A/N: First chapter of the long awaited sequel:

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Chapter #1: The Players

(1531)

January 1st, Greenwich Palace.

If everything my father has ever taught me has been true; then I would already be dead, for I never truly believed that going against your love gets you somewhere, it all only brings you pain and suffering, like what happened to me and Katherine.

Seems like yesterday when I was following her trail outside the chapel, she was wearing a yellow and white dress with small roses, she told me it was in the Spanish tradition that if a bride was to marry somebody who was especial, she would wear pink roses to symbolize a pure unadulterated love, free of passion.

But my marriage with Katherine could hardly be described as free of passion, on the contrary, it was full of passion and adulterous love.

After she broke off our engagement to be together and went to marry the sickly Prince Arthur Tudor, I started to look elsewhere for prospects to marry, eventually as always my father found someone and I married Joanne, settled down, forgot about Katherine and had children.

Eventually as always my past came up to haunt me, and it cost me one wife's life, two babies and the trust of my second youngest daughter, Elizabeth.

That is another thing I sometimes question myself about, Elizabeth.

Did I do right to raise that girl with no rules and let her roam free on the wild, while I was teacher her sisters and brother theology and morals? Did I ever do right with that girl at all?

"Of course you did, you always did." An inner voice whispers to me.

I know I did right with Elizabeth, my love for her is the same love I have for all of my children, even for Henry whom I know that deep inside he is a great man, ruler and scholar, and whatever his decision he will see the error of his ways and turn back to the true ways, sooner or later.

That much faith I have in him and that much I am willing to risk my life and my soul to give to the devil so he can see the error of his ways, because he is my son but most importantly he is my King, my master and my liege.

I know that my daughter who bears the name of Elizabeth is now lost to me and my family, but my new granddaughter who is not yet an hour old, and was born healthy, has hope and will bring England to its knees with her beauty and smile, I have seen it, in a dream before she was born and know deep in my heart, that my granddaughter is special and holds a special place in my heart.

(1532)

Richmond Palace, New Restoration Rooms

The halls of Richmond Palace which were beginning to be out of fashion, had been commissioned to be remodeled on the Queen's orders, not only the walls but also the carpets, the floor and all of the guests rooms. The Queen herself had said that she was to have the best Palace in town for her guests, and England was to make a good impression on all their guests, especially those coming from across the seas, rivals to England like Spain, France and what remained of the Holy Roman Empire on the Netherlands.

Men had been working day and night to get this palace to look as it once had, they barely had time to rest when they were waken up from their slumber by their harsh masters to try and redo the painting all over again. Some were even trying to see a way in which they could get fired

But the Queen was too much of a quick mind to have any of that. Anyone who quit or attempted to get fired on purpose and was caught on his little scheme, was whipped severely with 12 lashes a day or more.

The laziness that had surrounded the men and workers of Richmond calmed down a bit after that.

Every one of the ladies who were following Anne at the moment of her inspection were hesitant to watch their Mistress reprimand more of the workers, contrary to popular belief, Anne was not harsh or cruel to them, but she was rather strict when it came to their laziness on building the new rooms for her palace.

The ladies as always were discussing their silly matters of who workers looked or would look best with their shirts off, Meg thought they were such whores to think such a thing, at least her father had the good decency not to teach her all this talk and give her good sense of keeping her dignity, even in her thoughts. It pained her to no end that she had to hear to all of this nonsense, at least Anne seemed to have heard too and in less than a second she went to her Ladies and reprimanded them.

"What are you saying to the other Madge?" She asked her cousin, Madge Shelton, a plump and young girl whose squeaky voice gave Meg headaches to no end, and of all of the girls in the group she was also the more precocious in her outrageous behavior sneaking with men behind the Queen's and Margaret's (who was now Governess to Princess Elizabeth too) noses. She was also the one who read most of the naughtiest things that could be written down in the English Language.

"Nothing your Majesty." Madge said, suddenly tensing on hearing her cousin, the Queen's strict voice reprimanding her. "I was just stating to the Ladies Madam that some of the men do not look all that bad your Grace."

