dollymixtures | Now's your moment, floating in a blue lagoon (Harry and Mal)

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He'd ended up in the enchanted lake.
At first it had been in the hopes of turning him back, but for some reason it just didn't work. Nothing seemed to work, and he was beginning to think this was some kind of elaborate curse, or maybe this was just who he was now.

Nobody was particularly pleased to have another VK in Auradon, but Mal (at least, Harry thought it must have been Mal) had convinced them he wasn't exactly a threat - for all they thought this was some kind of plan - and what was he going to do, swimming around in the enchanted lake? It wasn't like he could go anywhere else.

He was kind of miserable about it, if he was honest, since word seemed to have spread that he was there, and the last thing he wanted was all of bore-adon knowing his predicament, but what exactly could he do?

At least Mal visited fairly regularly, usually to try new solutions but as their options started to dwindle more often than not she'd visit just to talk, sitting in the old temple beside the water while Harry leaned on the edge. He didn't want to admit it, but talking to Mal was the bright spot of every day, he enjoyed her company a lot, he'd come to consider her a friend. He wanted even less to admit he'd come to hope for more than that.

She usually showed up around this time, so Harry had pulled himself up to sit on the side, leaning against one of the pillars while he waited for her.

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Mal could not fix Harry. She had tried everything she could think of. Magic was not working. Nothing was working. She was so frustrated. And she was dealing with a lot of other stuff too. She and Ben were no longer together and things were so awkward. She didn't know what was going to happen, but she tried to focus most of her time on helping Harry.

She was annoyed and frustrated and honestly just feeling down on herself. It had been weeks and she couldn't fix Harry. There was a VK in Auradon who wasn't on the "approved list" and people were talking about it. Talking about her. Talking about her breakup with Ben. It was just too much.

She had been spending a lot of time with Harry lately, mainly just to keep him company since none of the solutions they'd tried had restored him to his non-merself. At least it was something that helped keep her distracted from everything else.

She showed up around the usual time, and he was already waiting for her. "Hey, Harry." She said trying to sound as cheerful as she could. She was dealing with a lot but that was not his problem. Though she was sure he'd heard things when people talked by the lake. She just wanted things to go back to normal.

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