproved by the Volturi and the child was supposed to grow up and become King. Nothing was feasible. All he could do was pray for the life of the Queen, the Princess and secretly the Lady Mary.

"Don't worry Carlisle, Elizabeth will be fine, so will Mary. Their father wouldn't hurt them for the entire world," said Alice, Carlisle's 'adoptive' vampire daughter.

Carlisle smiled. Alice was the bubbly one of the coven, always wanting to put a smile on everyone's face. She could never remember human life. She had no reason to miss it so this just made her a little ball of enthusiasm, unlike the others who remembered and lived in heaps of grief because of it.

Carlisle did notice one important thing though, Alice didn't mention anything about Queen Anne, what about Anne Boleyn? "Alice, what of the Queen, she will be alright won't she?" asked a nervous Carlisle, gently putting his hand on Alice's shoulder.

Alice smile soon disappeared. She turned her head towards Carlisle and faked a smile. "I am sure she will be fine. I see nothing..." She had suddenly stopped talking. Carlisle realised that Alice was having a vision. It hoped it was nothing grave concerning the Queen. He knew that the Princess Elizabeth needed her mother, every child did.

Alice came out of her vision and looked towards Carlisle. He was not impressed with the look on her face. It was bad wasn't it? "It is about the Queen? I fear that it is" asked a rather nervous Carlisle. If there was anything that he could do, he wanted to help. There was no danger for him in this matter. There was nothing any executioner could do to him.

Alice nodded slightly. The vision she had seen was not a pretty one. It had brought strange feelings inside of her but she dismissed them. Her visions were subjective. Surely this couldn't be real. King Henry wanted a new wife and he simply wasn't to go and annul his marriage to her. He was going to do far worse. He was going to have her executed.

30 April 1536

Rosalie was attending on the Queen. Events on her chamber where a rarity since the miscarriage, especially since it had been the all vital son. Her ladies did not talk much to her, only Nan Saville and Madge Sheldon had the real courage to have a conversation with the Queen.

Tonight was different though. There was cheer all around the chamber. Queen Anne was teaching her ladies a new dance and all of the ladies were enjoying it, as well as the men in attendance watching the ladies.

"Nan," said Anne. "Quicker Nan." All of the ladies laughed at this except Rosalie who was sitting this dance out. It wasn't because she was tired it was that she wasn't truly enjoying herself when she knew of what was to come. Carlisle introduced her to his adoptive vampire daughter, Alice, and she had told her terrible news. Terrible news of what was to become of Queen Anne. Rosalie was trying to do everything within her power to stop it from happening.

Anne continued to give instructions for the dance to her ladies. For once in her life, Madge actually knew what she was doing and Anne noticed it. "Ah, Lady Sheldon, I believe you know what you are doing."

The door soon was opened by her brother, Lord Rochford. Rosalie looked up at him and nodded in his direction. He moved his way into another doorway in his sister's chambers and Anne told her ladies to continue. Rosalie, even though she didn't want to, listened in on the conversation they were having, which really wasn't difficult to her.

"Your visit to France has been postponed for a week," said a whispering George. Anne looked at him bewildered. Why would it be postponed? "Why?" she asked.

George didn't know why. He looked around to make sure no one could hear him. "And there is something else," said George. Anne nodded for him to continue. "Mark Smeaton is arrested." They were both shocked at the idea and so was Rosalie except she kept her poker face on.

"What for?" asked the Queen in an even quieter whisper. "We don't know yet," said George who was obviously worried about the man. "I've got to go," said George before quickly exiting the room. Anne was in a state of shock.

The night continued to drag on and Anne couldn't help but have this nagging feeling that something was wrong. If only she had not miscarried the baby, her son and saving grace. She filtered through the goblets that were on the table. She knocked over the ones that were empty until she found one that had a sufficient amount of wine in it.

Anne gulped down the drink and started to look around the room. Henry Norris was here again and yet he still hadn't proposed to Madge. "Sir Henry, you are here again," said Anne. The music and dancing suddenly stopped as everyone listened in. "Yet you never seem to have the courage to marry the lady."

Norris stood up and everyone looked towards him, even Rosalie. "Madame, marriage is not something someone should hurry into."

Anne though continued to harass the man. "No, I know the truth. You look for dead man's shoes." Everyone was quiet. Henry Norris moved towards Anne as a way of protesting but yet she continued. "Do you suppose that if anything bad happened to the King than you would mean to have me?" asked Anne.

"Madame, if I were to ever think such a thing, then I wish that my head were cut off," replied Norris but the ever intelligent Anne replied quickly to that. "Oh that can be arranged."

Everyone was dead silent as Norris made his leave of the room. They all could not believe what they had just witnessed all except for Rosalie, who had heard the conversation before that ticked off the Queen's clock of attack on the poor man.