"Not bad?" Anne repeated. The silly girl of Madge, nodded her head and tried to avoid the Queen's gaze. Anne then turned to Meg, who was quietly looking at the scene as an spectator rather than the enforcer or the punisher like Anne.

Suddenly an idea came to Anne and she spoke to Meg in a high, yet amused voice. "Lady More."

"Yes your grace?" - She asked.

Queen Anne smiled more at the sound of Meg's inquiry. "If I were to tell you that I find that worker, that one over there just by the rocks next to the Chief Instructor." She said pointing her finger to the right of where she was standing to a handsome boy who looked no older than 17, hardly a man. " ... and if I were to say that I find him intriguing and very handsome, even though you know me to be married to our liege King Henry; tell me would you think of me with the same grace as how you serve me Lady Margaret?"

Margaret tensed but knew where Anne was getting to. "No" She said. "With all due respect I would not your Grace, even if you were not married, I would think this behavior not proper of a true Lady of His Majesty and of the Court."

Queen Anne satisfied with her response turned to Madge whose cheeks now seemed like fire, she was swallowed in her own shame as the rest of the Queen's ladies, they had all learned their lesson of what can happen to them if their outrageous behavior continued.

Madge and all of the ladies upon Meg's command to move close to the Queen followed without question, their allegations of which worker was handsome and which not was immediately quieted down after Meg's and the Queen's talk.

The Queen and her ladies after inspecting the rest of the remodeling team, went back to the Queen's quarters that because it was connected next to little Princess Elizabeth's rooms and crib, Meg could easily attend her Mistress and her ward at the same time with no problem at all of being tardy.

Richmond Palace, The Queen's Chambers:

Once they reached the rooms, most of the Ladies went to read or rest sitting on the couches and old chairs while they also talked with other fellow ladies, Meg on the other hand went to her duties to the Queen by undressing her from the heavy jewelery she was wearing.

"Meg." Anne called. Margaret More turned to look at her Mistress. "Do you like your job?"

"Yes Your Majesty." She said in a quiet voice.

Anne Boleyn smiled, remembering the former coward girl who had refused at being offered such privilege and position before, but with time Margaret had become not only a good governess for her and the King's child and heiress, Elizabeth, but also a good company for Anne, one that Anne hardly wanted to go away, but her father on the other hand was not exactly an admirer of Anne and she had to do something quick before the Chancellor could act and do something to tare Margaret from her daughter and from Anne.

"Liar, I know that you still are a little hesitant towards the new ideas Margaret, but with time you will see how right I am to change this Country for its decadent Church, now tell me how is your progress with Elizabeth?"

Meg smiled. "Perfect, she is a sweet child, I still can't believe the King was not all that happy the moment she was brought to this world on January of 1531, how can somebody not be happy with her Mistress? She is a good and should I say rather fuzzy young girl, but I enjoy taking care of her." She said making the Queen smiled and ponder back to the moment when she had first brought a child into this world, who was fortunate enough to live, but the King disappointed at not having a boy like he wished, felt betrayed and with a sorrowful voice he had said to Anne. "If we can have a healthy daughter, then we can have a healthy son."

'Why did Henry have to act like that? Does he not know that a good and healthy girl is better than no child at all? Or it could have been worse and I could have delivered a dead baby like all of Isabella's dead children, at least I delivered one worthy enough to be his heir, more than that masker Mary who I am still sure is not his child!'

Anne's head spiraled with more questions and doubts of why Henry had to throw such silly tantrums back on that fateful day of their daughter's first birthday, but she knew why inside, luckily enough for her, Henry being always a changeable man who could go from a hot temper to a cold temper; had changed for the next day and he ordered a big celebration for his and Anne's child,

Even Mary who had been Princess Mary of Wales at the time, had been reduced to Princess Mary and Duchess only of York, as Elizabeth had been proclaimed Princess of Wales in her place, up until now there were two Princesses on the Palace, one who maintained the title only in name, but her status had been diminished to Princess and Duchess, and the other, the King's youngest daughter who was Anne's child, and was becoming more and more the heir apparent to the throne as she was now the Official Princess of Wales and not Mary.

