A/N - Hey guys! My first double figure chapter! Ta-da! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter, and if you do, leave a review and let me know! :)

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Chapter 10

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"Welcome to Auradon, boys," she called.

Harry sprinted up the path, dumping the small rucksack he had flung over his shoulder. He grabbed Mal, and lifted her up into his arms, spinning her round. She squealed with laughter, throwing her arms around Harry's neck, holding him tightly.

"I missed you," he murmured into her hair, setting her down gently.

"I missed you too," she replied, looking up at him. "Now," she said, pulling out of his grasp and giving Gil a quick hug too. "We have a tour to do. Come on," she called, spinning on her heel and entering the school.

Gil nudged Harry in the side, and pulled him back a bit, out of Mal's earshot.

"What?" Harry growled.

Gil only said one word, but it was enough to make Harry go red, and want to kill Gil.

"Whipped," Gil replied, and then walked back to Mal, who had stopped and was waiting for them.

As the three of them walked through the school, Harry couldn't not appreciate how pretty Mal was, even though her aesthetic was very different from the last time he had seen her. Her blonde hair was curled, and fell perfectly down her back in loose ringlets. She was wearing a pale turquoise dress that came to just above her knee, and pale pink heels. Mal glanced over at him, and caught him watching her, and smirked at him.

"Like what you see?" She whispered.

"Always, love," Harry replied, scratching his chin.

They began walking down a long corridor, and Mal stopped outside one of the doors, and went to take the key from her pocket.

Feeling at her sides, she hufffed. "Ugh. Dress. No pockets."

Then, she quickly scanned the rest of the corridor, and held her hand up to the door. A green smoke uncurled itself from her hand, and slid into the lock. A click sounded, and Mal pushed the door open, quickly turning to face the boys.

"You didn't see that, got it?" She said, blushing.

"That was incredible!" Gil exclaimed.

"Quiet!" Mal scolded him. "We're not allowed to do magic here. You can't say anything, okay?"

The boys both nodded their agreement.

"You couldn't do that on the Isle, could ya?" Harry asked, studying her.

"Well," Mal said, grinning up at him. "I've been practising."

"Course you have. In a place where magic isn't allowed, what's the best thing to do? Practise it," he replied, smirking at her.

"Seriously, Harry," Mal pleaded. 'You can't say anything. Evie doesn't even know."

"I won't, dragon, I promise," he answered, not allowing himself to show how shocked he was at that statement. "Evie doesn't know?" He thought to himself. "Gods, what have they done to you Mal?"

Meanwhile, Mal was leading Gil into the room she had opened, and Harry quickly followed them in. It was a huge room, bigger than anything that Gil and Harry had ever seen before. It was a bright cream colour, with blue accents along the walls and the skirting boards. There were two huge beds, with thick, soft duvets, and a mountain of soft, fluffy pillows. In the corner of the room, there was the door to the balcony. Harry and Gil stared in amazement as Mal opened the door and flung it open, allowing the fresh sea breeze to drift into the room. Harry and Gil followed her out and stood on the balcony beside her.

"I made sure you got a room with a view of the sea," Mal said, staring out at the waves.

"Thank you," Harry replied swallowing hard. All of a sudden a wave of homesickness washed over him.

As Mal walked back inside, the two boys followed her. She walked over to the other corner of the room and opened the door there, revealing the large en suite bathroom. There was a shower cube and a bath, a glistening toilet and a washbasin.

"That looks clean enough to drink out of," Gil laughed. "Not like on the Isle!"

"Nothing here is like anything on the Isle," Mal answered. "Except maybe where all the garbage is kept until collection day," she finished, cocking her head, laughing too.

She walked back out into the middle of the room.

"So, this is your dorm room. You live here now," she said, happily.

"This is for us?" Gil asked, his eyes wide in wonder.

"Yep!" Mal replied, giving him a smile. "Life here isn't like life on the Isle. Other people, they care about us here, so we don't have to live like we did before, okay?"

Gil nodded his head vigorously, then proceeded to stumble around dizzily for a moment.

Mal began to speak again. "So, leave your bags here, and follow me!"

The three of them left the dorm room, Mal quickly locking the door again with her magic.

"Come to my room, so we can get the key," she said, and opened a door marked 'stairwell'.

"So the girls' dorms are on the floor above you guys, so you'll know where to find me if you need me, and Carlos and Jay are in the room across the hall from you, so if you need anything, they're there too. Curfew is 11 while we're still off, and 9:30 once school starts again, and lights out is at 10:15.

"Curfew?" Harry repeated.

"It means you have to be in your room at that time," Mal supplied helpfully, stopping and leaning on the banister.

