December 11th,1532

(Warning : Steamy Scene)

~Anne's POV~

Ever since we had that scare when I had the sweat, Henry has been working tirelessly to get his divorce and rejection. And I... I have decided to give him what I promised.

We will talk about my idea for a deal on how to sort this Grand Affair out in the morning.

Storm instructs me on what to do, so--on her advice--I lay there in his chambers, bare as a newborn babe with only a gold slick coverlet covering my legs, waiting for Henry to come.

He enters wearing a bare fur and I am immediately turned on. He sighs and smiles as his eyes lustfully gaze upon me. He slowly walks towards me. I reach my hand out for him and he does the same. Sparks course through me and I can tell he feels it too.

"Now my love. Let me conceive..." I say. He looks down at me. "And we will have a son." His eyes blacken with lust as he kisses my hand and leans down, slowly removing the gold coverlet. I look down briefly and back to him. He slowly hovers on top of me, mesmerizing me. He kisses me on the lips many times allowing my hands to roam his strong back. He leans onto me and I straddle him as he starts carefully, yet quickly pounding into me, making me collapse onto the bed.

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The Next Day

~Cecily's POV~

I sigh before I knock on the door. Katherine has been living in the Court's basement chambers. Hardly appropriate for the Spanish Infanta and the Dowager Princess, and not even close payment, especially for all the years of service she has given. But she brought this upon herself.

She had stated the fact that she wasn't going quietly, but she could have backed down after she stated the fact and she would have been treated so much better if she did. Mary too. Mary would still be 'the Pearl of Henry's World' if she did.

Anne has instructed me to give her a deal, so that's what I'm going to do. And I will use the vision I had yesterday that inspired this deal to convince her.

So, I knock and wait for permission. "Come in." I hear her voice say.

"Your Majesty." I say curtsying, low enough as would be demanded of her current station, but no more.

"Oh it's you." She says disappointed. I growl.

'She should be curtsying back to us as is demanded of OUR station, and begging us for forgiveness for allowing one of her minions to kill Anne twice.' Celeste growls.

'We are here to offer her a deal. Not blame her for all that we KNOW the pope had ordered of Chapuys while he was here for the ceremony.' I tell her before blocking her out. I don't need her anger clouding my judgment.

"Why are you here? Here to gloat?" Katherine asks.

"No. I am here to show you something." I say sitting next to her. "As you may or may not know, I am a seer, an oracle for Selene. And she has showed me the hard truth of what will happen if you continue on this way." I adjust myself so I am facing her and wait for permission, taking her hand when she finally nods.

Our eyes glow white as I show her my vision of Mary, as she looks out the balcony of Hatfield looking sad and alone. As she died childless because she's far too old to have children by the time she finally marries to someone who isn't her mate and isn't even faithful.

Katherine starts to weep. I let her have her moment and then she says, "My poor girl. How could he do that to her?"

"The King--due to love for my cousin, Mary, that Henry, Anne, and I all share-- is prepared to offer you a deal." I say, adjusting my position so I sit straight. "Agree to the annulment and you will be restored to your title as Dowager Princess of Wales, the king's beloved sister. You will be given many lands, your daughter will remain Princess Mary, I will also make sure Henry allows the union between her and her mate--"

"You know who her mate is?" She asks.

"Of course. I am a seer. It's Philip of Bavaria--" I say a little annoyed that she asked me that, then I take a moment to fix my tone and get back on topic, "And as a courtesy to you, if you give up fighting, Henry will let you and Mary live together in a household of your choosing. You would be well cared for as the king's beloved sister. And, more importantly, Mary will be allowed to go with you. Right now, I can see that the only way you want to win is to guarantee Mary's safety and happiness." She looks down in thought. Time to put the final nail of truth in this coffin. "I wouldn't be saying this if it wan't the only way."

"I accept. Now get out of my sight." She says. I growl, but curtsy and leave, Celeste breaking though, mumbling and cursing in my mind.

