The days went by as I tried to and struggled to regain my freedom from my overprotective adoptive mother as sometimes even my resolve seemed to waver as I thought of giving up my pursuit of freedom and just staying with her and being a good son forever but when I thought of all the dangerous things and beings out there threatening my peace and some manipulative assholes the fires of my resolve got stronger again as I tried and fought (figuratively) tooth and nail my ally and her husband who at times gave in to her demands and left me alone to fend for my self and it's those times my resolve also wavered a little as to how can you fight someone who's care and love for you no bounds as they will fight death and god by there alone self if they can save you.
But still tried and made James see some sense as we again started our mission: freedom of Alex, and Sophia the unmoving as our final enemy who was thrashing us (figuratively again) at our every attempt and after some months of hard work on our part with all the pro to our impress her highness Sophia who after listening to our argument/pleadings ( you can not fight mom's as there love for you has no boundaries when something in their eyes is not good for you then it'll stay like that forever in their eyes) she declared with some reluctance to give pseudo freedom to me and James had to vouch and look after me and handle all my things ( studies, training, and other kinds of stuff) so as the matter of fact- James was my new nanny.
As I gave James an apologetic look and with a shrug, I backed off and ran like hell fearing she would change her mind If she saw me for an extended period of time, in her vicinity, and from the corner of my eye I saw James' 'don't leave me with her alone' and as I ran paid my condolences to him and rushed to my room and locked it sat on my bed and took deep breaths and then I heard a woman's yelling and a man pleading for mercy. Well couples problems are too troublesome not gonna stick my neck (freedom) between them so I offered a prayer and meditated some time and then slept as I thought ' it's gonna be a long cold night for James maybe I should give him some blankets after took a beating for me.
As the sun shone in the sky I woke up as I felt strengthened after the long and hard night as I went to the breakfast table after doing my daily things (brush, poop, jog, exercise, etc) where I saw a grumpy but still sleepy James as I said, " trouble sleeping on the couch" and he gave me a stinky eye and said, " next time you try sleeping on the couch" and I gave an apologetic smile as he just sighed and gave me a new time table as in previous one he only trained my agility and flexibility as he said and I quote," a child's body is quite flexible and the main factor is your stamina so we have to build up your stamina as it will be help full with your small child's legs so I will first train your flexibility and agility with it you can neutralize any opponents when you train your hand to hand self-defense only and can even stop some adults with time and efforts."
As a few more days went by and I got some more freedom as I asked with puppy eyes and some persuasions from the side by James as when I got permission to extend my time I spend outside of the house by 6 p.m. as I gave a quick thumbs up to James and he lightly chuckled. And so my birthday came as we celebrated it by going to the zoo and watching movies and in the evening we came back home with cake and decorated the house lightly and James took pictures of us as we retired ourselves after eating and the day ended.
As far as anyone saw they will feel the cold wind hit on their faces and heavy fog everywhere. In this, fog you can barely see a silhouette of a hazy figure as the figure seems to be running as it got closer and closer the figure seems to be of a boy who looked like 7-8 years old as the boy came closer his face got visible in the heavy padding on his face for cold protection as he was none other than Alex who just turned 6 years just a few days ago but by the outer appearance he looked like 7-8 years old kid as he jogged towards his home from his morning jogging.
As he reached home he met Sophia who was making warm breakfast as she saw Alex she said, " Alex dear you don't have to push yourself like that you are still 6 and you still have a lot of time for training in the future when you are old enough" as I washed my face with water and wiped with a towel I looked at her but then said," I know but if I don't get strong quickly I will never be able to help you guys as I want to share some of your burdens and make you guys proud."
As she heard genuine(a part of it is a lie and he knows it but can't tell anyone about it) words she came towards me and hugged me gently as James was also moved by my words then we ate breakfast made by Sophia which was delicious by the way then I went to studies as I was getting homeschooled right now as discussed (ordered) with (by) her highness and we complied as this or nothing and I chose the first option as I can have something to do and can use it as a weapon against her in the future to regain my full and rightfully mine freedom, ahh I would do anything to get my freedom back.
