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Annette Castle, a night

In a dark forest's, Elizabeth run by Anne's side, holding tightly her hand in hers, their very long hairs floating in the air, at bay, terrorized, they hear their pursuers's steps behind them, getting closer and closer of them, they accelerate the rythm, running as fast as they can.

Suddenly, Elizabeth's foot hurt a big tree root, she slip and fall on the cold and humid ground, crying, Anne turn, worried, she lean over her and take her in her arms, but the armed men that stalk them catch up with them, Elizabeth and Anne scream, terrified.

Anne lay down Elizabeth's body in a protective gesture and squeeze her in her arms, but one men saize her, lift her while another man saize Elizabeth and try to snatch her from her mother's arms, both scream, cry and fight for don't release each others.

But the men pull Anne on a side, Elizabeth on the other side and they are too strong for them, they succed to snatch them to each other, Elizabeth, terrified, scream and extend her arms toward Anne in dispair, seeing the men taking her mother away from her.

Elizabeth jolt in waking up in a bed, don't knowing where she is, her eyes bulging in terror, her view blurred by tears, she try to see something in the darkness of the room, feeling her nightgown wet of sweat clinging to her skin, paralized, she scream and call in a deseperate tone.

"Mama ! my mama ! I want my mama !"

Only a full and careless silence answer to her, then, gasping and trembling, she hear steps in the corridor coming toward her bedroom's door fastly, then the door open and she see her mother's bigure entering holding a candle that lighten the beloved beautiful face, as a loving and reassuring lighthouse in the darkness.

Very worried by the scream she heard coming from her daughter's bedroom, seeing the air totally terrified on her daughters face, Anne rush to the bed put the candle on a gueridon and take Elizabeth in her arms and say her.

"I am here, Ellie, what's happening ?"

Elizabeth wrapp her arms around her mother and squeeze her embrace with all her strenghts and answer her in crying, her voice shaking, hardling finding the words for talk about what happened.

"Mama ! ... it's these men ... who have pursue us in the woods ... ! they surely wanted to kill us or send us in prison"

Anne understanding that it's again one her daughther noctural terrors and nightmares, rock her in her arms in a attempt of reassuring her and she answer.

"Shh, my love, you have only do a nightmare, you are safe here with me."

Anne rock her tenderly tenderly in her arms, Elizabeth feel her terror and her nightmare's images evaporate in the air, feeling reassured in her mother's arms, she slowly get conscious of the reality, realizing that she is in her familiar bedroom, Anne kiss her forehead, feeling with relieveing her daughter's calming down, then she tell her softly.

"It's your huge anxiety that make you have all these horrible nightmares, so try to relax, my Ellie, you are in security here with me."

Elizabeth still feel a familiar fear in her, in spite of her young age and of her mother's protection, she don't forget their ranks nor their situation rather vulnerable.

She know that the king has been displeased and even hostile to them and she guess that it's can be very dangerous to displease the king, she also learned from conversations that she heard between her mother and oncle that there is people who hate her mother and would cause them harm.

She also know that some day, she could be taken from her mother, if the king decide so, without her mother could do anything, she breath deeply, trying to countain her anxiety, lean her face to Anne's throat and answer her.

"But it's could happen in reality, mama, there is people who hate you and don't want to ever see me, your daughter, suceed to the king, they could cause harm to us, even kill us, I know it, I heard you talking with oncle George and the king put us in a worse condition than we yet are and take me away from you ."

Anne feel her own anxiety rising, knowing well the potential dangers that they run, without protection nor support, aside her brother who do his best but couldn't protect them in a grave situation, but as usual, she dominate and hide her own fears for reassure her daughter and answer her softly.

"Don't worry, my Ellie, I am here with you and I will always protect you, until my last breath, you know it ?"

Elizabeth shiver for a while in thinking that if something happen to her mother, then she will no be able to protect her anymore, she chase this horrible idea away, nodd, Anne smile slighty and say her.

"And now, let's go in my bedroom for end the night, allright ?"

Elizabeth smile, feeling reassured and happy at the idea to sleep by her mother's side rather than alone here in this bedroom filled up with her nightmares and she answer with enthousiasme in her sleepy voice.

"Yes !"

Anne giggle, lift her in her arms, Elizabeth wrapp her arms and legs around her mother as she carry her out of the room until her own bedroom, she lay her down by her side on the bed and tell her, keep a tender arm around her and ask her.

