Palace of BlackHearts
Alfred exited the palace elevator with a trolley full of breakfast food and calmly walked through the luxurious corridors of the palace filled with expensive works of art and objects, and finally arrived at the end of the corridors.
At the end of the hallway, there was another black iron door decorated with Dragons, the coat of arms of the BlackHeart Dynasty.
Alfred knew that his master was always a disciplined and early riser, so he knew that there was only one reason he was still in his room until this early in the morning...
He had fallen asleep, and his sleep had caused the filthy hands of his nightmares that never left him to dig into his body, again...
Alfred let out a tired sigh because he knew there was nothing he could do here, they had tried many treatments for his master's nightmares when he was younger, but his nightmares continued to surround him every time he slept.
Alfred opened the door to the room, which was made of black iron and had dragons with purple jewels in its eyes, then calmly brought the breakfast cart into the room and started to move it towards the bed.
"Good morning, your majesty," Alfred said professionally and calmly as he stopped the breakfast cart next to the bed.
Edward was in his black pajamas and leaning his head against the headboard of his bed, his eyes slightly tired as he looked up at the stars on the ceiling of his King Size European style bed that his mother had carefully placed for him, the tiredness in his eyes was being suppressed by the fires of longing and affection...
Edward didn't even bother to look at Alfred, but Alfred already knew what was going through his mind, how could he not know, he had raised this kid himself!
Alfred cleared his throat loudly to get Edward's attention.
Edward let his gaze wander a little more to the stars his mother had placed before going through the items that his mother and father had chosen and placed themselves, and finally looked calmly into Alfred's eyes.
After Alfred finally saw that he had caught Edward's attention, he spoke calmly.
"Your Majesty, I have brought your breakfast."
Edward looked down at the breakfast Alfred had brought him, then moved from his comfortable position on the bed and sat on the edge of the bed, the breakfast cart now directly in front of him.
Edward covered his hands with his shadows before graciously taking his fork and knife in his hand, preventing them from directly touching his skin.
Then Edward's cat Nyx, who was taking a cold and comfortable nap by the window, got up from where she was taking a nap, stretched her body and jumped from the resting spot by the window gracefully, walked to the bed and jumped on him, then cuddled up to Edward a little and sat on his lap.
Edward, on the other hand, used both his enhanced senses and his eyes to check the food in front of him for poisons as he always did since that incident, then began to eat his food gracefully and calmly, even if he missed something, the cat in his lap would notice it.
Alfred's eyes showed many emotions as he watched Edward's usual poison control, but the most intense ones were regret and sadness.
While Edward was calmly eating his food, Alfred finally pulled himself together.
''Your Majesty, there are some company matters you need to attend to and the Hogwarts Professor should probably come in the afternoon.''
Edward was still lost in thought but he nodded as he heard Alfred's words and then asked calmly.
''As I said, did you prepare the precious metals and gold bars?'' he asked calmly and a bit lost.
''Yes, your majesty, I have prepared them all.''
Edward just nodded again and continued to eat his food and Alfred asked Edward's permission before leaving the room and closing black iron doors behind him.
Alfred turned around after closing the door and was met with Sophia, the Head Maid and Edward's former nanny.
Sophia, like Alfred, had served the BlackHeart Dynasty for many years and was one of the two people who raised Edward after Princess Fiona died shortly after Edward's birth.
Sophia had gray hair due to old age like Alfred, but unlike Alfred's gray eyes, Sophia had blue eyes, like Princess and Grand Duchess Fiona.
"Another nightmare?" Sophia asked calmly but there was a concern in her eyes for Edward.
Alfred let out a tired sigh and nodded.
"Does he really need to go to that school? We can't help him while he's away." Sophia said worriedly.
"He's not the baby you looked after when he was little Sophia and my Regency ended when His Majesty mastered the sword technique of the BlackHeart Dynasty so we have no choice but to respect his decision." Alfred replied calmly.
One of the traditions of the BlackHeart Dynasty was that no member of the Dynasty was considered an adult until they had mastered the sword technique created by the Founder and first King of Scotland. In Edward's case, mastering the sword technique last year made him an early adult, which was something that Dynasty members usually mastered when they were between the ages of 15 and 20.
"But he could have continued to study at home, why did he decide to go to a boarding school, that doesn't make sense all of a sudden," Sophia protested, unaware that the school she was referring to was a magical school.
Edward trusted Sophia a lot, but he never used his abilities or magic in front of anyone except Alfred, and he never told Sophia about his abilities.
"He's already finished his high school education, Sophia, and maybe his majesty just wants to experience school like an ordinary child," Alfred lied calmly.
"How can you be so calm!? What if they try something against him again while he's away from the Palace? What if they succeed this time Alfred? Don't you realize the consequences of the last BlackHeart's death?'' Sophia snapped.
