I am soooo sorry it took me such a long time to updated!!! this story's not dead I promise! This chapter feels a bit awkward to me and the talk didn't go like I thought it would the boys would just not cooperate.

Ah well, til next time, Shadow.

Treize walked the halls of Preventers HQ attempting to locate his high strung girlfriend nodding his head to various officers and visitors. He understood that anonymous letters addressed to high profile former terrorists and military personnel with their exact locations would be cause for concern but she didn't even wait for an explanation before running off in a panic. After about 20 minutes of combing the large office building he finally locating her in the video room going over the most recent video footage.

"dammit I just can't figure out when the letters arrived!" Une shouted slamming her fists down on the control panel in frustration.

Treize walked up behind her brushing the hair away from her neck to lay a soft kiss there before wrapping his arms around her waist. She smiled and leaned back into his embrace.

"Be calm Midii." he soothed "There was no security breach." before she could open her mouth to object he continued. "…even if we had lived in the middle of nowhere and no one knew where we were those letters would have found their way to us regardless."

"I don't understand sir?"

"That's the way it works. Magic I mean…" Une turned to regard the former general with a look that seemed to imply 'I've got the best psychiatrist in the world at my beck and call, you better not be serious.' with hand on her hips the scariest woman in the earth sphere uttered one word with all the authority of the queen of Sanq herself.

"Explain."

One hour and one slap later Une stood ramrod straight examining the mug she had just thrown at Treize's head then seen repaired in an instant right before her eyes.

"This is far more important than a security breach. Why have we not even notice the presence of a completely separate society existing within our own? A major hub of which exists in this very city!?"

"They've had centuries to perfect the art of hiding, Midii" he sighed rubbing the left side of his face to try and stop the throbbing caused by Midii's slap.

"So let me get this straight." Une declared her anger clear on her face one hand on her hip the other waving the mug around like she wanted to throw it again. (and secretly she did. ) 'that was so cool!' inner-Une squealed ' was too angry to watch very carefully earlier I'll throw it again later.' "They contacted you," here she uses the mug to point at the letter in his hand. "in order to offer you a teaching position in one of their prestigious schools. And your accepting it?" Treize nodded his head nervously. " and on top of that all five of the boys received invitations to attend the same school?" another nod and a cringed seeing his super vicious girlfriends fists clench. "and where exactly does that leave me?!"

"Um…well…you…uh…you see muggles are not allowed in Hogwarts…" Treize finished lamely

"Well I suggest when you send that reply you make that headmaster understand that he WILL be making an exception."

"….Yes dear."

*crash*

"did you have to do that? Repairo."

"Squee!!!!"


Duo knew he overreacted, knew Treize didn't deserve to be yelled at, no one aside from Heero and maybe Trowa knew about his past. He had almost told Quatre but the blonde would have smothered Duo in concern. Not something he was very comfortable with. His past had always been a sore point and never open to discussion. He had spent many a sleepless night wondering who his parents were. whether they had loved him or had just abandoned him on L2 like trash. He had tried throughout the war to find even a single trace of his family but he couldn't even locate a distant cousin. This citizen paperwork was just another reminder of all the things he didn't have. In irritation Duo emptied another clip into the practice target. He looked down at the gun in his hand and the near perfect marks on the score board wondering what person would want a murderer like him for a son anyway.

"I need some comfort food." he moaned throwing himself down on the cleaning bench and going through the mind numbing process of cleaning his gun.

Walking out of the Preventer compound and tucking his braid beneath his collar Duo began walking in the direction his favorite lunch spot, Tsang Pho. 'Nothing like a massive bowl of beef broth and thinly sliced meats, Jalapenos, bean sprouts, cilantro, siriacha sauce and hoisin to make you forget all your worries.' pushing open the door Duo enjoyed that moment when you go from uncomfortable heat to refreshing air conditioning. He looked up at the ceiling when he cleared the door noticing that Mrs. Tsang had put up the colored glass chimes for summer and put away the softer bell chimes she'd had up for spring.

