Walking Dead Wizard

Chapter 75

"Oh, that's just disgusting!" Amy proclaimed slamming the book closed with a look of revulsion on her face. "Is that really what they look like?" she asked Harry, hoping against hope he would say that he was just kidding her. She knew he wasn't, the name and a passage about them had been written down, she hadn't read all of it of course, but it didn't seem like a joke. She ignored those who laughed at her statement, intrigued themselves. They were all sitting together outside having made a fire pit, which they now could do without fear. The street lights were on, they all thanked their lucky stars more than once at the fact the base had been converted mostly to solar power.

"Yes, I've seen them up close and personal, vicious buggers," Harry said grinning wryly as he remembered the whole underwater task while participating in the Triwizard tournament.

"So how come we know about 'mermaids'? If they're magical I mean," Amy questioned puzzled by that. "You say we aren't supposed to know about them." glad to see that Harry had relaxed from the earlier bitter disappointment - the poor boy nobody deserved to die that way.

"If I were to speculate I would say nearly all children's story books with a hint of magic in them like Sleeping Beauty were written in a way for non-magicals to read by squibs who integrated into the non-magical world." Harry explained, "Or perhaps some were remembered unconsciously by someone who had been Obliviated after seeing them, and they wrote about them unaware of the fact they had seen them in real life and not a figment of their own imagination."

"Sleeping beauty? Really?" Sophia asked curiously, picking up the book Amy had slammed closed; she loved learning more about magic in any way shape or form. She quickly huddled herself on the pillows on the floor, opening the book and began to read it, the others peering over her shoulders to see as well.

Harry chuckled and nodded his head, "I was surprised as well," not that he had been read those tales, he just knew due to having a bookworm for a best friend.

"I still can't get over the fact magic has always existed," Lori said, unconsciously rocking the pram back and forth, keeping Judith asleep. "If I hadn't seen it I would never have believed it." she hoped that nobody jumped on her for saying it, she wasn't looking for a fight, but she honestly still felt overwhelmed with its existence. Every new piece of information that came forth made her realise her world as she knew it had been a lie.

"I think everyone is that way, even a year after I found out about magic I expected to wake up and think it was a dream." Harry nodded honestly, "Frankly I didn't expect anyone to accept it, but I guess magic compared to the world ending and the dead rising opens up any incredulity one could have for my confessions."

"I'm curious though, how did the brothers find out?" Tyreese asked eagerly, watching Daryl poke the flames in the empty container absently as he listened, a smirk spreading across his face. He wasn't one for talking overly much, but he definitely listened to everyone. He knew they both knew before everyone else was informed, it had been mentioned in passing.

Merle chuckled in amusement, finding something funny nobody tried to guess since he was unpredictable.

The others all leaned back, having already heard the story, and knowing it would be told a million more times, just like their own stories. Although Harry's was more...enchanting to hear, especially the whole magic aspect, which is what he was asked often. He never really seemed to get impatient at the constant barrage of questions.

Andrea listened to Harry as she topped up her hot chocolate, which in the container it was always warm. Wrapping her cardigan around her body more securely to keep warm, she reclaimed her seat, putting her slipper shod feet into the seat as well. They weren't her size but she wasn't about to complain she liked them. They'd still had the tags on, so whoever they belonged to - who they scavenged them from - hadn't had the opportunity to use them.