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~Anne's POV~

I can't do it! I can't hate a little girl that I had a hand in raising. Mary and I were close when I was twenty one, living at court in her service in 1522. We have many good memories. We went on a ride once, just the two of us and I read to her a lot. She once called me a friend.

I had met the Queen many times, but I never met Henry.

I also went home at night to help Cecily out, so that could be a reason. That was why I was at Hever the day of the marking ceremony.

"Princess, may I speak with you?" I inquire. She sighs, but nods. We walk to a corner and I say, "Look, I know what you must think of me and you can hate me, but I want you to know, I bare you no ill will. I love your father, and your a part of him, and we were close once when you were young, remember? " She sighs, nodding breifly. "I know I can never replace your mother, but I would like us to try to get along. Or at least tolerate each other."

"Thank you for talking to me. But you can understand that I am loyal to my mother. I can tolerate you, but I don't think we can hope to be more than friendly acquaintances anymore." She says.

"I understand. I am happy that you trusted me enough to let me speak with you." I say. She curtsy's with a small smile on her face and as she does that, I can see a small trace of the six year old child I loved as if she were my own flesh and blood when I was younger.

Later That Afternoon

"Lily told me she offered Katherine your deal." I eagerly tell Henry as we eat together. I cup up a strawberry and eat a slice.

"And?" He asks before eating a piece of a role. I pickup another strawberry.

"She accepted it. As long as Mary can stay with her and can stay a princess." I say before eating the strawberry.

Despite what people may say, I wish no harm to come to Katherine. I am jealous of her, yes, but I don't want to physically harm her. I would say I don't want hurt her emotionally too, but I think we're a little beyond that.

"Well, well done Cecily." He says.

"Indeed." I say happily. He takes my hand.

"Thank you, Anne. It was your idea that got us out of this mess. Thank you for being so understanding about this. I don't know what I would do without you. I love you." He says.

"I love you too." I say smiling and kiss him.

We sit there, eating our dinner in a comfortable silence. I flashback to the first time I saw him.

Flashback

It was June 6th, 1520 when I first saw Henry. It was the Field of Cloth of Gold, an astonishingly grand European festival, designed to improve relations between the two great rival kingdoms, France and England.

All the wolves were required to inject themselves with a small amount of wolfsbane in advance, so wolves would not be able to go all animalistic in front of the humans. It also changed our appearances so only the people in our pack could recognize us by smell and feel if an... incident were to happen.

My father was heading the celebration, because at the time my sister Mary was one of Francis' many mistresses. He was driving everyone crazy!

"No, no, no, this is wrong. Gauche, ugly. Go!" He barked at the flower arrangers.

"Never share control with a Boleyn." I mumble to my sister, who was walking next to me on the right, shaking my head.

Then I hear her cry, "Annie!" My head turns to her, making me squat down, and she crushes me in a hug.

"There's my girl!" I say happily picking little Cecily up. I toss her around a bit, making her laugh. I attack her with kisses as soon as I caught her. "Oh my own heart, you've grown so much, stop it." She laughs.

"I missed you." She says. She hugs my neck. I hug her tightly.

"I missed you too." I say.

I say hello to my father and take Cecily to explore. Which allows us to run into Henry and Francis right as they were about to fight.

Francis and Henry took off anything of value and put it on the table, then pushed past us.

Then, the two started street fighting. Mary was enjoying it a lot, but this all seemed... trivial for me. Mary cheers and I tell her, "It's like watching two pups play." I look of into space as I think. "Only less adorable."

That makes Cecily laugh. I cover her mouth before she can attract any attention. In the end, Francis had won and Henry looked at us. I felt something stir within me and walked off.

I kept plying that moment in my head that night. The way he looked at me... like he wanted to kiss or kill me. (*laugh). Then I didn't see Henry for six years.

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Three Weeks Later

~Cecily's POV~

Uncle Henry just rejected Katherine yesterday--the less said about that the better. It's very unpleasant, private business. I had to give them something to stop the pain I know they'd feel--and Anne is significantly less stressed without her around, and the midwife just confirmed the most wonderful news.

