What Can You Do?

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If there are any A/N in this chapter, they will be marked with an * and the meaning behind them will be at the bottom.

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Chapter 9

Someone was gently shaking him awake, and Harry wanted to be mad, but he currently did not have the energy to feel that way. Opening his eyes, he turned his head and saw Luna smiling at him. Looking at the top of the tent he could see that it was early morning. The soft light of the sun just rising and casting a glow. Sitting up, he saw that everyone was gathered in a circle in the center of the tent; everyone was awake except for John Doe. Seeing this he got up and stretched a little before walking with Luna over to the others.

Sitting back down he gave everyone a little wave when an unopened canned of peaches was placed in his line of sight. Looking up he saw that Bryan was handing it to him along with a fork. Giving a nod he grabbed the canned and opened it. While eating, he looked around and saw that everyone was eating a canned of something, he knew that they were going to have to get something a little more filling soon. It was not healthy just to live off of canned food. Pushing that thought out of his head, he would entertain that idea later. He was not awake enough to have those thoughts yet.

"How long was I out?" Harry said while yawning.

"All night. I woke up before first light and Luna followed not long after. Bryan was already up checking on him," George said pointing to John Doe.

"Once Luna and I saw daylight, we woke you and Arika. Figure we could talk about the plan now that we have someone new or if it was the same. Also, so we can get an early start." Sitting the half-eaten canned of food down on the ground, Harry started to rub the palms of his hands over his face trying to wake up faster.

"What are your thoughts?" Harry asked giving the rest of the group a tired look.

"I don't care," Arika said talking into her canned of food. Bryan just shrugged his shoulders while George just gave Harry a pointed look.

"We need to leave this roof. When I was stretching my legs, I took a look around and right now there are not that many inferi on the streets. It would be as good of time as any to leave. Get out of the city and go from there," Luna said looking at the others her knees pulled up towards her chest, with her arms wrapped around them. Everyone was looking at her and listening intently to what was said.

"I am ok with that," Bryan said nodding his head.

"What route?" Arika asked while placing her now empty canned on the ground. George got up and walked over to his bag and grabbed it. Walking back over he sat back down and pulled out the map and placed it in the middle. It took a while before they decided to head out of the city going east, then change directions to start heading north, once John Doe woke up. He would have to decide if he was going to come with them or if he was going to stay. They did not want to drag him away from his home or family.

Once they were finished eating, they got up and started to clean up the tent. Once done Harry walked over to John Doe to look at him. He looked to be in better health then yesterday. His face was still a little sunburnt, but the color was pink instead of red. The parts that weren't pink were now a normal looking white and not the ghostly one. His breathing was even, and it seemed that he was recovering from what had happened yesterday.

"The stitches look fine. I cleaned and redressed them before you got up. I ended up giving him another bag of saline and once George was awake, I had him give John Doe another dose of that sleep potion. He was still dehydrated, and I want him to sleep off the worst of the withdrawal. Personally, I would feel more comfortable with him around our group once he is done with the withdrawal symptoms," Bryan said walking up to Harry. Turning his head Harry nodded and pulled his wand out, he cast quid enim mali est*. The results read that he was going through withdrawal and the damage done to his hand. Bryan reading the results was relieved to see that John Doe did not have any infection, only that they would have to watch him still.

"He can't have any more of the dreamless sleep. If we give him too much, he will become addicted to it. It also is not good for long term use. We have to dream no matter what those dreams are," Harry said with a faraway look in his eyes.

"Ok. I will tell the others to let me or you handle him when he wakes up. We do not know how he will react to being in withdrawal, and I do not want to risk something setting him off," Bryan said while picking up the medical items he had laying around.

"I agree, but I would feel better if you did the medical talking. He might listen to you than to someone younger than him. I've seen his type, and if he is a true redneck this is going to be interesting," Harry said shaking his head while letting out a sigh. Bryan let out a laugh and they both hurried to clean up. Once everything was cleaned and packed, Harry and Luna untied him. As soon as they were done, all but George, lifted John Doe up putting him on George's back. Once on, they took the ropes and tied it around them both, securing him. George walked out of the tent with Bryan right behind him, just as a precaution. Arika followed them leaving Luna and Harry to shrink down the new never-ending bags and to put them away.

