DISCLAIMER – This story is based on the idea of the television program The Walking Dead. It was created by Frank Darabont. That doesn't mean I am going to use his characters. Time will tell, right now I'm just using the zombie aspect of it and such. The same could be said for the Resident Evil series.
DISCLAIMER 2 – Harry Potter is the sole property of JK Rowling.
DISCLAIMER 3 – This story contains slash. This means male on male and possible female on female. I do NOT go into specifics, but I do have them show love to one another.
PAIRINGS – Harry/Seamus, Hermione/ Draco, Neville/Luna. Others will be determined as the story goes along. This story will contain a neutral Dumbledore and Voldemort. This will also contain Weasley bashing as I love to do so.
NOTE – The characters will be OOC. This is fan fiction. If I wanted the characters to behave like Rowling portrayed them then I would write in her fashion. As I don't want to be sued for plagiarism, then the characters will behave as I want them to. If you want them to behave a certain way, THEN WRITE YOUR OWN STORY.
RECOMMENDED READING – Perception is Everything by Kendra James
Chapter 4 – An Unexpected Twist!
It took the better part of a week to get the Quarter completely cleaned out of all dead and undead. The groups worked in sync with one another to ensure that everyone stayed safe. Bellatrix, Severus, Minerva, and Harry were constantly reminding everyone that they needed to stay on the top of their game if they wanted to stay alive. A couple of people started grumbling about it until Harry snapped and showed everyone just why he was made leader.
"If you think that you are going to be complacent on my watch, then you can just piss off and go live somewhere else," Harry snapped at the muggle that was complaining the most. "We saved your ass if you care to remember. You can either do it our way, or you can just go outside of the protective barriers and fend for yourself. We harp about safety because we don't want to lose anyone. Fortunately for you, and these days unfortunately for us, that includes your sorry ass. So sit down, shut up, and don't piss me off again. Your health won't like it if you do."
"If you open your mouth to complain once more, you will find out why they call me a psychotic bitch," hissed Bellatrix in fury leaning over into the man's face. "As it is, I am a hair's breath away from cursing you where you sit. I will not stand here and listen to you complain and moan about why we are constantly reminding you to be careful or about how many times you have to help out and earn your keep. Three times in as many days, we have watched you almost become zombie food. My advice to you is to get out of my sight before I forget that I'm not allowed to curse or kill someone for sport."
The man fled before the onslaught of furious magic users. Everyone that lived in the Quarter knew that Harry and Bellatrix made a unique, but effective and powerful fighting force. Each person that lived with Harry had certain duties they were responsible for. Whether it was fighting, defending, or on watch in certain locations, most of the team didn't complain. However, there were those that were a bit on the lazy side that didn't want to do much. This was quickly stopped and seriously not tolerated.
Griphook and his family showed everyone how to use a sword with precision and fluidity. More often than not, no one bothered to use magic when it came to the zombies. The exception was those that were older and those like Harry and Seamus, who had a flare for certain, types of spells, and power levels. It was simpler to just slice the head off with a sharpened sword. It made for less complications of someone accidentally hitting an ally with magic. That's not to say that they didn't use explosive types of spells on a group of zombies, but they used their magic in a lighter style.
Said swords were found by Hermione in a few shops. Once the goblins saw the blades, they made sure that they taught everyone how to keep them clean and functioning after they were made to be workable. During the sweeps of the houses and apartments, they found guns, bullets, and any number of other weapons as well. Dan and Emma were delighted to be told to carry a gun on them at all times for their safety as well. This didn't mean they got out of sword training, but as the magicals had wands, the non-magicals were given guns along with their blades to defend their territory.
Once the Quarter was cleaned out, Harry pulled out their map of the area. With a well-placed spell, it was behind some glass so that they could mark out where they took over and cleaned. The Quarter was covered in a certain color to tell everyone that they had cleaned out the area. He was studying the map when Severus and Seamus came in.
"What are you thinking love?" asked Seamus walking over to him. "What plan of action are you creating? The more we know, the better we can organize. We want to be able to cover more ground. Now that we have our haven safe, we can move out and get more ground covered. Thanks to Draco, the jail is already set up for any survivors to house in until we know if they were bitten or scratched and such."
"I think we should move into the area that the locals call the Marigny," answered Harry giving Seamus a quick kiss. "It's the area right behind the Quarter on the other side of Elysian Fields. We can work our way back all the way to the canal. N. Rampart turns into St. Claude Ave. at around the Elysian Fields area. We can do what we did here and block the entrances to the side streets with vehicles and such. Thanks to Severus and Filius, we found a few schools where there are loads of buses and such. With so many abandoned cars, we won't have much trouble blockading the outsides of the streets by stacking cars like we did here in the Quarter."
