" Would you mind enlightening us as to why you addressed the king of France your younger cousin?" Prothos asked as the four musketeers walked into the room Renee had just walked into in the garrison. Renee took off her hat and put it onto a table as she sat down onto the bed. Her face fell down onto her palms as she sighed, everything was just happening with no warning.

First she received news of her Elder Brother's impending treason whilst on a job. Then to arrive in Paris, and stop a bar fight, only to have four of the King's musketeers point their pistols at her, then follow her and watch her inn through the night. She then confronted them and took them to see her brother and yeah you get the point. In other words, shit was happening left, right and center.

" You better take me too your Captain. I am going to tell you everything." She said as the Athos nodded and they all walked out the room and heading to Treville's office. D'artagnan knocked on the door before they walked into his office.

" What is the matter this time?" Treville asked as he looked at the five who were now standing in his office.

"Renee has some explaining to do." Athos said while taking a seat against the wall. "And she better tell the truth."

" And it will be. But you'd all better take a seat. This could take a while." She muttered as they all done as she asked and took seats. 

"So, the man you met today was my elder brother. Our story starts back just before I was born, but it was one night when everything changed. Armel was around two years old and my mother was heavily pregnant with me. It was on the night I was birthed, as I lay fresh in my mother's arms. My father's younger brother planned a coe and the night of my birth was the perfect time for him to strike." She said as she walked over to a window. She looked out it while leaning against the side. "The four of us managed to escape. We vanished into the countryside and live a happy life with the money my Father had managed to hid incase something like this would have happen. I grew up idolising Armel as any younger sibling would. My Father taught us both as we grew up how to fend for ourselves. Everything was fine, until one night twelve years ago. We were found. It was late at night." Her eyes had a distant look in them.

"We were all sleeping, when they came and slaughtered my Mother and Father in their beds, Armel snuck into my room and we escaped. We watched not far as our house was burnt to the ground along with our family inside." There was a heavy silence over the whole room. "As we stood there, watching the life we had knew burn away. Armel vowed upon it, that one day he will take revenge. If not on the man responsible, then his offspring."

"So what does that have to do with the King?" D'artagnan asked her as she sighed and turned to look at the five intrigued men. 

" My father's younger Brother, was King Louis's Father." She told them and again a silence feel over them.

" So wait, what you are saying is the the King is your younger cousin." Porthos said in more of a statement than a question. Renee just nodded.

" But then, if we go by how the laws work." Traville said, " Your Father held the right to the throne, even though he disappeared he is still the true air. But now that he is unfortunately passed on, the successor then fall to his eldest, your Brother. But seeing how he has pretty much committed treason. That then means..." Traville said as all the five men in the room slowly stood up.

" That you are the rightful Queen of France." Aramis said to her, Renee stood taller with her head held high. The five men instantly dipped to bow. 

" So why did you not just go into the palace and present yourself to the council?" Athos asked her as they stood up straight. 

" I need to stop Armel, I won't be able to do that with a crown on my head." She explained to them. "Now, my brother plans to attack the King on his birthday parade. Because this is also the day we lost our parents." 

" That's five days from now." Traville said and they all sighed.

" We need to come up with a plan of action. How are we going to keep the King safe, at the same time as dealing with Armel?" Athos said as he began to open scrolls to help plan.

" No need. I already have a plan. But I will need all of your help." She told the men who all nodded.

" Of course, your Majesty." Aramis said. Renee could only blush softly before shaking her head.

" I can't have you calling me that. Please continue to call me Renee." She told them.

" But your Majesty. We could not do that. You are our Queen." Aramis said to her as she sighed.

" Fine, as your Queen. I order you to call me Renee." 

" But..." Aramis said.

" You would deny an order from your Queen?" She asked and Aramis smirked to her.

" Well played, Renee." He said ad they all began chuckling before heading out for the night. It being late, they headed to the tavern for a drink as they would be busy for the next week at least. And tomorrow is the day they would plan everything out, down to the last second of the forthcoming day.