OKAY SO I KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO NOT KILL FRANCIS. YAY. I HAVE WATCHED THE LATEST EPISODE OF REIGN AGAIN JUST BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE FRANCIS ONE MORE TIME ON REIGN! I KNOW ITS SILLY BUT I AM SO GUTTED.

Mary watched the tree branches and spring flowers create a shadow as the sun shone brightly out the carriage window, the three women hadn't uttered a word since they began their journey; Mary was enjoying the features of the forest however Claude had a constant nagging in her head so she had to say something…Didn't she?

"So?" Claude said with an expecting tone looking at Mary.

Both Catherine and Mary snapped out of they're thoughts.

"What?" Mary asked.

"Are you going to tell us what my dear brother said or just torture us with this never ending silence?" Claude demanded.

Mary looked at Catherine as if she was asking for some support but Catherine just smirked and gazed out the window. Always straight to the point, Claude-Catherine thought.

"All Francis did was introduce me to a high respected guard who is also a friend. He's escorting us now to reassure Francis of our safety, you may know him; his name is Leith." Mary shrugged the fact off.

"Leith? Leith is here?" Claude asked excitedly.

"Yes do you know him?" Mary teased with a smile.

"Leith is Claude's guard. They spend every day with each other; I would have thought you would be happy to have some freedom." Catherine said.

"As if that would ever happen." Claude rolled her eyes at her mother.

Mary sighed. She knew it would be a long journey and awkward.

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Francis was just leaving the court yard after attending security when he saw Bash and Kenna galloping through castle gates.

"You're back!" Francis smiled shaking Bash's hand; welcoming them back as he guided both Kenna and Bash into the castle.

"Yes, anything interesting happened while we have been away?" Bash asked.

"Oh I think I will need to sit down before I tell you what's happened, I take it everything went to plan?" Francis said.

"Yes Jeffery said he will be in touch…now I think we will need a drink if you need to actually sit to tell me what drama has happened in my absence!"

Both Brothers laughed in harmony. Meanwhile Kenna wondered off to find Greer and Lola to gossip about her feisty fierce adventure.

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Leith felt the sun shine down on his face; life lately for Leith had changed rapidly since the war. He and Greer were no longer a possibility in the future; he was now a friend of the Kind and a guard to Princess Claude! Out of all the thought's and predicaments his parents said he would be this was not one of them. The only problem was his feelings they're always his down fall.

"Sir?" A young boy said.

"Yes?" Leith gave the boy his full attention.

"I think we're being watched." The boy kept a straight face. Leith didn't know if to take him seriously or to laugh; this boy was new to the job and had only just started serving king and country so how could he know if they were being watched?

"Are you sure?" Leith asked.

The boy just stared behind Leith's back; he turned to see what looked like Protestants running down the bank to attack the Royal Carriage.

"Surround the Carriage; shield them!" Leith shouted.

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The Royals watched as the Protestants attacked and seemed to be winning.

"Well this won't do, will it?" Catherine sighed as she watched innocent men die.

"What do you suppose we do?" Mary asked.

"We escape!" Catherine stood up and pulled her seat up to reveal a whole the three of them could escape out of under the carriage.

"WE CAN'T LEAVE LEITH!" Claude all of a sudden burst out.

"What do you mean? You haven't encouraged him, have you?" Catherine asked.

"No! We're just friends, we can't leave. I won't." Claude refused.

"I will just drag you then." Catherine said.

And that is exactly what happened.

I KNOW IT IS SHORT BUT I AM WAITING TILL THE NEXT CHAPTER TO REVEAL IT.

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