"A 1 with meatballs and a mango boba, right? Asked Heero.

"how do you do that?" Duo asked still irritated but glad that his best friend was there. Heero smiled a little balancing two bowls of steamy comfort food on a tray and shrugging in the direction of a free table. Duo grabbed the drinks off the counter nodding his head at Mr. Tsang and walking over to Heero.

"Sorry…"

"Don't apologies to me, save it for Kushrenada and eat your food. You look pathetic." Heero looked up from his plate of spring rolls long enough to assure Duo he meant well.

"yes mother." Duo said sarcastically before digging into his food.

After their meal Duo and Heero decided to return to the house instead of Preventers HQ. It was a comfortable little house about 2 kilometers from HQ nestled between equally small homes and shops. Their home shared a wall with a bakery and the home of a young Day Trader with a narrow alleyway to the back. Duo liked to enter through the front door, it made him feel good to not have to sneak into a house for once. Heero on the other hand liked to go in through the back door manly to keep from having his back to the street but also because he feed the alley cats everyday. Though Trowa always says that their not alley cats if they return to you everyday so Heero Tagged and collared every cat that he feed and let them come and go in the house as they pleased this made Trowa Heero and Quatre happy so no one has questioned it yet and the cats are very affectionate to everyone especially Treize who is unfortunately slightly allergic. Today they both went in through the back because Duo didn't feel up to chatting with the bakers daughter like he normally would after work.

"Hello Tinkerbell, hello Caspian." Duo said bending down to pet the most domesticated of Heero's cats. "I think 'Tink' might be preggers?" Duo said noticing the bulging belly on the normally thin cat.

"Trowa says she's due in another 4 weeks. Wendy's probably the father…" Heero answered refreshing the many food dishes and water trays.

"Told you Wendy was a boy." Duo said a smile breaking the corners of his lips.

"Yes, you did." Heero replied rolling his eyes in amusement and making his way upstairs; Caspian and the newly named Dib following on his heels. Duo looked up at Heero and saw that the set in his shoulders was the one usually seen pre-mission and before long and awkward talks. Sighing he followed the Perfect soldier and his procession of cats up the stairs and into their room which was once two disgustingly floral print bedrooms and an equally floral bathroom until the boys decided to rip down all the walls and turn it one large studio flat with a hallway leading to the attic. Heero moved towards his bed which sat right behind the door positioned the farthest from the windows and in the most advantageous position in case of attack. He then had to clear a space so he could sit down and lean against the headboard because his bed was a mess of cats in every breed and color lounging all over its surface. While Duo crossed the room to his own bed right beside a set of bay windows that lead to the balcony and just plopped down face first into its springy surface. Nero, Duo's favorite cat jumped up and began to nuzzle his head before climbing onto his back and slipping into a steady purr.

"So what's really bothering you?" Heero started never one for beating around the bush . Duo really like that about him. that's why when ever he had a problem he'd talk to Heero or vise-versa, neither one had ever been good with tact, that's why all the diplomacy had been left to Quatre.

"……."

"Duo." Heero warned glaring in the direction of Duo's head.

"The DNA scan." Duo rushed feeling a little stupid to be freaking out over a little blood in a tube.

"Hn."

"…what if they don't find anyone…. Oh god what if they do?!" Duo jumped up earning a disgruntled hiss from Nero who relocated to Wu Fei's empty bed.

"Duo you can't predict the future. Just let it be and deal with it when you come to it. Isn't that what you always do?" Duo found it strange that no matter how many times he says the exact same thing to himself it always sounds a lot more believable coming from Heero.

"thanks Hee-chan." Duo said a renewed smile on his face as laid back down throwing his pillow in Heero's general direction. An "Ooof!" the only sound to confirm a strike.

"Get some sleep Duo, I'll wake you at dinner." Heero answered throwing the pillow back with equal accuracy. A strangled giggle his only reply before soft snores filled the air. Pulling his laptop out of his bag Heero began to search for all the information he could on this mysterious Wizarding World.