Harry and Sophia left their kingdom along with some guards a day ago. It was a decent ride so far. As promised, neither of them had killed each other, but that was because Harry didn't talk much. He just tried to think about what his mother said and not be nervous. About an hour later, they entered the kingdom where the tournament's were being held. Many people were waiting for them with big smiles on their faces.
Harry relaxed a little because of the welcoming surrounding. The kingdom was beautiful. There were different flowers all around, and the people seemed nice. Sophia had a huge smile plastered on her face as she climbed off the horse. Harry did the same.
"Harry Edward, it's a pleasure to meet you!" The king greeted him with a friendly grin. There were more people behind him, too.
"You too. I've heard a lot about your kingdom. It seems beautiful." Harry replied, returning the smile.
"Thank you." The nodded his head a little. He looked proud, with his shoulders broad and chest puffed.
"And you must be the warden." He looked towards Sophia.
"Sophia. Nice to meet you."
"You too. We've only heard great things."
Sophia smiled and turned towards the boy next to the king.
"Louis." He spoke up, extending an arm.
"Nice to meet you, prince Louis." She said and shook his hand before backing up a little.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Louis," Harry shook Louis' hand, relaxing immediately at the sight of the blue-eyed boy's smile.
"The pleasure's all mine." He replied. The boy's voice was just so pleasant. His accent was adorable, just like the rest of him. They stood there hand in hand for a second, just looking at each other, taking in the little features before the king spoke up again bring the two boys back to reality.
"It's a shame your father couldn't come."
"It is." Harry stood straight again, entirely focusing on the king. "He was just swamped with work."
"I get it. Being a king is no easy duty."
"Yeah." He replied.
"Well, come on in." The king gestured, "William shall show you to your chambers."
Harry turned to Louis and smiled a little. Louis gladly returned it.
The palace was just as beautiful from the inside as it was from the outside. The walls were tiled with huge windows every few feet and a wall torch on every gap. There was a long red carpet that covered most of the floor and a few guards around them. Sophia nudged Harry to bring him out of his thoughts.
"Relax..." Sophia whispered to him.
"I am," He whispered back with a huff.
"Here," William cut in, pointing towards a room. "M'lady." He smiled
Sophia smiled back and nodded before walking in. Two guards following her in with her luggage.
Harry watched her go in and then turned towards Louis. He had the most adorable smile that made Harry fluster inside, but he ignored it for the most part.
"This way." Louis guided him. They walked a little more before stopping in front of another room.
"Thank you," Harry said before clearing his throat and going in.
"And, uh, Prince."
"Yeah?"
"We'll be going hunting today, so you can-"
"Hunting?" Harry's voice came out a bit squeaky as he cut Louis off.
"Yeah." He replied.
"Oh- um, okay, thank you...again." Harry stuttered a bit but it wasn't as noticeable when Harry smiled at him. Louis returned it before leaving.
Hunting? What a start.
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"What are you doing here?" Sophia whispered to Harry as they stood next to the horses getting ready to leave for hunting. "You are not going to stand in front of the deer and yell, 'you are monsters to kill a beautiful creature like this' again, are you?" She teased.
"I was ten. You were shooting a little deer, that's nothing but monstrosity, and I didn't see why not point it out at the time." Harry defended himself.
"That's the first time you glowed, remember? That's how we knew you are an earth fairy." Sophia and Harry smiled at the memory. Harry had a hand on the horse, petting it before Sophia had walked in. He was wearing a half-open red shirt with dark brown trousers and a belt. Sophia wore an off-white shirt with similar dark brown trousers and a brown lace-up corset. Her hair tied up in a half-bun. The rest of her hair were in the front on her shoulders, reaching down till her belt while Edward's hair tucked behind his ears.
"You know you should really cut your hair. They'll reach your shoulders soon enough."
"I like them long,'' Harry replied.
"They'll get in your eyes while you go hunting, which apparently is your thing now,"
"Shut up." Harry huffed in annoyance.
"I didn't realize I was late." A voice called from behind them, causing them to turn around to see who it was.
It was Prince Louis, walking towards them with a smile that seemed to light up the whole kingdom.
"You're not." Harry reassured him, "I like the outside. I figured I'd get here early."
"Outside is pretty beautiful. I love nature, but we're not allowed to get out much often because of all the creatures."
"The creatures?" Harry narrowed his eyes.
"Yeah, I've only heard of them from my father. He says they are very dangerous."
"Dangerous? That's not true. Just because it's not ordinary and has magic doesn't mean it's a threat." Harry defended. He tried not to sound offended, but there was a hint of that in his voice anyway.
"I wouldn't know that. As I said, I only know what my father had told me."
Before Harry could say anything else, Sophia grabbed his hand to stop him. "I guess you can't really know unless you come across one of them," she replied in a calmer tone, and Harry forced a smile.
"Yeah." Louis replied, "Shall we?" He pointed to the horses, and the other two nodded before getting on their horses and going hunting.
