Dreams- Narry AU

Earthquakes

haha i know what you're thinking... anyways this is a collab with the lovely -kingnarrie and we're really excited to write this story!

h + k

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In a land not so far away, there lived a young boy and his parents. They were a happy family, many people in the village were envious of their happiness. Harry lived with his parents in a beautiful townhouse and they were well off with his father being a Duke.

"Harry, sweetie would you please go in town to get us some more bread from the bakery?" Anne called up to her son who had his head buried in his school books.

"Yes mom, I'll be right down." Harry pulled on his shoes and then ran down the stairs and kissed her cheek as he ran out the house. It was raining so as he walked to the bakery he jumped in puddles, giggling to himself when he would get the water all over him. He managed to get to the bakery and smiled at the man behind the counter. "Hello Greg, I think my mom called in an order?"

The older man nodded. "She did but you're going to have to wait a bit, it's on the cooling rack." He checked out the younger boy before the ground started to shake. "Harry underneath the table now!" He pulled the 15 year old underneath the table as the ground shook and things were falling everywhere around them.

Harry becomes frightened as this whole thing happens, he looks around desperately and then to the older man. It felt like an earthquake and Harry just closed his eyes tightly feeling the ground rumble and practically shake everything in the store.

The shaking stops and Harry opens his eyes. He looks around for a moment before glancing to the old man. He gets out from under the table and looks around. "Your place is wrecked..." Harry said with a soft sigh and looked around with a concerned look

Harry was a kind boy, so what he did is he instantly walked over to a fallen over shelf and began picking things up. His mum loved how kind he was with people and just a lot of people loved Harry for it.

He didn't care that the one reason he came into town was just to get bread, but at this point he wouldn't be able to get to it, so he ran back home to find his house in the same state as most of the houses.

"Harry! My baby boy you're okay," Anne called out and immediately took him into her arms. "I was so scared that you got stuck somewhere."

"I'm okay mom, what about Dad? Did you hear anything from him?"

Anne shook her head, "He's in town in the castle having a meeting with the king, but I haven't heard anything just yet. But, I'm sure that everything will be okay sweetie."

"I sure hope so mom." Harry sighed and then he followed her into the house to see if any of their valuables were destroyed, good thing they had really good insurance so everything can be replaced. They were mainly worried about photographs and things that couldn't be replaced with no amount of money they would be offered.

Hours have slowly passed and that made both Anne and Harry worry. This was unusual for the man. He made sure to never stay out too late. Harry sits in the living room and he listens carefully for the door to open. For maybe something to happen to diminish the two's worrying states of minds.

There was nothing though and it made not only Harry worry but his mother, who was currently pacing, worry. "Mom... it'll be okay."

She bites her lip and looks to Harry. "Yeah. I just..." She bites her lip and looks to the door.

"Mom sit down..." He said patting the space next to him. Anne sighs before walking over and sits down. "I promise you...it'll be alright."

Just as the two of them fell into silence, there was a knock on the door, something that made the two of them jump. Harry went to the door and he opened it up to reveal a few guards of the king and they looked as if they hadn't slept in days.

"Is your mother home, wife of Robin Styles?" Harry nodded and moved out of the way for Anne to come into the doorway. "Usually we are coming here with good new, but for the first time we come bearing bad news."

Anne just immediately started to shake her head, knowing what they were going to tell them. "During the earthquake part of the castle collapsed, twenty people were injured and five were killed along with the king and your husband."

Harry completely went numb and it was as if everything around him was moving in slow motion. He fell back onto the couch by the door as the guards tried to console a very distraught Anne in the doorway. Everything he ever had was completely gone and the one person he really loved was gone. Granted he loved his mom, but he never was as close to her as he was to his father, he just never got along with her and they always butt heads.

The guards left the two alone to mourn. Harry never really cried much but right at this moment he was silently sobbing as he sat there with his mother. Anne hugged Harry close and Harry did the same. He felt his mother's tears begin to soak his shirt but it didn't bother him.

"I'm sorry mom..." Harry mutters. Anne looks up to her son and she gives a sympathetic look before wiping a tear that ran down his cheek.

"Don't apologize for anything. You did nothing wrong." She mutters to him and he shakes his head.

"I promised you. That everything was going to be alright. But mom...everything's not alright..." He speaks looking down.

"We'll be okay, I promise you that much." Anne placed a hand on her sons knee and squeezed it comfortingly.

"But what's going to happen to us? Dad owns this house and he worked to pay for everything."

"Your dad left both of us money, I can't touch your money and neither can you until you're 21. I'll have to use the money in the account until I can find a job."

Harry nodded and he told his mom he'd be upstairs but not before he told her he'd see if Greg needed any help around the bakery when everything gets back to normal.

Harry wanted everything to go back to normal, but it never did.