"That would work out well," admitted Severus. "I can get everyone ready if you want. It won't take long to get a scouting party set up. I think it would be better for us to start working along Rampart towards St. Claude and block the entrances that way first. From there we can start cleaning after we set up the safety perimeter. Griphook and his family are already replacing many of the vehicles with sturdy fences that will keep out the zombies. This way, we can see out better and so forth. We are still leaving the buses and delivery trucks where they are so that we can get in and out better later on should we need to. The buses also make for a good place to house a single person who will be keeping watch on that particular portion of our safety zone."
"Useless loss of life," stated Harry musing over their main goal. "So many people died and no one really knows or cares except us. Many of these people won't be remembered nor will they know how this all happened. Families have been wiped out of existence due to a wrong word or action by the higher ups. Maybe all of this could have been stopped if we had just helped when and where we could. None of this makes any sense sometimes. I just wish we could have helped more or found out sooner or something."
"We couldn't help Harry," said Hermione coming in with Luna. "We all know how you feel about the loss of life, but this is something that we didn't know about until it was already too late to do anything. I'm here to tell you to stop being nostalgic and come with me to the loading zone. We now have another problem to deal with. We got a few more witches and wizards and some muggles and you aren't going to like some of the people that are there."
"Has someone taken the Creevey brothers to task yet?" asked Harry as he got up and followed the girls out. "I swear to every one of the gods that I will take a switch to them myself if they don't start paying attention. Due to them goofing off yesterday, I had to magically save Dennis as during their play he almost fell into a horde of zombies. I told them to stop and they don't seem to want to listen to me due to thinking that I won't punish them because I'm the great Harry Potter."
"I do believe that Minerva has them cleaning all of the buildings by hand for the next month," assured Severus. "She was so mad that we had to give her a potion to help her calm down. Even Bellatrix ran when she lit into the boys. I do believe that they will be more careful in the future. I was impressed with her verbiage, as she gave both a complete earful and a few slaps behind the head and one each to the face. I do believe that the parents gave both a sound thrashing as well. Both are grounded for a month."
"Good," said Harry with relief. "I have no doubt that Minerva will keep them in line. If not, I will turn them over to Bella. She will teach them a lesson they will never forget. Now, Hermione, who is on this transport that will upset me? I need some time to prepare myself and get into leader mode. If they are who I think they are, then I am going to probably need a potion when we are done."
"Vernon, Dudley, Marge, Ginny, and Ronald," she reported. "Apparently the gods sent them here as Voldemort was about to murder them. Even the most powerful Dark Lord was having trouble with their attitudes. It is being hoped that you will have more luck in keeping the Weasleys in check. As for your other problem people, Aunt Petunia was taking them to task as I was heading here. Last I saw, she had her wand under Vernon's chin and was telling him that she would remove his head if he opened his mouth to disrespect anyone. I believe she was mainly referring to you. She has become quite protective."
"Who else magical came?" he asked with a heavy sigh. "Severus, I hate to ask you, but I'll be dependent upon you to keep me from going on a murder spree. I don't like Ronald or Ginny and now I have both here, along with Aunt Petunia's husband and so forth. I don't have time to deal with their petty bullshit. There are more important things to worry about than who is a freak, who has money, and who has delusions of grandeur. I want to be able to concentrate on my duties rather than what they are doing."
"You can bet that I will help you keep them in line," assured Severus. "If push comes to shove, you can always use your Ace in the Hole. Bellatrix will torture anyone for you and you know this. She is behaving because she respects you, but there are times when she wants to teach someone a lesson about being stupid. These five are right up her alley with those that can be taught a lesson."
"Hannah Abbot and her family are here," reported Hermione looking at her list. "Blaise Zabini and his mother are here. The Corner family is here. Thankfully, they sent the Shacklebolt family here. That means Kingsley is here to help. The Li family and Patil family are both here as well. The last name will shock you as it was a shock to me as well. Fenrir Greyback is here with twenty wolves from his pack. He has already told Bellatrix that his deity made him submit and that he will follow your rules to the letter."
"Remus won't be happy about that," remarked Harry with a heavy sigh. "I'm thankful that we can get him on the boat and into the middle of the river during the full moon. We will just have to get Griphook to get his family to reinforce the boat if we have twenty one more werewolves to add to the mix. This is going to take some serious planning and thought."
