reincarnation and broken bonds

coming back

saying that Catherine Parr was not expecting to wake up at all was an understatement. She was in fact, not only sure that she had died, no, she was sure that before dying she was in great agonizing pain due to her raging fever. So yeah, opening her eyes was a great surprise to her.

She took in her surroundings and of course, she didn't recognize her whereabouts at all. It was a small room with a round glass over her head, it had a black mirror in the wall and what she assumed was a writing desk crumpled up on a corner. everything in that room seemed unfamiliar and new. "where am I" her own voice surprised her, it was not the voice she remembered. when she looked down, she noticed her skin color and pretty much all of her body had changed. She tried to stand and look for help, after all, why was she alive? She didn't deserve it... not after what she left her husband do to poor little Lizzie, how could she even deserve to breathe again?

when her feet finally got her to the closed Navi door, she was delighted to find the door didn't creak when opening it but also was startled by the world of different things that laid in front of her. of course, it was the middle of the night and she could barely see, but what little she could see was enough to drive her into ablaze. well, that was until she heard heavy footsteps approaching her. "oi! Lina! I don't think you should be awake now, remember the newbie will probably come tomorrow-" the woman stopped talking the moment she was not indeed "Lina" she was tall and dark-skinned, her hair was short and looked as if she could beat her right on spot. "you must be parr, right?" she spoke after a moment of silence. "umm, yeah, may I ask your name?" the tall woman just laughed slightly at her awkwardness "Anna von Cleves, at your service" she said in a solemn voice. "why... why am I alive? why do you know my name? where am I?" parr voiced hurriedly before a hand literally a hand stopped her stream of questions. "oh yeah, forgot to mention it. you and I and all of the ladies that live in this household were reincarnated, apparently, the universe felt pity for us and decided to give us a second chance nearly 500 years after our deaths. Don't ask me how it happened cuz I have no idea." Anna finished with a bland tone. "all the others? are there more of us?" Parr asked mostly to herself. "yeah, with you, we are 10. the first ones to come were Catalina de Aragon and Maria de Salinas, they lived here for a month before Anne Boleyn and Margaret Lee came back being followed by Jane Seymour and Joan Meutas again one month after them. then I came back two months ago with Elisabeth Blunt and a month ago Katherine Howard joined us. So, we assumed you'd be coming tonight or tomorrow, guess it was tonight. our ladies did move out though, they are living in a flat not far from here."

Anna didn't fail to notice the slight flinch she elicited out of Parr at Boleyn's name nor the hidden emotion when Aragon came up. "I do have to warn you though, I don't know what happened between Anne and you, but you might as well be careful, she was dreading your coming day and I can only assume she resents you for something." parr gulped at the thought... of course, she knew, obviously the first thing she did when coming back was looking for her daughter. "I... I think that's fair" she somehow managed to mutter out. "I have an idea! why don't we sleep it off for tonight and maybe talk about in the morning? I know you must be really tired after y' know... 500 years dead" and so she was left standing in that dark hallway with ten thousand doubts yet to be answered.

she did not in fact 'sleep' that night, actually, she decided to do what she did best. research. she read as many books as she could, some were helpful, some not so much. it wasn't until a thud was heard from her ceiling that she realized there was now some light peeking through her closed windows and that she now seemed to not only recognize the things that had caused her curiosity hours prior but she seemed to have clear knowledge in how they are supposed to be used. this new development might have come off as pleasing was it not for the pounding headache she had now, that and her lack of sleep and proper nourishment.

a soft knock was heard on her door in the middle of her painful morning. "who's it?" her voice was way groggier than she expected, and her overall tiredness was as clear as the blinding lights coming through her windows. "ahm, my name is Catherine or Catalina... I don't know if you remember me or not, I'm your godmother. So, I came to help with whatever you need. may I come in?" her godmother, yeah she remembered, she was young, but she did remember the woman she and her mother used to see almost every week. "yeah, sorry. come in please" when she actually came in though, she didn't recognize her at all. instead of the short blue-eyed auburn pale woman, she saw a tall dark-skinned brunette with dark eyes and curly hair.

"shocking, I know! I barely recognized myself when I came back, Maria almost had a rage attack when I claimed to be Catalina de Aragon." it was after this statement that the older of the two decided to close the distance and hug her long-lost goddaughter. Cathy was slow to react but after the shock wore off, she melted in the motherly embrace. both of their eyes were filled with tears but neither of them knew if they were because of the solemn reunion or just their hearts getting the better of them. "I missed you so much Mija, you were just a child when I last saw you and your mother" she swore she was buzzing with pure joy, her godmother and namesake was there before her and didn't hate her, she was on the moon after this statements... well if it wasn't for her headache growing stronger each time she saw something new, in this case, her godmother's ripped 'jeans' and yellow 'cardigan'. "I see, the knowledge headache, right?" all she did was nod, after all, she swore if she dared try and talk, she'd end up crying on a corner. "let's get you to bed and let you sleep a little before coming down and meet the others, I'm sure they'll be pleased to meet you." she'll dread meeting them when she wakes up, for now, she was gonna just enjoy what little piece she was going to get.