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I love the show Reign. This is an OC fan fic as most of mine are. Enjoy!

Mary

Mary waited in the front of the castle to welcome the new arrival. All of her ladies in waiting were with her except Kenna who wasn't showing up too much if Mary was there. Mary was trying her best to deal with that situation as a queen would and right now it consisted of not speaking with her right now.

The wind was blowing and she shivered a little bit. Her hair blew in her face and she pushed it away. She supposed that she had been designated the welcoming committee. Not that she minded greeting the king of Spain's daughter would take her mind off of many things that she was thinking about.

When she thought of Francis and Olivia her heart ruptured into aches and tugging that made her want to rip it from her chest. When she thought of Sebastian her stomach dropped and she felt guilty. She thought of her soon to be mother the queen and she was filled with rage. But welcoming the girl who was the daughter of the king of Spain's and his mistress she felt nothing but duty.

She had been informed that the girl would be arriving with only one ladies maid. When her Francis and Sebastian had been called in to be informed of the girls arrival everybody brightened. She had yet to meet one person who was put out by her coming. This kind of made her nervous. Either she was a lovely girl or she was good at pretending. She had stayed here years before from the time she was fourteen until she was sixteen. She had been gone for two years and now she was returning to spend a few months here. She was very nervous by another woman from Francis past coming here. Olivia had caused trouble and she wasn't sure she could handle much more.

So she supposed when she thought about the woman coming she did have some sort of feeling of trepidation. As the girls whispered when the dust trail signified that the carriage was approaching. They all walked down the steps and waited on the lawn for the woman to get there.

"Do you think she will be beautiful?" Aylee asked excitedly.

"The cook said that she was the most Spaniard she had seen." Greer said and got look from all the girls about how much time she was spending in the kitchen. She rolled her eyes at them all.

"I heard she had three offer of marriages when she was here. But I also heard her father has allowed her to pick her own betrothed."Aylee said

"Well that's ridiculous." Lola shook her head.

"No king in his right mind would let his daughter choose her own match. Even a bastard daughter." Greer said.

"Greer mind your words." Mary said not unkindly

The coach pulled up and the dust settled as the footman stepped down and bowed to them all. They smiled and curtsied and waited for him to open the door but the door opened before he could get there. A boy jumped out from the carriage. He must have been a boy because he was too short to be a man and his figure was small. He wore leather riding pants and a loose linen shirt that was tucked in and his hat was hiding his face. He stuck his head back in the carriage and a woman stepped out as he helped her down. She was taller than Mary and very willowy thin. She didn't have the dark olive skin and dark hair that usually were marks of woman from Spain. She had light brown sun streaked hair that was braided back and wound with a string of pearls. The girls swarmed around her and the boy let go of her hand and stepped away.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Lady Sophia." Mary curtsied to her and held out her hand to the girl whose jaw was open in a very un-ladylike. She stuttered and stammered as the girls introduced themselves. They all curtsied as the girl tried to say something but didn't succeed.

"Was your journey pleasant?" Greer asked her taking one of her hands

"Pardon?" The girl asked. The boy stepped to them all and bowed.

"Perhaps we should move to the castle." He said. Lady Sophia looked at him and her eyes got bigger if that was possible. She opened her mouth to say something to him but he just nodded at her and made a movement for the ladies to show the way which gave Mary and her ladies no time to introduce themselves to the boy.

They all walked to the castle surrounding the girl with questions. Mary let her girls ask the questions as she listened. Lady Sophia didn't answer a single question. By the time she stuttered the first time one of the girls had already asked her another question. Mary heard the boy chuckle behind her and she figured that the lady must be shy.

They walked through the front doors of the castle. The boy stayed back to embrace a guard at the front and chatted with him as the girls moved on.

"Lady Sophia there is to be a masquerade in your honor in three days. I am very excited." Aylee said with her childlike smile.

"Lovely." Sophia said in a high pitch voice like it was forced out. Mary shooed her ladies away.

"Now, now give her some room to breathe. Go off all of you I will See Sophia to her room." She said as they all curtsied goodbye and left Sophia and Mary alone.

"Queen Mary." The girl said desperately as they walked a flight of stairs.

"My dear you must call me Mary." She said resting her hand on the girls. "you will be staying in a room right next to mine." She said to her

"Oh." Was all the girl said. When Mary looked up she saw Francis coming down the hall.

"Hello." She said to him and he nodded but otherwise ignored her.

"Hello ." He said to the lady and tilted his head waiting for a introduction. The girls head came up and she took a deep breath.

"Hello my name is Myrtle, ladies maid to Lady Sophia." She said

"Pardon me?" Mary asked her confused. The girl looked at Mary like she would love to explain but didn't know how.

"Where is Sophia?" Francis asked now directing his gaze to Mary.

"Well I am sure I don't know." She said still staring at the girl. Then the boy from the carriage came down the hall and when he saw Francis he broke into a run. Francis smiled at the boy.

"There you are he said catching him but as he spun him around his hat came off and a veil of thick dark hair spilled down the back of the boy that Mary now saw was a girl. She kissed both of Francis' cheeks as he set her down. She was shorter than Mary maybe Greer's size. But Mary wondered how she didn't see the womanly form hidden under the man's clothes. It was now clearly visible and Mary blushed a little that she didn't catch it sooner.

"Why ever are you dressed that way Sophia?" Francis asked her still smiling.

"I have found that I prefer mens clothing." She said simply. "You can do so much more without skirts getting in your way." She said picking up her hat and turning to Mary. She bowed like a boy dramatically with her hat. "Forgive me queen Mary for allowing confusion to occur after my arrival. I am Lady Sophia of Spain.

She did look rather more like a Spaniard. She had that darker olive complexion and dark hair with huge brown almond shaped eyes framed with thick lashes. Mary held out her hand to the woman.

"Mary Queen of Scotland." She said a little dazed but she had already decided that she liked this royal who didn't act like a royal at all. She smiled as the girl took her hand.

"Yes I have heard lots about you. Mary queen of the Scotts and also engaged to one of my favorite people. She turned and tapped Francis' nose with her finger. He just smiled at her after a worried look in Mary's direction.

Sophia wrapped her hair up and stuck her hat back on her head.

"Well shall we go so that I can greet everyone else?" She said walking back toward the stairs.

"Don't you think you should change Sophie?" Francis called after her.

"Why?" She asked as she made her way down the stairs.