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Chapter 2
Harry and Remus hurried through their showers and changed clothes, and made it down to the dining room in less than thirty minutes. Dobby and Winky were already seated at the table along with all the elves. They quickly made their way to the table and sat down.
"This looks great! We haven't eaten like this in a while." Harry said.
"You really outdid yourselves with the food." Remus said.
"Thank yous. We haven't had anyone to serve in ages." The elves said.
"Ok, well let's dig in." Harry said as he grabbed some of everything. There was roast chicken, and duck, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans, baked potatoes, pies, squash, steaks, and several types of cakes. He knew that they wouldn't be able to finish half of what was on the table, but that wouldn't stop them from trying.
"What did you want to talk about Master Harry?" Mike the elf asked.
"We saw a group of people earlier today that looked like they were held captive at the train yard. Someplace named Terminus, and they were escaping. There was a big explosion, and a large herd of walkers were pouring into the place. The people who were running it were cannibals."
"That is disgusting!" Shouted all the elves.
"We agree," Remus said after taking a drink of water, "what we want to do is have some of you try to find where the survivors went, and to keep an eye on them."
"We can be doing that." Matty said.
"I know you can, but you must understand that they are normal humans. They don't have magic and would be just as scared of us as they are of the walkers." Harry said.
"We will be careful. The walkers won't see us and the humans won't either. We be careful." Mark said.
"Good, now I will be taking Dobby and Winky to see if we can get some intel on where Death went. He has been missing for a bit. That is why we have the dead rising and walking around." Harry said.
"Can't you's ask for help. You being the Master of Death should be able to asks the dead." Tom said.
"I've done so a couple of times. Problem is that the spirits only know so much, dementors have been helpful, but not overly."
"We's haven't seens anything, but we's can be checking the ritual books. Maybe there is something there." Tina suggested.
"That's a good idea. I'd like to check them tomorrow if we can. It is too late to do much tonight, but maybe in a bit some of you can go and keep an eye on the survivors. Also, a couple of you should see if you could track the cannibals. I don't think they all died during the break out. I'm worried that there could be more people like that."
"Mike and I's can check out the cannibals." Mark said.
"Okay, but be careful." Remus said.
"We's will be." He said.
"Tom and Paul, do you think you could keep an eye on the survivor group?" Harry asked.
"Yes, we can go later, after we have taken care of you two." Tom said, giving Harry and Remus a look over. "You be needing looking after. You's need a check up, both of you do." Tina said.
"We can get that done after dinner. We'd like to explore the house, but mainly we just want to relax a bit. It is really scary out there. The walkers tend to leave me alone, because of whom I am, but Remus is a different story. We have been attacked several times because they think Remus smells good. Glad he can't turn from bites because he's a werewolf, but it has been dicey a few times."
"After dinner, you two can relax for a bit, then check ups." Mary said giving both of them that or else look.
"Yes Mary, we will." Remus said.
"I have an idea." Dobby said.
"What is it Dobby. You know you can say what is on your mind. In fact you've proven yourself time and again with your instincts." Harry said.
"Why don't you do a ritual to contact Death? If he is hiding from you normally, he won't be able to avoid a summon." Dobby said.
"That's a great idea. We can do that after I get some rest. I'll need to be up to regular magic and health levels for it to work." Harry said then turned to Mike and asked, "You said there was a ritual room? Are there books there on the different rituals or do we have to go to the library and find it?"
"The library has books in one section on rituals to call on gods, entities, and the like, demons too. Tina and Mary can get the books on summoning for you, then we can helps you look for the right one. It will take a bit of time to find it. Master Nick had lots of books. If they not here, then we can go to any of the properties that you owns and find them for you. May take a couple of days to finds it."
"Let's start that after the check ups then, I still want you guys to go check on the two groups we saw. The survivors have a baby and one teen, so they really need a helping hand. I just hope nothing bad happens while we search for Death." Harry said.
"I can go with Mark and Mike later to check on the cannibals. I think they are going to be the one group that will require some serious handling." Remus said.
