I'll trust again when the dead walk
Summary- An immortal Harry potter finds himself rather apathetic to the world around him. Mainly due to a combination of the death of everyone he cared about over the years and numerus betrayals by those he thought cared about him. Harry really thought he put his hero life behind him for a much more quite, human free life. But what happens when one of his rare trips outside the isolate life he met himself he finds the world has gone to hell. That the dead are walking and eating the living. Has Harry really put his saving people thing behind him and can he really leave the group he found to find for themselves?
I do not own Harry Potter or the walking dead nor do I make any money of off them.
This is most likely going to be slash, with Harry and Daryl.
Harry's animagus form
1 a Phantom panther-3
2. Hell cat-3
3. Nekimata -14(controlling plants)
4. Underwater panther/ Mishipeshu-4
Chapter eight
The entire group was finally in the CDC. After the panic inducing incident of nearly being eaten by the Walkers that had been around entire place that is. It had gotten so bad out there that Harry had been on the verge of using his magic to saving them all, reactions of everyone else be damned. That is Harry had been on the edge of doing so, when Rick started screaming at the camera telling them that they were killing them all; rather hysterically.
Harry when he had heard this had begun to wonder if perhaps Rick had lost him mind, a feeling that was shared by a few others in the group, if the looks they were giving the former police officer while they fought off the still oncoming walkers meant anything.
That is when the door to the CDC opened letting them all come rushing in before the shutters slammed down behind them before any of the walkers that had been chasing them could get in; maybe Rick hadn't lost him mind yet then. Just had a little more hope, and faith in humanity then most did; including Harry. Though considering Harry had lived on his own for the last couple of hundred years without human company, and did this of his own choice, maybe he had lost is fate in humanity quite a while ago.
Which, is what led the group to where they currently were. Standing in front of a heavily armed, pajama wearing Doctor of some sort that had one of his guns he directly aimed at them, as he talked to Rick. Seeing this Harry couldn't help but seriously hoped that this wasn't a case of out of frying pan into the fire scenario. But giving the fact his flight or fight instincts still hadn't settle down, and the fact his magic was incredibly weary of the doctor in front of him, Harry wasn't so sure about that.
Still, Harry could tell that the group needed a break from the constant running, the nonstop fighting, not to mention a break from the constant lack of food, well besides what could be hunted down; which was quickly becoming less and less as more time went on.
Not only that, but Harry knew he needed a safe place where he could talk to both Daryl and Merle about, well pretty much everything and then some. So biting his bottom lip, and despite how much he didn't want to, ignoring the warning his magic was giving him Harry let the man take some of his blood, along with the rest of the groups, so they could stay the night. As he said it was the price of admission.
Honestly not worrying about what the man may find in his blood, or do with his blood, as he did so. Mainly because Harry knew that without magic his blood really couldn't be used against him, at least not in a way he had to really worry about.
Not to mention that Harry knew with the state things were in right now he honestly didn't think the doctor would make a big deal of some venom, an odd anti-venom that made up what every Phoenix tears that may still be in his blood, and whatever other abnormality he may find in his blood as long as it wasn't anything that dealt with the Walkers. Mainly because Harry could tell that was all the doctor would really be looking for; not to mention if worse came to worse Harry could always vanish his blood if to many questions were asked.
After the doctor had gotten all of their blood, and after he had he had been asked just why he carried so many high level weapons, the Doctor decided to introduce himself and welcome them to the CDC; even if he did sound rather mocking to Harry as he did so; making Harry's magic once more try to lash out and warn Harry about the man.
"My name is Doctor Edwin Jenner, call me Dr. Jenner. Let me be the first, and only one to welcome you to the CDC. I'll show you where you'll be resting your heads, where the food is and later giving the information you came for… Also while there is hot water in the Showers I would be careful if I were you about over using them." However it seemed the warning about the hot water went over most of the heads of the group member, and all the really took in was the fact there was fresh food, a safe place to sleep and on top of all that hot water to bath in. Something Harry really couldn't blame them for given the lives most of them had led before all of this had happened.
