#nick and daisy both have little matching moles

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gatsby designs. does this make any sense.

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Fire and Trust - Prologue - H.O

pairing: Prince!Harrison x Female!OC

warnings: a sad boy

AN: I was very nervous to post this cause I wasn’t sure if it was going to be any good. I hope you like it! It’s just the prologue so the first chapter makes sense. I would love feedback! Let me know if you like it!

Prologue

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“Come along, Chip!” Harrison smiles as he reaches the stairs leading to the main floor of the castle. “It’s almost time for dinner, let’s see if cook Marlow needs help with the food.”

The chocolate Labrador eagerly follows the prince, whose cream tunic turns orange when it catches the setting sun. Harrison looks up at the ceiling, enjoying the way the crystals hanging from the chandelier shine with the sun before he moves his gaze towards the stained glass window overseeing the kingdom of Adendra. The colors reflect all over the sitting room, painting the once light blue walls with reds, purples and greens. He stands in the middle of the stairs for a moment, taking it all in. The golden details on the walls that run all the way up to the ceiling, the soft yellow of the sofas and the many pieces of art carefully hung up on the walls. It wasn’t how expensive all of it was that stun Harrison every time, it’s how beautiful everything looks even after so many generations it’s been in the castle.

Chip nudges his leg and whines, breaking the spell. “Dinner, right.” Harrison chuckles, scratching his dog’s head and making his way to the kitchen.

His mother, Matilda, is seating on an armchair by another window when she spots him, a teacup on her left hand. “There you are!” She smiles, “I knew you’d be coming to the kitchen any time now.”

Harrison clutches his chest for a second before walking towards his mom, who sets the teacup down. Her yellow dress, contrasts the deep blue of the armchair and the embroidery on her sleeves shine with the sun almost as brightly as her smile. “You’re going to give me a heart attack one of these days, you know.” He leans down to kiss her forehead. “You need anything mother?”

“Go and fetch your brother, please. I think he went to watch Mr. Digby make bread and I don’t want him to miss dinner.” She places a soft palm on his cheek and smiles softly when her blue eyes meet Harrison’s matching ones. “Your father should be arriving later as well.”

Chip sniffs the queen’s dress before growing an interest on the biscuits resting on the window sill next to a teapot. “Those aren’t for you, Chip.” Harrison says when he spots his dog moving towards them. “You’ll get a stomachache if you eat them.”

“I’ll save you one.” Matilda smiles, running her hand over Chip’s soft brown fur. “Don’t tell Haz.”

“I’ll be back in time for dinner, mother.” Harrison says, reaching for the teapot and warming it up with his hand. “Better than cold tea.” He beams and turns around, heading for the main door with Chip by his side as usual.

The spring air is still somewhat chilly once he steps outside, staring at the kingdom bathed in orange light in front of him. Harrison closes his eyes and takes a deep breath in, he can smell Mr. Digby’s famous bread and Mrs. Turner’s barbecue already on the grill for the evening crowd. His dog barks at his side, letting him know he smells it too. “No barbecue today, Chip. Let’s just go fetch Nicholas so we can eat dinner.

Chip seems to give him a look that says ‘Not fair but okay’ and walks ahead, looking back at Harrison to see if he was following him. “Right behind you.”

“Good afternoon, your highness. How’s the queen?” Mrs Granger, the florist, waves at him from her shop while she waters the roses by the window. The pink walls of her flower shop are covered by ivy and daisies, and a colorful assortment of bouquets are on the window display. Purple carnations with white tulips and some beautiful sunflowers paired with red roses, were the biggest ones of the display today.

“Good afternoon, Mrs. Granger. My mother is quite well, thanks for asking.” Harrison waves back at her with a smile, before nodding appreciatively at the roses. “Those roses look beautiful, I’m sure the queen would love to get some tomorrow morning.”

“They’re the best ones this season.” She smiles proudly, her grey curls turning a fiery ginger color under the setting sun as she steps into a patch of light peeking between the buildings. “I saw your brother going that way, to Mr. Digby’s bakery.” She says pointing to the west side of the main village.

Harrison nods and gives her another smile,. “Of course he is, thank you. Have a nice evening, say hi to your family for me.”

