As happy as Carlos was to finally have Harry back with him, it seemed the young pirate was struggling to adapt to the new surroundings; back on the Isle it was survival of the strongest and Harry had fought hard to protect his boyfriend.
But in Auradon the worst thing about was high pollon count; there were cameras and security everywhere, the only danger was the Villian kids.
"why do I have to wear this?" Harry moaned, tugging at his smart clothes.
Even though there was no uniform at Auradon Prep, teachers approved more when their students looked presentable and Harry had been pursuded into a smart, dark red shirt.
"I think you look very handsome." Carlos soothed.
Harry gripped Carlos's hand tightly; he hated the calmness in Auradon but his normally anxious boyfriend was happier.
Bending down to steal a quick kiss Harry threw himself onto his new bed, annoyed at how much he enjoyed the softness, "so, what's the plan with Mal's little gang?" he asked.
Carlos placed Dude beside the young pirate, "we're trying to get Fairy GodMother's wand, so we can take down the barrier." he explained but didn't sound excited or happy about the situation.
"and you really want that? To be under your mother again." Harry questioned.
Over the past month, since Carlos was brought to Auradon, the young pirate had been set of terrorizing Cruella, since he knew that she couldn't take her anger out on her son and he despised the thought that she could put her bony hands on Carlos again.
"it's not just about me." Carlos sighed deeply, "everything will work out."
Harry pulled his boyfriend down onto the bed and into a crushing hug, "that's Krakken breath and you know it." the young pirate hissed.
For a while they stayed laid on the bed until they finally decided to face the world.
"he ain't gunna be a part of this plan." Mal snapped later that night while they were discussing the corrination.
Harry gave a fake pout, "look tiny dragon, we all want the same results, why not have another pair of hands?" he flashed both empty hands, his hook safely with Carlos.
"it could be easier." Jay put in, still wearing his Tourney uniform.
Mal roughly slammed down her sketchbook, the drawing of the wand on full display, "more likely harder. I don't trust him to keep his mouth shut." she glared at the young pirate.
Harry's fingers twitched, wishing he had his sword, or at least his hook in hand, instead he gave a strained smile, "that makes two of us."
"I trust him." Carlos said firmly.
"I kinda do too." Evie added, mentally sizing Harry up for a handsome new outfit.
The purple haired girl shot a glare at the princess, not used to being disagreed with, "he's not helping." she grit out.
"think about it Mal, we all want the same thing right?" Carlos tried to inject reason into the situation.
Realising that she wasn't going to win the argument, plus she had to work on pushing down her invading feelings for Ben, so she scoffed and left the room.
"did I win that?" Harry whispered to his boyfriend.
Carlos gently gave Harry back his hook, "well, she didn't hit you so yeah."
Now that Harry knew where he stood in the group; Evie's new project for clothes, a decent oppoinant for Jay and someone for Mal to project all her hate onto, the next hurdle was to find his place in the school.
The young pirate was even less of a team player Jay, Harry would never have made it into the Tourney team, but enjoyed seeing Carlos running around the field, and he found the quietness of the classrooms distracting.
Things did not improve as Family Day rolled around; every students parents would be attending, meaning the villian kids had to be on even better behaviour and Harry wanted nothing more than to hide in a corner.
"darlin', please stop." Harry sighed as he watched his smaller boyfriend guzzle chocolate straight from the fountain.
Carlos wiped the dripping chocolate off the end of his nose and smiled up at the pirate, "but it's so yummy."
Using the sleeve of his fancy, hand-embroidered shirt to wipe the rest of Carlos' face, ignoring the disapproving looks from parents and students alike, "I get that." he laughed, "but gluttony is a sin and we're meant to be good."
Carlos raised a dark eyebrow, "did you pick up a Jimmy Cricket?" he teased.
Suddenly Mal grabbed them both by the arms, "we've been invited to play croquet." she hissed, "with all the royals." Mal waved at a grinning Ben.
Examining the blunt mallet Harry quickly abandoned the game to chase around Dude with his boyfriend; even though there were hundreds of rules, things were slightly more freeing.
Hearing the unessercary shieking of an old queen made all the fun stop; it was Aurora's mother demaning the villian kids, claiming they couldn't possibly change and were exactly like their parents.
Carlos felt dread in his stomach, hating the thought that he could become anything like his mother and even Mal had changed, she seemed softer; even though Harry had no obligations to anyone other than Carlos or Uma the young pirate felt possesive of all of them as the rest of the Auradon's youth began to spit vile things.
"exactly like our parents huh?" Harry swaggered forwards, placing himself firmly between the idiot Chad Charming and Mal, "then you should be like your mother then? Kind, compassionate, forgiving? Isn't that what heros do?"
"we cannot forgive their crimes." Queen Leah gasped out.
Harry grabbed a mallet again, swining it next to him, "understandable, you heros sure hold onto grudges, and that's coming from the son of a pirate who wanted a ten year old dead, but what evil deeds have this lot done since getting here?" the young pirate slung out an arm, giving the question to the whole party.
"she used magic." Audrey, Aurora's daughter, snapped pointing viciously at Mal; who was now hand in hand with a worried looking Ben.
Mal could only shrug, "I was asked for hair transformation." she muttered, more self consious than normal.
"so, heros asked a favour from a known villian and she delivered without any side effects." Harry reasoned; time without a weapon was doing wonders for his reasoning skills.
"well, he likes bullying people." Chad scoffed gesturing towards Jay.
Harry so desprately wanted to smash Chad in the face with the mallet but held back, "and led your useless butt to Tourney victory. Anything else?"
Silence followed, the villian kids had appeared to be very well behaved since arriving in Auradon, except they'd secretly been planning something partically evil their once very passionate plans had dwindled, and not even the teachers had a bad word.
"Harry's right." Soon-to-be-king Ben stepped forwards, "as heros we should forgive and rise above." he gave a blinding smile.
Within moments all the adults were smiling again, any tension vanishing, the next generation still seemed a little put out but didn't pursue the fight anymore.
"ever thought about joining the student debate team?" Ben asked Harry.
The young pirate picked up Dude, who had been chewing on a croque ball, "do I get my sword back?"
Ben laughed, "your words are sharper and stronger than your sword." he patted the young pirate on the shoulder before going to speak to his King and Queen parents.
"make a hero out of you yet." Carlos whispered and kissed his boyfriend hard on the cheek.
As Harry looked around the gardens he truely took in that none of the villian kids were acting as such and a small amount of worry flowed in his stomach.
"what about the plan?" Harry asked later that night when the group all met up, "to bring down the barrier, if we're all good guys now?"
All four of them exchanged looks, obviously none of them wanted to go ahead with the plan anymore, all had been freed from the shackles of their parents but still felt obliged to see the plan through.
"like any good hero we have to make our parents proud and taking down the barrier will make them proud." Mal reasoned without passion.
"still going ahead." Evie agreed and Jay nodded too.
Carlos was a little more hesitant to agree, dreading his mother, but having Harry there as a protection he'd soon need more than ever was a comfort.