Plans!

Daryl P.O.V

Once we were back at camp, Merle and I sat outside our tent skinning the squirrel I had caught. As I looked up I saw Rick cuddled close with who I assumed to be his wife and kid. I turned away, not wanting anyone to see the longing in my eyes of course my brother couldn't miss it.

"Don't worry baby brother, we'll get home. Do you remember when Sirius first confessed his love for you?" Merle asked with a snigger as I got lost in the memory while re-telling it out loud.

FLASHBACK

Sitting at the Gryffindor table at lunchtime, I went over my notes for potions.

"Hey Shadow" my friends greeted as they sat down, I barely grunted my response before going back to my notes. I heard Sirius sigh from his place beside me but ignored him. After the third time I got annoyed.

"What's up,Pads?" I asked without looking at him.

"Nothing Dar." He said with another sigh. I put my notes down and looked at him.

"Really? I don't believe that. You've been off for weeks, now what's wrong?" I asked my secret crush.

"Nothing, I just figured something out and I don't know how to process it." Siri looked confused and I didn't like it, he was normally the one to not think to much on anything so this was not a good sign.

"What is it? Maybe we can help." James said from across the table.

"I can't tell you all yet."

"Siri, we're you're friend's, you can tell us anything. We won't turn against you." I said with a small smile.

"Oh, yes you..."

"Is it about you being gay?" Remus' blurted out as he turned the page of his book, looking at Sirius from the corner of his eye. We all stared at our quite friend in shock, Sirius slowly nodded his head.

"Honestly Pad's we don't care. There would be something wrong if we cared that you are gay and not Daryl. We will always support you." Remus continued with a pointed look in my direction.

"Even if I had feelings for one of you?" Sirius asked as he looked at me, I felt my breath catch. It couldn't be possible. I had told my friends last year, our fourth year together that I was gay, they had taken it well.

"Dar, umm... I'm kinda in love with you." Not sure what to say back to him I questioned his motives.

"Really? and how do I know this isn't some prank?" Sirius then did something that got the whole hall's attention. He climbed on the table.

"Daryl Dixon, I am madly in love with you. Would you please got to Hogsmade with me?" He said to the silence of the great hall. I could feel everyone staring and I knew this was hard for Sirius he hated having the school's attention ever since his mum sent the howler in first year. I looked to the staff table and saw my brother, our DADA teacher, smirking at me. I turned back to Sirius.

"Will it get you off the table?" Siri nodded.

"Fine, I'll go." I said as I pulled him down. I didn't expect him to plant his lips on mine, drowning out the noise of cat calls and whole whistles.

END FLASHBACK

Merle laughed causing the other's too look our way.

"Yeah, he alway's was one for dramtics that husband of you'res." I gave my brother a fond smile.

"Was? He still is. Wouldn't have him anyother way though." I gave a small chuckle

"Daryle" Rick stage shouted and motioned us over after we looked up. Merel and I stood and walked over to the group.

"I've just finished telling them the plan." Rick said as we sat down.

"What's so important about Nashville?" Shane butted in.

"It's just important that we get there." Merel said taking point, knowing I'm uncomfortable speaking to such large groups.

"That's not good enough. If I'm going to risk these people's life's I need more than that." Shane said hotly. I could see Merel's temper rising.

"Look, if we get to Nashville, we have a way to keep everyone safe. There is an item waiting for us that can help." I said quitely trying to avoid an argument.

"What item would that be?" Lori asked with a slight glare. I glared back, I had never liked that woman.

"That will take a lot of explaining. Keep up 'cause I won't repeat myself. Do you believe in magic?" And so I went on to explain everything. I dropped my glamour again, Merle doing the same. Showing his sharp features that we both inherited from our mother. Other than that not much changed for Merle. We both kept our wedding bands hidden along with the marks from Remus. Not ready to share those pieces of information yet.

To say everyone was a bit shocked after the explanation would be an understatement, for the first time since we had been at the quarry there was silence except for the crickets in the grass. We waited five minutes before Shane finally spoke.

"So you're both wizard's born in Georgia that went to a fancy boarding school in Europe? You both got sent here to work a job with the C.I.A and are now stuck? What does Nashville have to do with all this?" He asked quickly.

"Yea and Yea. In Nashville there is an item called a portkey. It can take you anywhere in the world, we have one waiting to take us home." I informed them.

"How does that help the rest of us?" asked Carol in her mouse like voice while her husband Ed glared at her. I gave her a small grin.

"It will help because we have agreed to take whoever wants to come with us back home."

"Where's home? is it safe?" Lori asked

"In Britain. I don't think the country is safe but our home will be." Merle said.

"What makes it so safe?" Shane asked

"Blood wards, ain't nothing dead or alive can get through blood wards without consent." Merle grinned.

"So how do you expect to get in? And is it big enough for us all?" Shane kept up the questioning.

"We are keyed into the wards, it's our family's easte on our mother's side. Our grandfather half all Potter assets between his two children. We inherited from our mother and our cousin from his father. Yeah, it's big enough. It's an 800 room Manor with 40 acres of land." I said stunning everyone to silence again.

"You're rich?" Little Carl asked innonctly. His mother hushed him as Merel and I burst out laughing.

"Not quite kid. There wasn't a lot left of our Ma's money. Just enough to get us through school." I managed to get out. The kid nodded and went back to the toys I had congered during my explanation.

"What do you all think? Should we try for Nashville and possible safe haven?" Shane asked the group. As they all nodded I could see the tension slip from Merle's shoulders. Everyone slowly started leaving to turn in for the night. Merle and I walked into our tent with new hope.


Sirius P.O.V

I sat with the rest of my family hoping for an update, that we all knew wouldn't come. I was slowly losing my mind with worry for my husband, I knew Remus was not any better.

"I can't take it anymore!" Remus suddenly jumped off the sofa and started pacing.

"It's been four month's since they left, two weeks since this got really bad. We have to go look for them." He continued ranting.

"How Mooney? Their in America, there's no travel out of the country and if we did get there we wouldn't know where to start looking." James spoke rationally.

"Georgia, Merle told me they were going to be based in Georgia. Atlanta if I'm not mistaken." Remus informed us.

"Still can't get out of the country, wolf." Severus said without any heat.

"Pad's is an auror, he can make a portkey. Lucius or James could use there signatures to approve it since they are both on the Wizamonget." Remus continued to plan.

"What about the boy's? and Lily?" Bella asked.

"We don't all have to go. Lily, the boy's and some other's can stay while the rest of us go look."

"Don't you try that Remus Lupin. They are my family too. If we go, we all go. End off." Lily said with her hands on her hips and an expression that you wouldn't dare argue with.

"What do you all think? Up for a search and retrieve in America?" She asked everyone.

"Why the hell not?" I said and everyone else agreed.

"Good, Sirius and Lucius make the portkey. Everyone else pack what we need." Lily ordered, everyone started moving after all who is stupid enough to argue with a pregnant woman?

Two hour's later the portkey was ready and everyone gathered round.

"I've set it to outside Atlanta, in the countryside. Don't want to kill ourselves by landing in a possibly over run city. Everyone grab hold." I said. They all took a tight grip of the rope that had been used.

"Family." I said and we were spinning. Once the spinning stopped I opened my eye's to come face to barrle. Of a shot gun.