Dreams- Narry AU

Pocket Watch

Harry had the most wonderful time of his life. He couldn't believe the prince had fallen for him, or well had an interest in him at least. Harry didn't even know if Niall had truly fallen for him or not. He sighed as he worked on scrubbing the counters the next morning. He had left his clothes at Liam's place, not trusting his snoopy step brother at all anymore.

Louis walks in as Harry is scrubbing. Louis walks over and he smirks. "Too bad you couldn't go last night Harry...the prince was absolutely stunning..." Louis said with a smile. "Even got to dance with him."

Harry looks up. "Did you talk him to death?" He asked in a monotone voice. He wanted to resist everything in his body to not laugh or smile, because he remembered Niall complaining about it last night.

Louis shot him a glare before rolling his eyes. "Doubt you would've even made a difference...he was all over some boy last night...personally I don't even know the big deal of this boy. Wore some tacky blue suit. And his mask was pathetic." He speaks. Harry just ignores him and walks out of the room.

Louis was just jealous.

Because of what happened the past couple days Harry's food privileges were revoked and so was being able to shower or even use the bathroom, which the last one was kind of preposterous seeing as he is human and he needs to go sometime. His step father just chuckled and told them he got him a port-a-potty in the backyard making Louis laugh louder than he's ever had in the past couple days.

Harry really needed to get out of there, but he couldn't he was stuck and he didn't like it. He just sighed and went on to doing his chores, starting with the twins room so he wouldn't have to see them the rest of the day, even though Louis just kept laughing at him.

"What's so funny?"

"Someone like you would never get noticed by the Prince, what were you thinking?"

Harry rolled his eyes, wanting so bad to tell Louis the truth, even though he'd probably call him a liar. "I don't know. Can you leave so I can finish cleaning? Why don't you go bother the Prince?"

"Wish I could but he doesn't know my name."

"Really, thought you'd say that to him with how much you talk."

Louis clenches his fists at the boy and he glares at him. "Honestly I don't know why you think you're so smart and cool. I mean look at you. You're nothing but a filthy servant boy and with no parents. How does it feel to not have mommy or daddy here to make your life better..."

Louis had gone too far. Harry turned to him and he glared right into Louis's blue eyes. "You have no heart AT ALL and you're just an insensitive jerk who obviously can't take it when someone has some sort of advantage over you. That's probably why the prince never asked you for your goddamn name because he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life with a heartless asshole of a husband like yourself." He spits at him. "Oh and how does it feel for your daddy to love money more than his own children..."

Louis is shocked by Harry's outburst and doesn't say anything. It was definitely new for the talkative boy. "Now if you would PLEASE leave me alone I would like to finish my chores before my life is more of a burden in this fucking house." Harry speaks before turning back to his work and begins to angrily work.

Louis stomped out of the room and right out of the house, he's going to show him, the Prince will remember him and they will be married.

Harry finished his chores early that night and decided to go give Liam and Greg a visit, and to get some food since he hadn't eaten all day. He was surprised to see that there was food set aside for him already, he smiled and sat down before he devoured it and then given a second helping without even asking. "Thank you."

"No problem son, I know with what Liam told me your step father would act like this."

Harry sighed and then he went into his pocket to retrieve his pocket watch when he realized it wasn't there. "Did I happen to leave something in the pocket of your suit?"

Greg shook his head. "Checked it before I sent it to the cleaners, why what are you missing?"

"My father's pocket watch, it's all I have left." Harry started crying into his hands, having lost his most prized possession.

Just as Greg was trying to help Harry retrace his steps Liam came barging into the house. "Harry did you watch the news yet?"

Harry shook his head. "Why?"

"The Prince is looking for someone! Says that the mystery man left a pocket watch and is asking for them to come forward. He wants to marry the mystery man Harry, he wants to marry you!"

Harry sighed. "I'm just a parentless servant boy that no one will believe."

Liam gave his friend a frown. He then smiled as he had an idea. "Stay here!" He speaks as he hurries to get upstairs. He smiles seeing the masks still on the night stands and he grabs Harry's. He then runs back down, almost tripping in the process and he comes to Harry. "Bring your mask as proof..." He speaks

Harry looks to the mask and he takes a second. "Liam he's royalty. I'm-"

"Not just a servant boy...Harry...you're the one Niall wants to marry. You can't let him down..." He tries to encourage his friend. Harry sighs, the look on his face is so broken it seems hard to fix. Harry shakes his head.

"Liam give it up...I am not who he wants to marry..." He speaks before he says goodbye and quickly leaves. Liam watches and he looks to the mask.

"You know...you can't force him to meet the prince..." Greg speaks. Liam looks up and he nods with a frown.

"I know uncle but...I want him to know that someone does care about him..." He speaks

"You didn't let me finish..." Greg speaks and Liam shuts up. "You can't force him, but perhaps it could be an accidental meetup." The old man says before grinning to him. Liam raises his eyebrows in interest at his uncle.

"I like your thinking Greg and I know the perfect person to talk to about it." Liam kissed Greg's cheek before he went upstairs to think about what the plan should be.

Greg sighed as he laid down on his bed that night, he really hoped that they can help Harry, he was breaking right in front of them.

Harry didn't go home right away, but he ended up making a detour to his father's grave, a place that he hadn't visited in a long time. He sighed as he sat down in front of the plot as he started to think about what has happened in his life the past week.

"Hey dad, I know I haven't come to see you in awhile but you know how James gets. I miss you so much daddy, why did you have to go?" Harry wiped his eyes as he continued. "I met someone dad, he's the prince, who would think that the prince would be interested in me, when I'm just me. It was as if we're meant to be with each other and I don't know how I feel about it. He has your pocket watch, I dropped it when I was trying to escape before they got home and get punished, but I still got punished for leaving them alone to fend for themselves. God forbid they can't make food on their own." Harry let out a frustrated sigh before he continued, "But I don't deserve him, he deserves someone so much better."

Louis' mouth fell when he heard those words that Harry spoke. "That can't be true." He was on his way back home after hours of failing of being let into the castle when he followed Harry curiously.

After a while Harry had sighed and looked up to the stars. He sees them twinkling and he smiles a bit. "Love you too dad..." He says. He eventually gets off the chilled ground and he makes his way home. He needed to sleep for the amount of chores he had to do tomorrow.

Louis watches him and narrows his eyes. "We'll see who the prince believes...Styles..." He speaks in almost a hateful tone.