And Now for Something Completely Different

-For those of you who\'ve not seen the movie, worry not. I will explain what DG saw in the next chapter..or DG will and I\'ll be writing it. I\'m having a hard time controlling my tenses so if you\'re unable to understand a part of it let me know and I\'ll take another look. This chapter is supposed to show, that Glitch is relying on both his beaus now not just Harry. Hope you like.



Chapter 11



Cain watched the foliage on the side of the road for any movement while Glitch quizzed Harry on the possibilities of magic. DG was listening intently and Toto the dog strained against the leash to hear. He couldn\'t figure out how he got stuck with dog walking duty. Sure it had been his idea, but surely one of the others was more suited to walking a dog.



Suddenly DG stopped walking and tilted her head to the side as if she was listening to something. They all stopped to watch her and Cain saw Raw rub his arms as if to ward off a chill. It was amazing what one could learn if one watched the reactions of a viewer. Raw probably didn\'t even know he was doing it. It was his usual reaction whenever either Harry or DG had a vision.



Before Cain or Harry could stop her, DG took off running down the path, laughing. Harry paused at the top of a hill overlooking a labyrinth of bushes just in time to see her disappear into them. "Fuck" Harry cursed and Glitch gasped his name. "I don\'t like this." The sorcerer muttered and Cain had to agree with him, but if they didn\'t follow, they\'ll never find her again.



He ran down the hill to go after her and the others followed him. He called out for DG but she didn\'t answer him. Harry pulled out his magic stick and said, "Point me" the stick spun on his hand and then pointed down the left turn. They followed Harry; he ran as quick as he was able when he had to stop at every turn to say the spell again. Eventually they ran out of the bushes and gasped at the sight that met them.



DG was sitting in a rotten swing in a dead forest. There were no animals, no leaves, nothing but death. The tree\'s barren branches reached up to the sky and they had been arched by a fire, giving them the appearance of screaming in pain. Raw and Harry both shivered, both feeling the death that permeated the air in different ways. The swing, the only thing in the place not destroyed, sighed forlornly as DG moved on it and was the only noise that met their ears.



Glitch spoke but his voice was soft, as though even the head case knew better then to interrupt the solemn presence of the place. "magical waters is right. That\'s what Fenaqua means in the ancient language. Not sure about the translation now though." Harry put an arm on his shoulder and Cain stepped up to help support Harry.



Raw whimpered and shuffled closer to Glitch and the zipper head opened his arms to the viewer, offering wordless comfort. This place gives Cain the creeps and he hopes they won\'t have to stay here long.



DG whispered to them, "This place used to be paradise."



"Not paradise now," Raw grumbled.



"This was one of the first places Azkadelia scorched when she came to power." Cain told them. "Well she didn\'t leave much." Harry whispered still struggling with the pain the forest was metaphysically shouting. It was not near the destitute misery caused by Dementors but still...It felt hopeless, bewildered and lonely as if the forest itself couldn\'t understand why this had happened to it. It felt like tainted innocence and betrayal.



"No," Cain agrees. He\'d heard that it had happened but he\'d not been here before or after. It didn\'t really affect him either way. He could see now though, how the loss of this place could have been a moral blow to those who enjoyed its magic and comfort.



A wind blew through the dead forest, bringing the sound of children singing with it. DG sat up in shock, "What was that?" She took off running and Cain and Raw took a few steps to follow her. They stopped at Harry\'s voice. "No, let her do this alone. There\'s nothing alive here that can hurt her. Only death here, only memories here." His voice settled into a whisper and Glitch struggled to hear him. He was getting worried about his Harry. Something about this place seemed to pull at Harry\'s energy. Glitch could almost see it flowing out of him, as if the forest itself was using him as nutrition. It had been doing it to DG too, but to a lesser degree. She just wasn\'t as rich a food source.



Glitch pushed Harry to the swing and made him sit down. He poured some water on a cloth and wiped Harry\'s sweaty brow with it. Cain stepped up behind him, "Whats wrong with him?" Glitch opened his mouth to answer distractedly, but Raw answered for him.



"Place needs Harry\'s energy. Using it to heal." Cain\'s forehead creased in that adorable way it does when he is thinking heavy thoughts and Glitch reached a finger up to push on the skin there.



"I don\'t think it wants to hurt him." Glitch told Cain and the tin man nodded, but the crease didn\'t disappear. Glitch huffed and turned his attention back to Harry\'s shaking form.



The wind danced around them almost joyfully and the forest almost hummed with power. Its excited, waiting for something to happen. Something that has been foretold. It pulls more power from Harry and even Raw and the shape shifter. They both gasp, Toto wines, and Harry arches into Glitch. Cain grabs the viewer and makes him sit and readjusts his hold on the leash, but then goes back to stand by Harry.



Harry arched and cried out and the forest seemed to thump. Just one beat but it resonated in Glitch and Cain. They looked at each other in concern but there\'s nothing they can do, they really have no clue whats happening. The Toto dog barks and strained against the leash, pulling towards where DG ran.



Harry stood up, shaking, and told them they should go find DG. That she might need them. Glitch shrugged at Cain and they each took an exhausted man to help them follow the Toto dog.



Cain paused when the dog led them to a cave. He doesn\'t particularly like the feel of this place and even though he knows he\'ll need to go after DG if she\'s in there, he doesn\'t want to do it carrying an exhausted viewer.



Harry hummed and pushed off of Glitch. He stood on his own and, although he was still stumbling a little, he walked into the cave. Cain shook his head but he followed.



They followed the sound of sobbing and Glitch held in a whimper when they found DG. He doesn\'t know why she\'s crying but whatever happened, her pain is tangible. Raw stumbleed over to comfort her, and Glitch buried his head in Cain\'s neck while holding Harry\'s hand. DG is so strong, whatever she saw, Glitch knew it would change everything.



"I\'m so sorry my sister. All this. All that has happened, its my fault. I never should have let go."



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