What Can You Do?

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There are some A/N in this story they are marked with a * and the meaning behind them will be at the bottom.

Special thanks to Darkangelfirekitsune for being my beta and putting up with me ^-^

Also the potions and spells I did makeup or found on Google.

Chapter 6

Once everyone was done eating and catching up, they started to turn in for bed. Putting the fire out Arika walked up to Harry to try and figure out who was going to take the first watch. She tried to volunteer but he talked her out of it with not much fight, due to her being exhausted from that day's events. While everyone was picking their spots, Paul walked up to Harry.

"I'm sorry for not standing up to Dave through everything. I knew that the way he was treating all of you was wrong, but I was comfortable and afraid. I know I was in the wrong and should've volunteered for some of the watches and supply runs, and there is no excuse for it. Even when he told us to just let your group prove yourselves after being with us for a month, we… I should've said or done something," he said looking at the ground and then back up to Harry.

"I'm also sorry for not helping Luna. I honestly didn't think he would ever go that far, but look where that led us," he said turning his gaze to Luna.

"With her being down I'll take her watch," he said looking back at Harry; guilt on his face. Understanding and forgiving Paul for what had happened, he just was not comfortable with him taking a watch. For as long as Harry has been with the group, Paul had never done a watch. He just didn't want to risk it.

"Thanks," Harry said and meaning it.

"The stuff Dave did, it's in the past where I prefer it to be. I also understand you wanting to take a break, but I have never seen you on a watch…," he started to say before George came up behind him; placing his left hand on Harry's right shoulder.

"That would be great, you can take the last one. Arika will wake you when it is your turn. With everything going on be on high alert, and if you think you hear 'anything' wake us. Rather be safe than sorry, and if nothing happens then once there is enough light get everyone up so we can get an early start," George said with a smile on his face. Harry turned his head to give George a sideways look, before turning back to Paul. He was just standing there waiting to see if Harry would give the ok. Nodding his head Harry then turned, placing his items on the ground near Luna and across from George's spot.

Once everyone was asleep for a while, Harry walked over to George and saw that he also fell asleep. Giving a slight chuckle he bent down and gently shook him awake. Jerking up George started to look around confused, it was when his eyes landed on Luna that his brain caught up. Getting up he started to stretch and noticed that Bryan was still awake. Nodding his head towards him, George bent down and lifted Luna up in a bridal carry. Turning towards Harry, they started walking away from camp.

After walking for a while Harry stopped and took in his surroundings. Nothing was setting off alarms within him, he walked over to a tree and motioned for George to prop Luna against it. George, now with his hands-free, pulled out his wand and cast lumos. Taking in the damage they both sucked in a lung full of air. Her whole right side was a giant bruised with small cuts peppering her face. There were still small amounts of dry blood around them; along with some on her shirt. Her right eye was swollen along with a busted lip. It looked as if it would be tender to the touch.

Anger started to fill Harry up, causing him to turned his head to the side to take several deep breaths while counting to ten. Once done he knelt down next to her and cast quid enim mali est*. The results appeared in the air and read that she had a fractured cheek and nose, bruising, and a mild concussion. There was no internal bleeding, causing both of them to relax and release some of the tension that they were carrying.

Reaching into his pocket Harry pulled out the wooden box and enlarged it. Sitting it on the ground, he opened it and started searching. Pulling out cicatrix crepito* again he set it to the side while he continued his search. While searching he pulled out two more and set them next to the first. Once done he cast a quick episkey* to fix the damage to her nose and cheek. Not wanting to heal too much to avoid suspicion, he applied the greenish-brown paste around her eye. It would not be fully healed, but it would allow her to open and see out of it. Once done he grabbed relevium* and tilting her head back a little, he gently opened her mouth and poured some of the clear liquid slowly down her throat. Watching to make sure she swallowed and did not start choking. He continued until the bottle was empty, and once it was, he recapped it and sat it in the box.

With that done he grabbed the last potion, wideye*, and copied what he did previously. The only difference was that once there was only half a bottle left of the bright blue potion, he capped it and put it away. Now they just had to wait for her to wake up.

Taking inventory of the potions he had left, Harry noticed that they did not have a lot. They were either going to have to find some or get the ingredients to make them. Only if he could get in contact with someone at Hogwarts, it would make his life easier.

"You are good at potions, right?" Harry asked looking at George.

"Yea," George said taking his eyes off of Luna. He glanced around quickly to make sure that everything was ok before looking at Harry.

"Why?"