"The good thing about the wolves is that they are immune to the zombies," said Severus. "We tested Remus' blood against the blood of a zombie and they can't be turned. We also found out that Hagrid and Grawp are immune as well. I was going to tell you when Seamus and I came in, but we got sidetracked. So with twenty one more wolves, we can have them lead a fighting force as well. With Fenrir being the most ruthless wolf we know, we will make a path in the zombies. He does follow rules very well for someone with power he respects."
"Ok," said Harry giving another sigh before schooling his features. "Let's go and meet the trash while we greet our other guests as well. The sooner we get this over with, the easier it will be for all of us. We can also get everyone together and show them where we will be cleaning next. Hermione, make sure that you are there to help me outline the map. You seem to be better at that charm than I am. I want to be able to have the map light up where we have already cleaned and where we are going to be working on next."
"You got it Harry," she said before she and Luna headed off to take care of his request. He didn't demand things from his team. He asked nicely and he got things done. That he didn't ask often was a perk. He knew that most everyone did their tasks to the best of their ability. He had people like Severus, Bellatrix, Hermione, and a few others that would pick up his slack and get the team in a unified spirit. Everyone knew that Harry played to everyone's strengths. Hermione was great at organization. Luna was using her sight to try and find pockets of survivors. When she found them, Severus and Filius would go and rescue them. Draco would care for them with Poppy until they could be added to the populace.
Harry was thinking about what he could do with some of the people when he got to the unloading zone. Bellatrix was already practically foaming at the mouth as Ronald and Ginevra were already making their demands. This day seemed to be one where Harry did lots of sighing. Seamus grabbed his hand and held it to show his support. After listening for a few moments, Severus had enough. He lifted his wand and hit Ronald with a Cruciatus Curse for two seconds. From there, he hit Ginny with one as well.
"This is how things are going to work around here," hissed Harry making his presence known. "Vernon and Dudley will work with Griphook and his family. Dudley's powerhouse attitude will go a long way in making weapons for everyone. Vernon will be in charge of distributing said weapons to everyone for defense or he will be a team leader that will drive to stores to get more supplies. Let it be known that this is important for our survival. One screw up could cost someone their lives."
Both men looked thoughtfully at Harry for a moment. Vernon was intelligent enough to know that this was a whole new game that was being played and that he was NOT an important player. With a nod he accepted his role. Dudley did as well when he found out he would be taught how to make swords. With a grin, Harry pointed out who Griphook was and waited as both men went with the goblin that would help them begin their work. Harry thought for a moment before he turned to Marge.
"You have skill in running a household and business at the same time," he told her. "We have many here that are just too busy to help organize where people will stay, what supplies they are given to get them started, and where to put the people we rescue from this tragedy. I would like for you to be in charge of this as you are knowledgeable in that aspect. I can have two house elves work with you personally. We will get you a place set up where you can store and organize starter packages for everyone. Would you do that for me please?"
'I can do that," agreed Marge after a moment of thought. "I just need a rundown of who is where already and I can take it from there. Just get me a place to get set up and I will see to it that everyone is taken care of. I appreciate the vote of confidence in this. I won't let you down."
"To all of you that have magic, please report to Bellatrix and Severus," he spoke up next. "Some of you will be fighters. Others of you will be defenders of OUR haven. Others yet will work with people like Aunt Marge in getting our people what they need in order to live is some kind of comfort. RONALD AND GINNY DO NOT MOVE!"
The two red heads were about to start off when Harry's yell froze them in their tracks. They weren't going to go down without some kind of fight. Both were gearing up for a major stunt. Too bad for them Harry had more firepower than they did.
"You will do what you are told by us Potter," hissed Ron. "I am a pureblood and I will invoke the old magic to make you if I have to. You will be with my sister and dump the queer. You will find us a nice house and make sure that we have everything that we need. From there, you will make sure that we stay protected from your pet Death Eaters. Consider this your one and only warning on the matter. The laws state that we have more rights than you."
"Bellatrix, just chop his fucking head off and let's be done with it," snapped Harry in fury. "For good measure, we can just kill her too. I don't have time for people without brains telling me what I have to do. Fourteen deities stated that I was in charge and this poor excuse for a wizard and human comes here and makes demands on us. For the record you obnoxious asshole, I am NOT a half-blood and your pureblood can spill just as easy as anyone else as you are about to find out."
"You wouldn't dare touch me," hissed Ronald in glee. "You are too noble to have someone killed. You have no choice now. I, Ronald Bilius Weasley, hereby call upon the old pureblood law. My request is that Harry James Potter becomes my new bond servant. He will do as ordered by me at all times from this day forward. By my magic, I will it to be so."