After studying for some hours I went towards the basement for my training with James he handed my ass to me by one hand without moving an inch and it forced me to think again who my adoptive parents are as what they did to get this strong and so I again focused on my training. After doing my training for a few months I started to feel some changes as I was getting more and more flexible, agile, and somehow stronger it seems to be connected to that red stone that's another mystery to solve as I was strolling and jogging at intervals I came quite far as I saw many trees and bushes and water running as I thought of getting some water to clean my face from all the sweat as I got there and went down on my knees to wash up myself and after doing it I rested there as there was still time before the curfew so I sat there enjoying the scenery with the sun setting as I was sitting there I heard some noise and as I turned around I saw a big black dog growling at me menacingly as I slowly got back up and cautiously looked at the dog and said," good doggy, please don't bite I will leave this place to you and will never come back so let me go okay good doggy " as I said this I started backing away slowly but when I was just about to exit the bushes the dog lunged at me and I muttered 'fuck' and rolled out of it's way and now I had my ways out blocked by this bastard dog so looked for some thing to make it feel threatened and also something for my protection as I saw a stick near a tree as I rushed to pick it up but at the same time the dog also rushed at me baring it fangs and claws as I picked up the stick the dog swiped its claws at me which I dogged but tripped and fell down and the dog successfully pinned me down as I tried to get back up as I tried to use the stick to hold him back and not get bitten but it swiped its claws at me and as I tried not to get clawed he bit me on my hand and I somehow with gritted teeth repelled it with the stick as the pain was unbearable and rage well up within me as I wished I could just punched this dammed dog and make it a charred dog as I suddenly feel energy surged within me fueled by my anger as a thought of one shorting it was on my mind as I charged at it and it at me as I dogged its bite byt got a claw mark on my hand but geitted my teeth and with full force smashed my fist on the sides of the dog and it flew towards a bush and then I heard crackling sounds as I saw a part of bushes burning and I panicked but then I controlled my mind and took some deep breaths as I tried to find something to fill water and dump on the fire but not finding anything I started digging soil with my hands and tried to put out fire.
As I was doing this I heard rustle from behind me as I thought 'not again' but it was who I thought it was a old man and old lady in weird clothing as they looked at me and then the old man said, " back up little boy" and took out from his sleeve a stick... no a wand and conjured some water by saying, " aqua eructo" and a huge amount of water from his wand came out and poured on the bushes and now half burnt tree as I watched them with my guard up but in my mind I thought 'they are wizards fuck and if they want to hurt me what can I do even with my guard up' . As I thought all this the old lady came to my side and looked at my injury and asked kindly, " can I take a look at that " she pointed her finger towards my bitten hand I nodded to her and let her check it out, and as she saw my hand and said, "poor boy I will try to fix it as well as I can okay " as she pulled out her wand and gestured at my hand " episkey" as the bite mark claw mark started to heal and in no time it healed fully as I checked out my hands she said " oh that's quite fast even with the spell" as they both looked at me with astonishment like I was a rare creature but then I said innocently, " A..um thank you for that but can I ask what was all of that and what is that in your hands if you don't mind telling me" as they heard me and looked puzzled but then the old lady said," did you not know about magic its what you did when you punched that dog that a strong punch kid " as I said, " thank you for that as my adoptive father trained me in hand to hand combat for self defense but could you please explain me some more about that magic you talked about previously if you don't mind."
As they heard my part and explained me some basic things about magic and it's applications and when the explanation ended my beeped and when I saw the time horror struck me and seeing me like that they asked and I narrated my story and asked them with pleading eyes to help after hearing my story the old woman agreed but the old man was a bit reluctant but accepted to help me as we walked towards my house.
As it was already late I ended up asking more about the magic and the magical world as the old woman was quite amiable and I felt no malice coming from them towards me as we talked about Hogwarts school for wizards and witches, Diagon Alley the shopping center and Gringotts banks for wizards and witches.
As we also talked a little about the boy who lived as it was a common knowledge for children my age as he was famous for defeating the dark lord.