"We need potions. Once we find a stable environment and the ingredients do you think you and maybe Luna could stock up the box? We're almost out of cicatrix crepito, pepperup, murtlap*, wideye, nutritionem*, and skele-gro. We are out of veritaserum*, relevium, and dreamless sleep," he said going through the bottles.

"We need to make a stop at a wizarding town. We have not seen or been to one since this whole thing started," George said not believing that this nightmare had been going on for that long.

"We are also in need of some magical items, not just potions. Trunks, self-repair clothes, herbs…," he was saying when they heard a groan and went silent. George said nox quickly, cutting the light off. After a few seconds of looking around their eyes went back to Luna and saw that she was starting to wake up. Casting lumos again they were looking right at her when she jerked awake.

"HARRY!" she yelled turning her head around searching for him. When she found him, she lunged forward knocking him on his arse with a hug.

"You're safe," Harry said hugging her back just as tight.

"We're here," George said softly placing his hand on her shoulder.

"GEORGE!" she yelled again letting Harry go and turning to hug George with a smile on her face.

"What happened? Are you guys ok?" she asked letting George go and sitting back down. They ended up forming a small circle and telling her what had happened while she was out.

"He is a bastard. I'm happy he's gone," She said with a frown on her face.

"How did you know that?" Harry asked in confusion. She turned to look directly into his eyes. Bringing her hand up to touch around her eye, she winced in pain.

"Oh," he said looking away with a lite blush on his face. He did not think he was that predictable. Shaking her head Luna lightly fist-bumped his shoulder. After a while of no one talking, Luna spoke up in a meek voice asking, "How bad is it?"

"We healed you the best we could without causing too much suspicion. You will be tender, but after a week you should be fine," Harry said moving her hand away.

"Now, what happened?" George asked wanting to know what lead them to this point.

"I was walking back to camp after a bathroom break when I heard someone yell "Run." I saw the others running my way, so I turned and started to run with them. We got to the road and there was a small horde just standing there. Dave started to shoot at them, drawing their attention. Noticing that he was outmatched, he then ran and climbed onto the bus. I notice that you guys were not there and started to look around, trying to find you. Dave finally lost his mind and started to shoot at anything and everything. That forced all of us to climb on top or risk getting shot. You saw the rest," she said motioning towards Harry.

"I am just happy that you're ok. Just taking a quick glance at you before looking for George, it was not good," Harry said pulling her back into a hug.

"Bryan took a quick look at you and tried to help you the best he could. He had no idea what to do about the concussion because he could not tell if there was bleeding on the brain. I can honestly say that I am happy that this hell of a day is over with," George said pulling both of them into a hug, causing them to let out a couple of chuckles. After a few seconds of them just hugging, reassuring themselves that they were all alive, Harry pulled back and looked to George. He asked for the map and pulling it out George spread it on the ground and moved his wand to lay beside it. Luna hearing and seeing what they were talking about started to laugh.

"You stole his map," she said with a smirk on her face.

"No. I copied it," George said again flashing the cheshire cat grin at her. She gave a couple of chuckles while shaking her head side to side. After she was done, she still had a small smile on her face.

"We need a plan, and we can't stay here. What do you guys think?" Harry asked turning their attention towards the map. Studying the map, they started to talk, and a plan started to form. Once they were finished, they got up and started to make their way towards camp. As they were walking their movements were sluggish, the lack of sleep was catching up with all of them. Bryan noticing them got up and walked to Luna.

"You look better. How do you feel?" he asked moving his hand to have a knuckle under her chin, so he could gently move her head side to side taking what was left of the damage in.

"Tired and sore," she said with a tired smile aimed at him. With a nod of understanding, Bryan turned and walked back to his spot to laid down.

"You need to change your clothes and get more sleep. It is what all of you need now," he said looking at each of them. Luna walked towards her bag and reaching in she grabbed the first shirt she felt. Having it in her hand she walked behind a tree to change. Once done, she moved over to where her stuff was, using her bag as a pillow she laid her head down, and after a few minutes, she was out.

George walked over to his spot and laying down he was also out after a couple of minutes. Harry looking at them gave a smile before thanking Bryan for watching the camp. After filling him in on what the spell said, he nodded his head at Harry and shut his eyes. Harry then turned and walked over to Arika and gently woke her up.

"It's your time," he said trying not to alarm her.

"Harrison…...What?" she started with confusion than understanding once she woke up some more.

"That time already. Thanks," she continued while getting up and stretching. Looking around she turned her gaze up towards the night sky. Looking at the stars she saw something because the next second, she snapped her head back and was glaring at him.

