Dave offered to go with me in case I needed help in getting Bernie into his house. Maggie wasn't happy about it, she wanted to keep on partying, but I...wasn't going to take them to my place, carry Bernie in and then carry him back out at the end of the party and drive them home. Besides, Maggie was so fucked up I wasn't even sure she would still be awake by the time we reached her place. We put Bernie in the front with me and Dave got in the back with Maggie and we headed on out.It is about a. Since then, you haven’t used your wand once, afraid you could hurt yourself or someone else.For days now, you’ve tried to figure out what was wrong on your own and when that failed, you went for help to Dumbledore, who was baffled by your condition. He took you to see Madam Pomfrey, Hogwart’s resident healer, who also came up with no reason for the erratic magic or shrinking. Then you spent a day being poked and prodded at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, before being told. O-O-oSpringtime on the riverbank. What a wonderful time of year.Time to be up early at the weekend.Time to be out and about as the dawn was breaking.Time to myself, no noise other than the tide running on the river and the wildlife.The snort of a fox I'd met two days before - he and I walking in opposite directions on the same narrow path - the snort of his irritation at my arrogance to be on the same piece of ground as him at this time of the morning. His arrogance at my presence, his eyes. That is if they even come." I said."You know damn well they will come. We are most likely going to pass right by them. If I see them what do you want me to do?" he asked."Go for the fucking boat. If we can't hold them off, then life is just gonna suck a little more today." So here is what is going to happen," I said to the captain and the three man crew a half hour later. "We are going to keep watch with night vision goggles. If they come, we will try to keep them off the ship. If they do get.