And we reached my home as I rang the bell the door opened and I saw Sophia's face which had mixed feeling of anger, worry as she looked at me and then she got in her view the old man and old woman who smiled at her as she asked them who are they and they mixed some truth with lots of lies and told her that the old woman fell when she was shopping for groceries and was nearly bitten by a stray dog as I saved her and drove the dog away and then helped her with her groceries and walked her to her home as the old man apologized for it again and asked she could be lenient with the boy's punishment as he helped her wife when she in danger as she heard all this and by this time James was also at the door listening everything Sophia came to me and hugged me as she said," you're a brave and courageous boy Alex but you know how much worried I get when I don't see you in front of me but today we're such a good boy so I will be a little more lenient with you and revoke some of the restrictions okay are you happy now alex" as I heard all this I just nodded and hugged her back as I asked Sophia that, " um can I for some time when I'm free go to this grandmas house if you don't mind of course " I hastily added as I don't want to be restricted again but at this time the old lady spoke, " alex we're really very happy if you came to our house as we are the only two living there but donot pressure your mother as she is this worried about you okay" but as my life saver James interjected at this time and said," it's not a problem at all we have already restricted alex enough and he dosen't have any friends who live here so to be attached to someone he got to know for the first time I think it would be manageable for alex to spend sometime with you as i can see he is quite attached to you so I will drive him to your house time to time its really no probelm" as he said this Sophia also thought of it and suddenly felt saddened as she thought how many restrictions she placed on her poor alex and as a good son he always complied with her whims as she sorted her mind she also nodded to James words and thinking all this and seeing Sophia agree he felt joy that he was gonna pick up some things before even entering Hogwarts and then they bidd there good byes to each other with the promise of meeting again and alex visiting them and then the day ended with everyone eating their dinner and going to sleep. As some days passed by I was notified that I will be going to visit the old couple on Sunday as I felt joyous and they both smiled happily. But they didn't know that I heard their conversation about the investigations about the old couple and that they were just an old couple with every person in their family dead and they are counting their years also.
And by confirming everything for safety they agreed to let me spend some time with them and I figured out that James and Sophia might be retired spies of Britain and I thought again why did I got teleported to them and not some common people as spies and common peoples thinking are quite different and they seem to have quite a lot of influence inside the system. Then I thought I will deal with it when that time came it was waiting for Sunday.
As time passed my birthday came as we celebrated with Mr.and Mrs. Fernsby as it was the first time someone other than me and my family came to my birthday so I felt more joyous than ever but something was going on with the old couple as I thought they were somehow trying to teat me whenever I was at there house but then I thought it was just my imagination and brushed it away from my mind as we celebrated my birthday and ate dinner as I was opening my gifts and one of the gifts were from the old couples and they were books old books and many books at that so my mother asked why I was given so many old storybooks as I heard her I once again turned toward the as it was not a storybook in my eyes as it was written on the front of the book's defense against the dark arts year 1,2,3 and how to do Transfiguration for beginners year 1,2,3 they were all books on magic application and history of magic and many more and it was all for the first three years as I listened to there talking with a puzzled mind as the Mrs. fernsby said, " they all belonged to my grandson and when I was with alex I somehow felt like I met my grandson once again as thought that it would be good to give him something by which he will remember me by when I not here anymore sob..sniff sob I'm sorry for something like this on such a joyous occasion but it just felt sob..sniff." And her husband said, "there there dear calm your self please it's such a joyous occasion for little alex here get a grip on your emotions there there" as I heard all this I felt vwmery touched as it was all genuine and I felt it all as I said," um if you don't mind calling me you grandma then I can be by your side as a grandson please don't cry grandma" as I said this tears rolled down my eyes as I have never felt like this ever grandparents and parents were a distant dream for me in my previous life as I watched other kids with there family that emptiness was now some how filling as I thought I can have a great life here in this world and resolved my self that I will get at such a height that no one can harm me, my family and my friends and anyone who tried to hurt them I will kill them all with no hesitation. And hearing my words both women bust in tears as they hugged me and gently caressed my hair and face and hugged me again while crying as the men were both looking at the women and child with a gentle smile. And the day ended like that.
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Authors note:-
I felt like crying after writing this last part.
As I never felt the love of grandparents.
Enough about sad things if you have any ideas or suggestions about the story, please comment about it.
About MC's love relations well firstly I thought I should only take one girl as a love interest but as the story is progressing I have to change some things about that as I'm still waiting for MC to enter Hogwarts and browse through the castle.
Enough spoilers see you in the next chapter.
Thank you.