"You did two watches!" she said thru grit teeth. Shaking his head no, he pointed to George.

"He took first watch. Once it was my turn, he woke me up and we ended up talking and lost track of time. He just crashed a couple of seconds ago and now I would like to join him. So, time to wake up," he said with a tired but joking voice. Studying him, she just started to shake her head with a chuckle making its way out. Waving him away she started to walk towards a tree when he turned around to face her again.

"Luna woke up for a bit. She changed her top before crashing again. So, don't be alarmed. Now I'm off. Don't have too much fun," he said walking to his spot. Shaking her head in disbelief she could not believe their luck. It seemed to be the worst but also the damnedest. She was honestly happy that it was not all bad.

~~~~~~~~~~The Next Morning~~~~~~~~

Waking up the next day Harry felt more awake and energized then he had in a while. It seemed that he was not the only one feeling good. It was still early, with the sun just rising, but he could tell that everyone was ready to leave this place. After having a quick breakfast Harry walked over to Luna and gently woke her up. Once she was awake and walking, Bryan walked over to give her a quick check-up. Harry ended up stepping aside so as not to interfere. After looking her over and giving her the all-clear, he told her to say something the moment she started to feel as if something was wrong.

Once he was done, he apologized for not helping her when they were on the bus. She said that she understood that he was afraid. Throughout getting ready to leave Tara, Paul, and Alex also came up to her and apologized for doing nothing. Luna just shrugged her shoulders and told them the same thing. Once everyone was done, Harry taking a deep breath, called everyone to gather around.

"George, Luna and I are still going to head towards Atlanta, and everyone is welcome to join us, but it is up to you. No one is going to be forced to follow and you are free to leave at any time," he said looking at each individual.

"I'm going," Bryan said

"You're not getting rid of me that easily," Arika said walking up to him and punching him in the arm. While the rest of the group laughed and joked. Paul, Alex, and Tara were quiet and looking at each other.

"We're not going," Paul said speaking up. The group of five turned and looked at them.

"I knew that Atlanta was dead and so did Dave. I do not know why he fed the lie that we were heading there. All this time we were making our way towards a military base called Camp Merrill. Atlanta is less than two days that way," Alex said pointing in the direction they should go.

"I'm sorry for not saying anything earlier, but Dave said if I did, he would kill me, and I believed him. After seeing what he did to Luna I now have no doubt that he would of." While Alex was talking Paul ended up wrapping his arms around his waist to give him support. Once Alex was done talking, he ended up looking away in shame.

"Don't be," Harry said to him.

"Dave was smart but he was losing his mind. There was nothing anyone could have done without a fight breaking out and people getting hurt or killed. He had all of us right where he wanted. He's gone and now we can move on with our lives," he said smiling at Alex, who turned and looked up at Harry giving him a small one back.

"I don't know where they are going but I am going with Paul and Alex. I can't go home just yet. After what happened to Dawn, I don't know what I would say if I found her family or mine," Tara said giving them all a small sad smile. Harry just gave her an understanding look. Once the group decided that they were splitting into two they just talked and joked for a couple of minutes while saying goodbye.

Paul let go of Alex's waist and walked up to Harry. Reaching him he held out his hand for a handshake. Seeing this, Harry reached out his arm and clapped his hand to Paul's forearm and gave a firm shake. Harry looking at Paul realize that he was a survivor even if he was unsure of himself. Once he gained the confidence, he would become a great leader, but until then he would make sure that his small group got to wherever they were heading safely.

"I don't know what you will find there Harrison, but if it does not work out start making your way towards Virginia. That is where we are going. Time to head home I guess," Paul said shrugging his shoulders and a smile on his bearded face. His mahogany hair was up in a man bun, so it was out of his face. His hazel-gray eyes locked with Harry's.

"Same goes with you, and my friends call me Harry," he said smiling at him.

"Mine call me Jesus"

~~~~~~~~Slytherin~~~~~~~~

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

1. Quid Enim Mali Est = What is wrong
a. There are spells for diagnostic but none that I could find written so I made my own.

2. Cicatrix Crepito = Bruise Cream. (I made it up myself.)

3. Episkey = Heals minor and major cuts and brakes

4. Relevium = Relief. (Again I made it up.)

5. Wideye = Prevents the drinker from falling asleep but does wake up a person who is drugged or has a concussion.

6. Murtlap = Soothes & heals painful cuts and abrasions

7. Nutritionem = Nutrition Potion (Made it up)

8. Darkangelfirekitsune is a Ravenclaw and I'm a Slytherin.