Chapter IX-Rude
~I was in the veil room at the ministry, around me my friends were casting spell after spell at the death eaters, Sirius was dueling next to me with one of the masked men until Bellatrix shrill laughter echoed in my ears, her mockery falling into mine ears as I screamed in Lupin arms as my godfather fell into the darkness of the Veil ~
I wake up shaking, bile stuck in my throat, sweat runs down my face along with my tears, it's been a while since I dreamed about this, I always wake up feeling bad and I wake up screaming, this made my relatives furious for the rest of the day, luckily I I didn't scream, it would be bad if I had.
I sigh and get up from the sleeping bag and ball it up and put it back in my backpack, then I go to the bathroom, pee and wash my face and glasses to get rid of the little blood stains on the lens that I hadn't seen the night before. , using my blouse to dry it I walk in blind steps to my backpack and sit on the floor after putting on my glasses.
I start to put away the things I had taken and take the opportunity to grab a packet of cookies that I eat quickly before leaving.
When leaving the pharmacy the hot air makes me shiver with discomfort, I miss the English climate, it would be cool there now, it's not even ten in the morning and I already feel like I'm going to melt.
But there's no point in complaining so much, it won't make any difference now, even if I wanted to I can't go back, not without a portkey.
There are few infected people on the street, I think they dispersed during the night, which is good, it makes me safer to walk around, not that I do it openly as Moody says "constant vigilance". As incredible as it may seem, I follow this, even if they think "wow, Potter is a delinquent, he doesn't listen to anything they say to him blah blah" bunch of annoying gossips, especially that blonde from the daily prophet.
I was looking for something worth picking up until I passed a clothing store with broken doors, shrugging my shoulders I entered, stepping carefully on the broken glass. The store was a little messy with clothes hangers thrown on the floor, some bodies and three infected people in the middle of the store, who, when they saw me, growled and started to advance towards me. Deciding not to risk it, I remove my wand from the holster Sirius had given me and launch three simultaneous bombs, blowing up all three's heads.
Brain matter spread throughout the place, making me wrinkle my nose in disgust as I put away my wand. Looking more closely around the place, I start to sort out the clothes, taking some shirts and jeans, a leather jacket and a pair of jeans, two thick fabric sweatshirts and a thinner coat, I put the jackets in the suitcase along with the two sweatshirts and some of the shirts and pants I picked up, I replaced Dudley's clothes with the ones I picked up, leaving the ones I bought with Mione on top of them, then I moved on to the underwear and socks section, taking some and distributing them between the backpack and the suitcase, doing that I I organize and put everything away and get ready to leave. Well, I was going to leave until I saw a pair of silver bracelet with emerald stones on the jewelry display stand, and I decided to take them to give to Mione when I see her again. I put it in a box and put it in my backpack ready to go.
I was already at the door of the store watching the street to see if it was safe to go out, until I heard screams coming from inside the store I was in, frowning I went in again looking around trying to identify the location of the screams, but they stopped.
— It must be my mind playing tricks on me! I ruffle my hair and turn to leave until a loud thump echoes through the store making me run towards the noise, finding a staircase that should lead to the terrace, I quickly climb it and end up finding a door closed by a chain with three infected throwing himself at her.
Panting, I take advantage of the fact that I haven't been noticed yet and draw my sword and make quick blows, eliminating them. Seeing their bodies fall now really lifeless I drag them away from the door and analyze the padlock.
Did they arrest someone here? It would have been very cruel if they had done so.
I take my wand and use alohomora to open the lock and wait for her quickly and open the door.....
The vision I see is cruel, a man is handcuffed to a pipe in the hot sun trying to saw off his own hand.
Eyes widening in amazement, I drop the backpack on the ground and run up to the man, removing the saw from his trembling hand. The man looks at me with wide eyes, as if he doesn't believe I'm real.
— Holy shit, I ask for help and you send me a skinny boy! The man screams to the sky.
I look at him, crossing my arms irritated.
— Well, the skinny kid just stopped you from ripping your own hand off and suffering blood loss. I speak petulantly and the man looks at me before laughing.
He laughs so hard his breath hitches before his eyes roll back and his head falls back into the hot pipe leaving me worried.
Damn, that was all I needed right now!
Approaching the man I check if he is breathing, seeing that he had just passed out, I sigh and take my wand unlocking the handcuff and check the cut on his arm.
It doesn't look very deep but there's a lot of blood running out, I'll have to fix that, but first I have to get him out of the sun.
— Dude, you couldn't have fainted after I let you go. Snorting, I grab him under the arms and drag him through the door, leaving him in the shadows.
So I take the first aid kit out of my backpack and clean the wound, unfortunately he needs stitches and I don't know how to do that, but I still sew his skin and bandage it, putting just a little bit of the ointment that Mione sent me, just so as not to run the risk of the stitches opening too quickly. Once that was done I examined the man, his skin seemed a little hot and was a little red and checking his temperature he really had a fever probably because of heatstroke, this made me angry as to why they would leave him unprotected and trapped.
Taking a bowl I use aguamenti to conjure up fresh water and use a cloth to wipe the man's hands, neck and face to lower his temperature before he gets worse......
~Some time later~
I spent a few minutes lowering the strange man's temperature, and he still showed no signs of waking up. In that time I placed two bottles of water next to him along with a packet of biscuits, and left him there and sat on the stairs leaning against the wall. in a way that you can see him if he tries something funny, my things were even two steps down, I'm not going to immediately trust a stranger even though I helped him.
Now I'm listing the places I had gone to in the city, to possibly return, having gotten a map that has the shops and restaurants listed helps with this, apart from the map of the region that I had in the cabin, I would have to find a way to get back home , maybe if I can find a magical district I can get a book on portkeys or get a pre-programmed one.
While circling some areas that might have magical districts, I hear a low growl, making me look towards the man who was sitting looking around, his eyes stopped on my face and his eyes widened slightly.
— Holy shit, so you weren't a hallucination. He talks and laughs as I fold the map and put it in my notebook.
—Do I seem like a hallucination to you? I question crossing my arms.
— Not at all, boy. He gets up, leaning against the wall. — anyway, I'm leaving, I have some stupid people to beat and a brother to find. He steps over my legs and goes down the stairs.
— Seriously, not even a thank you? I get up with a huff.— and to think that with the end of the world people would be more grateful. I grumble and take the bottles of water and biscuits, and put away the other things I took. - You just woke up, you have heatstroke and you haven't eaten or drunk water in a while, you're going to end up killing yourself out there!
When I look ahead the man is standing in front of the stairs looking at me with a stupid smile.
— Now, cutie, don't worry your balls about this, old Merle here won't go down easily. With furrowed eyebrows I push the bottles and the packet of biscuits into his hands.
— I didn't save your life just so you could kill yourself later. I walk past him looking at the store to see if it was free.
I hear a snort and the bottle being opened and its liquid being quickly downed.
— So what is the name of my savior? The mockery in his voice so.
Oh great, another Snape.
Sighing I respond
- Harry Potter.
— Very cute, my name is Merle Dixon. He laughs and starts to leave the store, I follow him silently.
It was a silent consensus that I would accompany him, maybe it's not a good idea, he could be a murderer or a psychopath but it's an opportunity to not be alone anymore...