"Okay, but don't do anything stupid. You may heal faster than the average wizard, and can't get infected, but you can still be killed. Dieing by evisceration is not pretty. I should know."
"I'll be careful. I can hide my scent, and turn invisible if need be. Plus I'll have the elves. They will make sure I come back."
"That's right. We be making sure Master Remus is safe." Mark said with a determined look on his face.
"Good, now let's finish this lovely dinner and then get to work." Harry said as he continued to eat. Soon the dinner was all done and everyone split up to do their jobs.
Harry, Dobby, Winky and Mike went to the library to look over the books on summoning. There looked to be a twenty or so and they were all a foot thick. They were all very old, some of them looked to be hundreds of years old.
"Master Nick collected all types of books on different magic. He made sure that anything that could ever be useful was saved. Magic is magic, so he made sure that it was all preserved. If you don't find what you need here, then Tina and Mary can check the other libraries."
"Thank you Mark. Tell Mary that I won't be here long. I don't have the energy tonight to go through all these. We can do the check up in a little bit."
"I be telling her." He said as he popped away.
Remus was just finishing up looking through the study when Mark popped in.
"Master Harry said he won't be long in the library. You should go get your check up now. That way we can go spy on the bad people sooner." He said.
"Okay, take me to Mary. I'm sure she would appreciate it if she didn't have to come look for me." He said as he got out of the chair he was sitting on and rounded the desk. Mark led he out of the study and down the hall. He turned right at the junction and let him to a room two doors down from the junction. He opened the door for Remus and said, "Here is the infirmary. Mary will be here shortly. Please sit on the bed."
Remus did as asked and as soon as he did Mary showed up. She popped in wearing a small doctors coat and had a clipboard. Remus almost laughed at how cute she looked, but the expression on her face made him reconsider not doing it. She looked very stern and was in full maternal mode.
"I will bes scanning you with my magic. You just need to relax. When I am done, I will be letting you know what I finds." She said.
Remus just nodded his head and let her do her job. She quickly scanned him and small squares were being checked off on the paper she had on the clipboard. Once she was done she looked at Remus.
"You is dehydrated, and has a mild case of malnutrition. You have been fighting off a cold, but it isn't bad. You have several bruised ribs, and a small crack in your right arm. We can fix you up in no time. I give you some potions and then you rest. Take about an hour to fix you up. You can't leave to go spying until I say."
"All right. Not a problem. One more hour won't make too much of a difference. We can track them with magic, so we will know exactly where they are." He said as he accepted several vials of potions. He quickly downed them, and needed to wash his mouth out with water because of the taste. Somehow the taste of dirty socks, mold, and dirty just didn't go well with dinner. After his stomach stopped revolting the potions he left the room to go lie down. He was staring at the ceiling wondering if everyone back home was all right. He knew some had been turned and that the rest would be hiding out in Grimmauld Place. He just hoped none of them were crazy enough to venture out on their own, unprotected. He needed to talk to Harry about sending some elves to check on their friends. They had been gone a long time and hadn't heard from any of them in a while. He just hoped that they weren't the only ones left.
Soon Harry was finished looking through one large tome, and called for one of his elves. "What can Patty do for you Master Harry?"
"Can you take me for the check up?"
"Yes master, follow me." she said as she led him to the infirmary.
"Mary will be here shorty. Please sit on the bed." she said then popped out. Mary came into the room with her clipboard and began her scans. Small marks appeared on the paper and after about 15 minutes it finished.
"Ok, looks like you need potions for malnutition, and your bones. You have lots that need fixing. We can fix your eyesight too. No more glasses, also you have too much magic right now. How long has it been since you used it?"
"To long. We've only run into one wizard. Everyone else has been muggle or walker. I've been afraid to use a lot of magic. I could easily hurt someone and survivors are getting hard to find."
"You can charge the ward stone. That will use up lots of your magic. First take your potions. Then go and charge the wards. After that rest for 1 hour. You can finish researching aftr or go to bed."
"Thanks Mary. I think I'll sleep for a bit, then floo call my friends." "Okay, but You rest."
