Sparks Fly When You're Around

Chapter 7 - The prophecy Part II

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In her away to her room Aylee was pursued by Clarissa that wanted that Mary would believe in Nostradamus prophecy. She liked her and she would protect Mary for anyone she could even for that she had to kill. So she approaches silently and attacked her with a knife directly into her neck. The blood spills for every corner in that room and into Clarissa dresses that vanish like she was a ghost. Aylee felt to the ground and a guard found her in that state. He asks for help immediately and orders that anyone would called the Queen of Scots.

When she heard what just happened with her dear friend, Mary runs into the corridor reaching her and kneeling right by her side. Francis was running right back and didn't want to believe that happened into his castle at his father's supervision.

- Believe, Mary. Believe in the magic of love... be happy. – Aylee whispers to her with the small strength she had left. – Tell my family that I love them and I always will be.

- AYLEE! – Mary says crying trying to stanch her blood. But she already lost too much and there was nothing anyone could do to save her.

- Believe in the power of friendship. – She says dying instantly. Mary cried a lot and she gets up with her dress full of Aylee blood. Francis reaches her to hug her and she let him do it, not believing that moments before she was really happy and know she had a certain. Francis would die for sure if they married. The man who was comforting her, that she loves deeply and that she never given up was doom to die for them own happiness. And there were other certain: she would never let that happen. She moves away from him looking one last time for his deep blue eyes trying to memorize them.

She didn't say a word and hugs all her friends and they saw one of the guards taking care of Aylee dead body. All of them were uncomfortable but they had nothing they could do.

Mary couldn't sleep that night. Too many worries and nightmares were threating her. So even if was too early she had defined a plan to escape from the castle. There was nothing can went wrong and she had to be quickly and off course... she needed Queen's Catherine help. Mary knew that she would do anything to maintain her firstborn alive, that she loves her son too deeply for not co-operate!

Finally it was morning and Mary was already waked. For say the truth: she hadn't slept at all! Her eyes were red and she was in grief. Her friends get in her room murmuring a good morning without any meaning. They helped Mary to dress and when they finished Mary ask all of them to sit in her couch.

- I will leave France today. I can't permit that anyone of us die because of my personal happiness. – Mary declares with her hands in front of her belly. – I wished I could take all of you but I can't if I really want this went right. – She says sadly and watched her friend's nods. – So, here it's my plan: I will go through the secret passageway to the stables. It will be no guard there because the king went to town solves a thing with peasants. So I will ride a horse far from the castle to the port when a small ship awaits me or... I will buy my passageway right to Scotland. – She explains. – I packed a few things and hide them in the passageway for no one to notice and only you know what I am about to do. – She says in a tune of aware. – Francis can't know where I am and you have to be cautious with the letters you will receive from me. – Mary explains looking at every one of them and grabbing the hand of two. – I will do anything to protect you even when I will be far from you. – She promises looking at her. – I will miss all of you. – She guarantees hugging all of them in a tight hug. – I love you.

- We love you too. – They respond at the same time looking at Mary with tears in their eyes. But they knew that Mary was a very kind person who wouldn't let anything happened to Francis or their people.

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Mary walks to the queen chambers when Catherine received her.

- I'm here to say that I'm going away. – She declares. – I will not let Francis die because of me but I want you to guarantee that I and my friends will no longer be a target. – She says seriously and saw the queen nodded to her words.

- I will no longer be a threat, believe me. – She guarantees with a sad smile because she knew that Francis would be heartbroken with that.

Mary assents with the head and prepares to leave.

- Thank You. – Catherine thanks really appreciated with her gesture.

- You're welcome. – She says leaving her chambers and walking directly to the passageway without looking back. If she do it, Mary wouldn't be certain if she was capable of leaving him, the man that she loves so deeply, the man of her dreams and the man of her live. She walks quickly to that corridors and enter in the passageway where she felt safe. She walks and was guide for the marks of chalk that Clarissa made for her. In a question of a few minutes she was in the stable. She gets up to the horse and order him to lope from that place.

- I hope someday you can forgive me. – Mary says in a sob with tears on her face. – I will always love you, Francis.

She ride for a long minutes and saw a small boat ready to depart. She ran from it.

- Scotland? – She asks to the man of the boat.

- Maybe. – He responds suspicious. Then Mary puts a few golden coins in the man's hand.

- Scotland, it is. – He says happy for that little fortune.