What is Needed But Unexpected

what is unexpected

"Maria, this better be important or I swear I'm going to make you eat a cymbal. The electricity went off sometime last night and the two Energizer rabbits woke up the whole house with their horse play." Aragon grumbled as she answered her phone at five AM, earning a laugh from the other end.

"Trust me, you're not going to believe why I called you. You and the other queens should probably come to our flat....Also ...Sorry about the outage...Probably was our fault." 

Aragon groaned when she heard her former lady in waiting and friend hang up.

"I'm going to kill that girl. Whatever this is, I doubt it's important enough to deal with a grumpy Boleyn."

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"Why do they want us to come to their place at ass crack o'clock anyway?" Anne grumbled as she collapsed into the seat beside Anna, giving Jane and Katherine space since Katherine was very much still half asleep and cuddling up to the blonde.

"I don't know but it better be important."

It surprised them to find that their former ladies in waiting were outside the house when they arrived, Maggie was grinning brightly and even Bessie seemed to be in good spirits.

"Okay, what's going on? Why did you call us here before the sun even had time to rise?" Aragon grumbled as soon as she got out, only to hear laughter from Maria.

"It's in my room." 

Soon all the queens minus Anna and Katherine was lead inside by their former ladies, Leaving the other pair of queens even more confused than before.

"What the hell do you think is going on?" Katherine asked, earning a shrug form Anna.

"No idea, but they did say we probably would want to go to the living room." 

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"Maria, I swear on my own grave if this is some kind of elaborate prank I am going to beat you." Aragon threatened as she was lead into dark room by her overly jovial friend, who just nudged her.

"Oh hush, I wouldn't wake you up this early just for a prank. I don't have a death wish." Maria snickered, then another softer laugh came from the far corner of the room.

"What is this?" Aragon retorted, earning more laughter from both Maria and the mysterious figure that moved closer in the darkness before an all too familiar voice said

"Sorry for the theatrics...Their idea not mine." 

Catherine felt her heart leap at the sound of the voice and tears filling her eyes, which spilled over as soon as Maria turned on the light to reveal a girl around Katherine's age with tan skin and brown hair and although she definitely looked different, even sounded different from the last time she saw her Aragon knew who she was.

"Mary?" 

She managed to choke out, just as the girl lost all form of refrain and threw herself at her.

"Mama...It is you. You have no idea how much I missed you." 

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Anne wasn't sure why Maggie had lead her out into the back garden but she didn't trust the grin that was across her best friend's face.

"I swear if something jumps out at me, Margaret Lee, I'm never going to speak to you again." She warned, however Maggie just grinned and motioned toward the storage shed.

"If she jumps out at you, it's on her own accord." Maggie replies before stepping back, just as a young teenaged girl with long, red hair stepped out from behind the building, hands playing with the edge of the shirt she wore as she smiled nervously at Anne.

Anne couldn't keep herself from crying as she recognized the girl, who she would recognize in any world.

"Elizabeth?" She dared to breathe, half in denial that she could be looking at her daughter. 

"It's me Mama." 

Maggie watched as Anne suddenly stepped forward and pulled Elizabeth into a hug, both crying then.

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Parr couldn't believe what she was seeing. The baby that she had never seen reach its first birthday was standing in front of her, giggling as it reached for her.

"Mama!"

She didn't know how her Mary had recognized her nor did she care, especially as she lifted the three year old into her arms, trying and failing at keeping her emotions in check.

"Yes Mary, It's me." 

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Jane wasn't expecting to see a little boy of around nine approach her from one of the rooms, nor did she expect the almost hesitate smile that came over his face when he saw her.

"Hello Mother...I...I can't believe we finally got to meet." 

He said formally, although Jane sank to her knees in front of him, disbelief on her face.

"Edward? I…" she began, only to feel her former Lady's hand on her shoulder.

"Jane, he's really there. You finally get to hold your son."