Harry before Dr. Jenner led them all away, to show them around and give them their rooms, looked back at the shutter behind them. Getting a rather ominous feel from them that told Harry that there was something about those shutters he was really going to hate in the future, or perhaps something that the Shutters were going to represented Harry wasn't sure. But he did know, and was still trying to ignore, that something wasn't right about this place; hadn't been right about this place for a while now.
The rooms that they were assigned to turned out to be rather simple rooms, not really large ones and only had the bare basics in them. Not that anyone complained about this fact, seeing as everyone was grateful for even being able to have a room; even more so for the small amount of privacy they offered to the group.
As it turns out because these rooms were so small there wasn't enough room for everyone so they had to be spit up. This ended with Amy, Andrea and Jacqui sharing one room. Shane, Glenn, and T-dog sharing another room. And mostly because Lori kicked up a fuss when they were going to be separated, Rick, Carl, and Lori sharing a room right next to the one Shane and the others were in. Then there was Carol and Sophia sharing the room next to that. Leaving Harry, Daryl, and Merle sharing the last room that was actually a little down the hall; further away from the other.
Similar to how the camp set up had always been set up Harry noticed. It was like the majority of the group still really didn't see them completely as part of their group. Even if they did take part in the food the three hunted down and cooked themselves, even as the rest took part in the supplies Harry, Daryl and Merle always brought in. And honestly while the old Harry would have been hurt at being excluded for no reason the Harry of now honestly didn't give a damn and only added it as a mark against the rest of the group.
Seeing that everyone else was good with their rooms, and seeing that all the others were rushing to the showers or in the Dixon's case setting everything in the room up and going exploring a bit, Harry sighed and went back down stairs to cook everyone a meal. Something Harry was actually rather eager to do seeing as Harry loved to cook and had gotten really good at it over the years; once he finally got the house elves to let him do it that is.
Once Harry got to the kitchen that the CDC had and saw the supplies that were there and available to be used decided to make something that was filling, warm and at the same time might give the kids a bit of taste of home. Not to mention something that would have enough of, that everyone could get their fill without someone having to go without. Tonight was a night were everyone was going to bed with a full stomach, Harry was determined for that at the least.
That in mind Harry got to work making some Brunswick stew, along with some fresh homemade cornbread, and then to top it off a really large sweet apple pie; along with a peach cobbler for those that may not like the apple pie.
He hoped they would all like the food he made, and enjoy the desserts that went with it; especially since it would likely be quite some while before they could get another meal like that or a another dessert for that matter.
After Harry had managed to get all the food done, using a little magic here and there to speed a couple of things up, and once he had it all set up and ready, Harry heard the rest of the group making their way down towards him, most likely following their noses towards the kitchen. Hearing this Harry quickly set the last of the drinks out; including the wines he had found hidden in the back. As well as a couple bottle of the much stronger Potter family whisky that he currently had on him; all labels removed as a just in case as he did so.
Harry watched with slightly wide eyes and a good deal of disbelieve as the group completely relaxed over dinner and wine. Looking fully refreshed and for once almost all of them were in good moods as the laughed and joked around. This really wasn't like the group he had been with for the last couple of weeks and for a short while Harry got a glimpse of the people they may have all been before the outbreak started.
At the same time Harry couldn't help but be confused, about how the group was acting now, and how they acted as nothing was wrong; nothing at all. Harry knew there was still dangers out there, and that they wouldn't be able to stay here long. And he felt if he knew this, then the others should have realized this as well. That even if Jenner let them stay here the food and supplies that were there would run out sooner than later; especially with the number of people that were there.
Not only that but when it came down to it, it would attract too many walkers when the shutter of the CDC opened and closed, what with how loud they were. So they wouldn't be able to really sneak out without attracting walkers to them; meaning that they wouldn't really be able to do supply runs when place ran out.
So in the long run, and Harry knew he wasn't the only one to think this, this place was going to be a pit stop at most, and that was without the feeling Harry wasn't getting about this place; about Dr. Jenner himself. Which meant that the group really should be planning on gather supplies and making plans about when they were going to leave, but they weren't. They were trying to act like the hell outside wasn't occurring; at least most of them were trying to do this.
