Chapter 13
A/N I don't own anything you recognize. Thank you for reading.
I sat down at the foot of a tree for just a moment. I knew that there was little chance that I had much time. I had no reason to think that those two insane women in there would leave me alone for long. And once they went back to torture me they would find me gone and would be off to look for me. I was still too close to what I realized was a manor house. Whose I did not no nor did it really matter. No. I had to focus on what to do next.
That would be hard I realized as I was shaking from the after affects of the curse they had used on me. 'The cruciatus curse' a voice in the back of my head whispered. I shook and was exhausted. I had run so much further many times in my past. I could not stop now. I had to keep running. I was the doctor who ran and kept running, from my past and so often from the enemies I encountered. So much of my life running, and now was no time to stop. So, up I staggered and ran as swiftly as I could through the woods that I found myself in.
In the back of my head I knew that witches and wizards of this world had spells to track people. How would I defeat such spells though? I tried to think as I ran. Think think think think. Well, Maybe my sonic could disrupt the signal or mask my trail somehow. I tried to pat down my pockets as I ran, stumbled really. Nope no sonic. Well, must have dropped it. Plan B. What was plan B? as in boe. Face of boe. Judoon judoon on the moon. No focus. Right plan B. I was having trouble focusing and so caught up in my thoughts that I barely missed running into the creature that appeared in front of me. I ran into a nearby tree instead and almost knocked myself out. I tried to stand and I would have if the creature hadn't shot forward and grabbed me. I was already dizzy and the type of travel I found myself in made me more so. And the world faded to black.
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After Harry sent his house elf off, I began to pace just a bit. I never did do well just to stand around. Waiting. The world could be ending and here I was just standing around waiting. It was absolutely maddening. In what felt like minutes to me at least but I knew to be seconds. Kreature showed up along with a familiar brunette male in trainers and rather tattered suit. This I knew was me. I took a breath as I felt the aches and pains of my past and the me in front of me's present lesson. Things were better already. I knew though that the universe was safer but not safe. There was still much to do.
My respite was short lived as pandemonium once again erupted around me. Really it was a wonder that anything got done around here if this was there reaction to everything. Taking charge of the situation was a must.
"Right then. " I said stepping up to me and beginning to run my sonic over myself.
I heard a huff and a women I recognized as the healer Poppy Pomphrey came up beside me and began waving her wand over my younger self.
My sonic finished its diagnoses at about the same time as her scans did. " I need rest. Torture. Just as I suspected. By what I am unsure. If I would have to guess from my knowledge of this universe. I would say cruciatus curse not anything physical" I said aloud.
I saw her nod out of the corner of my eye. "We have potion for that at the castle. After what has happened this past year I have found it necessary to keep large quantities in stock." She replied to me obviously disgusted with the idea of having to keep something like that on hand.
"He ah you... hm" Clearly she did not what to call us.
"I am the doctor. You can call him sandshoes." I told her.
"Sandshoes?" She sounded skeptical.
"Yes sandshoes. He has been known to go by that on occasion." I cut off any more protests with "Right then. Didn't you say something about the hospital wing?" At her nod I, I started motioning for her to get a move on. "Well. We don't have all day. He needs treatment and we need to figure out how to stop the universe from imploding. So lets hurry."
The healer immobilized the younger me and then proceeded to levitate him towards the castle. All the while, pandemonium was still going on behind me. As it was Clara, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Professor McGonagall were the only ones who followed as we made our way back to the castle.