The Last One is Always the Worst for Katherine Howard

School

A/N this chapter is about school and kitty's experience with it, also the teacher loves the wives of Henry the eighth so that's the history lesson. something triggers Kat, but it's not about Tudor, Mannox or Derehem. this is the first day of school. Kat keeps a razor in her backpack so um TW for cutting i guess

Anne's p.o.v 

Something tells me Kitty did't tell the full truth, she probably told me just enough to know what was happening but not enough to help. Damn it, I need to get her to spill.

"Anne time for school." I hear Jane call from downstairs. I slowly rise from my desk, fiddling with my choker as I grab my bag. Why must Kitty be so secretive, I'm her cousin for fucks sake. I sigh and walk downstairs, running into Catherine on the way.

"Watch it," she says with venom in her voice.

"Whats you're problem with me anyway, all I did was take you away from an abusive maniac." I say with just as much venom.

"He may have been abusive to you but not to me."

"Don't tell that to Kat." I say under my breath.

"What was that?" 

"Nothing." I say continuing past her. I wish she would get over it, I hated Henry, I didn't have a choice.

Kat's p.o.v

I sit in the with Cathy waiting for Anna and Anne, wondering if it was a mistake to tell Anne even half the truth. As soon as I hear Jane open the door I look over, "Kat, Cathy, you guys are walking."

"Why can't you drive us?" Cathy asks.

"Because, walking is good for you." I shrug getting out of the car, walking isn't terrible it gives me time to think, if I was driven to my execution I wouldn't have been able to mentally prepare myself. I sigh at the memory, walking up the steps, seeing Derehem and Culpeper's heads on stakes. "And me and Catherine got jobs." I smile, of course she found a job, she's capable, nice, and caring, she doesn't even question me when I have a panic attack.

"Cathy, we can walk, it's only a few miles away." I reason, I've never been one for drama, it's just another way for people to get attention.

She smiles at me and gets out of the car, I follow right behind her. Within two seconds I see a blur of green that signifies that Anne is ready to leave, soon Anna walked out the door. I took in their appearances, Cathy wore a blue turtle neck and a pair of jeans with her hair flipped over to one side and her glasses pushed up, Anne had a green crop top with a black skirt and her choker, her hair in space buns, Anna was wearing a black tee shirt with black jean shorts and a red baseball hat, whereas I wore a pink cropped sweater with a pair of black leggings and my hair held into a high ponytail with a ribbon, an identical ribbon wrapped around my neck.

"Hey guys, you ready to go." Anne says, energetic as always, I could be just as energetic at times but only when I forgot my past life for a few seconds.

"Yeah." I say, smiling shyly.

Anna and Cathy start to talk, leaving me and Anne behind, suddenly she speaks, "If any guy so much as looks at you wrong, I will have his head." I look up at her, cringing at the words, bringing my hand up to my neck, when she realizes she does the same.

"Thanks, but maybe choose a different way to phrase that next time." I say quickly, she smiles at me.

"Hey, what are you doing back there, beheaded cousins." Anna says, her voice still heavy with a German accent. I role my eyes at her comment, Anna and Cathy have been calling us the beheaded cousins since they found out we were cousins.

After another twenty minutes of walking we finally got to school. It was crowded, reminding me of the palace. The palace wasn't the worst place, the worst place was my chambers. Every night that chamber was filled with lust and fear, moans and tears. I liked the garden, I would walk through it with Anna and she would explain how each flower had a story to tell. Learning these stories made me feel alive, although I should have listened to the rose, I should have learned it's lesson:

"You know I still can't figure the rose out."  I told Anna, while walking through the garden with her.

"It's a little sad." She responds, her features making her seem genuinely concerned.

"I can take it."

Anna stops for a moment, "The rose tells the story of a young girl much like yourself and a young man. One day she was walking through the forest when she saw a young man. His features, unlike like the girl's were disgusting, the girl stopped to say a greeting and he offered her dinner, of course she took his offer. Little did she know, he had poisoned the food. She died that day." Anna finished, looking up at my face only to see a blank expression.

"So who represents the rose?" I ask.

"Both of them, the girl shows the delicate and unprotected side of the rose while the man shows the side that will bite and attack." Anna explains.

I look forward, "I wish I was the rose, not just the delicate, unprotected side." I think to myself.

Anna and Cathy look back at me with confusion on their faces, holy crap I said that out loud, "Kit, are you okay?" Anne asks, I see a flash of pity pass through her features.

I sigh and look towards her, "I'm fine I just wanna get this day over with."

"If you say so." She says.

We walk down the halls of the school building, we had been there before just not when it was this crowded. The halls were loud and all we could do was walk, walk to class, walk to the library, walk to graduation, walk to death. That's how life works, it's an endless walk to death, not for me though, I got a second chance. Now I'm not so sure, "I died?" I asked to no one in particular.

Soon we reached the classroom, Anne pushed open the door, walking in proudly. I followed with my head down, while Cathy and Anna stepped in behind me. Our homeroom teacher directed us to state our names and our favorite color before heading to our assigned seats.

Anne went first, "My names Anne and my favorite color is green." She said with energy, leave it up to her to be energetic.

Cathy went next, "My name is Catherine but please call me Cathy, and my favorite color is blue." She said trying to mimic Anne's energy but failing.

Next was Anna, "My name is Anna, my favorite color is red." She said proudly. I always envied Anna, she was proud and smart, while my only redeeming quality is my beauty and that came at much too high a cost.

"M-my na-name is K-Katherine but y-you can ca-call me K-K-Kat or K-Kit, my favorite c-color is p-pink." I said trying to keep my stutter under control.

"I am your teacher, Mr. Culpeper" The world seemed to stop at the sound of his name, "Kat and Anne, I was told to keep you four together so Kat you take the front seat, Anne take the seat behind her, Cathy I want you on Anne's left side and Anna on the right." I just stood there, unable to move.

Soon Anne noticed, "Hey Kit, you all right." I nodded before moving stowards the desk and sitting down slowly.