Seeing this and seeing how hard all of them were actually drinking, especially now that all the kids had gone to bed, Harry began to think that perhaps he shouldn't have gotten the wine out at all before shaking his head. He knew that the wine would have been found either way, and that perhaps he was being paranoid after all having one night were no one was worried wasn't going to hurt anyone and if they decided to drink during that night who was Harry to say anything. There were nights Harry literally drank himself to sleep in the past when his memories got too much for him, so as far as he saw it as long as they didn't take it too far and continue to do so for long periods of time they deserved to have a bit of a break. Previous thoughts, and warning from his magic, be damned; they needed a break.
Knowing this Harry, but at the same time knowing he didn't want to drink himself; if only to avoid accidently revealing his magic to everyone if he drank too much. Harry got up and went to go get in the shower himself, before going to explore the CDC and start storing everything he could get his hands on in his bags. Then he would probably go talk to Daryl and Merle whatever they wanted to be informed about; if they weren't sleeping or too drunk to do so that is.
This in mind Harry quickly went to the shower planning on take a quick shower with some nuke warm water, as Jenner had said to be careful with the hot water. However the idea of taking a rather cold shower fled from Harry's mind the very second he stepped in the shower and found nice hot water hitting him instead of the room temperature water he had been expecting. Then Harry remembered just how long it had been since he had a shower like this and he found himself unwilling to take a colder one as his tense muscles finally began to untense.
The sound of the door to the bed room, that was connected to the bathroom Harry was currently in, opening and the sound of the doorknob of the bathroom turning caused Harry to turn the shower off and quickly grab the towel nearby. Wrapping it tightly around his waist just as the bathroom door opened, letting a slightly stumbling Daryl in as it did so.
A Daryl who upon seeing that the bathroom was occupied, and the fact that Harry only had a towel on quickly sobered up and spun around exiting the bathroom just as fast as he had first entered it. Harry seeing this blinked a bit and looked down at himself wondering just what had shocked Daryl so much. Only to curse slightly when he remembered all the scars he had earned over the last six hundred years he had been alive, most of which came from his so called family and the war he had been in during the most emotional damning parts of his life. Which again was something Harry really never talked to anyone about and was something he wasn't too eager to talk about either.
But at the same time Harry wasn't too worried about it because he knew that if he said he didn't want to talk about it the Daryl would let it drop then and there. At least until there was a time Harry was more comfortable talking about it, then Daryl would be there willing to listen; withholding all judgement till the end. So knowing that Harry got dressed in some of the cleaner clothes he had brought in with him earlier, a dark green long sleeve shirt, a pair of black jeans and the same old hiking boots he'd been wearing, before heading out of the bathroom.
Once he was out of the bathroom Harry saw that both Daryl and Merle where in the room waiting for him and both of them looked to be mostly sober. Which didn't really surprise Harry much seeing as Harry knew the two could hold the liquor and never drank more than they could really take when things were going south. Seeing this and honestly not wanting to even be questioned about the scars Daryl had seen on him brought up the idea he had before they had started even going to the CDC.
"Hey, I don't know about you two, but I'm really getting the feeling that we aren't going to be able to stay here long; not nearly as long as Rick and the others would want that is. Be it from a shortage food or something else, we aren't going to be able to stay here. Because from what I have seen those shutters opening and closing are going to attract more walker then ever making supply runs all but impossible to do without risking Walkers getting on the base or capturing the one doing the supply run to begin with. " Here Harry paused to take a deep breath, and knowing he was starting to get of track did his best to get to the point.
"I just get the feeling we aren't going to be here much longer. So what do you two think of doing a supply run within the CDC? Emptying it of everything that could be of value so that when we do leave we'll have a surplus of supplies as a just in case?" This got Harry a raised eyebrow from Daryl and a grin of approval from Merle before they both rose up and headed to the door; it seemed they both agreed with his idea. Seeing this Harry took a deep breath before following behind the two; after all with the exploring they both did earlier the Dixon brothers would know this place better than he did.
By doing this Harry was first lead to the food storage, which was a large storage filled with many different types of nonperishables food that could last their group months easily; more so if they included the meats from the hunts that Harry, Daryl and Merle went on. Seeing this, and knowing just how much it would be needed, rather now or later, the entire food storage was quickly shrunk down and added to the bottomless bag that already held the food Harry had. Though, as a just in case, Harry did leave enough nonperishables there for a couple of days worth of food if it was needed; and boy did he feel bad about doing that to Dr. Jenner. Maybe they could talk him into leaving with them so he wouldn't die because of the shortage of, well pretty much everything once the group left?