The rest of the way down to the bakery was filled with similar greetings from the owners of the many shops Harrison passed along the way. The prince smiles at everyone he greets, happy to see they’re doing well as they make their way home for dinner. Harrison’s stomach grumbles in protest at the thought of food. He distracts himself and looks at his surroundings as he finally reaches the main plaza where Mr. Digby has his bakery. The plaza is a large courtyard surrounded by houses, food stands making a circle in the middle around a large fountain and the village’s main well. There’s banners hung around with hearts and Adendra’s crest in the middle to celebrate the King and Queen’s upcoming 23th anniversary. Harrison smiles again at the thought, he hasn’t known a love like the one his parents have but he wishes to have one just like that someday.

Laughter and Chip’s loud barks bring Harrison’s gaze away from the decorations towards the plaza. Chip had taken off running without him and Harrison is soon following behind. “Chip! Come back here!”

Harrison picks up the pace, trying his best to avoid colliding with the people walking in the plaza and keeping an eye on his dog. “Sorry, excuse me, pardon me.”

He runs all the way across the food stands in the middle of the courtyard by the time Chip stops in front of Nicholas who stands by the fountain. His brother has tears falling down his cheeks and his head is down while he stares at his shows. Chip is snarling at a group of boys from the village, boys Harrison immediately recognizes as the village’s bullies. They’re older than his 13 year old brother, probably 16 like him, and by the looks of it they’ve been teasing Nicholas. Clenching his fists Harrison walks towards them, standing next to his dog and in front of Nicholas.

Conceal your power, they’re not ready to know just yet. He hears his father’s voice in his mind, and Harrison tries to keep a clear head.

“Shouldn’t you find something else to spend your time on, rather than bothering my brother?” Harrison asks, raising an eyebrow. He feels his palms heat up and takes a deep breath trying to remain calm.

“Oh sorry, your highness. I thought this was your sister.” One of the boys, a tall redhead with an angry unibrow and crooked teeth steps up. He bows mockingly in front of Harrison and turns to his friends. “Isn’t that right boys?”

Harrison feels his blood start to boil as the others laugh and Nicholas hides further behind his back.

“Crying like a little girl.” One of them says, this one has straight black hair and some moles on the side of his face.

“Dressed like one too! What prince wears purple?” The third bully laughs, this one has the first signs of acne showing on his forehead, half covered by this shaggy brown hair.

It’s lilac, Harrison thinks, mom’s favorite color.

“A princess.” Unibrow mocks again, looking behind Harrison’s shoulder towards the younger prince.

Behind Harrison, Nicholas speaks up. “Mother says anyone can wear any color they like. There is no boy or girl color.

“And mother is right, Nick.” Harrison’s eyebrows meet in the middle as he glares at unibrow and his friends, hoping they get bored and leave. His mother doesn’t like fighting, or any kind of violence for that matter. Use your words or leave, she says, that’s the way.

“Who says I should listen to your dumb mother?” Unibrow says meeting Harrison’s eyes and shrugging his shoulders.

“Easy there, that’s the Queen you’re talking about.” Harrison steps forwards, he can feel smoke coming out of his clenched fists. “ You should leave, I think the town has had enough of your theatrics and I’m not going to try and change your stupid mind.”

Harrison makes sure to cool his right hand before grabbing Nicholas’ shoulder to guide him away from the scene. His back is towards the group of boys when Nicholas gasps with wide eyes. “Harrison look out!”

SPLASH!

In a matter of seconds both of them and Chip are drenched from head to toes in a foul smelling liquid. Harrison looks down at the ground and his clothes and recognizes the smell from the seafood stand he passed minutes ago. Fish guts. The dark water turned both his and Nicholas’ tunics a dark shade of brown, some of the guts clinging to the fabric. Nicholas lip is quivering and his eyes are squeezed shut, he doesn’t want them to see him cry again. Chip is barking his head off and a crowd is gathering around them to see what’s going on, murmuring amongst themselves. Suddenly it’s too loud, everything is SO LOUD, even Harrison’s breathing feels like it’s too loud.

“There that will-” unibrow is cut off when Harrison’s body feels feverish and his blood is boiling underneath his skin.

“ENOUGH!” Harrison raises his voice, somewhere behind him he hears people gasp but he doesn’t care. He knows a prince shouldn’t cause a scene, and his parents might ground him later, but he can’t let unibrow get away with this just like that. “You have made fun of my brother for being himself and insulted my mother. You have no respect and no heart, go home and leave us be!”

Unibrow is looking at him in horror, his eyes wide as he takes several steps back. “You’re the one with no heart, you’re a monster!”