"You're quite sure?" Anne asks the midwife, Lady Ursula.

Anne has been furiously craving apples for weeks. Gorge and their father suggested that she see a doctor as that is typically a sign of pregnancy.

"Yes. About three weeks a long. Congratulations, Your Majesty." Lady Ursula says.

I hug her and say, "Congratulations, Anne. Your going to be a mama. I guess your living prof we can have it all." I hug her tighter. "You're gonna be the best mom a queen can be. I can feel it."

"Well, I've had a lot of practice." She says. I blush. She's been raising me since I was a toddler.

One Week Later

~Anne's POV~

We eat breakfast together, but I wasn't eating...

I was looking at a slice of soft bread. "Everything alright?" Henry asks. I smile slyly.

She turns to Henry with a neutral face and says, "Just not hungry this morning. I've been a bit nauseous actually."

I turn to a servant and say, "Can you pass me one of those apples please?" A tray is brought over and I pick the reddest, juiciest-looking one of the bunch. "Thank you." I take a bite.

"You've hardly touched your food all week. Are you sure you're okay? You want to me to send for a doctor?" Henry says worried.

"No need for that." I say. She swallows. "I've never felt better." My hand goes daintily to my womb. Henry suddenly gets it.

"You're pregnant." He says dumbfounded. I giggle and put the hand with the apple up to cover my mouth. He slams his silverware down and shouts, "At last!" He runs over, staring at my flat stomach. "A son!" He kneels and looks up at me with nothing but love, placing a hand right where he knew his baby was. "A son! My astrologist said it would be a boy." I nod excitedly and giggle eagerly.

We passionately kiss and he says, "I've waited so long Anne." He kisses my stomach making me laugh and we kiss once more

Three Days Later

I know exactly what is going to happen. I got a night vision and... (wait for it)

ANNE IS PREGNANT WITH QUADS! Two boys two girls. Soon the midwife will be able to tell her it might be multiple babies. I plan to keep this news to myself for now, per Selene's instructions.

It will be a rough nine months. We Tudor's are cursed to have pregnancies that resemble human's, only our chance of dying is significantly less.

That's when she made her special announcement to Mister Wyatt. (*wink, wink).

"Mister Wyatt!" She says happily with her head up pridefully.

"My Lady." He says bowing.

Anne tells me to come over with her fingers and brings me closer to him and tells him, "You must remember my younger sister and now niece." She gestures to me smiling and says, "May I present the Lady Cecily Tudor." I bow into a perfect French curtsy.

"Mister Wyatt, it is an honor to see you again." I say curtsying.

"The honor is mine, my friend." He says. I rise and my Anne giggles a bit. Strange. She's always happy, but she rarely giggles in public..

Anyway, she walks to him and stands there. "You know what?" She asks.

"No, I don't." He says. She grabs his hand and leads him away. Me, being the lost puppy that I am, follow her.

"I have a furious hankering for apples, such as I never had before." She says looking at him as they walk. She stares off, but his eyes stay fixed on her as she says, "It started three days ago."

"Apples?" He asks in a questioning tone.

She looks at him, slyly smiling and says deliberately, "Yes. Apples." She lets go and walks backward and says, "The King told me it was a sign I was pregnant, but I said it was nothing of the sort." She slyly chucks and turns away, walking off.

Wyatt looked like someone killed his best friend. I sigh and walk off after Anne.

I understand she was trying to let him know she is officially unavailable for him, but that could have been done in a far better way.

I walk into Anne's quarter's. Lady Ursula is there checking her over. "I can feel multiple babies." She says.

"What?" She says. She looks at me. I shrug innocently, but I can tell she doesn't buy it.

"Yes, at least two. Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Lady Ursula says. She leaves immediately after.

"This is great news! We must celebrate and tell the king!" I tell her.

I mind link Uncle Henry. He rushes in and Anne tells him the news. He picks her up and spins her.

I can't help but marvel at how much he loves her. I can only hope to find that.

' We will find mate soon.' Celeste tells me.

Maybe.