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In the Dark, A Zabini/ Grindelwald fanfic	By : blaisegellert Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 1326 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"We brought pillows," Blaise told Kreacher.
"Bramble picked them up yesterday while doing the weekly shopping. We have six so if we ruin a few in the attempt we still have plenty to get it right. I figure we'll decide how much to sell them for depending on how difficult they are to make."
Kreacher nodded his agreement, and gestured to the square oak reading table in the center of the room.
"Kreacher thinks we can sit there, then the pillow we are working on can be in the center of the table where we all have easy access."
The elf frowned.
"Were we at Grimmauld Place, Kreacher would have us working in the kitchen. It is very large with a perfect table with plenty of room to move."
The elf's tone and voice held obvious resentment for Regulus's choice that had them here rather than in their own home.
"Perhaps the two of you shall have your own place soon," Blaise suggested and Kreacher brightened a little at that thought.
"Kreacher likes that idea. Kreacher enjoys being here, he supposes. He has missed Miss Bella and Mr. Rod and Mr. Rabastan, but he misses having his own home with Master Regulus."
They moved to the reading table and settled themselves into three of the four comfortable chairs that surrounded it. Blaise produced one of the pillows from the bag he'd brought along, placing it in the center of the table. Kreacher looked it over and prodded it with a finger then gave a nod of approval.
"The pillow appears comfortable and of good quality. Bramble chose well."
Gellert smiled.
"He is a talented elf."
"How does the enchantment process work for Blaise and Gellert," Kreacher asked.
"Somewhat differently for each item, depending on the sort of enchantment we're placing in it. The way we layer or connect the various charms can differ," Blaise explained and Kreacher nodded.
"As Kreacher expected."
"Did you have ideas of how to start," Blaise asked the elf, gesturing at the pillow.
It was Kreacher's idea after all.
"Kreacher has a few, but he'd prefer to see what Blaise would do first, then he can add to it. He has never enchanted anything with a wizard, not even Master Regulus, so he feels he will do better if he has something to work off of first. It will give him a feel for the direction of the magic."
Blaise nodded and drew the pillow toward him.
"I feel the charms should be placed or rather layered quite deeply into the fabric of the pillow so that it runs throughout the entire thing, stuffing and all. First I will layer the number of hours like a clock I think."
As he spoke, Blaise drew his smoky quartz wand from a pocket in his black slacks. Gellert and Kreacher watched as an image of a clock with eight hours embedded more firmly than the other four hours that made up the twelve hours on the clock appeared over the pillow. Blaise flicked his wand from the image to the pillow and the clock sank into it.
He repeated the process twice more before he was satisfied that it had sunk through every layer of fabric in the pillow. He then pushed it toward Kreacher, interested to see what the elf would add. Kreacher leaned forward, lower lip between his teeth as he thought. A shimmer of magic hung over the pillow, and only two thirds sank into it with one layer remaining on the pillow's surface.
"This connects the sleeper's mind to the pillow when their head touches it," Kreacher explained.
"The final layer remains on the surface because the head of the sleeper touches that part."
"Brilliant," Blaise said, gaze mesmerized by the way elf and wizard magic looked when blended.
The untrained eye, meaning the eye of any wizard who wasn't an enchanter, wouldn't notice, but Blaise could see the two different forms of magic like intricate patterns. Gellert reached for the pillow and covered it in a gray warding shield. Like Kreacher's two thirds of it sank into the pillow leaving the final layer on the pillow's surface.
"A ward to keep the sleeper from being disturbed," he explained.
Due to the fact disturbances could come from the outside, the final layer remained on the pillow's surface. Kreacher reached for the pillow again and worked some form of magic that surrounded the pillow in a soothing blue light that sank completely into the fabric.
"A sleep charm," Kreacher explained.
"Elves can do sleep charms," Gellert asked, and at once felt like an idiot.
Obviously they could because Kreacher just had.
"Yes. Wizards must rely on potions for sleep aid but not elves," Kreacher said.
"It is a gentle touch on the part of the brain that governs sleep. Kreacher must admit to using that on Master Sirius when he was a baby. He was a horrid little thing and screamed all the time. Kreacher was young and perhaps impatient, but Master Sirius could test the patience of the kindest saint, Kreacher swears it!"
Reaching for the pillow again, Blaise worked a connecting charm that linked everything they'd done to the pillow to everything else. That completed the process and their first sleep pillow was done! The entire process to make the first pillow took around three hours. When they moved to the second pillow, their progress was a little faster. They finished it in two and a half hours. Kreacher suggested they break for a late lunch then, and led them into the dining room.
"Kreacher made a stew last night and there is plenty left," he said.
"Thank you," Blaise told him, and with a shy smile the elf hurried away. He returned soon with three bowls of stew and three warm wedges of bread that was packed with seeds and nuts. It was most definitely the best bread Blaise ever had. From the way Gellert devoured his, Blaise could tell he enjoyed it as much.
"Kreacher is a very good cook," the blonde said when they'd all finished eating.
"Kreacher thanks Gellert. He is glad he and Blaise enjoyed lunch."
Kreacher cleared the table and the three returned to the library. They made their next pillow in an hour! It seemed the more they worked the charms the faster the process got. An hour seemed to be the final speed for producing one pillow, though, because the final two weren't finished any faster. Considering the complexity of the magic involved, Blaise was pleased, feeling an hour was reasonable.
"These we could make a lot of," he said.
"They could be a shop staple. Something we always carry along with our more rare items. We'll price them between expensive and affordable. This will mean a lot will sell so we'll make a lot of money."
"Something more basic and useful like these pillows will bring more people into the shop as well, making them aware of it," Kreacher added.
Gellert nodded.
"Those who buy them are sure to tell their friends as well. I think we should have a lot of these made up before the shop opens. We'll give Kereston one to try tonight and see what she thinks," he suggested.
Blaise and Kreacher nodded.
"We can meet tomorrow to make more," Kreacher suggested.
"He will contribute to the pillow supply too. While Master Regulus feeds this evening, Kreacher will go and buy more."
"That sounds great," Blaise said, giving the elf a smile.
"Thank you for working with us, Kreacher. It's been truly fascinating, and I've enjoyed it immensely."
Gellert nodded.
"Same. And that bread was amazing," he added with a grin.
"You're going to make a brilliant business partner...I feel it way deep down in my bank account."
The elf smiled.
"Kreacher is glad. Kreacher enjoyed it as well, and he will enjoy the opportunity to add to the Black family fortune with his earnings."
"Won't you get to keep the money for yourself," Blaise asked, surprised.
He wasn't sure how he felt about that, but it wasn't his business.
"Oh yes," Kreacher assured.
"Master Regulus has put Kreacher's name on the Gringott's account. He was always allowed to use it for necessities, but now, he can do anything he likes. Of course Master Regulus always intended this, only he left before he had legal rights the first time," he said, gaze dropping.
"Speaking of Regulus, we should go now so that you'll be free when he wakes," Blaise told the elf, and Kreacher gave him a grateful smile.
Still pleasantly wired from the magic they'd used all day, Blaise and Gellert decided to visit Knockturn alley to look into empty buildings for sale or rent for their shop. As it happened, there were three available. One was very small, and one was larger with two stories.
The third was more medium sized and their favorite. It was a sprawling stone building with one story but several rooms. It was completely empty which allowed them to shape it to their specifications. They liked it so much that they decided to buy it on the spot. There was a note on the door with the address of the owner for interested buyers to contact so they went home and wrote right away. Within an hour they had a reply with the owner promising to meet them at Gringotts at nine the next morning.
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