They ended up putting them in the side pocket of Luna's bag to secure them. As a way, so they would not lose them, they walked out of the tent and shrunk it down putting it into the front pouch of Harry's bag. Walking over to Arika he grabbed onto her arm and she turned to look at him.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Not really," she answered grabbing both of his arms in a tight hold to the point that her blunt nails would have been cutting into his flesh if not for the jacket he had on. Getting a nod from the others that the street was currently clear he apparated.

Once they were on the street Arika fell to her knees and started to gag. Thankfully nothing came up, this time. Turning her head, she saw Harry sitting on the ground head between his legs taking in deep breaths. She started to laugh at the sight.

"I thought they were lying when they said you still got sick," she said in a rough voice.

"I wish. I am horrible at this and a couple of other magical forms of transportation. Most of them make me sick no matter that I have been using them for years," he said getting up onto his feet signaling ok for Luna to come down with Bryan.

Once George and John Doe appeared between the groups Harry and Bryan ran over to check to make sure that John Doe was still ok. He looked a little flushed, but not enough to make them worry. Once done they started to make their way out of the city.

It took them almost the whole day between taking breaks and having to find other ways around hordes of inferi that they walked upon. They ended up stopping and setting up camp a little ways into the woods surrounding a highway that was packed with cars. Grabbing out the tent Luna enlarged it and everyone, but Harry walked in. He started to walk around the area casting cave inimicum*, disillusionment charm*, and protego totalum*. Protecting the camp from everything, even a magical attack.

Letting out a breath he walked into the tent and saw that Luna or George had made three extra cots, so everyone had one to sleep on tonight. Walking over to the only free cot left, he placed his bag on it. Opening and going through his bag, he pulled out clean clothes then exit the tent. Once he was far enough away that the magic should not affect John Doe, he took off his clothes and cast spells to clean himself. Once done he cast spells to clean the clothes he just took off, also. Now feeling clean and refreshed, he walked back to camp.

Luna looking at Harry as he made his way into the tent, saw what he did and her faced lit up with joy. Walking over to Arika she whispered something that only the two of them were able to hear. Harry and George figured out what it was once the girls started to go through their bags grabbing clean clothes. Once they had their clean clothes in hand, they left the tent with them. Bryan was taking care of the patient, and once he was done looked around and ended up looking at Harry in confusion.

"Where are the girls?" he asked.

"Getting clean. Once they get back you and I can go and clean our clothes and ourselves," George said looking at Bryan over his shoulder.

"How is John Doe doing with all of the magic?" Harry asked looking over at him.

"Right now, I can't tell if the magic is affecting him or if it is just the withdrawal," Bryan said with a sigh. Harry hearing this walked over to them and looked at John Doe again. He was sweating and was flushed along with breathing heavy. Feeling his pulse, it was racing, and Harry was worried. Going over to Luna's bag he grabbed the bags from the side zipper and enlarged them. Opening them he found the medical one and brought it over near the makeshift hospital.

Finding the cart, he grabbed and enlarged it. Pulling out the BP cuff he took John Doe's and it was too high. Turning he told Bryan who was looking for a saline bag and once he found it, he had to re-stick John Doe with an I.V.

Once he was getting the fluids he needed, Harry started going through the cart for any medicine that would help him. Not finding anything useful he let out a frustrated growl. Turning to Bryan he was going to ask him what they should do when he saw that he already had a syringe full of a clear liquid.

"Found an almost empty bottle of morphine. He can't have any more magical exposure, and I don't think he will have a negative reaction if I give him the rest," Bryan said as he walked over to the I.V. line. Grabbing the line, he gave him the last of the morphine and they waited to see if it would help. After what had to have been a couple of minutes, they saw him start to relax and it looked as if he was not breathing as heavy. Taking his BP again it was still a little high but nothing that Harry was to concern about, along with him not sweating as much. Both of them breathed a breath of relief. Even though they both knew that the morphine was just a band-aid, it would work until he woke up and decided on what he wanted to do.