"Hah! Half nine! No bloody way!" Harry muttered.

"Well, I'll tell you a secret," Mal said, grinning. "There's this room, I'll take you there in a bit, that Jay, Carlos, Evie and I hang out in the evening once we're supposed to be in our dorms. You guys can hang with us there, if you want?" She asked, a hopeful look on her face.

"And this room," Harry said. "Do the teachers know about it?"

"Well, no, but," Mal answered, looking at her feet sheepishly. "What they don't know won't hurt them, right?"

"Right," Harry laughed. "Aye, we'll join you all there."

"Cool," Mal replied. "We normally meet their about 10, when school's on, and we meet at 11:30 during summer, so we'll do that tonight, okay? But because you don't know your way around yet, I'll come get you at 11:25, got it?"

"Sure. But why can't we just stay together and then all go as a group?"

"Boys and girls aren't allowed in each other's dorms," Mal answered. "So we have to sneak around, after everyone else is asleep."

"You haven't changed a bit, have you?" Harry smirked.

Mal's face dropped, and she didn't answer.

"Shit," Harry muttered under his breath.

Gil noticed, and jumped to the rescue.

"Where do we get food, Mal?" He asked.

"There's a mini fridge with snacks in your room if you're peckish in the evenings, but we get our meals in the dining hall, which I'll take you to soon. It's in a separate building. This is the dorm block, the dining hall is its own building next door, and the school block is across the campus," she replied, her emotions quickly back under control. "It's nearly lunchtime, but we're not eating in the same place as everyone else today."

"How come?"

"Cause you're too scary to handle, Gil," Mal smiled, and Harry burst out laughing.

"Seriously though," she continued. "Everyone is scared of you guys, so Fairy Godmother decided that you're not actually going to meet other students, beside the others, until next week. It's my job to stay with you this entire week, until you get acquainted with everything. In fact, the only new people you're going to meet this week are the teachers, and Fairy Godmother," she finished. "Anyway, come on."

They climbed two flights of stairs, and Mal opened the door at the top of them.

"So this is the girls' floor, and you're not supposed to be here, and I'm not supposed to take you here, so we're not telling anyone, okay?"

They followed her halfway down the corridor, and Mal stopped, quickly checked the corridor, and let herself into her room, holding the door open for Gil and Harry.

She walked over to the vanity, and rummaged in the top drawer, pulling out two matching silver keys. She turned and handed one to Gil, and the other to Harry.

"These are for your room. And, here," she said, poking further into the drawer, pulling out another two keys, however these ones were smaller, anda dark golden colour. "These, are for the secret room, okay? You should keep them on you at all times, but keep them hidden too, so people don't ask you what they're for."

She grabbed her two keys, and went to put them into her pocket.

"Ugh!" She groaned. "Still don't have pockets. She walked over to the large, oak wardrobe on her side of the room. The two sides were easily distinguishable to both boys. One was meticulously clean and tidy and organised, with a large rack of dresses against one wall, a large pile of makeup and hair products on the vanity, and the bed had a dark, sapphire blue duvet and matching pillows, with a satin sleep mask with the word 'princess' written on it. On the other side, small heaps of clothes were splayed all over the floor, the vanity was practically empty bar a few bottles of nail varnish and a few lipsticks, and the bed had a dark purple duvet, with bright green, fluorescent pillows. Yes, the two sides were so easily distinguishable, it was almost funny.

Mal pulled out a pair of sweatpants from one of the drawers of the wardrobe, a t-shirt, and an 'Auradon Tourney' sweatshirt. At Harry's raised eyebrow, she answered, "It's Jay's. I stole it."

"Ah," he answered. "Thought it was a bit big for ya."

"Wait here," Mal muttered, and went into the bathroom.

As she got changed, Harry took a glance around the room. There was a wall near the door to the bathroom, completely covered in drawings, that had been ripped out of a sketchbook and stuck up. However, in comparison to Evie's sketches for dresses on her wall, these were very different. There were drawings of the sea, of buildings, of Maleficent's castle, of the Chip Shoppe, of the hideout, of the view of the Isle from Auradon, of Evie, Jay, Carlos, and there was even a drawing of Harry.

"These are amazing," he murmured, tracing a finger along his impeccable jawline in the drawing.

Just then, Mal came out from the bathroom, her blonde hair flung up into a messy ponytail, and her stolen hoodie's arms rolled right up, the bottom of it coming to just above her knee.

"Come on," she said, pulling both boys out of the room. "I'm hungry. Let's get lunch."

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A/N - Wow! This was a long chapter! Anyway, thanks for reading, and if you liked it, leave a review and let me know! :)