Rosalie noticed that the Queen was breathing deeply, there was something troubling her. "Rosalie," said the Queen in a choky voice. "Madame," replied Rose as she made her way to the Queen.

"I know that Elizabeth took a liking to you when you brought her to court," said Anne with a simple nod as a reply from Rosalie. "Please ask them to fetch Elizabeth to me tomorrow; I would like to see my daughter." Rosalie nodded and was about to walk away but all of a sudden Anne grabbed her arm. "And Rosalie, if anything should happen to me, will you promise to care for her?" asked the Queen.

Rosalie wished it was anyone than her that the Queen was asking. She knew what was to come all thanks to Alice. She knew that her visions were subjective but Smeaton's arrest was icing on the cake for her. Rosalie however gave a reassuring smile to the Queen. "Of course Madame."

Rosalie quickly left the room to go and make arrangements for Elizabeth to be brought to court.

1 May 1536

Rosalie held the book she was reading within her left hand, one of her fingers being a margin within the pages. She looked around; no one was there until she turned around and saw him, Henry, King Henry Tudor.

Henry smiled at Rose but Rose just shook her head. She couldn't believe that he was following her again. "I wanted to surprise you," said Henry.

Rosalie put on her seductive smile, just to throw Henry off the scent. "No one can scare me, your majesty."

Henry was confused. Usually, she did not play the flirting game; instead she would usually insult him and result to violence. Of course, he did not mind it either way but she was a hard woman to read. Usually, reading women was so easy for him.

"Mistress Hale," began Henry, wanting to get straight to the point. "I do not know if you know that my marriage to Anne Boleyn is unlawful, I was seduced by witchcraft." Rosalie had a chuckle to herself, of all the people he should tell 'witchcraft' to. "I have taken it to my mind that I will take a new wife, one who will give me a son."

Rosalie gulped at the remark. She knew that he was going to ask her, why not Jane Seymour, was all that she could think. More so, why her? She would never be able to give Henry a son, never mind a daughter.

Henry gently reached out and grabbed Rosalie's hand gently. "Mistress Hale, Rose, would you do me the honour?" asked Henry with a hopeful look on his face.

Rosalie quickly snatched her hand away. If tears could form in her eyes she would surely be crying now, just because of the excuse she had to tell him. "Henry I cannot. I...I...I am barren. It is best if you stay with your wife or if in your mind you do believe that marriage is unlawful, marry Jane."

Rosalie ran from Henry's view and down a stairwell. Henry was literally shocked. He never thought Rose, his latest infatuation, was barren. Of course, he did not know the truth of the story but this is what he believed. Henry suddenly became furious, not only at Rosalie but at Anne. If she had not stringed him along, he could have lawfully married Jane as Catherine was dead. He would have married Jane long before Rosalie came to court.

He started walking and thinking. He was still infatuated with Rosalie; he would have to make her his mistress. They was no harm as she would never have a bastard child off of him and he couldn't make her his wife since he had waited so long for a son, a male heir to succeed him.

His thoughts were soon interrupted when he saw his wife walk up the stairwell. She was carrying their only child, Elizabeth. He started to turn away from them as Anne started speaking, "Henry, please. Henry please," she said with a desperate voice.

Henry continued to walk away. He didn't want to see, speak or hear of her right now, nor ever. Anne continued chasing him however while she tried to keep a grip on Elizabeth. "For the love you bear our child, for the love of Elizabeth, have mercy."

Henry became furious, why use their daughter as a bargaining tool? "You lied to me. You always lied to me," yelled out Henry. Anne screamed out her innocence but he didn't want to believe it. "You were not a virgin when you married me; you were not what you seemed. Your father and your brother arranged everything."

Anne screamed out her innocence again as she ran in front of him, to stop him from walking up a flight of stairs and away from. "No, I loved you and I love you still. Please after everything we've been to each other, after everything we were. Please," cried out Anne as she stood in front of Henry.

Henry pushed Anne but she stood affirm and walked up the stairs. She now towered over him. "One more chance, one more," she said as a last desperate plea.

Henry didn't want to hear it. He quickly walked past Anne and Elizabeth and didn't look back. He couldn't look back. Anne called out to him, "your majesty, your majesty I beseech you." He still wouldn't turn around.

Anne fell to the floor and cried. Elizabeth hugged her mother. Elizabeth was the only comfort to Anne in this whole world and she was scared, not only for herself but for her daughter. What was she to be when she was gone?

AN: That last scene is my favourite scene out of the Tudors, it is just so emotional. Great acting by all actors involved. Anyway, for all you Anne fans, it will be her last chapter in the next one so bring out the tissues. Also, I have decided that this will be a fifteen chapter story. Don't worry; I plan on a prequel or sequel. Not quite sure. What would you guys like to see?

Also thank you to all that review. It is always appreciated if you do review.

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