Alfred closed his eyes and winced in regret and anger at himself as he remembered the almost successful assassination attempt on Edward when he was 5 years old. Alfred worked hard after the assassination attempt to find out who was behind it and found out who it was but was even more furious with what he found. Alfred never planned to tell Edward this but Edward somehow found out that who was behind the assassination attempt. From that day on, Edward became even more withdrawn because his maternal uncle, his mother's brother, was behind the assassination attempt...
Although it was a tragic, that day was also the day Edward's magic fully awakened and saved him from death.
Edward, on the other hand, although Alfred had already witnessed this event while he was unconscious, did not hesitate to use magic in front of him, he was careful not to let others know about his powers or was afraid of what it would mean for him if they found out, 'will they see him as a monster? Will Sophia even see him as a monster, will she look at him as a disgusting creature with those eyes that looked like her mother?' These were Edward's fears...
Alfred opened his eyes and took a deep breath before starting to walk, and as he passed Sophia, he replied professionally.
"I have worked hard since that day to make sure something like this never happens again... Don't worry, His Majesty will be fine," he said and disappeared as his footsteps echoed through the corridors.
***
By the time Edward had finished dealing with some paperwork regarding his family's business, the BlackHeart Corporation, it was already noon.
While Edward was waiting for news from Alfred in his room, Alfred called out to him and asked permission to enter, then opened the doors and greeted Edward calmly.
"Your Majesty, the Professor has arrived."
Edward placed his book on the coffee table, got up from his chair, fixed his clothes and calmly left his room, Alfred following him from a respectful distance.
Alfred didn't know exactly how McGonagall would arrive, so he told her which side of the palace she should come to and when he escorted her to the palace exit he asked her a few questions about Hogwarts so he could get to know the school his master would be attending better.
The part Alfred told McGonagall to go to was the East side of the palace, since few servants usually go there, but Alfred still didn't leave anything to chance by banning the East Wing of the palace from everyone for today.
After a short walk through the palace corridors, Edward and Alfred finally arrived at the eastern part of the palace, where there was a beautiful garden.
McGonagall was sitting calmly on a bench under a sycamore tree, dressed in her usual robes, and when she saw them approaching, she slowly stood up.
McGonagall's gaze briefly shifted to Alfred's handbags, before turning to Edward, and the two respectfully greeted each other.
"Which means of transport will we use, Ms. McGonagall?" Alfred asked.
McGonagall pulled out a blue stone from her robe pocket.
"This is a teleportation stone, it opens a portal to the coordinates written in the stone," McGonagall explained to Edward, and then began to pour her magical energy into the stone, which Edward could see through his eyes, and then a blue beam shot out of the stone's sharp tip, opening a blue portal.
After McGonagall put the stone back into her robe pocket, she calmly entered the portal, and Edward calmly followed her into the portal without thinking.
Alfred was surprised by the magic in front of him, but quickly recovered and entered the portal after Edward.
Edward had imagined the process differently when he passed through the portal, but contrary to his expectations, he felt as if he had simply passed through a door, and when he examined his surroundings, he realized that they were in an area decorated like a medieval hotel.
When he looked back, he came across a teleportation station and a constantly operating portal embedded in the wall, and before he could examine it further, the tall body of his loyal servant blocked his view.
Edward frowned as he was suddenly interrupted in his examination of something that caught his attention, but in the next instant his expression returned to its former calm state.
The two, who saw McGongall start walking, started to follow her immediately because they were in an unfamiliar environment.
After seeing the stone walls of the hotel open, revealing the garbage containers and other wizards and witches entering the hotel, McGonagall turned to Edward and started speaking in her usual tone.
''The entrance you see is to a wizard's inn in London called the Leaky Cauldron, the easiest way to get to Diagon Alley without teleportation stones.'' she said, and then she explained the exact location of the Leaky Cauldron to Edward.
''Although it is in London and among the Muggles, they cannot truly see it because of the protective and Muggle-deflecting seals and spells on the inn.'' she finished her explanation.
Edward absorbed McGonagall's explanation and nodded calmly, then McGonagall continued her walk, and the trio walked out the door of the hotel and took their first steps into Diagon Alley, except for McGonagall.
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Author:
English is not my native language so please let me know if you see any spelling mistakes.
I need your help, can you please write me the names of men or women that you think would go well with the surname BlackHeart? I'm having trouble finding names. Thank you very much in advance ^^
A basic teleportation stone can only open a portal to the portal it is connected to, and only one portal can be connected to a basic stone. This number increases as the quality of the stones increases, but so does the price. Basic teleportation stones lose their abilities after excessive use.
If the portal to which the teleportation stone is connected is not open, the stone cannot open a portal to that point.
I'm waiting for your suggestions and questions about the fanfic, both of them make me very happy ^^