Walking Dead Wizard

Chapter 21

Harry, Daryl, the dog and Luna had just returned to the house to see a car driving up, Harry felt a flicker of surprise when he saw Shane and Lori getting out the car - he must admit he had suspected it was Rick and Hershel back. Everyone seemed relieved enough, when he actually saw Lori he cocked his head to the side, she looked as if she'd taken a rough tumble.

"She crashed a car on an empty road..." Harry muttered trying not to judge her, but he couldn't help it, it was bloody hilarious. Daryl's expression didn't change much but his eyes took on a twinkle Harry had never seen before.

Then everything froze when Shane dropped a huge bombshell, Lori was pregnant and Harry would bet everything he owed it was Shane's. Rick had been in a coma for two months, and two weeks had passed since Rick showed up, she wouldn't have had any symptoms from a pregnancy with Rick yet, two weeks wasn't enough even for an experienced mother.

"You're having a baby? Why didn't you tell me?" the sudden voice of Carl caused everyone to feel extremely awkward and Lori to shoot Shane a death glare. Or more of a death glare since he had brought her back under false pretences; her husband was still out there. He would have admired her worry for Rick if she hadn't started a relationship with his best friend so soon after his so called 'death'.

One wasn't to blame more than the other, they were both humongous wrong, no matter whether Rick was dead or not, Lori shouldn't have done what she did. Shane should never have told her that Rick was dead without really knowing if he wasn't. Now Lori was fully blaming Shane as if he'd forced her into it, although honestly? He was sure the relationship wouldn't have lasted much longer; Shane was becoming unhinged, even before Rick returned. He thought everyone else wasn't right for this new world and he was, but the truth was Shane had broke, he wasn't equipped to handle this. He had slipped into the kill or be killed mentality.

"Maggie? May I see your sister for a moment?" Harry asked, ignoring the drama. Not that they were outside anymore they'd done inside. Having a kid in the middle of the world ending, what a stupid fucking idiot, she should have been using protection.

"Do you have medical experience?" Maggie asked more than a little hopeful.

"I just have something that might help," Harry informed her, "She's in shock right?"

"Follow me," Maggie said, opening the door and getting them inside making a beeline for her sister's room. "Yes, she's in shock." she added as she opened the bedroom door, crumbling slightly at the state of her sister lying so pale and catatonic on the bed. Beth had always been so lively, to see her this way was quite a shock to Maggie's system and she hated that her father was gone when she needed him most.

"Can you get me a glass of water?" Harry asked her, anything to get her out of the room so he can run a diagnosis on her. He wanted to make sure that the calming draught would even help before wasting any of it. He didn't know when he would get to brew a potion again, and calming draughts really were on the bottom of the list. Pain relievers and blood replenishers were now the most important potions to brew at least to him you had to priorities somewhere.

"Sure," Maggie said immediately, before leaving the room.

Flicking out his wand he murmured quietly over her form, grabbing the results from his wand he quickly looked at the bottom for the most recent ailment. Shock it was, removing the vial, his mind worked quickly as how to have this go. Would watering it down help her? Or just giving it to her the way it was? How the hell did he explain that?

"Here you go," Maggie said coming in with the glass and handing it to him, still worried.

"I don't suppose you um...approve of alternative medicine?" Harry asked her wryly.