Disclaimer: By now everyone should know the drill dont own either Harry Potter or Braveheart.
This Is my first story so please be nice.
P.S. this will be slash
Also i believe i have been abandoned by my beta so please bare with any mistakes i have made. Thanks
It was the day before we would be leaving to visit Robert's home, an it wasn't looking good for my eardrums.
"Oh my god! We have so much to do before we leave. You couldn't have said three days Harry? And what are you going to be dressed in, you do realize that the women of this time period wear fitted dress correct?"
Though I was calm about this, after all I had everything planned out. Hermione was seriously freaking out. "Hermione, sister of my heart, you need to calm down, everything will be fine. I will be making your outfits along with mine (which I still cant believe I agreed to) and I already have an outfit ready for Ron. An as for the tightness of the dresses that's already taken care of. Fred and George came up with a potion awhile back that will turn a person into the opposite gender for three days, I will be taking it later today."
With all these problems taken care of, Hermione was pretty calm when she started her next wave of questioning. "An the carriage and horses issue? Not to mention Teddy, what are you going to do with him?"
"We have a Potter carriage packed away, and we have horses. Even though the horses are smarter then regular horses they are still non magical. An as for Teddy, he will sleep while we are gone." I wasn't even considering taking him with us, in my opinion it was too dangerous. With all Hermione's questions answered we began our very busy day.
Robert's POV
(Only as dusk finally began to fall did Robert feel he was ready. All day he'd had servants preparing everything. Inside servants were preparing five bedrooms, Two for the king, and three for Harry, Ron and Hermione. The cooks were getting ready for the feast, and the outside servants were putting fresh hay in the stalls of the stables. Everything had to be perfect for tomorrow, with that last thought Robert felt that enough had been accomplished that day and it was safe to fall asleep.
End Robert's POV
On the second day, as dawn approached, Harry was awoken by Hermione barging into his room yelling for him to get his lazy butt out of bed.
"You don't have time to sleep in this morning. We need to get ready and go, I want to sight see and take our time getting there… Come on!" I didn't realize how cold my room was until Hermione pulled off my sheets. (Hmmm I should probably make sure to keep my room warmer, wouldn't want Teddy to get sick.) It was only Hermione's exclaimed "Wow Harry you make a very fetching women, I think I'm jealous." that brought me out of my musings.
An not to be vain or anything but I really did. I was thankfully the same height but my looks were softer and my chest was at least a handful.
Hermione was dressed in blue and silver and her cloak while not nearly as fancy as mine, was still nice. Ron was dressed in chain mail and had a long linen shirt that had the Potter-Black crest on it. While I was dressed in a green with silver trimming dress with a silver belt studded with sapphires. An since there was a chill in the air, I had a white fur trimmed cloak on that had been spelled to not tear or get dirty. An since there was no way I was wearing a wimple, I simply wore a fur hat with half my hair up in a bun and a circlet crown that had leaves shaped into it with a sapphire right in the middle. Hermione had had someone design it for me to wear when I became king. An though it was a little girlie I loved it and thought it suited me perfectly.
By the time we were dressed it was time to leave . We passed over many hills and streams, it was quite beautiful. Ron was having a grand time driving the carriage (it was a good thing the carriage had been spelled bump resistant ) for it was as if he was trying to hit every pothole and bump.
In most villages we passed the people seemed happy and healthy. There were only a few beggars (an of course being who we are we had to help, even if it was only a little. So we made sure to stop and give out money.) It was only as we were going through the village that was closest to Roberts fortress, that things got interesting.
As we entered the village, we drove right through a fight that was taking place between some of the villagers and the guards that were supposed to be guarding them. It seemed that some of the guards thought it was alright to get a little grabby with some of the younger village girls. An the villagers were trying to protect them, and were getting beaten for their troubles.
While Ron was pulling the carriage to a stop, Hermione was retrieving her bow an arrows, just in case she needed them. There were a few grumbles from the soldiers when they noticed our carriage pulled over, however when I stepped out there was only silence.
