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Ch.3*Queen Carole*

Carole's POV

"Good morning your majesty!",a young servant chimed brightly with a bow.

Queen Carole looked at the young boy with complete disinterest and an arch of an eyebrow as her only response, before stomping away. She had more important things to do then converse with a peasant child whose only purpose in life was to obey her every whim.

She inwardly growled,"This is all Burt's fault! He allows such insubordination to happen! Slaves should not speak until spoken to! Yet what does he allow? They are allowed to speak whenever they wish! They have lavish quarters and are given breaks! They get extended breaks and pay on holidays! He even gives every single one of them and their families presents on Christmas! He should be spending all of that time and money on me! I AM his wife after all!"

She continued to stampede around the palace in search of her son's fiancee the beautiful, honorable, Quinn Fabray. Carole had known the moment she saw Quinn, staring longingly at Finn from afar, that she was the perfect girl to costar in Carole's plot to take over the kingdom of Lima.

Carole had known for years that she would be the perfect Queen. Being a Duchess just wasn't good enough! In fact, she was almost happy when her former husband, Duke Michael Hudson, had passed due to an illness. The only bad thing had been that she was left alone with an unborn son growing within her. Not long after the Duke's death her beloved son, Finn, was born. He became the light in her otherwise dark life and it was because of him, and her status as Duchess, that she did not completely regret her two year marriage to the Duke.

Carole's parents had her betrothed to Michael before she was even born. In fact, she had never met him until her eighteenth birthday when she was shipped off to his estate, alone, to be married to him forever. It was a small wedding at the estate, one that her family and friends did not attend, and was over quickly leaving her to greet and thank people she did not know. She had never felt more neglected, lost, and unloved as she did that day which was really saying something.

Carole had grown up in a large, loveless home that was built on fake smiles and lies. Her father, a lord, was widely known for being an alcoholic, promiscuous, and emotionally abusive man. He was loud, large, and very hateful towards the ones he should love most. Her mother, a well known seamstress, had once been the most outgoing woman anyone had ever met. However, after marrying Carole's father, she became quiet and reserved. She was a woman who was too thin, with a sickly pale tint to her skin, and long hair that was constantly getting thinner and thinner. It was as if she had lost the will to live after marrying him. Carole was an only child which made her solitude and despair worse throughout her life. Her parents never paid any attention to her. Her father once told her that he could hardly wait for her to turn eighteen so she could leave and never come back. Another time, while her mother had broken down into one of her usual depressive stages, she had told Carole that she wished she had never been born and that Carole was the one who made her life the horrible thing that it was. She had hoped that marrying the Duke would give her a better life, but she felt as if she had just been transferred from one prison to another.

That night, as her virginity was being unwillingly given to this man, he told her that he thought he was falling in love with her. Carole simply nodded as Michael continued,"Carole, I know that this isn't easy for you. After all, we've never met before today and now we are married and in bed together. You have been forced to leave everything you have ever known and loved to come here but I promise you that it will be worth it. I vow to do my best to make you happy, to love and be faithful to you always! Please just allow me to do so.", he kissed her forehead as he laid beside her."Thank you for giving me the gift of your body. I hope to someday be given the gift of your heart. Good night lovely Carole! Sleep well."

He then wrapped his arms around her and fell asleep. Carole pushed her fist to her mouth as she tried to hold back the urge to both vomit and scream. She could feel his arms around her, his breath on her neck, and all she wanted to do was push him off of her and flee. She knew that she could not. There were laws she had to obey now that she was married and it was then that she made a vow to herself,"I WILL get away from this horrid man and even more horrid marriage somehow and when I do I will fulfill what I was born to do! I will become Queen of Lima! First I will take Lima! Then I will take Ohio! Then the world! They will all bow before me and do as I say! And everyone who has ever been horrible to me will pay! Starting with those fools I am forced to call my parents!"

Two years later her golden opportunity arrived. Michael was dying and she didn't have to do anything to cause it! The doctor had said it was a serious illness and she perfectly played the part of the distraught, pregnant wife. At first, she was not happy about her pregnacy! She didn't want to be stuck with anything from the lovesick Micheal Hudson except his money, home, and title. However, the more she thought about it, the more she realized that this was her chance to ensure that after King Burt died that she stayed in power, after she married him of course. Her child would rule after him and, of course, her child would do whatever she said. So, basically it would be the same as her ruling!

Which led her to meeting Lady Quinn Fabray. At the time, Quinn was a lovely girl of thirteen and Carole had just married King Burt and become Queen which had completed part three of her plan. Part two had been to get rid of the former Queen, Elizabeth, which had been surprisingly easy to do.