Next, the Dixon brothers lead Harry to where the military had stored all the weapons in the CDC, which upon seeing Harry felt his eyes go wide. There was a lot of heavy duty weaponry in this place, and honestly some of it Harry couldn't quite see them needed in the first place. But at the same time knew that it would be better to have them and not need them, then too desperately need them and not have them. So knowing this Harry quickly began to summon all the weapons that were there and place them in the bag that held the other weapons in it. Not shrinking them because some time weapons responded badly to being shrunken; something about how they were made. And boy did it hurt Harry when he first found that out, some good two hundred years ago.
After the weapon room Harry found himself being led to what had to have been the medial bay, and while Harry already had plenty of medical supplies, when it came to things like medical supplies Harry was in the mind that you could honestly never have enough of them. So knowing this, Harry quickly got to work on transporting all the medical supplies in the room into his bag, not leaving even a single unused bandage from the area; after all you would never know when you would need medical supplies. And with a surplus of supplies you get the wonderful chance of being able to trade them if you found yourself with someone who was willing to do so.
Finished with the medical supplies, Harry after a brief argument between Daryl and Merle, was lead to a library filled with all type of information that ran the entire CDC. Harry seeing this felt his eyes go wide once again, recognizing what a goldmine this was, after all information was important, especially this type of information. Besides maybe there was information on how to cure this whole thing and it could be in this library, if not well the library did include how to cure other things were and that was just as important. Knowing this Harry quickly shrunk all the books and sent them into the bag that had all the camping supplies, as well as the hunting supplies, knowing that is where they would be safest.
After going through all these rooms and adding so much things to his bags, enough so that Harry was beginning to wonder if there was actually a limit to bottomless bags, Harry mentally promised himself that once he got back to the rooms he shared with Daryl and Merle he would be going through them with the brothers. Before adding as much as he could to the others supplies and into his normal bags to be shared with the others, so they could also be prepared; even if he had to use a little magic to make more room in it.
He doubted, if the magic was simple enough and not obvious as some magic was, that the others would even notice; as long as they had the supplies they all desperately needed. Besides making the normal bags just a little bigger, just slightly stronger, and just a little lighter, then they had been before wasn't something that was completely noticeable anyway. Plus it could be seen as a way to slowly easy the others into magic and see how they reacted without actually informing them about said magic.
This in mind Harry, once he got back to his room, turned to the two brothers and asked them both, hoping the would accept.
"Hey do you want me to make you bag similar to mine, that way you can hold some of these supplies and be prepared if the off chance we all get separated from each other? I don't have to make it completely like mine if you don't want me to. I can make it seem normal enough that people wouldn't question it while still having enough room to carry more things than normal…it wouldn't be nearly as much as a bottomless bag could carry but it could be also made lighter and more durable than normal. I was thinking on doing that with the others bags as well and give them some of the stuff we just got, maybe as some of the others things I have as well, because there are chances we could get separated from them as well; and with the kids I really want to make sure they can be safe. Not to mention it could be a way to slowly show them about my magic without them jumping the gun and freaking out about it. I…" Harry once more found his mouth being covered and again it was by Daryl; who looked to be both tired and amused at the same time.
"Looks like I found a way to stop you from rambling Harry, I just got to cover your mouth." This was said with a slight grin before Daryl continued, answering the question Harry had asked.
"Now I can't answer for my brother but I would like to have my bag become a bottomless. I don't have to worry about someone else getting into it seeing as most people go out of their way to avoid me, and like Merle said a while ago, having a bottomless bag that is also feather light would be mighty helpful; especially during this time. " Harry hearing this Harry nodded and went to over to Daryl bag to start charming it, only to go blink as Merle's bag landed right nest to Daryl's; it seemed he was alright with his bag being bottomless as well.
Which Harry could see as a good thing, now all he had to do before going to bed was go through all the things he had all together, split them between Merle, Daryl and himself. While at the same time leaving enough out to give to the others and if he could also charm the others bags to carry a little more than they were…it was going to be a long night.