"Are you feeling better, Elizabeth ?"

Elizabeth, feeling more serene and peaceful in her mother's arm, in the big canopy bed, smile and answer her.

"Yes, mama"

Anne kiss her cheek and answer her.

"Let's sleep now, have sweet dreams, my Ellie, I love you"

"I love you too, mama"

They both fall asleep in the dark bedroom.

Annette Castle, in the afternoon

Anne enter discreetly the study room at the time of lessons's end, she see Elizabeth sat at her little table, her head titled on the left, her very long red hairs covering the back of her chair as a copper satin veil, her mouth half-opened in intense concentration, she draw with application the last letters of her lignes of writing on her parchment.

Anne come closer on her daughter's back and look at the parchement, smiling she admire in silence the perfect drawing of the letters and words, concentrate, as Elizabeth who hadn't notice her mother's presence finish to write her lignes, then put her feather down the table.

Anne caress her head tenderly, Elizabeth she turn back and smile in seeing her mother leaned over her, she get up and hug her slighty, her mother hug her back, kiss her cheek, then she tell her in a warm tone.

"Congratulations, my Elizabeth, your writing have get excellent, as your reading"

Elizabeth blush and smile proudly, then Anne tell her.

"And now that you have well end your lessons, what about talking a stroll in the garden, before diner time ?"

"Yes ! can we go to the lake ?"

"Of course, darling, but we can't swim anymore, it's too cold now"

"I know, I wouldn't like to being frozen !"

Anne giggle, then take her daughter's hand and they leave the room, join the garden and walk along the country paths, among the meadows and big trees, in the stil warm air of early automn, talking of lights topics joyfully.

Then they cross over the undergrowths in singing a ditty, until reaching the lake and began to walk along it's banks, Elizabeth, looking to the opposite shore, get dreamy in recalling of the stories that her mother did tell her about the new world and tell her mother.

"You know what I would like to do ?"

Anne turn to her, smile, put her arm around her shoulder, as a fresh wind make dance their hairs and longs dresses and answer her.

"No, but you are going to tell me"

"I would like to go to explorate america !"

Anne giggle and ask her.

"Really ? you would want to go that far ?"

Her eyes glowing with fire and excitement, pressing against her mother in the fresh air and she answer her with huge enthousiasme.

"Yes ! I find it so mysterious and full of things to discover, a whole new world to discover !, immense ! it's passionating !"

Anne chuckle, armused by her daughter's vitality and enthousiasme, recalling of their long talks about the new world, then she answer her.

"But as I said you, for now there is only these blasted spanish conquistadores up there ! and that they take advantage of it for appropriate all it's wealthnesses and loot all this, for give it to their basted emperor. So I highly doubt that you would be able to go up there a day"

Elizabeth sigh heavely and answer her.

"Yes I know ! it's a shame that there is spaniards up there ! England could get a huge knowledge and prestige to explorate and conquest lands up there !"

Anne nodd, smiling and answer her.

"Yes, you are very right, my Ellie."

"And who know what ? If ever a day I suceed to my father and become queen of England, I will send explorators in americas !"

Anne get a serious air in hearing her daughter talking about suceed her father, it's the first time Elizabeth talk about it seriously and Anne is amazed by the natural and confident tone that the little girl use for talk about it, she ask her carefully.

"You would like to suceed your father and become queen of England ? if ever it happen ?"

Elizabeth's face take a thougthful air, she reflect deeply, then answer with a serious and calm tone.

"Yes, I think I would like it, because so I would be queen, the one who rule, not only a king's wife, and I would be able to make progress england and to show to everyone Anne Boleyn and king Henry's daughter's values ! and so I wouldbe able to continue to live near of you, we wouldn't be separate."

Anne listen to her daughter with interest, then moved, she smile and hug her tenderly, then kiss her forehead.

"My beloved Elizabeth"

Elizabeth hug her back, then, thinking of her statut and situation, she sigh and add.

"Unfortunately, since I am illegitime, there is really weak chances that it happen, but maybe a day, in a very long time, I could suceed him a day, if he don't have another children"

Anne nodd, release her and answer her.

"Yes it's true."

Elizabeth shiver in feeling the cold wind brushing her face and tell her mother.

"It's getting cold with this wind, my face is frozen ! can we return home now ?"

Anne chuckle, then answer her.

"Yes, let's go !"

She put a arm around her daughter's should and they walk again toward the undergrowth for return to the castle.