#based off a page in Mals d2 spell book

[descendantofthesparrow]

The Barrel incident - Disney Descendants fic - Huma oneshot

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*page from D2 side Book - Mals spell book

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Uma did her best to ignore the taunts of the purple-haired girl behind her, the market crowd snickering to themselves as they went on with their day as the word “shrimpy” spit from Mal's lips once more.

Harry tapped his hook against his thigh in barely contained anger as he listened to Mals continuing insults towards his friend. “I can't even believe you’re even risking being out here like this! If I smelled like that I wouldn’t even step outside my room!” Mal cackled, cocking her hip and putting her hand on it as she bumped her elbow into the giggling Evie, who covered her mouth and glanced off to her side.

Harry grit his teeth as Uma slammed down the rotten mango she was holding and started to turn to leave the market, just wanting to get away from Mal, the imp grinning at her “victory” she opened her mouth to taunt Uma once again but paused as Harry handed his hook to Uma, looked Mal dead in the eyes, and started to walk towards a large barrel just off the edge of the market place near the docks. “Harry?” Uma whispered, her grip on his hook tight as she watched him, still making eye contact with Mal, flipped open the lid of the barrel, and sit on the edge.

And while he flipped off Mal, he fell back into the rotten sludge of fish. Mal, Evie, and Uma just stared as Harry's form disappeared into the barrel of rotten fish.

“i-“ Mal stuttered, unable to come up with a single retort to what Harry had just done. Evie covered her mouth and stared wide-eyed as Harry emerged a moment later, gave Mal a sharp grin, and strut back towards Uma, who continued to gape at him.

The market crowd glanced at Mal, expecting a new insult or name towards Harry for what he had just done, but they soon realized Mal wasn’t going to come up with anything.

Harry had beat Mal at her own game, he had humiliated himself before she could, he had taken away any power she had held in that situation. And now Mal was left speechless as Harry took his hook back from Uma, and guided her out of the marketplace, the smell of rotten fish easily overpowering the years old faded smell of rotten shrimp that hardly clung to Uma nowadays.

Uma looked up at Harry as they walked out of the publics' eye, pressing her lips together as she tried to formulate her thoughts “why?” Uma asked finally, Harry humming and raising his brow at her “why humiliate yourself…just to get her off my back?”

Harry just smiled, not one of malice or teasing, but a true smile for his friend “I woul’d do any’thin’ fer yeh Uma”

Uma just stared at him with wide-eyes as Harry looked back ahead of him and started to whistle a random tune in his head. “you’re a dumbass” Uma laughed, pushing at his arm as he cackled.

“im yer dumbass!” He hollered, tossing his arm around Uma's shoulder and pulling her into his side, snickering as she gaged and pushed him away from her.

“alright no touching me until that smell is gone, god that’s even worse than me!” Harry cackled again, and the two continued to Ursula's chip shop. In which once they arrived Ursula forced Harry outside of the restaurant, yelling for the teen to take a shower before he chased all the customers away.

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A month later, Mal tried to taunt Uma once more, but now her words had no effect against the crowd, they only chuckled at the memory of Harry dunking himself in rotten fish guts as he flipped Mal off.

Mal's cheeks turned pink in embarrassment as the crowd muttered and laughed about “the barrel incident” Harry grinning at her and taking a bow, guarding Uma as he always did as Mal stormed away with her “friends” behind her.

Harry Hook, the isle already knew he was Uma's ride or die.

But now they knew he was her dumbass as well.

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@ishiphumasohard​ i loved writing this thank you for indulging in my dumbass post earlier XD