Ronald stood there with a smirk on his face as he waited for the magic to take effect. When it didn't work, he tried again. Harry stood there tapping his fingers in rhythm on his arm while Severus and Bellatrix looked ready to kill him. Seamus was red with rage at being called names by the worthless individual standing there. Others were becoming more furious by the moments at the actions of the Dead Man Walking. Ronald tried a third time to get the magic to work with no more success than he had for the first two.
"You will find that you no longer have the power to do much of anything," snapped Harry. "As YOUR superior, this is what is going to happen. I don't want your blood in my haven so we are going to do the following. Severus, I need you to stun the bastard. From there, I need you or one of our faster flyers to bring this useless piece of manure about ten miles away and drop him off. Bellatrix, I would like for you to take his wand and snap it clean in half. I will not have it used ever again. I guess it's time to take the trash out."
"I have a better idea," suggested Fenrir standing next to Remus. "Why don't you let ME have him on the next full moon? Once he is bitten, he will have no choice but to obey my commands. My god has decreed that I am to follow you from here on out and obey your commands with my pack. I choose to do this anyway as you are a very able leader. With him as one of my pack, he will have no choice but to obey MY orders as his alpha. This will give you another fighter that you won't have to worry about."
"He is correct," stated Remus. "Once Ronald is bitten he would also no longer be able to use his pureblood status on anyone else as he would then be considered a dark creature by the same laws that he is trying to use on you. As much as I will never forgive Fenrir for what he did to me, I do have to agree with him in this. It would be better for have Ronald on the front lines of the fighting rather than here eating us out of house and home and making demands he has no business making."
"This sounds like a great idea," hissed Harry in glee. "Let's make it so then. Fenrir, he is now yours to play with. I still want his wand taken from him as I don't want him to try and get a hex or curse in at one of us. Draco can show you to the jail we have set up and Ronald can stay there until the full moon. Aunt Marge, his food is to be minimal while he is in jail. He will get three meals, but not at the exuberant amount he is used to eating at Hogwarts. He is to get nothing but water to drink. I think six glasses a day out to be enough. One for each meal and three more to keep him hydrated as it does get hot around here."
"You got it Harry," she said looking at the boy that seemed to have so many people upset. "Binky and Tinky have already stated they will be working with me. They are quick little guys. In just the few minutes that you have been standing here yelling at this idiot, they have popped in and know where we are going to set up and such. We will see to what you asked. I'm heading out now to get started."
With that Marge and the two elves left. Dobby quietly told Harry that Jackson Brewery was going to be the location for Marge and the two elves to live and work. Harry nodded as he watched Bellatrix take Ronald's wand and snap it in front of his eyes. From there, he watched as Fenrir, Draco, and Remus took Ronald and herded him out to be placed in a jail cell. Harry turned his eyes to Ginny. The girl was standing there like a deer caught in the headlights.
"You have one of two choices," he snapped at her. "You can both join the community and build a name for yourself, or you can join your nitwit of a brother in his punishment. You don't get ANYTHING just because you are a Weasley. I'm Harry fucking Potter, and I am at the head of each sweep made to clean out zombies. I am responsible for the lives of EVERYONE that lives here. I don't have time to cater to the wishes of someone that is being greedy. I don't use my name to get by in this life and neither should you. So what's it going to be?"
"I would like to work with someone and learn how to survive," she answered quickly. "I love you, but not in that way. I was just doing what I was told to do. You are like a brother to me and that is all I want. I am willing to do what you need me to do. Now that I don't have to worry about getting into trouble for not going after your fame and money I can finally be myself. If you want to question me under Veritaserum, I am willing to take the potion to prove that I am telling the truth."
"I actually believe you," murmured Harry while Severus nodded. "This is what we are going to do then. You will work with both Bella and Severus. She will teach you how to lead a squadron to clean out zombies. He will teach you potions. He doesn't always go out with the fighting parties. I would also like for you to train with Filius a bit as he is the one in charge of foraging parties for supplies and such. Of course, you have to go through training with Griphook and so forth to learn to use a sword. It's time for you to do something for you instead of doing what others wanted you to do. You are intelligent. No one can deny that. It's time to use that intelligence. It's either them or us. I would rather it be us."
"I will NOT let you down," she promised before moving to stand with Bellatrix. "I am going to be someone and I will be someone that you can be proud of. I'm ready to begin my training."
With a laugh, everyone went to where they needed to be. Harry spotted a couple of people that he would send to other places. Poppy had two people to be assistants to her while she was teaching them what she knew about healing. Petunia stood there with a smile on her face. She could see that Harry was doing well for himself. He no longer hid from life, but took it by the horns and charged forward. Everyone was proud of the fact that he no longer felt the need to fade into the shadows. She herself felt needed and loved as she learned the art of healing from Poppy.
