FRAGMENTS OF A DYNASTY
Summary: Mary has a very strange welcome to Heaven. Pairings: implied Henry/Katherine of Aragon/Anne Boleyn/Jane Seymour/Kitty Howard/Kate Parr/Mary Boleyn and implied Mary/others. When Mary opened her eyes once more she was welcomed by the wonderful sight of her mother. Her mother was exactly as she remembered, dark, exotic, wise, loving, and beautiful despite how age had worn her out. She immediately welcomed Mary with a warm embrace and Mary could smell her musky scent. "Mama," she breathed blissfully. "I am so proud of you," her mother said in Spanish, "you are the first true Queen of England just as I knew you would be when you were only a baby in my arms." "I have done dreadful things," Mary confessed, "I lost Calais, I did not bear an heir, and I never managed to bring England truly back to Rome. I do not belong here in Heaven with you." "Nonsense my child," Katherine said, "if your father is here then you definitely belong here as well. You are more of a King than he ever was." "Here, here!" Mary jumped as she realised for the first time that there were other people around them. She had been so focused on her mother who she had not seen in over twenty years that she did not realise there were others. She was even more surprised to see the dark haired, snub-nosed Anne Boleyn grinning at her, with the blonde sweet Jane Seymour sitting beside her, playful childish Kitty Howard sat cross-legged on Anne's other side, and Kate Parr sat there beside her with little Edward smiling uncertainly beside her. Her father was hunched over groaning to himself on the far end of the table. There were many empty seats that had names on them written in a variety of handwritings, her four dead stepmothers and mother had obviously decided together who would be allowed to sit with them in heaven. Most were already dead, probably had gone to visit other people in Heaven, while a small handful were waiting for those who were living to join them. The most notable were Elizabeth's and Anne of Cleves'. Mary felt a blow to the stomach at the idea of either of them dead. She decided to ignore the feeling in favour of being shocked that such adulterous women like Anne Boleyn and Kitty Howard could get into Heaven. "Anne was innocent and Kitty is too naive to be anything but innocent despite her guilt in having affairs," Mary hears her mother murmur in her ear. The knowing look in all of her stepmothers' faces told Mary that they knew there would be several conversations airing out all of the difficulties they had with one another. Mary wasn't sure she really wanted to go through those conversations especially since she imprisoned Elizabeth who was not only Anne's daughter but Kitty and Kate's favourite stepdaughter. "Let's forget the past for now," Anne said calmly, and rather maturely considering the last conversation they had she was practically throwing a hissy fit at being called a whore, "instead why don't you join us for a drink and tell us how your father ruined your life." "Or we can simply discuss how terrible husbands monarchs make," Jane said sweetly. "Or just how nasty men are in general," Kitty said cheerfully, "Oh not you Edward!" she reassured the young boy who was silent as the grave. Pun fully intended. "You're still adorable and cute!" "Father did ruin our lives," Edward said quietly. "Ruin is an understatement," Mary said viciously, "he destroyed any chance for me to have my own child, made me distrustful, bitter, and was an embarrassment to England! Did you know he ruined my first betrothal with the French Dauphin simply because he lost a wrestling match with Francis I?" "I had never been so embarrassed in my life," Katherine muttered. "Looking back I can never figure out why I was attracted to him considering his sulking child hissy fit and the fact he shagged my sister immediately afterwards," Anne added. "We certainly have questionable taste in men," Jane agreed. Mary felt a smirk grow on her face when her father let out a whimper.
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