Harrison suddenly realizes that unibrow is not looking at him, he’s looking at something behind him. The sound of glass shattering makes him turn around and his mouth falls open at the sight in front of him. “No, no, no.”

What have I done.

One of the houses surrounding the courtyard is on fire, the family who lives there is rushing to the well with buckets in their hands to help stop the fire. Other villagers scramble for buckets and proceed to do the same.

“Harrison… What did you do.” Nicholas mutters, scared of the sight in front of him, his eyes are full of tears.

Harrison’s eyes are tearing up as he moves to help the affected family to put it out but his distress only fuels the fire, making the flames soar and reach the two neighboring houses. The people around him gasp and step away, looks of horror on their faces which probably match the one on the prince’s face. He covers his mouth as he cries, not able to help or control his emotions so the fire can die down. His chest feels like someone is stepping on him and about to explode at the same time. I need to do something. Stop crying, please stop crying.

“You’ve done enough, young prince.” A voice comes from the sky and a flash of light blinds Harrison for a second, making him close his tear filled eyes.

Once he opens them again, he’s in a dark room. There’s dust on the floor, some cow webs on the ceiling and Harrison thinks he can make out bookshelves against the walls and a rustic chandelier hanging from the ceiling. What was that voice, how did he get her and why is he in some kind of attic? He rubs his eyes, tired from crying. “What’s going on?”

“You we’re destined to protect your kingdom, young prince.” A female voice speaks up behind him, making him turn around. “Instead you endangered them. Letting your emotions control you instead of the other way around.”

In front of him there’s a floating source of purple light, too bright to look directly at. He brings one of his hand to shield his eyes as his mind catches up with what was going on. “You- You’re my fairy. The one that gave me these powers.”

“And I can take them away just as easy.” She speaks up, a disappointed tone in her voice. “But I’m not doing that, you won’t learn if you don’t have your powers.”

“Wait- I don’t understand. Where am I? What did you do? What happened to the fire?” Harrison speaks up, a feeling of dread settling in the pit of his stomach. Were his mother’s warning actually true? Behave Harrison, or you’ll upset your fairy.

“I put out the fire and then put your kingdom to sleep.” The light answers, the disappointment not fading in the slightest from its voice. “You’re in a tower, far away from your kingdom.”

“A tower?” Harrison runs towards the closed window to his right. All the air in his lungs disappears the second he notices how far up the ground he is. The sky is turning purple as the sun sets, the tower is surrounded by two rocky mountains as far as he can tell, and he thinks he can see the sea far beyond them. His heart starts to race and his eyes begin to tear up again. He can’t stay here, there’s no way. “Why? Am I supposed to stay here until I-”

“Until the person destined to find you comes, the one with a heart as kind as yours.” The fairy interrupts, her voice is calmer now, not as reprimanding as it was before. “I cannot assure you it’ll be soon but when they find you, you have to come and find me at the fairy garden with your powers fully within your control. Only then I will return you to your kingdom and awake them from their sleep.”

The light begins to fade and Harrison panics, a sob escaping his lip. “No! Please don’t leave, I made a mistake I’m sorry! I’m so so sorry!” He falls to his knees in front of his fairy, his palms catching fire as his helplessness increases by the minute. “Please don’t leave me alone!”

“You won’t be alone, Harrison. I know I’ll see you soon.” The fairy says before disappearing, leaving the tower in complete darkness. Harrison sits down, clutching his legs against his chest and rocking back and forth.

BARK!

“Chip?” Harrison’s heads shoot up at the sound, he could recognize that sound anywhere. “Chip? Come here boy!” He lights up his palm on fire, and extends it in front of him to let Chip find him if he’s actually there.

The sound of paws scratching the floor fills the room for a few seconds before Harrison can see Chip in front of him and feel him lick his face. “Chip!” Harrison holds his dog close to him, sobbing into his fur. “I’m sorry I got us into this mess, buddy. It’s all my fault, what are we going to do?”

Chip whines and licks his face again, probably trying to dry his tears but it was no use because more kept falling. Harrison looks at his palms, why did his fairy give him these powers? They brought nothing more than destruction, they got him into this tower and it burnt down the home of many people. “This is the last time I use my powers, Chip. Let’s find some candles, and see if there’s a shower because we stink.”

Chip barks in agreement, following closely by his side as Harrison holds out his hand in front of him. He doesn’t know what will happen next, he’s never been so unsure in his life.

Someday someone will come, someday I’ll get out of here, but I’m never using these powers again…

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