"Is this village under Lord Robert's the 17th Earl of Bruce's protection?" I asked when I was finally in view of the people. I could feel the guards eyeing Hermione and I…. Disgusting. They knew we were above there station for they made no move to approach us.
"Yes milady it is, if you keep heading straight ahead you should reach the fortress." one of the guards ( I believe the head one) replied.
"Do you believe we are idiots? We know that! The reason I asked was because Robert had told me that his soldiers were not like the kings soldiers. I believe that I will have to inform him that he was wrong, you are exactly like them."
"We are headed to the fortress, you and your men will escort us there, go get ready we will be leaving in a few moments." When some of the soldiers started to open their mouth to argue with me I stopped them by saying. "Are you really going to tell the women whom Lord Robert wants to marry, no? I didn't think so" I said as they turned around to go get ready.
Once they were out of sight I nodded to Hermione who took that as her sign to go question the women while Ron went with me while I questioned the men. It didn't take long for them to tell me the whole story and in return I let them know that I would be telling Lord Robert what had happened here. By the time we were down talking the soldiers where by our carriage and just waiting on us.
As there were no more problems on the way, we arrived at the fortress in pretty good time. "Carriage and soldiers approaching let Lord Robert Know that his guests have arrived." That and men running to and fro was what we heard as finally pulled up to the gates.
When we finally came to a halt Hermione descended from the carriage first as propriety demands. There were whispers of course as she descended for she is a very pretty women. An when it came to be my turn to descend from the carriage I was so busy looking around for Robert that I didn't notice the fortress go completely quite. Nor did I notice the other carriage parked not to far away from us.
"Lady Alida I am so happy that you have arrived safely!" Robert exclaimed with a laugh as he came hustling over.
While he may not be my soul mate he still made me smile and my heart flutter whenever I saw him. So as he picked me up and spun me around I could feel I was absolutely beaming. "Father was waiting to meet you, though that can wait till we have eaten." he let me know once he had put me down.
We were interrupted from our conversation when we heard an " Ah hum" from the right. I noticed the other carriage first, but as I continued to look for who had spoken I noticed an older man wearing a crown, along with a younger man and a very pretty women.
" Ah! I am sorry, Lady Alida let me introduce you." I could tell that Robert didn't want to introduce me to the king and his spawn by the look on his face. But he led me over to them anyway with Ron and Hermione following behind us. Ron obviously didn't feel comfortable since he hadn't removed his hand from the hilt of his sword since we had arrived.
I already knew that Robert hadn't known about this visit from the king before we had made our plans. He would have never have allowed the king anywhere near me if he could.
"Milord's Milady may I introduce to you the Lady Alida, we are considering marriage. An before anymore decisions are made Lady Alida wants to meet my father and see my home." Robert told them all this with a proud smile on his face and holding my hand like it was made out of the most delicate china.
I could already tell that it was going to be hard to keep my mouth shut and even harder for Hermione. Why? Because of the way the king was eyeing me, like I was a breeding horse for show, or something along those lines.
"Lady Alida won't you walk with me, we were just about to head in to begin our meal when you arrived." Even though it might have come across as a request, that didn't fool me, it was basically an order. So with a regretful look at Robert, and an understanding one from him, I walked over to join the king.
As soon as I arrived at his side he began his questioning. "So Lady Alida I don't believe I have seen you in my court before. Are you visiting family in the area?"
I answered as we began walking to the Great Hall were we would be partaking in our meal at. "No your majesty you haven't seen me in your court nor do I have family nearby. This is actually the first time anyone has left our village, or been in our village, in over a hundred years."
"Really? So how did you meet Lord Bruce then?" The king asked with a sneer in his voice.
Oh how I really wanted to punch the king, but I was able to restrain myself by thinking of how it would effect Robert if I did. With a pleasant smile (after counting to 10) I answered. "I was taking a walk along the edge of the forest that surrounds our village when I came across Lord Robert. He had been injured, though it was only later that I learned that he had been ambushed by some barbarian named William Wallace. An well I couldn't just leave him there to die so I had Ron, my head guard, carry him back to my castle where I patched him up."