Hearing noise from the front of the tent, they turned toward it to see the girls were back and making their way in. They both looked refreshed with smiles on their faces. George sometime while they were taking care of John Doe most of cast natantia lumina*, giving the tent light, now that it was pitch dark outside. George seeing that everything with John Doe was good, got up from the cot he claimed and walked over.

"Is it ok if you leave?" George asked. Bryan hearing this turned to look at Harry then John Doe.

"I don't…" he started to say before Harry interrupted.

"Go. I can watch him until you get back. If anything happens, I will send one of the girls out to find you." Bryan gave him a look before saying ok and followed George out of the tent. Arika seeing the whole exchange just gave him a look.

"Withdrawal and magic," Harry said as an explanation. Arika nodded her head in understanding walked over to her cot and sat on it.

"I am starting to really like magic," Arika said letting her body fall back so she was laying on her cot. It drew a laugh out of Luna and Harry.

"What?" she asked sitting back up looking at them.

"This cot looks uncomfortable, but it feels padded. I am clean along with having clean clothes. We have everything that we need but don't need to carry the extra weight around thanks to it. What more do I need in my life, other than this nightmare to end?" Harry and Luna could not argue with that.

"I am a little upset that I was not let in on the secret earlier, but I can understand why. Just next time tell me, and I will think before making a decision," she said giving Harry a pointed look. Putting his hands up in surrender he turned to Luna who was going through the food bag. Harry motioned for her to bring it over and they started to look through to see what could be made for supper. Pulling out canned potatoes, chicken broth, and canned carrots they sat them to the side. Looking for a pot Luna let out a small ah and pulled it out. Once she had everything, she went outside to start cooking. Arika got up to go with her while Harry stayed inside to watch John Doe to make sure he would be fine. After a while of just staring into space, Harry heard someone coming in and turned to see that it was Bryan, who looked refreshed and happy.

"George decided to stay outside with the girls. I think it is to help them cook supper because they both looked a little lost," he said with his voice being light and happy. He took a seat next to John Doe.

"Luna was raised in a magical household where they have spells to do a lot of the work. I know George was raised in a similar environment, but Mrs. Weasley made sure that all of her kids could cook and clean for themselves," Harry said with a fond smile on his face.

"How many kids did she have? I know about George, Ron, and Percy?" he said and asked at the end.

"Yea, it was Percy. He came over with Luna and George to visit me but when the outbreak happened, he was bitten and then made sure that we got out before something happened to us," Harry said looking down at his hands now clenched together.

"Sorry for your guys's lost."

"We all lost someone. But back to how many kids she had," Harry said changing the topic.

He told Bryan about how there were seven kids all together and what each of them did. Starting with Bill and ending with Ginny. Bryan's eyes went big with all that he learned. Harry even started to tell him stories about what had happened when he went over to visit which cause Bryan to laugh.

"What is going on in here?" George asked opening the tent flap.

"Storytime," Harry said as an explanation.

"Anything he said about my twin and I are all lies. We were perfect angels," George said sarcastically.

"If that was the case then I never got in trouble, and trouble doesn't follow me," Harry said right back causing George to start laughing. Getting up Harry walked over to George when a groan was heard. Stopping, they all turned to look at John Doe, watching him. When he did nothing else they started to relax.

"He might be starting…" Bryan started to say when John Doe shot straight up into a sitting position. He was looking around frantically searching for something. It was at this point that he most of realized he had no idea where he was, or who he was with because he started to look pissed.

"Where the hell am ay? Who the hell are all av ya'?" he screamed causing them all to jump.

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A/N-Also if anyone has any questions about the story please ask.

1. Quid Enim Mali Est- What is wrong (Made it up)

2. Cave Inimicum-beware of the enemy (It warns the caster of any approaching enemies.)

3. Disillusionment Charm- (Causes the target to blend seamlessly in with its surroundings, like a chameleon.)

4. Protego Totalum-to protect as a whole (Casts a shield charm over a small area that will not let anything pass through, except for the Unforgivable Curses: Avada Kedavra, Imperio, and Crucio.)

5. Natantia Lumina- floating lights (Made it up)

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