Lady Margaret More who at the time did not agree with Anne like her father for doing this, had been calmed down after Elizabeth had been born. She fell in love the moment she held the little baby in her arms, Anne herself had not seen before such love radiating from the girl, not even the love she had for her father could beat the love and affection she had for Elizabeth, who was in truth her niece.

The Chief Lady-In-Waiting after being dispatched to serve the Queen and look after her, had felt quite saddened by being kept apart from Elizabeth, and Anne seing the pain in the young woman's eyes after being separated from her niece, she petitioned Henry to turn Margaret into the official Governess for their daughter, Henry wanting to be Anne's good side after hurting Anne agreed and turned Margaret into the Official Governess for Princess Elizabeth weeks after her baptism.

Margaret More couldn't be any happier, she often told herself that the only reason why she was away from her father all this long was because of Elizabeth, there was really no other reason, but even if both Anne the Queen and her Chief Lady in Waiting could give different reasons why they were still working together, the truth was that they both had taken a liking into each other.

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Richmond Palace

Queen's Quarters/ Annex: Princess of Wales Royal Quarters

Lady Shelton who had been taking care of Elizabeth while the Chief of the Ladies in Waiting of Her Majesty, who was also the Official Governess for the Princess, returned from her duties.

The Royal caretaker of the child was doing her job and the King had been gracious enough to grant her a pension by the time she retired to move to any Castle of her choosing.

Of course Lady Shelton had been more than grateful, and assured the King that if he was to have more children -girl or boy- she would dedicate the other half of her life to taking care of his 'little blessings'.

In reality, Lady Shelton thought Elizabeth was such a boring child. And a nuisance to all those who took care of her, all except the Lady Governess Margaret More, her Official care taker.

But of course, that was natural for the Lady Margaret More. She was after all the girl's aunt, and even if Lady Shelton was jealous for the Lady Margaret receiving more benefits, she could hardly complain against that puny girl, even if she knew it was in her right to take the advantage and tell the enemies of the King of the true nature of the relationship the More Family shared with the Princess and with her King.

Somethings, Lady Shelton had found in her many years of experience, were best left undiscovered, besides if the enemies of the King or other Christian Kingdoms knew the truth behind all this scam, then her job as caretaker would be finished and her incomes no longer received and that is something she could not allow, above all things.

She watched the door of the Princess' room being opened and saw Lady Margaret enter, with a swift bow to greet Lady Shelton she also dismissed the woman.

Margaret had never liked Shelton as a care taker for Elizabeth, in truth her niece's health and safety was something Margaret took very seriously and she suspected the only reason why Lady Shelton was here was to win favor from the King or the Queen and then retire into a nice mansion and never have to worry about taking care of another kid in her life, Margaret truly despised that such woman could pretend love in front of a child she did not love or really cared for.

She grabbed Elizabeth carefully and shushed her cries, the girl had been crying and Margaret guessed it was because the old lady who was taking care of her had not sung or said any nice words to her, she -her aunt- sang a song to her and almost immediately the girl started to smile and laugh at the sight of her aunt's face.

A/N

Here it is the first chapter and believe me next, will be full of complete intrigue, another thing I want to thank ladyredvelvet for giving me good advice on who to be Mary Tudor when she become 30, Carolina Vera Squella will be her when she reaches her thirties and beyond, I will age her more as she suffers and her rage deteriorates her physic.

So as you can see Elizabeth is already born, she was born on January 1st 1531, so she is considered a true blessing and a new year baby, and while Henry was mad she was not the boy he desired he is still happy for she was born on a day of celebration, so that must mean she is true blessing and a gift to reign on England, and yest Margaret has loved her niece very much, she can't barely stay away from Elizabeth, and considering her cute figure in the Tudors, who can't?