"I will." Hary said as he left the room. He folowed the magic puling him to the ward stone, until he stopped in front of a plain wall. He pressed his hand to the wall and a small prick was felt on his hand drawing a little blood. The wall slid to the side, and he could see stairs leading down into a cavernous room. He followed the stairs to the bottom where he saw a big white pearl like stone sitting on a pedastel. It was faintly glowing and the magic coming off of it was vey weak. Harry went to it and placed his hands on the top and started channeling his excess magic into it. Soon the roon was bathed in bright white light as the stone absorbed the magic, then the magic exploded outwards heading for the wards. What Harry didn't realize was that because he was MOD his powers transfered to the wards. Now none of the undead would ever be able ever be able to get padt the wards. He slowly made his way out of ward room to his room for a short nap.
Before he climbed into bed, he went to the floo. He grabbed some powder and threw it in calling out "Neville Longbottom, Grimmauld Place." He stuck his head in and started calling for Neville.
Neville came running into the sitting room and stopped short, almost tripping over the rug. "Harry! Mate, I am so glad to hear from you. You have been gone for ages and when we didn't get any news...well, people started to panic."
"What happened?"
"Ron in all his wisdom decided to be the hero. He went out for supplies without back up. He got cornered in Diagon by a herd of those things. Bill and sirius had to go save him. Stupid git didn't tell anyone he got bit. He turned and attacked some of the peole here. "
"What! No! Who was lost?" he asked not really wanting to know as he started tearing up.
"I'm sorry mate. I really am, but it happened during dinner. We lost Ron, Ginny, Hermione, Molly, Kingsley, Minerva, and Hermione's parents. Everyone who git bit by Ron got put down by Sirius and Flitwick."
"NO! no..no...no. You guys need to get someplace safer. I can't lose anymore of you." Harry sobbed.
"There is nowhere to go mate. Hogwarts was overrun, Diagon has been overrun, even the ministry. This is the only place that is close to supplies."
"Wake everone up and floo here. I'm at one of the Flamel properties. Get them moving now, gt them together in 10 minutes."
"Will do Harry." Neville said and left the room to gather the rest of the gang.
"Paul." "Yes master Harry." he said as he popped in.
"What is this place called?"
"Flamel's Hideaway, master."
"Thanks, we will be having guests in about 15 minutes. Have rooms prepared, and food. I'm not sure if they have eaten lately, but just to make sure, have potions ready too."
"Yes master Harry. I will let Patty and Tina know right away." he said as he popped out. Harry returned to the floo call and waited for everyone to come into the room. He didn't have to wait long as Neville and Luna appeared dragging trunks behind them, followed by the rest.
"Harry!" Sirius screamed as he rushed into the room. "Where are you? Are you Okay? When are we leaving? Is Remmy all right?"
"We are fine. Do you have everything that you need?"
"Yes. We packed all the weapons, books, potions, everything." Siri said.
"Good. Luna, Neville shrink your trunks. Then call out Flamel's Hideaway." he said as he pulled back from the fireplace. The flames turned green and then Luna and Neville stepped out of the flames, followed by Bill, Charlie, Sirius, the twins, and Flitwick.
There was a round of hugs and some crying from others as the relief of being away from number 12 kicked in.
"Guys, let me breath. I need to call the elves to take you to the dining room. Rooms are being set up for you and we can talk in a bit. It is late here, and I need rest."
"Sure, Harry. We are just happy to see you. You've been gone for almost a year." Bill said.
"Dobby."
"Yes Harry...Master Neville, Sirius, Twin Terrors, Mistress Luna, you're all here."
"Yes Dobby we're all here. Well what is left of us." George said.
"I'll take you to eat, then bed for all of you. It is late. Follow me everyone." He said as he exited Harry's room. They all followed and soon found a table ladden with food, along with healing potions by each seat. They dudn't wait on ceremony, but dug right into the food. Soon they were full and were escorted to rooms. On the way Remus came out of the room he was in and spotted Sirius.
"Siri! What are you doing here?" he said.
(Ok, I'm going to stop here. Hope you like it. Just a filler for what is coming up next chapter.)