With the efficiency that was always present, Harry had everyone sitting in the meeting hall and was going over what was going to happen. Hermione was able to get the map to do what he wanted. He poked his tongue out at her quickly when she tried to tease him on it. From there, she took her spot amongst the leaders as she WAS a dependable person and able to get things done.
"It seems that our seven streets continue on the other side of Elysian Fields," he explained while pointing to the map. "Our next goal is to work on getting the Rampart/St. Claude Street blockaded so that we can move in and clean out the zombies. We can stop at the canal or basin as the map calls it. The other thing that I want to do is to put up a gated fence on both sides of the Crescent City Connection. We just call it the bridge. The bridge on both sides is plenty strong enough to hold a house. We can do something with it later. However, it is an entry into the actual city itself. We can start working on blockading more areas soon. We can even have a group created to do just that."
"If you notice, the city it pretty much blocked," said Hermione showing everyone what she meant. "Once we have the Marigny, we can always work our way out in a systematic way. Hopefully we find more survivors. We want to wipe out as many of the zombies as possible while helping all survivors. There is no way we are the only ones. There has to be more people out there somewhere. Luna is not having an easy time because if there are survivors, they are further out than her second sight allows her to see."
"We have warned her about pushing herself too hard," stated Harry pointing a finger at her. "If push comes to shove, I will get someone else to fuss. Consider this your last warning. I will not have you becoming a vegetable trying to do too much. Stop abusing your gift. If we do find survivors, that would be great. If not, we do what we were sent here for. You are too special to me to lose you in the sight. So knock it off before I get someone to do it for you. I love and need you, and you will be here if I have anything to say about it."
"You leave her to me," said Petunia speaking up. "I'll keep an eye on her. Just about all of you youngsters call me Aunt Petunia anyway, so I will take the role and keep her from hurting herself. You have MY word on that. All of you newly arrived youngsters can call me that as well. I'm sure that Vernon and Marge will let you call them Aunt and Uncle as well. As I see it, we are just a growing family anyway and some of you don't have enough adults to take care of you."
Both Vernon and Marge nodded in agreement. Neither objected as they both knew that it wouldn't harm anything and the teens could go to them if they needed someone to help them. Others in the group gave their reports. Charlie stated that he and the dragons were going out frequently to char some zombies. Onyx told Harry that she was not going far from the Quarter in case he needed her for anything. She was also still keeping an eye on the fire pit for the group.
The elves stated they had a couple of buildings surrounding the Clover Grill to act as both warehouse for all foods and as an enlarged kitchen area to feed everyone. They stated that they were just going across the street to Lafitte's have a buffet constantly set up for those that were hungry. It would be available at all hours of the day and night as people worked different shifts.
"We still have to do something about the area that was blocked up with the building that I blew up," reported Filius. "We had a breech last night in that area. I have done what I could, but Griphook might want to concentrate there to put up fences and such as it is still a weak spot. With us dismantling some of the building across Canal Street, we are able to use stone walls and such, but we don't want to take any chances."
"We'll get right on it," assured Griphook. "We have been working to make sure we fix some of the spots. A wall of cement at four feet and then three feet of metal is being constructed on Rampart as we speak. We are just about at Canal Street. We can get to work on that side starting tomorrow. Harry will need to post a dragon in that spot until then."
With that being said, the groups all made the rest of their plans and went out to take care of business. As it was just before dinnertime, Harry and his special group went out to take on the zombie masses again. He invited Ginny to fly above them to watch and observe. He gave her permission to shoot spells at the zombies and so forth if she could do so without causing danger to herself or anyone on the ground. She accepted immediately and waited while an elf brought her a broom. The group headed out to get started.
Hours later, Harry and his group returned. Severus and his group made significant headway in getting Rampart/St. Claude blockaded up so that everyone could get started on cleaning out the Marigny. Everyone went to get dinner and from there, everyone who already had a home went there while Marge and Hermione worked to show the new arrivals where they could live.
Everyone knew that tomorrow was another day. Time would tell for the group if their luck would hold out or not. Harry was confident in his team. He knew that he eventually needed to make his way back to Hogwarts and check in with the other two teams. Aqua told him she would take him when he was ready. This was something he needed to do, but was delaying it as much as possible due to his duties.
AUTHOR'S NOTE – I will stop here. I will work hard to incorporate a fight scene in the next chapter. The link following is a map of the area they are working in if you want to go look.
maps/ 29.9531603,-90.0634455,16z
This will give you an idea of where I'm talking about and so forth. Just follow the Mississippi River and you will see the area they are in and where they are going and so forth.