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Dana POV
When I woke up again, it was after a nightmare. They were the worst and I usually didn't get a lot of sleep due to the dreams about Stayne or my mother.
"Dana," Harry called gently, cradling my face in his hands "It's alright. It was just a dream."
"Where... where am I?" I rasped quietly, looking around the huge room suspiciously.
"The infirmary in Auradon. You remember arriving, right?"
I nodded silently and tucked on one of his hands "What's going to happen now?"
He kicked off his boots and climbed into the bed beside me "I don't know. We'll try to make a life here and hopefully we'll never have to go back."
"And if they don't accept us?"
"How about a promise?" Harry whispered into my ear "Should you be unhappy here in a years time then we'll get a ship and leave."
"Yes. I'd love that, but what about the others?"
"We're family. They can decide if they want to come or not," Harry vowed.
I smiled at my boyfriend and relaxed against him.
"Good! You're awake. Now... dinner's going to begin in half an hour. I imagine someone coming to collect you soon," a fairy said, coming closer to us "Since you haven't eaten in a while I'd request that you stick to fruit, vegetable or soup. At least until you stomach gets used to having something in it. After dinner you can go to your room and rest. You don't have to come back here for a few days, but I want you to stay off that leg as much as you can."
I blinked, trying to take in all of the instructions at once "When can I try to walk again?"
"You may try tomorrow," the nurse mused "But only if someone is with you. If that works you can gradually increase the weight on the leg and walk farther."
I looked at Harry, a silent question in my eyes. He gave a short nod "I'll help you. Least I can do."
"It's not your fault, Harry," I frowned. How could he think that? If it's anyone's fault then it would be mine "If we blame anyone then that would be me. I could have told you right away."
"Shush," he murmured, covering my mouth with his hand "That's not what I meant. Come on, I'm hungry."
"Seeing as no one's here yet. Go out the door and turn right. At the end of the hall there are stairs going down. Turn right and at the end of the long corridor is the dining hall. Doors should be open," the fairy nurse explained.
"Thank you, ma'am. For helping me," I bowed her head in gratefulness and slung an arm around Harry's shoulders.
"It's my job," the nurse shrugged.
"Still. Thank you." Harry lifted me up and turned to walk out the door.
"You're welcome." We heard before we exited.
"Do you really think we get food?" I whispered into Harry's ear as we made out way down to the dining hall.
Harry shrugged as best as he could with me still in his arms "They said so and I can't imagine the people here going without food for as long as we usually do."
"Hm. I guess so."
We were under the first ones to arrive, so Harry carefully placed me on a chair and went to stand in line for food. When I looked at him in question he shrugged and gestured to the others standing there as well.
While Harry was on the other side of the room, I nervously fiddled with... a fork? I think that's what it's called anyway. I felt incredibly out of place, but I couldn't stand up and leave either.
I started when a bowl of colourful pieces of fruit was placed in front of me. Throwing caution aside, I poked them curiously "What's that?"
"Don't know, but they said it was fruit," Harry mumbled, poking at his own food. It looked so different from the stuff we had on the Isle. Is that what the people here in Auradon got everyday?
I finally picked up a bright red piece of something and nibbled on it. My eyes light up and I took a bigger bite from it before poking Harry's side "Try that. It tastes awesome."
He wrinkled his nose "But it looks so healthy..."
I snorted in amusement "Don't be such a pirate."
He gave an exaggerated sigh an snatched the piece of red from my hands, stuffing it into his mouth "Woah! What is that?"
"No idea, but I like it," I grinned in delight, nibbling on another piece. The only fruit we every got on the Isle were rotten or they went to Maleficent and her crowd. The most we had was bread we stole or the crap that Ursula served at her restaurant.
When the others arrived, they sat down next to us and stuffed their faces with food, while I was contentedly munching on my fruit, occasionally asking Mal what the names of the fruit are.
It took a while until all of them where done, but as soon as they were, Harry made to pick me up again.
"Wait, can I walk?" I stopped him carefully "Just until we're somewhere less crowded."
He hesitated "The woman said you should rest today."
"Please, love. I promise I'll tell you when I can't go on anymore," I begged.
"Come on, Harry. Just let her try at least," Uma encouraged.
"Fine," he huffed and held out his arm for me to take, while Gil positioned himself on my other side. When I was in an upright position, I took a hesitant step forward and sank to the floor, when my leg gave away.
"I told you, you're not ready yet," my boyfriend admonished lightly, lifting me up and carrying me out of the room. He followed the others to a room.
"This is your room Harry. You'll share with Gil, while Dana has her own room one floor up," Ben explained, gesturing to one door.
"I want to stay with Dani," Harry told the King, a slight glare on his face.
"I'm sorry, but we can't do that."
Harry rolled his eyes "Whatever. I'll take her to the room now."
"Hold on," Evie exclaimed, jogging after us "I'll show you."
"Thanks, Eve," I smiled at her.
She grinned "You know, I'm glad you guys are here now. It was so dreadfully boring without any pirates."
I laughed lightly "I can imagine. They seem stuck up... and some of them already made fun of the fact that I'm injured."
"I'd say that they're not that bad, but some of them are. Even some of the teachers are very biased, but don't worry. You'll be fine," the Evil Queen's daughter encouraged "Here it is. I'll come back tomorrow morning, okay? You look like you need your rest."
"Thank you, princess," Harry bowed his head, opening the door with his elbow and closing it with his foot.
"How are you doing?" Harry asked, sitting me down on my bed.
"I'm fine. Although I could do with some more sleep," I yawned.
He laughed and kissed me deeply "You should stop being so adorable, otherwise I might have to stop some guys from stealing you away."
"What? Why?" I tilted my head in confusion.
"You're oblivious," he remarked, smirking "But I already knew that. It took you a while to catch on to the fact that I was trying to ask you out."
"Yeah, yeah." I waved him away "Shoo now. I need my beauty sleep," I joked.
"Sleep tight, Dani." He kissed my forehead and ran a hand through my hair. I sighed and leaned into his touch until he pulled away.
