FRAGMENTS OF A DYNASTY
Summary: Edward thinks about the whispers of his people after his uncle Edward is beheaded.
Pairings: very tiny possible Edward/Mary Queen of Scots, sibling Edward/Mary/Elizabeth, and slight hint to Thomas Seymour/Elizabeth
"Is it not unnatural for the King to behead his uncles? Not even the Old King executed close relatives..."
There are whispers throughout Court, throughout London, throughout the whole country, and the whole world.
Is Edward VI not unnatural?
He is an unnatural child.
He is too quiet for a child. He is too solemn for a child. He is too zealous for a child. He is too bloodthirsty for a child.
Thomas Seymour was beheaded for Treason. He had attempted to kill Edward, marry Elizabeth, and overthrow Mary's place in the succession to the throne. He had to be beheaded. It was the law. It was what was right.
Edward is not sure what the uncle he had been named after had done. Many bad things happened during his uncle's reign as Lord Protector. There had been wars, riots, rebels, economic problems...the list is endless, and the change in government was needed. But what exactly did Uncle Edward do to cause execution?
John will not tell him.
No one realises that Edward only signs his name to documents he does not read because he has no say in them. He may be king but it is in name only. He is too young. He is too sickly. He is too unfit to rule.
It will be too late for him to correct his earlier years on the throne when he comes to full power.
His uncles are dead. Tom who would smile winningly and give money and Edward who would squeeze his shoulder affectionately. His sisters are so far away, Mary in her Catholic beliefs, and Elizabeth in shame. His country is in ruin. It was all too late.
And then no matter what he does as a man – when he turns England into a true country of the Reformed faith, boosts the economy with new French and Scottish lands, marry the Scottish Queen and rule over a united Britain, and produces many heirs...it shall never be enough.
He shall always be remembered as an unnatural child.
And perhaps he is.
After all he did not refuse to sign those death warrants.
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