We had reached the Great Hall by the time I finished my totally made up story. I had made sure I had told it in everyone's hearing range, especially Roberts. The king looked impressed , the prince bored, and the princess looked like she wanted to jump me, an not the sexual kind either.
I was forced to sit next to the king at the table, that way we could continue our conversation. An of course the first thing the king asked was if I had a castle. An although I could hear the greed in his voice I decide to answer honestly, that way he didn't think he could push me around. "Yes milord, I am to be the next queen of my people, though if I decide to marry that may change."
"You are allowed to rule without a husband?" The princess asked, an even though the king shot her a glare for interrupting our conversation he didn't say anything aloud.
"Yes of course, for I am the most powerful warrior/healer of my people, not to mention I have the most allies."
I decide to explain fully before the prince could say something that would truly offend Hermione and Ron about there fighting status. "During a war between my people and another nation of people I was our best warrior, and though I am still learning the healing arts I am still the best. Once we had won the war we decide we no longer wanted to stay in our nation so we packed up all of our belongings and left to start a new life. An ever since we left we have been self-sufficient so we haven't needed any help from outside our village. Therefore no one has left nor has anyone ever entered, at least before Lord Robert.
"You actually allow women to fight and help heal people? Why? Are your men not Good enough? What does that say about you nation?" This time the prince decide to ask the questions, an it took a look at Ron and me placing my hand on Hermione's arm to keep them from doing anything that would offend the king. Though all I really wanted to do was sick Hermione on them, her screeching could take them out very nicely.
"Most men underestimate women thus making it easier for us to take them out of the equation. Not to mention most of us have a natural grace, thus making us really good fighters." I answered smugly with a small nod to Hermione. Though I didn't use Hermione as a good example of what I was talking about, that way if anything happened she would hopefully be underestimated.
With our lunch done with, the king and prince decide to go have a rest. While the princess joined us as we were showed around. It was only once Robert went to go see if his father was ready to meet me that I really got a chance to talk alone with the princess.
* "Je suis désolé si j'offened vous avec ce que j'ai dit au sujet de William Wallace. Il a parlé de vous à l'égard élevé."
** "Vous parlez français et rencontre William? Il est sûr et bien?"
*** "Oui il est beau bien que je ne pouvais pas parler de cela au devant du roi. Je dois aller maintenant Robert est en attente pour moi, mais c'était génial de parler avec vous."
I hurried over to Roberts side, he had been waiting patiently for me while I finished my conversation. He extended his arm to me and smiled before asking if I had a good conversation. With my reply of yes, I decide to ask him what had happened to the men that I had escorted me here.
"I sent them to help guard the fortress, I assumed that they had done something to displease you." He wasn't to happy with them when I got done letting him know what we had rode in on at the village.
"Hmm.. I will take care of them later." With that stated Robert ended that conversation only to start talking about William. "It seems William has decided to get his revenge on the other nobles. Most are living in fear that they will be killed next. So we might be getting visitors tomorrow, for some reason they think they might be safer here."
"Well it does serve those nobles right, I mean really they gave there word to help fight and yet they backed out as soon as the other side promised something more. You however had to betray him due to your father and yet you still saved his life. So am I right in assuming that once he is done getting his revenge you will be setting up a meeting between him and the rest of the nobles to discuss an alliance?
"Yes once father approves of you to be my wife I will invite William over to discuss the alliance. Though even if Father doesn't approve I will still ask you to be my wife.
"Robert… I guess this is as good a time as any to tell you that I took the potion, and it turns out I am not pregnant." I looked at him with pity in my eyes because I knew he had hoped I was pregnant that way I would have to marry him.
"I suppose I don't have to tell you I am disappointed? Though will you still consider staying and becoming my wife?"
I couldn't help but feel bad for lying to his face by saying that I would consider it. We had to end our conversation there for we had arrived at his Father's room. So with a knock and a returned "enter" we went in.
Alida is latin for small and winged
*I am sorry if I offended you in regards to William Wallace. He spoke of you with the highest regard
** You speak French and met William? Is he safe and well?
***Yes he is fine, though i couldnt speak of this in froint of the king. I have to go now Robert is waiting for me but it was great talking to you.
If my French is wrong please let me know