Carole and Finn had been at the local market to purchase some silks form Mr. and Mrs. Mike and Tina Cohen-Chang, when Carole had looked down an alley and seen a man about to stab himself. Curiousity had gotten the best of her and she walked down the alley, effectively stopping him as she spoke up."Why do you wish to die?"

The man trembled as he looked at her. She arched an eyebrow at him as she waited for him to answer, his eyes widened,"I have always loved the Queen! I used to be a servant in the palace she grew up in before she married the King of Lima. I followed her here but I could never get close to her. I've finally given up hope! She will never be mine! I have nothing to live for! I thought I could get close to her when she took her daily carriage ride in the countryside but no luck!"

Carole suddenly had a brilliant idea and her lips lifted in an evil smirk,"What if I told you that you can have the best of both worlds. You can have Elizabeth and die!"

He looked at her in confusion,"But if I have her then why would I still want to die?"

Carole rolled her eyes,"Because the King will come looking for her and he will find her with you! He will take her back and you will die alone! Or you can die and take her with you! That way she will be only yours forever and no one could ever take her away!"

His eyes widened in realization,"You're right! But how can we make that happen?"

Carole thought for a moment before locking eyes with him again,"Her daily carriage ride in the countryside. Tomorrow when she goes for her ride you will be driving the carriage. Make sure it's just the two of you and make it look like an accident!"

His brows furrowed,"Make what look like an accident?"

Carole could feel the anger boiling and had to suppress a scream of rage at the sheer stupidity of the man before her,"You are going to crash the carriage! It must be fatal though! You must both die to be together forever! Otherwise the King will kill you and keep her!"

He started to shake his head back and forth as tears flowed down his face. Carole interrupted before he could get too hysterical though,"Then you must make sure you both die! You are going to sneak into the castle and find the driver. Tell him the Queen is relieving him for the day and once she has entered the carriage alone, take her to the countryside and do it!"

He nodded and without another word, Carole turned and walked back the way she came. It was a success! The next day, the kingdom was in an uproar at the news that the Queen had been in a horrible carriage accident in the countryside that had killed both her and the driver. Carole was overjoyed!

Five years later, after much comforting and befriending, she married King Bertram Hummel and a month later she met Quinn. It was a party for royals and nobility to celebrate Finn finishing his second year at Dalton Academy in Westerville. Quinn, being a counts daughter, was definitely there and had been gazing at Finn from across the ballroom as he made jokes with his bestfriend and fellow second year Dalton graduate, Noah Puckerman. Carole didn't pay Quinn Fabray too much attention throughout the celebration until she heard Quinn snapping at servants and glaring daggers at other women who would even glance at Finn. Carole watched Quinn more closely after that and it wasn't until she heard Quinn speaking to her lady-in-waiting, Mercedes, that she knew she was valuable.

"Mercedes! Look at all of those little sluts pawing all over my man! It's disgusting! Do they actually believe that they are worthy of him? Do they actually believe that when he is King that any of them are fit to be his Queen? Finn and I are meant to be! I am meant to be royalty! Me!",Quinn snapped.

Carole was shocked and very much impressed by the little blond girl who reminded her so much of herself. Quinn was headstrong, stubborn, goal-oriented, knows exactly what she wants and goes for it, and knew she was meant for so much more then what she had been given. Carole knew right in that moment that she had finally found the girl who would help her fulfill part four of her plan which was to make sure that Finn becomes King of Lima. Only then would they both get what they wanted and deserved, which is exactly what she had told Quinn, after pulling her aside.

"So, you're saying that you're going to make sure that I marry Finn as long as I help you make sure he becomes King? Which would mean that we both remain in power? Including the children that Finn and I will have?", Quinn asked.

Carole nodded,"That's right! So, what do you say? Do we have a deal, Quinn?" Carole stuck her hand out and almost instantly Quinn took it.

"We have a deal, Carole!"

It took three years of Carole convincing Finn, making sure Finn and Quinn were almost always together, and letting Quinn do what she had to do before Finn finally proposed to her. Which is why Carole was now storming around the castle in search of her future daughter in law.

Just a few moments ago, she had overheard Burt and Viceroy William in the throne room talking about how they both thought that it might be better for the kingdom to name Katherine and Noah as next in line for the throne. Carole, furious, knew she had to find Quinn and they had to do something to change Burt's mind. So far everything had been going according to plan and she would be damned if it all fell apart now!